US08099792B1
Atomic force photovoltaic microscopy apparatus and related methodologies, as can be used to quantitatively measure spatial performance variations in functioning photovoltaic devices.
US08099784B1
To evade heuristic detection, malware is often designed to trick users into installing the malware by being packaged in a standard installer known to the user's computer for typically installing legitimate software. To prevent removal of the malware, the malware modifies or removes its uninstaller. A security module manages this type of evasion technique by monitoring and detecting installations performed on a computer. The module detects attempts to remove or modify the uninstaller for the application to render the uninstaller incapable of uninstalling the application. The module can intercept and block such attempts, and then analyze the application for malicious code. Where the application is determined to be malware, the module prevents malicious activity. The module can also use the malware's own uninstaller to uninstall the malware from the computer.
US08099782B1
A network system can have a plurality of distributed software agents configured to collect events from network devices. In one embodiment, the agents are configured to aggregate the events. In one embodiment of the present invention, an agent includes a device interface to receive an event from a network device, a plurality of aggregation profiles, and an agent aggregate module to select one of the plurality of aggregation profiles, and increment an event count of an aggregate event representing the received event using the selected aggregation profile.
US08099775B2
A virtual firewall system based on a common security policy and a method of controlling the same. The virtual firewall system includes one or more virtual security policy modules, each of which includes a local security policy database; a security policy determiner, which determines, from the one or more virtual security policy modules, a virtual security policy module corresponding to a packet received from outside; and a common security policy database, which stores security policies. Each of the one or more virtual security policy modules determines whether or not to apply a security policy of the common security policy database to the received packet, and when the security policy of the common security policy database is applied, does not apply the security policy of a local security policy database. An operator can easily and conveniently set and restore the system.
US08099772B2
When transmitting position/time information calculated by means of a GPS function to a server apparatus, authentication is carried out with the server apparatus. The position/time information may be certified as legitimate measured by a portable apparatus with a GPS reception function employed by a user. When transmitting information related to the position and the time acquired from a portable phone terminal having the GPS function and a network function by means of the GPS function to the server apparatus, authentication is carried out between the portable phone terminal and the server apparatus. The position/time information is transmitted to the server apparatus, only if the server apparatus is authenticated as a legitimate counterpart for connection. A secret key holding section is provided for holding different secret keys for different apparatuses. The position/time information measured based on an electromagnetic wave received from a positioning satellite is digitally signed by means of the secret key. The identification information and the position/time information having the digital signature are then transmitted to a counterpart.
US08099768B2
A method for multi-protocol logout. The method includes receiving, by a first identity provider, a logout request from a user agent, wherein the first identity provider executes in a federation manager, and initiating a logout on a service provider associated with the first identity provider based on the logout request by the first identity provider. The method further includes identifying, by the federation manager, a plurality of identity providers associated with the user agent, wherein the plurality of identity providers communicate using heterogeneous federation protocols, and initiating, by the federation manager, a logout on each of the plurality of identity providers based on the logout request using the plurality of heterogeneous federation protocols. The method further includes initiating, by the plurality of identity providers, a logout of each service provider corresponding to the plurality of identity providers, identifying a status of each logout, and sending the status to the user agent.
US08099766B1
A technique efficiently transmits credentials between network elements and disk elements in a clustered storage system. According to the novel technique, in response to a user request to access data served by a data element, a network element inserts (adds) a credential associated with the user to a network element credential cache and creates a corresponding credential handle that indexes the credential in that cache. The network element relays the credential and credential handle to the disk element, which adds the credential to a corresponding disk element credential cache at a location indexed by the corresponding credential handle. Requests may then be sent between the elements using the credential handle. In addition, the network element may further send a series of chained requests to the disk element for the same credential/credential handle with an indication that the requests are for the same credential without sending the credential or credential handle.
US08099763B2
Range-confined security management adapter and method simplify security deployment in a network. First RC security information, including nearest- and k-neighbor information, is transmitted between authenticating neighbor and supplicant neighbor using a predetermined transmission adaptation technique. The adapter can evoke a response from the neighbor by adapting the initial transmitted signal power level, and increasing incrementally; the initial transmitted signal bit rate, and decreasing incrementally; or both, in response to second RC security information signal. RC communications are effected at low power, high bit rate, or both, establishing secure configuration, effecting secure communication, and thwarting miscreant intrusion into the network.
US08099753B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a satellite media receiver having a controller adapted to detect a service outage associated with a media program derived from satellite signals supplied to a satellite port of the satellite media receiver, and transmit a request for a portion of the media program for delivery to a broadband port of the satellite media receiver to mitigate the service outage. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08099742B2
An optical disk loading final position detection device includes an optical disk guiding device, a delivery roll, a pair of detection bars provided with detection parts capable of freely rotating around respective rotary pivots, a support part, the middle of the support part being provided with an assorted part interacting with the detection bar, and a trigger bar. One end of the trigger bar is provided with a contact part for contacting the periphery of an optical disk, and the other end being connected to a control part. When the detection bars are rotating, the support part makes the trigger bar move towards the direction directly facing the central line, so, the trigger bar will not extrude out of the maximum outer diameter of the optical disk along the optical disk transport direction, so as to implement miniaturizing the optical disk playing device.
US08099735B2
A method for initializing a module that includes identifying a module for initialization and performing a plurality of processing phases on the module and all modules in a dependency graph of the module. Performing the processing phases includes, for each module, executing a processing phase of the plurality of processing phases on the module, determining whether the processing phase has been executed on all modules in a dependency graph of the module, and when the processing phase has been executed for all modules in the dependency graph of the module, executing a subsequent processing phase of the plurality of processing phases on the module, wherein at least one processing phase of the plurality of processing phases includes executing custom initialization code.
US08099719B2
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a debugger for programs running under a transactional memory system. When running a particular program using the debugger, the system detects when a conflict occurs on at least one conflictpoint that was set in the particular program. A graphical user interface is provided that displays information related to the detected conflict. The graphical user interface can display transactional state and/or other details independently of a conflict. A conflictpoint can be assigned to one or more regions of source code in one or more transactions in the particular program. A conflictpoint can also be assigned to a particular variable in the particular program. When running the particular program in a debug mode, execution is stopped if a conflict occurs on any of the conflictpoints.
US08099718B2
A method and system for whitelisting software components is disclosed. In a first operating environment, runtime information may be collected about a first loaded and executing software component. The collected information may be communicated to a second software component operating in a second operating environment that is isolated from the first operating environment. The collect runtime information may be compared with a validated set of information about the first software component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08099716B2
Systems and methods defining a service oriented object framework for use in providing an open application environment facilitating application function integration are shown. Embodiments provide object life management, platform resources management, and event management capabilities. A multi-layer architecture, defining object layers within an application container, may be used. A primary layer of such an architecture may comprise infrastructure objects providing foundational element blocks embodying protocol specific functions of the services that are to be built on top of a development container. An intermediate layer of such an architecture may comprise service objects providing service level functions. An upper layer of such an architecture may comprise business objects providing application orchestration element blocks defining the logical application created by combining the foregoing objects. Embodiments implement a framework that provides utilities that enable the object hierarchy to interact and function on top of a corresponding development container platform.
US08099715B2
In a method and an apparatus of providing effective input/output data connections between services, for reducing load on a designer when designing service-based software application, which is described by a process flow language, there are provided the following means or steps: while storing connection histories of input/output data of the service within the software designing made in the past, selection is made arbitrarily on an output(s) of other service, which is/are connectable with all the inputs of the service selected, from selection information of the service becoming the service process flow describing only the processing order and a process target, conducting a process for driving production probability of connection combination of the input and the output from the connection histories, on all of the connection combinations, and outputting the connection combination(s) being high in the production probability extracted among of them.
US08099713B2
A method and system arrangement are disclosed for configuring a program system. The method includes initializing binary program components of the program system and a source code interpreter for interpreting at least one source code event handler. Logical connections are set up between interfaces of the binary program components and interfaces of the interpreted source code event handler in order for events generated by the binary program components to be processed by the at least one source code event handler. A configuration file may also additionally be evaluated.
US08099709B2
A system and method are provided to generate a dynamic web services interface model. In one embodiment, description content of a Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) file is identified. A first metadata and a second metadata are extracted from the description content. A dynamic web services interface model is created via the first metadata and the second metadata.
US08099702B2
Various methods and apparatuses (such as computer readable media implementing the method) are described that relate to proximate placement of sequential cells of an integrated circuit netlist. For example, the preliminary placement is received; and based on the preliminary placement, a group of sequential cells is identified as being subject to improved power and/or timing upon subsequent placement. In another example, identification is received of a group of sequential cells subject to improved power and/or timing upon subsequent placement; and proximate placement is performed of the identified group of sequential cells. In yet another example, a proximate arrangement of a group of sequential cells is received; and if proximate placement fails, then the group of sequential cells is disbanded and placement is performed of the sequential cells of the disbanded group.
US08099700B1
A method and technique of routing interconnects of an integrated circuit providing improved routing quality. In an embodiment of the invention, the technique provides linear spine interconnect routing. In memory array blocks, such as in DRAM and SRAM memory designs, connected pins are generally separated by large distances in a first direction and small distances in a second direction, or a spine or channel region. A route area is defined within the spine region. In one embodiment, obstacles in the route area are identified and corresponding forbidden areas are demarcated. The linear spine interconnect is routed in the first direction within the route area while avoiding the forbidden areas. Pins are connected to the spine interconnect by stitching interconnects. Stitching interconnects are generally routed in the second direction.
US08099695B1
An automated debugging method and system for over-constrained circuit verification environment are described. Useful information related to circuit evaluation and/or over-constrained event is collected and provided. The information may include: clock cycles at which an over-constrained event occurs; identification of a minimum subset of constraints that will cause an over-constrained event to occur; signal ports having an associated signal that can not switch between different signal states; whether a triggering signal event has occurred during the evaluation; indicating whether constraints in the evaluation are realizable, etc. Novel approaches for detecting and obtaining the useful information also are described.
US08099694B1
In an example embodiment, an EDA program receives input which includes a selection as to an FPGA die and its device package and a selection as to a structured ASIC die and its device package. If the I/O pins on the device package for the FPGA differ from the I/O pins on the device package for the structured ASIC, the EDA program determines a correspondence between the I/O pins on the two device packages (e.g., by identifying the location of the pads for I/O pins on the structured ASIC die and/or creating a virtual structured ASIC device package whose I/O pins are a superset of the I/O pins on the selected structured ASIC device package), which determination includes checking rules for resource assignments. The EDA program then stores the determined correspondence in a device database where the determined correspondence can be accessed by CAD algorithms.
US08099690B2
Some embodiments provide a system for adaptively performing state-to-symbolic transformation in a canonical representation which is used for generating random stimulus for a constrained-random simulation. The system can construct a canonical representation for a set of constraints using the set of random variables and the subset of the state variables in the constraints. Next, the system can use the canonical representation to generate random stimulus for the constrained-random simulation, and monitor parameters associated with the constrained-random simulation. Next, the system can add state variables to or remove state variables from the canonical representation based at least on the monitored parameters. The system can then use the modified canonical representation which has a different set of state variables to generate random stimulus for the constrained-random simulation.
US08099689B1
A method and system for a tiling bias design for an integrated circuit device to facilitate efficient design rule checking. The method is implemented in a computer implemented design synthesis system. The method includes receiving a circuit netlist, wherein the circuit netlist represents an integrated circuit design to be realized in physical form. A deep N-well bias voltage distribution structure is provided within the circuit netlist, wherein the structure includes a plurality of tiles arranged to distribute a bias voltage to a plurality of N-wells of the circuit netlist.
US08099677B2
The present invention relates to a method for displaying moving items in a user interface and, in particular, to such a method for use within a device for use with a wireless communications network. The invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying a moving object in which the object is part of a user interface defined by a mark-up language and in which the movement of the object is defined by an arbitrary profile.
US08099674B2
A method for automatically forming the clearest and most useful visual plot for a given dataset of tuples. A best view type is selected for a view that includes a subsequently added new field. The visual plot is populated with the data in the view and then automatically rendered for the user. A dataset that is retrieved from a storage is analyzed to identify all the data types found in the dataset, and to determine the best view type to assign to the dataset's views. The visual plot is then populated with the data according to this best view type, and is automatically rendered for the user.
US08099673B2
Some embodiments of user interface annotations have been presented. In one embodiment, comments are retrieved from a database coupled to a client machine executing an application program, wherein subjects of the comments comprise at least one of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application program and one or more user interface (UI) elements in the GUI. Then annotations of the comments are presented on the GUI.
US08099671B2
Generally described, the present invention is directed to a network operating system that provides more effective ways of leveraging the connectivity of computer networks. In one embodiment, an XML virtual machine is implemented that accepts high-level application code written in an XML programming language as input. Functionality is provided to interpret or translate the application code written in an XML programming language into code that is suitable for execution across computer platforms. Moreover, the XML virtual machine supports the Model View Controller (MVC) design paradigm that facilitates true data abstraction from applications to a common data model. Multi-instance applications, with each instance potentially supporting multiple views, may be created and executed.
US08099654B2
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a receiving unit, a demodulator, an equalizer, a block decoder, and a RS frame decoder. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data. The mobile service data may configure a RS frame. The RS frame includes at least one data packet for the mobile service data, RS parity generated based on the at least one data packet, and CRC checksum generated based on the at least one data packet and the RS parity. The demodulator converts RS frame data included in the broadcast signal received by the receiving unit into a baseband RS frame data. The equalizer performs channel equalization on the data demodulated by the demodulator. The block decoder performs symbol-decoding on the data channel-equalized by the equalizer in block units. The RS frame decoder performs CRC-decoding and RS-decoding on the decoded mobile service data in RS frame units, thereby correcting errors occurred in the mobile service data within the RS frame.
US08099649B2
A data processing method includes the steps of: initializing a syndrome vector to be an (n−1)th symbol; finding a corresponding mask based on the syndrome vector, wherein the mask is zero when the (n−1)th symbol is zero; correcting a known constant, which is zero when the syndrome vector is zero, based on the mask; inputting the syndrome vector to a log look-up table to correspondingly find log data; performing a modulo addition operation corresponding to log maximum data to find a log sum based on the log data and a log known constant; and inputting the log sum to an anti-log look-up table to correspondingly find operational data.
US08099648B2
Error detection in physical interfaces for point-to-point communications between integrated circuits
An apparatus, system and method for detecting errors in a physical interface during the transmission or receipt of data communications between integrated circuits (“ICs”) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a physical interface formed as a first IC on a first substrate portion to detect transmission errors in data exchanged with a second IC formed on a second substrate portion, the physical interface including multiple input ports and output ports, including a first subset of input ports configured to receive in-bound encoded data bits and a first subset of output ports configured to transmit in-bound decoded data bits to the second IC; and one or more error recovery modules coupled between the plurality of input ports and output ports, where a first error recovery module of the one or more error recovery modules is coupled between at least one of the first subset of input ports and at least one of the first subset of output ports.
US08099639B2
Configuration information including number of normal cell areas and number of spare cell areas arranged in a memory macro and a size of each cell area is extracted from circuit design information, and electrical test results of the normal cell areas and the spare cell areas arranged in the memory macro are collected. Arrangement information corresponding to a collection order of the electrical test results is converted to a two-dimensional coordinate value for two-dimensionally displaying the arrangement information corresponding to a collection order of the electrical test results in a unit of cell area in association with a physical layout of a memory cell in the memory macro based on the configuration information. The collected electrical test results are displayed based on the two-dimensional coordinate value so that the normal cell areas and the spare cell areas can be distinguished.
US08099637B2
The invention provides for software fault detection. A software process tracks its own progress. In the event the timer times out, a handler checks the progress. If the progress meets a fault criterion, a fault response is executed.
US08099635B2
A data processing apparatus and method are provided for generating a trace stream. The data processing apparatus comprises logic for producing data elements, and trace logic for producing a stream of trace elements representative of at least some of the data elements. The trace logic has trace generation logic operable to generate trace elements for inclusion in the stream, and is further arranged to generate trace timing indicators for inclusion in the stream. Each trace timing indicator indicates the elapse of one or more processing timing intervals, the processing timing interval being a predetermined plurality of clock cycles.
US08099624B1
A storage system includes a storage server and a storage subsystem having an I/O module coupled to disks. The storage server includes a storage adapter coupled to the I/O module creating an in-band (data) path to access data stored on the disks. The storage server sends a data command through the in-band path to the I/O module for accessing the data stored on the disks. The storage server further includes a network adapter coupled to the I/O module creating an out-of-band control path to control the I/O module. The storage server detects through the in-band path that the I/O module is non-responsive to a data command and automatically changes the behavior of the I/O module (e.g., resets the I/O module) through the out-of-band control path to recover the non-responsive I/O module. The storage server also collects and outputs status data of the I/O module through the out-of-band control path.
US08099621B2
A data reception apparatus includes: an oscillation circuit that multiplies or divides an oscillation signal from a CR oscillator based on a cycle setting value, and outputs a clock signal corresponding to the multiplied or divided oscillation signal; a temperature detector; a memory; a clock cycle setting element that reads the cycle setting value corresponding to the temperature from the memory, and inputs the cycle setting value into the oscillation circuit; a receiver that receives a data signal defined by the clock signal; a measurement element that measures a unit bit length of the data signal by counting the clock signal; and a correction element that corrects the cycle setting value based on a count value of the clock signal and a reference count value of a reference cycle corresponding to the unit bit length, and rewrites the cycle setting value with the corrected cycle setting value.
US08099615B2
A method for power management. The method includes gathering resource usage data for a first blade and a second blade on a blade chassis, migrating each virtual machine (VM) executing on the first blade to the second blade based on the resource usage data and a first migration policy, wherein the first migration policy defines when to condense the number of blades operating on the blade chassis, and powering down the first blade after each VM executing on the first blade is migrated from the first blade.
US08099614B2
The invention relates to a controlled shut-down of an electronic circuit or circuits such that the electrical power consumption of that circuit or circuits is minimized and that each said circuit is at a status which is a pre-determined state (42; 52) of that said circuit wherein all of its own control and messaging signals are taken to their zero level. The present invention claimed relates to the methodology of entering said circuit into this pre-determined state (42;52); where all said signal and messaging lines are taken to zero; thereby reducing power consumption within an electronic circuit when its status is defined as being shut-down or standby.
US08099605B1
A data storage and data backup device that offers automatic reduction of duplicate data storage, and that easily can be connected to computing devices, computing systems and networks of computing devices. The device offers high protection against destruction or modification of already stored data, and requires flipping a physical switch and possibly require user authentication in order for the protection to be temporarily bypassed. Several connection types of the device to the computer systems are supported such as wired, wireless like Bluetooth or WI-FI, but not limited to those.
US08099604B2
A first information-communication device generates first biometric pattern used for comparison based on user biometric information retrieved by a biometric sensor, and sends the generated first biometric pattern to a second biometric information-communication device. The second information-communication device compares the first biometric pattern sent from the first information-communication device with second biometric pattern, which is user biometric pattern stored in memory, and sends the second biometric pattern to the first information-communication device when the compared biometric pattern matches. The first information-communication device then stores the second biometric pattern sent from the second information-communication device.
US08099603B2
A cost-effective system that provides for the efficient protection of transmitted non-public attribute information may be used, for example, to control access to a secure area. Encryption of the attribute information may be performed using symmetric encryption techniques, such as XOR and/or stream cipher encryption. A centralized database that stores and transmits the encrypted attribute information may generate the encryption/decryption key based on selected information bytes, for example, as taken from a card inserted into a handheld device used at the secure area. The selected information to generate the encryption key stream may be varied on a periodic basis by the centralized database. Information as to which selected bytes are to be used for a particular access authorization request may be transmitted to the handheld unit or may be input through action of a user of the handheld unit, for example by entry of a PIN code.
US08099601B2
Systems and methods are provided for protecting and managing electronic data signals that are registered in accordance with a predefined encoding scheme, while allowing access to unregistered data signals. In one embodiment a relatively hard-to-remove, easy-to-detect, strong watermark is inserted in a data signal. The data signal is divided into a sequence of blocks, and a digital signature for each block is embedded in the signal via a watermark. The data signal is then stored and distributed on, e.g., a compact disc, a DVD, or the like. When a user attempts to access or use a portion of the data signal, the signal is checked for the presence of a watermark containing the digital signature for the desired portion of the signal. If the watermark is found, the digital signature is extracted and used to verify the authenticity of the desired portion of the signal. If the signature-containing watermark is not found, the signal is checked for the presence of the strong watermark. If the strong watermark is found, further use of the signal is inhibited, as the presence of the strong watermark, in combination with the absence or corruption of the signature-containing watermark, provides evidence that the signal has been improperly modified. If, on the other hand, the strong mark is not found, further use of the data signal can be allowed, as the absence of the strong mark indicates that the data signal was never registered with the signature-containing watermark.
US08099600B2
A method, system and apparatus for detecting and preventing content distribution site impersonation. In this regard, a method for detecting and preventing content distribution site spoofing can include the steps of loading a markup language document and a corresponding digital signature for processing and ensuring that the digital signature originates from a pre-specified source of the markup language document incorporated within the markup language document. The method further can include the steps of dynamically computing a hash value for the markup language document and comparing the dynamically computed hash value to a hash value encrypted within the digital signature. Finally, the method can include the step of detecting content distribution site spoofing either if the digital signature does not originate from the pre-specified source, or if the dynamically computed hash value does not match the hash value encrypted within the digital signature.
US08099598B1
A public-key based secure messaging system with automatic receiver enrollment is disclosed. A sender in the system first determines whether a receiver has a public key. If the receiver has a public key, the messages will be sent to the receiver using a standard public-key based encryption. If the receiver does not have a public key, the first message will be sent to the receiver using a delivery method that does not require the receiver to have a pair of public and private keys prior to sending the message. However, when the receiver accesses the first message, a pair of public and private keys will be automatically generated at the receiver and the public key will be made available for encrypting subsequent messages sent to the receiver.
US08099594B1
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for processing a certificate are disclosed.
US08099593B2
A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, a certificate synchronization application is programmed to perform certificate searches by querying one or more certificate servers for all certificate authority (CA) certificates and cross-certificates on the certificate servers. In another embodiment, all certificates related to an identified certificate are retrieved from the certificate servers automatically by the certificate synchronization application, where the related certificates comprise at least one of one or more CA certificates and one or more cross-certificates. Embodiments of the invention facilitate at least partial automation of the downloading and establishment of certificate chains, thereby minimizing the need for users to manually search for individual certificates.
US08099592B2
A system and method for controlling data communications between a server and a client device, such as a mobile device. Embodiments relate generally to a technique where stop data is provided to the client device. This stop data can be transmitted (e.g. by the client device) to the server. When processed by the server, the stop data indicates to the server that at least some of the encrypted data received by the client device from the server was not decrypted using the second key (e.g. as may be the case when the second key has been deleted). Upon receiving the stop data, the server may, for example, withhold the transmission of data encrypted with the first key to the client device until the second key is restored on the client device. In one embodiment, the stop data is provided to the client device in an encoded (e.g. encrypted) form.
US08099588B2
A solution is proposed for distributing a software product to a set of data processing entities (such as endpoints) in a data processing system; the system includes a set of security applications (such as firewalls), which are adapted to control communications of the entities. A corresponding method starts with the step of determining a target configuration of the security applications for allowing execution of the software product on the entities. A software package (or more), being adapted to enforce the software product and the target configuration, is then built. The method continues by distributing the software package in the system, so as to cause the application of the software package for enforcing the software product on each entity and the target configuration of each security application.
US08099584B2
Parallelism in a parallel processing subsystem is exploited in a scalable manner. A problem to be solved can be hierarchically decomposed into at least two levels of sub-problems. Individual threads of program execution are defined to solve the lowest-level sub-problems. The threads are grouped into one or more thread arrays, each of which solves a higher-level sub-problem. The thread arrays are executable by processing cores, each of which can execute at least one thread array at a time. Thread arrays can be grouped into grids of independent thread arrays, which solve still higher-level sub-problems or an entire problem. Thread arrays within a grid, or entire grids, can be distributed across all of the available processing cores as available in a particular system implementation.
US08099578B2
In a method embodiment, a method includes periodically polling data sent to an output. The output is operable to render the data into a human-perceptible form. The method further includes determining if at least one partition of a first plurality of discrete partitions of the perdiodically polled data is substantially identical to a combination of respective portions of at least two partitions of a second plurality of discrete partitions of data recorded within a computer-readable storage.
US08099576B1
An underlying physical volume of a storage system is an aggregate having a plurality of storage devices. The aggregate has its own physical volume block number (pvbn) space. A file system layout apportions the underlying physical volume into a plurality of virtual volumes of the storage system each having a virtual volume identification (vvid). Each virtual volume has its own virtual volume block number (vvbn) space. The block allocation structures of a virtual volume are sized to the virtual volume, and not to the underlying aggregate, to thereby allow operations that manage data served by the storage system (e.g., snapshot operations) to efficiently work over the virtual volumes. Each storage block in a virtual volume is identified by the triplet: pvbn, vvid, and vvbn.
US08099570B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamic selective memory mirroring in solid state devices. An amount of memory is reserved. Sections of the memory to select for mirroring in the reserved memory are dynamically determined. The selected sections of the memory contain critical areas. The selected sections of the memory are mirrored in the reserved memory.
US08099565B2
Methods and systems for allowing access to computer storage systems. Multiple requests from multiple applications can be received and processed efficiently to allow traffic from multiple customers to access the storage system concurrently.
US08099552B2
A method and related computer program product for combining resources of multiple RAID controllers and managing them as a single entity, comprising searching the RAID controllers for the most appropriate version of the firmware to be executed, determining whether a more appropriate version of the firmware was previously loaded into system memory, unloading inappropriate versions of the firmware, loading the most appropriate version of the firmware and initializing all RAID controllers as a commonly managed entity having combined resources.
US08099550B1
A method and computer program product for defining a multicast group within a local area network. The multicast group includes a storage initiator device and a plurality of storage targets. Each of the plurality of storage targets includes a storage index that identifies one or more data segments stored on the storage target. A write request for storing a data segment within the multicast group is received on the storage initiator device. A “check exist” message is generated that defines the data segment to be stored within the multicast group. The “check exist” message is multicast to the plurality of storage targets included within the multicast group.
US08099547B2
The invention is directed to a load sharing method in a computer system including a first storage subsystem, a host computer, and a management computer. In the computer system, the first storage subsystem creates a plurality of first logical units from a storage area of a disk drive group, and the host computer creates a logical storage area configured by a plurality of virtual logical units respectively corresponding to the first logical units. A communications path is set between the host computer and each of the first logical units configuring the logical storage area. The load sharing method includes the steps of: monitoring, by the first storage subsystem, a load of its own; and changing, by the first storage subsystem, the communications paths between the host computer and the first logical units based on the monitoring result of the load. With such a configuration, provided is a computer system high in extensibility not deteriorating the performance at the limit of the system after load sharing among the storage subsystems.
US08099539B2
A method, system and apparatus of shared bus architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method controlling set of multiplexers using an arbiter circuit per transaction, selecting one of a memory clock and a host clock based on an arbitration status, driving a final output on an interface to provide glitchless switching of an interface signal, connecting the interface signal to a tri-state buffer, and setting the direction of a data and address bus based on the connection of the interface signal to the tri-state buffer. The method may include applying a fair arbitration policy to ensure that none of the devices coupled to the interface signal and application threads running on processor requiring data from different devices are starved.
US08099538B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for accessing a shared memory associated with a reader-writer lock according to a first concurrency mode, dynamically changing from the first concurrency mode to a second concurrency mode, and accessing the shared memory according to the second concurrency mode. In this way, concurrency modes can be adaptively changed based on system conditions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08099536B2
An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo, and an extended interface lingo.
US08099535B2
A method for converting a KVM system comprising the steps of: (1) initializing a mouse device, at least two computer hosts, a keyboard, and at least two corresponding displaying device; (2) selecting which computer host and a corresponding displaying device are needed to be operated, then switching to the selected computer host and the corresponding displaying device by controlling a switch disposed on the mouse into a particular direction; (3) operating the selected computer host and the corresponding displaying device; (4) finishing the operation; (5) judging whether one of the computer hosts and another corresponding displaying device is needed to be operated, if yes, going to step (2), if no, going to next step; and (6) end.
US08099527B2
An operation management device manages the operations of managed devices, and includes: an information collection unit for acquiring communication data between the managed devices; and a calculation unit for calculating coordinates when the managed devices are arranged on a two-dimensional plane.
US08099523B2
A method and apparatus for enhancing/extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources are included to allow efficient access/ownership of shared data. Loose transaction ordering provided for while maintaining corresponding transaction priority to memory locations to ensure data integrity and efficient memory access. Active power sub-states and setting thereof is included to allow for more efficient power management. And, caching of device local memory in a host address space, as well as caching of system memory in a device local memory address space is provided for to improve bandwidth and latency for memory accesses.
US08099515B2
A key engine that performs route lookups for a plurality of keys may include a data processing portion configured to process one data item at a time and to request data when needed. A buffer may be configured to store a partial result from the data processing portion. A controller may be configured to load the partial result from the data processing portion into the buffer. The controller also may be configured to input another data item into the data processing portion for processing while requested data is obtained for a prior data item. A number of these key engines may be used by a routing unit to perform a large number of route lookups at the same time.
US08099510B2
A communication system in which, even when an HTTP session is disconnected from a mobile device, the HTTP session can be continued or a response from a Web server can be returned to a user, without installing a special application in the mobile device. A load-distributable system is provided for realizing such operation. To that end, in a communication system having a relay device that relays a request from a portable telephone terminal (110) to a Web server (120), the relay device (130) relays a processing request from the portable telephone terminal (110) to the Web server, and stores a processing response from the Web server. The relay device (130) sends the portable telephone terminal a message to the effect that the processing response should be acquired from the relay device (130) or a message with the processing response added.
US08099504B2
A radio network controller and methods for reestablishing sessions in a wireless network are described. At least a portion of session information associated with a first session is saved; and in response to detecting an unexpected degradation of the first session, reestablishment of the first session is triggered using the portion of the session information.
