US08096377B2
In order to securely prevent, even where a boosting unit is provided, a rush current from arising when a contactor is turned on during a transient state, the voltage of a surge absorbing condenser is controlled so that the voltage difference between the power source capacitor and surge absorbing condenser falls in a predetermined range. The control is performed in the following manner: of the two voltage source inverters of the AC-coupled bi-directional DC-DC converter composing a voltage converter as a boosting unit, only the one that is not connected in parallel with a power source capacitor is activated to perform a chopping operation while the generator is operated with the contactor off.
US08096367B2
A system and method of cutting for replacement a replaceable coupon out of a paved surface for keyhole excavation provides a truck with a turret to which a support arm supporting a cutter assembly is mounted, and a stabilizing member remote from the turret, which allows the turret to be rotated while stabilizing the support arm at any desired position about the truck.
US08096363B2
A circulation control valve can include first and second valve devices and at least one opening which provides fluid communication between an interior longitudinal flow passage and an exterior of the valve. Fluid communication can be provided through each of the first and second valve devices in response to application of a respective one of first and second pressure differentials applied across the corresponding valve device via the interior longitudinal flow passage. Fluid communication in any direction through the opening may be permitted in response to application of the first pressure differential to the first valve device. Fluid communication through the opening may be prevented in response to application of the second pressure differential to the second valve device.
US08096349B2
The extraction of hydrocarbon fuel products such as kerogen oil and gas from a body of fixed fossil fuels such as oil shale is accomplished by applying a combination of electrical energy and critical fluids with reactants and/or catalysts down a borehole to initiate a reaction of reactants in the critical fluids with kerogen in the oil shale thereby raising the temperatures to cause kerogen oil and gas products to be extracted as a vapor, liquid or dissolved in the critical fluids. The hydrocarbon fuel products of kerogen oil or shale oil and hydrocarbon gas are removed to the ground surface by a product return line. An RF generator provides electromagnetic energy, and the critical fluids include a combination of carbon dioxide (CO2), with reactants of nitrous oxide (N2O) or oxygen (O2).
US08096347B2
A cooler block for an agricultural tractor comprising a cooler assembly mounted on a radiator and coupled to the radiator by upper and lower linkages. The cooler assembly can be moved between a first position in which the cooler assembly lies parallel to the radiator and a second position in which the cooler assembly is inclined relative to the radiator. The cooler assembly is pivotable about a pivot in the upper linkage that is itself movable relative to the radiator. The lower linkage allows the entire cooler assembly to rise and the pivot of the upper linkage to move away from the radiator as the cooler assembly is pivoted from the first to the second position. A detent is incorporated into one of the two linkages to retain the cooler assembly in the second position.
US08096339B2
An ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive, wherein the ultrasonic welding tool (2) is connected by way of a piston rod (3) to a working piston (5) which is guided in a housing (4) of the drive, wherein the working piston (5) sub-divides the drive housing (4) into a primary chamber (6) and a secondary chamber (7), wherein each of the chambers is able to communicate by way of a valve (16) with a fluidized pressure source, wherein at least one sensor (18, 19) is provided for detecting a physical property of the fluid drive which sensor emits an actual signal which is in relationship with the physical property detected and which via a control circuit controls the two valves in such a way that the physical property detected follows a reference value profile.
US08096337B2
An apparatus for laminating a glass sheet assembly includes a first glass sheet arranged in an opposing parallel configuration with respect to a second glass sheet, with a heat sensitive layer of adhesive laminating film disposed between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, the glass sheet assembly having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being of a fixed length and width, the laminating film having a bonding temperature at which melting of the laminating film is initiated. The apparatus includes a heating chamber configured to heat the glass sheet assembly, the heating chamber including an array of heating elements to cause differential heating along the length of the glass sheet assembly such that the temperature at the leading edge of the glass sheet assembly is higher than the temperature at the trailing edge of the glass sheet assembly with uniform heating across the width of the glass sheet assembly, and a pressing station configured to press the first and second glass sheets toward each other to purge air or moisture from the glass sheet assembly until the first and second glass sheets adhere together via the adhesive laminating film, where the pressing at the pressing station is initiated at the leading edge of the glass sheet assembly when the temperature of the laminating film at the leading edge of the glass sheet assembly reaches the bonding temperature of the laminating film.
US08096329B2
A hand-held vacuum device includes a housing to hold an electrical motor operable to drive a piston pump that is configured to draw a substantially continuous vacuum for each complete cycle of the piston pump. The hand-held vacuum device also includes an expansion chamber releasably connected to and in fluid communication with the housing and a vacuum interface that has a vacuum connector in fluid communication with the expansion chamber and is configured to releasably couple to a valve disposed on a container. The expansion chamber separates air and liquid from a fluid drawn into the expansion chamber.
US08096326B2
A fluid line includes at least one corrugated section having wave peaks and wave troughs and at least one tie rod arranged in at least one portion of the corrugated section and being coupled to plural wave peaks. A method of making the fluid line includes forming at least one corrugated section at an end area or beginning area of a generally cylindrical section of the fluid line.
US08096325B2
The conduit body assembly includes a metallic conduit body having an open upper end and a metallic cover removably positionable over the upper end. A metallic threaded fastener secures the cover to the body. The metallic fastener includes a threaded post and a nut removably attached to one end of the post. The nut and the post are formed of similar non-corrosive materials so as to resist corrosion therebetween. The nut is removable from the post in an environment where corrosion between the metallic fastener and the conduit body and cover prevents removal of the threaded fastener therefrom. Removal of the nut from the threaded post permits removal of the cover from the conduit body.
US08096311B2
A self-erecting tent, provided with at least three resilient frame elements (1, 2, 3) formed into endless loops which stretch a tent covering, with the tent in erected position, while at least two of the frame elements (1, 2) cross adjacent an underside of the tent, at least, with the tent in erected position.
US08096304B2
A head-positioning aid for treating or preventing plagiocephaly and torticollis is formed of a soft, compliant beanie-style cap. A soft and pliable deflector is attached to the beanie cap and extends downward from near the apex to near the lower edge of the cap. The cap is applied on an infant's head in an orientation to place the deflector at any required position about the circumference of the head. The cap and deflector are united by themed indicia designed to bring family acceptance of the cap to promote acceptance and thereby support long term usage, as may be required.
US08096298B2
A snorkel for users floating or skin diving on the sea is disclosed. The snorkel includes an inlet tube, a mouthpiece chamber and a mouthpiece. A comber impermeable cap with a first valve is arranged on a top end of the inlet tube while a bottom end of the inlet tube is sleeved with an inlet end of the mouthpiece chamber. A baffle is disposed inside the mouthpiece chamber so as to form an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A second valve is arranged on the inlet end of the mouthpiece chamber so as to make air flow into the mouthpiece chamber or the upper chamber. At least one third valve is arranged on a corresponding outlet end so that air or water is exhausted from the mouthpiece chamber. A mouthpiece is sleeved on top surface of the mouthpiece chamber. The exhaled waste air is unable to enter the inlet tube and is exhausted only through the third valve. Therefore, users can breathe in/out easily without water inhalation or hypoxia.
US08096294B1
An integrated spa water heating assembly comprising a solar water heater panel, having a water inlet and outlet, an electrical motor/pump unit attached to the panel and having ducting for drawing water from the spa interior for passage to the panel inlet, the panel operating to discharge heated water flowing from the panel back into the spa water, and a solar power panel operatively attached to the heater panel, and electrically connected with the motor to power motor operation.
US08096291B2
A supercharged tube of the vehicle air intake structure includes a body including first and second channels radially provided on two side walls thereof respectively. The first and second channels communicate with each other, with the first and second channels serving to communicate with an air pipe system of a brake booster and an intake manifold individually. The body is axially provided with a third channel communicating with an exterior. The third channel receives a tubular member with two ends, with one end including a first filter and another end including a second filter. The first and second filters include first and second mesh layers formed on outer end surfaces thereof individually. The first and second mesh layers are axially mounted in plural first and second passages individually, with inner diameters of the first and second passages being gradually reduced from outside to inside of the first and second mesh layers.
US08096285B2
In a circuit arrangement (10a) for operating an injector arrangement (12a) for injecting fuel in an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in order to obtain information easily as to the degree to which each valve is open when the injector arrangement is in operation, a measuring signal (S0) is superposed on a control voltage that is supplied to an actuator (Cpiezo, Rpiezo) and, based on an evaluation of the electrical properties of the actuator (Cpiezo, Rpiezo), a detection signal (S2) is produced that is representative of the position of the valve body (44a) relative to the valve seat (46a).
US08096280B2
The present invention relates to a fuel injection system for a combustion engine. The system comprises a source of fuel, an injector and a means for delivering pressurized fuel strokes to said injector, said injector being arranged for generating at least two fuel jets with different jet parameters at closely adjacent locations and having directions such that the jets interact with each other along a surface interface therebetween so as to generate a fine spray. The jet breakup time is shortened and the droplet size is substantially reduced.
US08096274B2
Rocker arm arrangement of an internal combustion engine has a bearing journal with a central axis and an outside circumferential surface running in the central bore of a rocker arm lined with a bearing shell. The bearing journal has a first transverse oil channel leading to at least one outlet at the running surface underneath the central axis. The bearing shell has an outer shell surface and an inner shell surface. The inner shell surface has a circumferentially extending internal groove, both ends of which terminate underneath the central axis, this groove extending to the outlet of the first oil channel when the rocker arm is in its base position. The outer shell surface has at least one circumferentially extending external groove, which extends as far as an inlet of a second oil channel passing through the rocker arm. At least one through-opening connects the internal groove and the external groove.
US08096273B2
A magneto-rheological fluid controlled camshaft phaser is provided having a stator with inwardly directed projections which define working spaces therebetween. The stator is adapted to be connected to the crankshaft via a timing gear and chain. A rotor is located radially inside the stator and is connected to the camshaft. Rotor lugs extend radially outwardly from the rotor into the working spaces, dividing them into first and second chambers on each side of the rotor lugs. A magneto-rheological fluid is located in the chambers, and the chambers on each side of each rotor lug are connected via a clearance space between the radially outer surface of the lugs and the inner surface of the stator located between the projections. The rotor is connected to the camshaft. An electromagnetic assembly is mounted adjacent to the stator and includes at least one electromagnet along with at least one ferrous focusing piece. In one embodiment, a plurality of the electromagnets are axially spaced apart from the working chambers holding the magneto-rheological fluid. In another embodiment the electromagnetic is formed by a coil which is radially spaced apart from the working chambers holding the magneto-rheological fluid. In each case, the magnetic field is passed from the electromagnet(s) and the ferrous focusing piece(s) into the phaser via a small air gap spacing between the electromagnet assembly and the moving camshaft phaser.
US08096267B2
A clumping animal litter is disclosed which includes non-swelling particles and a swelling agent coated on the non-swelling particles. In one embodiment, the non-swelling particles are manufactured by agglomerating clay fines.
US08096265B1
A motorized wildlife feeder provides a reliable flow of powdery feeds, such as rice bran, from a hopper to the ground. The hopper is partially formed by a funnel with a unique, eight-sided shape. The unique shape of the funnel is believed to provide reliable flow of powdery feeds, whereas typical funnels with round sides tend to plug when such feeds are used. Vibrators attached to the hopper assist the flow of feed from the hopper into a trough, where an auger moves the feed to a downspout and onto the ground.
US08096257B2
A buoyancy lift system having an inflatable bladder with a tether stowed inside a canister secured to a vessel. A sealing member is slidably received within canister and secures to the inflatable bladder. Pressurized gas forces the sealing member and bladder outwardly of the canister. A stop prevents the sealing member from escaping the canister such that the sealing member creates a seal between itself and the canister at an outboard end of the canister. Pressurized gas is forced through a channel in the sealing member into the bladder to increase the displacement of a vessel.
US08096253B1
Systems and methods for automatically applying fairings to a cable as the cable is deployed from a winch are provided. Each fairing has two halves, with each half having a recess, or groove, to accommodate the cable. Like halves are connected together and the two halves are stored on separate spools. Counter-rotating wheels adjacent to and on opposite sides of the cable serve to feed the fairing halves from the spools to the cable as the cable is deployed. As the fairing halves approach the cable, magnets in the fairing halves are attract each other and bring the two halves together around the cable and firmly hold the two halves together. When the cable is retrieved, guides align the fairings such that a wedge can pry the two halves apart. The halves can be picked up by the wheels and fed back onto the spools.
US08096250B2
A thread tensioning device of a sewing machine for forming multiple types of stitches using a plurality of threads is provided. The thread tensioning device includes thread tensioners disposed to correspond to the threads, an adjusting mechanism coupled to the thread tensioners to select a stitch type and to simultaneously adjust the tensional force applied from each of the thread tensioners to the corresponding thread such that the tensional force is selected from reference tensional forces corresponding to the selected stitch type, fine adjustment mechanisms disposed to correspond to the thread tensioners and to be manually operable to finely adjust the tensional force applied from the corresponding thread tensioner to the corresponding thread, and a reset mechanism coupled to the fine adjustment mechanisms to resets at different timings and interlockingly with the adjusting mechanism an amount of the tensional force finely adjusted by each of the fine adjustment mechanisms.
US08096249B2
Rotary hook drive device for a sewing machine includes: a rotary hook rotatably provided on a rotary hook support; a cylindrical grooved cam provided on a drive shaft drivable to rotate in one direction; a cam follower engaged in a cam groove of the cylindrical grooved cam and capable of making reciprocative movement about a support shaft in response to rotation of the cylindrical grooved cam; and a transmission mechanism that transmits the reciprocative movement of the cam follower to the rotary hook to cause the rotary hook to make reciprocative pivoting movement. Such arrangements can prevent deviation in driving timing of the rotary hook and simplify the construction of the rotary hook drive device.
US08096248B2
The present disclosure provides an embroidery data processing apparatus that processes embroidery data for sewing an embroidery to a work cloth and to make a cut by a boring knife. The embroidery data processing apparatus an embroidery data acquisition device that acquires the embroidery data, pieces of the embroidery data including at least thread color data specifying a color of an embroidery thread and needle drop point data specifying a sewing position where sewing is performed with the embroidery thread specified by the thread color data; a specification device that specifies, as data of a specified color, a predetermined thread color data piece of the thread color data in the acquired embroidery data, which is the embroidery data acquired; and a boring data setting device that sets a needle drop point data piece of the needle drop point data, corresponding to the specified color data specified as boring data that specifies a position for the cut.
US08096244B1
A modular table and method of assembly comprises a first table having a first table top and a pair of first support legs at opposite end regions of the first table top and a second table having a second table top and a pair of second support legs. The second support legs are adjustably mounted at the second table top and are adjustable relative to the second table top between a support orientation, in which the second support legs support the second table top in a free-standing manner, and a non-support orientation, in which the second support legs do not substantially support the second table top in a free-standing manner. The second table is configured to be secured to the first table when the tables are adjacent to one another. The second support legs are adjustable to the second orientation when the second table is secured to the first table.
US08096241B2
A method for controlling cut-off registration in a printing press having printed webs includes applying print control marks which are invisible to the human eye to the printed webs; passing the webs pass through cut-off register control actuators; assembling the webs into a bundle for cut-off; scanning the webs with sensors to determine the actual positions of the marks; comparing the actual positions with desired positions of the marks; and generating signals for the cut-off register control actuators based on the comparison.
US08096239B2
A printing sleeve (10) has a first printing sleeve portion (10A) with a first and a second end. At least one of the ends of the first printing sleeve portion has a plurality of projections (16) and notches (18). A second printing sleeve portion (10B) has a first and second end, and least one of the ends has a plurality of projections and notches. The plurality of projections and notches of the first printing sleeve portion interlocks with the plurality of projections and notches of the second printing sleeve portion.
US08096237B2
A system for coating a printing material with a fluid includes a printing press. The printing press includes a metering apparatus for metering the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, an intermediate storage container for the intermediate storage of the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, and a first delivery pump for delivering the fluid from the intermediate storage container to the metering apparatus, which first delivery pump is disposed within the printing press. The metering apparatus, the intermediate storage container and the first delivery pump together form a circuit. A supply storage container stores the fluid and a second delivery pump delivers the fluid from the supply storage container to the intermediate storage container.
US08096235B2
A hydraulic power device usable to power a compactor ram of a waste compactor is provided. The hydraulic power device includes a pump assembly having first and second pumps for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to at least one hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly associated with the compactor ram. A battery is provided for storing energy and for providing energy to the pump assembly. A solar panel converts solar energy and charges the battery. A pump control unit simultaneously operates the pumps when an operating pressure of the pump assembly is less than a predetermined threshold and operates only the first pump when the operating pressure of the pump assembly is greater than the predetermined threshold.
US08096229B2
In order to detect a lack of coffee beans in a grinder unit of a coffee maker, a method is suggested in which the level and/or the spectrum of an oscillation generated by the grinder unit during its operation is measured. The level of the oscillation and/or the nature of the spectrum are used to decide whether or not coffee beans are present in the grinder unit. Preferably, the level of oscillation of the housing of the coffee grinder unit is monitored. If the level changes by more than a preset value and/or falls below a reference value, it is decided that coffee beans are lacking.
US08096224B2
The present invention's stratified composite material system of armor, as typically embodied, comprises a strike stratum and a backing stratum. The strike stratum includes elastomeric matrix material and inventive ceramic-inclusive elements embedded therein and arranged (e.g., in one or more rows and one or more columns) along a geometric plane corresponding to the front (initial strike) surface of the strike stratum. More rigid than the strike stratum, the backing stratum is constituted by, e.g., metallic (metal or metal alloy) material or fiber-reinforced polymeric matrix material. Some inventive embodiments also comprise a spall-containment stratum fronting the strike stratum. The inventive ceramic-inclusive elements geometrically describe any of various inventive modes, including: first mode, having a flat front face and a textured back face; second mode, having a pyramidal front section and a prismatoidal (especially, prismoidal, e.g., truncated pyramidal or prismatic) body section; hybrid mode, combining features of first and second modes.
US08096221B2
A method of fabricating a blade for a cutting tool, in particular for a knife, a pair of scissors, a saw, a household appliance, or indeed an industrial tool, the blade being made of steel or an alloy of stainless steel with a cutting edge extending over a portion of its periphery. The cutting tool fitted with a blade presents great resistance to wear of the cutting edge of the blade.
US08096218B2
A device for cutting food includes a slide operable to receive a food product that is slid across the slide so as to perform a cutting procedure. A cutting blade including a cutting edge is included. A switch is included operable to switch the device from a neutral position in which the cutting edge is at least one of covered and recessed, to a cutting position in which the cutting edge is neither covered nor recessed.
US08096207B2
A vehicle hand control apparatus for controlling the throttle and brake pedals of a motor vehicle. A support shaft pivotally supports a transverse control arm tube which holds a control shaft for rotation coaxially within the control arm tube. A handle extends from one end of the control arm tube for actuating the brake pedal and also for separate limited pivotal movement about a handle pivot axis orthogonal to the rotational axis of the control arm tube for actuating the accelerator pedal. Pivotal movement of the handle about the handle pivot axis causes separate interacting transfer rods dependently extending from the handle and the control shaft, respectively, to effect rotation of the control shaft and accelerator pedal movement.
US08096195B2
A method of determining the tension in an elongated rod is described. The method includes impacting the rod and measuring the vibration response of the rod. Further, the method entails generating a theoretical vibration response of the rod based in part at least on the structural properties of the rod. Thereafter, the method entails adjusting the theoretical vibration response to cause the theoretical vibration response to conform with at least a portion of the measured vibration response. Based on the adjusted theoretical vibration response, the tension of the rod is determined.
US08096191B2
The mechanical test apparatus is a fixture utilizing capacitive gauge sensors, located in close proximity to a test specimen, to measure strain in miniature specimens. The upper collar is connected to the upper bolt which is connected to the cross head of the mechanical test machine and the lower collar is attached to the lower bolt which is attached to the load cell. The collars contain conductive target plates and capacitive gauge sensors oriented to form the two plate electrodes of a capacitor. These plates are precisely positioned and move as a mechanical test is performed. The measured voltage is proportional to the distance between the plates, thus allowing the strain to be calculated. The system can be configured to perform tensile, compression, and bending tests at submicron tolerances.
US08096187B2
A pressure sensor element includes: a package, a first diaphragm provided on a first surface of the package, a second diaphragm provided on a second surface of the package, and a pressure sensing element disposed in the package, the pressure sensing element including: a first base formed at one end in a longitudinal direction of the pressure sensing element, a second base formed at the other end in the longitudinal direction, and a resonating portion formed between the first base and the second base. In the element, the first and second surfaces are opposed to each other. The pressure sensor element is disposed such that the longitudinal direction is orthogonal to a displacement direction of each of the first and second diaphragms. The first base is connected to the first diaphragm while the second base is connected to the second diaphragm.
US08096186B2
Systems and methods of measuring pressure of fluid in a disposable IV set connected to a fluid supply pump is disclosed. At least one sensing arrangement coupled to the fluid supply pump is provided. A chamber having a movable element is provided, the movable element configured to move in response to changes in fluid pressure within the disposable IV set and thereby cause a change in a sensed measurement variable associated with the sensing arrangement without contacting the sensing arrangement. A measuring signal indicative of the sensed measurement variable is generated. The fluid pressure within the disposable IV set is determined based on the measuring signal.
US08096185B2
The invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for performing ground vibration tests (so-called “ground vibration tests”) on an airplane. In the method according to the invention, the airplane is jacked up essentially undamped (“rigidly”) in conventional holding points with lifting devices. For purposes of the ground vibration test, the airplane is then excited to vibrate in a known manner using a plurality of vibration exciters, and the vibrations are acquired with a plurality of measuring transducers, in particular accelerometers. A dynamic vibration model of the airplane theoretically calculated beforehand can here be adjusted. The boundary conditions are removed during or after the ground vibration test, meaning the influence of the lifting device is “mathematically canceled out”, so that the determined measured values reflect the so-called “free-free” state of the airplane, as if the airplane had actually been in free flight during the ground vibration tests.
US08096184B2
The claimed invention provides a blade vibration measuring system comprising a blade, a transmitter, a target with non parallel edges located on the blade shroud and a receiver. The present invention also provides a blade adapted for measuring blade vibration. Furthermore, the claimed invention provides a method for monitoring blade vibration.
US08096182B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) capacitive sensor (52) includes a movable element (56) pivotable about a rotational axis (68) offset between ends (80, 84) thereof. A static conductive layer (58) is spaced away from the movable element (56) and includes electrode elements (62, 64). The movable element (56) includes a section (74) between the rotational axis (68) and one end (80) that exhibits a length (78). The movable element (56) further includes a section (76) between the rotational axis (68) and the other end (84) that exhibits a length (82) that is less than the length (78) of the section (74). The section (74) includes slots (88) extending through movable element (56) from the end (80) toward the rotational axis (68). The slots (88) provide stress relief in section (74) that compensates for package stress to improve sensor performance.
US08096181B2
An inertial sensor includes a drive structure 11 which performs one reference oscillation in an XY plane, and force detecting structures 12 (12-1 to 12-4) which each have a plurality of detection axes and which are arranged on an X axis and a Y axis in the drive structure 11 in pairs at positions symmetrical about an origin, wherein angular velocities in three axes and accelerations in three axes are detected by providing the force detecting structure 12 with the plurality of detection axes including at least one detection axis orthogonal to the one reference oscillation.
US08096172B2
Methods of wirelessly communicating are disclosed. In one embodiment, a transmit angle along a circumference of a revolution is determined, a transmit time of the transmit angle based at least in part on a time required to complete a revolution is determined, and a signal is wirelessly transmitted at the transmit angle and the transmit time. Apparatuses and systems are also disclosed.
US08096171B2
In a method for the diagnostics of an internal combustion engine exhaust gas system that includes a particle filter, first and second sets of value vectors are determined, each including associated values for absolute pressure upstream and downstream of the particle filter, a differential pressure determined from the values of the absolute pressure, an exhaust gas volume flow through the particle filter, and a temperature of the exhaust gas volume flow. After a temperature-standardization of the pressure values, characteristics for dependence of the pressure values are generated from temperature-standardized values of the first set of value vectors and possibly stored as reference characteristics. By comparing temperature-standardized values for the absolute pressure on the inlet and outlet sides of the particle filter and the differential pressure of the second set of value vectors with reference characteristics, flow anomalies can be determined in the exhaust gas system.
US08096149B1
A method for manufacturing a shaping camisole and the article produced therefrom having an outer decorative portion and an inner knit tube made with elastomeric yarn to provide midsection support.
US08096138B2
An improved method and apparatus for pasteurizing filled food containers having contents to be pasteurized includes spraying a heat transfer fluid onto the containers. As the contents increase in temperature, the flow rate of heat transfer fluid is decreased. The heat transfer fluid is at least about 20° F. hotter than the initial average temperature of the contents. In one embodiment, the temperature of the spent heat transfer fluid typically does not vary more than about 6° F. to 9° F.
US08096137B2
Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for guiding and supporting an evaporator structure with respect to a refrigeration unit. In one embodiment, a system can include a guide rail adapted to mount to a housing associated with a refrigeration unit, and a guide support adapted to mount to an evaporator structure, wherein the guide support can be aligned with the guide rail, and the guide support can maintain close proximity to the guide rail when the evaporator structure is moved adjacent to the refrigeration unit. In other embodiments, associated methods of use and installation for the system can be provided.
US08096135B2
An air blast fuel injector for a gas turbine engine includes an elongate feed arm having an inlet fitting for receiving fuel and for distributing the fuel to first and second fuel delivery conduits extending through the feed arm. A nozzle body is operatively connected to the feed arm. The nozzle body includes an on-axis inner air circuit and fuel circuitry radially outboard of the inner air circuit for delivering fuel to a fuel swirler outboard of the inner air circuit. The fuel circuitry includes a first fuel circuit configured and adapted to deliver fuel to the fuel swirler from the first fuel conduit of the feed arm and a second fuel circuit configured and adapted to deliver fuel to the fuel swirler from the second fuel conduit of the feed arm.
US08096128B2
A waste heat recovery system, method and device executes a thermodynamic cycle using a working fluid in a working fluid circuit which has a high pressure side and a low pressure side. Components of the system in the working fluid circuit include a waste heat exchanger in thermal communication with a waste heat source also connected to the working fluid circuit, whereby thermal energy is transferred from the waste heat source to the working fluid in the working fluid circuit, an expander located between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit, the expander operative to convert a pressure/enthalpy drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy, a recuperator in the working fluid circuit operative to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit, a cooler in thermal communication with the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit operative to control temperature of the working fluid in the low side of the working fluid circuit, a pump in the working fluid circuit and connected to the low pressure side and to the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit and operative to move the working fluid through the working fluid circuit, and a mass management system connected to the working fluid circuit, the mass management system, method and device having a working fluid vessel connected to the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to passively control an amount of working fluid mass in the working fluid circuit.
US08096120B2
A movable mechanism having: a fixed body (1); a movable body (4); and a driving member (2), one end of which is attached to the fixed body and the other end of which is attached to the movable body, for changing the position of the movable body, wherein the driving member (2) is composed of a shape restorable material, and the movable body (4) is moved by shape restorability of the driving member (2) that has been released movable body (4) from being fixed.
US08096108B2
A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an HCCI internal combustion engine effective for robust engine warm-up operation. The method includes selectively implementing ones of a plurality of operating modes in response to predetermined catalyst and engine temperature conditions.
US08096100B2
A variety of systems and methods are described which quickly and conveniently provide for the selective transmission of individual solid pharmaceutical products from a common location into individual blister package product cavities. In accordance with the preferred exemplary embodiments, an automated alignment mechanism alters the orientation of solid pharmaceutical products that are initially arranged randomly in a two-dimensional array into one or more linear transmission systems. Each linear transmission system is essentially a one-dimensional stack of solid pharmaceutical products, vitamins or other elements. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, after the solid pharmaceutical products have been arranged in one or more of the linear transmission systems or vertical stacks, the solid pharmaceutical products are selectively transmitted into individual product package blister cavities or into product package templates having locations corresponding to the blister package cavities.