US08099499B2
Geographically dispersed data centers each include servers and storage systems and are in communication with each other. An application is installed on a guest operating system on a virtual machine set up on a server at a first data center. The application accesses a logical unit on a storage system at the first data center. When migration of the application is initiated, the process determines whether any of the data centers has server resources and storage resources required to receive migration of the application. A destination data center is selected from candidate data centers meeting requirements for migration of the application. The application and guest operating system are migrated from the first data center to a second virtual machine set up on a second server at the destination data center. If a replica of the LU is not already present at the destination data center, the LU is also replicated.
US08099497B2
The present disclosure provides data sharing through virtual removable volumes. A virtual volume of a SAN (storage area network) is presented to clients as a virtual removable volume. A controlling application controls access of clients connected to the SAN to the virtual removable volume. The controlling application allows only one client at a time to access the virtual removable volume. The controlling application allows a first client to mount the virtual removable volume as a removable volume. The controlling application then causes the first client to unmount the virtual removable volume and allows a second client to mount the virtual removable volume as a removable volume. In this way, the first client and second client are able to share data via the virtual removable volume without causing corruption of data and without requiring a shared file system or physical transfer of removable media.
US08099487B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining an optimized placement for a virtual machine in a virtualized environment on the basis of available performance metrics, in which the virtualized environment includes at least two virtual machines, each hosting at least one application, and at least one virtualized hardware system managed by at least one virtualization server.
US08099472B2
The present invention is a system and method for creating, developing and testing cross-platform software for mobile communications devices. The invention enables mobile device software that must be highly-integrated with the operating system on which it runs to be implemented in a cross-platform manner. Security software for mobile devices is a prime beneficiary of the present invention, as a substantial proportion of its functionality is identical between different platforms yet integrated very specifically into each platform it supports. The cross-platform system includes a core platform-independent component, a platform-specific component, and an abstraction layer component, each of which may communicate with each other using a common defined API. The present invention enables the platform-independent component to be completely re-used between platforms and allows the platform-specific and abstraction components to contain minimal amounts of code on each platform.
US08099461B2
According to one embodiment, a conference system which is provided with a plurality of communication terminals, a communication network connecting the plurality of communication terminals thereto and forming a communication environment, and a server apparatus actualizing a conference among users by using the communication network, wherein each of the communication terminals includes a notice processor notifying an acquisition request including the fact of a request to acquire multimedia data and identification information to the server apparatus, and a storage unit storing the multimedia data, and the server apparatus includes a memory unit associating a communication terminal that is a request origin with the identification information, and storing them, an inquiry processor inquiring a possibility to become the route of the multimedia data, and a transmission processor transmitting the multimedia data to the communication terminal of the request origin via the communication terminal of the route.
US08099459B2
Transmit user feedback from a user to a web syndication author. A first communication link is opened. Content data from the web syndication author is received. The received content data is stored on a first client device. The opened first communication link is terminated after receiving the content data. User behavior data is collected as a function of user interactions with the received content data on the first client device after terminating the first communication link. User feedback including the collected user behavior data is transmitted to the web syndication author by opening a second communication link.
US08099458B2
A workgroup application with contextual clues. The workgroup application allows any one of multiple participants to provide input, such as commands to edit a document or speech. The effects of the input are presented to other participants in a workgroup session in conjunction with a participant indicator. As one example, each participant may control a cursor that is displayed on the display screens of workstations in a network hosting a workgroup application. Each cursor may be displayed in conjunction with a participant icon that follows the cursor on the display screens. Contextual clues may also be provided by modulating visual properties of the participant icons in response to activity level.
US08099444B2
A method for introducing instructions/commands within or acting on the content material of a mail run data file. The method comprises the steps producing an object-oriented data file of the mailpiece content material and displaying a visual image thereof to the user. The visual image displayed spatially corresponds to the object oriented data file. Through the use of a graphical user input device, such as a point-and-click input device, the user defines a region of the visual image. Further, the user creates or selects a rule or expression indicative of a desired instruction/command in connection with the defined region. The rule or expression is represented in computer program code and operates a signal processor to perform the selected instructions/commands.
US08099429B2
Systems and methods that integrate user assigned association among a plurality of resources or entities. The subject innovation employs an association component that relates such resources or entities, based on aggregate of user notions that are assigned for relationships; and/or based on how users perceive existence of relationships among such resources. Accordingly, resources can be related (e.g., linked, matched, tagged and the like) based on relevance of collective user behavior during tagging.
US08099425B2
Apparatuses and methods for system management in a heterogeneous environment are provided. For example, relational query from a software application requesting management information from a specified information source is received and translated to native protocol messages according to an access protocol associated with the information source. The native protocol messages are handled as a transaction with the information source and a result of the transaction is returned to the software application.
US08099422B2
A Sort-on-the-Fly/Search-on-the-Fly search engine provides an intuitive means for searching databases, allowing a user to access data in the database without having to know anything about the database structure. A user selects a desired search term, and the search engine searches the database for all instances of the desired term, even if a specific file or table does not contain the instance. The database need not have a specific file (in a flat database) or a table (in a relational database) of names. The user may specify other criteria, or constraints to narrow the search results, or for other reasons. The search engine then conducts a further search using this criteria and produces a second search result. Further narrowing or broadening of the search are permitted, with the search-on-the-fly search engine returning results based on any new constraints. If the returned data would be too large to be conveniently displayed at a terminal, the search engine executes a truncation routine so that the returned data is easily displayed.
US08099420B2
Access to data items uses names based on the data in the data items; the name of a data item may be based, at least in part, on a function of some or all of the bits that comprise the data item. A data item may comprise an arbitrary sequence of bits. The function may include a hash function or a message digest function. The name of a data item may be compared to a list of names of other data items.
US08099418B2
An information search support device includes: a cluster selection history information accumulation unit which accumulates content information of each cluster and cluster selection history information indicating a cluster selected by a user; a degree of certainty calculation unit which calculates a degree of certainty indicating a degree to which a vague search target of the user has been identified, based on the cluster selection history information accumulated; a search target estimation unit which obtains a condition for estimating the search target; a search-omitted information extraction unit which extracts search-omitted information that is included in the cluster that is not selected and is estimated from the obtained condition; and a search-omitted information addition unit which adds, to the cluster selected by the user, the extracted search-omitted information, in the case where the degree of certainty is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.
US08099413B2
A relative document presenting system includes: a first storage; a relevancy degree calculating unit; a receiving unit; a specifying unit; a totaling unit; and a presenting unit.
US08099409B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for optimizing join operations in a parallel processing system are provided. A respective set of rows of a first table and a second table involved in a join operation are distributed to each of a plurality of processing modules. The join operation comprises a join on a first column of the first table and a second column of the second table. Each of the plurality of processing modules redistributes at least a portion of the rows of the first table distributed thereto substantially equally among the other processing modules and duplicates at least a portion of the rows of the second table distributed thereto among the plurality of processing modules. The disclosed optimization mechanisms provide for reduced spool space requirements for execution of the parallel join operation.
US08099407B2
Systems and methods for processing media files are described. In one embodiment, one or more events are captured having associated event data and associated with a client device, wherein each event is associated with an article and at least one of the articles is a media file, wherein at least one of the events is captured in real time upon the occurrence of the event, at least some of the event data and articles associated with the events are indexed and stored, a search query is received, and the at least one media file is determined as relevant to the search query.
US08099406B2
A search engine may perform a search for a user search query. Result items may be returned as a result of the search. The user may enter new human edited information for some of the result items. The new human edited information may be displayed when other users search and view some of the result items at a later time.
US08099403B2
Peer-to-peer file sharing and uploading of content to content server systems is increasing in popularity on the Internet. Content signals can be edited and combined with other content programming, and or altered in ways that make it difficult to identify using conventional techniques. Content identification based on content fingerprints is used to retrieve related metadata, which in turn, is used to manage use of the content signal in content distribution systems. The content signal is uploaded to a computer within a network of computers in the content distribution system. A content fingerprint of the content signal is computed and sent to a database to look up related metadata. The metadata is received and used to manage use of the content signal in the content distribution system based on the metadata. This can include blocking uploading or rendering of audio or video, controlling streaming of audio or video, linking to a licensing server, which provides usage control rules, etc.
US08099402B2
A distributed system for content storage and access includes a storage platform having at least a first storage component, and an access platform having one or multiple access components. Each access component is associated with at least one access service. The access service may be an administrative service for receiving a service request initiated by a first user, the service request being associated with a first item of content, and for identifying a characteristic of the service request, a content management service for determining, based at least in part on the characteristic of the service request, a specification of a data transfer operation to be executed in association with the first storage component, and a directory service for maintaining information associated with the first item of content.
US08099399B2
Whether a change in workload of a database system has occurred can be determined. Investigative queries are formulated. Each investigative query is adapted to test a different resource or a different combination of resources of the database system. The investigative queries are run when the database system is in an unloaded state to acquire unloaded performance metrics. The investigative queries are run when the database system is in a loaded state to acquire loaded performance metrics. Whether executing a current workload of the database system, using a current configuration of the database system, will likely result in a problem developing at a later point in time can also be determined. Simultaneously with actual execution of the current workload on the database system using the current configuration, a simulation of execution of the current workload using the current configuration is performed. The simulation is performed more quickly than the actual execution.
US08099397B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improved Portable Document Format (“PDF”) document archiving. The method includes scanning a source PDF document for a shared resource. The source PDF document includes a plurality of records. The shared resource includes a common resource referenced by way of a resource pointer associated with a record of the source PDF document. The method includes copying the shared resource to a resource group associated with the source PDF document. The method also includes short-circuiting a link between content for the shared resource and the resource pointer in each record that points to the shared resource. The method includes extracting a record from the source PDF document. The extracted record is void of content for the shared resource in response to the short-circuited link. Thus, records may be stored in a standalone format without excessive storage space requirements.
US08099393B2
Techniques for rating and committing events in an event processing system are provided. Events can be rated at a rating system according to information that is stored locally on the rating system. Rated events can be stored in a database system with these rated events being utilized to, among other things, restore information that is stored locally on the rating system.
US08099390B2
A method and system for automatically managing changes to organizational data in a unified messaging (UM) platform are disclosed. A database snapshot is retrieved from a client human resources database. The database snapshot includes human resources information organized in an organizational hierarchy. A change is detected in the database snapshot from a previous database snapshot, and organizational data in the UM platform is automatically modified to reflect the detected change in the database snapshot. When the change is detected in the database snapshot, it is possible for the UM platform to automatically compose and send a message to at least one user associated with the change including potential modifications of the organization data. The organizational data in the UM platform can then be modified only in response to receiving approval of the potential modifications of the organizational data from at least one user associated with the change.
US08099381B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for factorizing high-dimensional data by simultaneously capturing factors for all data dimensions and their correlations in a factor model, wherein the factor model provides a parsimonious description of the data; and generating a corresponding loss function to evaluate the factor model.
US08099380B1
Systems and techniques are described for blind evaluation of nearest neighbor queries. Locations of multiple users in an original space are received. The locations in the original space are encoded into encoded locations in a transformed space. A relative proximity of the encoded locations in the transformed space is maintained after the encoding. Multiple keys corresponding to the multiple users are generated. Each key enables a reverse transformation of an encoded user location in the transformed space to an original user location in the original space. The multiple keys are provided to the corresponding multiple users, and the encoded locations in the transformed space are provided to a device. An order of computations required to reverse transform the encoded locations in the transformed space to the locations in the original space in the absence of a key is greater than a computational threshold.
US08099378B2
A secure virtual private network (VPN) is described herein. The secure VPN implements standard VPN software with diagnostics to ensure a client device coupling to the VPN is secure. The diagnostics include a policy, a library and an engine where the policy determines what the requirements are for permitting the client device to couple to the VPN. The library stores programs for checking if the client device has any problems. The engine gathers information related to the client device and executes the programs stored within the library. When a user attempts to couple to the VPN with a client device, the server initiates the policy, library and engine to check for issues, and then the user is informed of the issues and/or a mechanism automatically fixes the issues. After the client device is verified as secure, it is able to couple to the VPN for data transfers.
US08099377B2
A decision-making method, a decision-making system, and a PDF are disclosed herein. The decision-making method comprises: receiving application session data that carries access network data and access user data; and making policy and charging decisions according to the application session data. Through the decision-making method, decision-making system, and PDF, the application session data comprises access network data and access user data of the UE so that the PCRF can uniquely determine a user according to the access network data or the access user data and the IP address allocated by the network to the UE, and make policy and charging decisions.
US08099369B2
A method and system for securing transfer, storage, and playback of media content. The method and system relate to securing transfer, storage, and playback of all types of media content, including television, music, electronic games, and other types of electronic data.
US08099357B2
A risk management method and system for facilitating analysis and quantification of risk associated with politically exposed persons is disclosed. A computerized political risk management system maintains a database relating individuals to politically sensitive positions and world events. A rating system is used to assess risk based upon criteria such as a position held, historical data and/or interpretation of world events. The system can generate a risk quotient or other rating based upon a weighted algorithm applied to the criteria. The risk quotient is indicative of risk associated with an account. Actions commensurate with a risk quotient can be presented to an institution to help the institution properly manage risk associated with a politically exposed person. A log or other stored history can be created such that utilization of the system can mitigate adverse effects relating to a problematic account. Mitigation can be accomplished by demonstrating to regulatory bodies, shareholders, news media and other interested parties that corporate governance is being addressed through tangible risk management processes.
US08099353B2
A market indicator process, residing on a server, predicts an opening index price of a security index including at least two discrete securities. A trade monitoring process monitors at least a portion of the trading of the discrete securities that occur outside of a regular trading session. A closing price variation calculation process, responsive to the trade monitoring process, calculates the predicated opening index price of the security index for the beginning of the next regular trading session with respect to a closing index price of the security index at the end of the previous regular trading session. The index prices are indicative of the cumulative value of the discrete securities.
US08099352B2
In electronic trading venues, there may be orders for which the full information is not publicly displayed. For example, the full quantity of an order available for trading or the most aggressive price at which an order can be traded may not be made public. A system and method are disclosed that facilitates trading based on this non-public information. A first order associated with a financial instrument is placed at a venue to probe for non-public information related to the financial instrument. The results of the probe may then be used to place a second order at the venue that takes advantage of any discovered non-public information.
US08099350B2
A method for determining a state of personal finances includes establishing a personal finance code. The personal finance code includes amounts associated with a set of sources of income and amounts associated with a set of uses of funds. The personal finance code includes amounts associated with a set of asset categories. The set of asset categories include income producing assets, income consuming assets, and non-producing income producing assets. The method also includes determining a set of guidelines associated with the personal finance code. The set of guidelines is associated with at least one time period. In addition, the method includes deriving a comparison between the set of guidelines and a set of fiscal behaviors. The set of fiscal behaviors is associated with the at least one time period. The method further includes projecting the comparison over at least one subsequent time period to determine a projected effect. The projected effect includes a relative valuation of assets in at least one of the set of asset categories.
US08099348B2
A market map interface displays market information and trader-related information associated with at least two tradable objects. In one embodiment, the at least two graphical interfaces may be linked, and a user may define one or more adjustment parameters to be used to adjust the view of information being displayed via the linked graphical interfaces. For instance, a user may initiate repositioning of one of the linked graphical interfaces, thus, effectively, causing other linked graphical interfaces to be repositioned according to the defined adjustment parameters.
US08099346B2
A method of computer-assisted price modeling is provided, which uses a reference price to assist in evaluating discretionary pricing of transactional services provided (i) by a professional among his own transactions or (ii) by a target professional among others' transactions. A universe of pricing episode data is segmented into groupings based on price predictive parameters. These data are then arranged in each grouping according to price. A reference price is determined within each grouping based on a predetermined level, rank or percentile. This reference price can then be used to evaluate the pricing episode data and provide various calculations or comparisons, including the revenue opportunity that could have been obtained by pricing at the reference price.
US08099344B2
An investor adjusts a risk-return characteristic of a portfolio of investments by using a graphical user interface to adjust a pointer on a screen up or down. In response, the computer system automatically recalculates the required mix of the portfolio's stocks. Trades are then sent to the system for execution to implement the adjusted portfolio. Thus, investors are afforded a simple click-of-a-mouse mechanism to adjust their entire portfolio to precisely the types of portfolio characteristics desired without having to know about the various interactions of securities with each other or the portfolio effects of changing one security or another or have any other knowledge.
US08099342B1
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for tax computation, management, and compliance reporting via a centralized transactional tax platform capable of incorporating transaction data and/or tax information from multiple locations and/or multiple business applications via a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a central server may be configured to execute an application to generate a user interface to enable configuration of tax compliance data via a network link, to receive transaction data from one or more client systems via the network, to calculate transaction taxes corresponding to the transaction data, and to store tax information, including outputs and computational logic generated by tax calculation engines executed by the server. In another embodiment, the tax calculations may be executed client-side, while administration of tax compliance data and reporting are facilitated by the central server.
US08099335B2
A method for determining billing information for a tag application process for billing a customer using the tag application process, includes the steps of determining a cost component of said tag fabrication process and determining billing information in accordance with said cost component. The customer is billed in accordance with said determined billing information.
US08099330B1
A rider signal is transmitted over programming signal. The rider signal is stored in a rider buffer and includes merchandise ordering data. When a user wishes to order the merchandise, the system establish a channel of communication with an ordering center and places an order according to the data in the rider buffer. The system is particularly useful for implementation in car audio systems and personal computers.
US08099327B2
A system and method select bids for a plurality of media plays, such as advertising spots on radio stations. Users provide bids for the medial plays and may select providers of the media plays and a time period of the media play. The media plays are associated with the bids. The bids are allocated to the media plays, and winning bids are selected.
US08099317B2
A mobile marketing campaign platform and method including: a planning module including: a definition module for setting budget and objectives; and a design module for designing the campaign utilizing a plurality of templates; an execution module including: design tools for designing an executable campaign from the campaign design made from the templates; and operating tools for causing the executable campaign to execute over multiple mobile services; and a reporting module including: tracking means for tracking at least one of a campaign activity, the campaign performance objectives; and the brand performance objectives.
US08099299B2
A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes accessing individual patient deviation maps indicative of a structural difference and a functional difference, respectively, of at least one anatomical region of a patient with respect to standardized reference image data. The method may also include generating a composite patient deviation map indicative of both the structural difference and the functional difference based on at least the individual patient deviation maps, and outputting the composite patient deviation map. Additional methods, systems, and manufactures are also disclosed.
US08099298B2
A computerized tool and method for delivery of pharmacogenetic and pharmacological information, comprising a core system having algorithms and databases for storing, collating, accessing, cross-referencing, and interpreting genetic and pharmacologic data, with a graphical user interface for a client network of providers of laboratory genetic testing services to access the core services under contract. The system includes “paypoints” in support of improved business models. Included are mechanisms for ‘pass through’ third party and insurance reimbursement for interpretive reports, insurance reimbursement for on-line access to pharmacogenetic information at the point of care, tools for market segmentation, and a conversion tool for capturing new subscribers. Also disclosed are tools and predictive algorithms for preventing drug-drug and drug-gene adverse drug reactions.
US08099297B2
An online business method and system enables donors or parents or guardians of donors to order and purchase stem-cells from biological tissue sampled from the donor, such as, for example, cord-blood stem cells of a newborn baby, wherein the ordering process interfaces directly with the attending medical services, and the service steps include collection, extraction, preservation, containment, packaging, delivery and storage of the stem cells in a storage medium that can be cost-effectively maintained by the donor, parent or guardian at home or in a custodial location. In one embodiment, preservation is by freeze-drying, containment is in a vacuum vial, and storage is at room temperature.
US08099294B2
A method of revenue management of an inventory of items in order to optimize the availability of one or several item(s) requested by a user, method comprising the steps of calculating an online estimate of a first element associated with the request; calculating an online estimate of a second element associated with the request; comparing the estimate of the first and second element to determine whether or not requested items can be granted to the requestor. The optimized calculations take place in real time and are handled by a single on-line system that does not need to rely on uploads of recommendations from an external off-line optimization system.
US08099283B2
A unified web-based voice messaging system provides voice application control between a web browser and an application server via an hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection on an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The application server, configured for executing a voice application defined by XML documents, selects an XML document for execution of a corresponding voice application operation based on a determined presence of a user-specific XML document that specifies the corresponding voice application operation. The application server, upon receiving a voice application operation request from a browser serving a user, determines whether a personalized, user specific XML document exists for the user and for the corresponding voice application operation. If the application server determines the presence of the personalized XML document for a user-specific execution of the corresponding voice application operation, the application server dynamically generates a personalized HTML page having media content and control tags for personalized execution of the voice application operation; however if the application server determines an absence of the personalized XML document for the user-specific execution of the corresponding voice application operation, the application server dynamically generates a generic HTML page for generic execution of the voice application operation. Hence, a user can personalize any number of voice application operations, enabling a web-based voice application to be completely customized or merely partially customized.
US08099282B2
A voice conversion training system, voice conversion system, voice conversion client-server system, and program that realize voice conversion to be performed with low load of training are provided.In a server 10, an intermediate conversion function generation unit 101 generates an intermediate conversion function F, and a target conversion function generation unit 102 generates a target conversion function G. In a mobile terminal 20, an intermediate voice conversion unit 211 uses the conversion function F to generate speech of an intermediate speaker from speech of a source speaker, and a target voice conversion unit 212 uses the conversion function G to convert speech of the intermediate speaker speech generated by the intermediate voice conversion unit 211 to speech of a target speaker.
US08099279B2
A method of aiding a speech recognition program developer by grouping calls passing through an identified question-answer (QA) state or transition into clusters based on causes of problems associated with the calls is provided. The method includes determining a number of clusters into which a plurality of calls will be grouped. Then, the plurality of calls is at least partially randomly assigned to the different clusters. Model parameters are estimated using clustering information based upon the assignment of the plurality of calls to the different clusters. Individual probabilities are calculated for each of the plurality of calls using the estimated model parameters. The individual probabilities are indicative of a likelihood that the corresponding call belongs to a particular cluster. The plurality of calls is then re-assigned to the different clusters based upon the calculated probabilities. These steps are then repeated until the grouping of the plurality of calls achieves a desired stability.
US08099269B2
The present invention is a method and system for simulating the aging process of a circuit. A two-step process is employed whereby, in a first simulation step, a simulation is conducted to obtain node voltages for the original circuit and the node voltages are stored in a file. In the second step, a subsequent simulation is run after transistors of the circuit are replaced by aging subcircuits, which contain aging models, and initial node voltages are updated. A script is used to set the bias voltage inputs for the aging models using the node voltages stored in the file from the first step. With more accurate bias voltage inputs for the aging models, the aging simulations are conducted to compute the circuit degradation.
US08099265B2
Methods and apparatus for fast computation of fluid velocity fields in the presence of objects causing flow discontinuity are disclosed. Rigorous evaluation of perturbed velocity fields, each resulting from placing an object in a bounded space sustaining a reference velocity field, are determined for different orientations of the object with respect to a reference velocity field and different values of the magnitude of the velocity field. A velocity field is determined at selected sampling points within an enclosure surrounding the object. Pre-computed perturbed velocity fields determined for each object of a set of reference objects are stored in a computer memory. Fast real-time computation of velocity-field perturbations caused by presence of objects at arbitrary positions in a space sustaining velocity fields of different magnitudes and directions are realized using the stored pre-computed data.
US08099262B2
Methods and systems for improving the accuracy of predicting resistance of a disease to a drug are described. More specifically, methods for assessing the impact of pre-existing variations in drug susceptibility, whether naturally occurring or selected by previous drug exposure, on treatment response in order to establish clinically relevant cut-off values for phenotypic or genotypic resistance tests are described.
US08099252B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a self-testing power management unit (PMU) in an electronic device. Self-testing may enable the testing of PMU power supply outputs while reducing the need for test points to conserve circuit board real estate. In one embodiment, a PMU is placed in self-test mode, and a test controller may perform capacitance tests on each power supply output. Once the capacitance test has been performed on each power supply output, the PMU may be placed in normal operating mode, and voltage tests may be performed on each power rail. Once voltage tests have been performed on all power rails in the PMU, the self-test may be complete. In some embodiments, the test controller may communicate with a test multiplexer to select the power supply output for testing. Further, the measurements resulting from the capacitance and voltage tests may be converted to a digital signal through an analog-to-digital converter on the PMU.
US08099251B2
In some embodiments, a method for testing a chassis including one or more information handling systems is provided. The method includes receiving a chassis configuration specification that defines a set of required components for a chassis configuration, generating one or more test images based at least the received chassis configuration specification, automatically determining components of the chassis, testing the determined components of the chassis using the one or more generated test images, and reporting results from the testing to a user.
US08099239B2
A method of analyzing electromagnetic survey data from an area of seafloor (6) that is thought or known to contain a conductive or resistive body, such as a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir (12), is described. The method includes providing electric field data and magnetic field data, for example magnetic flux density, obtained by at least one receiver (25) from a horizontal electric dipole (HED) transmitter (22) and determining a vertical gradient in the electric field data. The vertical gradient in the electric field data and the magnetic field data are then combined to generate combined response data. The combined response data is compared with background data specific to the area being surveyed to obtain difference data sensitive to the presence of a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir. Because the combined response data are relatively insensitive to the transverse electric (TE) mode component of the transmitted signal, the method allows hydrocarbon reservoirs to be detected in shallow water where the TE mode component interacting with the air would otherwise dominate. Furthermore, because there is no mixing between the TE and transverse magnetic (TM) modes in the combined response data, data from all possible transmitter and receiver orientations may be used. The background data may be provided by magneto-telluric surveying, controlled source electromagnetic surveying or from direct geophysical measurement.
US08099238B2
A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
US08099236B2
Disclosed is a method and system for identifying a location of interest between a user and an identified endpoint and computing at least one reference vector based on current positional information, current velocity information, and an identified endpoint. A sampling bandwidth is designated based on at least one of current velocity information, current positional information, and current distance to the identified endpoint. One or more locations of interest between the user and the identified endpoint are identified within the sampling bandwidth. A sampling vector is calculated for at least one of the one or more locations of interest within the sampling bandwidth, and the user is alerted to the sampling vector for the at least one location of interest within the sampling bandwidth.
US08099221B2
A method and control module for operating a vehicle powertrain in response to a cruise control includes a primary closed loop control module generating a primary closed loop control signal and a primary torque request signal based on the primary closed loop control signal. The control module also includes a secondary closed loop control module generating a secondary closed loop control signal and a secondary torque request signal based on the secondary closed loop control signal. A transmission control module controls a transmission based on the primary torque request control signal and the secondary torque request signal.
US08099216B2
A detector detects at least one of environmental information on the environment and physical information on the user's physical condition, when the user gets into a vehicle. Each of the environment and the physical condition is divided into a plurality of zones. A memory stores statistical data each representing the probability of the user selecting one of the driving positions in the vehicle in one of the zones. One of the driving positions can, from the probabilities allotted to them, be estimated to be optimum for the user in the zone into which the detected information falls. As a result, even if the user's preference in driving position changes with the environment or the user's physical condition in which the user gets into the vehicle, it is possible to adjust the driving position automatically according to the current preference.
US08099208B2
A driving diagnosis apparatus temporarily records a diagnosis result of the user before changed when a user is switched, and starts to diagnose the user after changed. Accordingly, since driving status of each user is independently diagnosed, the diagnosis result is proper. Further, when a driving distance of the vehicle is smaller than a threshold, the diagnosis result of a driving interval is not recorded so that the driving interval is removed from an object of giving a point. Influence to environment is also considered in evaluation of the driving status. Accordingly, in the driving diagnosis apparatus and a driving diagnosis system for diagnosing driving status and for evaluating a driver based on the diagnosis result, the diagnosis and the evaluation are properly performed.
US08099207B2
Method for determining the performance of a motor vehicle consumable, including engine lubricant, fuel and tires in a motor vehicle having an engine with at least one fuel injection valve, a lubricating system and a CANbus network having at least three network nodes, each operably connected to a computer. The method includes operating the vehicle while supplying the engine with fuel through a fuel injection valve and lubricating the engine with the engine lubricant. A first CANbus network node transmits to the computer a signal indicative of the engine fuelling rate based upon the opening time of a fuel injection valve. One or more second CANbus network nodes transmit signals to the computer indicative of one or more variables indicative of the power output of the engine, and one or more third CANbus network nodes transmit signals to the computer indicative of the vehicle operating conditions. The computer calculates a corrected power output indicative of the power output of the engine corrected for the vehicle operating conditions using the one or more signals transmitted to the computer by the second and third CANbus network nodes and a pre-determined algorithm, and the computer transmits and/or stores the corrected power output and the signal indicative of the engine fuelling rate.
US08099203B2
Internal combustion engine autostarting includes selecting from among several autostart processes in accordance with desired input torque from the engine to the transmission, cranking the engine, and fueling the engine during the engine cranking based upon the selected engine autostart process.
US08099197B2
A method and system for aggregating messages. The method comprises obtaining, at a controller, a first plurality of messages related to operation of a distributed energy generator; generating, at the controller, a second plurality of messages from the first plurality, wherein each message in the second plurality has a start-time within a first time window; and generating, at the controller, a third plurality of messages from the second plurality, wherein each message in the third plurality has an end-time within a second time window and is associated with an indicia of a message group.
US08099196B2
The invention relates to a control method for a mechanical-hydraulic system having a degree of freedom per hydraulic actuator which is embodied as a control path, and a measuring sensor which is used to measure the pressure ph of a hydraulic cylinder and a measuring sensor which is used to measure the position xh of the piston of the hydraulic cylinder. A control unit which can receive input variables of hydraulic pressure ph, and hydraulic actuator position xh, is provided. An observer, which determines the desired pressure of the hydraulic system and the speed vh of the hydraulic actuator, is implemented in the system. The desired pressure in the control element is taken into account in the set of rules of the control element and the speed vh of the hydraulic actuator can be over-ridden for attenuating the control element.
US08099189B2
Ball robot comprising a shell, a diametric main axle, at least one pendulum, and a drive mechanism comprising at least two drive motors, wherein the drive motors are arranged on the pendulum(s) in the vicinity of the inner surface of the shell. There is also provided a ball robot with a ball shaped shell, a diametric axle attached to the shell concentric with the main axis of rotation of the shell, and a drive mechanism located inside the shell and supported by the diametric axle, wherein the diametric axle is arranged to accommodate for dimensional changes of the shell along the main axis of rotation.
US08099186B2
An improved approach to satellite-based navigation (e.g., GPS) is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a nominal orbital path of a navigation satellite. The method also includes transmitting ephemeris data corresponding to the nominal orbital path from the navigation satellite to a plurality of navigation devices. The method further includes determining an actual orbital path of the navigation satellite locally at the navigation satellite. In addition, the method includes determining a deviation between the actual orbital path and the nominal orbital path locally at the navigation satellite. The method also includes autonomously adjusting the actual orbital path locally at the navigation satellite to reduce the deviation between the actual orbital path and the nominal orbital path.
US08099168B2
A post-operative pain inhibitor system (100) comprises a controller (32) and leads (25, 27). Neuro-stimulator circuitry may be included within the patient controller 32 or within one or more prosthetic components (12, 13, 14) for generating a signal. The topical leads (27), percutaneous leads (25), subcutaneous leads (26), intraosseous leads (22) or leads placed on or within prosthetic components are coupled to neuro-stimulation circuitry (44) to stimulate peripheral nerve fibers such that the signal blocks body generated action potentials. Controller (32) can modify the pulse width, pulse shape, pulse repetition rate, and pulse amplitude of the signal thereby allowing the patient to adapt the signal to minimize their perceived pain.
US08099165B2
A medical device programmer and a method of operation in which a first data value is received and used in the execution of one or more algorithms. One or more suggested pulse generator settings are calculated from the one or more algorithms based on the first data value, and the one or more suggested pulse generator settings are displayed on an interactive display screen of the medical device programmer. In one embodiment, the first data value is a duration interval of a QRS complex. From the duration interval, suggestions are made as to one or more ventricular chambers in which to provide pacing pulses. Additionally, pacing intervals for an AV delay are suggested based on measured P-R intervals, or pacing intervals for an LV offset are suggested based on a measured duration interval of a V-V-interval between a right ventricular event and a left ventricular event.
US08099164B2
Embodiments of the invention include an implantable medical device having a digital signal processing circuit associated with an implantable medical device function. The digital signal processing circuit can be selectively implementable according to the clinical need of a patient. Embodiments of the invention also include methods of making and using such implantable medical devices.
US08099161B2
The disclosure of the present application provides for systems and methods for determining a phasic change in a vessel and vessel compliance. In at least one exemplary method for determining a phasic change in a vessel, the method comprises the steps of introducing a device into a site within a vessel, operating the device in connection with two or more fluid injections in the vessel to obtain two or more conductance values, calculating a parallel conductance value and a total conductance value, and calculating a phasic change in at least one vessel parameter based in part upon the calculated parallel conductance value and the calculated total conductance value. In an exemplary method for determining vessel compliance, the method comprises, in part, the steps of calculating a first vessel parameter and a second vessel parameter based on at least two conductance values, calculating a change in vessel parameter based upon the first and second vessel parameters, and calculating vessel compliance based upon the relationship between the change in vessel parameter and a change in pressure during a cardiac cycle.
US08099158B2
A method and apparatus for automatically selecting an end of diastole image frame and an end of systole image frame for cardiac analysis. In the method and apparatus, a plurality of image frames of a heart having a contrast medium injected into the heart and an electrocardiogram (ECG) curve of the heart are obtained. Candidate image frames are identified in the plurality of image frames that correspond to a first predetermined point on the ECG curve of the heart associated with the end of diastole. An end of diastole image frame is selected from the candidate image frames. An end of systole image frame is then identified and selected from the remaining one of the plurality of image frames.
US08099154B1
An apparatus for generating focused acoustical pressure waves for therapeutical applications and, in particular, for destroying concrements, corporeal stone, etc., comprises a sound generating unit, which generates pressure waves in a coupling medium, a reflector which focuses the waves and having, if necessary, a locating unit for locating the concrements, corporeal stones, etc., to be destroyed. The sound generating unit is a corpus or body which is axially symmetrical to an axis running through the focal point and whose casing extends in the direction of the axis and is the emission area for the waves. The sound generating unit generates axially symmetrical pressure waves, the propagation direction of which is essentially perpendicular to the axis.
US08099153B2
The invention relates to a method for three-dimensional localization of an instrument for an interventional access, comprising: creating a three-dimensional image recording covering a region of the intervention and surroundings; determining local attenuation values of the three-dimensional image recording by x-ray absorption characteristics; recording a two-dimensional image recording covering the region of the intervention and surroundings; determining an x-ray intensity at an x-ray sensor arranged on the instrument; localizing the x-ray sensor in the two-dimensional image recording based on the x-ray intensity; summing the local attenuation values along a virtual x-ray path passing through the x-ray sensor in the three-dimensional image recording; identifying a point on the virtual x-ray path where the attenuation sum corresponds to the x-ray intensity at the x-ray sensor; and determining a three-dimensional position of the point corresponding to the three-dimensional position of the x-ray sensor on the instrument.
US08099150B2
A head support assembly includes a base configured to be removably secured to an MRI scanner gantry, a head support frame attached to the base, and a longitudinally extending head coil apparatus adjustably secured to the head support frame. The head support frame includes a pair of elongated arms that extend outwardly in adjacent, spaced-apart, substantially co-planar relationship to form an area for receiving the head of a patient. Each arm includes a respective free end, and a head engagement rod is adjustably associated with each respective arm free end. The head engagement rods are configured to engage a patients head within the head support frame. One or more additional head engagement rods may extend outwardly from the head support frame between the pair of arms.
US08099149B2
A method for calculating quantitative perfusion measurements using an MRI system includes a pulse sequence that acquires perfusion weighted images and additionally measures T1 values before and after the administration of a contrast agent. T1 values are measured by rapidly sampling a longitudinal relaxation curve and employed to determine the blood volume in tissue. A correction factor for the effect of water diffusion between blood vessels and the extravascular space is determined.
US08099136B2
A portable terminal displays on a selection screen not only contents stored in the portable terminal but also contents stored in a contents server communicatable via a network with the portable terminal. The selection screen displays information regarding the size and location of each of the contents, as well as estimated time and cost required to obtain each of the corresponding contents based on information regarding communication speed and communication path such as communicatable areas. The portable terminal is also equipped with a function to search another communication path that becomes available when moving the portable terminal to another location, and a function to suggest to obtain the contents using such a communication path if the new communication path provides faster and/or more inexpensive connection.
US08099135B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system is provided. The information handling system may include a processor; a display coupled to the processor, the display comprising a pixel clock source configured to generate a pixel clock frequency; a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device having a lookup table stored thereon; and a controller coupled to the processor and configured for: receiving frequency information associated with wireless transmissions of the information handling system; and dynamically adjusting the pixel clock frequency by selecting a frequency from the lookup table in response to a determination that the received frequency information is approximately equal to the pixel clock frequency.
US08099130B1
A wireless sensor network for monitoring one or more selected environmental characteristics. Multiple wireless signal transceivers, disposed in respective portions of a selected environment, respond to one or more wireless beacon signals by selectively collecting, processing and storing data corresponding to one or more characteristics of such portions of the selected environment, and by selectively transmitting respective wireless response signals containing selected portions of such data. Alternatively, multiple wireless signal transceivers, disposed in respective sub-networks in portions of a selected environment, collect and convey data corresponding to one or more characteristics of such selected environment portions.
US08099123B2
A method and system for interference cancellation (IC). One aspect relates to traffic interference cancellation. Another aspect relates to joint IC for pilot, overhead and data. Another aspect relates to improved channel estimation. Another aspect relates to adaptation of transmit subchannel gains.
US08099118B2
A voice call request for a voice call involving the mobile device is received in a wireless network while the mobile device is engaged in a connected data communication service via the wireless network. The service utilizes a radio traffic channel between the mobile device and the wireless network and a data session for communication of data. In response to the receiving of the voice call request, the wireless network causes the radio traffic channel for the service to be torn down without terminating the data session. The wireless network also causes a voice call involving the mobile device to be established and maintained over a new radio traffic channel via the wireless network while the data session for the service is maintained. Subsequently, the wireless network identifies an indication that the voice call involving the mobile device has ended and, in response, resumes the communication of the data in the data session over a radio traffic channel.
US08099116B2
The invention relates to a method an system for forwarding a short message from a sender to a recipient within a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of sending the short message from the sender via at least one network node to the recipient, determining in the network node whether the recipient has activated a forwarding unconditional of the short message to a predefined forwarding destination, and if true, forwarding the short message to the predefined forwarding destination.
US08099110B2
An apparatus and method for efficient determination of mobile station location in a wireless network. A location register database is used by base station controllers to track the locations of mobile stations.
US08099109B2
Embodiments of a location sharing network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device operated by a user within an area, displays a map representation of the area around the mobile communication device on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device, and superimposes on the map the respective locations of one or more other trusted users of mobile communication devices coupled to the mobile communication device over the network. An advertising platform manager provides tools for an advertiser to create and transmit relevant ad messages to a user based on specific location, time, and profile data of the user. Such location-based ad serving allows for the creation of ads that directly leverage a key component of the user's interaction with the mobile device in that messages can be tied directly to the location display of a product or service offered by the advertiser. The ad messages can be provided in the form of text or graphic messages, logos, display branding. Information related to time and location-sensitive promotional events can also be effectively broadcast to users in the form of alerts or coupons that encourage user to visit a location that may be near the user.
US08099100B2
The present invention provides a communication control system which can prevent unnecessary communication connections while ensuring user-friendliness when 1 to N communication is performed.The communication control system judges whether an area code of a mobile terminal and area codes of the other mobile terminals of the group match, and establishes 1 to N communication between the mobile terminal and the mobile terminals of which area codes match. As a result, when the users are contacted to meet, for example, the communication control system can prevent unnecessary communication connections without indiscriminately connecting the mobile terminals of users at distant locations for whom it is difficult to travel for a meeting. In addition, the communication destination mobile terminals are automatically selected based on the area code, user-friendliness can therefore be sufficiently ensured.
US08099098B2
Techniques and systems for planning of wireless networks are described. A system according to an aspect of the present invention receives inputs describing traffic statistics for a wireless network and computes network specifications. The system uses the traffic statistics and network specifications as inputs to a computationally tractable model used to compute parameters for the user level performance of the wireless network. The model may suitably be a processor sharing queuing model. The model employed by the planning system allows analytical solution for the desired user level parameters, given the characteristics and conditions entered as inputs and the intended network layout characteristics. Once a set of user level performance parameters has been computed, the values of the parameters are examined to determine if they meet predetermined requirements, in an iterative process continuing until a set of specifications has been developed that produces parameters meeting the requirements.
US08099097B2
A wireless LAN device determines whether there is a necessity to search for a base station based on base station information as to a currently associated first base station, and selects all or a part of base station search conditions stored in advance to search for the base station when there is the necessity for searching the base station. When detecting at least one base station, the wireless LAN device determines whether there is a necessity to execute a handover based on base station information of each of the detected base station and the first base station. If the handover is necessary, the wireless LAN device determines the second base station from the base stations and associates the wireless LAN device with the second base station.
US08099092B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device. A provisioning server may be used to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication device and in response to the provisioning update request transmit a service update data message to the mobile communication device. The service update data message may include service information for the mobile communication device that is received by the provisioning server from at least one of a plurality of service providers. The mobile communication device may be operable to detect a triggering event and transmit the provisioning update request to the provisioning server in response to the triggering event.
US08099088B2
A caller number is provided to a network element that associates name information with the caller number. The network element receives location information for the caller and provides the location information and name information as a response to being provided the caller number.
US08099079B2
A method and system for distributing mobile applications includes receiving, processing and displaying advertisements on mobile terminals. Data is visualized on a display area of a mobile terminal that receives process data including an executable process. The mobile terminal receives a visualization request from the process; selects data in accordance with the visualization request; and displays the selected data the display area. Execution of at least part of the executable process is paused until the visualization process has completed. Thus mobile terminals process an executable process which makes calls for data to be displayed to a user. The displayed data may be advertisement data selected based on user preferences. The executable process may be a game which is paused at a particular level to display the data. The executable process might also be a news relaying application to retrieve and display news stories.
US08099069B2
A broadcast receiver for use in a mobile communication terminal includes a receiving antenna and an antenna tuning circuit connected to the receiving antenna. The receiving antenna receives broadcast signals tuned to the resonant frequency of the antenna tuning circuit by changing the resonant frequency. The antenna tuning circuit includes an unwanted voltage suppression circuit that suppresses an unwanted voltage generated due to the rectification effect of a varactor when the receiving antenna receives transmission signals output from the transmission antenna of the mobile communication terminal.
US08099063B2
An rf signal transmitter for transmitting rf signals through a plurality of antennas is described, which comprises: a transmit section adapted to selectively set, with respect to an input signal, the initial phase of an output to at least one of said antennas depending on a time or frequency region used for communication and to provide delay to the output on an antenna-by-antenna basis and on the basis of a transmission timing or a transmission frequency; and a quality information receive section for receiving quality information from destination station, i.e., a wireless terminal unit, said quality information concerning the rf signal transmitted from said transmit section and received at said destination station.
US08099060B2
A mobile wireless communication device also has at least one wired communication port. Enhanced security is achieved by permitting the device to automatically disable one or more wireless ports when connected to a wired port. Specific combinations/permutations of such automatic control may be effected by use of an IT Policy also resident on the device.
US08099056B2
Methods and hybrid matrix amplifiers are provided. In a method of calibrating a hybrid matrix amplifier of a wireless transceiver, a plurality of signal paths having a digital and an analog portion are toggled such that the analog portion of each of the plurality of signal paths is active only during a corresponding buffer capture interval of a calibration process. The signal paths carry signals to be transmitted by an antenna arrangement. Channel estimates for each of the plurality of signal paths are generated based only on sampling data collected during the corresponding buffer capture interval. The hybrid matrix amplifier is calibrated based on the generated channel estimates.
US08099054B2
Disclosed embodiments comprise an energy harvesting computer device in association with a communication device comprising interactive user interface operatively configured with CMOS multiple antennas on chip for boosting signal receptions and for providing faster data transmission speed. Disclosed embodiment encompasses three modes of communications —the Cell phone, wireless Internet applications, and Global communication and media information. Embodiments provide communication apparatus operable to enhance mobile communication efficiency with touch sensitive display comprising energy harvesting platform in communication with a charging circuit board configured with memories, processors, sensors, and modules. Embodiments further provide a gaming device, a wireless media device configured with touch pads comprising sensors being embedded in silicon substrate and fused in nano-fiber/micro fiber material having excellent electrical characteristics. Certain embodiments provide communication apparatus configured for voice enabled applications comprising human voice auditory operable to convert text into voice auditory and/or voice auditory into text applications.
US08099051B2
A pilot signal power control apparatus to determine a power level of a pilot signal of a primary network to indicate an availability of a wireless resource of thereof to a secondary user of a secondary network according to a cognitive radio technology, the pilot signal power control apparatus and an operation method thereof, the pilot signal power control apparatus including: a prediction unit to predict a noise increase and/or a sensing probability, the noise increase occurring in a primary user of the primary network due to a channel estimation error, and the sensing probability being a probability that a secondary user senses the pilot signal of; a channel capacity calculation unit to calculate a channel capacity of the primary user based on the predicted noise increase and/or sensing probability; and a power level determination unit to determine the power level of the pilot signal using the calculated channel capacity.
US08099050B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving a first signal and generating an output signal indicative of radio data system (“RDS”) information. A receiver circuit of the invention can include mixer circuitry, lowpass filter circuitry, downsampler circuitry, and decoder circuitry. Advantageously, the receiver circuit can operate entirely within the digital domain, promoting interoperability with digital frequency modulation (“FM”) demodulator circuitry.
US08099048B2
A system is for encoding information on a passive surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. The system includes a requesting unit configured to wirelessly transmit an impulse signal. The impulse signal is a signal that includes only a single pulse. A SAW device has an interdigital transducer (IDT) configured to physically store coded data. The SAW device is configured to receive the impulse signal. In response to receiving the impulse signal, the SAW device excites the IDT to generate a coded signal that includes the stored coded data and frequency components at a fundamental frequency.
US08099046B2
A communication system that integrates audio and visual messaging, including a mobile communication device for receiving visual messages and for transmitting voice messages to a recipient, a base station system in communication with the mobile communication device, an electronic mail gateway for delivering visual messages to the base station system for transmission to the mobile communication device, and an integrated mail gateway for receiving from the base station a voice message and addressing information that were both transmitted from the mobile communication device. The integrated mail gateway is programmed to create an e-mail message comprising the voice message. The integrated mail gateway is also programmed to use the addressing information to address the e-mail message, and to send the addressed e-mail message to the recipient.
US08099041B1
A system and method for communicating through a host repeater. Data is received from a remote repeater communicating with a wireless device. The host repeater registers as the wireless device on a wireless network. The data is reformatted for transmission between the wireless devices and the wireless network.
US08099036B2
A disclosed image processing apparatus is capable of shifting an illegal copy preventing pattern so that an image reading device can recognize the pattern printed at the edge end of the printing range on a paper even when the printing range on the paper is changed by, for example, trimming and user settings. The apparatus includes an image output unit outputting an image to a prescribed region; an output position setting unit acquiring output region information, comparing the output region information with the illegal copy preventing pattern; and determining an output position of the illegal copy preventing pattern based on the comparison result, and a combining unit combining the illegal copy preventing pattern and image data based on the output position determined by the output position setting unit. The image output unit outputs the image combined by the combining unit.
US08099035B2
Exemplary embodiments provide an induction heating member including a substrate and a heating layer disposed on the substrate. The heating layer includes carbon nanotubes and metal. An outer layer is disposed on the heating layer and includes a fluoropolymer.
US08099034B2
In one embodiment, when a hot roller is driven to rotate, a driving gear rotates so that a swing gear and a swing cam rotate. Then, a sliding contact edge on the right side of a swing lever that abuts against the circumferential face of the swing cam repeatedly moves up and down, and the swing lever repeatedly rotates clockwise and counterclockwise with a shaft of a pressure release cam as the center. At this time, since only the clockwise rotation of the swing lever is transmitted via a one-way clutch to the shaft of the pressure release cam, the clockwise rotation is intermittently transmitted to the shaft of the pressure release cam. As a result of this, the pressure release cam intermittently rotates clockwise, and the pressure release cam pushes away a roller of a displacement frame, so that the pressure roller separates from the hot roller.
US08099029B2
A toner cartridge has first and second toner hosing portions configured to house toner. The first toner housing portion has a first bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second toner housing portion has a second bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second bottom part is next to the first bottom part and is situated at a position lower than the first bottom part. A third bottom part is provided between the first bottom part and the second bottom part. The third bottom part has a toner discharge port.
US08099027B2
A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed inlet provided in a forward end of the developer container which is inserted into the receptacle in an insertion direction and for feeding the developer contained in the developer container into the image forming apparatus main body; and an opening and closing member that opens the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in the insertion direction when the developer container is inserted into the receptacle and closes the developer feed inlet with movement of the developer container in opposition to the insertion direction when the developer container is removed from the receptacle, the opening and closing member having a protrusion formed to protrude inward of the opening and closing member and allowed to engage with a recess provided in the developer container and being arranged to be allowed to move on the outside of the developer container in a direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the developer container, and when the developer container is inserted into the receptacle, a developer container outside section sliding into the opening and closing member being brought to one side of the opening and closing member in the direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the developer container, then the protrusion being released from an engageable state.
US08099024B2
Systems and methods of producing image products using printing are provided. The image products are produced by sequentially applying a base image, a first clear toner and a second clear toner. The first clear toner forms one or more lenses, and the first and second clear toners have different indexes of refraction. The image products produced by the systems and methods can be lenticular image products that display different images depending upon a viewing angle.
US08099020B2
A developer cartridge and developing device are provided. The developer cartridge is attachable to and detachable from a developing housing, the developing housing supporting a developer carrier and comprising a drive gear for transmitting a driving force to the developer cartridge. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is configured to accommodate developer, an agitator that is provided in the cartridge housing and is configured to agitate the developer by the driving force, a transmission gear that is configured to mesh with the agitation gear, the transmission gear meshing with the drive gear when the developer cartridge is installed in the developing housing, and a supporting member that is configured to support the transmission gear movably with respect to the agitation gear while the transmission gear meshes with the agitation gear.
US08099018B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with the image carriers, the developing cartridges configured to be attached to and removed from the process unit, each of the developing cartridges including a corresponding developer carrier, each of the developing cartridges being configured to supply developer to a corresponding image carrier; and a pressing mechanism provided in the main body, the pressing mechanism configured to press the developing cartridges, when attached to the process unit, in a direction that the developer carriers contact the image carriers.
US08099015B2
A developing device includes: a housing that has a developer containing part and an opening, the developer containing part containing a developer, and the opening allowing the developer to flow through; a sheet member that is provided in the housing, seals the opening when unused, and is pulled out in one direction to open the opening when used; and a loosening regulation unit that is provided on the housing or the sheet member, and regulates loosening of the sheet member, wherein the housing has a guide hole, the guide hole allowing the sheet member to be inserted in when sealing the opening with the sheet member, and guiding the sheet member when the sheet member is pulled out.
US08099004B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first image carrier that carries a first latent image. A first charging section charges the first image carrier. A first exposure section exposes the first image carrier charged by the first charging section. A first developing section develops the first latent image formed on the first image carrier in the first exposure section using a first liquid developer containing a carrier and first toner particles. A first primary transfer section transfers a first image developed in the first developing section onto a transfer medium. A second image carrier carries a second latent image. A second charging section charges the second image carrier. A second exposure section exposes the second image carrier charged by the second charging section.
US08099003B2
An image forming apparatus and method which can take a countermeasure against a tail or the like in consideration of differences of various conditions such as a kind of transfer paper and the like is provided. The apparatus has an image processing portion for extracting an image pattern whose image information has a concentration of 100% and executing a thin-out process for thinning out a predetermined area in the extracted image pattern at a predetermined ratio. The image processing portion or step changes the thin-out process according to the transfer paper kind.
US08098999B2
A tunable filter may be utilized to successively tune to different wavelengths. As each wavelength of the wavelength division multiplexed signal is extracted, it may be successively power monitored. Thus, power monitoring may done without requiring separate power monitors for each channel. This results in considerable advantages in some embodiments, including reduced size, reduced complexities in fabrication, and reduced yield issues in some embodiments.
US08098998B2
A technology to automatically control the biasing of an optical duobinary transmitter using a single-drive LN-MZ modulator is provided. A low-frequency signal is amplitude modulated onto a voltage signal input into a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator 22. The optical output from the optical modulator 22 is detected by an optical detection subsystem 30. In a bias control subsystem 40, the low-frequency signal component amplitude modulated onto the electrical signal is detected from the optical output, and a DC bias voltage applied to the optical modulator is controlled such that the low-frequency signal component is either minimized or maximized.
US08098997B2
A reduction in size and cost of an optical modulator is achieved with a simple configuration, while improving the modulation characteristics. An optical modulator modulates light branched by an optical coupler and then couples the light via the optical coupler. The optical coupler is formed in a substrate having electro-optic effects. An optical waveguide is formed in the substrate and, includes a turnback section and ends into which the light branched by the optical coupler is input. A signal electrode is provided in the substrate along the optical waveguide. A modulation signal to modulate the light passing through the optical waveguide is input to the signal electrode.
US08098996B2
A variety of adaptable electronic duobinary generating filters to be used in communication systems are provided, each filter generating an adaptable electronic duobinay signal which is optimized for system impairments. According to one exemplary implementation, an adaptable electronic duobinary generating filter comprises an adaptable delay-and-add circuit, having an adaptable electronic delay element having a delay αT: 1/T being the bit rate of the binary data input into the adaptable delay-and-add circuit, and α being an adaptation parameter which can be optimized depending on the system impairments. In one optional implementation, the adaptable electronic delay element can be programmably adaptable to optimize against deterministic system impairments. In another optional implementation, the adaptable electronic delay element can be dynamically adaptable to optimize against dynamically varying system impairments. Additionally, in one embodiment, an adaptable electronic duobinary drive circuitry based on the adaptable electronic duobinary generating filter can drive an adaptable optical duobinary transmitter in a fiber-optic communication system to produce an adaptable optical duobinary signal, where the adaptation parameter α is optimized to mitigate certain deleterious fiber-optic transmission system impairments, such as distortions due to narrow optical filtering. Corresponding optical duobinary systems and methods are provided. Similarly, the adaptable electronic duobinary generating filter can be used to form an adaptable electronic duobinary transmitter for an electronic duobinary communication system, to optimize the electronic duobinary signal generated.
US08098985B2
This invention provides a photographing module that at least includes a lens unit, an electrically controlled focusing mechanism, an elastic unit, a supporting base and a photosensitive device. A movable member of the electrically controlled focusing mechanism is electrically driven to move the lens unit attached therewith along an optical axis so as to perform a focusing function. The elastic unit is disposed with the electrically controlled focusing mechanism and has a plurality of bridge regions. Each bridge region has a plurality of radial segments which are connected together, so that they can evenly absorb accumulated stress coming from a distortion, a plane shift along the optical axis and a certain amount of tilt of the lens unit while it is being rotated to be disposed in the photographing module or during its other movements. The elastic unit effectively utilizes available space to lengthen the bridge regions so its spring constant can be effectively reduced.
US08098970B2
A composite waveguide includes a central core configured to transmit a plurality of modes and at least one side core helically wound about the central core and configured to be selectively coupled to at least a portion of the plurality of modes in the central core.
US08098965B1
A novel electroabsorption modulator based on tuning the Fermi level relative to mid-gap states in a semiconductor. The modulator includes a semiconductor waveguide that has an input port and an output port. Between the input port and the output port is a section of the waveguide that functions as an electroabsorptive region. Adjacent to the electroabsorptive region are electrical contacts. In operation by adjusting voltages on the electrical contacts, the quasi-Fermi level in the electroabsorptive region of the semiconductor waveguide is brought above or below mid band-gap electronic states. As these states transition between occupancy and vacancy, the absorption coefficient for optical radiation in the electroabsorptive region of the semiconductor changes. As this change in absorption coefficient modulates the intensity of transmitted radiation in response to an input data stream driving the voltages, the device functions as a semiconductor optical modulator in accordance with the principles of the invention.
US08098964B2
A system, a method and computer-readable media for processing raw image data with a graphics processing unit (GPU). Raw image data generated by an imaging sensor is received. A set of instructions for demosaicing the raw image data is communicated to the GPU. The GPU is enabled to demosaic the raw image data by executing the set of instructions.
US08098959B2
A system and methods for rotating and compressing digital image data is presented. The system includes an image sensor that vertically and horizontally flips a digital image, an image processor that converts the image into the YCbCr color space, reorder buffers that divide the YCbCr component data into component blocks and rotate the component blocks, and a JPEG encoder that applies JPEG compression to the rotated component blocks. The JPEG encoder differentially encodes DC coefficients of the component blocks in an order that corresponds to the desired rotated image. An index is created by the JPEG encoder that allows for the reconstruction and storing of the rotated component blocks as a rotated JPEG image.
US08098958B2
A system for automatically registering a sensed image with a reference image. A sensor image of a first scene is obtained while the sensor is mounted on a platform, and at least one processing subsystem may be provided. The processing subsystem may be adapted to perform a plurality of operations including obtaining a reference image of a second scene, with the reference image encompassing the sensor image; to identify the portion of the reference image depicted in the sensor image; to define an area of the reference image based on the reference image portion; to conform the sensor image and an area of the reference image to a common perspective by transforming the perspective of at least one of the sensor image and the reference image area; and to match the images of common perspective.
US08098957B2
This disclosure describes an efficient architecture for an imaging device that supports image registration for still images and video coding of a video sequence. For image registration, the described architecture uses block-based comparisons of image blocks of a captured image relative to blocks of another reference image to support image registration on a block-by-block basis. For video coding, the described architecture uses block-based comparisons, e.g., to support for motion estimation and motion compensation. According to this disclosure, a common block comparison engine is used on a shared basis for both block-based image registration and block-based video coding. In this way, a hardware unit designed for block-based comparisons may be implemented so as to work in both the image registration process for still images and the video coding process for coding a video sequence.
US08098942B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing data size of at least one bitmap image, wherein the bitmap image comprises a plurality of color blocks, wherein each color block is associated with a distinct color plane. In some embodiments, the bitmap image may be compressed. At least one compressed color block that is contained in a transfer frame may be determined, based on information pertaining to a physical offset between successive color planes when they are rendered on a print medium. Further, at least one compressed color block in the transfer frame may be tagged, if the size of the transfer frame exceeds a threshold, and the resolution of the at least one compressed color block that is tagged may be reduced.
US08098939B2
An adversarial approach in detecting inappropriate text content in images. An expression from a listing of expressions may be selected. The listing of expressions may include words, phrases, or other textual content indicative of a particular type of message. Using the selected expression as a reference, the image is searched for a section that could be similar to the selected expression. The similarity between the selected expression and the section of the image may be in terms of shape. The section may be scored against the selected expression to determine how well the selected expression matches the section. The score may be used to determine whether or not the selected expression is present in the image.
US08098938B1
Systems and methods for descriptor vector computation are described herein. An embodiment includes (a) identifying a plurality of regions in the digital image; (b) normalizing the regions using at least a similarity or affine transform such that the normalized regions have the same orientation and size as a pre-determined reference region; (c) generating one or more wavelets using dimensions of the reference region; (d) generating one or more dot products between each of the one or more wavelets, respectively, and the normalized regions; (e) concatenating amplitudes of the one or more dot products to generate a descriptor vector; and (f) outputting a signal corresponding to the descriptor vector.