US08096098B2
Method and system for handling a plurality of hot-filled and capped containers having temporary deformations or distortions caused by vacuums induced in the containers. For each container, temporary deformations are confined or directed to a particular portion of the container. Annular hoop rings can be provided to confine the temporary deformations to a smooth sidewall portion of the container between the annular hoop rings. Alternatively, one or more supplemental vacuum panels can be provided to confine or direct the temporary deformation thereto. The annular hoop rings and the one or more supplemental vacuum panels can provide for substantially stable touch points for the container. The containers are conveyed with temporary deformations such that substantially stable contact points of each container are in contact with corresponding substantially stable contact points of other containers. After the conveying, a moveable element in a bottom end of each container is activated substantially permanently to remove the vacuum in the container.
US08096096B2
In a packaging machine, typically a cellophaner for overwrapping packets of cigarettes, each of the packets is enveloped by a wrapping unit in a heat shrinkable wrapper presenting at least two opposite faces disposed parallel one with another. The machine also comprises a unit by which heat is applied to the wrappers, equipped with a pair of belt conveyors that present two branches, facing one another and set in motion in such a way as to transport the packets by gripping the two opposite faces of each wrapper, and at least one heating head associated with each transport branch; the heating heads are faced with a leaf of lamellar graphite bonded to the head on one side and offered in direct contact on the other to the respective branch of the corresponding belt conveyor, so as to minimize friction between the belt and the head.
US08096085B2
The invention relates to a connecting node (10, 20) for constructing a three-dimensional framework (100), in particular a geodetic structure, wherein the connecting node (10, 20) has at least one connecting arrangement for connection by way of a definable number of (n) of basic structural elements (3) attached to the respective connecting node (10, 20) with other identical connecting nodes (10, 20). It is provided that the connecting node (10, 20) is formed as a disk (4, 6) having a predefinable number (n) of keyholes (1n), with each of the keyholes (1n) being penetrated by a connecting means (5) and engaging with a receiving element (3A) attached on the basic structural elements (3n), so that each basic structural element (3n) is rotatably supported in the formed first connecting arrangement (5, 3A) and can be pre-adjusted and subsequently attached at arbitrary predefinable angles. The invention is also directed to a three-dimensional framework (100), in particular a geodetic structure, with a plurality of configurable basic structural element (3n), which are secured between the connecting nodes (10, 20) so as to form the three-dimensional framework.
US08096081B2
The present invention is directed to a double hung window assembly and methods of manufacturing the double hung window assembly. The window assembly includes upper and lower sash assemblies, opposing side jambs, and a pair of opposing jamb liners that each have a length generally equal to a length of the opposing side jambs. At least one jamb recess is located between sash tracks on each of the jamb liners. Each jamb recess retains a jamb filler having a length generally equal to the jamb liner length. Each jamb filler has outer and inner weather stripping recesses, and outer and inner weather stripping. The jamb filler may include a primary exposed surface that is substantially unobstructed by the inner and outer weather stripping. A portion of the outer and inner weather stripping may be compressively secured between the jamb filler and a portion of the jamb liner.
US08096077B1
A rifle recoil absorbing strap assembly for absorbing rifle recoil from a rifle, the strap assembly preventing the bruising of a shoulder when firing the rifle and without having to permanently mount the strap assembly on a target shooting bench, a table or a horizontal support member. The strap assembly includes an elongated, flexible, horizontal first strap member with adjustable and releasable fastener. The adjustable and releasable fastener is used for securing together a first end and a second end of the first strap member. Also, the strap assembly includes a flexible, vertical second strap member with a first end and an opposite second end. The first and second end of the second strap member are adapted for receipt around a front portion of the rifle and secured thereto for preventing upward movement of the rifle when firing. Further, the strap assembly includes a rifle butt cradle adapted for receiving and securing a rifle butt of the rifle therein. Whereby, when the strap assembly is secured to a rifle securing object and the rifle is held thereon, the strap assembly greatly reduces rifle recoil during the firing of the rifle.
US08096076B1
A deployment unit for use with an electronic weapon includes a body, an electrode, an electrical interface and tether wire, and a cover. The body has a cavity with an opening. The electrode is stored in the cavity. The electrical interface and tether wire conduct a current from the electronic weapon through the electrode. The cover is coupled to the body over the opening. Activation of a provided propellant, in any order (a) provides a force that pushes the cover away from the body to open the cavity; and (b) deploys the electrode from the cavity through the opening toward a provided target for conducting the current through the target that interferes with locomotion by the target. Prior to pushing the cover away from the body, no portion of the electrode contacts the cover.
US08096070B2
A frame for attachment to a truck panel or a wall for holding a banner having a top base plate, a left side base plate, a right side base plate, and a bottom base plate. After the top of the banner is aligned and duct taped to the top base plate, the banner can be accurately cut to size by simply inserting a blade through the banner and into cutting groove on the base plates which becomes guides for the blade. No math is required. At least one yieldable member having a high coefficient of friction is coupled to each base plate and a cap plate is located on top of each base plate to lock the edges of a banner to each base plate by pressing on the yieldable members on each base plate when the banner is located on top of the yieldable members.
US08096067B2
An apparatus for displaying printed media includes a base member, clamps for securing the base member to a restraint bar of a ski-lift chair, and a top panel coupled with the base member such that the printed media is viewable from the ski-lift chair through the panel. A method of advertising at a ski area includes integrating advertising displays with ski-lift chairs of the ski area. Each of the advertising displays has one or more places to secure printed media. The method also includes inserting printed media within each of the advertising displays. Another method of advertising at a ski area includes integrating printed media within viewable regions of at least one media display system, and integrating the media display system with a ski-lift chair of the ski area.
US08096062B1
A towel drying system includes a housing that has a bottom wall, a top wall, a back wall, a front wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. The front wall has a primary air inlet extending therethrough and a primary air outlet extending therethrough. A blower is mounted in the housing and pulls air into the housing through primary air inlet and directs it outwardly through the primary air outlet. A towel support member is positioned in the housing. The front wall has at least one access door to access an interior of the housing and the towel support member. One or more towels may be placed on the towel support member. A dwelling return duct is fluidly coupled to the primary air outlet.
US08096060B1
The assembly for leveling new concrete includes a driver that has a guide that is placed in a mounting structure so that the driver may be used to drive the mounting structure into the ground. The driver has both a removable rebar marker and conduit marker so that depending on whether an individual wants to use a screed pipe conduit or rebar as a support structure in their concrete the support structures are properly aligned.
US08096058B2
A measuring device includes at least three elongate sides, each side having first and second ends and a pair of outer edges extending therebetween. Each side includes a channel extending between the first and second ends at each outer edge. The measuring device includes a plurality of strips, the quantity of strips being at least as great as the quantity of all the channels. Each strip includes scaled indicia that is different from scaled indicia of every other strip. A respective strip is removably positioned in each of the channels such that each side has two of the strips offset 180 degrees away from each other. Each side is transparent to allow the scaled indicia of the strips in the channels to be viewed.
US08096053B2
The present invention is a nail clipper. It has a slender body formed by an upper press lever and a lower press lever which are movably engaged, an upper cover and a lower cover which are respectively fitted onto the outer surfaces of the upper press lever and the lower press lever to form a slender etui, a lower blade which is movably pivotally engaged with one end of the upper press lever by means of a first pivotal axle, and an upper blade which is movably pivotally engaged with one end of the lower press lever by means of a second pivotal axle.
US08096052B2
A cab for a vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, a tractor, or small construction vehicle, is constructed of twin-sheet thermo-plastic panels that can be easily assembled, preferably with snap-together interlocking features. One of the panels can be a door panel having a door hinged to a door frame to control passage through a doorway. Both the door and the door frame have spaced apart hinge knuckles that interleave along a hinge axis to allow the door to pivot about a hinge pin. The door and door frame can be molded in a single twin-sheet panel. The two walls of the panel are fused together along the outer periphery of the panel door portion and the inner periphery of the panel door frame portion. The door is separated from the door frame by cutting the each of the walls along a door perimeter between the door and door frame portions of the molded panel. Preferably, the walls are not fused along the non-hinge sides of the door perimeter so that the walls can be cut in a manner to provide an overlap at the door/door frame interface.
US08096042B2
A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork shape, forming at least one groove in at least one of opposite main surfaces of each of first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines so that a spaced-apart distance between the first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines is greater than or equal to a width of the at least one groove, determining the dimension of each of the quartz crystal tuning fork shape and the at least one groove so that a capacitance ratio r1 of a fundamental mode of vibration of the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator is less than a capacitance ratio r2 of a second overtone mode of vibration thereof, mounting the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator on a mounting portion of a case, and connecting a lid to the case to cover an open end of the case.
US08096040B2
A method of assembling allows a refrigerator handle to be selectively mounted to a front face portion or a side edge of a refrigerator door. The handle includes first and second ends separated by an intermediate portion, wherein each of the handle ends includes a recessed section. Each of the recessed sections includes a mounting arrangement formed therein, which is adapted to receive either a bracket for mounting the handle to the side edge of the door or a clip for mounting the handle to the front face portion of the door. The method includes selectively attaching the handle to the front face of the door through the clip, or to the side edge with the mounting bracket.
US08096039B2
A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member includes a strike face and a top portion. The second body member is coupled to the first body member and extends away from the first body member in a direction opposite the strike face. At least a top portion of the second body member is camouflaged. A preferred method of camouflage is color differentiation, wherein the second body member is darker than the first body member. Specific color values and club head geometries are also disclosed and claimed. The club head may include a body member and a weight member such as a bar that extends rearward from the body member. A cover may be included to camouflage the weight member. A separate core member and high visibility sight lines may also be provided.
US08096026B2
The present invention is directed to mounting clips and structures to support the mounting clips. One such clip is substantially annular in nature. The mounting clip may have internal grip strips within its interior to better enable the clip to engage the supported item. Other clips involve the use of a suction cup and other designs. The mounting clips may be used with a tripod or a monopod, and in some embodiments a tripod with flexible legs utilizing ball and socket joint connectors which, when interconnected, form a flexible assembly. Each connector includes a body with a first and second end portion. An external socket engaging surface is provided at one end of the body. The other end of the body has an internal cavity. The socket engaging surface of one connector is snapped into the internal cavity of another to interconnect the connectors. In some embodiments, the ball and socket joint connectors utilize an over-molded strip around the outside of the connector to facilitate in their use for gripping.
US08096024B2
Disclosed is a termination device for an aramid-based elevator rope having a high breaking strength. The termination device comprises a socket having a cylindrical, tapered internal passageway adapted to receive a corresponding wedge. The wedge includes a semi-cylindrical passageway in a substantially helical configuration to increase the surface area between the associated rope and the wedge. The termination device clamps the length of rope between tapered portions of the socket and the semi-cylindrical passageway of the wedge with a substantially uniform application of force on the cross-section of the rope.
US08096018B2
A handle pivot structure includes carrier frame, a handle, and a pivot shaft mounted in an axle hole of the handle to pivotally secure the handle to a screw rod of the carrier frame, the pivot shaft having a mounting member threaded onto the screw rod of the carrier member and a rotating member peripherally affixed to the axle hole of the handle and rotatably coupled to the mounting member for allowing biasing of the handle relative to the carrier frame to move an engagement member thereof in an out of an opening on the carrier frame between a locking position and an unlocking position.
US08096002B2
A height-adjustable shower waste for a bathroom floor having a non-flexible waterproof floor covering material, the shower waste comprising a waste body (12) for mounting in the bathroom floor and having a base (20), one or more sides extending from the base (20), a waste water inlet (26), and a waste water outlet (30) connected or connectable to a drain; a cover support element (16) on which a cover element (18) is or can be provided to cover the waste water inlet (26); distance setting means (54, 66) for selectively setting a distance between an in use upper edge of the cover support element (16) and the waste body (12); and retaining means (90, 104) for positively retaining the cover support element (16) at the said set distance. A method and an adapter device are also provided.
US08096001B2
A pumped drainage apparatus for a shower includes a waste water unit, a waste water inlet for accepting waste water runoff from a shower, a waste water outlet in fluid communication with the waste water inlet, a pump in fluid communication with the waste water unit, a sensing circuit including one or more sensors for sensing waste water, and a control circuit for controlling and varying a flow rate of the pump based on an output of the sensing circuit. The sensors may be isolated to prevent contact with waste water while the apparatus is in use. A variable flow control device for the pumped drainage apparatus is also provided.
US08095999B2
Shoulder supports extend from a shower enclosure wall and support a shower accessory. The shoulders have an attachment on the side for the shower accessories. The selected shower accessory would have a mating attachment on each of its ends to correspond to two shoulders extending from the enclosure walls. The attachment is preferably a male/female indentation on one of the shoulders and shower accessory and a corresponding attachment on the other. The indentations provide a non-permanent attachment of the shower accessory to the supports so that the chosen accessory may later be removed and replaced if desired.
US08095997B2
A modular cartridge based liquid dispensing system for automatically dispensing a metered amount of liquid(s) into a toilet water tank and/or bowl. This unique programmable system mounts onto a standard water tank, and is shaped to match the tank so that it blends well with the existing toilet design for aesthetics. It is designed to dispense one or a plurality of solution types, allowing any desired solution to be dispensed, such as cleaning solutions and deodorants. It uses replaceable liquid cartridges that can be refillable or disposable, and can also use fixed tanks. This invention can also utilize all of its components in a low-rise cabinet chassis that allows the entire system to be mounted inside the water tank where it is completely hidden from view. The system also has provisions for an optional automatic toilet flushing device and can also be used to dispense its liquids to a bidet apparatus.
US08099793B2
An automatic probe exchange system for a scanning probe microscope (SPM) exchanges probes between a probe mount on the SPM and a probe mount on a probe tray based on differential magnetic force. When the magnetic force on the SPM side is greater, the probe is attached to the probe mount on the SPM. When the magnetic force on the probe tray side is greater, the probe is attached to the probe mount on the probe tray. The magnetic force on the probe tray side is varied by moving the magnets that generate the magnetic force on the probe tray side closer to or further from the probe.
US08099788B2
A security privilege view object instance. The security privilege view object instance provides security at the view object instance level, permitting multiple application modules to utilize a single entity object with different data privileges. In an embodiment, a view object implementation method is overridden to add selected security filters at instantiation of a view object instance.
US08099785B1
A system, method and computer program product for treating a malware in a computer having multiple copies of the same malicious code activated, where the multiple copies monitor each other's existence, including (a) identifying a presence of the malicious code on the computer; (b) blocking actions that permit one active copy of the malicious code to activate another copy of the malicious code; (c) deleting, from persistent storage, a file containing executable code of the malware; and (d) rebooting the computer. The actions include disabling writes to the persistent storage, disabling writes to a system registry, and/or blocking activation of new processes. The blocking utilizes a driver loaded into the kernel space. The identifying can use signature identification for malware detection.
US08099778B2
A method is disclosed for access control to conditional access data in a multimedia unit comprising at least one security module. This process includes:reception by the multimedia unit of a control message ECM containing at least one control word cw; transmission of this message ECM to said security module, this control message being associated to a message decryption right; determination of a validity date of the ECM control message decryption rights associated to said security module; determination of the present date; comparison of the present date with the expiration date of the decryption rights and determination of whether the present date is prior to the expiration date. In the affirmative case, decryption of the control message ECM and sending of the control word cw to the multimedia unit occurs In the negative case, reading of a value contained in a counter of the security module and comparison of this value occurs, to determine whether this value is comprised within a range authorizing decryption. Further, in the affirmative case, modification of the value of the counter according to a pre-established rule, and decryption of the control message ECM and sending of the control word cw to the multimedia unit also occurs. Finally, in the negative case, access to the conditional access data is blocked.
US08099776B2
A personalized firewall or other network gateway is provided by a method of matching a data packet to a rule in a network gateway having a rule base. One or more identification values are determined based on the data packet and property value(s) associated with said one or more identification values are queried and received from a property server. The property value(s) describe for example allowed connections and services for an entity associated with the identification value(s). The property value(s) are compared to at least one rule in the rule base, said at least one rule comprising property value(s) and an action, and the action defined in said at least one rule is taken, if said property value(s) of the rule match corresponding property value(s) associated with said one or more identification values.
US08099774B2
The dynamic updating of firewall parameters is described. One exemplary embodiment includes receiving a policy rule that includes a reference to a predefined container that specifies a permissible value range of at least one firewall parameter allowable under the policy rule, receiving a firewall parameter value, and populating the predefined container with the firewall parameter value if the firewall parameter value is within the permissible value range, thereby updating the policy rule.
US08099764B2
Systems and methods of authentication and authorization between a client, a server, and a gateway to facilitate communicating a message between a client and a server through a gateway. The client has a trusted relationship with each of the gateway and the server. A method includes registering the client with the gateway. The client also constructs the address space identifying the gateway and the client. The client communicates the address space to the server. The client receives an identity identifying the server. If the client authorizes to receive a message from the server through the gateway, the client informs the authorization to the gateway. The client puts the identity identifying the server on a list of servers which are authorized to send messages to the client. In addition, the client communicates the list of servers to the gateway.
US08099759B2
A system and method for determining a security encoding to be applied to a message being sent by a user of a computing device, such as a mobile device, for example. In one broad aspect, the method comprises determining, at the computing device, whether a general message encoding configuration setting thereon indicates that the security encoding to be applied to the message is to be established by a policy engine; if the general message encoding configuration setting on the computing device indicates that the security encoding to be applied to the message is to be established by the policy engine, determining the security encoding to be applied to the message by querying the policy engine for the security encoding to be applied to the message; applying the determined security encoding to the message; and transmitting the message to which the security encoding has been applied to the at least one recipient. In one embodiment, the policy engine is a PGP Universal Server.
US08099752B2
In certain embodiments, a digital television receiver that receives non-real time (NRT) content has an IP demultiplex or a radio frequency tuner that receives a transport stream. The output transport stream contains an IP packet stream containing NRT content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT) and NRT metadata. An electronic storage medium is provided and a demultiplexer demultiplexes the IP stream of packets to produce: NRT content that is stored in the electronic storage medium, the FLUTE FDT, and NRT metadata. An FDT parser parses the FDT to produce NRT file metadata from the FLUTE FDT. An NRT metadata parser produces NRT service metadata, NRT content description text and NRT content metadata. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08099747B2
A disk chucking device includes a guide shaft for insertion into the central hole of a disk. A supporting member at the base side of the guide shaft supports a vicinity of the central hole at one surface of the disk. A cylindrical holding member approaches to or separates from the supporting member. A plunger moves along the holding member. A ball supporting member in the plunger stores a ball. An elastic member is locked by the plunger and the holding member, and biases to separate the plunger and the holding member in the axial direction of the guide shaft. A locking portion of the guide shaft prevents plunger movement in the axial direction of the guide shaft by making contact with the balls. An inside protrusion of the holding member supports the balls by surrounding together with the guide shaft when the balls are contacted with the locking portion.
US08099745B2
A support (611) that is substantially cylindrical so as to be received by a disk hole (1NA) and has a positioning portion (612) on a circumference adjacent to a first axial end is provided with a concave portion (613) of which both ends open to the circumference along a radial direction. A first engaging portion (614) protrudes from around the circumference at which a first axial end of the concave portion opens substantially opposes to the positioning portion with a gap equal to or more than a thickness of an optical disk (1N). A moving member (615) is disposed in the concave portion in a manner movable along a radial direction of the support. A second engaging portion (616) protrudes on an end of the moving member at a position corresponding to a second axial end of the concave portion.
US08099743B2
A slot-in type thin disk apparatus having a base body and a lid, which constitute a chassis outer sheath. A front surface of the chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted. The slot-in type disk apparatus is provided with a traverse moving unit which displaces a traverse base between the base body and the lid. The traverse base moving unit includes a loading motor provided on the chassis outer sheath, a slider which slides by driving of the loading motor, and a traverse cam member which is operated by movement of the slider.
US08099740B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for terminating a hidden kernel process. In use, a hidden kernel process structure associated with a hidden kernel process is identified. In addition, the hidden kernel process structure is inserted into an active process list. Further, the hidden kernel process is terminated.
US08099731B2
The present invention provides an apparatus and method that increases the utilization by processors on shared resources. It provides the minimum latency in a multiprocessor system during usage right exchange between multi-processors on a shared resource. The apparatus provides a timed mailbox including a timer. The timed mailbox is at least associated with a first processor and a second processor. The second processor starts to utilize a shared resource to perform a task. According to a predetermined clock cycle number, the timed mailbox issues a signal in advance to notify the first processor of the availability of the shared resource to be utilized by the first processor.
US08099728B2
A method of managing configuration changes in a data processing system, particularly a network wherein software products (250) must be distributed to client workstations. The method provides the definition of reference models (220e-220d) arranged in a tree (215); each reference model includes configuration elements (such as software products and/or hardware features and their desired target status) for the corresponding client workstations (subscribers). A target configuration (230) of the client workstations associated with each reference model is determined by inheriting the configuration elements of the parent reference models. A list of actions (245) to be carried out on each client workstation for reaching the corresponding target configuration is determined by comparing the target configuration with a current configuration of the client workstation stored in a corresponding inventory (245).
US08099714B2
A means is provided for specifying, applying, and managing sets of temporary or permanent additions or modifications to the behavior of object-oriented programs without having to change the code of the program, by using externalized rules. The points at which the externalized rules may be applied is determined by the implementation object model, thus making their specification natural to the program developers who are familiar with the program's implementation object model. The concept of dynamic method-based trigger or control points is disclosed for identifying potential rule attachment points in objects and identifying the rules that are applicable to each dynamic control point. At least one control point is flagged on the basis of being active such that the at least one control point and its associated rule is only processed if the at least one control point is flagged as being active.
US08099710B2
Implementing desired business logic functionality. The desired business logic functionality may include a number of individual functions. A number of computer implemented modules are selected. Each module is configured to perform at least a portion of one of the individual functions. Additionally, each module includes a computer implemented interface for connecting to other modules. The implemented modules are connected to create a composite module. The composite module includes functionality for implementing the individual functions. The composite module includes computer implemented interfaces for connecting to other modules, including a UI module. As such, the composite module is reusable in implementing more complex functionality by being selected as a computer implemented module and being connected to other computer implemented modules. The composite module is agnostic to how a UI module exposes functionality to a user.
US08099707B1
Semiconductor devices and/or structures, and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention allow for production of customized products, while also minimizing production steps, avoiding some or all photolithography steps, and reducing overall production costs. Using selective deposition and patterning methods such as printing, to form metal and/or dielectric layer(s) on substrates where one or more device circuit components are pre-made in a factory, but which require further processing to obtain an electrically functional circuit, results in the ability for a user/consumer to make custom, specific and/or unique electrically functional circuits without incurring the cost and complexity of a full fabrication to form and pattern all of the layers.
US08099705B2
Embodiments of a device (such as a computer system or a circuit tester), a method, and a computer-program product (i.e., software) for use with the device are described. These systems and processes may be used to statistically characterize interdependencies between sub-circuits in an integrated circuit (which are referred to as ‘aggressor-victim relationships’). In particular, statistical relationships between the aggressors and victims are determined from values of a performance metric (such as clock speed) when the integrated circuit fails for a group of state-change difference vectors. Using these statistical relationships, a worst-case sub-group of the state-change difference vectors, such as the worst-case sub-group, is selected. This sub-group can be used to accurately test the integrated circuit.
US08099703B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for verifying functional equivalence of a power optimized design and its original, unoptimized design (referred to as the golden design) using combinational equivalency checking. Due to some inherent limitations which make combinational equivalency checkers unable to prove equivalency of the two designs in a single step, a series of intermediate design transformations is introduced. These transformations are dependent on the techniques used in generating the power optimized design from the golden design, and may be generically described in a transformation language that provides the necessary constructs to specify an entire set of valid structural modifications. The equivalency between the golden design and the power optimized design can then be verified by checking the golden design and the first design transformation, and then by checking between each pair of the plurality of intermediate design transformations, and finally by checking the last design transformation and the power optimized design.
US08099683B2
A movement-based filtering mechanism in a graphical user interface allows a user to filter search results by simply moving a pointer, such as a mouse. One or more attributes are displayed to the user in a graphical format. By selecting the pointer (such as clicking on a mouse button), the user may dynamically filter the search results according to the attribute(s) under the pointer. Weighting of multiple attributes may be performed according to the time the pointer spends in each attribute area in the display, or according to a path length of the pointer in each attribute area in the display. In addition, the speed of the dynamic filtering may be directly controlled according to the speed of the movement of the pointer. A timeline may also be displayed that allows the user to go back to any suitable point in time in the filtering process.
US08099678B2
Various technologies for processing a selection on an item on a report. In one implementation, a request to perform an action on the item may be received. Whether one or more actions corresponding to the item exist based on one or more parameters and one or more values of the parameters associated with the item may be dynamically determined. A list of one or more actions may be displayed if the one or more actions exist.
US08099676B2
A logon management software application is executed in a print control device (4) connectable to an information processing device (1), and performs the steps of: detecting if a hardware keyboard (38) is connected to the print control device during a logon process; displaying on a display (35) a first logon GUI for using the connected hardware keyboard if the connection of the hardware keyboard is detected; displaying on the display a second logon GUI, different to the first logon GUI, if the connection of the hardware keyboard is not detected; and controlling a logon of the print control device based on information entered into the first and/or second logon GUI dependent on whether the connection of the hardware keyboard is detected during at least part of the logon process.
US08099670B2
Systems and media for updating an instant messaging system on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for updating status indicators such as ‘away’ messages of an instant messaging system are disclosed. Embodiments include determining that a change in status of the user has occurred and automatically transmitting an indication of the change in status to instant messenger system manager via a network. Embodiments include determining that a change in status of the user has occurred based on receiving an indication that the user's status has changed, such as from user input on a keyboard, mouse, etc. Other embodiments include determining that a change in status has occurred based on determining that the user's status has changed based on an electronic calendar, expiration of a time period, etc.
US08099665B2
A method of organizing episodic content includes identifying a list of items associated with episodic content and sorting the list of items based on at least episode order upon a prompt.
US08099661B2
The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for logging and evaluating activity to support optimizing and streamlining a process, such as a business process. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method include receiving information representative of activity at a user interface. The received information may be aggregated to form aggregated data. The received information may be evaluated to determine one or more proposals. The evaluation may use the context of a task being performed at the user interface and the activity at the user interface. The one or more proposals may be provided to enable a configuration of a system or a business process with at least one of the proposals. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US08099656B2
Techniques, systems and computer program products are described for providing a Reed Solomon decoder. The Reed Solomon decoder includes a syndrome polynomial generator to generate syndrome polynomials for subchannel data received from subchannels. In addition, a syndrome polynomial selector selects one of the generated syndrome polynomials according to a preset priority. An error location/error value polynomial generator generates an error location polynomial and an error value polynomial by applying a first algorithm to the selected syndrome polynomial. Also an error location/error value calculator calculates an error location by applying a second algorithm to the error location polynomial and calculates an error value by applying a third algorithm to the error value polynomial. Further, an error corrector corrects an error included in the received subchannel data by applying the calculated error location and the calculated error value to the received subchannel data.
US08099653B2
A communication apparatus includes a plurality of descramblers for subjecting a second header portion of a received frame to descrambling processing using pseudo-random sequences that differ from one another; a plurality of syndrome arithmetic units for performing a syndrome calculation, which is in accordance with a cyclic redundancy check code, with respect to headers descrambled by respective ones of the plurality of descramblers, and an error correction unit for selecting a header that has been descrambled by one descrambler among the plurality of descramblers as a receive header, in accordance with syndrome values calculated by respective ones of the plurality of syndrome arithmetic units.
US08099650B1
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for implementing ECC protection in an on-chip L2 cache. When data is written to or read from an external memory, logic within the L2 cache is configured to generate ECC check bits and store the ECC check bits in the L2 cache in space typically allocated for storing byte enables. As a result, data stored in the L2 cache may be protected against bit errors without incurring the costs of providing additional storage or complex hardware for the ECC check bits.
US08099645B2
A method for error correction and a decoder using low density parity check (LDPC) codes includes initializing extrinsic probability information between variable nodes and check nodes in a bipartite graph including generating a Bernoulli sequence according to a probability of a bit having a value one. Parity checking is performed in accordance with a parity check equation. If the parity check equation is not satisfied, then extrinsic information is updated in check nodes from variable nodes using a parity node update logic circuit in a first half iteration, extrinsic information is updated in variable nodes from check nodes using a variable node update logic circuit in a second half iteration, and the variable nodes are updated with a probability based upon the extrinsic information passed between check nodes and variable nodes wherein the probability represents a likelihood that an ith bit is a one. Information bits are passed when the parity check equation is satisfied or a predetermined number of iterations has been reached.
US08099638B2
The disclosure relates to a programmable virtual memory client, that includes programmable control logic configured to generate at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns. Additionally, the virtual memory client includes virtual memory client control logic configured to use the generated at least one data pattern sequence to at least one of read from and write to at least one memory device. A method includes generating at least one data pattern sequence from a number of stored data patterns and writing and reading the data pattern sequence from and to a memory device.
US08099629B2
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer programs comprise: a processor; a test interface that is in communication with the processor only when the test interface is enabled; a first memory to store firmware for the processor; and a second memory to store boot code for the processor, wherein when the processor is booted, the boot code causes the processor to read a portion of the firmware from a predetermined location in the first memory; wherein the test interface is enabled only when the portion of the firmware has a predetermined value.
US08099611B2
A powered device can provide information to another device (such as a power sourcing equipment) via a powered communications interface when operating power is not being provided to the powered device via the powered communications interface, enabling a variety of functions and applications. Relatively low voltages and currents of the type used for detection and classification of the powered device are used in an extended way to achieve the communications. The power sourcing equipment performs additional detections and/or classifications, and the powered device responds by presenting corresponding signatures or identity networks that convey additional information beyond the presence and power requirements of the powered device. As an example, a powered device can present a sequence of signatures signifying that power should be applied to the powered device notwithstanding an active policy of withholding power in furtherance of a power conservation scheme. Many other kinds of information can be signaled for a variety of system-level purposes and using a variety of signal forms using the relatively low signaling voltages and currents.
US08099608B2
Embodiments of methods and systems for controlling access to information stored on memory or data storage devices are disclosed. In various embodiments, methods of retrieving information from a data storage device previously deactivated by modification or degradation of at least a portion of the data storage device are disclosed.
US08099597B2
A communications component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising acquiring an authentication identifier (Auth ID), and constructing a network service identifier (NSI) comprising the Auth ID and an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) realm. The disclosure includes a system comprising an authorization server in communication with a host, wherein the authorization server is configured to verify a previous authentication of the host using a NSI. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving a NSI and a service request, wherein the NSI comprises an Auth ID, determining an authentication server associated with the Auth ID, verifying an authentication of a host using the Auth ID, and authorizing the host to receive a service associated with the service request.
US08099590B2
When a setting input through a control portion falls within the first setup range, the settings in the first setup storage are rewritten with the setting in the second setup storage. Since the setting was revised, the revision history including the setup content and the data of the setting is stored in a revision history storage. Next, a determination process for the revised setting is carried out. Specifically, it is determined whether a usually expected input setting from the control portion falls within the second setup range. When it does not fall within the second setup range, the controller determines that the input setting is not a proper value, and reads out the setting before revision, stored in the third setup storage to rewrite the settings in the first setup storage with it.
US08099585B2
Full predication of instruction execution is provided by operand predicates, where each operand has an associated predicate bit intuitively indicating the validity of the operand value. In a programmable processor supporting operand predication, an instruction will execute only if the predicate bit of every register containing a source operand is true. The predicate bit, if any, of the destination register is set to the logical AND of the source registers' predicates. Similarly, in a non-programmable processor synthesized with predicated operand support, an operator will perform the associated function depending on the state of inputs' predicates. The output predicate is evaluated as the logical AND of the inputs' predicates. An additional bit for each data register, a change in the semantics of the instructions to include predication, and a few additional instructions to save and restore register predicate bits and to specifically set or reset a register's predicate bit are required.
US08099582B2
A mechanism is provided for tracking deallocated load instructions. A processor detects whether a load instruction in a set of instructions in an issue queue has missed. Responsive to a miss of the load instruction, an instruction scheduler allocates the load instruction to a load miss queue and deallocates the load instruction from the issue queue. The instruction scheduler determines whether there is a dependence entry for the load instruction in an issue queue portion of a dependence matrix. Responsive to the existence of the dependence entry for the load instruction in the issue queue portion of the dependence matrix, the instruction scheduler reads data from the dependence entry of the issue queue portion of the dependence matrix that specifies a set of dependent instructions that are dependent on the load instruction and writes the data into a new entry in a load miss queue portion of the dependence matrix.
US08099574B2
Hardware of a virtualized processor based system detecting a specified type of memory access to an identified region of memory and in response to the detecting generating an interrupt for a virtual machine monitor (VMM) of the virtualized processor based system.
US08099573B2
Data processing apparatus comprising: a chunk store containing specimen data chunks, a manifest store containing at least one manifest that represents at least a part of a data set and that comprises at least one reference to at least one of said specimen data chunks, a sparse chunk index containing information on only those specimen data chunks having a predetermined characteristic, the processing apparatus being operable to process input data into input data chunks and to use the sparse chunk index to identify at least one of said at least one manifest that includes at least one reference to one of said specimen data chunks that corresponds to one of said input data chunks having the predetermined characteristic.
US08099568B2
A swap space is provided for a host computer system, where the swap space includes a plurality of swap files with each individual swap file for swapping data only for a single corresponding virtual machine (VM). The per-VM swap space is used solely by the single, corresponding VM, such that only that particular VM's memory is allowed to be swapped out to the swap file.
US08099561B2
A shared memory system for a multicore computer system utilizing an interconnection network that furnishes tens of processing cores or more with the ability to refer concurrently to random addresses in a shared memory space with efficiency comparable to the typical efficiency achieved when referring to private memories. The network is essentially a lean and light-weight combinational circuit, although it may also contain non-deep pipelining. The network is generally composed of a sub-network for writing and a separate multicasting sub-network for reading, whose topologies are based on multiple logarithmic multistage networks, e.g. Baseline Networks, connected in parallel. The shared memory system computes paths between processing cores and memory banks anew at every clock cycle, without rearrangement. It returns an approval reply to every core whose initiative of accessing memory leads to the successful establishment of a path and is fulfilled, or a rejection reply to every core whose initiative is not fulfilled.
US08099560B2
In a data processing system each bus master of a plurality of bus masters communicates information via a system interconnect. A cache is associated with a predetermined bus master of the plurality of bus masters for storing information used by the predetermined bus master. A snoop queue is associated with the predetermined bus master for storing a plurality of snoop requests and selectively storing for each snoop request an indicator of a synchronization request that indicates a synchronization operation is to be performed by completing any previously issued snoop requests prior to or concurrently with completion of the synchronization operation. In one form the indicator is a synchronization request indicator flag for each entry in the snoop queue that indicates whether each entry participates in the synchronization operation associated with the synchronization request.
US08099553B2
A virtual drive data storage refactoring system includes a base drive, a plurality of virtual drives coupled to the base drive and hierachly below the base drive, wherein the virtual drives each include a plurality of data storage blocks and a virtual drive controller system. The virtual drive controller system is operable to coordinate data storage on the base drive and the plurality of virtual drives. The virtual drive controller system is operable to compute a signature for each data storage block, create a list of data content for each data storage block, wherein the list is sorted according to the signature for each data storage block, locate the signatures for each data storage block that appear on each of the virtual drives, arrange the data storage blocks on the virtual drives so that data storage blocks having data content that is the same, are located in corresponding locations on each of the virtual drives, and remove the data storage blocks having data content that is the same from each of the virtual drives to a data storage drive that is hierarchly above the virtual drives.
US08099543B2
The present disclosure includes methods and devices for logical memory blocks. One method for operating a memory device includes receiving a command to operate X pages of the memory device, X being greater than Y, and executing the command by executing multiple subcommands, each subcommand operating on a logical memory block portion of the X pages, each logical memory block including at most Y pages. T is a timeout limit, N is a number of pages comprising a block of memory, and Y is number of pages that can be operated within time T.
US08099526B2
A portable electronic device including a processor provided in a housing, the processor for switching the portable electronic device from a normal operating mode to a device lock mode and a first input device and a second input device provided in the housing. Actuation of the first input device within a maximum delay of actuation of the second input device enables the device lock mode.
US08099524B2
An automated, computer-implemented method to configure a data storage system comprising a host computer, a storage controller in communication with said host computer, and a plurality of data storage media in communication with said storage controller, wherein the method provides a configuration algorithm encoded as computer readable program code, and executes that computer readable program code. The configuration algorithm creates a command procedure comprising a plurality of physical configuration commands to establish a physical configuration for the data storage system. The configuration algorithm further creates a command procedure comprising a plurality of logical configuration commands to establish a logical configuration for the data storage system.
US08099520B2
This disclosure generally may disclose a web-based online network drive that may be utilized by many users. Furthermore, this disclosure may provide for an efficient, web-based file system, which may be available as a network drive on a local computer.
US08099509B2
[Means for Solution] Access-control-rule application means (310), upon receiving an access request, refers to an access control rule DB (350) and resource information DB (360), to judge whether the attribute of a rule matched with the request is permitted, denied, or manual approval. The access-control-rule application means (310) requests manual-access-control application means (320) to input a result of approval, if the attribute is manual approval. The manual-access-control application means (320) inputs the result of approval input from a resource administrator's terminal (104) into access-control-rule application means (310), which outputs the result of approval.
US08099506B2
A node device in a communication system including plural node devices connected to a network through a relay device including: a means for establishing and retaining session with a first node device which cannot accept session start; and a means for controlling sending and receipt of a message with respect to another node device where the session is established, wherein the means changes sending source network address information included in the message to network address information of an own node device and transmits the message to an addressed node device, and the means judges whether or not the message is a message to be sent to the first node device except for the first node device, and controls to transmit the message to the first node device in a case where it is a message to be sent to the first node device.
US08099500B2
Described herein are embodiments for setting, managing, and monitoring connection policies for a plurality of network paths from a first endpoint to a second endpoint. In embodiments, a set of candidate addresses from a first endpoint and a set of candidate addresses from a second endpoint are received. Each candidate address of the first endpoint is paired with each candidate address of the second endpoint to create a plurality of candidate address pairs. Each candidate address pair has an associated network path. The network path is the route by which data flows to and from the various endpoints. Once all network paths between each candidate address pair have been determined, a connection policy is set for each network address pair and the associated network path.
US08099488B2
A telecommunications network management system is disclosed that continuously monitors compliance with a service level agreement. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a data collector, a performance data manager, and a service level objective monitor. The data collector receives service information from one or more sources in a telecommunications network, and converts the service information into values of primary parameters in a service model. The performance data manager receives the primary parameter values from the data collector, and calculates values of secondary parameters in the service model from the primary parameter values. The parameter values are stored in a performance database. The service level objective (SLO) monitor verifies that parameter values satisfy parameter objectives, and initiates a specified action for that parameter objective if a violation is detected.
US08099483B2
A method to perform dynamic source selection within an IP multicast network is performed at a designated router of an IP multicast network. At the designated router within the IP multicast network, a first source of a multicast group is selected to be forwarded to a receiving host or multiple receiving hosts. The first source is monitored to automatically detect when the first source exhibits a predetermined characteristic. At the designated router, responsive to the detection that the first source exhibits the predetermined characteristic, a second source of the multicast group is automatically selected to be forwarded to the receiving host or hosts. The method also supports automatic selection of all normally operating sources and forwarding of the traffic of such sources or channels to the receiving hosts or hosts.
US08099481B2
The present system and method for resolving hubs and other forms of relay devices in a subnet preferably comprises the steps of acquiring the adjacency table of each of the plurality of nodes, searching the adjacency table data for indications that a port is indirectly coupled to a plurality of other nodes through a hub, introducing an icon for each of the hubs in addition to icons for each of the plurality of nodes enabled with an adjacency-detection protocol, and logically coupling each hub to the associated nodes. Illustrations of the network topology generated using the preferred embodiment are therefore highly representative of the actual physical topology.
US08099480B1
A system may include a node repository that is configured and arranged to store one or more nodes, where each of the nodes represents an encapsulated workflow and each of the nodes includes a set of interfaces that are configured to enable interactions between the nodes, a configuration repository that is configured and arranged to store one or more configuration files, where each of the configuration files specifies a configuration for execution of one or more of the nodes and an execution engine that is arranged and configured to construct a dependency graph of nodes as specified in at least one of the configuration files and to execute the dependency graph.
US08099478B2
A program for managing applications that can replace application resources deployed over a multi-layered system with a single action. Upon receipt of a request for establishing an environment for a service, a target platform determining means consults group management data to identify server computers belonging to server groups corresponding to a plurality of functions necessary to provide the requested service. The identified server computers are chosen as target platforms on which necessary applications will be deployed to implement the functions. An application deploying means successively selects deployment data of applications required to implement the functions for the requested service and deploys each selected deployment data to the server computers chosen as the target platforms.
US08099477B2
A network adapted to target an individual operating a microcomputer that is linked to an Internet to offer this individual goods or services appropriate to his needs that are available at a place within reach of the individual's present location. The microcomputer is provided with a GPS receiver that indicates the present location of the individual, this location and the identity of the individual being transmitted from the microcomputer to a web site on the highway. At the web site, a computer associated with a data bank storing the profiles of a multitude of consumers is programmed to find out whether the identified individual is included in the data bank, and to determine from his profile whether there are available at a place reachable from his present location appropriate goods or services. If a match is found, an offer to supply such goods or services is conveyed from the web site to the microcomputer.
US08099474B2
Disclosed is a system and methods for acceleration of the TCP/IP and the iSCSI protocols. The methods may be adapted to a wide variety of systems and applications that employ communications protocols including TCP, with or without iSCSI. Using a hardware-based acceleration approach, common case network traffic is rapidly processed at near line rate thereby improving overall performance and alleviating processing bottlenecks.
US08099469B2
Illustrative methods, apparatuses and software are described for searching for an ID of a slave node within a communication network, such as a single-wire communication network. Also, illustrative embodiments of a master node and a slave node are described.
US08099468B2
A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium, an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, to which is attached an image based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium, an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending, and an upper limit setting unit that sets an upper limit of data amount or an upper limit of the number of images, for the image to be sent, according to the email address that is set by the email address setting unit.
US08099457B2
A data center (14) receives a request (22) for content from a browser (12) on a client (11). The data center determines whether the requested content is available at the data center. The content is available when the content is both present at the data center and current. The content may be expired and marked as non-available in response to an expiration command (24). When the requested content is available at the data center, the data center returns the requested content to the data center. When the requested content is locally unavailable at the data center, the requested content is retrieved from an origin server (18). The retrieval of the content from the origin server may be delayed based on the processing load at the origin server. When retrieval of the content is delayed, the request is prioritized and placed in a queue for handling by the origin server based on the priority of the request. Also, when retrieval of the content is delayed, a status page may be communicated to the browser to inform a user of the delay and provide alternate content (139) and status information related to the request determined as a function of the request or the current state of the origin server.
US08099456B2
A set of DSML application programming interface (DSML API) functions is provided to facilitate the implementation of DSML-based directory service access. The DSML API includes a DSML document API class for building or accessing a DSML payload, and a DSML connection API class that handles connection and transport to a DSML server. To access a directory service, the client calls functions of the DSML document API class to generate a DSML request payload, and calls functions of the DSML connection API to transport a packet with the DSML request payload according to a pre-selected connection protocol, such as SOAP, to the DSML server for forwarding to the directory service.
US08099452B2
A distributed event processing system that can organize (e.g., order) input streams regardless of actual time of receipt is provided. This order may simply be arrival order or given explicitly on a specific event attribute, such as a timestamp or sequence number. Traditional standing event queries, such as a temporal correlation of events across multiple streams, often block if an input stream is slow or may produce an incorrect answer if events fail to arrive within the fixed time interval. In response to this situation, the subject innovation employs punctuation and heartbeats in connection with a robust and scalable event processing system. The innovation discloses mechanisms by which heartbeats and timestamps can be regularly generated by low-level nodes (e.g., sources) and propagated through the network, to unblock standing event pattern queries and align events from multiple distributed streams.
US08099451B2
Systems, methods and media for implementing logic in the arithmetic/logic unit of a processor are disclosed. More particularly, hardware is disclosed for computing logical operations with minimal hardware by organizing the execution unit such that the propagate and generate functions required for the adder can be used as a basis to implement the bitwise logical instructions. The result of these functions is computed before execution of the instruction by an execution macro in the arithmetic/logic unit.
US08099447B2
The present invention provides a solution to the shortcomings of the traditional two's complement system that is commonly utilized in modern computing systems and digital signal processors for calculating harmonic analysis using a discrete time-frequency transform. In the negative two's complement processor a n-bit number, A, has a sign bit, an−1, and n−1 fractional bits, an−2, an−3, . . . , a0. The value of an n-bit fractional negative two's complement number is: A = a n - 1 + ∑ i = 0 n - 2 - a i 2 i - n + 1 .
US08099443B2
An apparatus for building an address database and a method includes: an address reading unit for reading an address from an address image; a read result storing unit for storing the read address and an accumulated value that represents the number of reads of the read address; an effective address storing unit for storing an effective address database that includes a plurality of effective addresses that substantially exist; and an effective address extracting unit for storing the read address to the effective address unit according to whether the accumulated value of the read address loaded from the read result storing unit is more than a predetermined threshold value. According to the present invention, the address database is built by verifying the address read from address information that is written on a piece of mail, thereby improving the reliability and completeness of the address database.
US08099440B2
A method, system, and article are provided for employment of a hybrid layout of representation of data objects in computer memory. Columns of the database are separated based upon a classification of the columns. A vertical partition in the form of a bank is provided to receive an assignment of one or more data objects identified in the columns. Each bank is sized to be a divisor of a size of an associated hardware register. Assignment of data objects to banks organizes the data in a manner that support efficient query processing that mitigates the quantity of banks required to respond to the query.
US08099434B2
A computer-implemented method for positioning targeted sponsored content on a cellular phone includes the steps of (a) assessing a likelihood of an interaction by a user of the cellular phone with a sponsored content to be presented to the cellular phone, wherein the assessment is based on a prior interaction by the user of the cellular phone with content related to the sponsored content and/or a plurality of user characteristics associated with the cellular phone; and (b) prioritizing the placement of the sponsored content within one of a plurality of predefined areas of a graphical user interface of the cellular phone over the placement of other sponsored content within the same area, wherein the prioritization is based on the assessment of the likelihood of the interaction of the user of the cellular phone with the sponsored content.
US08099415B2
Job listings retrieved from external sources are pre-processed prior to being stored in the search engine production database and duplicate records identified prior to storage in a production database for the search engine. Inter-source and intra-source hash values are calculated for each job listing and the values compared. Job listings having the same intra-source hash are judged to be duplicates of each other. Descriptions whose intra-source hash values do not match, but whose inter-source hash values match are judged to be duplicate candidates and subject to further processing. Suffixes for each such record are stored to a data structure such as a suffix array and the records searched and compared based on the suffix arrays. Records having a pre-determined number of contiguous words in common are judged to be duplicates. Duplicate records are identified before the data set is stored to the production data base.
US08099414B2
Facility information for a destination facility and facility information for a neighboring facility of the destination facility are accepted as search conditions. The destination facility that neighbors the neighboring facility is identified by using a database that defines a neighboring relationship between the facilities. The facility information for the identified destination facility is outputted.
US08099404B2
A method for testing a browser-adapting server application includes collecting and recording, using another server application, key information of a number of browser types and/or versions. The information adaptation method of the browser-adapting server application is tested using the key information.
US08099401B1
Techniques for efficiently indexing and searching similar data are described herein. According to one embodiment, in response to a query for one or more terms received from a client, a query index is accessed to retrieve a list of one or more super files. Each super file is associated with a group of similar files. Each super file includes terms and/or sequences of terms obtained from the associated group of similar files. Thereafter, the super files representing groups of similar files are presented to the client, where each of the super files includes at least one of the queried terms. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08099395B2
A method, system, and computer accessible medium for maintaining and sharing identity information for identities. Multiple types of identity information, including communication-related information, for multiple identities may be aggregated, stored in, and accessed through, a corresponding shared identity objects. Aggregated identity information for an identity may be stored in a corresponding shared identity object. Aggregated identity information may be accessed by applications through shared identity objects. Communication-related information may include indications of communication mechanisms. Communication with an identity may be initiated through a corresponding shared identity object using the communication mechanisms. The communication related information may also include an indication of the reach-ability of the identity through each of the communication mechanisms and may be requested and received form remote system associated with the identity.
US08099394B2
A system for efficiently storing application data which allows a practically infinite number of physically separate storage devices to be used as archival storage means by one or more application programs. Application data is organized among the devices such that files with a similar expiry date (that is the date beyond which the files are no longer required to be archived) are grouped together on the same physical device, such that after the expiry date the device used for such files may be erased and re-used. Optionally, files with particular content-types may be grouped on the same physical device, or among physical devices of the same type.
US08099391B1
Various embodiments of a system and method for backing up files used by a virtual machine are described herein. The files may be stored within a virtual disk image file. A full backup of the virtual disk image file may first be created. After creating the full backup, one or more incremental or differential backups of the virtual disk image file may be created. In some embodiments, fingerprints of the sectors of the virtual disk image file may be stored and used to identify which sectors should be included in the incremental or differential backups.
US08099375B2
The computer implemented life form (CILF) is a belief program which excludes all three of the classical logic paradigms, it can then (at least for discussion purposes) be considered derived from a form of “non-classical” logic. Certainly, even the mere idea that reality itself could possibly be nothing more than a simulation, could easily be considered a new (neo-classical) and useful form of non-classical thought. The programming methods used by the CILF are non-computational, meaning they will not generate any independent fact or data. Instead, the CILF programming method will merely check data to form a state of belief or doubt upon the input data from which a new and improved data store can be more correctly and effectively established.
US08099373B2
An object detector that includes a number of weak classifiers can be trained using a subset (a “working set”) of training data instead of all of the training data. The working set can be updated so that, for example, it remains representative of the training data. A decision to update the working set may be made based on the false positive sample rate—if that rate falls below a threshold value, an update of the working set can be triggered.
US08099347B2
Object oriented design strategies and patterns are applied to financial data processing systems for processing and modeling of financial products (also referred to as financial instruments) with an emphasis being on derivative products. The system employs valuation independent, well-defined financial components (also referred to as financial events) that can be combined to build new financial structures. A general purpose software model is provided for representing the structure and characteristics of these products. A declarative specification language is provided to describe financial instruments in a consistent manner that lends itself to processing in such an object oriented system. A general traversal process is provided that can be applied to the macro structure of a financial instrument to implement various functions that produce results based on such information, such as the stream of financial events associated with the instrument, or the pricing or valuation of the instrument. Techniques including double dispatch and other mechanisms are further provided to provide flexible means of associating the appropriate processing methods with the diverse range of instrument characteristics that are encountered in a typical financial institution's course of business.
US08099314B2
The object of the present invention is to carry out commodity quality control among a plurality of enterprises, and control a proper commodity manufacturing process and distribution process. In order to achieve the objective, the present invention comprises information storage means (12), communication means (8) for communicating with an external device, and information processing means (14) for controlling the operation of each of the means. The storage means (12) stores for each of commodities identification information for identifying the commodity as well as client information of a client who has acquired the commodity. The processing means (14) comprises the steps of correlating the identification information for identifying the commodity with the client information of the client who has acquired the commodity to receive the correlated information from a client terminal through the communication means (8), collating the received identification information with the identification information stored in the storage means (12), specifying, when the received identification information has been matched with the identification information stored in the storage means (12) as a result of the collation, the commodity identified by the received identification information, and adding the received client information to the storage means (12) for each of the specified commodities.
US08099312B2
A program management structure that includes a plurality of projects, where each project is staffed with a project manager and wherein each project includes a plurality of tasks which can have multiple interdependencies and at least one position reporting up to the project manager. A plurality of organizations is also included, where each organization is provided with a plurality of departments, each of which has a department manager and at least one staffer reporting up to the department manager and filling at least part of the at least one position. Additionally, project exceptions are reported to the project manager and functional exceptions are reported to the functional manager.
US08099309B1
The invention relates to a computer implemented method of estimating a first financial outcome. The computer implemented method involves obtaining financial data associated with an entity, selecting a first proposed financial policy impacting the entity, applying the first proposed financial policy to the financial data to estimate the first financial outcome, and presenting the first financial outcome to the entity.
US08099306B2
A computer-implemented method for grouping, categorizing, and profiling pharmaceutical claims data to assist health care managers in determining (a) medication treatment experience, outcomes, and medication compliance behaviors of patients and (b) appropriate drug prescribing, medication coordination, and cost-efficiency of health care providers. An objective means is provided for categorizing and quantifying patterns of prescription drug utilization as a health care service within a clinically relevant time frame. A pharmacy episode group (PEG) is a pharmacologically homogenous grouping of drugs with the same therapeutic ingredients used by a patient once or over an extended period of time. The PEG is a patient-centered pharmacy classification unit, which uses script-level pharmacy claim data as input data and assigns each script to the appropriate episode. Pharmacy episodes are categorized based on algorithms linking the pattern of a physician's recommended use (drug supply) and the patient's pattern of compliance (intervals between fill dates). The system also identifies multi-drug and concurrent use drug episodes, flags patients' records where intervals between scripts suggest non-compliance with recommended therapy, selects the most recent claims, resets windows (episode start and end dates), and ultimately assigns all pharmacy claims to episodes.
US08099303B1
The present invention relates to a method of providing enhanced health care, finance and benefit information via a personal health finance and benefit statement. Health statements may contain, for example, medical and pharmacy claim information, health care account information, and health related information for individuals. These statements may cover periods of time and can be provided by mail or electronically, and can be provided routinely or at the request of the individual.
US08099295B2
The invention provides a computer-implemented method for creating a prescription for treatment of an injury or illness covered by a workers' compensation system, which facilitates on-line adjudication of a workers' compensation claim. The patient name, employer name and type and quantity of medication prescribed are input. Routing data including a processor identification number is retrieved from an employer database. The program outputs prescription data comprising the name of the patient, the type and quantity of medication prescribed, and the routing data. The prescription data is preferably NCPDP compliant and used by a pharmacy to route a workers' compensation claim and fill the prescription.
US08099293B2
An audio system for processing two channels of audio input to provide more than two output channels. The input may be conventional stereo material or compressed audio signal data. The audio processing includes separating the input signals into frequency bands and processing the frequency bands according to processes which may differ from band to band. The audio processing includes no processing of L−R signals.
US08099289B2
Systems and methods for improving the interaction between a user and a small electronic device such as a Bluetooth headset are described. The use of a voice user interface in electronic devices may be used. In one embodiment, recognition processing limitations of some devices are overcome by employing speech synthesizers and recognizers in series where one electronic device responds to simple audio commands and sends audio requests to a remote device with more significant recognition analysis capability. Embodiments of the present invention may include systems and methods for utilizing speech recognizers and synthesizers in series to provide simple, reliable, and hands-free interfaces with users.
US08099286B1
Situational awareness enhancement is promoted in a radio communication transceiver receiving non-verbal content and verbal content from a remote source. A vocoder communicatively coupled with the transceiver receives the verbal content packets, and a situational awareness encoder/decoder communicatively coupled with the transceiver receives the non-verbal content packets. The encoder/decoder links and synchronizes the verbal content packets with the corresponding non-verbal content packets, and provides the verbal content packets to the vocoder in parallel with the provision of the non-verbal content packets to the encoder/decoder. The non-verbal and verbal content is extracted from the respective packets and are synchronously output for display and playback, respectively.