US08098930B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method, which can reproduce an edge portion with a high resolution in a high resolution raster image, and suppress image degradation such as a jaggy, while suppressing processing cost. In the present invention, an image processing part divides image data of raster data into blocks of M×N pixels (M, N are integers of 1 or more and also at least one of M and N is an integer of 2 or more). Then, the part performs color rounding processing in the block and counts the number of colors in the block. Subsequently, when the number of colors existing in the block is two, the part acquires shape information about arrangement of the two colors. Then, the part stores the shape information and color information for a first color and color information for a second color.
US08098928B2
An apparatus for picking up objects including a robot for picking up an object, at least one part of the object having a curved shape, having a storing means for storing a gray gradient distribution model of the object, a recognizing means for recognizing a gray image of the object, a gradient extracting means for extracting a gray gradient distribution from the gray image recognized by the recognizing means, an object detecting means for detecting a position or position posture of the object in the gray image in accordance with the gray gradient distribution extracted by the gradient extracting means and the gray gradient distribution model stored by the storing means, a detection information converting means for converting information of the position or position posture detected by the object detecting means into information of position or position posture in a coordinate system regarding the robot; and a robot moving means for moving the robot to the position or position posture converted by the detection information converting means to pick up the object. Thus, the object having a curved shape can be detected and picked up in a reasonably short period of time.
US08098924B2
A method and apparatus for determining if an optical disk originated from a valid source, the method and apparatus scanning one major surface of the optical disk for imperfections, storing the locations of the imperfections relative to a datum, comparing a parameter of each of the locations of the imperfections with corresponding parameters of a master disk of known source for determining if the disk originated from the source from which the master disk originated.
US08098909B2
A technique is disclosed for generating a new contour and/or a 3D surface such as a variational implicit surface from contour data. In one embodiment, B-spline interpolation is used to efficiently generate a new contour (preferably a transverse contour), from a plurality of input contours (preferably, sagittal and/or coronal contours). In another embodiment, a point reduction operation is performed on data sets corresponding to any combination of transverse, sagittal, or coronal contour data prior to processing those data sets to generate a 3D surface such as a variational implicit surface. A new contour can also be generated by the intersection of this surface with an appropriately placed and oriented plane. In this manner, the computation of the variational implicit surface becomes sufficiently efficient to make its use for new contour generation practical.
US08098908B2
It is the object of a method and apparatus for retinal vessel analysis based on digital images to enhance the ability to discriminate between healthy vessel states and at-risk vessel states while reducing manual effort and saving time in order to allow individual vascular risk, particularly stroke risk, to be determined in a more reliable manner and with fewer subjective systematic and random errors. The vessel segment diameter, type of vessel and the image coordinates are determined for a series of adjoining vessel segments along vessel portions in a measurement zone surrounding the papilla and are stored by vessel segment with reference to the evaluated image, to a reference image recorded with a time offset, and to a displacement vector that is determined for the vessel segment between the reference image and an evaluated comparison image. Comparison measurements are carried out only on identical vessel segments already measured in the reference image. The correlation of vessel segments to vessel portions and to vessel type is adopted intact from the reference image. The stored data sets for the vessel segments of the reference image and comparison images provide a progression of coordinate-oriented vessel segment diameters for all measured vessel segments as basis for determining parameters and presenting them in a spatially resolved progression, e.g., in progress images.
US08098896B2
There is provided an album generating apparatus for generating an album in which a desirable combination of images is disposed in one and same page. The album generating apparatus has an image storing section for storing a plurality of images, an object sampling section for sampling objects contained in each image stored in the image storing section, a relationship judging section for judging that a relationship of the first object with the second object is high when a number of images containing the first and second objects sampled by the object sampling section is larger than a reference number set in advance in the images stored in the image storing section, a main image selecting section for selecting a main image that is to be a primary object in the album out of the plurality of images stored in the image storing section, a subsidiary image selecting section for selecting the image containing the second object that has been judged by the relationship judging section to be highly related with the first object contained in the main image selected as a subsidiary and a layout determining section for laying out the main image and the subsidiary image in the album based on contents of the main image and the subsidiary image.
US08098893B2
An apparatus includes a first-computation unit computing first-angular-velocity-instruction values for driving first-and-second-rotation units to track a moving object, using a detected tracking error and a detected angles, when the moving object exists in a first range separate from a zenith by at least a preset distance, a second-computation unit computing second-angular-velocity-instruction values for driving the first-and-second-rotation units to track the moving object and avoid a zenith-singular point, using the detected angles, the detected tracking error and an estimated traveling direction, and a control unit controlling the first-and-second-rotation units to eliminate differences between the first-angular-velocity-instruction values and the angular velocities when the moving object exists in the first range, and controlling the first-and-second-rotation units to eliminate differences between the second-angular-velocity instruction values and the angular velocities when the moving object exists in a second range within the preset distance from the zenith.
US08098879B2
To provide an information processing device, an image movement instructing method, and an information storage medium for selecting any of a plurality of images in a simple operation and for designating a destination to which to move the selected image or images. The image processing device comprises an image displaying unit for displaying one or more images on a display screen; a track acquiring unit for acquiring a finite track at a position designated by a user on the display screen; an image selecting unit for selecting some or all of the one or more object images based on the track acquired by the track acquiring unit; and an image moving unit for moving the object image selected by the image selecting unit to a position in accordance with an end point of the track acquired by the track acquiring unit.
US08098878B2
The present invention relates to a miniature electro-acoustic transducer comprising a voice coil comprising an air gap voice coil portion at least partly positioned in an air gap of a magnet assembly, and a second voice coil portion attached to a diaphragm of the miniature transducer. The thickness of the second voice coil portion is 2-5 times larger than the thickness of the first voice coil portion. Moreover, the present invention relates to a voice coil for use in a miniature electro-acoustic transducer.
US08098876B2
A speaker includes a magnetic circuit 1 that is formed in the center of a frame 5, a voice coil 6 that is inserted in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit 1, a damper 7 that is fixed to the frame 5 and the voice coil 6, and a vibrating plate 8 that is fixed to the frame 5 and the voice coil 6. An opening 10 is provided in a bobbin 12 of the voice coil 6. The area of the opening 10 is 0.3% or less of the radial cross-sectional area of the bobbin 12 of the voice coil 6.
US08098872B2
In a headphone having a headband and two speaker units respectively pivotally mounted on the two distal ends of the headband, each speaker unit includes a speaker eccentrically positioned therein, an ear cushion covered on the front side of the speaker and having an eccentric opening, and a soft front covering the ear cushion and defining with the eccentric opening a sound chamber for enhancing the sound produced by the speaker and having sound holes for output of sound from the sound chamber to the user's ear.
US08098871B2
Even in the case where the volume of a back air chamber is small, sounds with a low frequency (low range) can be captured by equivalently decreasing the acoustic impedance of the back air chamber. A dynamic microphone includes a microphone unit 20 that includes a diaphragm 21 having a voice coil 21a and a magnetic circuit 22 having a magnetic gap; and a microphone case 10 that supports the microphone unit 20 on one end side thereof and has the back air chamber 12a provided on the back surface side of the diaphragm 21 via an acoustic resistance material 26 therein. In this dynamic microphone, an additional microphone unit 40 is provided besides the microphone unit 20; a membrane plate 50 consisting of a piezoelectric element, which deforms curvedly toward the back air chamber 12a side according to an applied voltage, is provided between the acoustic resistance material 26 and the back air chamber 12a; and the membrane plate 50 is driven by the sound signal (voltage signal) delivered from the additional microphone unit 40. Thereby, the acoustic impedance of the back air chamber 12a is decreased equivalently.
US08098866B2
Provided is a receiver device with an earpiece for securing the receiver device in an auditory canal. The receiver device further comprises a receiver with a sound outlet direction and an adapter for affixing the receiver in the earpiece, with a sound from the receiver being conducted through the adapter. The adapter diverts the sound from the sound outlet direction in a divergent direction.
US08098856B2
Mobile terminals having three dimensional audio capabilities for making sound appear to originate from any location within a three dimensional space and to facilitate navigational movement among displayed information are provided. A mobile terminal includes a housing that encloses a processor and one or more speakers. A display is located on the housing that is in communication with the processor, and a keypad is located on the housing that is in communication with the processor and that is responsive to user input for navigating a cursor within the display. The mobile terminal includes a three dimensional audio system that is in communication with the processor and speaker(s). The three dimensional audio system audibly indicates navigational movement of the cursor in the display, and is configured to make sound emitted by the speaker(s) appear to originate from any of a plurality of locations in a virtual three dimensional space.
US08098854B2
A speaker module for a personal communication device includes two transducers for generating sound on the basis of an electrical signal. One transducer outputs sound to the surroundings from a sound output thereof and the other transducer outputs sound to the surroundings via the first transducer. In this manner, two transducers require only one sound output. The sound from the second transducer may be transmitted through and filtered by an opening in a diaphragm of the first transducer. Filtering elements may be provided between the two transducers.
US08098849B2
A method of optimizing the low frequency audio response emanating from a pair of low frequency transducers housed within a cabinet. The low frequency transducers are electrically connected to a power amplifier and source of audio content. The resonant frequency (Fs) and amplitude (Q) are characterized as to the high-pass pole of the low frequency transducers as they are mounted within the cabinet. An equalizer is placed between the amplifier and source of audio content for canceling the complex pole of the low frequency transducers and for establishing a new complex pole at a cut off frequency below which the sound generated by the low frequency transducers will diminish.
US08098841B2
A sound field controlling apparatus for a public-address system comprises a microphone that picks up a sound of a speaker, a loudspeaker that sound a sound signal based on the sound picked up by the microphone, a sound source position detector that detects a position of a sound source, and a signal processor that controls a level, delay time and equalizing property of the sound signal output to the loudspeaker in accordance with the sound source position detected by the sound source position detector.
US08098838B2
A system detects the repositioning of an earphone that is worn by a user, and changes an operation mode of a host coupled to the earphone. Within the earphone is a pressure transducer that detects a pressure change caused by the repositioning of the earphone. A signaling mechanism sends a repositioning detection signal to the host in response to a signal from the pressure transducer indicating the detection of the pressure change.
US08098829B2
An embodiment pertains generally to a method of delivering keys in a server. The method includes generating a subject key pair, where the subject key pair includes a subject public key and a subject private key. The method also includes retrieving a storage key and encrypting the subject private key with the storage key as a wrapped storage private key. The method further includes storing the wrapped storage private key.
US08098821B2
A mobile terminal including a sensing unit configured to detect a motion of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to calculate at least one from a degree and a pattern of the terminal motion detected by the sensing unit, and to encrypt input data according to the calculated value.
US08098819B2
In the method for data archiving with automatic en- and decryption data (9, 10) are exchanged between a client station (1) and an archive station (4). A securing means (2) connected between the stations (1, 4) encrypts the plain data (9) which are transmitted towards the archive station (4) and decrypts the encrypted data (10) which are transmitted towards the client station (1). The encryption is carried out with at least two keys (6, 7). One of the two keys (6, 7) is swapped out by transmitting it to the archive station (4) and deleting it locally, i.e. in the securing means (2), after the encryption. If the securing station (2) is stolen, the encrypted data (10) on the archive station (4) can be accessed, however their decryption can be prevented in a simple, reliably and comprehensible manner by deleting the swapped out key (7) in the archive station (4).
US08098817B2
Methods and apparatus for mixing encrypted data with unencrypted data are disclosed. A disclosed system receives data from a first media source, such as DVD-Audio content, and encrypts the data from the first media source using a key stream to form an encrypted data stream. The disclosed system may separate the encrypted data stream into a plurality of encrypted data streams and may combine the plurality of encrypted data streams with an unencrypted data stream associated with a second media source to form a mixed data stream. The mixed data stream is formed without decrypting the plurality of encrypted data streams and is transmitted to hardware or a hardware driver.
US08098808B2
In a method for calling participants in a conference call, a computer system receives a conference date, a call time for the conference call, names of the participants, and telephone numbers for the participants. The computer system is operable to automatically initiate computer originated calls to the participants on the conference date at the call time for connecting the participants together for the conference call. The computer system receives one or more pre-set call-back preferences before the conference call is initiated. The one or more pre-set call-back preferences are for use by the computer system if one or more of the participants is not initially connected to the conference call in response to one or more of the computer originated calls. The one or more call-back preferences include a designation of a user-selectable call-back frequency with which each non-answering participant is called back.
US08098806B2
A wireless communication system has a central computer, one or more access points and personal badges that communicate with the one or more access points. The central computer includes a database indexed by either user identification codes or badge serial numbers. When a user activates a badge, the central computer assigns the badge to the user who activated the badge so that any message for the user is directed to the badge. The user may also access his personal data section in a central computer database through the badge while the activation is valid. When the user deactivates the badge, the central computer deletes the association and returns the badge to a non-user-specific state. Where docking stations are available to rest the badges not being used, the badges may be configured so that they are activated when decoupled from the docking stations and deactivated when coupled to the docking stations.
US08098802B2
One embodiment of a call handling method, among others, includes receiving a query from a switching system indicating that a called party telephone is busy; examining handling information for the called party to determine if the called party has voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service; and instructing the switching system to then route the analog call over a VoIP connection to the called party after the called party chooses to communicate using the VoIP service.
US08098791B2
A shift register includes a control circuit, a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The control circuit generates a control signal according to a start pulse signal during being enabled. The pull-up circuit produces a gate pulse signal according to a clock signal during being enabled by the control signal. The pull-up circuit includes a dual-gate transistor. A first gate of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to the control signal, a second gate of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to a predetermined voltage, the source/drain of the dual-gate transistor serves as an output terminal for the gate pulse signal, and the drain/source of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to the clock signal. The pull-down circuit pulls a potential at the first gate and another potential at the output terminal down to a power supply potential during the pull-up circuit is disabled.
US08098787B1
One or two Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) modules are used to measure the time between two pulses with high resolution. A PLL inside a SerDes block is locked to a reference clock and an input signal is passed through a storage element to create a serial data stream that is converted into a parallel data stream by a demultiplexer inside the SerDes. The parallel data is stored in a bit logic unit that compares the parallel data to a second parallel data obtained in similar fashion in another SerDes from a second input signal. The time between the two pulses is then calculated as the number of cycles in the serial data stream that corresponds to the number of bits between the positions of the two events.
US08098784B2
A method for capturing data includes receiving a plurality of external clock signals including a first external clock signal and a second external clock signal. Each external clock signal has a first frequency, a first edge and a second edge. Data is received on one or more signal links at a second frequency that is faster than the first frequency. The data includes consecutive data with a first data signal followed by a second consecutive data signal. The consecutive data is captured at the second frequency in response to the first edges and not the second edges of the external clock signals. The first data signal is captured based on the first edge of the first external clock signal and the second consecutive data signal is captured based on the first edge of the second external clock signal.
US08098781B1
A communications system receives a modulated signal that carries encoded communications data. An adaptive filter has a plurality of non-adaptive and adaptive filter taps with weighted coefficients and a input and output normalizing circuit that obtain sample values from a received signal input to or output from the adaptive filter to increase gain recovery based on type of modulation of encoded communication data, on state of demodulator (preamble search, preamble detected, data state) or other signal acquisition information. A demodulator and decoder receive the filtered output signal and demodulate and decode the signal to obtain the communications data.
US08098777B2
The present invention relates to a signal detection method and a receiving apparatus in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a signal detection device in a MIMO system using a spatial multiplexing (SM) method. In the signal detection method, a channel is estimated and layers are rearranged according to a predetermined layer arrangement rule. QR-decomposition is performed by using a rearranged system model, all constellation points in a symbol of a layer having the lowest reliability are considered, and symbols are detected by using a sequential interference elimination method.
US08098776B2
Certain aspects of the method may comprise receiving a plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals from a plurality of transmit antennas at a base station. A plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates may be generated based on phase rotation of the received plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals. A plurality of pre-equalization weights may be generated based on the generated plurality of vectors of baseband combined channel estimates. The received plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals may be modified based on the generated plurality of pre-equalization weights. At least a portion of the generated plurality of pre-equalization weights may be fed back to the base station for modifying subsequently transmitted spatially multiplexed communication signals which are transmitted from at least a portion of the plurality of transmit antennas at the base station.
US08098774B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for performing LLR value computations in a pipeline. Portions of a metric used to compute LLR values are computed in one pipeline part. The portions correspond to all permutations of some received signal streams. The portions are combined with one permutation x2 of the received signal stream that was not included in the previous pipeline computation in a subsequent pipeline part to produce M values associated with a particular bit position. At each subsequent clock cycle, a different permutation of x2 is combined with the previously computed portions producing different M values. State values corresponding to different values of bit positions of the received stream are computed by finding the minimum among the M values, in each clock cycle, that affect a particular bit position. The state values are combined to compute the LLR values for the bit position in a final pipeline part.
US08098769B2
The invention relates to recovering a carrier for a synchronous demodulator, that receives an input signal. A carrier is reconstructed for the provided input signal, and the input signal (in) and carrier (tr) are mixed to generate a mixed signal to be outputted (i, q), wherein a residual phase error of the mixed signal is corrected by a phase shift to provide a phase corrected output signal.
US08098761B2
A peak to average power ratio signal is generated from a first mapping function that selects the peak to average power ratio signal that corresponds to the data rate or data format of the signal to be transmitted. The selected peak to average power ratio signal is summed with a desired average transmit power signal. The resulting summation signal is input to a second effectively continuously valued mapping function comprising a table that has a plurality of power amplifier control signal values each with a corresponding peak transmit power. Each peak transmit power signal value results in a power amplifier control signal value that achieves the best possible transmitter power efficiency while still meeting out of band spurious emissions and waveform quality requirements. The summation signal value maps to one of the power amplifier control signal value that is then used to adjust a parameter such as bias of the power amplifier.
US08098755B2
A method and system for beamforming in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system using a codebook may include a processor in a node B that enables generation of an interference cancellation matrix (WR). The interference cancellation matrix, also referred to as a matched filter, may enable a composite signal (Y) to be represented as a plurality of subsidiary signals (yi), each of which is transmitted by the node B for reception at a corresponding ith UE station. Each of the subsidiary signals yi may be generated based on a corresponding one of a plurality of data stream signals (xi). The processor may enable generation of a precoding matrix (WT) based on the interference cancellation matrix. A transmitter within the node B may enable generation of a plurality of signals based on the preceding matrix. The signals may be transmitted via a wireless communication medium.
US08098750B2
A method for transmitting a plurality of data symbols using a plurality of transmit antennas and a plurality of transmission resources is described, in which transmission symbols are generated and associated with the transmit antennas and transmission resources in such a way, such that if this association is represented in the form of a matrix, this matrix can be represented as the combination of two matrices comprising as components the data symbols multiplied with at least partially different weighting factors.
US08098748B1
Systems and methods of testing a wireless network are provided. Simulated user data, spread across all user data sub-carriers of all sub-channels of a frequency band assigned for transmissions, is transmitted by a number of base stations surrounding a base station under test. The power level of the simulated user data is determined based on a selected network load. A mobile station receives signals from the base station under test and the number of base stations, and the interference caused by the simulated user data to the transmission from the base station under test is determined. When less than 100% loading is employed for testing, the sub-channels carrying the simulated user data can vary on a frame-by-frame basis.
US08098744B2
Methods and corresponding systems for reducing a peak-to-average signal ratio include determining peak and null samples of a symbol. Thereafter, an error signal is calculated that is responsive to the peak and null samples. In one embodiment the error signal has values corresponding to differences between the peak samples and a high threshold and the null samples and a low threshold. In response to the error signal, the samples are filtered to produce a filtered symbol having a reduced peak-to-average signal ratio. The error signal can also be used to calculate reserved tones on reserved subcarriers, which are combined with multi-tone subcarriers in a multi-carrier transmitter.
US08098740B2
The present invention provides a method of processing data in digital broadcasting system. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including mobile broadcast service data and main broadcast service data, wherein the mobile broadcast service data configures a data group, wherein the data group is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein N number of known data sequences are inserted in some regions among the plurality of regions, and wherein a transmission parameter is inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence, among the N number of known data sequences, detecting the transmission parameter from the mobile broadcast service data, symbol-decoding the received broadcast signal included in the mobile broadcast service data in block units, based upon the detected transmission parameter, extracting a video data from the mobile broadcast service data, parsing the extracted video data by a NAL unit, obtaining NAL unit type information from parsed NAL header, obtaining extension information of a NAL header, when data of a current NAL unit indicates scalable video coded data according to the NAL unit type information, and decoding the video data using the extension information of the NAL header, wherein the extension information of the NAL header includes at least one of temporal level information, quality level information, information indicating whether inter-layer prediction is used, and dependency information of the NAL unit.
US08098738B2
A shortest cut duration is a minimum required period between an edit point set on a stream of pictures such as an MPEG stream and the next edit point set on the stream. Restrictions are made on the shortest cut duration lenient in editing the stream. A controller detects each edit point set on the stream and identifies the fewest possible pictures which are not to be displayed but must be decoded first before decoding a picture to be displayed after the edit point. Then, the controller finds a start point representing the timing to start decoding the fewest possible pictures. Subsequently, the controller controls decoders to decode the stream in picture units on the basis of the start point, and controls a switcher to select one of outputs of the decoders on the basis of the edit point.
US08098737B1
A method and apparatus for providing a single-chip digital multimedia receiver for multi-channel/multi-tuner rendering comprising receiving multiple independently encoded input streams on a system-on-a-chip, and independently locking each video output to a corresponding input channel, to ensure that each video and audio output has a clock matched to an encoder clock.
US08098727B2
In on aspect, user data is decoded which has been coded as base data and refining data, wherein the base data is decoded using a first delay and the refining data is decoded using a second delay which is longer than the first delay. Furthermore, a check establishes whether the refining data is available in accordance with a time parameter. If the check result is positive, the decoded base data is additionally delayed, the additionally delayed decoded base data is mixed with the decoded refining data, and resulting mixed data is output as user data. If the check result is negative, however, the decoded base data is output as user data.
US08098720B2
A method detects multipath propagation in a modulated digital signal. The method provides a first value of channel frequency, representing the modulated digital signal free of multipath propagation, providing a second value of said channel frequency, representing the modulated digital signal with multipath propagation, and comparing the first and second values. A method detects adjacent channel interference in a modulated digital signal by comparing first and second values of a characteristic parameter of the digital signal, respectively representing the digital signal free of adjacent channel interference and the digital signal affected by adjacent channel interference. In particular, the method obtains a derivative signal, applies a non-linear Teager-Kaiser function to the digital signal and the derivative signal for generating first and second signals respectively representing energy content of the digital signal and energy content of the derivative signal, and processes the first and second signals for generating the second value.
US08098717B1
A method for communication includes receiving signals at a receiver from multiple sources, including a target signal transmitted by a given transmitter, and estimating a channel response from the given transmitter to the receiver. A filter response is computed by taking a sum including a first autocorrelation of the received signals with a second autocorrelation of the channel response, and applying the sum to the estimated channel response. The filter response is applied to the received signals in order to recover the target signal.
US08098704B2
A monolithic red/infrared semiconductor laser device is joined to a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. The distance between a blue-violet emission point in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and an infrared emission point in an infrared semiconductor laser device is significantly shorter than the distance between a red emission point in a red semiconductor laser device and the infrared emission point. A blue-violet laser beam, a red laser beam, and an infrared laser beam respectively emitted from the blue-violet emission point, the red emission point, and the infrared emission point are introduced into a photodetector after being incident on an optical disk by an optical system comprising a polarizing beam splitter, a collimator lens, a beam expander, a λ/4 plate, an objective lens, a cylindrical lens, and an optical axis correction element.
US08098702B1
A Quantum Cascade (QC) structure(s) for use in Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) that use step quantum well(s) in which the radiative and LO-phonon transitions are both vertical transitions and within the same step well. This approach allows for a high oscillator strength and uses LO-phonon scattering for fast depopulation of the middle state (lower lasing state) for maintaining a population inversion. The step also reduces unwanted injection into the lower lasing state due to spatial separation of the wavefunctions. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of the claims.
US08098701B2
A DFB quantum cascade laser element that can reliably CW-oscillate a single-mode light even at room temperature or a temperature in proximity thereof is provided. In a quantum cascade laser element 1, a top-grating approach for which a diffraction grating 7 is formed on a laminate 3 is adopted, and thus in comparison with a buried-grating approach, deterioration in temperature characteristics of the laser element and decline in the yield and reproducibility are suppressed. In addition, since the thickness of a cladding layer 5 located between an active layer 4 and the diffraction grating 7 is within a range of 42±10% of the oscillation wavelength, weakening of light seeping from the active layer 4 to the diffraction grating 7 or an increase in light leakage is prevented. Consequently, by the quantum cascade laser element 1, a single-mode light can be reliably CW-oscillated even at room temperature or a temperature in proximity thereof.
US08098699B2
A semiconductor laser apparatus comprises a first semiconductor laser device that emits a blue-violet laser beam, a second semiconductor laser device that emits a red laser beam, and a conductive package body. The first semiconductor laser device has a p-side pad electrode and an n-side electrode. The p-side pad electrode and n-side electrode of the first semiconductor laser device are electrically isolated from the package body. The p-side pad electrode of the first semiconductor laser device is connected with a drive circuit that generates a positive potential, while the n-side electrode thereof is connected with a dc power supply that generates a negative potential.
US08098686B1
A method and apparatus for providing an application utility metric for an application by taking into account of multiple protocols used by the application as well as at least one interaction of the application at the application-level that is deemed to be useful are disclosed. For example, the method computes a protocol overhead of one or more underlying Internet Protocol suite protocols supporting the application. The method also computes an application-level overhead based on at least one application-level interaction. Finally, the method computes the application-level utility metric in accordance with the protocol overhead and the application-level overhead.
US08098684B2
A system or device includes a consumer supplied via a supply line, electrical power and data being transmittable via the supply line, the power signal and the data signal being alternately transmittable.
US08098675B2
An in-band signaling model media control (MC) terminal for an HPNA network includes a frame classification entity (FCE) and a frame scheduling entity (FSE) and provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) by passing the QoS requirements from higher layers to the lower layers of the HPNA network. The FCE is located at an LLC sublayer of the MC terminal, and receives a data frame from a higher layer of the MC terminal that is part of a QoS stream. The FCE classifies the received data frame for a MAC sublayer of the MC terminal based on QoS information contained in the received data frame, and associates the classified data frame with a QoS stream queue corresponding to a classification of the data frame. The FSE is located at the MAC sublayer of the MC terminal, and schedules transmission of the data frame to a destination for the data frame based on a QoS requirement associated with the QoS stream.
US08098674B2
A queue selection method for controlling selection of many queues without increasing the circuit scale is provided. Queues are organized into groups, and each group is created as a tree structure with a plurality of steps, and a queue is selected by selecting a group of each step. By this, even if the number of queues is enormous, it is sufficient to provide registers for managing the presence of packets only for the number of groups selected in each step, and it becomes unnecessary to provide registers for all of the queues, so an increase of registers can be suppressed even if the number of queues increases. It is preferable that group selection in each step is performed in parallel independently from pipeline processing so as to maintain high-speed operation.
US08098667B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficiently providing scheduling information from an access terminal to a base station to enable effectuating scheduling decisions. Access terminals may transmit scheduling information in bifurcated requests. For instance, coarse scheduling information may be transferred utilizing a dedicated out-of-band channel, and fine scheduling information may be transmitted over an in-band channel.
US08098664B2
In a retransmission-request transmitting method, the receiving side apparatus activates a reordering timer, when receiving a first packet before receiving an unreceived packet with a sequence number smaller than a sequence number of the first packet; triggers transmission of a retransmission request for the unreceived packet, when having not received the unreceived packet by the time of expiration of the reordering timer activated in response to the receipt of the first packet; and stops and reactivates the reordering timer activated in response to the receipt of the first packet, when a value of the sequence number of the first packet falls out of a range of the receiving side window as a result of changing the upper limit value and the lower limit value in accordance with a sequence number of a second packet received from the transmitting side apparatus.
US08098644B2
To address the need for a resource allocation scheme that results in a better tradeoff between the cell-edge performance and the overall spectral efficiency, a communication system is provided that allocates uplink transmit power to user equipment (UEs) based on a fractional power control scheme. In another embodiment, since the cell-edge users are also likely to be power limited, the communication system may implement a minimized uplink transmission bandwidth resource allocation scheme that may work with the fractional power control scheme to achieve a level of performance desired for uplink transmissions in 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) and 3GPP2 Evolution communication systems.
US08098643B2
Method of increasing the capacity of the forward link MAC channel in a wireless communication system
In an H-ARQ system, when the AN is receiving packet data traffic on the RL from an AT and is generating ACKs and NAKs according to the ability of the AN to properly decode such data, the AN gates-off a DRCLock bit within in a sub-packet duration in which an ACK is transmitted on the FL MAC channel. When it receives an ACK, the AT ignores the non-transmitted DRCLock bit in a current sub-packet duration, and assumes that the DRC channel is “good”. When the AN sends a NAK to the AT, it also sends the DRCLock bit. When the AT receives a NAK in a sub-packet duration, it reads and processes whatever DRCLock bit is received during that sub-packet duration. When no data traffic is transmitted on the RL traffic channel, corresponding DRCLock bits are not gated-off by the AN and are transmitted to the AT. The AT then processes the received DRCLock bits. In an alternative embodiment, transmission of DRCLock is totally eliminated.
US08098642B2
A technique is disclosed to decrease unnecessary routing during communication between a mobile node and a correspondent node in case a home agent of the mobile node is a mobile home agent. According to this technique, HA 112 positioned in a home network 102 and HA 114 of MN 130 are included. In a communication system, where HA 114 is a mobile home agent, and a mobile network 104 of HA 114 is hierarchized under the home network 102, HA 114, which is a home agent, discovers HA 112 positioned in the home network 102 when it is detected that it is away from the home network 102 and delegates binding cache entry of MN 130 under its own management to HA 112 so that HA 112 acts as a home agent for MN 130.
US08098635B2
Techniques for transmitting and receiving data in an efficient manner to potentially improve capacity for a wireless network and achieve power savings for a wireless device are described. The techniques utilize a Continuous Packet Connectivity (CPC) mode comprised of multiple (e.g., two) discontinuous transmission (DTX) modes and at least one (e.g., one) discontinuous reception (DRX) mode. Each DTX mode is associated with different enabled uplink subframes usable for transmission from the wireless device to the network. Each DRX mode is associated with different enabled downlink subframes usable by the network for transmission to the wireless device. The wireless device may send signaling and/or data on the enabled uplink subframes and may receive signaling and/or data on the enabled downlink subframes. The wireless device may power down during non-enabled subframes to conserve battery power. Mechanisms to quickly transition between the DTX and DRX modes are described.
US08098634B2
A method of performing a handover from a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system to a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system in a multi-mode terminal having a WCDMA module and a CDMA module includes determining whether a handover to the CDMA system is necessary during a call through a WCDMA system; acquiring a pilot signal from the CDMA system by activating the CDMA module if it is determined that the handover to the CDMA system is necessary; receiving a sync signal if the pilot signal from the CDMA system is acquired; transmitting information for handover to the WCDMA system through the WCDMA module; allowing the CDMA module to enter a CDMA traffic state using handover information if the handover information is received from the WCDMA system through WCDMA module; and releasing a traffic state of the WCDMA module.
US08098625B2
A wireless terminal involving small redundancy that can be reconfigured to a configuration compatible with a plurality of systems using the hardware resources compatible with one system is provided.A wireless terminal 100A is compatible with an OFCDM system and has a signal processing section 151, a synchronous detection section 162, etc. The signal processing section 151 performs Fourier transform when the wireless terminal is compatible with the OFCDM system; the signal processing section 151 performs Fourier transform and inverse Fourier transform compatible with an OFDM system when the wireless terminal is compatible with the OFDM system and a CDMA system. When the wireless terminal is compatible with the OFCDM system, the synchronous detection section 162 uses taps used in the systems when the wireless terminal is compatible with the OFDM system and the CDMA system. When the wireless terminal 100A is placed out of the area in the OFCDM system, it is switched to a configuration compatible with the OFDM system and the CDMA system.
US08098615B2
A system includes wireless network devices and a terminal device. The wireless network devices include a base station and plural repeater devices for routing data. The terminal device runs a network protocol to establish a presence in a wireless network that includes the wireless network devices. The terminal device enters a low-power mode when not communicating over the wireless network.
US08098614B1
An apparatus and method are provided for efficiently sharing a single wireless channel and for providing improved power saving. Automatic beacon “sliding” establishes a round-robin contention-free channel schedule among multiple IBSSs. Entering an idle state immediately following communication after a beacon saves power. Further power savings occur when presumptions of pending traffic may be made.
US08098612B2
A satellite broadcasting system is achieved in which remote beam forming processors located among distributed ground stations are used to control downlink beam footprints and pointing directions. Digital beam forming techniques allow a single satellite downlink broadcast antenna array to generate multiple simultaneous downlinks that can be pointed independently and that may contain distinct information content. By allocating some of the uplink back-channel elements as null channels, continuous calibration of the uplink channel can be performed, improving the performance of the downlink broadcast array and the quality of the broadcast for users. By wavefront multiplexing, all of the uplink channel elements propagate through the all of the available propagation channels simultaneously, eliminating the need for complex and costly individual array-element calibration equipment using on-board or ground-based references.
US08098611B2
Source nodes in an International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)-advanced 4G network transmit data on uplink channels to a relay node and a BS using a channel code. The relay node decodes independently the data received from each source node, and applies network coding to data correctly decoded, and transmits the encoded data to the BS. The BS decodes the encoded data transmitted by the sources nodes and the relay nodes cooperatively via a turbo decoding process. The data from each source node are decoded by soft-input soft-output single user decoders and are decoded, together with the data from the relay node, by a soft-input soft-output multi-user decoder.
US08098609B2
A wireless network with integrated scheduling of unicast and multicast users in a relay-enabled two-hop wireless network is disclosed. In this system, users with finite buffers are considered and scheduled over multiple channels in an OFDMA-based wireless network. The gain-specific and efficient scheduling system helps leverage diversity and spatial reuse gains from these networks. The system is applicable to both unicast and multicast traffic and leverages diversity and spatial reuse gains simultaneously to optimize the target network with both unicast and multicast flows. The integrated scheduling system strikes a good balance in delivering efficient performance to unicast and multicast flows.
US08098604B2
A system for the delivery of high speed data mission critical, private broadband wireless networks based on a modified version of the ieee802.16e-2005 standard and subsequent versions of this standard referred to, known as “mobile WiMAX”. The system comprises a plurality of base stations, each of said base stations covering at least one sector, which maintain two-way data communication, with a plurality of mobile stations and fixed subscriber stations in its serving area, over licensed frequency bands below 1 GHz in accordance with the mobile WiMAX standard. The mobile WiMAX air interface standard (ieee802.16e) is modified for channel sizes below 1.25 MHz.
US08098603B2
An arrangement is provided for adapting the output bit rate of a multimedia source to the bandwidth available in a wireless network. Depending on the value of the available network idle time, at least a portion of the available network idle time may be used by the source to increase its output bit rate so that the network bandwidth may be more efficiently utilized. If the effective throughput of the network after the increase of source output bit rate drops significantly, the source may reduce its output bit rate until the effective throughput returns to the level before the source output bit rate increase. Additionally, packet delay and queue jitter information may be collected and used for queue rate adaptation as well as bandwidth adaptation.
US08098600B2
A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections.
US08098596B2
A method and apparatus for configuring a channel node tree in an OFDMA wireless communication system are provided, in which as many DRCH nodes as the number of DRCHs used for a frame are configured at base nodes, as many BRCHs as the number of DRCHs are selected from among BRCHs used for the frame, BRCH nodes with unselected BRCHs are configured at base nodes, and upper nodes are configured using the base nodes corresponding to the DRCH nodes and the BRCH nodes.
US08098587B2
The present disclosure describes a system and apparatus for providing a network service, such as Frame Relay. The apparatus transmits the service to the network utilizing a G.SHDSL transmission standard; converts data between data utilizing a DS-1 transmission standard and data utilizing a G.SHDSL transmission standard; stores a parameter relating to the network service (e.g., bandwidth); and provides access to the parameter to the network. The apparatus further includes a database for storing the parameters relating to the network service, and a processor for running a program, such as an emulator, to convert the data. The processor also may set an operation in response to a signal received from the network, including synchronizing a clock in the apparatus with a network clock, changing a bandwidth of the apparatus, and upgrading a computer program at the apparatus.
US08098584B2
Techniques and systems for providing optimization of traffic routing for data centers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying a plurality of available source sites and paths or routes between an online service provider (OSP) and a destination prefix. A traffic manager may measure a cost for each of the plurality of available paths. In some instances, the traffic manager may also measure a performance value for each of the available paths. The traffic manager may then select one of the available source sites and paths as a preferred source site and path that has a minimized cost for an instance of the performance value when compared to other paths of the plurality of available source sites and paths. In further embodiments, the traffic manager may rewrite a routing table and DNS mapping to implement the preferred source site and path as the default source site and path between the OSP and the destination prefix.
US08098583B2
In a multi-QoS network, a scheduling mechanism, such as Weighted Fair Queueing, is configured to meet the multiple QoS guarantees. For each link with n classes and n fixed weights, the traffic is assigned to the various classes to meet end-to-end delay constraints.
US08098581B2
A channel structure and mechanisms that support effective and efficient allocation and utilization of the reverse link resources. In one aspect, mechanisms are provided to quickly assign resources (e.g., a supplemental channel) as needed, and to quickly de-assign the resources when not needed or to maintain system stability. The reverse link resources may be quickly assigned and de-assigned via short messages exchanged on control channels on the forward and reverse links. In another aspect, mechanisms are provided to facilitate efficient and reliable data transmission. A reliable acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment scheme and an efficient retransmission scheme are provided. Mechanisms are also provided to control the transmit power and/or data rate of the remote terminals to achieve high performance and avoid instability.
US08098571B2
A stack switch for performing pass-through forwarding operations, assigning stack switch identifiers to a plurality of stack switches, temporarily disabling supervision messages exchanged by stack switches, and electing a primary master stack switch is disclosed. In the pass-through mode, the stack switch automatically forwards packets between stack ports independent of their destination address to maintain connectivity between adjacent stack switches while conventional bridging and routing operations are disabled. The sequential identifiers are also preferably assigned in accordance with the sequential position of the various stack switches to better reflect the topology of those switches. The switch is also preferably adapted to temporarily disable the transmission of supervision messages between stack switches to prevent re-assignment of network management functions when switch resources are low. The switch may execute a stack switch identifier numbering scheme based on the time the switch became operational.
US08098570B2
The invention concerns the processing of digital signals, in particular spectral scanning upon reception of a signal. Said processing includes multicarrier shape filtering (12) applied to a received signal prior to computing a Fourier transform (13) applied to the received signal thus filtered. The invention is advantageously useful for dynamic spectrum allocation in a context of radio communication of content.
US08098565B2
A disc apparatus includes a player and a holder. The player is configured for reading an optical disc, the player comprising a first latching portion. The holder is configured for holding extra optical discs, the holder comprising a second latching portion. The first latching portion and the second latching portion are capable of attaching the holder to the player cooperatively.
US08098548B2
An interference type optical head and an optical disk apparatus which have a signal amplification effect and can be manufactured in sizes comparable to conventional optical heads. In an optical disk apparatus that performs signal amplification by making a light, which is used as a reference light without being irradiated on an optical disk and, interfere with reflected light from the optical disk, a corner cube prism that reflects the reference light is mounted on the same actuator as an objective lens. A movable portion adjusts the optical path length of the interfering light in accordance with the kind of optical disk being read and the recording layer being read. A wedge prism may be used for the movable portion, and a spherical aberration correction lens and an optical path length adjusting component may be moved integrally.
US08098544B2
A method for short range alignment using ultrasonic sensing is provided. The method includes shaping an ultrasonic pulse on a first device to produce a pulse shaped signal and transmitting the pulse shaped signal from the first device to a second device, receiving the pulse shaped signal and determining an arrival time of the pulse shaped, identifying a relative phase of the pulse shaped signal with respect to a previously received pulse shaped signal, identifying a pointing location of the first device from the arrival time and the relative phase, determining positional information of the pointing location of the first device, and reporting an alignment of three or more points in three-dimensional space. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08098536B2
A method for repairing degraded field effect transistors includes forward biasing PN junctions of one of a source and a drain of a field effect transistor (FET), and a body of the FET. Charge is injected from a substrate to a gate region to neutralize charge in the gate region. The method is applicable to CMOS devices. Repair circuits are disclosed for implementing the repairs.
US08098532B2
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of non-volatile memory cells, an address search circuit which searches for write object data and outputs an address where the write object data is present, when writing data into the non-volatile memory cells, and a control circuit which exercises control to write the write object data into the non-volatile memory cells in accordance with the address output from the address search circuit.
US08098531B2
In a semiconductor memory device which uses a same pad for an address input and data input/output, and has an input circuit and data output circuit connected to the pad, an output of the data output circuit is turned to a high impedance state in accordance with a chip enable signal, output enable signal, and address capture signal, at a stand-by time, output disable time, and address capture period, and thereby, it becomes possible to start an internal read operation even before the address capture period is finished, and a high-speed operation becomes possible.
US08098530B2
Methods of erasing a memory, methods of operating a memory, memory devices, and systems. In one such method, an erase block is erased to an intermediate erase voltage before it is erased to a final erase voltage, such as to tighten an erase distribution. Faster erasing cells have their erasing throttled using a positive bias on their access line once a particular number of cells coupled to the access line are erased to the intermediate erase voltage.
US08098526B2
Shifts in the apparent charge stored by a charge storage region such as a floating gate in a non-volatile memory cell can occur because of electrical field coupling based on charge stored in adjacent (or other) charge storage regions. Although not exclusively, the effects are most pronounced in situations where adjacent memory cells are programmed after a selected memory cell. To account for the shift in apparent charge, one or more compensations are applied when reading storage elements of a selected word line based on the charge stored by storage elements of other word lines. Efficient compensation techniques are provided by reverse reading blocks (or portions thereof) of memory cells. By reading in the opposite direction of programming, the information needed to apply (or select the results of) an appropriate compensation when reading a selected cell is determined during the actual read operation for the adjacent word line rather than dedicating a read operation to determine the information.
US08098520B2
In a particular illustrative embodiment, a storage device includes a controller and a plurality of resistive elementary memory cells accessible via the controller. Each resistive elementary memory cell of the plurality of resistive elementary memory cells includes a plurality of memory layers selected to have hysteretic properties to store multiple data values.
US08098511B2
A storage system includes a substrate, control circuitry on the substrate, a three dimensional memory array (above the substrate) that includes a plurality of reversible resistance-switching elements, and circuits for limiting the SET current for the reversible resistance-switching elements. The memory cell is SET in a reverse biased fashion.
US08098505B1
An interleaved power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes phase management to control shedding and adding of channels. The channels may be voltage (e.g., boost) converters connected in parallel. The interleaved PFC circuit can have a first channel and a second channel that operate out of phase of each other to provide input power to a load. In a two phase interleaved PFC circuit, the first and second channels operate 180 degrees out of phase. A channel may be shed or added depending on load conditions. The phase management can be configured to add or remove a channel only when the AC line input to the interleaved PFC circuit crosses zero.
US08098491B2
A control unit for controlling an electromotive drive unit has a housing (16), which can be connected to the drive unit by a mechanical interface device, and a plug-in device (17) provided on the housing, for plugging in a cable (20) that is guided to the hosing from the outside, wherein contact pins (6) of the plug-in device are arranged in at least one slot (18) of the plug-in device (17) and are electrically connected to conductor tracks of a circuit board (8), which is arranged on the inside of the housing. The at least one slot (18) is arranged on the side (7) of the housing (16) facing away from the drive unit and is formed by a connector collar (5), which is configured as one piece with the housing (16) and made of the same polymer material.
US08098490B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first heating element in the housing, a heat sink in the housing, a first pressing member, a first heat pipe, and a second heat pipe. The first heat pipe has a plate shape, includes a first portion facing the first heating element and a second portion being outside the first heating element. The first heat pipe is configured to be bent by the first pressing member. The second heat pipe is connected to the second portion of the first heat pipe and the heat sink.
US08098484B2
Solid electrolytic capacitors are provided with decreased equivalent series resistance (ESR). The solid electrolytic capacitors include: an anode containing a valve metal or an alloy that is mainly made of a valve metal; a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode; an electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer; a carbon layer formed on the electrolyte layer; and a silver paste layer formed on the carbon layer, wherein the silver paste layer contains a nonionic surfactant.
US08098469B2
An electronic system can include a switch and a regulator coupled to the switch. The switch can be used to deliver electricity from a first terminal to a second terminal. The switch can also be used to prevent the second terminal from having a level that is higher than a predefined operation level limit by controlling the status of the switch according to a supply signal at the first terminal. The regulator can be used to adjust a regulated signal at the second terminal according to the supply signal.
US08098466B2
This invention discloses an electronic device formed as an integrated circuit (IC) wherein the electronic device further includes a transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit. The TVS circuit includes a triggering Zener diode connected between an emitter and a collector of a bipolar-junction transistor (BJT) wherein the Zener diode having a reverse breakdown voltage BV less than or equal to a BVceo of the BJT where BVceo stands for a collector to emitter breakdown voltage with base left open. The TVS circuit further includes a rectifier connected in parallel to the BJT for triggering a rectified current through the rectifier for further limiting an increase of a reverse blocking voltage. In a preferred embodiment, the triggering Zener diode, the BJT and the rectifier are formed in a semiconductor substrate by implanting and configuring dopant regions of a first and a second conductivity types in a N-well and a P-well whereby the TVS can be formed in parallel as part of the manufacturing processes of the electronic device.
US08098461B2
According to one embodiment, a micro actuator device, includes: a first piezoelectric element superposed on a first lower support plate coupled to a fixed plate; a second piezoelectric element superposed on a second lower support plate in parallel with the first lower support plate coupled to the fixed plate; a first upper support plate interposing the first piezoelectric element between the first upper support plate and the first lower support plate, and generating strain equal to strain of the first lower support plate when a tensile force of the first piezoelectric element acts on the first lower support plate; and a second upper support plate interposing the second piezoelectric element between the second upper support plate and the second lower support plate, and generating strain equal to strain of the second lower support plate when a tensile force of the second piezoelectric element acts on the second lower support plate.
US08098459B2
Connecting a preamplifier to a printed circuit board assembly on a hard disk drive. The disk includes a housing, a head stack assembly coupled with the housing, a printed circuit board assembly comprising via holes, a preamplifier coupled with the head stack assembly, and at least one deformable pogo pin configured to mechanically and communicatively connect the printed circuit board assembly to the preamplifier upon insertion into the via holes, further configured to comprise a tip and a shaft, and further configured to deform upon insertion into the via holes.
US08098458B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a slider designed to reduce fly height sigma. According to one embodiment, a slider includes an air bearing surface, a front shallow step pad, a rear shallow step pad, and rear side pockets. The front shallow step pad and the rear shallow step pad are at a first level deeper than the air bearing surface. The rear side pockets are at a second level deeper than the air bearing surface. The rear side pockets are in close proximity to rear corners of the slider.
US08098456B2
A perpendicular magnetic recording head including: a data recording module comprising a main pole, a return pole, and a coil wrapped around the main pole; and a data reproduction module including magnetic shield layers and a reading device located between the magnetic shield layers, wherein the width of a lower end of the main pole is gradually reduced in a downward direction thereof, and the lower end of the main pole comprises a first part and a second part extending from the first part, the first part having a curved surface of a first curvature and the second part having a curved surface of a second curvature. The first curvature can be equal to or different from the second curvature, and magnetic shield devices can be further disposed on both sides of the lower end of the main pole.
US08098448B2
A method for dividing a data area on a disk into a plurality of concentric zones and determining a format for each zone so that data tracks in the zone have the same number of data sectors. The method includes dividing a data area into a plurality of zones with provisional boundaries. The method also includes determining a linear recording density for a selected zone. The method further includes selecting the number of data sectors per data track corresponding to the determined linear recording density from specified values. Moreover, the method includes resetting a boundary of the zone at a new boundary shifted from the provisional boundary according to a selected value.
US08098443B2
A miniature zoom lens system comprises three lens groups having four lenses in total. The first lens group has negative power and is fixed. The second lens group has positive power and includes two lenses. An aperture is furnished in front of and movable with the second lens group. The third lens group has positive power. The second and third lens groups are movable along an optical axis between a wide-angle position and a telephoto position. The system fulfills the following conditions: 11.5
US08098440B2
The present invention relates to the optimization of human visual function by correcting and/or optimizing high-order optical aberrations in high performance optical devices. The optimization is particularly useful for high performance devices used under low light conditions such as binoculars, rifle scopes, telescopes, microscopes, night vision goggles and laser eye protection devices.
US08098435B2
An optical combiner in which the number of parts used is lessened is made of a resin. The optical component comprises a first surface, a diffraction grating, and a second surface. The first surface is a surface providing first, second, and third lenses. The diffraction grating diffracts to a common optical path leading to the second surface light of the first wavelength incident on the first lens, light of the second wavelength incident on the second lens, and light of the third wavelength incident on the third lens. The second surface emits light incident thereon through the common optical path. The optical path from the first surface to the diffraction grating and the common optical path are constituted of the resin.
US08098431B2
Various embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for generating the color white in displays created from interferometric modulators and more specifically, to the generation of the color white through the use of reflected light at two wavelengths. In one embodiment, a display device displays the color white. The color white is generated by reflecting light from two pluralities of interferometric modulator types. The first modulator type reflects colored light at a specific wavelength. The second modulator type reflects colored light selected to be at a wavelength complementary to the first. The combined light reflected from the two types appears white in the display.
US08098427B2
A microscope system includes a transmission illumination optical system having a light source and a condenser lens; a first dry objective having a magnification of from 20 or higher to 40 or lower and capable of viewing by at least one of a differential interference viewing method and a modulation contrast viewing method; and a second dry objective having a magnification of from 60 or higher to 100 or lower and capable of viewing by a differential interference viewing method; the first objective and the second objective being exchangeable.
US08098417B2
An electromechanical device includes a partially reflective and partially transmissive layer and a movable functional element. The movable functional element includes a patterned flexible dielectric layer and a reflective layer mechanically coupled to the flexible dielectric layer. The patterned flexible dielectric layer is configured to flex in response to voltages applied to the partially reflective and partially transmissive layer to move the functional element in a direction generally perpendicular to the partially reflective and partially transmissive layer. The reflective layer is situated between the flexible dielectric layer and the partially reflective and partially transmissive layer.
US08098409B2
A technique allowing the pictographic characters or the face marks to be converted to, for example, the corresponding, but more expressive and more vivid facial image of high picture quality and thereby to achieve compact but smooth and amusing communication.Images are distributed via e-mail constructed so that, when a text accompanied with pictographic characters is transmitted from a user terminal and received by a communication processor of a server a registering station and an image/text processor read out user-registered images corresponding to the ideographic characters from a user database are then combined these images with the text back such combination sent back to the user terminal via the communication processor. Thus, it is also possible for the image processor to utilize the image database for the purpose of synthesis of a morphing processed image, as a user instruct it, and to distribute the text accompanied with such morphing processed image.
US08098408B2
A two-dimensional code printing apparatus includes a computer device and a tape printer. A print frame is arranged on a label making work area on an edit display screen displayed on the computer device. A user inputs a text into a text box arranged on the print frame, and then highlights the text to be coded in a two-dimensional code by a mouse, and then one-clicks a two-dimensional code button. Herewith, the text and the two-dimensional code are displayed on the text box. If the user clicks a print button, a label on which both the text and the two-dimensional code printed is printed.
US08098396B2
A handheld display device for imaging a printed substrate and playing video associated with the printed substrate. The device comprises: an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate and for generating image data; a processor for determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; a transceiver for retrieval of video data corresponding to the printed substrate; and a touch-sensitive display screen for playing the video based on the video data.
US08098392B2
There is described a network system that includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, which are coupled to each other through a network, and each of which makes it possible to output guidance by emitting an audible voice from an image forming apparatus located in the vicinity of the specific user who has instructed any one of the other image forming apparatuses to implement a print job. Each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses includes: a communication section to bilaterally communicate information with other image forming apparatuses; an authenticating section to authenticate whether or not the specific user resides in a peripheral area of the image forming apparatus concerned; and a voice outputting section to output the guidance for the specific user by emitting the audible voice.
US08098390B1
A system and a method of customizing on-demand printed content are disclosed. In response to receiving a request from a consumer for on-demand printed content, content customization is determined. The determined customization is incorporated within the requested content and the on-demand printed content. Thereafter, and further responsive to the request, an on-demand printed copy of the requested content, including the incorporated customizations, is output for on-demand printing.
US08098387B2
An image transferring apparatus for transmitting image data to a file server has an image input unit allowing input of image as the image data, a memory section for storing the image data, and registration and transmission information of the image data, and a communication controller for transmitting the image data stored in the memory section to the file server. The communication controller has a judgment unit for making a judgment based on the registration and transmission information of the image data as to whether communication condition of the image data is normal or not. The communication controller transmits a request for deleting the image data to the file server in a case where the judgment is made that the communication condition is not normal during transmission of the image data stored in the memory section to the file server.
US08098385B2
A spool file modifying device for a printing system which generates a spool file including intermediate files independent of a type of printer, and converts the spool file into print data suitable to a target printer. The spool file modifying device includes a spool file retrieving system that retrieves the spool file stored in a storage, a halftone mode designating system that designates an halftone mode as a processing mode to be used when the spool file including a bitmap is reduced in size. With this mode, a gradation of the original bitmap is retained after reduced. The device further includes a modifying system that modifies the retrieved spool file if the spool file retrieved by the spool file retrieving system includes modification information designating the spool file to be modified. The spool file before modified is replaced with the modified spool file, in the storage.
US08098382B2
Disclosed are a beam scanner and a surface measurement apparatus. The beam scanner includes a spinning mirror having top and bottom reflective surfaces and a plurality of side reflective surfaces between the top and bottom reflective surfaces, and rotating about a rotary shaft penetrating the top and bottom reflective surfaces to scan beams, falling onto the side reflective surface, in one direction, a first light source emitting first beams to the side reflective surface, a second light source emitting second beams to at least one of the top and bottom reflective surfaces, and a detector receiving beams reflected by the spinning mirror, among the second beams. The beam scanner and the surface measurement apparatus can achieve high-speed, high resolution surface measurement since errors caused by the movement of the spinning mirror for beam scanning are minimized.
US08098379B2
A transform spectrometer implemented on a planar waveguide circuit (PLC), having an input optical signal waveguide carrying an input optical signal to be analyzed; a plurality of couplers, each connected to the input optical signal waveguide, and each including a coupler output for carrying a coupled optical signal related to the input optical signal. An array of interleaved, asymmetrical waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI) is formed on the PLC, each having at least one input MZI waveguide, each MZI input waveguide receiving a coupled optical signal from a respective coupler output; wherein at least some of the input MZI waveguides intersect in a common layer of the PLC, at an angle which allows their respective coupled optical signals to transmit without unacceptable attenuation. This arrangement improves spatial efficiency of the PLC, allowing more MZIs to be implemented, resulting in increased spectral resolution.
US08098376B2
A novel low-power and compact laser spectroscopic sensor is described herein. Embodiments of the disclosed sensor utilize state-of-the-art microprocessors and digital processing techniques to reduce power consumption and integrate functions into a small device. In particular, novel software methods are disclosed which allow the use of low-power microprocessors which draw no more than about 0.02 W of power. Such low-power enables long battery life and allows embodiments of the sensor to be used in portable applications. In addition, the system architecture and methods described in this disclosure allow a single integrated embedded processor to control all the subsystems necessary for a laser spectroscopic sensor further reducing sensor size and power consumption. In addition, a power efficient method of calibrating a photoacoustic laser spectroscopic sensor is disclosed.
US08098374B2
The invention is directed to a highly sensitive spectrum analysis unit with a diffraction grating, wherein a parallel light bundle having a wavelength range impinges on a diffraction grating which splits the different wavelengths into spectra by diffraction in first directions, and wavelength partial ranges of the spectrally split light bundle can be focused on a detector row by means of camera optics, and evaluation electronics are connected to the detector row and acquire the generated spectrum as information and display it. The invention is characterized in that the light bundle passes a first optical element, and then wavelength partial ranges of a spectrally split light bundle impinge on respective partial regions of a diffraction grating, the diffraction grating having the same grating constant across all partial regions and a changing profile shape, the profile shapes generating different blaze wavelengths that lie in the respective wavelength partial ranges.
US08098365B2
An illumination optical system which illuminates a plane to be illuminated using light from a light source, includes a first integrator and a second integrator disposed in order from the light source, a diaphragm having an aperture of constant area and disposed between the first integrator and the second integrator and close to the first integrator and an irradiation range adjustment unit configured to adjust an irradiation range of the light from the light source on a plane where the diaphragm is disposed, the irradiation range includes the aperture.
US08098364B2
Provided is an exposure apparatus including a variable focusing device. The variable focusing device may include a transparent membrane that may be deformed in the presence of an electric field. The deformation of the transparent membrane may allow the focus length of a radiation beam to be modified. In an embodiment, the variable focusing device may be modulated such that a radiation beam having a first focus length is provided for a first position on an exposure target and a radiation beam having a second focus length is provided for a second position on the exposure target. A method and computer-readable medium are also provided.
US08098361B2
To control the positioning of a spacer more accurately in a liquid crystal display device to prevent display defects due to incorrect positioning in a display region. To provide a liquid crystal display device with higher image quality and reliability, and to provide a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display device with high yield. In a liquid crystal display device, a region onto which a spherical spacer is discharged is subjected to liquid-repellent treatment in order to reduce the wettability with respect to a liquid in which the spherical spacer is dispersed. The liquid (the droplet) does not spread over the liquid-repellent region and is dried while moving the spherical spacer toward the center of the liquid. Thus, incorrect positioning shortly after discharging, which has been caused by the loss of control in the liquid, can be corrected by moving the spherical spacer while drying the liquid.
US08098360B2
The present application relates to a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, thin film transistors connected to the gate and data lines, a barrier rib formed on the data lines, and pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors. The thin film transistors can be formed using a colored organic film that has an optical density in a range of 1 to 3. Color filters fill the regions surrounded by the barrier rib. Pixel electrodes can be formed on the color filters. A common electrode can be formed on the second substrate facing the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer can be situated between the first and second substrates, which are spaced apart at a predetermined distance by spacers.
US08098351B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) structure includes a number of pixel electrodes overlying an interlayer dielectric, where diagonally adjacent pixel electrodes are separated by a gap. The LCoS structure further includes a self-planarizing passivation dielectric situated over the pixel electrodes and in the gap, where the self-planarizing passivation dielectric has a selected thickness. The self-planarizing passivation dielectric can be an Oxide-Nitride-Oxide (ONO) stack. The selected thickness of the self-planarizing passivation dielectric causes the self-planarizing passivation dielectric to have a substantially planar top surface. In one embodiment, the thickness of the self-planarizing passivation dielectric can be approximately equal to twice a width of the gap.
US08098336B2
In a microdisplay TV with dynamic iris control, interpolation is used to undertake 3D gamma adjustment of the display for intermediate brightness levels.
US08098334B2
A video image processing system is described that generates the interpolated video images with sharp and jaggedness-free edges. A method of video image processing is also described that interpolates video images to generate the video images with sharp and jaggedness-free edges. The video image processing system receives and makes input image data available for further processing; analyzes the local features of the input image data; filters the input image data before performing interpolation process; modifies the phase value adaptive to the local edge distance; rescales the input image data in horizontal interpolation using the modified phase value; and rescales the horizontally interpolated image data in vertical interpolation using modified phase value.