US08099285B2
A system for identifying audio data is provided. The system includes a transform system receiving left channel audio data and right channel audio data and generating a plurality of frequency bins of left channel magnitude data, left channel phase data, right channel magnitude data and right channel phase data. A watermarking system receives watermarking data and modifies predetermined frequency bins of the left channel phase data and the right channel phase data to encode the watermarking data. A magnitude system receives the left channel magnitude data and the right channel magnitude data and increases the left channel magnitude data and the right channel magnitude data for one or more of the predetermined frequency bins to a threshold level if the left channel magnitude data and the right channel magnitude data for the corresponding frequency bin is less than the threshold level.
US08099280B2
A speech recognition method in which, upon speech recognition with use of a model composed of subwords such as triphones depending on a plurality of context, inhibiting hypotheses from extending according to the plurality of contexts so that a processing rate of the speech recognition is increased. In computing a likelihood of an acoustic model referred to upon computation of an accumulated likelihood of a hypothesis through the speech recognition, with respect to each hypothesis, at least one subword model determined depending on its context subwords is referred to, likelihoods of a speech to be recognized and acoustic models of the respective subword models are computed, and the maximum value of the computed likelihoods is set as a likelihood of an acoustic model corresponding to the hypothesis.
US08099276B2
According to one embodiment, a sound quality control device includes: a time domain analysis module configured to perform a time-domain analysis on an audio-input signal; a frequency domain analysis module configured to perform a frequency-domain analysis on a frequency-domain signal; a first calculation module configured to calculate first speech/music scores based on the analysis results; a compensation filtering processing module configured to generate a filtered signal; a second calculation module configured to calculate second speech/music scores based on the filtered signal; a score correction module configured to generate one of corrected speech/music scores based on a difference between the first speech/music score and the second speech/music score; and a sound quality control module configured to control a sound quality of the audio-input signal based on the one of the corrected speech/music scores.
US08099274B2
An article of manufacture, method and system are provided for facilitating input/output (I/O) processing of at least one guest processing system. The article of manufacture includes at least one computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code logic to facilitate the I/O processing of the at least one guest processing system. The computer-readable program code logic when executing performing the following: emulating on a native system an I/O architecture for the at least one guest processing system, the emulating including: providing multiple device managers for a plurality of I/O devices of the I/O architecture; providing at least one communications adapter process interfacing the multiple device managers to the at least one network driver process; and wherein the multiple device managers translate I/O messages in at least one guest processing system format to messages in native system format for processing by the at least one communications adapter process, thereby facilitating I/O processing.
US08099273B2
A system and method for compressing trace data from an emulation system. Scan chains may receive trace data from configurable logic blocks inside one or more emulation chips, and the data received from the scan chains may be compressed. Where delta compression is used, the scan chains may also perform a delta detection function. Alternatively, delta detection may be performed using the outputs of the scan chains. In addition, event detectors may be implemented within or outside of the scan chains. Compression of the trace data may include receiving a plurality of data sets and performing compression along cross-sections of the combined data sets.
US08099270B2
Various embodiments include methods and apparatus for simulating a transistor using a simulation model that includes a transistor simulation model coupled to diode simulation model.
US08099268B2
The present disclosure includes dental appliances, devices, and methods of making and using such appliances. In one embodiment, a method for tooth modeling includes receiving a patient information file for a treatment plan patient and analyzing the patient information file to determine whether the patient is a non-adult patient.
US08099266B2
The invention is concerned with the design of oil wells by defining a number of design parameters, some of which are interdependent. The invention makes use of successive optimizations. Input data are selected for a first parameter and varied to achieve a first optimization. The process is repeated for a second parameter whose input data includes the first parameter, and then repeated for each other of the defined parameters. The design parameters may be presented to the user via a graphical interface such as a virtual reality view.
US08099260B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying an analytical representation of a plurality of physical elements in a computer aided design (CAD) model, the analytical representation comprising a plurality of analytical elements. one or more of the plurality of analytical elements corresponds to one or more of the plurality physical elements. An association is identified between corresponding analytical and physical elements such that a modification to one element can be applied to modify a corresponding other. An error is automatically detected in the analytical representation.
US08099259B2
A method for monitoring a FCC catalyst injection system is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes automatically updating a catalyst available inventory information in a digital memory device in response to a catalyst usage event. A sufficiency of the updated catalyst available inventory is automatically determined. A re-supply action is then taken in response to a determination of insufficient catalyst available inventory. The method is repeated for each catalyst usage event.
US08099256B2
A method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece by means of a portable measuring device having a housing provided with an opening having a side reference surface along which the mailpiece is guided under a position sensor in a first pass along a first dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the first dimension of the mailpiece is determined by a processing unit and is communicated to a franking system to which the portable measuring device is connected, and in a second pass along a second dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the second dimension of the mailpiece is determined by the processing unit and is communicated to the franking system.
US08099248B2
A flow rate measuring device has a flow rate measurement unit, an appliance registering unit, a calculating unit, a determining unit, a first appliance identifying unit, and a second appliance identifying unit. The appliance registering unit stores at least first gas flow rate variation profiles on activation of respective gas appliances coupled to a flow channel, and second gas flow rate variation profiles based on the control specific to the respective gas appliances. The first appliance identifying unit identifies which gas appliance is activated based on the first gas flow rate variation profiles on activation. When a determining unit detects a stop of any of gas appliances, the second appliance identifying unit identifies a gas appliance in continuous use by using the second gas flow rate variation profiles based on the control specific to the respective gas appliances.
US08099244B2
A method, a computer program and a computer system are described for determining whether a subject has an increased risk for acquiring a disease, said method comprising selecting at least one disease, for example using a user interface wherein in a field 23a suitable plurality of diseases is provided. In field 23b, an interactive window for the user is provided for posing questions and for acquiring answers. The questions are preferably generated by a question generation engine and are projected in the field 26. Answers, provided by the user are acquired using the same interactive field 26 after which they are processed together with deterministically established partial risk factors linked to said answers leading to a computation of a total risk factor of the user for the selected disease. In field 23c a number of tests which may be recommended for a suitable screening procedure is presented.
US08099243B2
A method and system for determining the quantity of an analyte initially present in a chemical and or biological reaction as well as a computer implemented method and system to automate portions of the analysis comprising mathematical or graphical analysis of an amplification reaction.
US08099237B2
Systems and methods associated with an open area map are disclosed. For example, one method comprises obtaining an image of a layout. The layout represents a real-world area in which a person moves about. A grid is applied on the image. The grid includes tiles that fill in a ground area of the image. A routable map is generated as a function of the grid. The routable map is configured to provide point-to-point routing within the layout.
US08099235B2
A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
US08099229B2
An engine control system comprises an engine speed control module and an idle limiting module. The engine speed control module selectively controls an engine based on an idle speed request. The idle limiting module selectively reduces the idle speed request by an amount that is based on a wheel slip value.
US08099227B2
Systems, devices, and methods for controlling a fuel supply for a turbine or other engine using direct and/or indirect indications of power output and optionally one or more secondary control parameters.
US08099223B2
When a catalyst warm-up request for promoting warm-up of a catalyst is issued and no negative-pressure increase request for increasing a negative pressure downstream of a throttle valve is issued, a control system of an internal combustion engine controls the ignition timing to the timing (ϑ0+Δ ϑ1) obtained by correcting the normal ignition timing (ϑ0) to be retarded by a correction amount &Delta,−ϑ1, and controls the degree of opening of the throttle valve to a throttle opening (TAO+ΔTA1) that is larger than the normal throttle opening TAO by a correction amount ΔTA1. When the negative intake pressure must be increased for brake boosting when ignition is on the retard side, the throttle spending is reduced and the ignition is advanced gradually after some delay to avoid torque shock.
US08099219B2
A hybrid powertrain system includes a transmission operative in a plurality of operating range states. An operating range state can be secured, including assigning each operating range state to a group that can be verified, monitoring a transition path from a first to a second operating range state, and monitoring a torque equation for the present operating range state.
US08099217B2
A method for managing haul routes in work environments comprises collecting performance data associated with a machine operating in a work environment. The method also includes determining a drive axle torque of the machine and estimating a total effective grade associated with the machine based on the drive axle torque. The estimated total effective grade is compared with a threshold level and, if the estimated total effective grade exceeds the threshold level, a design performance of the machine may be simulated based on the calculated total effective grade. Design performance data is compared with the collected performance data, and a payload limit of the machine is adjusted if the design performance is inconsistent with collected performance data.
US08099211B2
A microcomputer is provided with an extracting section capable of extracting a specific frequency component from an input signal. The extracting section extracts, from a pinion angle corresponding to a signal indicating a state of the steering system, a frequency component corresponding to a vibration of a steering system caused by stress applied to steerable wheels. The extracting section outputs an effective value of the extracted frequency component as a power spectrum to a second computing section. In the case that the power spectrum output from the extracting section is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, the microcomputer enhances a torque inertia compensation control so as to suppress vibration of the steering system caused by the stress. In other words, the microcomputer increases a torque inertia compensation amount corresponding to a compensation component based on a steering torque differential value.
US08099200B2
In one embodiment, the invention is an interface for communicating a vehicle command from a user to a vehicle. The interface preferably includes a support system to support at least a portion of the weight of a user, a sensor system to sense the weight distribution of the user, and a processor to interpret a vehicle command based on the weight distribution of the user and to communicate the vehicle command to a vehicle.
US08099188B2
An industrial robot for moving an object in space. A platform is arranged for carrying the object. A first arm is arranged for influencing the platform in a first movement. The first arm includes a first actuator and three links. Each link includes an outer joint connected to the platform and an inner joint connected to the first actuator. A second arm is arranged for influencing the platform in a second movement. The second arm includes a second actuator and two links. Each link includes an outer joint connected to the platform and an inner joint connected to the second actuator. A third arm is arranged for influencing the platform in a third movement. The third arm includes one link including an outer joint connected to the platform. At least one of the links is arranged with an adjustable length and includes a linear actuator for controlling the length of the link.
US08099172B2
In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable stimulation paddle comprises: providing a sheet of conductive material coupled to a first insulative layer; laser removing portions of the conductive material to form a pattern of conductive material, the pattern of conductive material including a plurality of isolated metal traces; providing a second insulative layer over the pattern of conductive material so that the pattern of conductive material is interposed between the first and second insulative layers; and exposing portions of the metal traces to form electrodes on the paddle for delivering electrical stimulation.
US08099171B2
An implantable medical lead configured for improved MRI safety and heating reduction performance is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the lead includes a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end with a lead connector near the proximal end. In this embodiment the lead further includes a conductor extending longitudinally within the tubular body and having a proximal end that is electrically coupled to the connector and a distal end electrically coupled to a contact pin. The lead in this embodiment further includes a filter element electrically coupled to a distal end of the contact pin and a flange electrically coupled between a proximal end of the filter element and a proximal portion of an electrode. In this embodiment the flange and the proximal portion of the electrode form at least a first part of a hermetic chamber enclosing the filter element.
US08099160B2
A body fat measuring device includes at least one pair of first electrodes to be disposed respectively at a first site and a second site sandwiching the abdomen of a subject, and an electrode group including a first abdomen electrode to be disposed at a surface of the abdomen of the subject. The first abdomen electrode includes a pair of second electrodes and a pair of third electrodes disposed in an alignment direction substantially perpendicular to a cross section of the abdomen. In a case where electric current is applied via the first electrodes, a first potential difference between electrodes of one predetermined pair included in the first abdomen electrode is detected. In a case where electric current is applied via the third electrodes, a second potential difference between the second electrodes is detected. Based on the detected two types of potential differences and physical data of the subject, the visceral fat amount of the subject is calculated.
US08099152B2
A method of formulating a patient-specific plan for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure performed upon a patient is provided. The method includes obtaining a standard plan based upon a scan of an anatomy of a standard anatomic specimen, the scan defining a standard scan. The method also includes scanning the patient to obtain a patient-specific scan of an anatomy of the patient. Additionally, the method includes morphing the standard scan to the anatomy of the patient by mapping the standard scan to the patient-specific scan. The method further includes determining the patient-specific plan by modifying the standard plan based upon the mapping.
US08099145B2
An electronic device includes a first module, a second module, and a connecting member. The first module includes a bottom plate having a first slot and a rail corresponding to the first slot. The second module includes a top plate having a second slot and a slide bar overlapping a portion of the second slot. The connecting member passes through the first slot and the second slot and connects the rail and the slide bar. When the first module slides relative to the second module from a first position to a second position in a direction, the connecting member slides along the rail, and when the first module slides relative to the second module from the second position to a third position in the direction, the connecting member forces the slide bar to slide along the second slot.
US08099141B2
A wireless headset system (and method) for connection to a gateway such as a mobile cellular phone that includes a dock assembly and a wireless headset. The dock assembly includes a presence sensor, a first docking connector, and a circuit for sending a connection signal to the first docking connector in response to a triggering of the presence sensor. The headset includes a second docking connector for releasably connecting with the first docking connector, and connection circuitry for initiating a wireless connection with the gateway (e.g. mobile cellular phone) in response to receiving the connection signal via the first and second docking connectors. The dock assembly further includes a power connector for receiving electrical power (e.g. from a car cigarette lighter connector) and for supplying the electrical power through the first and second docking connectors and to a battery in the wireless headset.
US08099134B2
A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform.
US08099129B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system, method and technique for operating a communication device. According to an embodiment, information contained in a contact record is displayed, where the information includes a plurality of entries. Each entry is associated with one of a plurality of communication types and includes an identifier for use with an application of the associated communication type. An input is detected corresponding to a user's selection of one of the plurality of entries. In response to the user's selection, the application of the communication type associated with the selected entry is automatically executed by initiating a communication using the identifier included in the selected entry.
US08099115B2
A system, method, and computer program product for forming and transmitting a TCP/SMS message are presented. Steps for forming a TCP message, encoding the TCP message, and wrapping the TCP message in an SMS message are disclosed.
US08099114B2
Personal short codes facilitate the establishment of unique, personalized codes for accessing network services and personalized distribution lists. Users can create individualized lists of personal short codes for desired network services. Services can reside within or outside of the wireless network. Messages having personal short codes can incorporate text routing capabilities to provide routing based on the text of a message. PSCs can be of any length or combination of alphanumeric characters. Personal short codes can be entered via a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, PDA, or laptop, or via a web browser.
US08099113B2
A passive traffic alerting method includes: identifying traffic events from analyzing traffic information; selecting an identified traffic event based on a location of a mobile communicator; and alerting the mobile communicator with a passive message regarding the selected traffic event with or without prompting the mobile communicator to launch an application on a mobile communication device. In some cases a user-zone and an event zone is selected and the user gets alerted when his user-zone overlaps with the event-zone. The alert can contain hierarchical messages. The method may include: determining an alert zone by rating a traffic incident and overlaying maps of the incident, the cell-phone towers, and the corresponding road network; acquiring user identification of cell phone users from data from cell-phone towers in the alert-zone; identifying subscribers from acquired cell-phone tower data; matching subscribers with alerts in appropriate formats; and sending the appropriate alert messages to cell phones of identified subscribers.
US08099108B2
A mobile terminal includes a communication module, a display screen, and control circuitry. The circuitry is configured to estimate a current geographic position of the mobile terminal, and to determine if the estimated current position of the mobile terminal is within a boundary of geographic map information stored in the mobile terminal. The circuitry is further configured to retrieve additional geographic map information including the current position of the mobile terminal using the communication module if the current position of the mobile terminal is not within the boundary of the stored geographic map information.
US08099107B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing location services in a wireless network. According to one implementation of the present invention, the wireless network infrastructure provides high-accuracy location information via location services to wireless clients. In one embodiment, during an advertisement phase, a location server provides a list of available location services to wireless clients via a central controller. In another embodiment, during a presentation phase, a driver of the wireless client presents the available location services to one or more applications of the wireless client. In another embodiment, during a request phase, the driver transmits a location service request to the central controller, which passes the location service request to the location server.
US08099091B2
A method to control configuration change times is performed at a mobile wireless communication device when the mobile wireless communication device is connected to a wireless network. The mobile wireless device is connected in a first configuration mode. The mobile wireless communication device receives a control message from a radio network subsystem in the wireless network at a local receive time. The received control message includes a time indication for when to start a configuration mode change of the mobile wireless communication device, which the device extracts from the control message. The mobile wireless communication device reconfigures to a second configuration mode, different from the first configuration mode, based on the extracted time indication and the local receive time.
US08099082B2
A wireless communication system, comprising a host service, a wireless router system coupled to the host service, a wireless network coupling the wireless router system and a wireless mobile communication device (“mobile device”), adaptively delivers data to the mobile device in the wireless communication system.In another embodiment, a receive trigger is used by the host to initiate a session where messages are delivered to the mobile device. The host trigger consists of the receipt of a message from a host. Upon detection of a session, messages are sent to the device. If a session is inactive, login credentials are requested. Detection of a logoff trigger from the mobile device will terminate an existing session and current login credentials are also expired.
US08099081B2
The present invention relates to a transmission of data in a mobile radio network, in particular a transmission of text and/or image data, with or without sound in multimedia messages, wherein at least one identification signal for a data record or several records is allocated to the data and the identification signal(s) is/are transmitted to the receiver of the data.
US08099067B2
A demodulation system for Radio Data System (RDS) signals in a receiver includes a quadrature mixer (303) configured to convert a RDS signal at an input frequency directly to a base band RDS signal, a single filter (305) configured to filter the base band RDS signal to provide a RDS signal, and a signal level detector (311) configured to provide an indication of a level of the RDS signal (313), a demodulator (315) configured to demodulate the RDS signal and provide RDS data, the RDS data corresponding to information for user consumption, where the indication is used for selectively interrupting the user consumption when the level of the RDS signal is unsatisfactory. Other aspects of the RDS and corresponding methods include interference mitigation and include a blanker (323) configured to remove impulse noise from a RDS signal to provide the RDS signal without impulse noise and a demodulator (315) coupled to the blanker and configured to demodulate the RDS signal to provide data corresponding to information for user consumption.
US08099066B1
A transmitter power control system includes a voltage detector that generates a voltage signal that is proportional to an output voltage of a power amplifier of a transmitter. A voltage scaler scales the output voltage of the power amplifier using a voltage scaling ratio. A voltage scaling ratio controller adjusts the voltage scaling ratio to maintain the voltage signal within a predetermined voltage range. A current detector generates a current signal that is proportional to an output current of the power amplifier and includes a current scaler that scales the output current using a predetermined current scaling ratio. A power detector generates a power signal that is based on the current signal and the voltage signal and is proportional to an output power of the power amplifier. A power controller generates a control signal to vary the output power based on a comparison of the power signal with at least one predetermined threshold.
US08099065B2
Communication with less noise is to be performed. A voltage value control signal functioning as an instruction to change the voltage value supplied from a voltage converting section to an LFI is output from a CPU. A driving section for the LFI outputs the control signal at 125 kHz that drives an FET circuit section according to the voltage value supplied from an ECU. The FET circuit section outputs the driving current for an antenna under the control of the driving section. A connecter terminal that connects to a harness is connected to a connecter terminal for GND connection along with the GND terminal of the voltage converting section. A connecter terminal that connects to a harness is connected to a connecter terminal for GND connection along with the GND terminal of the FET circuit section.
US08099062B1
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor transceiver analog front end circuit includes a combined transmit and receive amplifier block that produces an amplified transmit differential signal and receives a receive differential signal through the same pair of input/output nodes coupled to an external network through an RF choke block. In one embodiment the combined transmit and receive amplifier block includes separate power amplifier and low noise amplifier circuits, while a second embodiment includes a power amplification stage and a combined power amplification/low noise amplification stage. The amplifier circuits may be constructed using a combination of thin oxide core transistors and thick oxide input/output transistors. DC feeds may be selected to power the circuits in response to a transmit/receive control signal. Bias voltages to the amplifier circuits' transistors may also be set in response to the transmit/receive control signal.
US08099059B2
A multi-channel transmit/receive antenna device or arrangement for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a power monitoring unit. To ensure that a specific absorption rate of a patient is not exceeded, transmitted power levels and reflected power levels on channels for a plurality of coils and/or coil segments are monitored. Each coil/coil segment is supplied with RF transmit signals with different amplitudes and/or phases and/or waveforms and/or power levels.
US08099049B2
In order to solve a problem of an accumulation on the transmission side, a delay on the reception side, and the like at the time of transmission in a communication system such as a wireless LAN system, each communication station in a network transmits a beacon in which information with respect to the network is written and sets a state in which a reception operation is performed during periods of time before and after the transmission of the beacon signal when performing access control not to make communication timing of a packet collide with that of another station by detecting a signal transmitted from another station. With performing such processing, a system can be formed based on minimum level of transmission and reception operation when transmission and reception data does not exist in each communication station in the network, and also a data transfer can be performed with latency as small as possible in a minimum necessary level of transmission and reception operation by making a transition of a transmission and reception state in accordance with a fluctuating volume of transmission and reception data.
US08099042B2
Method and system for a reliable relay-associated and opportunistic cooperative transmission schemes
A cooperative communication scheme is provided for a base station (BS) to communicate with a mobile station (MS) through a group of relay stations (RSs). The RSs, collectively referred to as a relay-associated group of RSs (R-group), serve the same target MS. The R-group may be formed during initial ranging or during periodical ranging of the MSs, according to the channel conditions between the MSs and the RSs. A reliable relay-associated transmission scheme provides fast recovery and reduces the burden on the BS. In one exemplary scheme, the BS transmits data to the R-group. To ensure that reliable transmission exists between the BS and the R-group, the BS initially sends the information to all the RSs in the R-group using multicast or unicast mode. In one embodiment, after receiving the packets from the BS, each RS in the R-group calculates its reliability value according to a reliability function which may depend on (a) the channel conditions between the BS and the RSs, (b) the channel conditions between the RSs and the MS, and (c) the load status at the RSs. The RSs then feedback their reliability values in a message (“relay-associated acknowledgement message” or R-ACK).
US08099037B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, having a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls a driving of the conveyance section. The control section controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor.
US08099033B2
A fuser assembly for an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus including a fuser roller, a pressure roller, and a pressure roller cleaner for cleaning the pressure roller. The pressure roller cleaner has an absorbent portion and a drive mechanism for moving the pressure roller cleaner relative to the pressure roller such that the pressure roller cleaner is selectively located proximate the pressure roller to absorb oil. A controller selectively activates the drive mechanism to move the pressure roller cleaner.
US08099030B2
In a system or method for development of potential images of images to be printed and generated on an intermediate image carrier using a developer fluid comprising charged toner particles and developer fluid in an electrographic printing or copying device, a feed device is provided comprising as function elements at least one chamber scraper, a raster element comprising cups to receiver the developer fluid, and at least one first flow element arranged in the chamber scraper. Between the at least one flow element and the raster element an electrical voltage is supplied such that a toner particle concentration in the cups of the raster element is increased. An application device accepts the developer fluid from the feed device and supplies it to the intermediate image carrier.
US08099026B2
A development device includes a development roller, a developer storage, a first rotating member, a second rotating member, and a rotation speed adjuster. The development roller carries a developer containing non-magnetic toner and magnetic carrier. The developer storage stores the developer. The first rotating member is provided in the developer storage at a position near the development roller. The second rotating member is provided in the developer storage at a position farther from the development roller than the first rotating member is. The first rotating member and the second rotating member agitate and convey the developer stored in the developer storage to supply the agitated developer to the development roller. The rotation speed adjuster adjusts a rotation speed of the second rotating member depending on an amount of new toner supplied to the developer storage.
US08099019B2
A developing-transferring module includes a sub frame which is detachably mounted to a main frame, a plurality of photosensitive units which are disposed inside the sub frame with a predetermined interval and includes a photosensitive body to which a developer is attached, and a intermediate transferring unit which are provided inside the sub frame disposed opposite the plurality of photosensitive units so that the developer of the photosensitive units can be primarily transferred thereto and secondarily transfers the primarily transferred developer to a record medium of the main frame.
US08099014B2
A developing device includes a developer reservoir having developer stored therein, a developing roller for carrying developer, a sealing member which is brought into close contact with the developer portion so as to cover a communication port in communication with inside of the developer reservoir, and a sealing passing member for passing the sealing member peeled off the developer reservoir, wherein the sealing member is peeled off the developer reservoir to open the communication port and the sealing passing member has an opening with an approximately elliptical shape, through which the sealing member passes.
US08099012B2
A toner seal comprises a j-shaped seal having an upper seat portion and a leg portion, the leg having a front face extending between first and second edges of said leg portion, a lip seal extending along at least one of the first and second edges of the leg, and, the lip seal having a length extending from the upper seat portion along the leg.
US08099006B2
An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming units to form different single-color images with respective different color developers and a control system to selectively perform a multicolor image forming operation, a specific-color image forming operation, a multicolor image quality correction operation, and a specific-color image quality correction operation. The control system includes an image formation mode detection unit to ascertain which of the multicolor image forming operation and the specific-color image forming operation is performed prior to a request for image quality correction; and a correction instruction unit to order the multicolor image quality correction operation when the multicolor image quality correction operation is requested, the specific-color correction operation when the specific-color image quality correction operation is requested after the specific-color image forming operation, and the multicolor image quality correction operation when the specific-color image quality correction operation is requested after the multicolor image forming operation.
US08099005B2
A printer determines, in a process control, a reference exposure amount. A charging unit charges a surface of a photosensitive element to a target potential. After an exposure target area on the charged surface of the photosensitive element is exposed to a high adjustment exposure that corresponds to a high-exposure amount area, a control unit determines the reference exposure amount based on the target potential and a detected residual potential that is a result detected by a potential detecting unit as a potential of the target exposure area on the photosensitive element after being exposed to the high adjustment exposure.
US08098993B2
A system is provided for implementing PCI Express protocol signals over an optical link. A transmission circuit is used to provide an electrical-to-optical conversion, a receiving circuit provides an optical-to-electrical conversion, and a sideband circuit is used to provide and receive control information.
US08098988B2
A disclosed optical add/drop multiplexing device demultiplexes a first signal into multiple signals according to wavelengths, drops one or more of the demultiplexed signals to a transponder, adds one or more signals output from the transponder, multiplexes these signals into a second signal, and outputs it. The device includes an injecting unit for injecting one of measurement signals, each of whose wavelength corresponds to that of a different demultiplexed signal, into a core of a multicore cable within the device, the core being used to transmit the different demultiplexed signal having the corresponding wavelength; a preventing unit for preventing the one measurement signal from emanating; a measuring unit for measuring, for each wavelength, levels of the one measurement signal before and after the corresponding core; a calculating unit for calculating loss of the corresponding core, based on the measured levels; and an informing unit for reporting the calculated loss.
US08098987B2
An optical transmitting and receiving apparatus 1 has a transmitting circuit unit 20 including a light emitting element 2 and a driving circuit 3 which drives the light emitting element 2, a receiving circuit unit 30 including a light receiving element 5 and amplification circuit 6 which amplifies a signal received from the light receiving element 5, a judging unit 8 which judges an abnormality or failure of either or both of the transmitting circuit unit 20 and the receiving circuit unit 30 based on a measured data value provided from the transmitting circuit unit 20 and/or the receiving circuit unit 30, and a measured value storing unit 9 which stores the measure data value in the case that the judging unit 8 judges the abnormality or failure occurs in the transmitting circuit unit 20 and/or the receiving circuit unit 30.
US08098983B2
A zoom lens system is provided that includes a compactly constructed focusing lens unit and that has a suppressed change in the image magnification at the time of movement of a focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprises at least: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having negative optical power; and an aperture diaphragm. At the time of zooming, the zoom lens system moves the first to third lens units so that intervals between these lens units vary. At the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-point object in-focus condition, the zoom lens system moves the third lens unit to the object side.
US08098976B1
Techniques for generating automated tags for a video file are described. The method includes receiving one or more manually generated tags associated with a video file, based at least in part on the one or more manually entered tags, determining a preliminary category for the video file, and based on the preliminary category, generating a targeted transcript of the video file, wherein the targeted transcript includes a plurality of words. The method further includes generating an ontology of the plurality of words based on the targeted transcript, ranking the plurality of words in the ontology based on a plurality of scoring factors, and based on the ranking of the plurality of words, generating one or more automated tags associated with the video file.