US08098331B2
According to one embodiment, an edge-smoothing apparatus has a synthesizing unit that generates a main synthesized video signal representing different images, a flag-inserting unit that inserts ID flags into the video data items, respectively, an image-edge processing unit that outputs a reference synthesized video signal from the main synthesized video signal, and selects and outputs a plurality of edge-smoothing synthesized video signals in accordance with a selection signal. A flag decoder discriminates the ID flags and generates the selection signal to prevent the edge-smoothing synthesized video signals for the different images, from being processed together, and generates an edge-smoothing-parameter selecting signal in accordance with the ID flags. Edge-smoothing components are generated by using the reference synthesized video signal from the image-edge processing unit and the edge-smoothing synthesized video signals. The edge-smoothing components, thus generated, are adjusted with a parameter selected.
US08098324B2
An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to execute processing to capture image data, a global positioning system (GPS) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite, and a main controller configured to measure an imaging frequency of the imaging unit, to determine or update a control parameter as a condition for a transition of an operation state of the GPS device based on the measured imaging frequency, and to cause a transition of the operation state of the GPS device based on the determined or updated control parameter.
US08098322B2
An image pickup device includes a group of photoelectric conversion cells that output distance-measurement signals for phase difference detection. Each photoelectric conversion cell includes a photodetector and a pupil restricting unit. The photodetector generates the distance-measurement signal. The pupil restricting unit restricts a size of a pupil area, from which arrival light has exited, to a predetermined size in an exit pupil of a taking optical system, object light exiting from the exit pupil of the taking optical system, the arrival light arriving at the photodetector. The predetermined size is less than half a size of an entire area of the exit pupil.
US08098315B2
A solid state imaging apparatus includes a solid state imaging device and a control circuit for performing control such that a first clock signal applied to transfer signal charges for a time period from after a preceding signal charge has been read out from a light sensing unit to when the preceding signal charge is transferred to a horizontal transfer unit and a second clock signal applied for a time period from after the preceding signal charge has been transferred to the horizontal transfer unit to when a succeeding signal charge is read out from the light sensing unit have almost the same amplitude and a high level potential of the first clock signal is set higher than that of the second clock signal.
US08098312B2
A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and a field-effect transistor are arranged on a semiconductor substrate so that a light-receiving surface is disposed at a first surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit unit provided at a periphery of the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate; and a multilayered wiring layer in which a plurality of wiring layers for driving the field-effect transistor of the image pickup pixel unit are laminated at a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a wiring in each of the wiring layers constituting the multilayered wiring layer is disposed so that a coverage of the wiring located at least in the image pickup pixel unit of the semiconductor substrate reaches 100%, viewed from the second surface side.
US08098311B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section and a signal processing section. The pixel array section is configured to include a plurality of arranged unit pixels, each of which is a rectangular pixel having different sizes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a plurality of adjacent ones of which are combined to form a square pixel having the same size in the vertical and horizontal directions. The signal processing section is configured to process a plurality of signals read out from the combined plurality of unit pixels and to output the processed signals as a single signal.
US08098304B2
Rather than storing a table within a digital camera or other optical device of defective pixels within its image sensor, defective pixels are dynamically identified by comparing the output values of individual pixels under test with those of neighboring pixels. If the neighbors are all above or below the pixel under test by a defined threshold amount, the output of the pixel under test is replaced with a value calculated from the outputs of neighboring pixels.
US08098300B2
The multi-band image photographing method and apparatus photograph a subject by dividing a photographing wavelength region into plural bands and obtain spectral images of the subject corresponding to the respective divided plural bands. The method and apparatus detect a sensitivity balance among the respective plural bands from photographing data of each of the spectral images obtained by preliminary photographing performed prior to main photographing, determine photographing conditions for the respective plural bands based upon the detected sensitivity balance, and perform the main photographing in accordance with the determined photographing conditions to photograph a multi-band image. The program is used to cause a computer to execute this method or part thereof.
US08098297B2
A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken.
US08098293B2
An image extracting apparatus is provided which can automatically finish a captured image of a person to provide an easy-to-view picture. It includes an image input unit supplied with a captured color image of the person to output it as digital data, a flesh-color region extraction unit supplied with the digital image data to detect a flesh-color region in the image, an object-image detection unit to detect an object image from the detected flesh-color region, and a trimming unit to trim the detected object image. On the assumption that a region extending from the top end of a certificate picture to the head top of a person is an overhead region A, a region extending from the head top to the jaw is a face region B and a region extending from the jaw to the bottom end of the certificate picture is a chest region C, the trimming unit trims the image so that the dimensional ratio between these regions A, B and C is 1:0.4 to 0.8:0.1 to 0.26.
US08098289B2
The optical image stabilizer includes a substrate, a carrier movably disposed above the substrate for carrying an image sensor, an anchor fixed above the substrate, a conducting pad fixed above the anchor for coupling an image processing circuit, a flexible suspension disposed between the conducting pad and the carrier, a conducting line disposed above the flexible suspension coupled to the conducting pad and protruding over the carrier for coupling the image sensor, and a micro-actuator disposed between the substrate and the carrier for adjusting the position of the carrier according to control signals from an actuator control circuit.
US08098287B2
A digital camera comprises two photographing systems which are independent of and substantially identical to each other, and each of which includes a photographing optical system and an image pickup device. The photographing optical system is configured to include a photographing lens, a focusing lens and an aperture stop. The focusing lens of one of the photographing systems is driven stepwise from a first predetermined position at which it is to be located when a focusing position lies at an infinite distance, toward a second predetermined position at which it is to be located when the focusing position lies at the closest distance, while the focusing lens of the other photographing system is driven stepwise from the second predetermined position toward the first predetermined position every step width. The contrasts of images formed by the respective photographing systems are evaluated while the two focusing lenses are being moved, and a position corresponding to the maximum value of the contrasts is determined as the focusing position.
US08098283B2
A method, system, and computer program product for implementing image capture and display services are provided. The system includes an enclosure having an opening through which a subject enters, an imaging system encircling the enclosure, a computer processor device communicatively coupled to the imaging system, and an application executing on the computer processor device. The system also includes an image capture activation component in communication with the computer processor device and a display device in communication with the computer processor device. In response to activating the image capture activation component, the application issues a first command to the imaging system, the first command causing the imaging system to capture images of the subject in the enclosure.
US08098281B1
A method and apparatus for displaying image from web based camera(s) located in a residential home to be projected onto a television monitor are disclosed. For example, as part of a home security system, a web server capturing images of passageways leading to or inside a residential home can activate a frame to be projected on a television monitor when movement is detected and a new image is captured. In addition to passively alerting homeowners to potential security threats, the present invention also enables homeowners to see the image of people outside their doorways to react accordingly.
US08098280B2
Camera installation flexibility on a moving object can be increased and accuracy in identifying the moving object improved by identifying a moving object origin trajectory as a potential position at which the moving object origin exists under the following conditions: 1) A distance between the moving object origin position and a reference virtual camera is constant. 2) A direction of virtual camera VCij as viewed from the moving object coordinate system (moving object origin Om) is constant (angle formed by two lines that direct to marker Pj and to the moving object origin position Cij as viewed from the virtual camera VCij is constant.) 3) Virtual camera VCij exists on marker circle (angle between markers Pi and Pj as viewed from virtual camera VCij is constant). It is possible to identify the position of moving object M by calculating the intersecting point of each moving object origin trajectory T upon multiple trajectories of moving object origin existing.
US08098270B2
A method of creating a digital mask in situ for use in a process of making digital flexographic printing elements. The digital mask is created by laminating the negative image that is the by-product of a thermal proofer to a photosensitive printing plate. Thereafter, the photosensitive printing element can be imaged, exposed, and developed in the usual manner.
US08098269B2
In one aspect of the invention there is disclosed a multicolor thermal imaging system wherein different heating elements on a thermal print head can print on different color-forming layers of a multicolor thermal imaging member in a single pass. The line-printing time is divided into segments, each of which is divided into a plurality of subintervals. All of the pulses within the segments have the same energy. In one embodiment, every pulse has the same amplitude and duration. Different colors are selected for printing during the different segments by varying the fraction of subintervals that contain pulses. This technique allows multiple colors to be printed using a thermal print head with a single strobe signal line. Pulsing patterns may be chosen to reduce the coincidence of pulses provided to multiple print head elements, thereby reducing the peak power requirements of the print head.
US08098262B2
A technique is provided for displaying pixels of an image at arbitrary subpixel positions. In accordance with aspects of this technique, interpolated intensity values for the pixels of the image are derived based on the arbitrary subpixel location and an intensity distribution or profile. Reference to the intensity distribution provides appropriate multipliers for the source image. Based on these multipliers, the image may be rendered at respective physical pixel locations such that the pixel intensities are summed with each rendering, resulting in a destination image having suitable interpolated pixel intensities for the arbitrary subpixel position.
US08098257B2
Floating-point texture filtering units leverage existing fixed-point filter circuits. Groups of floating-point texture values are converted to products of a fixed-point mantissa and a scaling factor that is the same for each texture value in the group. The fixed-point mantissas are filtered using a fixed-point filter circuit, and the filtered mantissa is combined with the scaling factor to determine a floating-point filtered value. Multiple floating-point filter results may be combined in a floating-point accumulator circuit. The same fixed-point filter circuit may also be used to filter fixed-point texture data by providing fixed-point input path that bypasses the format conversion and a fixed-point accumulator.
US08098255B2
A graphics system including a custom graphics and audio processor produces exciting 2D and 3D graphics and surround sound. The system includes a graphics and audio processor including a 3D graphics pipeline and an audio digital signal processor. A memory controller performs a wide range of memory control related functions including arbitrating between various competing resources seeking access to main memory, handling memory latency and bandwidth requirements of the resources requesting memory access, buffering writes to reduce bus turn around, refreshing main memory, and protecting main memory using programmable registers. The memory controller minimizes memory read/write switching using a “global” write queue which queues write requests from various diverse competing resources. In this fashion, multiple competing resources for memory writes are combined into one resource from which write requests are obtained. Memory coherency issues are addressed both within a single resource that has both read and write capabilities and among different resources by efficiently flushing write buffers associated with a resource.
US08098254B2
Display data and video data are stored within a graphics processing unit to reduce power consumed by the computing device during video playback. Storing display data and video data within the GPU reduces power consumption, because bus transaction activity is reduced and the need to read data from a larger, common main memory is avoided.
US08098251B2
A system, method and apparatus are disclosed, in which an instruction scheduler of a compiler, e.g., a shader compiler, reduces instruction latency based on a determined instruction distance between a dependent predecessor and successor instructions.
US08098249B2
A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to calculate a default number of major tick marks as a function of a minimum distance between major tick marks and the length of a GUI control. A whole number of major tick marks that evenly divides a range of values to be mapped along the length of the GUI control is iteratively searched. A whole number of major tick marks is displayed along the length of the GUI control. The default number of major tick marks is the origin from which the search begins.
US08098247B2
Systems, methods, and physical computer-readable storage media for performing geometric data compression and geometric data decompression and/or geometric data encryption and geometric data decryption. A virtual geometric compression object is generated within a computer system by defining a plurality of discrete elements arranged in a geometric shape and assigning one or more data bit values to each of the plurality of discrete elements. The virtual geometric compression object is used by the computer system to compress sequences of uncompressed data bits into compression definitions. A compression definition defines a path through the virtual geometric compression object corresponding to a sequence of uncompressed data bits. In a reverse manner, for data decompression, at least a portion of a virtual geometric compression object is generated and a compression definition is used to extract a corresponding sequence of uncompressed data bits from the portion of the virtual geometric compression object.
US08098235B2
A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect.
US08098219B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method thereof capable of improving image quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a gate driver; and a data driver. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixel regions arranged in a matrix, each being defined by a gate line and first and second data lines crossing the gate line. The gate driver supplies a scan signal to the gate line. The data driver alternately supplies a data voltage and a common voltage to the first and second data lines.
US08098213B2
There is provided provided a frequency selective surface (FSS) structure for filtering a single frequency band, including: a plurality of unit cells arranged at a predetermined distance, wherein each of the unit cells includes: a substrate; a circular loop formed on the substrate with a predetermined width and having at least one of meanderingly bent portions, wherein a filtering frequency band is controlled by a length of the circular loop, a width of the circular loop, a distance between the unit cells, and a thickness and dielectric constant of dielectric.
US08098209B2
The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for imaging and transmitting images. In particular, the present invention provides, systems, methods and devices for free-space polarization modulation.
US08098207B1
An aperture of an antenna for a radar system comprises a first waveguide comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion, each protrusion extending longitudinally along one side of the first waveguide. The aperture further comprises a second waveguide comprising a third protrusion and a fourth protrusion, each protrusion extending longitudinally along one side of the second waveguide. The first and third protrusions and second and fourth protrusions adjoin to form a radio frequency choke at least partially suppressing cross polarization of radio frequencies between the first and second waveguides.
US08098204B2
An antenna element made of an electrically conductive material pattern is printed and formed on a face of a casing made of an electrically nonconductive material having a circuit board housed therein, and the antenna element and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other by a connecting element.
US08098202B2
A dielectric dual antenna (300) intended especially for small-sized radio apparatuses, with one partial antenna (310) of which is implemented the lower operating band of the antenna and with the second partial antenna (320) the upper operating band. The partial antennas have a shared feed point (FP) in the antenna structure, e.g. at the end of a radiating element (312) of one partial antenna, in which case the other partial antenna receives its feed galvanically through said radiating element by a short intermediate conductor (332). The partial antennas are located so that their substrates (311, 321) are heads face to face, and the main directions of the radiating elements i.e. the conductive coatings of the substrates starting from the shared feed point are opposing. The tunings of the partial antennas corresponding to different operating bands are obtained independent from each other without discrete matching components.
US08098199B2
A steerable antenna includes an radiating antenna element and parasitic antenna elements. Each of the parasitic antenna elements is provided with a pair of PIN diodes. On each of control lines connecting the PIN diodes to a controller, inductors are provided at predetermined intervals on portions of the control line electromagnetically coupled to another steerable antenna. The intervals for providing the inductors is set to such a length that substantially no resonance occurs in a section of the control line between the inductors at an operating frequency of the steerable antenna.
US08098196B2
The time compression processor coding methodology gives rise to an exceedingly fast clutter covariance processor compressor (CCPC). The CCPC includes a look up memory containing a very small number of predicted clutter covariances (PCCs) that are suitably designed off-line (e.g., in advance) using a discrete number of clutter to noise ratios (CNRs) and shifted antenna patterns (SAPs), where the SAPs are mathematical computational artifices not physically implemented. The on-line selection of the best PCC is achieved by investigating for each case, e.g., each range bin, the actual CNR, as well as the clutter cell centroid (CCC), which conveys information about the best SAP to select. The advanced CCPC is a ‘lossy’ processor coder that inherently arises from a novel practical and theoretical foundation for signal processing, namely, processor coding, that is the time compression signal processing dual of space compression source coding.
US08098194B2
A method for determining characteristics of a RCS test range may include vertically orienting a field probe including an elongated rigid body at a predetermined location within the RCS test range. The method may also include generating incident radar waves at a selected frequency and polarization and pivoting the field probe in a vertical direction broadside to the incident radar waves. The method may additionally include receiving return radar data scattered by the field probe during pivoting of the field probe. The method may further include determining a field distribution along the elongated rigid body of the field probe from the return radar data to determine characteristics of the RCS test range.
US08098185B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a millimeter or sub-millimeter wave portal system is provided. Generally, the portal system comprises an electrooptic source and one or more millimeter or sub-millimeter wave detectors. The electrooptic source comprises an optical signal generator, optical switching and encoding circuitry, and one or more optical/electrical converters. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08098183B1
A method conveys information over a network to client processors, each with a maximum analysis rate. Sensed signals include target track updates generated at an aggregate track update rate depending on the number of targets and sensors. The track updates are prioritized. The prioritized updates are analyzed, for each client, in view a channel-priority representing the time rate of updates previously sent to the client. The selected higher-priority updates are destined for the client at an average rate no greater than the maximum analysis rate of the client. The lower-priority track updates not destined for the client are deleted. The selected updates are transmitted to their client processors.
US08098178B2
A system including a pulse generating module and a processing module is disclosed. The pulse generating module generates a target signal. The processing module outputs a processing signal according to the target signal. Throughput of the target signal exceeds throughput of the processing signal.
US08098173B2
In a parking apparatus for a vehicle, a parking space is measured and a parking trajectory into the parking space is determined by using this apparatus. A driving space for the vehicle is captured by a camera, both the parking trajectory and a turning point situated on the parking trajectory being superimposed on the camera image.
US08098169B2
Embodiments provide methods for monitoring a plurality of worksites at a facility, the methods including transporting a central monitoring station package to the facility, seating a transport container, stationing worksite monitoring equipment packages at the worksites, connecting communication links from the worksite monitoring equipment packages to central monitoring station equipment, transmitting remote transmissions from worksite monitoring equipment packages to central monitoring station equipment, displaying worksite monitoring information for a monitoring technician, and responding when remote monitoring information received from a worksite meets a response threshold criteria.
US08098163B2
The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a temperature sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof on a movable cover so that, when the sow is expected to give birth, the sensor is located in the crate at a location to detect the presence of one or more piglets after birth. On detection by a control unit using the sensor signal of the one or more piglets, the sensor communicates a signal to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of piglets is in progress and activates a heating lamp for the piglets in the pen to attract them away from the area of the sow to reduce crushing. The control unit and the sensor also control the heat output. The cover can slide along the piglet area and can lift to expose the piglet area.
US08098160B2
A method and system for remotely configuring and/or provisioning a device that is nonoperational is provided. The device may be, in general, any electronic device that includes at least one setting (“device setting”) that can be programmatically or otherwise established or adjusted to configure and/or provision the device for its operation. The method includes detecting, via a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag, a state of a device that is communicatively coupled to the RFID tag; and providing the device setting via the RFID tag when the state signifies that the device is nonoperational.
US08098155B2
A method for locating a target wireless device is disclosed. At least one directional antenna is swept through a field of view at each of a plurality of sensing locations. A position is determined for each of the plurality of sensing locations. During the sweep at each of the plurality of sensing locations, a set of signal strength data for the target wireless device and a set of bearing information are collected. A plurality of lines of bearing are determined, one from each of the plurality of sensing locations to the target wireless device, based on the determined position, the collected set of signal strength data, and bearing information for each of the plurality of sensing locations. A target location of the target wireless device is determined based on an intersection of at least two lines of bearing from the plurality of lines of bearing.
US08098141B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and an electronic device configured to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of the touch sensitive wearable band. In accordance with an another example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises providing a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and configuring an electronic device to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of said touch sensitive wearable band.
US08098134B2
A multi-document read-write station provides the ability to read/write to a stack of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags within a small area. Specifically, the station provides the ability to read from and write to a tall stack of RFID tagged sheets with the RFID tags stacked one on top of the other. The station and capability described herein is the result of and comprises several components including a closed chamber comprising a document slot, an antenna system, and a power management system.
US08098130B2
A system for activating electromechanical systems of a vehicle, including at least one first flexible intelligent radio frequency module mounted on the vehicle, for receiving wireless communications signals; at least one second flexible intelligent radio frequency module mounted on the vehicle, for receiving wireless communications signals from a transponder, at least one third flexible intelligent radio frequency module mounted on the vehicle, for transmitting a signal when its capacitance is changed when an object is proximal to the at least one third flexible intelligent radio frequency module; at least one fourth flexible intelligent radio frequency module mounted on the vehicle, for receiving sounds external to the vehicle; and a vehicle bus in communication with the at least one first, second, third, and fourth flexible intelligent radio frequency modules.
US08098126B2
A high voltage service disconnect assembly is provided. The high voltage service disconnect assembly is configured to fixedly hold a plurality of different sized fuses therein having different current rating capabilities, one fuse at a time.
US08098125B2
Improved form-less electronic apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus comprises a shape-core inductive device having a bonded-wire coil which is formed and maintained within the device without resort to a bobbin or other form(er). The absence of the bobbin simplifies the manufacture of the device, reduces its cost, and allows it to be made more compact (or alternatively additional functionality to be disposed therein). One variant utilizes a termination header for mating to a PCB or other assembly, while another totally avoids the use of the header by directly mating to the PCB. Multi-core variants and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
US08098124B2
A high-voltage transformer has a plurality of elementary transformers. Each elementary transformer comprises an elementary primary circuit configured to be powered by an elementary primary voltage, an elementary secondary circuit comprising at least one secondary winding and at least one capacitor that is connected to the terminals of a secondary winding, and an elementary magnetic circuit configured to couple the elementary primary circuit and the elementary secondary circuit. The output voltage of the transformer is equal to the sum of the elementary balanced secondary voltages, and the elementary primary circuits are connected to one another so as to form a common circuit with the elementary transformers. The common circuit is configured to be supplied by a primary voltage, which is equal to the sum of the elementary primary voltages.
US08098123B2
A power inductor includes a first magnetic core having a first end and a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, and an inner cavity defined by the inner surface. A slotted air gap in the first magnetic core extends from i) the first end to the second end and ii) from the inner surface to the outer surface. A second magnetic core is located inside the slotted air gap between opposing inner walls of the slotted air gap. The second magnetic core i) extends from the inner surface to the outer surface of the first magnetic core inside the slotted air gap and ii) has a shape configured to lock the second magnetic core between the opposing inner walls of the slotted air gap.
US08098119B2
A protection switch includes a plurality of single-pole protection switch modules in a mechanically coherent unit forming a multi-pole protection switch configuration. Each module includes a housing, a switching arm, a moving contact on the switching arm pivotably movable against a fixed contact between closed and open positions, a manual operating mechanism for adjusting the switching arm between the closed and open positions and a tripping mechanism for automatically resetting the switching arm into the open position upon a tripping condition. The manual operating mechanisms of all modules are coupled so that the modules are only switched jointly. The tripping mechanisms of all modules are coupled so that the tripping mechanism of each also trips all others. A one-piece coupling is insertable between adjoining modules for both mechanically fixing the modules to one another and coupling the manual operating mechanisms and the tripping mechanisms of the adjoining protection switch modules.
US08098116B2
An LC composite electronic component, having a large noise suppression effect without increasing in size, includes a multilayer structure in which first and second capacitor units (10), (20) and first and second coil units (30), (40) are stacked and incorporates four LC resonance circuits. A noise circulating capacitance (C21) is formed between a coil electrode (31a) and a resonance adjusting electrode (51a), and a noise circulating capacitance (C22) is formed between a coil electrode (31c) and a resonance adjusting electrode (51b). A noise circulating capacitance (C23) is formed between a coil electrode (42a) and a resonance adjusting electrode (53a), and a noise circulating capacitance (C24) is formed between a coil electrode (42c) and a resonance adjusting electrode (53b). A noise circulating capacitance (C25) is formed between lead-out electrodes (32a), (41b), and a noise circulating capacitance (C26) is formed between lead-out electrodes (32d), (41d).
US08098112B2
An impedance tuner may include a transmission media for propagating RF signals, a reflection magnitude control device mounted in a fixed position relative to a direction of signal propagation along said transmission media, and a phase shifter to control a reflection phase. A multi-section probe for an impedance tuner system may include a plurality of probe sections and a holder structure for mechanically supporting the plurality of probe sections.
US08098093B1
An apparatus includes an envelope tracking power supply configured to control a power amplifier. The power supply includes a first amplifier configured to receive an input voltage and generate a supply voltage for the power amplifier. The power supply also includes a second amplifier configured to receive a shifted input voltage. An output of the second amplifier is coupled to the first amplifier. The first amplifier is configured to maintain an operational mode of the power amplifier. The power supply could further include a third amplifier. An output of the third amplifier is coupled to an input of the second amplifier, and the third amplifier is configured to receive a second shifted input.
US08098090B2
An open-drain output buffer is operative to sustain relatively high voltages applied to an output pad. The open-drain buffer includes a number of floating wells, output switching devices and corresponding well-bias selectors to ensure that no gate oxide sustains voltages greater than a predefined value. PMOS and NMOS well-bias selectors operate to select and provide an available highest or lowest voltage, respectively, to bias corresponding well-regions and ensure no device switching terminals are electrically over stressed. As output related terminals experience switching related voltage excursions, the well-bias selectors select alternate terminals to continue selection of the respective highest or lowest voltages available and provide correct well-biasing conditions. Voltage dividers are incorporated to generate well-biasing control voltages. By electrical coupling across maximal voltages, the voltage dividers generate reference voltages that induce proper selection of well-bias voltages to the floating wells.
US08098072B2
A partial discharge coupler for detecting partial discharges in a conductor includes a frequency dependent network, a differential amplifier and a frequency selective coupling component. The frequency dependent network includes a first filter component, a fuse component and a load component, typically coupled together in series with reference to a first ground. The first filter component filters the high voltage, low frequency alternating current signal carried by the conductor from the load component and passes high frequency partial discharge pulse signals to the load component. The frequency selective coupling component couples in series between the differential amplifier and the load component. The output of the differential amplifier is configured to provide an output that is isolated from the ground connection for communicating detected partial discharge signals to partial discharge test equipment.
US08098068B2
A system and method for minimizing, if not completely eliminating, the systematic bias present in an MR system used for DTI is disclosed. A test object or “phantom” of the present invention is scanned with a desired DTI protocol. The eigenvalues measured with the phantom are compared to the actual values that should have been measured, and a parametric map that links measured eigenvalues to actual eigenvalues is calculated, which is applicable to the desired protocol. Future eigenvalue measurements using this protocol can be recalibrated to actual eigenvalues using this map.
US08098058B2
One aspect is a circuit arrangement having a load current path with a load transistor having a first and a second load path terminal and a control terminal. A first measurement current path includes a measuring transistor having a first and a second load path terminal and a control terminal. The control terminals and first load path terminals of the load transistor and the measuring transistor are coupled. A first regulating circuit has a controllable resistor and is designed to drive the resistor depending on electrical potentials at the second load path terminals of the load transistor and of the measuring transistor. A current mirror circuit is coupled between the first measurement current path and a second measurement current path. A deactivation circuit is designed to deactivate the first regulating circuit depending on a current flowing through the measuring transistor.
US08098056B2
Provided is a bidirectional converter which has flexibility to be applicable in various conditions and performs stable switching of operation mode at high efficiency. An electronic device which supplies power in various conditions and operates with excellent efficiency is also provided. An electronic device is provided with a bidirectional converter, which has a reactor and four switches between power supply input terminals and a secondary battery, and a system circuit is supplied with an operation voltage through the bidirectional converter. A status signal indicating the operation status of the system circuit is transmitted to a microcomputer of the bidirectional converter, and based on the status signal, switching of operation mode of the bidirectional converter is controlled.
US08098055B2
Methods and systems with a step-up converter are provided based on a boost converter. In one aspect, a step-up converter includes: a boost converter having a first inductor; a second inductor paired on a core with the first inductor; and a rectifier circuit coupled with the second inductor to generate a direct current output.
US08098039B2
The present invention provides a generator motor driving device that can promptly perform discharging of charges from the capacitor during a maintenance operation, and a capacitor discharge method to be implemented in the generator motor driving device. Power is supplied from the capacitor to the generator motor being driven by the engine, and the generator motor is driven, with the engine as a load. Rated constant current control is performed on the generator motor, and rated constant voltage control is performed on the booster, until the capacitor voltage decreases to a first voltage. After the capacitor voltage decreases to the first voltage, the rated constant current control is performed on the generator motor, and voltage control is performed on the booster to maintain a predetermined ratio between the capacitor voltage and the booster output voltage to be output to the driver, until the capacitor voltage decreases to a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage.
US08098038B2
A servomotor control system that includes a numerical control unit and servo control unit enables the use of learning control based on an angle synchronization method in high-speed oscillating motion performed by, for example, a jig grinder. The numerical control unit calculates a reference angle θ(=ωt), and also calculates a cyclic oscillation command F(t) according to the reference angle θ and a machining condition (angular velocity ω). The servo control unit calculates a difference between the value in the oscillation command F(t) and the position of the servomotor (positional difference ε) at intervals of a predetermined cycle, and performs learning control according to the reference angle θ, oscillation command F(t), and positional difference ε.
US08098036B2
An electric power tool is provided that includes a motor as a driving source, a first operation switch, a first semiconductor switch, and a second semiconductor switch. The first operation switch is operated by a user to be turned ON/OFF. The first semiconductor switch, provided on a current path from the power source to the motor, includes at least one semiconductor switching device. When the first operation switch is OFF, the first semiconductor switch is turned OFF to interrupt the current path. When the first operation switch is ON, the first semiconductor switch is turned ON to close the current path. The second semiconductor switch is provided on the current path in series with the first semiconductor switch and includes at least one semiconductor switching device. The second semiconductor switch closes/interrupts the current path by being turned ON/OFF in accordance with an input control signal.
US08098009B2
An electro-optical device includes a light emitting unit; a color filter that has a plurality of colored portions selectively transmitting light components belonging to a portion of a wavelength range of light emitted from the light emitting unit; and a color converting member that converts some of the light components emitted from the light emitting unit into light components having wavelengths around transmission wavelength ranges of the colored portions having one or more colors of the color filter, which is provided between the light emitting unit and the color filter.
US08098007B2
An organic light emitting display device capable of minimizing an IR drop of pixel power sources supplied to an organic light emitting display panel is taught. The organic light emitting display device includes an organic light emitting display panel comprising a first side on which an image is displayed and a second side that faces the first side and a plurality of first and second power source pads provided at two or more edges of the second side to receive first and second pixel power sources in at least two different directions; and a pixel power source supplying flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) provided on the second side of the organic light emitting display panel to comprise a plurality of pads electrically coupled to the first and second power source pads and to supply the first and second pixel power sources to the organic light emitting display panel.
US08098006B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a color EL display characterized in that at least color filters, a thin film transistor circuit, an organic EL layer, and a common electrode are laminated in this order on a transparent substrate. Another embodiment of the invention is a method for producing a color EL display comprising the steps of forming color filters on a transparent substrate; forming a thin film transistor circuit; forming an organic EL layer; and forming a common electrode, wherein a process temperatures of the steps of forming the thin film transistor circuit and subsequent steps are 200° C. or less.