US08098975B2
A video recording apparatus includes a data acquisition section, an encoding section, and a recording section. With a plurality of groups of pictures corresponding to a cell in an optical disk format set as a recording unit, the encoding section generates streaming data by time division multiplexing of encoded data using fixed-data-length packs according to the optical disk format, and multiplexes to the streaming data specific information that includes information necessary for generating a navigation pack in the optical disk format and that is difficult to obtain without analyzing the packs containing the encoded video and audio data, such that the specific information is assigned to each of the groups of pictures using a private pack in the streaming data.
US08098974B2
A format converting and recording method and system for optical storage media including the steps of converting several first optical storage medium information files into the second optical storage medium through generating corresponding navigation tables which gather at a management file, transmitting image of the first optical storage medium to the second optical storage medium, and then generating a destination disc according to the management file. Thus, the operation process is simplified and the problem of lacking in playback control is solved.
US08098972B2
In a feedforward control type reproduced signal processor, a clock generator 1 changes a clock frequency, depending on a digital value set by a digital value generator 7. Therefore, power consumption of a system is optimized and control is facilitated. Moreover, when a frequency lock state is established in which a frequency ratio calculated by a frequency ratio calculator 3 satisfies a set condition, a modulation component having a small change is generated using a clock of a clock generator 1. Therefore, the digital value is updated with the modulation component, so that a change in clock frequency of the clock generator 1 gradually varies. As a result, the influence of the change in clock frequency on the response of a decoding process is reduced.
US08098962B2
A method includes inputting to-be-processed data including a set of first-N-dimensional-coordinate values in an N-dimensional space and first-sampling values, inputting search-pattern data including a set of second-N-dimensional-coordinate values in the N-dimensional space and second-sampling values, setting a set of virtual-corresponding points designated by third-N-dimensional-coordinate values, acquiring input patterns each including third-sampling values within a first range with reference to a corresponding virtual-corresponding point, acquiring search patterns each including fourth-sampling-values within a second range with reference to a corresponding second-N-dimensional-coordinate value of the second-N-dimensional-coordinate values in correspondence with each of the second-N-dimensional-coordinate values, detecting, from the search pattern data, an estimated pattern including one search pattern and having smaller differences with respect to the input patterns than other search patterns, setting sampling values at first positions corresponding to the virtual-corresponding points in the estimated pattern as sampling values at the virtual-corresponding points, and converting a sampling rate of the to-be-processed data.
US08098961B2
A resolution enhancement apparatus includes unit to acquire a first image, unit to perform edge emphasis on the first image to obtain a second image, unit to detect, using one of the first image and the second image, points corresponding to image regions at a precision of a sub-pixel unit as a unit smaller than an interval between neighboring pixels, unit to set each of second values of the second image as a sampling value of a luminance value at each point when one of the second pixels is used as a pixel of interest, unit to enlarge the first image into a high-resolution image including a larger number of third pixels than the first image, and unit to execute value conversion which adds or subtracts third values in the high-resolution image in a direction to reduce errors between the luminance values sampled at the points and the sampling values.
US08098956B2
Provided herein are systems methods including a design of a microscope slide scanner for digital pathology applications which provides high quality images and automated batch-mode operation at low cost. The instrument architecture is advantageously based on a convergence of high performance, yet low cost, computing technologies, interfaces and software standards to enable high quality digital microscopy at very low cost. Also provided is a method based in part on a stitching method that allows for dividing an image into a number of overlapping tiles and reconstituting the image with a magnification without substantial loss of accuracy. A scanner is employed in capturing snapshot images. The method allows for overlapping images captured in consecutive snapshots.
US08098955B2
An imaging device has a plurality of predefined regions of interest. The predefined regions of interest may be selected or deselected. Image data from selected regions of interest is transmitted to a host. In some embodiments the regions of interest comprise tiles. A set of selected tiles may be identified by a bit vector. An example application provides a digital camera configured to provide predefined regions of interest. The camera may be configured to permit a host to select or deselect the regions of interest.
US08098952B2
A method and an apparatus for image denoising based on medium filter is disclosed according to the present invention. Such method and apparatus may be used to remove linear noise and random noise for the sensor, as well as the bad points in the sensor image, and to prevent over-denoising. The technical solutions includes selecting three groups of pixels from neighboring pixels of a current pixel, calculating medians Φ1, Φ2 and Φ3 for the pixels in each group; calculating a reference luminance Y: Y=Φ2+[Φ1+Φ3−2*Φ2]*h*[1−k*var], where var=Φ3−Φ1; determining whether the current pixel (cur_pixel) is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be Φ1 if the current pixel is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be the current pixel value (cur_pixel) if the current pixel is not a bad pixel; determining whether the current pixel is located on an edge. If the current pixel is determined to be located on the edge, the reference luminance Y is limited to a range of [tmp_data−edge_limit, tmp_data+edge_limit], the current pixel value is updated with the limited reference luminance Y and the denoising process ends. If the current pixel is determined not to be located on the edge, the value of |Y−tmp_data| and the value of avoid_over_noise are compared. If |Y−tmp_data|
US08098949B2
An imaging system and method are presented for use in imaging with zoom. The system comprises a pixel detector array (PDA), an optical focusing arrangement, and a spatial filter configured and operable to selectively switch between at least two transmitting states. Distributions of an optical resolution of the optical focusing arrangement and of a geometrical resolution of the PDA define an aliasing window along an at least one direction.
US08098945B2
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for binarizing an image. The method comprises establishing boundaries of image objects of the image and classifying each image object as either suspect or non-suspect. The method further comprises creating a local binarization threshold map comprising threshold binarization values associated with image objects classified as non-suspect and then expanding the local binarization threshold map to cover the entire image thereby to create a global binarization threshold map for the entire image.
US08098933B2
A method and apparatus for partitioning an object from an image, such that substantially the entire object is contained in the partitioned region, includes pre-setting a reference width for the object; extracting a shadow underneath the object from the image and determining a candidate region containing the object in the image based on the extracted shadow underneath an object in the image; acquiring an imaging width of the reference width at the location of the extracted shadow underneath the object in the image, and adjusting the candidate region based on the imaging width of the reference width such that the adjusted candidate region substantially completely contains the object; and partitioning the adjusted candidate region as a region containing the object from the image.
US08098932B2
The invention discloses a color correction method for adjusting the color performance of a display apparatus. The color correction method first displays a plurality of images on a panel of the display apparatus and measures the chromatic value and the luminance of each image so as to obtain the color characteristics of the display apparatus. According to the color characteristics, a corresponding color matrix is generated which is located at the CIE XYZ color space. Next, an output matrix is outputted by performing an operation between the color matrix and a gain matrix. Next, the elements in gain matrix are adjusted in order to have the output matrix be equal to a target matrix substantially. Finally, the display apparatus is set for calibrating the color performance thereof in accordance with the elements of the adjusted gain matrix.
US08098927B2
A method for predicting imaging characteristics fluctuation of a projection optical system in an exposure apparatus which projects a pattern formed on a mask onto a photosensitive substrate through the projection optical system is provided. In a measurement step, the projection optical system is irradiated with exposure light under a first exposure condition to measure first imaging characteristics fluctuation of the projection optical system. Then, before an imaging characteristics value is restored to an initial value at the start of irradiation after irradiation is stopped, the projection optical system is irradiated with the exposure light under a second exposure condition to measure second imaging characteristics fluctuation of the projection optical system. Approximate expressions of the measured first and second imaging characteristics fluctuations are calculated based on an imaging characteristics model.
US08098923B2
For examining a metal sheet processing operation, a method includes scanning a detection beam along a processed metal sheet by causing a relative movement between the detection beam and the processed metal sheet, during the scanning, determining a position of an edge of the metal sheet hole by monitoring the detection beam, determining, from the determined hole edge position, a geometric configuration of the metal sheet hole, performing a comparison of the determined geometric configuration of the metal sheet hole with a corresponding desired hole configuration; and then sending a signal indicating information about the metal sheet processing operation, based upon the comparison.
US08098914B2
A method for registering images of multiple modalities includes acquiring first image of a subject using a first modality. A second image of the subject is acquired using a second modality. The first image includes greater structural detail of the subject than the second image and the second image is a video image including multiple image frames. The first and second images are registered based on an anatomical structure observable in the first image and a foreign object proximate to the anatomical structure observable in the second image.
US08098912B2
A method of tracking position and velocity of objects' borders in two or three dimensional digital images, particularly in echographic images. A sequence is acquired of at least two consecutive ultrasound image frames of a moving tissue or a moving object. The frames are separated by a certain time interval. Reference points define a border of the moving tissue or object and the border is automatically tracked by estimating the position of the reference points in following image frames on the basis of the ultrasound image data of the acquired sequence of image frames.
US08098910B2
Motion imaging in medical diagnostic ultrasound is adaptive. Clutter or threshold processing adapts as a function of data for different locations or for different times. Spatial filtering adapts as a function of data at different spatial locations at a same time. The steering angle may be set as a function of region based on the vessel orientation and maximum velocity. The region of interest for motion imaging may be expanded to counteract, at least in part, a shift due to the steering angle.
US08098904B2
A method and system of identity masking to obscure identities corresponding to face regions in an image is disclosed. A face detector is applied to detect a set of possible face regions in the image. Then an identity masker is used to process the detected face regions by identity masking techniques in order to obscure identities corresponding to the regions. For example, a detected face region can be blurred as if it is in motion by a motion blur algorithm, such that the blurred region can not be recognized as the original identity. Or the detected face region can be replaced by a substitute facial image by a face replacement algorithm to obscure the corresponding identity.
US08098900B2
A device for detecting the presence of human skin including an illuminator source for providing an IR band at a predetermined frequency known as a blue LED. The IR band frequency ranges from about 400 nanometers (nm) to about 500 nm, and preferably from about 450 nm to about 485 nm. Most preferred is a blue LED with a frequency of about 468 nm. The band is reflected off a target and received by a sensor such as a photo detector. The value for human skin is compared to the signal detected. Other materials that have been used to spoof detectors have different values and thus are distinguished from human skin.
US08098897B2
An image processing apparatus comprises a distance measurement section for measuring a distance from the section to a subject for each pixel on the basis of a plurality of images photographed at different visual point positions. A setting section sets a range of the distance in which an obstacle is present. An image formation section executes image processing of replacing a first image signal relating to an obstructed region included in the range of the distance with a second image signal different from the first image signal on the basis of an output from the distance measurement section.
US08098895B2
A lane marker recognition apparatus which recognizes a lane marker based on a captured image of a road surface in the direction in which a vehicle is traveling, includes recognizing means for recognizing at least one left lane marker and at least one right lane marker captured in the image, and generating lane marker information indicative of the recognized lane markers; calculating means for calculating, based on the lane marker information, at least one type of control value for each potential running lane demarcated; first selecting means for selecting a control value of one of the running lanes that is to be indicated as information; generating means for generating information indicative of the selected control value; and second selecting means for, after the information has been generated, selecting the control value of the potential running lane that is closest to the control value indicated by the information.
US08098891B2
System and methods are disclosed to perform multi-human 3D tracking with a plurality of cameras. At each view, a module receives each camera output and provides 2D human detection candidates. A plurality of 2D tracking modules are connected to the CNNs, each 2D tracking module managing 2D tracking independently. A 3D tracking module is connected to the 2D tracking modules to receive promising 2D tracking hypotheses. The 3D tracking module selects trajectories from the 2D tracking modules to generate 3D tracking hypotheses.
US08098882B2
This document relates generally to digital watermarking. One claim recites a method including: obtaining data representing visual media; determining a model through iteratively embedding a digital watermark signal in the data; and embedding the digital watermark signal in the data according to the model. The model maximizes robustness of the digital watermark signal while minimizing perceptibility of the digital watermark signal when the signal is embedded in the data. A new embedding form or embedding mask is created after each embedding iteration. Of course, other combinations are described and claimed as well.
US08098868B2
A speaker device for a portable terminal including a first housing and a second housing coupled to the first housing and rotating towards or away from the first housing while facing the first housing. The speaker device includes a speaker unit mounted in the second housing, first sound output holes formed in the second housing, and second sound output holes formed in the first housing. When the second housing is folded to the first housing, a sound output from the speaker unit is guided into the first housing through the first sound output holes, travels inside the first housing and is output through the second sound output holes. In the speaker device for the portable terminal, the speaker unit and the resonating space are separately positioned in the housings, thereby providing a mellow volume and a high-quality sound and contributing to slimness of the portable terminal.
US08098865B2
An ear hook is to be able to be tightly attached to a hearing device housing in a simple fashion. To this end, provision is made for it to be possible to clip the ear hook onto the hearing device housing. One of the two parts; hearing device housing and ear hook has a sound outlet tube, which can be inserted into a corresponding opening in the other part. The two parts are detachably fastened to one another in an axial direction in respect of the sound outlet tube by means of a magnetic connection. The magnetic connection ensures that the two components are fitted tightly onto one another, though it enables said two components to rotate in respect of each other.
US08098860B2
Hearing apparatus and especially hearing devices are to be designed to be smaller. To this end there is provision for the shell or otoplastic to be worn in the auditory canal or for the housing of the hearing apparatus to be made of battery layers, so that the shell or otoplastic or the housing of the hearing apparatus itself represents the battery. Alternatively the hearing device battery can also be relocated from a conventional hearing device into a normal otoplastic, with this also reducing the volume of the hearing device. The reduction in volume allows the acceptance of wearing the hearing device to be greatly increased, and a variant of the hearing apparatus can be more easily implemented as a cymba device.
US08098852B2
A speaker assembly is provided with a housing, a speaker mounted to the housing, and a reflector spaced apart from and facing the speaker. The reflector is symmetrical and has an arcuate central convex region for reflecting pressure back to the speaker for amplifying back pressure to the speaker. The reflector has a secondary region with an arcuate cross-section for reflecting acoustic vibrations past and outboard of the housing. The reflector is partially translucent, and a light source is provided adjacent the reflector for conveying light to the reflector, past and outboard of the housing for illuminating a region that receives acoustic vibrations reflected from the reflector. A media assembly is provided with a fan operably connected to a generator so that air that passes into a housing through an inlet and out of an outlet, causes the fan to rotate thereby providing a power source to a media device.
US08098850B2
A digital mixer is capable of assigning a desired parameter to an encoder provided in a channel strip on a panel of the digital mixer. The digital mixer assigns a parameter, which corresponds to one of knob controls having switches operable to be turned on, to each encoder provided in a channel strip section on the panel in response to the operation of the switch of the one knob control provided in a selected channel section. The knob controls with the switches are not graphic symbols displayed on a display screen, but are physically disposed on the panel. Accordingly, it is possible to assign a desired parameter to an encoder with no mistake by operating a desired knob control with a switch to be turned on without a mistake.
US08098845B2
A method and system to reduce the noise floor of a communications system is disclosed. The system may be incorporated into any device that provides binary samples from a datastream, such as a cordless telephone system. The system is configured to determine a number of bits of the binary samples that are affected by noise. The system is then able to remove the noise by setting those bits to a fixed value. The fixed value may depend on whether the sample is positive or negative. The value to set may be chosen so that the least significant bits of each sample come as close as possible to 0 for that particular numerical representation system. The system can be integrated with other known signal processing methods.
US08098842B2
A novel enhanced beamforming technique that improves beamforming operations by incorporating a model for the directional gains of the sensors, such as microphones, and provides means of estimating these gains. The technique forms estimates of the relative magnitude responses of the sensors (e.g., microphones) based on the data received at the array and includes those in the beamforming computations.
US08098834B1
An apparatus comprising a housing, a speaker, and an amplifier. The speaker may be mounted within the housing. A concave portion may be implemented in the housing and may be configured to hold a transformer. An amplifier may be implemented within the housing and may be configured to receive power through a connection to the transformer.
US08098832B2
An apparatus for detecting sound includes a plurality of microphones, a sound inspecting unit, a direction estimating unit, a background noise removing unit, and an alerting unit. The microphones are used to collect sounds around a user. The sound inspecting unit is used to calculate the feature values of a background noise within a preset time interval, and to determine if a latest collected sound satisfies a preset condition. When the preset condition is satisfied, the direction estimating unit is used to estimate the occurrence direction of the latest collected sound, and to determine if the occurrence direction is within a preset range behind the user. When the preset range is satisfied, the background noise removing unit is used to remove the background noise in the latest collected sound so as to obtain a detected sound. The alerting unit is used to inform the user of the detected sound via an alert message. A method for detecting sound is also disclosed.
US08098831B2
The presentation of visual feedback in an electronic entertainment system is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment relates to a method of providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system, wherein the method comprises inviting an input from a user, receiving a user input via a hand-held remote input device, performing a comparison of the user input received to an expected input, assigning a rating to the user input received based upon the comparison to the expected input, and adjusting light emitted by one or more lights sources on the input device based upon the rating.
US08098828B2
Methods and systems are provided for trusted key distribution. A key distribution or an identity service acts as an intermediary between participants to a secure network. The service provisions and manages the distribution of keys. The keys are used for encrypting communications occurring within the secure network.
US08098823B2
A method for generating a network address, called a multi-key cryptographically generated address (MCGA), enables the network address to be claimed and defended by multiple network devices. The network address can be generated by (a) obtaining a cryptographically generated identifier using public keys corresponding to the network devices, and (b) applying an address generation function to the cryptographically generated identifier. The address generation function may be a one-way coding function or cryptographic hash of the public keys from all hosts that will advertise or claim the right to use the address. A message that claims authority over the MCGA may include an encrypted digest of the message which is encrypted using the private key of the sender. Authentication of the sender may be achieved by obtaining a test digest from the message using the digest function, decrypting the encrypted digest, and comparing the decrypted digest to the test digest. The signature is generated with only the private key of the host sending the message, but requires the public keys of all the network devices claiming authority to verify.
US08098820B2
A method for managing access to scrambled broadcast or transmitted events received from a variety of service providers (including broadcast television networks, cable television networks, digital satellite systems). Each service provider employs the same public key for descrambling the access information message thereby permitting a user to access events from various service providers without changing the smart card. The method may also be expanded to manage access to a scrambled package of broadcast events.
US08098815B2
A method is disclosed whereby two parties can establish a cryptographic key for secure communications without any prior distribution of secret keys or other secret data, and without revealing said key to any third party who may have access to all of the transmissions between them. The two parties agree upon a matrix M, and two commutative families of square matrices F and G. The sender chooses a matrix S from F and a matrix T from G. The receiver independently chooses a matrix R from F and a matrix Q from G. The sender transmits the matrix SMT to the receiver and the receiver transmits the matrix RMQ to the sender. The sender computes the matrix SRMQT from the received matrix RMQ, and the receiver computes the matrix RSMTQ from the received matrix SMT. Since the matrices S and R commute, and the matrices T and Q commute, SRMQT=RSMTQ. The value of the matrix SRMTQ is then used to produce the desired cryptographic key.
US08098809B2
A method and system self-supportable devices and applications are provided. The method and system in one embodiment allows devices and applications to automatically communicate and service themselves, for example, by checking knowledgebase services and other services for instructions on how to handle an exception. In another embodiment, the devices and applications automatically initiate actions needed to handle the exception.
US08098800B2
The present invention provides an option to record messages that can be geared to specific audiences, using PIN-restricted access as needed. The present invention provides a method and apparatus way for subscribers to record a number (more than one) of personalized messages or greetings geared towards specific callers or audiences in a plurality of bulletin boards associated with a single telephone number. The personalized greetings comprise public messages, private messages, public comments and private comments. The method and apparatus of the present invention also ensures customer privacy and increases the level of security by providing an option to PIN-protect the content and access to the content for each of the public and private recorded messages and comments.
US08098790B2
Systems and methods for storing spent nuclear fuel below grade that afford adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a system comprising: a shell forming a cavity for receiving a canister of spent nuclear fuel, at least a portion of the shell positioned below grade; and at least one inlet ventilation duct extending from an above grade inlet to a below grade outlet at or near a bottom of the cavity; the inlet ventilation duct connected to the shell so that the cavity is hermetically sealed to ingress of below grade fluids. In another aspect, the invention is a method comprising: providing a below grade hole; providing a system comprising a shell forming a cavity for receiving a canister of spent nuclear fuel, at least a portion of the shell positioned below grade, and at least one inlet ventilation duct extending from an inlet to an outlet at or near a bottom of the cavity, the inlet ventilation duct connected to the shell; positioning the apparatus in the hole so that the inlet of the inlet ventilation duct is above grade and the outlet of the inlet ventilation duct into the cavity is below grade; filling the hole with engineered fill; and lowering a spent fuel canister into the cavity.
US08098778B2
This disclosure relates to controlled transmission of data in a data transmission system. Data from data interface elements may be transmitted in a controlled manner during the guard intervals or cyclic expansions of received RF signals. The received RF signals may be initially analyzed by a receiver to gather its characteristics. Based on the characteristics, the data interface elements are instructed to transfer the data during the guard intervals of the incoming RF signals.
US08098775B2
A data processing apparatus includes: a branch-metric computation section configured to compute a branch metric; a state-metric computation section configured to compute a state metric; a detection section configured to detect a minimum state metric; a storage section configured to store states as surviving states; and a selection section configured to select a candidate.
US08098767B2
A receiver may train its equalizer using consecutive pilot bursts, divide the traffic between the consecutive pilot bursts into multiple sub-segments, and interpolate the trained equalizer coefficients to obtain the coefficients for equalizing one or more of the sub-segments. The receiver may also determine signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) values based on each of the consecutive pilot bursts, and interpolate the SINR for decoding one or more of the sub-segments. The receiver may be an access terminal receiver operating in a code division multiple access (CDMA) cellular system.
US08098764B2
Millimeter wave radio with phase modulation. In preferred embodiments each of the two radios in a link uses a single aperture to transmit radiation in one of the two bands, and receive radiation in the other of the bands. The counterpart radio used to form a link preferably is almost identical, except for the interchange of the transmit and receive frequencies. Preferred embodiments utilize a modulation scheme in which the radios each receive on-off keyed data and transmit the on-off keyed data encoded in a millimeter wave carrier wave with binary phase shift keying.
US08098763B2
A wireless transmission device of the present invention includes n (where n is an integer of two or more) transmission antennas and a delay imparting section for delaying transmission signals supplied to the n transmission antennas by a maximum delay time (n−1)T or less based on a delay time T dependent upon a communication signal, which indicates whether to transmit the transmission signals by way of frequency diversity or multiuser diversity.
US08098759B2
A radio transmitting device and method enables reduction of an increase of CGI memories for the control channel and an improvement of the throughput of the data channel. When multiplex transmission through the control channel and the data channel is carried out and when adaptive modulation is applied to both channels, an MCS selecting section (108) is provided with one CQI table for the data channel and CQI tables for the control channel, and a table selecting MCS determining section (201) selects one of the tables depending on the transmission bandwidth of the terminal and determines the MCS of the control channel while looking up the selected CQI table.
US08098756B2
A MIMO antenna apparatus is provided with: an upper housing having slits; first feed points through which the upper housing itself is excited as first antennas; second feed points through which the slits are excited as second antennas; switch, each of which is connected to one of the first feed points and one of the second feed points, and connects one of the two feed points to an A/D converter circuit-; a signal level detector circuit detecting signal levels of received radio signals; and a controller that controls the switches to change a feed point connected to the A/D converter circuit, when the detected signal level is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. The slits are located between the first antennas.
US08098749B2
A multi-stage CFR estimation method for multi-band OFDM-based UWB systems is provided. The method includes obtaining a CFR estimation ĥr(1) by performing LS estimation using a channel estimation sequence from a received OFDM-UWB frame; obtaining a CFR estimation ĥr(2) by applying a frequency-domain smoothing to the CFR estimation ĥr(1) with a first smoothing factor; obtaining a frame header which contains OFDM symbols transmitted with frequency-domain spreading on each OFDM symbol, and detecting signal signs based on a combination of two spread signals of the same OFDM symbol in the frame header with a decision directed mode and the CFR estimation ĥr(2) assisted; obtaining a CFR estimation ĥr(3) by using the signs and a finite-alphabet feature of the detected transmitted signals; obtaining a CFR estimation ĥr(4) by applying a frequency-domain smoothing to the CFR estimation ĥr(3) with a second smoothing factor; and obtaining a CFR estimation ĥr by averaging the CFR estimations ĥr(2) and ĥr(4).
US08098743B2
In a pilot signal transmission method for raising the SIR measurement accuracy for transmission power control during high-speed transmission and thus reducing the block error rate and improving the throughput, a first SIR value measured by first pilot signals and second SIR value measured by second pilot signals are first compared, and the presence or absence of second pilot signals then determined in slot units based on the comparison results. When the second pilot signals exist, the second pilot signals are used in addition to the first pilot signals in the SIR measurement for high-speed closed-loop transmission power control. When the second pilot signals do not exist, only the first pilot signals are used in the SIR measurement for high-speed closed-loop transmission power control.
US08098739B2
Input bits having a predetermined number of bits are divided into a plurality of bits by a bit dividing apparatus. Several of the divided bits are input into a recording apparatus, and are converted into address information. The data subjected to variable length decoding and a number of bits of the data are output from the recording apparatus according to the output of the recording apparatus. A plurality of kinds of variable length decoding are performed by rewriting the table of the recording apparatus.
US08098736B2
A variable length coding method is comprised of: a coefficient value scanning step in which an RL sequence generation unit 203, a reordering unit 202, and a binarization unit 203 scan coefficient values within a block in a predetermined scanning order starting at a higher-frequency component toward a lower-frequency component; and an arithmetic coding step in which an arithmetic coding unit 205 and a table storage unit 204 perform arithmetic coding on the absolute values of the coefficient values according to the scanning order used in the coefficient value scanning step, by switching between probability tables 1˜4 for use, wherein, in the arithmetic coding step, a probability table to be used is switched to another probability table in one direction, when the arithmetic-coded absolute values of the coefficient values include an absolute value exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
US08098725B2
Improved decision feedback equalizer and decision directed timing recovery systems and methods suitable for use in connection with a dual mode QAM/VSB receiver system are disclosed. A trellis decoder operates in conjunction with a decision feedback equalizer circuit on trellis coded 8-VSB modulated signals. The trellis decoder includes a 4-state traceback memory circuit outputting a maximum likelihood decision as well as a number of intermediate decisions based upon the maximum likelihood sequence path. Any number of decisions, along the sequence, may be provided as an input signal to timing recovery system loops, with the particular decision along the sequence chosen on the basis of its delay through the trellis decoder. Variable delay circuitry is coupled to the other input of the timing recovery system loops in order to ensure that both input signals bear the same timestamp. Final decisions are output from the trellis decoder to a DFE in order to enhance the DFE's ability to operate in low SNR environments. A decision sequence estimation error signal is also generated and used to drive the tap updates of both the DFE and an FFE portion of the equalizer.
US08098721B2
A method to receive a signal transmitted over a transmission link comprising coded channels, the method comprising: —equalization operations (110-116) to compensate for signal distortion introduced by the transmission link in a signal burst, and—block decoding operations (120-126) to perform channel decoding operation from the equalized signal bursts. If one of the block decoding operations has not been executed before a predetermined time limit, the method comprises at least one step (146) of discarding one of the next burst equalization operations.
US08098716B2
A method and apparatus for tracking a signal comprises correlating a digital signal with a code using a hypothesis at a plurality of frequencies and at least one delay to produce correlation results, measuring an energy value of the correlation results, adjusting at least one of the frequency or delay in response to the measured energy value to form the hypothesis.
US08098713B2
An embodiment for wirelessly communicating a signal includes a transmitter generating and transmitting a wireless signal over a wireless communication channel. The wireless signal includes a guard band, data represented within a plurality of data-bearing subcarriers, and a plurality of pilot signals represented within a plurality of pilot subcarriers. In an embodiment, the plurality of pilot signals have variable pilot signal parameters selected from a group of parameters that includes pilot power and pilot spacing with respect to adjacent pilots. An embodiment further includes a receiver receiving a channel-affected version of the wireless signal, and producing a corrected signal by applying corrections to the received signal based on estimated channel perturbations within the received signal, where the estimated channel perturbations are determined based on the plurality of pilot signals. The receiver also produces an output data symbol from the corrected signal.
US08098712B2
Optical correlators are discussed, suitable for in-vehicle distance measurement. The correlators use modulation sequences based on maximal length sequences. A number of different modulation sequences are obtained by generator (32) from a single maximal length sequence, either by adding a variable number of cycles to the end of the maximal length sequence or by starting the maximal length sequence at different points in the sequence.
US08098710B2
Techniques for efficiently designing random hopping patterns in a communications system are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for generating random hopping patterns, updating the patterns frequently, generating different patterns for different cells/sectors, and generating patterns of nearby sub-carriers for block hopping.
US08098707B2
An ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver utilizing an Xn(n>1) device as a signal detector for short pulse(s), impulse(s) or ultra-wideband signal(s). The transmitted signal comes to antenna and passes through a band pass filter (BPF). The signal is fed into an Xn device. The output signal from the Xn device is fed into integration/dump block. The output from the integration/dump block is fed into decision block.
US08098698B2
According to aspects of an embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, a line narrowed high average power high pulse repetition laser micro-photolithography light source bandwidth control method and apparatus are disclosed which may comprise a bandwidth metrology module measuring the bandwidth of a laser output light pulse beam pulse produced by the light source and providing a bandwidth measurement; a bandwidth error signal generator receiving the bandwidth measurement and a bandwidth setpoint and providing a bandwidth error signal; an active bandwidth controller providing a fine bandwidth correction actuator signal and a coarse bandwidth correction actuator signal responsive to the bandwidth error. The fine bandwidth correction actuator and the coarse bandwidth correction actuator each may induce a respective modification of the light source behavior that reduces bandwidth error. The coarse and fine bandwidth correction actuators each may comprise a plurality of bandwidth correction actuators.
US08098687B2
A method for forwarding packets first checks a forwarding table of a bridge to find whether the destination information for a packet is included in the forwarding table. If the information is found, this packet is forwarded to the destination through a physical layer directly without passing through the bridge. This method improves the efficiency of the frame aggregation of an AP (Access Point) and enhances the throughput in a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).
US08098665B2
Methods for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network are presented. A particular method includes establishing a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel and Targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) signaling channel between a first Provider Edge (PE) device and a plurality of PE devices. A first Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) site is added to a Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU) device associated with the first PE device. A first LDP Label Mapping Message is sent to the first PE device from the MTU device. The first LDP Label Mapping Message is broadcast to the plurality of PE devices from the first PE device. A second LDP Label Mapping Message is sent to the MTU device from the first PE device to establish a virtual circuit label switch path between the MTU device and the first PE device. A second VPLS site is added to the MTU device without sending an associated LDP Label Mapping Message to the first PE device. A respective one VPLS site of the first VPLS site or the second VPLS site is deleted using a configuration command.
US08098663B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes obtaining a first advertisement at a first provider edge (PE) device from a first customer edge (CE) device that is associated with a virtual private network, and sending a second advertisement on a control plane path associated with a border gateway protocol after obtaining the first advertisement. The first PE device has a routing and forwarding table. The first advertisement identifies a plurality of local routes associated with the first VPN, and includes a first indication that information relating to the plurality of local routes is not to be stored in the routing and forwarding table. The second advertisement identifies the local routes, an address of the first CE device, and the first CE device as a next hop.
US08098658B1
A method for routing network traffic in a data network having a plurality of network switches, the method including identifying network traffic to be routed in the data network, evaluating multiple options for provisioning resources in the data network to handle the identified network traffic, selecting one option from the multiple options for provisioning resources based on at least one predetermined policy, and controlling the plurality of network switches based on the selected option.
US08098656B2
MP-BGP VPN infrastructure based on IETF RFC 4364/2547 is used to configure a layer 2 VPN on an IP network. VRFs for the VPN are configured on Ethernet switches and service IP addresses are associated with each configured VRF. The service IP addresses are exchanged to enable VPN traffic to be encapsulated for transport over the IP network. To enable a L2 VPN to be established on the network, a VPN-VLAN ID will be configured for the L2 VPN and import/export route targets for the VPN-VLAN will be set in each VRF and UNI-VLAN that is part of the VPN. The VPN-VLAN will be announced to all PEs using MP-iBGP with export route targets set for this VPN-VLAN. The PE's control plane learns the VPN-VLAN on a logical port if the import RT matches the export RT received by the MP-iBGP control plane. Once the VPN-VLAN is learned on a logical port, the PE will perform MAC learning on that logical port and treat the logical port as if it were part of the L2 VLAN.
US08098653B2
Signal-type dependent real-time fax Relay. For example, a system for delivering substantially in real-time a fax call from a gateway to an Internet Protocol (IP) network; wherein the fax call comprises: (a) analog signals of fax negotiation and control belonging to a first type of fax signals, and (b) half-duplex analog signals modulated according to a modulation scheme selected by fax terminals for fax image transfer belonging to a second type of fax signals; wherein the system comprises: a module for distinguishing between the first type of signals which are received at the gateway and the second type of signals which are received at the gateway; a module for demodulation and transferring signals belonging to said first type from said gateway to said IP network, and a module for transferring signals of said second type from said gateway to said IP network either after being demodulated or after being Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) encoded based on a predetermined condition; wherein the system is to determine, on per-signal basis, how to process sampled input of fax signals; wherein the system is to select, on per-fax-call basis, whether to transfer fax signals belonging to said second type after being demodulated or after being PCM encoded; wherein, if PCM encoding is used in the delivering of a fax signal, then the system is to initiate the PCM encoding; wherein the system is to switch, within a fax relay session, from or to utilizing a PCM-encoded signal stream, to or from, respectively, utilizing a demodulated data stream.
US08098646B2
A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and at the same time the system can quickly cope with the channel variation.
US08098641B2
A wireless communication system is provided for configuring a multihop chain while suppressing the cost and complexity. In this system, one network controller (NC) (105) for executing the infrastructure function distributes the scheduling information to a plurality of communication entities (WCE) (110, 115, 120, 210, 215) configuring the multihop chain for alternating operation in the infrastructure function mode and the client function mode. The WCE (110, 115, 120, 210, 215) alternately operates the infrastructure function and the client function according to the distributed control and operations information.
US08098637B1
Systems and methods perform load balancing in a wireless network. In particular, one aspect of the systems and methods is the use of weighted mean end-to-end delay across the entire WLAN that is attributable to the wireless portion of the network as a measure of network performance and user satisfaction. The weighted mean end-to-end delay, the costs of refusing service to a mobile station or forcing a mobile station to switch to another access point may be added to determine whether it is desirable to switch a station to a new access point. A further aspect of the systems and methods is the measurement of network traffic, making predictions and optimizing allocation of station to access points every T seconds, where T is selected by the network manager.
US08098633B2
To support the higher modulation (such as 64QAM) in HSPA+ downlink data channel while fully be compatible with the existing HSDPA system, a device and method for bit interleaving are disclosed to process bit interleaving of a HS-PDSCH channel in HSPA+ of the WCDMA system.
US08098622B2
The present invention relates to a resource allocation requesting method and a packet scheduling method for uplink packet traffic in a mobile communication system, and an apparatus of the packet scheduling method. For efficient scheduling for the uplink traffic, scheduling is performed according to characteristics of traffic between a base station and user equipment (UE). Particularly, when the traffic generates a variable size packet on a periodic basis, the traffic is classified into first traffic that generates a completely variable size packet on a periodic basis and second traffic that generates a quasi-variable size packet on a periodic basis. In addition, the UE requests resource allocation in a different form from the base station depending on the type of traffic, and the base station performs scheduling according to the resource allocation request. Therefore, the UE requests resource allocation in accordance with traffic characteristics and the base station performs scheduling according to the traffic characteristics so that optimal uplink scheduling can be performed.
US08098620B2
A wireless communication terminal includes a controller configured to prompt a transceiver to transmit a partial status report accommodated by a radio resource available to the terminal. The partial status report includes a sub-set of complete acknowledgement information that is associated with set of protocol data units, wherein the partial status report omits a portion of the complete acknowledgement information. The partial status reporting includes an indication that the partial status report omits the portion of the complete acknowledgement information.
US08098617B2
A method and system that provides for efficient re-synchronization of a PPP link on a Um interface is provided. When the PPP link is connected, if an indication that the communications of the mobile station is associated with a new network server is detected, only the Um interface will undergo PPP configuration renegotiation. The method and system does not require the examination of all data packets for determining whether PPP configuration renegotiation is required.
US08098613B2
In one embodiment of a method of managing transmission delay in a wireless communication system, a length of time over which a mobile station is permitted to re-transmit a packet or portion of a packet over a channel is controlled such that the length of time depends on at least one of a position of the mobile station, a temporal fading characteristic of the mobile station, and a radio frequency characteristic of the channel.
US08098610B2
In one embodiment, a method and apparatus of multiplexing and demultiplexing radio channels includes receiving data through at least one multicast media channel available for use in an Internet Protocol Interoperability and Communications System (IPICS) comprising multiple communication endpoints linkable to a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) in the IPICS; channel mapping the at least one multicast media channel to multiple media channels of the LMR; receiving an audio signal through the at least one multicast media channel; controlling access to the LMR by applying communication access control policies based on the received data upon reception of the audio signal; and operatively linking the LMR to a specified endpoint through the at least one multicast media channel based on the communication access control policies.
US08098606B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for generating and processing upstream channel descriptor (UCD) messages in a DOCSIS-based broadband communications system, such as a DOCSIS-based two-way satellite communications system, is provided. A satellite modem termination system (SMTS) generates a UCD message that includes one or more standard parameters pertaining to an upstream channel of the two-way satellite communications system, wherein the one or more standard parameters are defined in accordance with the DOCSIS protocol, and one or more satellite application-specific parameters pertaining to the upstream channel, wherein the one or more satellite application specific parameters are not provided for by the DOCSIS protocol. The UCD message is transmitted to a satellite modem that extracts both the standard and satellite application-specific parameters for use in managing communication over the upstream channel.
US08098592B2
A method comprises the step of estimating a time period that remains for a cellular mobile communication device data transmission based on one or more determinations of status for one or more network resources that handle the cellular mobile communication device data transmission.
US08098590B2
A method and apparatus for generating performance measurements for a wireless network is provided. The method may comprise: obtaining, at a base station, performance measurements and location data from a mobile device, storing, at the base station and based on the location data, at least a portion of the obtained measurements to at least one virtual geographic bin of a storage array, wherein each virtual geographic bin corresponds to a different geographic area within a cell serviced by the base station, aggregating, at the base station, at least a portion the measurements stored in each virtual geographic bin into one or more location-based performance measurements, and transmitting, from the base station, at least a portion of the location-based performance measurements to a network manager.
US08098564B2
The present invention relates to an objective lens, an objective lens unit and an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens is provided for an optical pickup apparatus recording or reproducing information by converging a light flux with a wavelength λ1 emitted from a light source onto an information recording surface of an optical information recording medium. The objective lens is formed of: a single lens having at least one aspheric surface. In the objective lens, an effective aperture, a thickness on an optical axis, a focal length, a numerical aperture, and a refractive index satisfy the predetermined conditional expressions. The objective lens unit is provided for an optical pickup apparatus and includes an aberration correcting element and the objective lens.
US08098555B2
The optical disc apparatus according to the present invention includes a tilt detecting means; a coma aberration correcting means; and a spherical aberration correcting means. Based on the result of a tilt detection, the amount of the correction performed by the coma aberration correcting means is determined so that the amount of correction is constant for the whole circumference of an optical disc, and then a spherical aberration is corrected by the spherical aberration correcting means. Thus, it is possible to correct the spherical aberration that has occurred due to the coma aberration correcting means, while the tilt margin is secured, thereby improving the reliability of reproduction and recording by the optical disc apparatus. Further, the optical disc apparatus according to the present invention is configured, in the case where a thermal shock tilt has occurred during the activation of the apparatus, to wait until the thermal shock tilt has settled. Thus, it is possible to perform the activation while the influence of the thermal shock tilt is avoided, thereby improving the reliability of the recording and reproduction operations by the optical disc apparatus.
US08098543B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to estimating stresses and elastic parameters in a formation based on seismic data. In one implementation, wide azimuth seismic data may be used to derive anisotropic elastic parameters. Furthermore, stresses may be calculated using a geomechanical earth model, followed by deriving anisotropic elastic parameters based on the calculated stresses. The anisotropic elastic parameters derived from the wide azimuth seismic data may then be used to modify the geomechanical earth model to improve the prediction of drilling parameters.
US08098542B2
A method for marine geophysical surveying according to one aspect of the invention includes towing at least one geophysical sensor streamer in a body of water. The streamer includes a plurality of spaced apart electromagnetic field receivers disposed at spaced apart locations along the streamer. The streamer also includes a plurality of seismic sensors disposed at spaced apart locations. The seismic sensors each include at least one pressure responsive receiver and at least one particle motion responsive receiver. At selected times, a seismic energy source is actuated in the water. Particle motion and pressure seismic signals, and electromagnetic field signals are detected at the respective receivers.
US08098540B2
A memory includes multiple interface ports. The memory also includes at least two sub-arrays each having an instance of all of the bit lines of the memory and a portion of the word lines of the memory. The memory has a common decoder coupled to the sub-arrays and configured to control each of the word lines. The memory also includes multiplexers coupled to each of the interface ports. The multiplexers are configured to cause the selection of one of the sub-arrays based upon an address of a memory cell received at one or more of the interface ports.
US08098528B2
A high voltage generation circuit includes a clock logic unit configured to generate a switch clock signal and a pump clock signal, that has a varying frequency, in response to an input signal, a high voltage unit configured to generate a high voltage in response to the pump clock signal, a high voltage switch configured to output a selection signal in response to the switch clock signal, and a switching element configured to transfer the high voltage, generated by the high voltage unit, to an output node in response to the selection signal.
US08098525B2
The pipe effect can significantly degrade flash performance. A method to significantly reduce pipe current and (or neighbor current using a pre-charge sequence) is disclosed. A dedicated read order keeps the sensing node facing the section of the pipe which was pre-charged. The technique involves pre-charging several global bitlines (such as metal bitlines, or MBLs) and local bitlines (such as diffusion bitlines, or DBLs). The pre-charged global bitlines are selected according to a pre-defined table per each address. The selection of the global bitlines is done according to whether these global bitlines will interfere with the pipe during the next read cycle.
US08098522B2
An operation method of a non-volatile memory suitable for a multi-level cell having a first storage position and a second storage position is provided. The operation method includes: setting N threshold-voltage distribution curves, wherein the N threshold-voltage distribution curves correspond to N levels and N is an integer greater than 2; programming the first and the second storage positions to the 1st level and an auxiliary level respectively according to the 1st threshold-voltage distribution curve and a threshold-voltage auxiliary curve when the first and the second storage positions are programmed to the 1st and Nth levels; and programming the first and the second storage positions to the ith level according to the ith threshold-voltage distribution curve when the first and the second storage positions are not to be programmed to the 1st and Nth levels, wherein i is an integer and 1≦i≦N.
US08098521B2
A write-once read-many times memory device is made up of first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes, and an active layer between the first and second electrode. The memory device is programmed by providing a charged species from the passive layer into the active layer. The memory device may be programmed to have for the programmed memory device a first erase activation energy. The present method provides for the programmed memory device a second erase activation energy greater than the first erase activation energy.
US08098515B2
Spin injection device having semiconductor-ferromagnetic-semiconductor structure and spin transistor
A spin injection device and spin transistor including a spin injection device. A spin injection device includes different semiconductor materials and a spin-polarizing ferromagnetic material there between. The semiconductor materials may have different crystalline structures, e.g., a first material can be polycrystalline or amorphous silicon, and a second material can be single crystalline silicon. Charge carriers are spin-polarized when the traverse the spin-polarizing ferromagnetic material and injected into the second semiconductor material. A Schottky barrier height between the first semiconductor and ferromagnetic materials is larger than a second Schottky barrier height between the ferromagnetic and second semiconductor materials. A spin injection device may be a source of a spin field effect transistor.
US08098508B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to configurable inputs and/or outputs for memory and memory stacking applications. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention include memory devices that include a die having a circuit configured for enablement by a particular signal, an input pin configured to receive the particular signal, and a path selector configured to selectively designate a signal path to the circuit from the input pin.
US08098506B2
An example controller includes first, second and third inputs, a delayed ramp generator and a drive signal generator. The first, second and third inputs are coupled to receive an input voltage sense signal, an output voltage sense signal, and an input current sense signal, respectively. The drive signal generator is coupled to receive an input charge control signal generated by an input charge control signal generator and a delayed ramp signal generated by a delayed ramp generator. The input charge control signal is generated responsive to an integral of the input current sense signal multiplied by a ratio of the input voltage sense signal to the output voltage sense signal, where the drive signal generator produces a drive signal responsive to the input charge control signal and the delayed ramp signal, the drive signal to be coupled to control a switch of a power supply to regulate an output of the power supply.
US08098504B2
A converter station for connecting an AC system to an HVDC transmission line. At least two converters are arranged in two separate converter valve halls. The station includes a separate control device configured to control of each converter and an auxiliary power source configured to provide auxiliary power for each converter. A separate overall control configured to control the overall operation conditions is arranged for each converter making each converter self supporting. The converter valve halls are separated by a substantial space.
US08098501B2
A comparator detects whether a feedback signal of an output voltage detecting circuit for a switching power supply circuit reaches a control voltage. A comparator detects an operating state of the switching power supply circuit, which is instructed by a switching instruction signal, by comparing the instruction signal with a reference voltage. The comparators are connected to a decision circuit which outputs to a control circuit a signal instructing a normal state until the feedback signal reaches the control voltage, and thereafter a signal instructing a normal state or a stand-by state that is instructed by the switching instruction signal. Thus, the control circuit makes the switching power supply circuit operate in a normal state until the output voltage reaches the control voltage. After the output voltage reaches the control voltage, the switching power supply circuit operated in an operation state instructed by the switching instruction signal to enable stable startup.
US08098497B2
An expansion card fastening mechanism includes a baseboard, a card edge connector and a support bracket. The card edge connector is disposed on the baseboard to be inserted by an edge of an expansion card substantially in parallel with the baseboard. The support bracket includes a bottom wall, two lateral walls and two fastening members. The bottom wall is in contact with the baseboard. Two lateral walls extends upright from the bottom wall. Two fastening members are respectively disposed on a top edge of each lateral wall, wherein the bottom wall is selectively located at one of multiple positions on the baseboard such that an opposite edge of the expansion card is secured by the two fastening members.
US08098496B2
A wiring board for a semiconductor device has a substrate, a solder resist provided on the substrate, a land, and a wiring line. The solder resist is not in contact with the land, and an end portion of the wiring line is arranged such that, when a solder ball is not provided, the end portion of the wiring line and the land face each other with a distance therebetween.
US08098489B2
The invention broadly contemplates an integrated thermal system that is capable of simultaneously cooling multiple, separate heat generating components of an electronic device. The integrated thermal system according to one embodiment of the invention takes the form of a CPU heat sink designed to intelligently maximize available airflow, utilizing multidirectional airflow cooling of a plurality of heat generating components on the motherboard. The heat sink is designed such that airflow provided by a single fan is captured and directed to nearby/adjacent components, thus cooling these components. The invention thus provides an integrated cooling solution and removes the need for multiple cooling systems/solutions.
US08098485B2
A detection sensor for detecting proximately occurring events such as traffic patterns. The detection sensor includes a housing having several apertures and a wireless network sensor located in the housing. The wireless network sensor has several sensors for detecting events occurring proximate them, a processor for receiving and processing data from the sensors, and a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting data. Each of the sensors is contained within one of the apertures, and the apertures have shapes configured to provide for varying types of coverage areas for each of the sensors.
US08098473B2
A reduced pressure treatment system includes a control unit having a control system and a reduced pressure source. The reduced pressure treatment system further includes a manifold unit in fluid communication with the reduced pressure source and a component module to augment treatment. The component module is configured to communicate with the control system of the control unit, and the component module includes a first mounting region configured to be coupled to a complimentary mounting region of the control unit. The component module further includes a second mounting region identical to the complimentary mounting region of the control unit to allow a second component module to be coupled to the first component module.
US08098470B2
Protection unit for an AC or DC low-voltage power supply line, comprising means for detecting the current circulating in one or more power supply line conductor(s) and at least first electronic protection means operatively coupled to a circuit breaker with at least one pole for inserting along said conductor, characterized in that said detection means comprise at least one resistor suitable for electrical connection in series with said circuit breaker pole and for enabling the passage of the current circulating in said conductor, and at least a first electronic processing circuit that receives a signal indicative of the voltage at the terminals of said resistor and delivers to said first electronic protection means a signal that is indicative of the current circulating in said line conductor.
US08098460B1
An apparatus is provided for releasably holding a contact pad of a head gimbal assembly in electrical contact with a flex cable assembly of an actuator coil assembly. The apparatus includes a clamp body pivotally connected to an actuator body of the actuator coil assembly and moveable between an open position and a closed position, and a latch rotatably connected to the clamp body and operable to selectively position the clamp body in the open and closed positions. The clamp body is configured to apply pressure to the contact pad of the head gimbal assembly to make electrical contact with the flex cable assembly when the contact pad is arranged on the flex cable assembly and the clamp body in the closed position.
US08098453B2
A magnetic storage medium includes: burst lines each including magnetic bodies placed in a nonmagnetic body in a predetermined repetitive pattern repeated in the radial direction, the burst lines arranged in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals, wherein the phases of the predetermined repetitive patterns are shifted in the radial direction relative to a circumferential line at least between the adjacent ones of the burst lines.
US08098446B2
A small-sized lens barrel and camera have the following configuration. The lens barrel has a first barrel, a second barrel movable between retracted position retracted in the inner diameter side of the first barrel and shooting position shifted toward the incident side in an optical axis direction with respect to the first barrel, a lens moved relative to the second barrel, a support part formed into a ring shape and supported by the end of the first barrel on the exit side in the optical axis direction, the support part being arranged on the inner diameter side of the first barrel, a projecting part formed so as to project in the optical axis direction from the end of the second barrel on the exit side in the optical axis direction, and an accommodating part being formed at the support part and accommodating the projecting part at the retracted position.
US08098439B2
There is provided an optical device, composed of a display source (4), an imaging optical module (8), a projection module (12) having a projection mechanism including an input aperture (10) and output aperture (14) defined by a surface area, and an exit pupil (16). The projection mechanism is non-uniform over the area of the output aperture (14).
US08098437B2
A lens device has a body with a base surface, a plurality of lenses on the base surface, and a plurality of projections extending above the base surface and defining a protective plane above the plurality of lenses. The plurality of projections can include, for example, post-like regions, ridge-like regions, or a combination thereof.
US08098434B1
A decollimator for a daylighting system includes a conical section having a circular end, a square end, and a conical shape tapering inwardly from the circular end to the square end. A mixing zone section is attached to the square end of the conical section and has a square cross sectional shape of a substantially constant cross sectional dimension. The decollimator also includes either a window with a converging Fresnel lens on the circular end of the conical section, a window with a diverging Fresnel lens on an end of the mixing zone section opposite the conical section, or both. When the conical section receives collimated light, the conical section, the mixing zone section, and the Fresnel lens together decollimate the light and provide the decollimated light out of the mixing zone section.
US08098433B2
Some embodiments provide a daylighting apparatus comprising an internally reflective tube configured to direct daylight from a first end of the tube to a second end of the tube opposite the first end. A diffuser can be positioned at the second end of the tube. The diffuser can comprise a first optical structure configured such that, when the daylighting apparatus is installed with the first end positioned outside a room and the second end positioned to provide light to the room, a reflected portion of the daylight is directed towards at least one upper region (e.g., a ceiling or upper wall surface) of the room and a transmitted portion of the daylight is directed towards at least one lower region (e.g., a floor surface) of the room.
US08098432B2
Optical multi-layer thin film comprises: an outermost layer stacked above an optical surface of an optical substrate having a lower refractive index than the optical substrate; and at least a certain refractive index layer disposed between the optical substrate and the outermost layer, and having a refractive index adjustable in a predetermined range higher than that of the outermost layer. The outermost layer is formed by a wet film-formation method using: low-refractive-index fine particles made of a low-refractive-index material; and a first binder, and the certain refractive index layer is formed by a wet film-formation method using: high-refractive-index fine particles made of a high-refractive-index material; and a second binder which has a refractive index different from that of the high-refractive-index material.
US08098426B2
A two-way optical amplifier system amplifies upstream and downstream optical signals in a passive optical network (PON). The downstream optical amplifier system includes an optical amplifier (EDFA), configured and arrange to amplify the downstream optical transport signal. The upstream optical amplifier operates in burst mode and includes an upstream transport fiber receiving an upstream optical transport signal, an optical source coupled to the upstream transport fiber to generate a saturating optical input signal that is combined with the optical transport signal and establishes a baseline reference level for AGC of the optical transport signal, a PON input receiving an incoming PON RF return signals, a first optical amplifier configured and arrange to amplify with AGC and equalize the PON RF return signals with the optical transport signal, a beam combiner configured and arranged to combine said equalized PON RF return signals with said optical transport signal, and a second optical amplifier configured and arranged to amplify the optical transport signal including said equalized PON RF return signals.
US08098421B2
A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device, a small number of SPD devices or thousands of such SPD devices installed in windows in automobiles, aircraft, trains, marine vehicles, residential homes, commercial buildings and skyscrapers. A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device or thousands of such SPD devices in the presentation of a multi-media special effects display. Textual messages, graphical images and simulated motion effects are driven. Such scalable apparatus being capable of driving and using several operational parameters of SPD materials such as frequency range, AC voltage and temperature so as to provide fine control of SPD characteristics such as switching speed and power consumption.
US08098419B2
The present invention relates to a light control film, comprising: two transparent electroconductive resin substrates; and a light control layer sandwiched by the two transparent electroconductive resin substrates, wherein the light control layer contains a resin matrix and a light control suspension dispersed in the resin matrix, and the thickness of the transparent electroconductive resin substrates is from 130 to 500 μm.
US08098397B2
In an image forming apparatus which includes a hardware resource used for image forming processing and a program for performing processing concerning image formation, a type of reading an original during a plurality of originals which include different types of originals in a mixed manner being read, and printing paper sheets on which images have been formed based on the plurality of originals are grouped.
US08098386B2
Disclosed herein is an image management system, including: an image output apparatus which outputs an image data to various types of media, and a server, wherein the image output apparatus and the server are connected via a communication network, and the image output apparatus includes: an obtaining unit to obtain user information when the image data is output, a history storage unit to accumulate and store the user information which is obtained by the obtaining unit and the image data which is output as history information so as to correspond to one another, a history transfer unit to transfer the history information which is stored in the history storage unit to the server, and a deletion unit to delete the history information which is transferred by the history transfer unit from the history storage unit, and the server includes: a receiving unit to receive the history information which is transferred from the image output apparatus, and a history management unit to accumulate and store the history information which is received by the receiving unit.
US08098378B2
Energy-efficient operating method for a gas sensor. In a method for determining a gas concentration with the aid of a gas sensor having a radiation source, the radiation source is operated using a first electric power in a first operating mode, and is operated at a second electric power in a second operating mode, the second electric power being greater than the first electric power.
US08098363B2
An exposure apparatus that exposes a shot region on a substrate to radiant energy based on an obtained position of a surface of the shot region. A projecting optical system obliquely projects detection light to a surface of a shot region on a substrate. A receiving optical system receives the detection light reflected at the shot region. A detector includes a photodetector that accumulates charges generated by the detection light incident thereon and detects a position of the detection light incident on the photodetector from the receiving optical system. A controller obtains a position of the surface based on the detection by the detector. The controller causes the projecting optical system to project the detection light, to cause the receiving optical system to cause the projected detection light to be incident on the detector, and to cause the photodetector to discharge the charges generated by light incident from the receiving optical system, during a time between an end of a detection of a first shot region by the detector and a start of a detection of a second shot region by the detector. The first shot region and the second shot region are successively measured by the detector.