US08097993B2
Apparatus and method for tuning the magnetic field of brushless motors and alternators to obtain efficient operation over a broad RPM range. The motor or alternator includes fixed windings (or stator) around a rotating rotor carrying permanent magnets. The permanent magnets are cylindrical and have North (N) and South (S) poles formed longitudinally in the cylindrical magnets. The magnets reside in magnetic conducing pole pieces (for example, low carbon or soft steel, and/or laminated insulated layers, of non-magnetizable material). Rotating the cylindrical permanent magnets inside the pole pieces either strengthens or weakens the resulting magnetic field to adjust the motor or alternator for low RPM torque or for efficient high RPM efficiency. Varying the rotor magnetic field adjusts the voltage output of the alternators allowing, for example, a windmill generator, to maintain a fixed voltage output. Other material used in the rotor is generally non-magnetic, for example, stainless steel.
US08097990B2
A method and device for energy conversion from a moving fluid to electrical energy. The device includes at least one magnetic structure, at least one coil structure, a rotating component, and a rotary to linear motion conversion mechanism. The at least one coil structure includes electrically conductive material. The rotating component rotates relative to a corresponding axis of rotation in response to forces applied by the moving fluid on a structure coupled to the rotating component. The rotary to linear motion conversion mechanism is coupled to the rotating component. Rotation of the rotating component around the corresponding axis of rotation generates a relative linear displacement between the at least one magnetic structure and at least one coil in the at least one coil structure. The relative linear displacement between the at least one magnetic structure and the at least one coil generates electrical energy in the at least one coil structure.
US08097975B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for starting an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, wherein the internal combustion engine has an associated electrical machine (1) which is operated as a starter/generator. During starting, the electrical machine (1) is supplied with a voltage which is obtained from addition or from subtraction of the voltages which are produced on a first energy store (3) and the voltages which are produced on a second energy store (4).
US08097968B2
A synchronous electric machine operates as a starter-generator for an aircraft. When operating in a starting mode, a main stator of the machine is supplied with electrical power at a constant frequency. An exciter stator is supplied with variable frequency power. As rotational speed increases, the exciter variable frequency changes correspondingly to maintain synchronous operation of the machine and maximum torque. In a generator mode, variable frequency is applied to the exciter stator with the exciter frequency varying as a function of rotational speed of an engine driving the machine. This provides for a constant frequency output from the machine.
US08097965B2
In the manufacture of semiconductor devices, cracking of a resin member caused during cutting and defects in the external appearance are prevented.
US08097964B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a substrate having a top side having active circuitry thereon including a plurality of metal interconnect levels including a first metal interconnect level and a top metal interconnect level, and a bottom side. At least one TSV array includes a plurality of TSVs. The TSVs are positioned in rows including a plurality of interior rows and a pair of exterior rows and a plurality of columns including a plurality of interior columns and a pair of exterior columns. At least a portion of the TSVs in the array are electrically connected TSVs that are coupled to a TSV terminating metal interconnect level selected from the plurality of metal interconnect levels. At least one of the exterior rows or exterior columns include a lower number of electrically connected TSVs compared to a maximum number of electrically connected TSVs in the interior rows and interior columns, respectively.
US08097959B2
A semiconductor device and method. One embodiment provides an integral array of first carriers and an integral array of second carries connected to the integral array of first carriers. First semiconductor chips are arranged on the integral array of first carriers. The integral array of second carriers is arranged over the first semiconductor chips.
US08097955B2
Interconnect structures and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an interconnect structure includes a via extendable through a workpiece from a first side of the workpiece to a second side of the workpiece. The via is partially filled with a conductive material and has sidewalls. The interconnect structure includes a contact coupled to the conductive material in the via proximate the first side of the workpiece. The conductive material in the via comprises a recessed region comprising a landing zone proximate the second side of the workpiece.
US08097946B2
A device mounting board includes an insulating layer formed of an insulating resin, a glass cloth covering the surface of the insulating layer, and an electrode provided in a through hole extending through the glass cloth. The angle of contact with solder of the glass cloth is larger than that of the resin. Thus, solder bumps are formed on the electrode 14 of the device mounting board 10 with high precision.
US08097942B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor wherein a wire for coupling an inner lead and a semiconductor chip with each other can be prevented from being electrically short-circuited to any other conductive part are provided. An inner lead portion has a tip arranged outside the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip as viewed on a plane. A power supply bar has a jutted portion extended between the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip and the tip of the inner lead portion as viewed on a plane. The upper face of the jutted portion is in a position lower than the upper face of the tip of the inner lead portion. A bonding wire for electrically coupling the semiconductor chip and the inner lead portion with each other has a bent portion outside the outer circumferential end of the semiconductor chip as viewed on a plane.
US08097940B2
A stack package may include a substrate having first and second faces opposite each other and an opening formed therein. The first semiconductor chip may be mounted on the first face of the substrate and include a through electrode in the middle region of the first semiconductor chip that is exposed through the opening. The second semiconductor chip may be stacked on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip by the through electrode of the first semiconductor chip. The circuit pattern may be formed on the second face of the substrate and include a bonding pad arranged adjacent to the opening and electrically connected to the through electrode of the first semiconductor chip through the opening, an outer connection pad spaced apart from the bonding pad and a connection wiring extending from the opening to the outer connection pad via the bonding pad.
US08097935B2
A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having first and second level downset lead extensions, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) attached to the first level downset lead extension, and a flip chip die attached to the second level downset lead extension. Another embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead, a first quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the lead, and a second quad flat nonleaded package invertly connected to a top surface of the first quad flat nonleaded package, wherein the second quad flat nonleaded package is wirebonded to the lead. A third embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead with a first level downset lead extension, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the first level downset lead extension, and a first wirebondable die attached to a top or bottom surface of the quad flat nonleaded package.
US08097931B2
A fuse part in a semiconductor device has a plurality of fuse lines extended along a first direction with a given width along a second direction. The fuse part includes a first conductive pattern having a space part formed in a fuse line region over a substrate, wherein portions of the first conductive pattern are spaced apart by the space part along the first direction. The fuse part includes a first insulation pattern formed over the space part, the first insulation pattern having a width smaller than a width of the first conductive pattern along the second direction and a thickness greater than a thickness of the first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern formed over the first insulation pattern, the second conductive pattern having a width greater than the width of the first insulation pattern along the second direction.
US08097930B2
In an embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device may include a first diffusion region, a second diffusion region an active region disposed between the first diffusion region and the second diffusion region, a control region disposed above the active region, a first trench isolation disposed laterally adjacent to the first diffusion region opposite to the active region, and a second trench isolation disposed between the second diffusion region and the active region. The second trench isolation may have a smaller depth than the first trench isolation.
US08097929B2
Embodiments provide an electronic device package and a method for fabricating thereof. A semiconductor chip has a substrate. A supporting brick is separated from the substrate by a certain distance. A bonding pad having a surface is disposed across the substrate and the supporting brick.
US08097910B2
The invention includes a semiconductor structure having U-shaped transistors formed by etching a semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, the source/drain regions of the transistors are provided at the tops of pairs of pillars defined by crossing trenches in the substrate. One pillar is connected to the other pillar in the pair by a ridge that extends above the surrounding trenches. The ridge and lower portions of the pillars define U-shaped channels on opposite sides of the U-shaped structure, facing a gate structure in the trenches on those opposite sides, forming a two sided surround transistor. Optionally, the space between the pillars of a pair is also filled with gate electrode material to define a three-sided surround gate transistor. One of the source/drain regions of each pair extending to a digit line and the other extending to a memory storage device, such as a capacitor. The invention also includes methods of forming semiconductor structures.
US08097906B2
A semiconductor device which has low input inductance is provided.It includes: source finger electrodes (3) disposed by predetermined direction on the main substrate 1; drain finger electrodes (4) placed and disposed a predetermined interval to each of the source finger electrodes (3); gate finger electrodes (2) disposed between the source finger electrodes (3) and the drain finger electrodes (4), respectively; source pads (6) placed and disposed a predetermined interval at one side of finger electrode array; drain pads (7) disposed between the source pads (6); gate pads (5) which placed and disposed a predetermined interval at the another side of the finger electrode array; source electrode wirings (source bus-line LS, source bridge-line NS and source bridge-line M) for connecting the source finger electrodes (3) to the source pads (6); drain electrode wirings (drain bus-line LD, the drain bridge-line ND, and the drain bridge-line P) for connecting the drain finger electrodes (4) to the drain pads (7); and gate bus-lines for connecting the gate finger electrodes (2) to the gate pads (5).
US08097900B2
A monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor in an n-p-n-p-n-p sequence consists of a four-layered thyristor structure and an embedded back-biased PN junction structure as a turn-off switching diode. The turn-off switching diode is formed through structured doping processes and/or depositions on a single semiconductor wafer so that it is integrated monolithically without any external device or semiconductor materials. The thyristor can be switching on and off optically by two discrete light beams illuminated on separated openings of electrodes on the top surface of a semiconductor body. The carrier injection of the turning on process is achieved by illuminating the bulk of the thyristor with a high level light through the first aperture over the cathode to create high density charge carriers serving as the gate current injection and to electrically short the emitter and drift layer. The switching off of the thyristor is achieved by shorting the base layer and the cathode layer by illuminating the embedded back-biased PN junction of the TURN-OFF switching diode. The patterned doping profile and the interconnect between the emitter and the base region of the light activated thyristor makes possible a monolithic and/or plantar integrated fabrication of the semiconductor switching device on a single semiconductor wafer via the standard semiconductor fabrication process.
US08097899B2
A light emitting diode of the present invention comprises a support frame, a shell, a light emitting diode chip and an encapsulating body. The shell is used to accommodate the support frame. The shell has a bowl-shaped structure and the bowl-shaped structure has two opposite first walls and two opposite second walls. The upper edge of the second wall is a concave-convex structure. The encapsulating body is used to package the bowl-shaped structure and the encapsulating body has a concave-convex structure similar to the concave-convex structure of the bowl-shaped structure. The concave-convex structure comprises a concave portion and a convex portion. The structure of the light emitting diode is simplified. The luminous intensity and the light extraction efficiency of the light emitting diode are enhanced and the thickness of the light emitting diode is not increased.
US08097898B2
The outer peripheral portion of a substrate is provided with a first peripheral edge and a second peripheral edge. The first peripheral edge is provided on the edge portion of a first upper surface of the substrate on which a light-emitting diode element is mounted. The second peripheral edge is formed either on an extension of an imaginary line connecting an edge of the light-emitting facet of the light-emitting diode element and the first peripheral edge or inwardly of the extension. The second peripheral edge is located at a position where the first peripheral edge blocks direct light from the light-emitting diode element. This configuration prevents the second upper surface of the substrate provided between the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge from becoming deteriorated due to the direct light.
US08097891B2
The present invention provides a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device and a method for producing the same. The group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device comprises (a1), (b1) and (c1) in this order: (a1) an N electrode, (b1) a semiconductor multi-layer film, (c1) a transparent electric conductive oxide P electrode, wherein the semiconductor multi-layer film comprises an N-type semiconductor layer, light emitting layer, P-type semiconductor layer and high concentration N-type semiconductor layer having an n-type impurity concentration of 5×1018 cm−3 to 5×1020 cm−3 in this order, the N-type semiconductor layer is in contact with the N electrode, and the semiconductor multi-layer film has a convex.
US08097889B2
A light-emitting device operating on a high drive voltage and a small drive current. LEDs (1) are two-dimensionally formed on an insulating substrate (10) of e.g., sapphire monolithically and connected in series to form an LED array. Two such LED arrays are connected to electrodes (32) in inverse parallel. Air-bridge wiring (28) is formed between the LEDs (1) and between the LEDs (1) and electrodes (32). The LED arrays are arranged zigzag to form a plurality of LEDs (1) to produce a high drive voltage and a small drive current. Two LED arrays are connected in inverse parallel, and therefore an AC power supply can be used as the power supply.
US08097886B2
An organic electroluminescence device which can prevent the deterioration thereof attributed to moisture by preventing a desiccant from influencing organic electroluminescence elements is provided. The organic electroluminescence device includes: first and second substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner with a gap therebetween; organic electroluminescence elements which are formed on a first surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate in an opposed manner; a desiccant which is formed on a second surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate in an opposed manner; and a resin which is adhered to the first and second surfaces and covers the desiccant and the organic electroluminescence elements. The desiccant includes a portion which is arranged outside a region of the second surface which faces the organic electroluminescence elements in an opposed manner and surrounds the whole of the region, and the organic electroluminescence elements are isolated from the desiccant by way of the resin.
US08097883B2
A thin film transistor and a fabrication method thereof, in which one excimer laser annealing (ELA) makes a pixel portion and a driver portion different from each other in surface roughness and grain size. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate including a pixel portion and a driver portion; a first semiconductor layer disposed in the pixel portion and having a first surface roughness; a second semiconductor layer disposed in the driver portion and having a second surface roughness smaller than the first surface roughness; a gate insulating layer formed on the substrate including the first and second semiconductor layers; a first gate electrode placed to correspond to the first semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; a second gate electrode placed to correspond to the second semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer formed on the substrate including the first and second gate electrodes; first source and drain electrodes formed on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected with the first semiconductor layer; and second source and drain electrodes formed on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer.
US08097880B2
A semiconductor component including a lateral transistor component is disclosed. One embodiment provides an electrically insulating carrier layer. A first and a second semiconductor layer are arranged on above another and are separated from another by a dielectric layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a polycrystalline semiconductor material, an amorphous semiconductor material or an organic semiconductor material. In the first semiconductor layer: a source zone, a body zone, a drift zone and a drain zone are provided. In the second semiconductor layer; a drift control zone is arranged adjacent to the drift zone, including a control terminal at a first lateral end for applying a control potential, and is coupled to the drain zone via a rectifying element at a second lateral end. A gate electrode is arranged adjacent to the body zone and is dielectrically insulated from the body zone by a gate dielectric layer.
US08097878B2
Nonvolatile memory elements are provided that have resistive switching metal oxides. The nonvolatile memory elements may be formed by depositing a metal-containing material on a silicon-containing material. The metal-containing material may be oxidized to form a resistive-switching metal oxide. The silicon in the silicon-containing material reacts with the metal in the metal-containing material when heat is applied. This forms a metal silicide lower electrode for the nonvolatile memory element. An upper electrode may be deposited on top of the metal oxide. Because the silicon in the silicon-containing layer reacts with some of the metal in the metal-containing layer, the resistive-switching metal oxide that is formed is metal deficient when compared to a stoichiometric metal oxide formed from the same metal.
US08097875B2
A semiconductor memory device includes the first transistor having first and second source/drain diffusion regions positioned below a second bit line to sandwich the first word line therebetween, and the second source/drain diffusion region positioned between the first and second word lines and connected to a first bit line, a second transistor having second and third source/drain diffusion regions positioned below the second bit line to sandwich the second word line therebetween, a first resistive memory element formed below the second bit line above the first source/drain diffusion region, and having terminals connected to the second bit line and the first source/drain diffusion region, and a second resistive memory element formed below the second bit line above the third source/drain diffusion region, and having terminals connected to the second bit line and the third source/drain diffusion region.
US08097871B2
Memory cells described herein have an increased current density at lateral edges of the active region compared to that of conventional mushroom-type memory cells, resulting in improved operational current efficiency. As a result, the amount of heat generated within the lateral edges per unit value of current is increased relative to that of conventional mushroom-type memory cells. Therefore, the amount of current needed to induce phase change is reduced.
US08097867B2
Radiation apparatus for technical use, with a large number of stretched-out radiation sources emitting in or between the UV and IR ranges and a large number of main reflector segments that are bent and/or folded out of metal sheet in a shape adapted to that of the radiation sources, while the main reflector segments are formed as separate main reflectors and are held, singly replaceable and independently of the radiation sources, in a radiation source housing.
US08097858B2
An apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging by using a plurality of image capture elements for accumulating electric charges, a storage unit configured to store an offset correction image, a correction image generation unit configured, when capturing a radiation image through radiant-ray irradiation, to combine the offset correction image with an image captured by using a part of the plurality of image capture elements through the imaging unit without radiant-ray irradiation to update the offset correction image, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the captured radiation image, based on the offset correction image.
US08097844B2
Among various ions introduced into an ion trap 1, those ions which are within a predetermined mass range including the mass-to-charge ratio of an objective ion are selected. Then, the frequency of a capturing voltage is set so that the objective ion will be captured with a high q-value, and a CID gas is introduced into the ion trap 1. An excitation voltage corresponding to the mass-to-charge ratio of the objective ion is applied to end-cap electrodes 3 and 4 to cause an oscillation of the objective ion and help dissociation of the ion by CID. The high q-value leads to a high dissociation efficiency. The application of the excitation voltage is discontinued before the low-mass ions produced by CID totally dissipate. Simultaneously with this operation, or slightly delayed therefrom, the frequency of the capturing voltage is switched so that the q-value will be lowered. Although the high q-value allows the low-mass product ions to easily dissipate during the CID process, they can be captured within an ion-trapping space 5 since the q-value is lowered when those ions still remain there. Thus, measurement of low-mass product ions can be simultaneously achieved with improvement of dissociation efficiency.
US08097843B2
A photoluminescent marking that includes at least one functional overlayer is disclosed. The overlayer generally provides for at least one of selective filtration, reflection and absorption of wavelengths that may cause photolytic degradation of underlying photoluminescent materials. A method of fabrication is provided.
US08097841B2
A circuit for converting data of a signal line in the form of logical pulses of current to RS232 level voltages between an air-conditioner and a computer is described. The conversion circuit is able to troubleshoot the communication signals between the indoor unit and outdoor unit of an air-conditioner.
US08097839B2
A filter processing means removes periodic patterns caused by a scattered radiation removing means from radiation images, which are obtained by detecting radiation that has passed through the scattered radiation removing means with a radiation detector. The filter processing means removes only the spatial frequency components of the periodic pattern from the radiation images.
US08097833B2
A cooking appliance includes an oven provided with bake, broil and multiple convection heating elements, as well as plural, multi-speed fans, for cooking a wide range of food. The appliance can perform multiple, distinct cooking operations, preferably including a bake mode, a no preheat convection bake mode, a rapid preheat convection bake mode, a standard preheat convection bake mode and a convection roast mode, depending upon available user selections. Based on the selected cooking mode, each of the heating elements and fans is operated in a predetermined fashion to provide for efficient heating of the oven and effective cooking of the food.
US08097830B2
The invention relates to a method for material processing and/or material analysis of an object (18) made from condensed matter by means of a laser (12). A laser pulse (14) is generated by a laser, emitted in the direction of the object. The laser pulse is spatially and temporally focussed such as to give a peak power for the laser pulse at a point between the laser and the object which exceeds the critical power for a self-focussing effect of the laser pulse. The laser pulse thus forms a filament (88) of high power density. The filament (88) is directed at the object and generates an aggregation state change there (evaporation or plasma formation) for a part of the material of the object. The method can be applied to both material processing (cutting, drilling, welding, hardening) and material analysis (analysis of the plasma light).
US08097826B2
A Penetration Enhancing Activating Flux (PEAF) in paste form for autogenous TIG welding of austenitic stainless steels adapted for ready application with a brush on top weld surface prior to conducting autogenous TIG welding to favor single weld pass, of austenitic stainless steels of AISI 304LN and AISI 316LN varieties with weld bead penetration up to a section thickness of 12 mm. Importantly, the (PEAF) paste based TIG welding of the invention achieves an increase in weld bead penetration of about 300% over the conventional TIG process without activating flux. The PEAF paste based TIG welding also favors higher productivity and high quality apart from being cost-effective due to less requirement of consumables and controlled heat input to arrest distortion, making it widely acceptable for variety of industrial applications for welding of austenitic stainless steel.
US08097825B2
A laser-clad processing apparatus of the present invention is one which is for carrying out laser-clad processing onto a valve-seat portion of a cylinder head, and is characterized in that it comprises cylinder-head holding means (1) for holding a cylinder head (H) in an inclining manner so that the central axial line of a valve seat becomes the vertical direction, a laser-processing head (2) for irradiating a laser beam onto a process part of the valve seat and at the same time discharging a powdery material to this process part, rotary means (3) which rotates around the central axial line of the valve seat in such a state that the laser-processing head is inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and powdery-material supply means (4) for supplying the powdery material to the laser-processing head.Moreover, a laser-clad processing method of the present invention is characterized in that it fixes the cylinder head (H), and forms a clad layer while rotating the laser-processing head (2), which emits the laser beam with respect to the valve-seat portion of the cylinder head and discharges the powdery material, around the axial center line of the valve seat.
US08097813B2
In at least one embodiment, an interposer for a board interconnect system is provided. The interposer comprises a frame and at least one interconnect. The frame receives a substrate. The substrate includes a top side, a bottom side, and a conductive interface. The conductive interface extends through the top side and the bottom side for delivering an electrical signal from an electrical device positioned on the top side therethrough. The at least one interconnect includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) positioned within the frame for contacting the conductive interface of the substrate to deliver the electrical signal to a conductive arrangement of a circuit board.
US08097808B2
A device for a wire cable duct (18) has a profiled part having a first wing (2), termed horizontal wing, and at least one second wing (4), termed vertical wing, extending substantially perpendicularly to the first wing on one side thereof. The device includes: at least one longitudinal housing (6) intended to receive a warp wire (20) formed on the lower face (10) of the horizontal wing, that is to say the face opposed to the second wing; transverse cutouts (8), formed with a predetermined pitch corresponding to the pitch of the transverse weft wires (22), all along the horizontal wing (2), the transverse cutouts (8) extending over the whole width of the horizontal wing and continuing into the region of the vertical wings (4); and at least one tongue (12) extending longitudinally from a transverse edge (14) of each cutout (8) over part of the width of the cutout.
US08097801B2
Generating a musical composition from one or more portions of one or more performances of one or more musical compositions included in a database is disclosed. The method and system include selecting a portion of a pre-recorded composition based on a degree of similarity with the component of the composition that is input; portions that are musically similar but not musically the same as the component may be selected for addition to the composition. The degree of similarity may be based on a ChordScore and/or a ScaleScore of the retrieved portion of the pre-recorded compositions. A ChordScore is generated by comparing chord tones of one or more chords in the pre-recorded portion with chord tones of the input component. A ScaleScore is generated by comparing tones of one or more notes in the pre-recorded portion with tones in a harmonic scale associated with the input component's chords.
US08097792B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08097783B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB38AA09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB38AA09, to the plants of soybean XB38AA09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB38AA09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB38AA09 with another soybean plant, using XB38AA09 as either the male or the female parent.
US08097782B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB39T09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB39T09, to the plants of soybean XB39T09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB39T09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB39T09 with another soybean plant, using XB39T09 as either the male or the female parent.
US08097776B2
The invention relates to a method of producing a double low restorer line of Brassica napus for Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) presenting a radish introgression carrying the Rfo restorer gene deleted of the radish Pgi-2 allele and recombined with the Pgi-2 gene from Brassica oleracea, and having a good agronomic value characterized by female fertility, a good transmission rate of Rfo and a high vegetative vigour. The invention relates also to a method of forming Brassica napus hybrid seeds and progeny thereof and to the use of markers for selection.
US08097775B2
Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules corresponding to glyphosate resistant nucleic acid sequences are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:3 or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, or 4.
US08097768B2
Preferred embodiments of this invention relate to a method for increasing fiber yield in a cotton plant by regenerating a whole cotton plant from a plant cell that has been transformed with a dominant negative allele for an endoplasmic reticulum located gene. The expression of this gene results in suppression of oil and protein biosynthesis in the developing seed and increased production of fiber in the plant.
US08097766B2
A patch of low friction materials, such as a film of polytetrafluoroethylene is sized to provide an area of low friction support for a portion of a human body relative to an object such as a shoe or prosthetic socket. The patch can be lined with foam, or preferably, a stretch fabric so that it will fit around irregular contours of the shoe, or socket, or the skin itself. The patches reduce shear trauma in critical load areas. After identifying regions of high loads, the method comprises applying the patches as needed to avoid sores, calluses, blisters and abrasions.
US08097753B2
The invention relates to mixtures composed of monocarboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acids and of further components, which comprise A) from 98 to 100% by weight of monocarboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acids of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are identical or different and, independently of one another, are H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, and/or phenyl, X and Y are identical or different and, independently of one another, are H, Li, Na, K, or NH4, and B) from 0 to 2% by weight of halogens, where the entirety of the components always amounts to 100% by weight.
US08097752B2
Disclosed are novel ring containing phospholipids represented by the structural formula A-X—PO3—W and physiologically acceptable salts thereof and a process for the preparation of these compounds. The compounds can be used for the treatment of protozoal diseases and especially leishmaniasis.
US08097750B2
The instability of carbamate-protected alkyl imines has greatly hampered the development of catalytic asymmetric Mannich reactions suitable for the synthesis of optically active carbamate-protected chiral alkyl amines. A highly enantioselective Mannich reaction with in situ generation of carbamate-protected imines from stable α-amido sulfones catalyzed by an organic catalyst has been developed. This reaction provides a concise and highly enantioselective route converting aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes into optically active aryl and alkyl β-amino acids.
US08097739B2
A process for preparing natural oil hydroxylates, the process comprising reacting an amino compound containing hydroxyl groups having a molecular weight of less than 200 Daltons with vegetable oil derived polyols.
US08097734B2
Crystalline sodium atorvastatin, compositions containing the same and methods for the production thereof.
US08097728B2
An anti-viral compounds effective against viruses belonging to the Flaviviridae family, wherein the anti-viral compounds are 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol derivative compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, acyl, benzyl, alkyl, aryl, sulfonyl, phosphonyl, silyl, R6 is at least one of alkyl or branched alkyl, heteroalkyl or aryl, R6′ is a bridging group selected from at least one of bicycle[2.2.1]heptyl, bicycle[3.2.1]octyl, oxa analogs, admonyl and cubyl, n′=2-10, n″=1-10, enantiomers and stereoisomers of said compounds and physiologically acceptable salts or solvates of said compounds, enantiomer or stereoisomer.
US08097722B2
Inhibitors of the enzyme prenylated methylated protein methyl esterase (PMPMEase), the last step in the prenylation process for many eukaryotic proteins, having the general structure R1-X-A-B(R2)-Y or R1-X-A(R2)-B-Y, where R1 is preferably a polyisoprenyl group, X is a linking group, Y is a group that promotes affinity interactions to the active site of PMPMEase and imparts hydrolysis resistance to the inhibitor, A and B are bridge atoms, and R2 is a characteristic-providing substituent.
US08097715B2
Interfering RNA molecules are now designed and produced with specificity for multiple binding sequences present in distinct genetic contexts in one or more pre-selected target RNA molecules and are used to modulate expression of the target sequences. The multitargeting interfering RNA molecules have two strands that target multiple target sites on one or more pre-selected RNA molecules. Such a multitargeting interfering RNA approach provides a powerful tool for gene regulation.
US08097713B2
The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules which encode human antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind human CD20. Also provided are expression vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules that encode anti-CD20 antibodies, and methods of producing anti-human CD20 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof.
US08097712B2
Compositions and methods for reducing susceptibility to infectious disease in bees using RNA interference technology, and more particularly, prevention and treatment of viral infections in honeybees such as Israel acute paralysis virus (IAPV) by feeding of pathogen-specific dsRNA. Further, multiple-pathogen specific dsRNA is disclosed.
US08097698B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a GLP-1 derivative having a lipophilic substituent; and a surfactant.
US08097692B2
A purification method in which, from a specific polyoxyalkylene derivative having a molecular weight of 8,800 to 100,000, an impurity differing in the number of hydroxyl groups is separated, the method including steps (A), (B), (C), and (D). Step (A): a step in which an aprotic organic solvent is used in an amount at least 5 times by weight the amount of the polyoxyalkylene derivative to dissolve the polyoxyalkylene derivative therein and give a solution; step (B): a step in which an adsorbent comprising an oxide containing at least one of aluminum and silicon is added to the solution in an amount 0.5 to 5 times by weight the amount of the polyoxyalkylene derivative to thereby yield a slurry; step (C): a step in which the slurry is stirred at 25° C. or higher; step (D): a step in which the polyoxyalkylene derivative is recovered from the slurry.
US08097685B2
The present invention is directed to a hyperbranched-polyester comprising at least one kind of a structural unit selected from an aromatic oxycarbonyl unit (P), aromatic and/or aliphatic dioxy units (Q), and an aromatic dicarboxy unit (R), and a trifunctional or higher polyfunctional organic residue (B), wherein the content of B is within a range from 7.5 to 50 mol % based on entire monomers constituting the hyperbranched-polyester. The present invention provides a hyperbranched-polyester which can remarkably improve thin-wall flowability, stiffness and gas barrier property by blending with a thermoplastic resin, and a thermoplastic resin composition blended with the same.
US08097684B2
Thermoplastic compositions containing a polyamide and/or polyester matrix and a variety of additives have high fluidity and can be shaped into plastic articles with good mechanical properties and an improved surface appearance.
US08097682B2
A 1-butene/propylene copolymer composition having a content of propylene derived units from 4 to 10% by weight, wherein at least 50% of the polymer is present in the thermodynamically stable, trigonal form I after 100 hours at room temperature, said composition comprising: a) from 5% by weight to 95% by weight of an atactic 1-butene propylene copolymer having the following features: i) distribution of molecular weight Mw/Mn equal to or lower than 4; ii) no enthalpy of fusion detectable at a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and iii) infrared crystallinity lower than 0.5%; b) from 5% by weight to 95% by weight of an isotactic 1-butene propylene copolymer having the following features: i) isotactic pentads (mmmm) measured by 13C-NMR, higher than 80%; ii) melting point (Tm(II)) higher than 70° C.; and iii) distribution of molecular weight Mw/Mn equal to or lower than 4.