US08098357B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates which are disposed so as to be opposite each other and have a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; an upper electrode configured to be included in one substrate of the pair of substrates, and be formed so as to have a plurality of slits therein; and a lower electrode configured to be included in the one substrate of the pair of substrates, and be formed on an insulating film covering the upper electrode so as to be partially overlapped with the upper electrode in plan view; wherein the lower electrode has at least one slit which is formed so as to be parallel with the plurality of slits formed in the upper electrode; and wherein the at least one slit formed in the lower electrode is formed so as to be overlapped with the upper electrode in plan view.
US08098353B2
A liquid crystal display includes; a gate line, a data line disposed substantially perpendicular to the gate line, a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the switching element, and having a first inclination direction determining member including at least one first oblique portion forming an oblique angle with the gate line and the data line, and an inclination direction assistance member disposed adjacent to the first inclination direction determining member, and substantially parallel to the first oblique portion.
US08098350B2
There are provided a display that can block light so that a display on an image display device is invisible from a wide range of view angles in an oblique direction, and a view angle control element employed therein. In a narrow view angle state, a view angle control liquid crystal panel (2) prevents light in a predetermined wavelength region that has been incident at a polar angle of φH or more from being transmitted through a polarizing plate (22) by using a phase difference imparted by a liquid crystal cell (21). In the narrow view angle state, a view angle control liquid crystal panel (3) prevents light that has been incident at a polar angle of φL or more, among light that has been transmitted through the polarizing plate (22), from being transmitted through a polarizing plate (32) by using a phase difference imparted by a liquid crystal cell (31). Consequently, light forming a polar angle of φL or more is blocked as a whole, which allows the narrow view angle state to cover a wide range.
US08098348B2
A light-guide plate includes a base plate, first protrusion patterns and second protrusion patterns. The first protrusion patterns are formed on a left portion of an upper surface of the base plate with respect to a central line of the upper surface. The first protrusion patterns have a cross-section of a trapezoidal shape which has a top and a bottom parallel with each other and first and second inclined sides inclined at different angles with respect to the bottom side. The second protrusion patterns are formed on a right portion of the upper surface with respect to the central line. A cross-section of the second protrusion patterns have the trapezoidal shape and disposed substantially symmetrical to the first protrusion patterns with respect to the central line.
US08098346B2
A mold frame and a bezel are disclosed. The mold frame includes a bottom portion having a first side, wherein the first side has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and there is only one stopper set disposed on the first side. The stopper set is composed of a plurality of stoppers sequentially arranged from the first end to the second end, wherein the first stopper of the stopper set is spaced a first distance apart from the first end; and/or the last stopper of the stopper set is spaced a second distance apart from the second end. The bezel is used for accommodating the aforementioned mold frame, and includes a first side structure having a first opening; and/or a second side structure having a second opening. A liquid crystal display is also disclosed, and includes the mold frame and bezel.
US08098341B2
The invention provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, gate terminals, data terminals and thin film transistors as well as a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the TFT substrate. The gate terminal and/or data terminal contain a first portion and a second portion, and the first potion and the second portion are connected electrically with an end electrode made of a material which is anticorrosive in the air. The thin film transistor substrate of the invention prevents the spreading of the metal corrosion occurred at the gate leads to the display region of the LCD, and therefore the quality of the LCD device can be ensured.
US08098340B2
A substrate for an LCD includes a transparent substrate, a pixel electrode, first and second storage wirings, and a storage duplication wiring. The pixel electrode is patterned as a unit pixel area on a thin film transistor layer formed on the substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first sub electrode receiving a first pixel voltage from the thin film transistor layer and a second sub electrode electrically separated from the first sub electrode and receiving a second pixel voltage. The first and second storage wirings are formed in the unit pixel area and respectively maintain the first and second pixel voltages during an image frame. The storage duplication wiring is formed along edges of the unit pixel area and is electrically connected to the first and second storage wirings. The substrate reduces pixel defects and improves display image quality.
US08098332B2
Various embodiments of separating a picture part of interest from an arbitrary background are described. The background may be a moving or still frame. The picture part of interest and background frames may be in or out of focus. One separation approach employs the difference between luminance and chrominance values of the input and background frames where changes in luminance from frame to frame are compensated for. In another approach, picture part of interest separation is based on spatial resolution differences between the background and the picture part of interest frames. Parameter matching can also be performed for the picture part of interest and the basic picture into which the picture part of interest is embedded. Further, a separated picture part of interest can be embedded into a basic picture containing text.
US08098328B2
An image signal processing apparatus capable of detecting a black band region included in an input image signal in a shorter time is provided. The image signal processing apparatus may include a measuring means for measuring in a unit frame period whether each pixel in a designated measurement region of an input image signal has a signal level less than a threshold value; and a black band detecting means for detecting a black band region included in the input image signal on the basis of a measurement result from the measuring means.
US08098317B2
To provide a high speed photographic device which can display in real time a synchronous image photographed in synchronization with motion of a photographic subject. The high speed photographic device (1), which displays in real time a photography image which is in synchronization with a motion cycle of the photographic subject TG, includes: a synchronous cycle adjustment unit (22) which is for designating a synchronous cycle Tsync; a camera (11) which photographs the photographic subject TG at a photography cycle Tshot that is 1/N as long as the synchronous cycle Tsync; and a display unit (14) which displays in real time the photographic subject TG by displaying the photography image of every synchronous cycle Tsync every display cycle Tdisp. The synchronous cycle adjustment unit (22) can adjust the synchronous cycle Tsync at a step width ΔTsync smaller than a visual minimum cycle, within an adjustment range which does not include less than the visual minimum cycle.
US08098308B2
An image processing device that processes an image signal in which at least one of a predetermined plural number of color signals intended to constitute the image signal in each pixel is missing in accordance with a pixel position comprises: a component separation unit that separates the color signal into a plurality of components including a first component U, which is a skeleton component, and a second component V obtained from the residual difference between the color signal and the first component; a first interpolation unit that interpolates the first component U such that the first component U in a pixel position in which the color signal is missing is interpolated; and a second interpolation unit that interpolates the second component V such that the second component V in a pixel position in which the color signal is missing is interpolated.
US08098307B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, an imaging device has a black level reference generator for generating a reference value of a black level by calculating an average value of the accumulated pixel values for which the maximum values and/or minimum values has been replaced by the compensational pixel values, and an output compensator for compensating an output from the light sensitive pixels with the reference value of the black level.
US08098298B2
A digital camera capable of recording a subject image so that the subject image can be drawn as it is combined with a selected default image and so that the subject image can be drawn separately from the selected default image. The digital camera includes an image processor which creates subject image data based on output of an image sensor and a default image setting unit which stores subject image data in a removable memory together with information for associating background data with the subject image data, whereby the subject image data, rather than the data provided by combining the subject image data and the background data, is stored in the removable memory and the subject image data and the background data are associated with each other.
US08098296B2
An image display system, including a display unit, a memory device configured to memorize a plurality of image data, and a mode switching device configured to set a one coma-reproduction mode and a division-reproduction mode selectively, and a display part provided in the display unit, the display part being configured to display at a time one image datum memorized in the memory device when the mode switching device is in the one coma-reproduction mode, and a plurality of image data memorized in the memory device when the mode switching device is in the division-reproduction mode, at a time, and the display part being configured to display at a time a plurality of image data in accordance with a predetermined condition in the division-reproduction mode.
US08098264B2
The present invention is directed to a method for rendering a computer graphics primitive intersected with one or more user-defined clipping planes. The method includes receiving a primitive, a clipping plane and a default scissor window; determining a second scissor window according to the spatial relationship among a first scissor window, the clipping plane and the vertices of the primitive; determining a group of pixels to be rendered by eliminating pixels not covered by an adjusted scissor window from the primitive; and determining a group of actually rendered pixels, in which the actually rendered pixels determining step includes removing the pixels meeting a clipping criterion from the group of pixels to be rendered. The present invention also includes an apparatus for performing the method.
US08098263B2
An image processing apparatus has an operation panel to display an operation panel image used for editing the virtual object, and capable of receiving a user instruction of editing the virtual object, and an operation panel image generation unit to generate the operation panel image by using the data held in the database. A rendering unit updates data held in the database according to the user instruction and the measurement result of the second measurement unit, and renders, by using the updated data, the image of the virtual object according to the measurement results of the first and second measurement units. A composition unit composites the rendered image of the virtual object and the captured image of the physical space to generate the mixed reality image, and an HMD displays the generated mixed reality image.
US08098261B2
A display control device used to govern non-content regions in a display space, and selectively determine data for display in the non-content regions is described. The display control device can identify the non-content regions, and determine types of data that can be filled in the non-content regions. Once determined, the fill data can be presented in the non-content regions concurrently with an image frame.
US08098260B1
In a method of mapping data from a source space to a target space, a space transformation look-up table (LUT) that contains a plurality of locations storing information is maintained, wherein each of the plurality of locations includes information specifying a function to be evaluated. First data defined according to a multi-dimensional source space is input, and second data defined according to a multi-dimensional target space is generated, by applying information contained in the LUT to the first data.
US08098258B2
A method for a computer system including receiving a file comprising textures including a first and a second texture, and metadata, wherein the first texture need not have a predetermined geometric relationship to the second texture, wherein the metadata includes identifiers associated with textures and includes adjacency data, associating the first texture with a first location on an object in response to an identifier associated with the first texture, associating the second texture with a second location on the object in response to an identifier associated with the second texture, determining an edge of the first texture is adjacent to an edge of the second texture in response to the adjacency data, and performing a rendering operation with respect to the first and the second surface on the object to determine rendering data in response to the first texture and to the second texture.
US08098244B2
An improved method for optimizing a design, based on direct manipulations of the object points of a design. In addition, the number and modifications of control points is kept as minimal as possible while the targeted movement of object points is realized and the automatic adaptation and generation of a set of control points for deformations which allows the movement of object points to desired positions. One aspect of the invention is to generate the transformation function f which is optimized to be able to realize desired changes of object parameters by means of control point variations. This optimization can be realized in a way that the mapping between the original coordinate system of the design and the spline coordinate system is not changed, so that no additional “freezing” process (the generation of the mapping between the coordinate systems) is necessary.
US08098239B1
In various embodiments, a number entry mechanism may include a motion sensitive input device that is operable to receive a user motion along two or more dimensions. The motion sensitive input device may include input devices such as touchpads, touchscreens, mouse, etc. that can receive directional input. The number entry mechanism may also include a memory medium with program instructions operable to receive the input motion and determine numerical inputs based on the received input motion. In some embodiments, the memory medium and program instructions may be resident on the motion sensitive input device or may be part of a separate device. In some embodiments, the magnitude of the motion in each of, for example, two dimensions may be used to determine one or more numerical inputs.
US08098237B2
A data collection device having a touch pad, supported by a housing, for receiving input from a stylus having a first end adapted to interact with the touch pad so as to input data through movement of the first end relative to the touch pad and a second end having a light source to illuminate dark areas. The housing is adapted to receive and support the stylus. In an additional embodiment, the stylus is supported by the housing in such a manner as to allow the stylus to project light in a predetermined direction to assist with the illumination of a data source. In another additional embodiment, the housing has contacts that facilitate the provision of power to the stylus for charging a battery in the stylus and/or powering the light source. In yet another embodiment, the light source on the stylus is adapted to be controlled via user interaction with interface elements on the housing, such as keys, buttons, or the touch pad.
US08098232B2
An improved handheld electronic device has a touch sensitive display which comprises a number of elongated tactile structures that are haptically detectable by a user. Various routines executable on the handheld electronic device can cause visual elements to be output in various predetermined arrangements with respect to the arrangement of the tactile structures in order to facilitate input.
US08098228B2
A driving method of an electrophoretic display device composed of a pair of substrates with electrophoretic elements, each containing electrophoretic particles, interposed therebetween, first electrodes provided on one substrate of the pair of substrates so as to correspond to pixels, and a second electrode which is provided on the other substrate and is shared by all of the pixels, in which each pixel includes a pixel switching element connected to a scan line and a data line, a memory circuit connected to the pixel switching element, and a switch circuit disposed between the memory circuit and the first electrode, and the switch circuit is connected to a first control line and a second control line, the driving method includes: inputting an image signal to the memory circuit via the pixel switching element; causing the first control line and the second control line to be connected to the first electrode by driving the switch circuit in response to an output from the memory circuit; causing a potential of the second electrode to alternate between a first potential and a second potential in a state in which a potential of the first control line is set to the first potential and a potential of the second control line is set to the second potential; and setting the potential of the first control line to a third potential which is higher than the first potential in an image display step which is performed after the inputting an image signal.
US08098221B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) capable of improving display quality and a method of driving the same are provided. The LCD comprises an LCD panel including a plurality of data lines and gate lines and liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix at crossings of the gate lines and the data lines, a driving circuit for supplying a data voltage to the data lines and for supplying a scan pulse to the gate lines, a timing controller for generating a gate start pulse for indicating a start horizontal line in which scanning starts in a one frame period where one screen is displayed, a control clock generator for counting the number of frames using the gate start pulse and for generating a control clock whenever an accumulated count value becomes a multiple of a predetermined value, and a common voltage generating circuit for generating control data of a specific bit based on the control clock and for generating a common voltage whose level varies in stages per predetermined interval using the control data to supply the common voltage to the LCD panel.
US08098220B2
A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
US08098218B2
A plasma display device includes a first electrode from which sustain discharge occurs; a second electrode from which sustain discharge occur to the first electrode, a distance from the second electrode to the first electrode continuously varying in one discharge space; and a driving circuit which generates a sustain discharge pulse that rises in two stages, with an application time of a second-stage voltage being longer than an application time of a first-stage voltage, to apply the sustain discharge pulse between the first and second electrodes, thereby causing the sustain discharge.
US08098215B2
Provided is an information processing device which includes: a transparent display element display unit (21) that displays a transparent window in association with display position information for specifying a display position on a display (2), the transparent window being displayed as transparent at least in part such that display information covered with the transparent window is visually recognized through the transparent window; an information acquisition unit (22) that acquires the display information covered with the transparent window based on the display position information; a superimposition detection unit (27) that detects that a plurality of the transparent windows are in a positional relation in which the plurality of the transparent windows overlap one another to be displayed, based on the display position information; and a processing execution unit (28) that executes, in a case where the superimposition of the plurality of the transparent windows is detected, predetermined processing based on the display information acquired by the information acquisition unit (22).
US08098214B2
A method for exchanging image data with a number of image elements, which are respectively parameterized by a display value set, between a data source computer and a data query computer that each have a display device for the presentation of the image data, an input device for the input of control commands, and a data interface for the transmission and the reception of data via a remote data transfer network, including the steps: of copying image data on the data source computer and transmission to the data query computer, receiving the image data from the data source computer by the data query computer, and presentation of the image data on the display device of the data query computer, and these steps are repeated regularly or given alteration of image data. In order to selectively transfer among all data the public data but to have confidential data remain excluded from the transfer or at least the presentation on the receiving computer, the presentation of the image data is discriminated dependent on at least one of the display values in the display value set.
US08098206B2
A device having an electric antenna and a magnetic antenna is described, the antennas being spatially arranged in immediate mutual proximity. The electric antenna has at least one current-carrying electric conductor which acts as a resonator for the electric antenna, while the magnetic antenna has a coil with at least one current-carrying conductor loop which acts as an inductor of the magnetic antenna. Thus the electric antenna and the magnetic antenna are spatially arranged relative to each other such that the direction of the current in the electric conductor of the electric antenna extends substantially at right angles to the direction of the current in the conductor loop of the magnetic antenna.
US08098203B2
A plate-like radiation element is arranged above a ground plane with a space from the ground plane. The radiation element 2 resonates at a predetermined low-frequency wavelength λ1 and a predetermined high-frequency wavelength λ2. A feeding portion for being connected to a feed circuit and a pair of short-circuit portions are provided on peripheral edge portions of the radiation element. The feeding portion is provided on one end of the radiation element. The pair of short-circuit portions for being connected to a ground plane are arranged in areas positioned at opposite sides, on both sides of the feeding portion along peripheral edge directions of the radiation element, where the voltages of high-frequency resonance supplied from the feeding portion to the individual short-circuit portions are zero. The short-circuit portions extend toward the ground plane for being connected to the ground plane. At the other end opposite to the feeding portion of the radiation element is an open end. An electrical length from the one end side to the open end of the radiation element is set to one-half of the high-frequency resonant wavelength λ2 of the radiation element.
US08098197B1
The present invention is a device which includes an antenna and circuitry. The antenna may receive a circularly-polarized signal as first and second linearly-polarized signals. The circuitry is connected to the antenna and is configured for combining the first and second linearly-polarized signals to produce at least two reception patterns. The reception patterns are created by summing the first and second linearly-polarized signals via phase shifting. The reception patterns are optimized for at least two substantially different directional orientations. Further, the antenna may simultaneously allow/provide spec-compliant Global Positioning System operation and spec compliant Height of Burst operation.
US08098195B2
A transmitter provides a plurality of output signals. The transmitter includes a processor, a modulator, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The modulator provides a modulated signal responsive to the processor. The modulated signal includes an amplitude modulated radio frequency for transmitting a pulse. The first circuit provides a first output signal, responsive to and with higher power than the modulated signal. The first output signal has a first phase during transmitting of the pulse. The second circuit provides a second output signal, responsive to and with higher power than the modulated signal. The second output signal has a second phase during transmitting of the pulse. The second phase is controlled by the second circuit in accordance with the first phase, the second phase, and indicia of a third phase provided by the processor.
US08098186B2
There are provided a through-the-obstacle radar system and method of operating thereof comprising recording signals and/or derivatives thereof collected during a certain substantial monitoring period, and using the recorded information for generating patterns informative of a monitoring scene. There are further provided a method of motion detection based on through-the-obstacle radar and the system thereof. The method comprises collecting signals and/or derivatives thereof acquired by the radar system during a certain substantial monitoring period and accommodating respective records, said records comprising information characterizing the signals and/or derivatives thereof and information indicative, at least, of the time the signals were obtained; processing the accommodated records and generating at least one histogram characterizing a normative motion level at different time intervals; comparing an actual motion level with the level in the normative histogram corresponding to the same time intervals; and recording the motion as detected if its actual level fits a certain relationship with the corresponding level in the normative histogram.
US08098182B2
A cable gateway, such as compatible with version 3.0 of the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications and other audiovisual standards, that uses an analog front end having a charge-domain analog-to-digital converter that uses a charge-domain pipeline of at least two stages.
US08098179B2
A superconducting flux digital-to-analog converter includes a superconducting inductor ladder circuit. The ladder circuit includes a plurality of closed superconducting current paths that each includes at least two superconducting inductors coupled in series to form a respective superconducting loop, successively adjacent or neighboring superconducting loops are connected in parallel with each other and share at least one of the superconducting inductors to form a flux divider network. A data signal input structure provides a respective bit of a multiple bit signal to each of the superconducting loops. The data signal input structure may include a set of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). The data signal input structure may include a superconducting shift register, for example a single-flux quantum (SFQ) shift register or a flux-based superconducting shift register comprising a number of latching qubits.
US08098172B2
A portable traffic control sign that includes a lightweight sign head selectively attachable to a lightweight pole. The sign head includes a thin interior frame sandwiched between two opposite facing, traffic sign panels. The interior frame includes an octagonal outer support structure and an inner support structure. Attached to the opposite surfaces of the outer and inner support structures are two arrays of LED bulbs. The two sign panels each include a thin transparent window. When placed on opposite sides of the interior sign frame, light from the first and second array of LED bulbs is able to be transmitted through the two windows exteriorly. In the preferred embodiment, each panel is made of DOT approved retro-reflective material. The two arrays are connected to a main control unit mounted inside the lightweight pole which also contains the battery pack and optional flasher switches.
US08098167B2
An unmanned vehicle for use in a stable such as a cowshed is provided with detection components for determining meteorological conditions. The detection components comprise sensors for determining temperature, air velocity, gas, analysis, light, air pressure, and air humidity. The detection sensors are disposed at different heights on the vehicle and on a telescopic carrier for providing determinations at variable altitudes. The vehicle includes a data processing unit for storing and analyzing data. The vehicle also includes a transmitting unit and signaling device for transfer of data and for alerting an operator of threatening meteorological conditions and when they become hostile. Composition and quantity of feed which is provided to animals in the stable is varied dependent on changes in climate detected by the vehicle.
US08098153B2
The subject invention provides a system and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32). The method establishes a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32). An internet protocol (IP) address is established for the monitoring database (34) and for each user device (32). The monitoring database (34) includes contacts to be contacted in an emergency for each user of each user device (32) and receives priority information for notifying the contacts. Communication is established between one of the user devices (32) and the monitoring database (34) and the monitoring database (34) automatically processes the priority information to notify the contact using either internet protocols or public-switched telephone networks.
US08098151B2
A method of sharing position information of a personal navigation device (PND) with a peer PND includes the PND receiving a request from the peer PND to share the position information with the peer PND, determining a class of the peer PND, the PND filtering out a piece of the position information from the PND thereof according to the class of the peer PND to generate a filtered position information, and the PND sending the filtered position information to the peer PND.
US08098145B2
Apparatus and method for detecting the connection of a trailer to a vehicle. The apparatus is connected to a pneumatic pressure line of the trailer's service braking system, and measures the pressure of the system to determine if the trailer is properly connected to the vehicle when the vehicle's engine is running. Further, the apparatus also contains an algorithm that monitors the signals from other vehicle systems, and uses that information to determine the trailer characteristics. The vehicle engine control system receives information from the apparatus and adjusts the various vehicle systems accordingly.
US08098143B2
A distributed monitoring system for monitoring one or more operating conditions of a structure includes: one or more sensor nodes coupled to the structure, each sensor node including: a power supply adapted to scavenge energy directed at the power supply; a sensor operably coupled to the power supply for sensing one or more operating conditions of the structure in the environment; and a communications interface operably coupled to the power supply and the sensor for communicating the sensed operating conditions of the structure; a communication network operably coupled to the sensor nodes; one or more controllers operably coupled to the communication network for monitoring the sensor nodes; and an energy radiator positioned proximate the structure adapted to radiate energy at the power supplies of the sensor nodes.
US08098135B2
Coordination of radio frequency communications amongst radio frequency identification (RFID) readers
Methods and apparatuses are described for reducing interference amongst frequency identification (RFID) readers operating within an interference range. Groups of frequencies from a range of frequencies are determined such that RFID readers transmitting on adjacent frequencies in a particular group of frequencies experience substantially negligible interference. A first group of frequencies is selected for a first time period of operation. RFID readers are each assigned a unique frequency from the first group of frequencies. At the end of the first time period, a second group of frequencies is selected and RFID readers are each assigned unique frequencies from the second group of frequencies. Substantially all frequencies of the groups of frequencies are assigned during a predetermined time duration.
US08098131B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit configured to judge whether or not the information processing apparatus is in a state where a remote lock operation is impossible; an input unit configured to accept input of authentication information in case that the first control unit judges that the information processing apparatus is in a state where the remote lock operation is impossible; an authenticate unit configured to authenticate whether or not the input-accepted authentication information is coincident with previously stored authentication information; and a second control unit configured to prohibit a transmission/reception of data between the information processing apparatus and an information read device disposed adjacent to the information processing apparatus.
US08098129B2
An identification system which is not prone to man-in-the-middle attacks and which is capable of intra-body communication includes at least one wearable electronic key (1). The electronic key includes an intra-body communication interface (IBCI) and a storage device (DB) in which user identification data (ID) are stored, and an authentication server (AS) for verification of a user's fingerprint. At least one reader (2) has an intra-body communication interface (IBCI) and a fingerprint reader.
US08098127B2
A resistor assembly for use at microwave frequencies, has a substrate with first and second contacts or metalizations at either end of the substrate. A third contact or metallization is provided on one side of the substrate generally in the middle thereof. First and second resistors, as thin film resistors, are provided on the substrate extending between the first and second contacts and the third, central contact. A third resistor is provided on the other side of the substrate, connecting the first and second contacts, so as to form a delta configuration of three resistors. This then provides a resistor configuration that can be used to implement a three port Wilkinson splitter or combiner.
US08098121B2
A MEMS magnetic flux switch is fabricated as a ferromagnetic core. The core includes a center cantilever that is fabricated as a free beam that can oscillate at a resonant frequency that is determined by its mechanical and material properties. The center cantilever is moved by impulses applied by an associated motion oscillator, which can be magnetic or electric actuators.
US08098120B2
A MEM device has a movable element (30), a pair of electrodes (e1, e2) to move the movable element, one electrode having an independently movable section (e3), resiliently coupled to the rest of the respective electrode to provide additional resistance to a pull in of the electrodes. This can enable a higher release voltage Vrel, and thus reduced risk of stiction. Also, a ratio of Vpi to Vrel can be reduced, and so a greater range of voltage is available for movement of the movable element. This enables faster switching. The area of the independently movable section is smaller than the rest of the electrode, and the spring constant of the resilient coupling is greater than that of the flexible support. Alternatively, the movable element can have a movable stamp section resiliently coupled and protruding towards the substrate to provide an additional resistance to pull in when it contacts the substrate.
US08098104B2
A device may include an oscillator circuit, a control circuit, a frequency detector circuit, and a processor circuit. The oscillator circuit may include a frequency control input to output an oscillator signal. The frequency of the oscillator signal depends on an input signal applied to the frequency control input. The control circuit is configured to apply a first input signal value, a second input signal value, and a third input signal value to the frequency control input. The frequency detector circuit is configured to detect the first frequency value of the oscillator signal when the first input signal value is applied to the frequency control input, a second frequency value of the oscillator signal when the second input signal value is applied to the frequency control input, and a third frequency value of the oscillator signal when the third input signal value is applied to the frequency control input.
US08098100B2
Variable gain amplifiers with controllable gain gradient over temperature. A variable gain amplification circuit comprises an input terminal receiving an input signal, an output terminal outputting an output signal, and a control terminal receiving a first gain control signal. The relationship between gain of the variable gain amplification circuit and temperature is programmable rather than temperature independent, and is controlled by the first gain control signal obtained by a second gain control signal and a third gain control signal. The second gain control controls gain of a variable gain amplification circuit linearly, the third gain control signal controls gain gradient of the variable gain amplification circuit over temperature and the third gain control signal is determined based on a formula of S CT = ∑ n = 1 N S n [ ( T T 0 ) n - 1 ] , in which T0 represents a predetermined temperature, T represents a present temperature, and Sn represents the nth programmable signal.
US08098098B2
An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier section that includes a P-type differential section, an N-type differential section, and an output section, an offset adjustment section that adjusts an offset of the amplifier section, a first offset adjustment register that stores a first offset adjustment value for the P-type differential section, a second offset adjustment register that stores a second offset adjustment value for the N-type differential section, and a control section that sets the first offset adjustment value in the offset adjustment section in a first operation mode in which the P-type differential section operates, and sets the second offset adjustment value in the offset adjustment section in a second operation mode in which the N-type differential section operates.
US08098096B2
An embodiment provides a device for generating an output signal as a function of an input signal, wherein a plurality of circuit sections generate partial signals and the output signal is composed from the partial signals.
US08098089B2
A voltage booster for generating a boosted voltage, including a charge pump adapted to generate the boosted voltage starting from a supply voltage by a transfer of electric charge controlled by at least one oscillating signal having an oscillation frequency; an oscillator for providing the oscillating signal; and a regulation circuit arranged to receive and perform a comparison of a voltage related to the boosted voltage and a reference voltage, and adapted to provide at least one regulation signal indicative of a result of said comparison, wherein said regulation signal is fed to the oscillator to control said oscillation frequency. The regulation circuit is adapted to cause the at least one regulation signal take one among a plurality of discrete values, depending on the result of the comparison, so that the oscillation frequency of the at least one periodical signal accordingly can take one among a plurality of discrete oscillation frequency values.
US08098083B2
A multiple-finger off-chip driver (OCD) uses delay between branches of the output stage. The delay between branches is controlled using bias circuitry which compensates for process, temperature, and voltage (PVT) variations, resulting in less variation of slew rate at the output of the OCD. The OCD includes a time domain delay stage; a pre-driver stage; a final driver stage; and a bias circuit, for providing bias voltages to the time domain stage that compensate for process, temperature and voltage (PVT) variations on the time domain stage.