US08097678B2
The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition, comprising a base resin which comprises (i) a first fraction which is an ethylene homo- or copolymer, and (ii) a second fraction which is an ethylene copolymer, wherein the first fraction (i) has a lower weight average molecular weight than the second fraction (ii), and the base resin has a density of less than 0.940 g/cm3 and a shear thinning index SHI2.7/210 of at least 25.
US08097671B2
Reheat characteristics of polyethylene and polypropylene resins, including reheating time and resin color, are improved by adding to the resin carbon black with a primary particle size in the range of 200 to 500 nm as an infrared absorber. Thermal carbon blacks having this primary particle size are preferred over Furnace carbon blacks. Injection stretch-blow molded bottles and other thermoformed products are made from resins with carbon black infrared absorber.
US08097667B2
A fire-extinguishing aerosol composition for heavy current electric apparatuses is disclosed, which includes oxidant, combustible, adhesive and additive. The composition of the present invention is characterized in that the oxidant is the mixture of the potassium salt and the strontium salt, in which the content of the potassium salt oxidant is more than 20 mass % to less than or equal to 35 mass % of the total mass of the composition, and the content of the strontium salt oxidant is more than or equal to 30 mass % to less than 48 mass % of the total mass of the composition. In the fire-extinguishing aerosol composition of the present invention, the mean particle diameter of all components is less than or equal to 50 μm. After quenching the fire in a space with the heavy current electric apparatus, the fire-extinguishing aerosol composition of the present invention can ensure that the insulation resistance of the heavy current electric apparatus is more than or equal to 20 MΩ. The fire-extinguishing aerosol composition of the present invention is more reasonable than the prior art, friendly to the environment, and applicable to the heavy current electric apparatuses.
US08097666B2
An additive composition, a cement composition, and method for modifying rheology of an uncured masonry cement, comprising the use of at least one extra-cellular biopolymer, at least one anionic surfactant, and at least one cationic or amphoteric surfactant. Preferably, the biopolymer and surfactants are incorporated into the cement by incorporating the components into the grinding of clinker as part of the manufacture of the cement. Masonry cements produced by the invention have excellent workability, particularly when coarse sands are employed.
US08097662B2
Oxygen-scavenging polymers and packaging for holding oxygen-sensitive products. A heat treatment process has been found to significantly increase the oxygen-scavenging performance of the polymer. The enhanced scavenging polymer can be effectively incorporated into various packaging, including transparent multilayer containers for beer and juice. In one embodiment, a multilayer package made from the scavenger provides an actual reduction in oxygen content of a contents of the package, over a long period of time (e.g., 24 weeks). The package can be stored unfilled for an extended period (without significant loss of scavenging capability) and will scavenge substantially immediately upon filling with a liquid product. The package may incorporate a relatively low weight percentage of the scavenger, thus providing enhanced scavenging in a cost-effective manner.
US08097660B2
Rigid closed-cell polyurethane foams with low k-factors are produced by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with an amine-based polyether polyol and a polyester polyol in the presence of a catalyst and a hydrofluorocarbon blowing agent, preferably, HFC-245fa. It is preferred that no water be added to the reaction mixture.
US08097659B2
A flexible polyurethane foam is obtained by making a material containing polyols, a cross-linking agent and a polyisocyanate compound react in the presence of a catalyst, a blowing agent and an auxiliary blowing agent. At this time, the isocyanate index of the polyisocyanate compound is set to 110 to 120. Preferably, a polyol of which the hydroxyl value is 250 mg KOH/g to 650 mg KOH/g and of which the molecular weight is 150 to 500 is used as the cross-linking agent, and concretely, polyethylene glycol can be used. A liquefied carbon dioxide is used as the auxiliary blowing agent with an amount mixed in of 1.5 mass parts to 6.0 mass parts relative to 100 mass parts of the polyols. The load required for compressing to 25% of the initial thickness is 30 N to 70 N, and thus, the flexible polyurethane foam has a low hardness.
US08097648B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for use in treating diseases associated with excessive cellular proliferation, such as cancer.
US08097642B2
Methods are provided for inhibiting stenosis following vascular trauma or disease in a mammalian host, comprising administering to the host a therapeutically effective dosage of a therapeutic conjugate containing a vascular smooth muscle binding protein that associates in a specific manner with a cell surface of the vascular smooth muscle cell, coupled to a therapeutic agent dosage form that inhibits a cellular activity of the muscle cell. Methods are also provided for the direct and/or targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to vascular smooth muscle cells that cause a dilation and fixation of the vascular lumen by inhibiting smooth muscle cell contraction, thereby constituting a biological stent.
US08097638B2
The invention provides novel pyridines, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such pyridines, and the use of such compositions in treating injured mammalian nerve tissue, including but not limited to an injured spinal cord, in one embodiment, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the instant invention treat a mammalian nerve tissue injury by restoring action potential or nerve impulse conduction through a nerve tissue lesion. Significantly, in vivo application of compounds of the instant invention established, on the basis of SSEP testing, that the compounds provide longer lasting effects at lower concentrations than comparable treatment with the known agent 4-aminopyridine (4 AP).
US08097637B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and A are as defined in the specification as dual modulators of the serotonin 5-HT2a and dopamine D3 receptors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. Compounds of general formula (I) have high affinity for the dopamine D3 and serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) 5-HT2A receptors and are effective in the treatment of psychotic disorders, as well as other diseases such as depression and anxiety, drug dependence, dementias and memory impairment.
US08097634B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and A are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. The compounds inhibit hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) and may be used in the treatment of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity.
US08097624B2
The present invention provides an cycloalkyl derivative of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone which is useful for the chelation of metal ions such as iron. Its preparation and use is described. In particular, the invention concerns the removal of iron in chemical and biological systems including chelating agents having the formula I wherein R1 is X with the proviso that R2 is Y; or R1 is T with the proviso that R2 is W; or R1 is X with the proviso that R2R5N when taken together form a heterocyclic ring selected from piperidinyl, morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl or piperazinyl, wherein the group piperidinyl, morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl or piperazinyl is either unsubstituted or substituted with one to three C1 to C6 alkyl groups. X is C3-C6 cycloalkyl; Y is selected from the group consisting of C1 to C6 cycloalkyl; C1 to C6 alkyl, and C1 to C6 alkyl monosubstituted with a C3-C6 cycloalkyl; T is C1 to C6 alkyl; W is C3-C6 cycloalkyl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl; R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl; R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C6 alkyl; and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Pharmaceutical compositions of such compounds are useful in the removal of excess body iron from patients with iron overload diseases.
US08097614B2
The invention includes compositions for transmucosal administration to an animal comprising at least one active agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A preferred active agent is selected from the group consisting of meloxicam, carprofen, enrofloxacin, clemastine, diphenhydramine, digoxin, levothyroxine, cyclosporine, ondansetron, lysine, zolpidem, propofol, nitenpyram, ivermectin, milbemycin, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and esters thereof. In another embodiment, the invention includes methods of treating or preventing a condition in an animal comprising transmucosally administering a composition comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of an active agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08097612B2
The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds and methods of using benzodiazepine derivatives and related compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, hyperproliferation, and the like.
US08097611B2
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US08097610B2
A compound of the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08097597B2
This invention is related to the use of at least one oligonucleotide with a length of from about 8 to about 30 nucleotide building blocks for manufacturing a pharmaceutical preparation for the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of diseases, that are modulated by TGF-beta2, TGF-beta1, TGF-beta3, VEGF, interleukin-10, c-jun, c-fos, and/or prostaglandin E2 in a mammal, wherein said oligonucleotide hybridizes with a messenger RNA of a TGF-beta2, TGF-beta1, TGF-beta3, VEGF, interleukin-10, c-jun, c-fos and/or prostaglandin E2 gene and wherein said preparation comprises said oligonucleotide in a concentration of about 1 microM to about 25 microM.
US08097595B2
Induction of telomere shortening, G2 arrest and apoptosis in telomerase positive cancer cells using acyclic nucleoside analogs has been disclosed. In addition, methods for impairment or prevention of tumorigenic telomerase positive cells from having a chance to grow into a tumor and methods for promoting tumor regression (decrease in size of an established tumor) using acyclic nucleoside analogs has been disclosed.
US08097593B1
The core structure of pentaerythritol has been used as a replacement for one or both sugars in lipid A, leading to the generation of a series of lipid A analogs. These lipid A analogs may further differ from lipid A with respect to, e.g., the number, nature and location of negatively charged groups, and the number, nature and location of the lipid chains. The lipid A analogs may be lipid A agonists useful as immunostimulatory agents, or lipid A antagonists useful in the treatment of septic shock. In a like manner, a residue of pentaerythritylamine may be used as a replacement for an amino sugar residue in a carbohydrate ligand having a biological activity of interest, generating a series of ligand analogs. These are useful, e.g., as haptens, inhibitors of bacterial-host cell adhesion, etc.
US08097587B2
IGF-I variants having an alanine, glycine, or serine amino acid residue at position 16, 25, 49 or at positions 3 and 49 of native-sequence IGF-I are provided that are useful to treat a disorder characterized by dysregulation of the GH/IGF axis in a mammal, such as a renal disorder.
US08097586B2
Novel exendins with modifications at one or more of following positions: 2, 14, 27 or 28 and polyethylene glycol derivatives thereof are provided. These compounds are useful in treating type 2 diabetes as GLP-1 receptor agonists.
US08097584B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising insulin, an insulin analogue or an insulin derivate and ethylenediamine or salts thereof and an antimicrobial preservative agent.
US08097578B2
The invention relates to a concentrated base, particularly for detergent products and products for personal care and hygiene, comprising a combination of at least three surfactants selected from the group consisting of acylmethyltaurates, alkylamidopropylbetaines, alkyl amphoacetates, alkyl amphodiacetates, alkylsulphoacetates, acyl sarcosinates, acyl lactylates and acyl glutamates. The viscosity of the concentrated base of the invention can advantageously be adjusted by simple dilution with water to the concentration of use and/or by adding small amounts of electrolytes. Detergent products and products for personal care and hygiene comprising the concentrated base of the invention are also described.
US08097575B2
A method and new use of an aqueous composition including a surfactant and a buffering agent, wherein the new use and method include the steps of applying the composition to a surface with an acidic finish, etching the surface, and removing the aqueous composition. The removal may be by evaporation. A new finish may be applied to the surface. Methods are disclosed for the cleaning and neutralizing of an existing finish to allow for the application of a new finish. Also disclosed are compositions for the cleaning and neutralizing of an existing finish without complete removal of the existing finish. The compositions include a buffering agent configured to neutralize the existing finish, and a surfactant.
US08097574B2
A personal cleansing composition comprising a liquid matrix comprising water; a lathering surfactant; and an external structurant comprising a bacterial cellulose network and a cationic polymer; wherein a particulate material is suspended within the liquid matrix and the composition has a compositional pH of less than about 7. Methods of use and making are also provided.
US08097570B2
A subject of the present invention is an anti-corrosive and antistatic lubricating composition for a hydrocarbonated mixture comprising: a) at least a compound A of Formula (I) below: in which R1 and R2 are hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group of 1-40 carbon atoms, comprising possibly one to five double bond(s), R1 and R2 together being able to form an aromatic or aliphatic ring of 5-6 carbon atoms, said ring being capable of substitution by one to three linear or branched alkyl group(s) of 1-40 carbon atoms, in which R1 and R2 cannot be hydrogen at the same time, and in which R3 and R4, identical or different, are chosen from the OH groups, in which R3 and R4 cannot be the OH group at the same time, or deriving from a linear or branched monol or polyol group containing 1-20 carbon atoms having a functionality of 2 to 5 inclusive; b) and at least one B compound corresponding to a fatty acid of 16-24 carbon atoms, unsaturated or not, optionally in a mixture with a carboxylic acid comprising at least one aromatic and/or olefinic polycycle or ring and/or their ester, amide or corresponding amine salts derivatives, taken alone or in a mixture.
US08097565B2
The present invention relates to a process comprising forming a monomer mixture comprising at least one monofunctional silicone containing component which comprises at least one difunctional byproduct and adding to said monomer mixture a normalizing amount of said at least one difunctional byproduct and curing said monomer mixture to form a biomedical device.
US08097552B2
A dielectric ceramic and a capacitor comprising the dielectric ceramic are disclosed. The dielectric ceramic has a high dielectric constant that is stable over temperature, and has a small spontaneous polarization. The capacitor can reduce audible noise caused by an electrically induced strain in a power supply circuit.
US08097551B2
The invention relates to a ceramic dielectric material and to capacitors including the ceramic dielectric material. The ceramic dielectric material of the invention exhibits a high relative dielectric constant and a stable temperature characteristic of the relative dielectric constant.
US08097548B2
A method of sintering a ZrB2—SiC composite body at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of ZrB2 powder with a second predetermined amount of SiC powder, wherein both powders are characterized by the presence of surface oxide impurities. Next the blended powders are mixed to yield a substantially homogeneous powder mixture and a portion of the substantially homogeneous powder mixture is formed into a green body. The body is fired to a first temperature, wherein substantially all surface oxide impurities are reduced and/or volatilized to substantially eliminate oxides from the green body, and the body is heated to a second temperature and sintered to yield a composite body of at least about 99 percent theoretical density (more typically at least about 99.5 percent theoretical density) and characterized by SiC whisker-like inclusions distributed substantially evenly in a ZrB2 matrix.
US08097545B2
It is an objective of this invention to obtain: a composition superior in processability, dielectric properties, heat resistance, and adhesiveness by controlling phase separation of a 1,2-polybutadiene resin composition without deterioration of dielectric properties exhibited in high-frequency regions; and a multilayer printed wiring board using the same.This invention relates to a polybutadiene resin composition, comprising: a crosslinking component (A) comprising repeating units represented by the following formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 20000; a radical polymerization initiator (B), the one-minute half-life temperature of which is 80° C. to 140° C.; and a radical polymerization initiator (C), the one-minute half-life temperature of which is 170° C. to 230° C.; wherein 3 to 10 parts by weight of the component (B) and 5 to 15 parts by weight of the component (C) are contained relative to 100 parts by weight of the component (A). The invention also relates to a prepreg, a laminate, and a printed wiring board, which are produced using the same.
US08097543B2
Embodiments of the invention contemplate a method, apparatus and system that are used to support and position a substrate on a surface that is at a different temperature than the initial, or incoming, substrate temperature. Embodiments of the invention may also include a method of controlling the transfer of heat between a substrate and substrate support positioned in a processing chamber. The apparatus and methods described herein generally may also provide an inexpensive and simple way of accurately positioning a substrate on a substrate support that is positioned in a semiconductor processing chamber. Substrate processing chambers that can benefit from the various embodiments described herein include, but are not limited to RTP, CVD, PVD, ALD, plasma etching, and/or laser annealing chambers.
US08097540B2
A method of opening a pad in a semiconductor device. A protective film on a pad may be etched with a pad opening pattern as a mask. Dielectric heating may be performed on the pad opened by etching the protective film. Organic material containing C and F groups on the pad may be removed by heating with molecular vibration and/or microwaves, which may substantially prevent and/or minimize corrosion.
US08097534B2
On an etching target film formed on a substrate, a three-layer resist is laminated. This three-layer resist includes an organic film and a resist film developed into a resist pattern. Through the resist pattern, the organic film is etched into a mask pattern through which the etching target film will be etched.The organic film is etched with plasma which is obtained by exciting a process gas containing carbon dioxide and hydrogen to the plasma state. This scheme makes it possible to form a high perpendicularity mask pattern in the organic film.
US08097532B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device capable of providing sufficiently low operating voltage.The method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device of the present invention includes: a semiconductor laminating step of laminating a plurality of nitride semiconductor layers of to form a semiconductor laminating structure; and an electrode forming step of forming n-side electrode and p-side electrodes on the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers. In the electrode forming step, after a first metallic layer including a Ni layer constituting a part of the n-side electrode is formed on a surface of a forming region of the n-side electrode, the first metallic layer is annealed in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and oxygen.
US08097531B2
Manufacturing of a charge trap type memory device can include forming a tunnel insulating layer on a substrate. A charge-trapping layer can be formed on the tunnel insulating layer. A blocking layer can be formed on the charge-trapping layer. Gate electrodes can be formed on the blocking layer and divided by a trench. A portion of the charge-trapping layer aligned with the trench may be converted into a charge-blocking pattern with a vertical side profile by an anisotropic oxidation process.
US08097523B2
A method for manufacturing a bonded wafer, including at least implanting at least one type of gas ion selected from a hydrogen ion and a rare gas ion from a surface of a bond wafer to form an ion-implanted layer in the wafer, bonding an ion-implanted surface of the bond wafer to a surface of a base wafer directly or through an insulator film, and then delaminating the bond wafer at the ion-implanted layer to fabricate a bonded wafer. A plasma treatment is applied to a bonding surface of one of the bond wafer and the base wafer to grow an oxide film, etching the grown oxide film is carried out, and bonding to the other wafer is performed. The method enables preventing defects by reducing particles on the bonding surface and performing strong bonding when effecting bonding directly or through the insulator film.
US08097519B2
By removing material during the formation of trench openings of isolation structures in an SOI device, the subsequent implantation process for defining the well region for a substrate diode may be performed on the basis of moderately low implantation energies, thereby increasing process uniformity and significantly reducing cycle time of the implantation process. Thus, enhanced reliability and stability of the substrate diode may be accomplished while also providing a high degree of compatibility with conventional manufacturing techniques.
US08097513B2
A vertical transistor of a semiconductor device has a channel area formed in a vertical direction to a semiconductor substrate. After semiconductor poles corresponding to the length of semiconductor channels and gate electrodes surrounding sidewalls of the semiconductor poles are formed, subsequent processes of forming silicon patterns corresponding to junction areas, etc. are performed. The gate electrodes support the semiconductor poles during these subsequent processes. The height of the semiconductor poles corresponding to the length of the channel is increased, yet the semiconductor poles do not collapse or incline since the gate electrodes support the semiconductor poles.
US08097509B2
A semiconductor device having a recessed channel and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate formed with an isolation layer defining an active region including a channel region and a junction region, a recessed trench including a top trench formed within the channel region of the semiconductor substrate and a bottom trench formed from a bottom surface of the top trench with a width narrower than the top trench, and a gate stack overlapping the recessed trench and extending across the active region.
US08097508B2
A method for fabricating flash memory devices, e.g., NAND, NOR, is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming a second polysilicon layer overlying a plurality of floating gate structures to cause formation of an upper surface provided on the second polysilicon layer. The upper surface has a first recessed region and a second recessed region. The method includes depositing a doped dielectric material overlying the upper surface to fill the first recessed region and the second recessed region to form a second upper surface region and cover a first elevated region, a second elevated region, and a third elevated region. The method subjects the second upper surface region to a chemical mechanical polishing process to remove the first elevated region, the second elevated region, and the third elevated region to cause formation of a substantially planarized second polysilicon layer free from the fill material.
US08097507B2
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. In accordance with a method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to an aspect of the invention, a tunnel dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a second conductive layer, and a gate electrode layer are sequentially stacked over a semiconductor substrate. The gate electrode layer and the second conductive layer are patterned. A first passivation layer is formed on sidewalls of the gate electrode layer. Gate patterns are formed by etching the dielectric layer, the first conductive layer, and the tunnel dielectric layer, which have been exposed. A second passivation layer is formed on the entire surface along a surface of the gate patterns including the first passivation layer.
US08097493B2
A method of manufacturing semiconductor light emitting elements with improved yield and emission power uses laser lift-off and comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor grown layer formed of a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer on a first principal surface of a growth substrate; forming a plurality of junction electrodes apart on the second semiconductor layer and forming guide grooves arranged in a lattice to surround each of the junction electrodes in the second semiconductor layer; joining together a support and the semiconductor grown layer via the junction electrodes; projecting a laser to separate the growth substrate; dividing the semiconductor grown layer into respective element regions for the semiconductor light emitting elements; and cutting the support, thereby separating into the semiconductor light emitting elements. Removed regions include regions where the guide grooves are formed, and side walls of the second semiconductor layer formed by the guide grooves have a beveled shape at intersections of the guide grooves.
US08097491B1
A chip structure having a redistribution layer includes: a chip with electrode pads disposed on an active surface thereof; a first passivation layer formed on the active surface and the electrode pads; a redistribution layer formed on the first passivation layer and having a plurality of wiring units, wherein each of the wiring units has a conductive pad, a conductive via and a conductive trace connecting the conductive pad and the conductive via, the conductive trace having at least a first through opening for exposing a portion of the first passivation layer; and a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer and the redistribution layer, the second passivation layer being filled in the first through opening such that the first and second passivation layers are bonded to each other with the conductive trace sandwiched therebetween, thereby preventing delamination of the conductive trace from the second passivation layer.
US08097484B1
A method of manufacturing a solar cell receiver includes providing an insulative substrate having a metallized surface with a first conductive region separated from a second conductive region. The first conductive region forms a first terminal of the solar cell receiver and the second conductive region forms a second terminal of the solar cell receiver. The metallized surface has receptacles positioned around attachment regions with each attachment region corresponding to a different portion of the metallized surface. The method further includes positioning a material within the receptacles, placing a solar cell on the first conductive region and on a first one of the attachment regions, placing a second component on a second one of the attachment regions, placing a third component on a third one of the attachment regions and attaching the solar cell, the second component, and the third component to the metallized surface.
US08097468B2
The present invention demonstrates that the diagnosis and prediction of clinical behavior in patients with hematologic malignancies, such as leukemia, can be accomplished by analysis of proteins present in a plasma sample. Thus, in particular embodiments the present invention uses plasma to create a diagnostic or prognostic protein profile of a hematologic malignancy comprising collecting plasma samples from a population of patients with hematologic malignancies; generating protein spectra from the plasma samples with or without fractionation; comparing the protein spectra with clinical data; and identifying protein markers in the plasma samples that correlate with the clinical data. Protein markers identified by this approach can then be used to create a protein profile that can be used to diagnose the hematologic malignancy or determine the prognosis of the hematologic malignancy. Potentially these specific proteins can be identified and targeted in the therapy of these malignancies.
US08097467B2
A composition for use in the detection of an intoxicating drug comprising: (i) a first compound that absorbs UV radiation and generates emitted UV radiation at a wavelength absorbable by said intoxicating drug; and (ii) a second compound that absorbs UV radiation emitted by said intoxicating drug upon absorption by said intoxicating drug of said emitted UV radiation and that emits radiation in the visible spectrum is provided. In addition, methods for detecting an intoxicating drug in a sample comprising irradiating with UV radiation a sample contacted with one or two compounds that absorb UV radiation are provided.
US08097453B2
Described are vaccines against malarial infections, which are based on recombinant viral vectors, such as alpha viruses, adenoviruses, or vaccinia viruses. The recombinant viral-based vaccines can be used to immunize against different Plasmodium infections, such as infections by P. falciparum or P. yoelii. Codon-optimized circumsporozoite genes are disclosed. Replication-defective adenoviruses may be used, derived from serotypes that encounter low titers of neutralizing antibodies. Also described is the use of different adenoviral serotypes that are administered to elicit a strong immune response, either in single vaccination set-ups or in prime-boost set-ups in which compositions based on different serotypes can be applied.
US08097436B2
The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
US08097435B2
A polypeptide and polynucleotides encoding same comprising at least two carboxy-terminal peptides (CTP) of chorionic gonadotrophin attached to a peptide-of-interest are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptide and polynucleotides of the invention and methods of using same are also disclosed.
US08097434B2
Presented herein are methods and compositions for the detection of specific beta-lactamases, including class A serine carbapenemases, metallo-beta-lactamases. AmpC beta-lactamases, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). The methods presented herein include methods that permit the detection of the presence of specific beta-lactamases in bacterial samples within as few as 2 to 10 minutes.
US08097432B2
The disclosure relates to a method for detecting hemangiosarcoma in canines. The method includes the steps of: (1) obtaining a quantity of blood from the subject canine; (2) separating the quantity of blood into a serum portion and a non-serum portion; (3) contacting the serum portion of the blood with a detector to detect presence of an amount of Thymidine Kinase (TK); and (4) detecting the level of TK in serum and determining whether TK is present in amounts of about 8 units/mL or greater.
US08097425B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for multiplex fractionation of proteins in a sample. Protein-binding molecules, such as small epitope antibodies or small epitope aptamers, are used for multiplex fractionation of proteins in a protein containing sample. Detection of fractionated proteins may be used for characterization of proteins in a sample in applications such as expression profiling, identification and/or quantification of proteins in a sample, and identification or detection of biomarkers.
US08097421B2
Method for performing a multiplex immunoassay using label disassociation and an integrated substrate
The application relates to a method, system and device for performing biological assays. The method, system and device allow more accurate and specific detections of biomolecules in multiplex assays, such as immunoassays and DNA microarray assays. More specifically, the embodiments of the invention allow the detection of labels after their detachment or disassociation from a binding situation wherein interference from other labels or the background may reduce the accuracy of specificity of the detection. The embodiments of the invention further allow detection of individual labels.
US08097420B1
The present invention relates generally to a method of diagnosing or predicting the development of lung damage and more particularly, to a method of diagnosing or predicting the development of alveolo-capillary membrane damage. The method of the present invention is useful inter alia for detecting lung damage or predicting the development of lung damage such as that caused by noxious agents or as an undesirable side effect resulting from exposure to a therapeutic agent and for monitoring the progress of lung damage.
US08097418B2
Methods and kits are provided for performing multiple rounds of sense RNA synthesis. The sense RNA molecules can be used in various research and diagnostic applications, such as gene expression studies involving nucleic acid microarrays.
US08097417B2
Non-invasive methods for monitoring the effect of an agent for treating colorectal cancer, comprising (1) collecting fecal samples from healthy subjects, subjects having precancerous lesions, and subject having precancerous lesions and being treated with an anti-cancer agent; (2) isolating total microbial genomic DNA from the fecal samples to provide total microbial genomic DNA; (3) comparing the total microbial genomic DNA using fingerprint spectrum analysis; (4) identifying key fingerprint bands correlated with the effect of the anti-cancer agent; (5) identifying key microorganisms associated with the key fingerprint bands; (6) designing microbial sequence-specific primers and probes; and (7) determining the quantitative differences of the key microorganisms in fecal samples to identify an indicator microorganism for monitoring the effect of the anti-cancer agent.
US08097414B2
Problem to be solved There is provided a method for detecting and/or amplifying a nucleic acid contained in a biological sample such as blood or cells conveniently, rapidly, and effectively.Solution There is provided a method for detecting a nucleic acid contained in a sample, comprising the step of adding at least one substance selected from the group consisting of polyphenols, polyhydric alcohols, sugar acids, sugar alcohols, and hydrophilic biodegradable polymers to a sample, the step of complementarily binding an oligonucleotide complementary to a part of the nucleic acid sequence of a nucleic acid to be detected to a part of the nucleic acid sequence, and the step of detecting the nucleic acid to be detected.
US08097404B2
The present invention relates to a composition for the permeabilization of the walls of microorganisms comprising the combination of octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (NOG), sodium polyphosphates (HMP), and a salt chosen from lithium chloride or rubidium chloride, and a method for the enumeration and identification of cells on a membrane using said composition.
US08097403B2
The present invention provides freeze-dried platelets and compositions comprising freeze-dried platelets for use as a diagnostic and calibration reagent for blood coagulation function. The invention also provides methods of diagnosing or monitoring blood coagulation function, including diagnosing or monitoring blood coagulation diseases and disorders. Kits for performing the methods of the invention are also included.
US08097398B2
In the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a resist film is formed on a substrate and is processed to be provided with openings to form a first resist pattern. Additive-containing layers containing an additive that changes a state of the resist film to a soluble state for a developer are formed so as to cover the first resist pattern. A first resin film having a nature of changing to a soluble state for the developer by containing the additive is formed in the openings of the first resist pattern. The additive is diffused into the first resist pattern and the first resin film to form first and second additive-diffusing portions which can be solved in the developer. The first and second additive-diffusing portions are removed by the developer to form second resist pattern made of remaining portions in the first resist pattern and the first resin film.
US08097395B2
A method of manufacturing toner particles capable of decreasing the manufacturing costs by simplifying the manufacturing apparatus and by decreasing the number of the steps, as well as to provide toner particles, a two-component developer, a developing apparatus and an image forming apparatus are provided. A high-pressure homogenizer is constituted by a tank, a feed pump, a high-pressure pump, a heat exchanger, a nozzle, a first depressurizing module, a cooling unit, a second depressurizing module and a take-out port arranged in this order. A flow path constituted in the first depressurizing module has a straight portion tilted with respect to a direction in which the aqueous slurry passes and a portion for relaxing the flow of the aqueous slurry.
US08097389B2
The invention provides a color toner for flash fusing containing at least: a binder resin, a colorant, a leuco dye, a developer and a decolorizer. An absorbance of the color toner after photoirradiation at a wavelength of about 900 nm is smaller than an absorbance of the color toner before the photoirradiation at the wavelength of about 900 nm. The invention further provides a method for producing the color toner, a electrostatic image developer comprising the color toner, a process cartridge comprising a developer bearing body which accommodates the electrostatic image developer, and an image forming apparatus to form a toner image by the electrostatic image developer.
US08097384B2
A solid oxide fuel cell (400) is made having a tubular, elongated, hollow, active section (445) which has a cross-section containing an air electrode (452) a fuel electrode (454) and solid oxide electrolyte (456) between them, where the fuel cell transitions into at least one inactive section (460) with a flattened parallel sided cross-section (462, 468) each cross-section having channels (472, 474, 476) in them which smoothly communicate with each other at an interface section (458).
US08097378B2
A fuel cell system comprises a first fuel cell stack having a first end plate, wherein the first end plate has a first opening, and a fuel cell component having a second opening. An adapter connects the first opening in the first end plate and the second opening in the fuel cell component. The adapter comprises a hollow tube. At least one of the first and second openings is located in a first groove. At least a first portion of the adapter is located in the first groove such that there is a passage from the first opening to the second opening through an interior of the hollow tube.