US08098081B1
A method is implemented for generating a non-blocking routing network design from a crossbar switch-based network design. The non-blocking routing network design includes connections to logic blocks of a programmable integrated circuit. A programmed processor is used to determine, for each row of the crossbar switch-based network design, switches in the row that provide switching functions for logically equivalent external connections, the external connections being one of external inputs and external outputs. The identified switches are removed from the crossbar switched-based network design. Information about the identified switches and the logically equivalent external connections is then stored for access by a placement module associated with the programmable integrated circuit.
US08098077B2
A contact-making apparatus for electrical connection of a unit under test to an electrical test device. The apparatus has a plurality of electrical test contacts, which are associated with at least one holding element, for making contact with the unit under test. An adapter device increases the distance between adjacent contact paths. The adapter device has contact elements for touch contact with the test contacts. The contact elements are comprised of noble metal or of a noble metal alloy, or of an alloy having at least one noble metal component, or of electrically conductive plastic. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of forming the contact elements by heating and then cooling and then forming the apparatus.
US08098064B2
A metal detector (40) used for identifying contaminants in products (23) introduced into the metal detector by a conveyor. The detector (40) includes coils (1), a search head (2) and an analog to digital converter (3) that generates a reactive signal (13) in response to the presence of a contaminant in the region of the coils. A calculation processor (32) receives the reactive signal (13) along with the value of the conveyor speed (9) to determine a calibration ratio R that is unique to each individual metal detector (40). The optimum frequency F for metal detector operation is equal to the conveyor speed (9) divided by the ratio R. The ratio R simplifies the selection of filter parameters (4, 8) for a speed filter (30) which correlates the conveyor speed (9) with the frequency F so as to deliver an optimized signal to the detection algorithm (10) used to determine the presence of a contaminant based on the signal (13) derived from the coils (1).
US08098062B2
A digital output sensor (110) includes a sensing structure (105) including at least one sensing element. The sensing structure (105) outputs a differential sensing signal (106, 107). An integrated circuit (100) includes a substrate (101) including signal conditioning circuitry for conditioning the sensing signal (106, 107). The signal conditioning circuitry includes a differential amplifier (115) coupled to receive the sensing signal and provide first and second differential outputs (116, 117), and a comparator (120) having input transistors (Q27, Q28) coupled to receive outputs from the differential amplifier. The comparator (120) also includes first and second current-mirror loads (Q19/Q21 and Q22/Q20) coupled to the input transistors (Q27, Q28) in a cross coupled configuration to provide hysteresis, wherein the first and second current-mirror loads provide differential drive currents (121,122). An output driver (125) is coupled to receive the differential drive currents (121, 122). An output stage (130) includes at least one output transistor which is coupled to the output driver for providing a digital output for the sensor. A voltage regulator (140) is coupled to receive a supply voltage (VS) and output at least one regulated supply voltage (VREG), wherein the regulated supply voltage is coupled to the sensing structure (105), the differential amplifier (115) and the comparator (120).
US08098059B2
A current negative-feedback circuit comprises a current detection unit and a sawtooth-shaped waveform generation unit. The current detection unit comprises a first P-ch MOSFET Q2 and a second P-ch MOSFET Q3 which constitute a current mirror circuit, a current adjustment resistor R4, a current detection resistor R1, and a constant current source I1. The current mirror circuit outputs current almost proportional to the charge current of an inductance via a switching device or outputs a current which is the quadratic function of the charge current of an inductance. The sawtooth-shaped waveform generation means adds the constant charge current of the constant current source I2 and the current output from the current mirror circuit, charges the capacitor C1, and generates a sawtooth-shaped waveform.
US08098053B2
A charger for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a series circuit of a reverse-current preventive switch, a charging switch and a current-detecting resistor, connected between the battery and the ground a charging control circuit controlling the reverse-current preventive switch and the charging switch, so as to make the battery repeat charging and opening at regular intervals, and so as to detect voltage difference between the specified voltage and the open circuit voltage of the battery during the opening; and a constant-current/constant-voltage control circuit commanding constant-current charging at a first set voltage set relatively high in a range not exceeding the upper limit voltage of the battery, so far as the voltage difference does not exceed a predetermined change-over voltage difference, and commanding constant-voltage charging at a second set voltage, which is lowered from the first set voltage, when the voltage difference becomes smaller than the change-over voltage difference.
US08098051B2
A protection circuit for a battery pack, comprising: a thermistor for indicating a temperature of a cell in the battery pack; a first comparator coupled to the thermistor for determining whether the temperature has exceeded a charge cut-off temperature threshold for the cell, and if so, for turning off a first switch in series with the cell to prevent charging of the cell; and, a second comparator coupled to the thermistor for determining whether the temperature has exceeded a discharge cut-off temperature threshold for the cell, and if so, for turning off a second switch in series with the cell to prevent discharging of the cell.
US08098044B2
When a connector portion is coupled, switching dampers block a vehicle compartment air intake duct and a vehicle compartment air discharge duct, respectively. By a blowing fan, the air-conditioned air supplied through an air-conditioned air supply conduit flows through an outside air intake duct, a power supply unit, an outside air discharge duct, and an air-conditioned air discharge conduit in turn, and cools a battery.
US08098043B2
An induction type power supply device includes a power supply base unit having a connection interface connectable, an oscillator circuit for producing an AC signal upon connection of the connection interface to an electric outlet, a driver circuit for amplifying the AC signal and a primary inductor for obtaining a resonant frequency and releasing the AC signal, and an attached induction device placed on the power supply base unit and having a secondary inductor for receiving the AC signal from the primary inductor by means of magnetic induction, a rectifier filter circuit for converting the AC signal into a DC power supply, a power management circuit for regulating the DC power supply subject to a predetermined voltage and current value and a connection device for the connection of an external mobile electronic apparatus and for outputting the regulated DC power supply from the power management circuit to the connected external mobile electronic apparatus.
US08098030B2
A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the duration of one pulse in the sequence is different from the duration of the other pulses in the sequence, which are equal. All detected pulses are stored in a non-volatile memory. The drive unit includes an electronic control and regulating circuit including an output stage for the electric motor and at least one memory, in which an operational program is stored providing a programmable learning procedure for an opening and closing movement of the door or gate based on the pulses provided by the detection unit.
US08098028B2
A control circuit for control of light-emitting diodes has a first LED string (50) with at least one LED (51, 52, 53) and a first supply device (1) for supply of current to the first LED string (50). The supply device (1) has a control input (10) for delivery of a first control signal (CTL) and is provided for delivery, as desired, of a first supply current (IV1) or a second supply current (IV2) in dependence on the first control signal (CTL). The first and the second control currents (IV1, IV2) are non-zero.
US08098025B2
A LED flash bulb decorating light with features of able to achieve complicated light variation by employing simple circuit design, which comprises a power cord with a power plug, a series of single color, dual color or multiple color LED flash bulb forming in series or parallel circuit with the power cord. And a circuit control box comprises a low pass filter circuit and a power reset circuit and installed between the power plug of the power cord and the LED flash bulb, wherein the LED flash bulb at least comprises a LED chip and an IC driving element for driving the LED chip with DC power according to the setting time sequence to generate desired light variation. And the power reset circuit reset power supply at the repeated setting time interval to enable each LED flash bulb on the power cord to restart flash sequence to maintain the desired synchronous light variation.
US08098023B2
A driving circuit supplies a suppression current (I4) which reduces a decrease in a driving current (Idrive) immediately after occurrence of an overshoot at the time of the rise of the driving current (Idrive) to a laser diode (1). The driving circuit draws a suppression current (I5) which reduces an increase in the driving current (Idrive) immediately after occurrence of an undershoot at the time of the fall of the driving current (Idrive) from the driving current (Idrive).
US08098020B2
A circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp including an inverter, which at its output provides a signal with a preselectable frequency; at least one lamp inductance between the output of the inverter and the discharge lamp; at least one capacitor and, coupled to the lamp inductance, an actuating device for actuating the inverter with the signal; a control device for controlling a control parameter which is dependent on the lamp current, wherein the control device has a first time constant; wherein the discharge lamp has a second smaller time constant; the circuit arrangement has at least one area with a first and a second stable operating point and between these an unstable region of operation, and the actuating device varies the preselectable frequency during the operation of the discharge lamp in such a way that the circuit arrangement is operated in the unstable region of operation.
US08098019B2
A driving circuit of multi-lamps including a power supply module, a transformer module, a first detection module, and a control module is provided. Whether the power supply module is turned off is controlled by a control signal. The transformer module respectively provides a driving signal and an inverted driving signal to a first terminal and a second terminal of each lamp according to the AC signal. The first detection module detects a first indication signal combined by signals of the first terminal of one lamp and the second terminal of another lamp. The control module generates the control signal according to the first indication signal. Therefore, whether the lamps have a problem of a short circuit or an open circuit, or are in abnormal states can be known from the variations of the first indication signal, and a protection function for the driving circuit can be activated.
US08098018B2
The present invention provides a pulse dimming circuit and a method thereof. The pulse dimming circuit is compatible for both DC input signal and PWM input signal using only one circuit board, and includes a first input port, a second input port, a comparison signal generator, a comparator, a logic module, and a switch network electrically coupled to the second input port, an output terminal of the comparator, and an output terminal of the logic module.
US08098013B2
A plasma display device includes: a front substrate and a back substrate facing each other and interposing a discharge gap; and a plurality of discharge cells formed by the front substrate and the back substrate, wherein a mixture gas containing Xe is filled in the discharge gap, and a red, green, or blue phosphor materials is arranged in each of the discharge cells. The plasma display device performs a reset operation by, at least, a weak discharge. A crystal material is arranged in the red, green, and blue phosphor materials so as to make weak discharge firing voltages for reset discharges in respective discharge cells uniform.
US08098010B2
A solid sealing method of an organic EL display device is provided which effectively prevents influences of moisture and reduces manufacturing cost. A mother sealing sheet (400) and a mother element substrate (100) are adhered with a use of a positioning mark (+). A rectangular portion shown in a dotted line on the mother sealing sheet (400) is a separation line (41). An adhesive member is formed in the separation line (41), and the adhesive member is adhered to a display region (101) formed over the mother element substrate (100). A cut-out is formed at a corner portion and a short side portion of the rectangular separation line (41) and a cut-out and a bridge are formed on the long side portion. Thus, unnecessary portion of the mother sealing sheet can be removed without losing the reliability of adhesion.
US08098004B2
A spark plug (100) including a center electrode (130) and a ground electrode (140), which is formed by joining a ground electrode chip (143) to a ground electrode base material (141) via an intermediate member (142). A method for producing the spark plug (100) includes providing a projecting portion (142p) on the intermediate member (142), and projection-welding the intermediate member (142) to the ground electrode base material (141) by means of the projecting portion (142p), to thereby join the intermediate member 142 to the ground electrode base material (141). Further, the intermediate member (142) of the spark plug (100) includes a cylindrical columnar portion (142e) which is joined to the ground electrode chip (143), and a flange portion (142d) which is joined to the ground electrode base material (141) and which flange portion (142d) has a diameter greater than that of the cylindrical columnar portion (142e).
US08097997B2
A transaxle includes a case having an opening, a second rotating electric machine stored in the opening of the case and having a stator, a rear planetary gear stored in the transaxle case and connected to the second rotating electric machine, a transaxle rear cover sealing the opening and a bolt fixing the second rotating electric machine to the transaxle case. The stator has first and second thrust end faces defining an axial length thereof. The first thrust end face is pressed against an inner surface of the case.
US08097989B2
A reciprocating linear actuator in which a slide and a counter slide are arranged for linear movement within a hollow guide. The actuator has driving force generating means for generating a driving force between the slide and the counter slide and also has bearing structures formed individually between the guide and the slide and between the guide and the counter slide. If an external force acts on the slide, the external force is transmitted from the slide to the guide through the bearing structure between them.
US08097987B2
A movable magnet type linear motor with an improved end cover assembly includes a mover having a housing and an accommodating space extending along an axis of the housing for receiving therein a coil, wherein the housing having each of two opposite ends formed with a retaining groove in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the housing for receiving an end cover that is centrally formed with a hole so as to receive a stationary inner stator, and wherein an engaging mechanism is provided between the end cover and the retaining groove so that the end cover is allowed to be assembled to the housing in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the housing and coupled with the housing.
US08097986B2
Disclosed is a micro actuator capable of being formed in compact as a whole, such as 10 mm in diameter by diminishing a difference between a stroke distance of a moving member and an overall length, and by reducing a sectional area taken in a direction orthogonal to a stroke direction. The micro actuator includes: a spline shaft formed as a cylinder with a hollow part and having an axially extending slit opening; a spline nut fit-engaged with the spline shaft and axially guiding the spline shaft; a pair of end caps fixed to openings at both ends of the spline shaft; a magnet rod supported at both ends within the hollow part of the spline shaft by the end caps; and a forcer loosely fit-engaged with a periphery of the magnet rod within the hollow part of the spline shaft to constitute a linear motor together with the magnet rod and connected with the spline nut through the slit opening.
US08097985B2
An apparatus supplies AC power to a load. The apparatus includes a set output terminals, a primary circuit, and a load sensing circuit. The primary circuit is electrically coupled to a source of AC power and to the output terminals for selectively providing power at a low voltage at the output terminals or electronically coupling the source of AC power directly to the output terminals. The load sensing circuit coupled to the primary circuit and the source of AC power for determining a resistance associated with the load at initial application of the load and controlling the primary circuit to electronically couple the source of AC power directly to the output terminals if a proper load is detected.
US08097970B2
A method and an arrangement in connection with a wind power plant, an electric drive of the wind power plant comprising two or more partial converters in parallel, which constitute a frequency converter of the electric drive, and each partial converter comprising a mains converter part, of which the nominal power of at least one differs from the nominal power of other mains converter parts, and in the method there is selected for use the smallest possible, individual mains converter part required by an operating point of the wind power plant, or a combination of mains converter parts.
US08097954B2
A semiconductor device of the invention includes a substrate in which a power-supply electrode and a ground electrode are provided. A first semiconductor chip is disposed over the substrate and has a first conductor layer formed on a surface facing a second semiconductor chip. A second conductor layer is disposed over the first semiconductor chip and has a second conductor layer formed on a surface facing the first semiconductor chip. And an adhesive layer is disposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer and bonds together the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. In the semiconductor device, the adhesive layer and the first and second conductor layers function as a capacitor.
US08097950B2
A semiconductor device includes a circuit board having an element mounting area, connecting pads positioned in the same surface side as the element mounting area and external connectors to be connected with the connecting pads, respectively; and a semiconductor element mounted on the element mounting area of the circuit board and having electrode pads to be electrically connected with the connecting pads, respectively. The external connectors are detachably configured through a combination of convex portions and concave portions which are mechanically and electrically connected with one another.
US08097945B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an improved die layout for a bi-directional and reverse blocking battery switch. According to one embodiment, two switches are oriented side-by-side, rather than end-to-end, in a die package. This configuration reduces the total switch resistance for a given die area, often reducing the resistance enough to avoid the use of backmetal in order to meet resistance specifications. Elimination of backmetal reduces the overall cost of the die package and removes the potential failure modes associated with the manufacture of backmetal. Embodiments of the present invention may also allow for more pin connections and an increased pin pitch. This results in redundant connections for higher current connections, thereby reducing electrical and thermal resistance and minimizing the costs of manufacture or implementation of the die package.
US08097944B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a chip island, a chip attached to the chip island, and encapsulation material deposited on the chip and part of the chip island. The chip island includes a first main face to which the chip is attached opposite a second main face, with the second main face of the chip island defining at least one cavity.
US08097926B2
System, devices and methods are presented that integrate stretchable or flexible circuitry, including arrays of active devices for enhanced sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic capabilities. The invention enables conformal sensing contact with tissues of interest, such as the inner wall of a lumen, a the brain, or the surface of the heart. Such direct, conformal contact increases accuracy of measurement and delivery of therapy. Further, the invention enables the incorporation of both sensing and therapeutic devices on the same substrate allowing for faster treatment of diseased tissue and fewer devices to perform the same procedure.
US08097925B2
Integrated circuits with guard rings are provided. Integrated circuits may include internal circuitry that is sensitive to external noise sources. A guard ring may surround the functional circuitry to isolate the circuitry from the noise sources. The guard ring may include first, second, and third regions. The first and third regions may include p-wells. The second region may include an n-well. Stripes of diffusion regions may be formed at the surface of a substrate in the three regions. Areas in the guard ring that are not occupied by the diffusion regions are occupied by shallow trench isolation (STI) structures. Stripes of dummy structures may be formed over respective STI structures and may not overlap the diffusion regions. The diffusion regions in the first and third regions may be biased to a ground voltage. The diffusion regions in the second section may be biased to a positive power supply voltage.
US08097924B2
A MOSFET includes a gate having a high-k gate dielectric on a substrate and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric. The gate dielectric protrudes beyond the gate electrode. A deep source and drain having shallow extensions are formed on either side of the gate. The deep source and drain are formed by selective in-situ doped epitaxy or by ion implantation and the extensions are formed by selective, in-situ doped epitaxy. The extensions lie beneath the gate in contact with the gate dielectric. The material of the gate dielectric and the amount of its protrusion beyond the gate electrode are selected so that epitaxial procedures and related procedures do not cause bridging between the gate electrode and the source/drain extensions. Methods of fabricating the MOSFET are described.
US08097915B2
A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having a respective transistor. The transistor comprises a transistor body of a first conductivity type, a drain area and a source area each having a second conductivity type, wherein said drain area and source area are embedded in the transistor body on a first surface of said transistor body, a gate structure having a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode. Said gate structure is arranged between said drain area and said source area. An emitter area of said first conductivity type is provided wherein said emitter area is arranged on top of said drain area.
US08097914B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: a main body transistor region; and an electrostatic discharge protection element region, wherein the main body transistor region includes, a drain region; a drift region; body regions; a gate insulating film; gate electrodes; source regions; channel regions; and potential extraction regions, and the electrostatic discharge protection element region includes, the body regions; the gate insulating film; the gate electrodes; source regions and drain regions; and potential extraction regions, and a gate length in the electrostatic discharge protection element region is equal to or less than twice a channel length in the main body transistor region.
US08097907B2
It is an object to provide an image sensor having a sufficiently-large ratio of a surface area of a light-receiving section to an overall surface area of one pixel. This object is achieved by a solid-state imaging device comprising: a signal line formed on a substrate; an island-shaped semiconductor arranged on the signal line; and a pixel selection line connected to a top of the island-shaped semiconductor, wherein the island-shaped semiconductor includes: a first semiconductor layer formed as a bottom portion of the island-shaped semiconductor and connected to the signal line; a second semiconductor layer formed above and adjacent to the first semiconductor layer; a gate connected to the second semiconductor layer through a dielectric film; a charge storage section comprised of a third semiconductor layer connected to the second semiconductor layer and adapted, in response to receiving light, to undergo a change in amount of electric charges therein; and a fourth semiconductor layer formed above and adjacent to the second and third semiconductor layers, and wherein the pixel selection line is comprised of a transparent conductive film, and a part of the gate is disposed inside a depression formed in a sidewall of the second semiconductor layer.
US08097905B2
A cascoded junction field transistor (JFET) device comprises a first stage high voltage JFET cascoded to a second stage low voltage JFET wherein one of the first and second stages JFET is connected to a drain electrode of another JFET stage.
US08097901B2
A semiconductor device having an IGBT includes: a substrate; a drift layer and a base layer on the substrate; trenches penetrating the base layer to divide the base layer into base parts; an emitter region in one base part; a gate element in the trenches; an emitter electrode; and a collector electrode. The one base part provides a channel layer, and another base part provides a float layer having no emitter region. The gate element includes a gate electrode next to the channel layer and a dummy gate electrode next to the float layer. The float layer includes a first float layer adjacent to the channel layer and a second float layer apart from the channel layer. The dummy gate electrode and the first float layer are coupled with a first float wiring on the base layer. The dummy gate electrode is isolated from the second float layer.
US08097896B2
A light emitting device package capable of achieving an enhancement in light emission efficiency and a reduction in thermal resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes forming a mounting hole in a first substrate, forming through holes in a second substrate, forming a metal film in the through holes, forming at least one pair of metal layers on upper and lower surfaces of the second substrate such that the metal layers are electrically connected to the metal film, bonding the first substrate to the second substrate, and mounting at least one light emitting device in the mounting hole such that the light emitting device is electrically connected to the metal layers formed on the upper surface of the second substrate.
US08097893B2
A light emitting device 10 has a supporting substrate 12; a first electrode 14 disposed on the supporting substrate; an electroluminescent layer disposed on the first electrode and including at least a light emitting layer 16; a second electrode 18 disposed opposite to the first electrode, with the electroluminescent layer being interposed therebetween; a resin layer 20 disposed on the second electrode directly or with an intermediate layer interposed therebetween, or on a surface of the supporting substrate at the opposite side of a surface where the first electrode is disposed; and light transmitting particles 22 scattered in the resin layer, and at least a portion of the light transmitting particles are scattered in the resin layer such that a part of each of the scattered particles is embedded in a surface of the resin layer at the side at which light is extracted from the light emitting layer.
US08097873B2
A phase change memory cell has a first electrode, a plurality of pillars, and a second electrode. The plurality of pillars are electrically coupled with the first electrode. Each of the pillars comprises a phase change material portion and a heater material portion. The second electrode is electrically coupled to each of the pillars. In some examples, the pillars have a width less than 20 nanometers.
US08097864B2
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, system, method and computer-accessible medium using which at least one first pulsed electro-magnetic radiation is generated. Such radiation depletes at least one excited state of at least one molecule. Further, it is possible to generate at least one second electro-magnetic radiation based on the first pulsed electro-magnetic radiation(s). For example, the second electro-magnetic radiation(s) can have a pattern with a plurality of spots.
US08097856B2
Two detector elements are optically isolated by having them mounted (die-attached) on the same header so that the thermal tracking of the detectors respectively for the signal and reference channels is close to ideal. Furthermore, such an optical isolation technique or cross-interference suppression between the two detector elements mounted on the same header also allows the use of only one and the same narrow band pass interference filter covering both detectors. Thus the thermal tracking of the filters respectively for the signal and reference channels is also close to perfection as both channels share the same filter.
US08097851B2
A circuit for implementing an ambient light sensing mode and a proximity sensing mode includes a light sensor, a light source, and a controller coupled to the light sensor and the light source. The controller is configured to process outputs from the light sensor before and after the light source is energized to obtain an ambient light level output and to compare the ambient light level output with an output from the light sensor when the light source is energized to implement the proximity sensing mode.
US08097847B2
A particle-optical arrangement comprises a charged-particle source for generating a beam of charged particles; a multi-aperture plate arranged in a beam path of the beam of charged particles, wherein the multi-aperture plate has a plurality of apertures formed therein in a predetermined first array pattern, wherein a plurality of charged-particle beamlets is formed from the beam of charged particles downstream of the multi-aperture plate, and wherein a plurality of beam spots is formed in an image plane of the apparatus by the plurality of beamlets, the plurality of beam spots being arranged in a second array pattern; and a particle-optical element for manipulating the beam of charged particles and/or the plurality of beamlets; wherein the first array pattern has a first pattern regularity in a first direction, and the second array pattern has a second pattern regularity in a second direction electron-optically corresponding to the first direction, and wherein the second regularity is higher than the first regularity.
US08097846B1
A method for measuring three-dimensional devices in a wafer comprises the step of obtaining a plurality of cross-sectional images of a corresponding plurality of three-dimensional devices in the wafer. The plurality of three-dimensional devices have essentially identical geometries. Each cross-sectional image is obtained from a plane in the corresponding three-dimensional device at a predetermined distance from a fiducial mark thereof. The predetermined distance is different for each of the plurality of cross-sectional images. The method further comprises the step of determining the geometries of the plurality of three-dimensional devices based on the cross-sectional images thereof.
US08097840B2
A configurable photo detector circuit comprises a photo detector array including a plurality of photo detectors coupled to a plurality of amplifiers. A method for programming a detection pattern of the configurable photo detector circuit comprises selecting a first detection pattern for the photo detector array, generating first signals to create the first selected detection pattern, and applying the first generated signals to the photo detector circuit to implement the first selected detection pattern.
US08097834B2
A liquid heating vessel comprising heating means for heating liquid in the vessel, electronic control means, electromagnetic switching means for interrupting or reducing power to the heating means, and temperature sensing means for providing a signal dependent on the temperature of liquid in the vessel to the control means. The control means is arranged to operate the electromagnetic switching means to interrupt or reduce power to the heating means in response to the control means determining that a pre-determined temperature condition has been reached.
US08097829B2
A laser processing method involving moving first and second laser beams relative to a workpiece, wherein the first and second laser beams have at least a differing wavelength or intensity. The method including irradiating the first and second laser beams through first and second portions, respectively, of an optical element that directs the first and second laser beams onto the workpiece, wherein irradiating the second laser beam is subsequent to the irradiating the first laser beam. The method including moving the first laser beam and the second laser beam relative to the workpiece along another direction. The method including irradiating the first and second laser beams through third and fourth portions, respectively, of the optical element, wherein the third and fourth portions are dependent on the another direction, wherein irradiating the second laser beam is subsequent to the irradiating the first laser beam.
US08097824B2
Disclosed is an arc extinguishing device of circuit breaker for manual motor starter capable of swiftly extinguishing and discharging an arc generated by a fault current flowing into a motor circuit during an interruption operation of a circuit breaker, thereby enhancing the performance of interruption.
US08097823B2
A wiring standard selector switch for use in a universal network cable system includes a baseboard made of an insulating material and a cover shaped and dimensioned to be connected to the baseboard. A switch actuator is mounted beneath the cover and has a portion which extends through a slot formed in the cover and is movable slidably along the slot of the cover. A plurality of circuit conductors carried by the switch actuator are disposed on the switch actuator so as to achieve paired electrical contact between a first and a second set of contact members on the baseboard. By moving the switch actuator slidably along the slot of the cover, at predetermined space intervals, the first and second sets of contact members engage the plurality of circuit conductors so as to establish a different complete circuit. Each of the different complete circuits corresponds to a different network wiring standard.
US08097811B2
A substrate for suspension comprises a metallic substrate, an insulating layer formed on the metallic substrate, having an opening for grounding terminal, and a grounding conductor formed on the insulating layer. A grounding-terminal-forming material is placed in the opening for grounding terminal to form a grounding terminal that connects the metallic substrate and the grounding conductor. The grounding conductor does not surround a portion of the circumference of the opening for grounding terminal.
US08097809B2
A cable having a conductor and a flame-retardant coating having (a) a polymer matrix; and (b) natural magnesium hydroxide particles having an average size (d50) of 0.5 μm to 5.0 μm and an average pore diameter less than or equal to 0.35 μm.
US08097806B2
An electrical outlet box assembly includes an electrical outlet box and a cable protector. The outlet box includes a box interior for accommodating an electrical fixture and an electrical cable terminated to the fixture. The outlet box includes a mounting tab having a threaded aperture therethrough. The mounting screws are insertable through the aperture of the mounting tab. The cable protector is positioned adjacent the mounting tab for separating the mounting screw from the interior of the box for preventing contact between the mounting screw and the cable terminated therein.
US08097797B1
A novel maize variety designated 10031640 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10031640 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10031640 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10031640, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10031640. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10031640.
US08097788B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS01819578 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08097785B2
A soybean cultivar designated 8730231 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 8730231, to the plants of soybean 8730231, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 8730231, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 8730231 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety 8730231, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 8730231, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 8730231 with another soybean cultivar.
US08097779B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS06001. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS06001, to the plants of soybean RJS06001 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS06001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS06001 with another soybean plant, using RJS06001 as either the male or the female parent.
US08097777B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar 05RM310021 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar 05RM310021 and its progeny, and methods of making 05RM310021.
US08097774B2
Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance to plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include transgenic plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds that have been transformed with a nucleic acid molecule encoding a cytochrome P450 or variant thereof that confers herbicide resistance or tolerance, alone or in combination with one or more additional nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides that confer desirable traits. In particular, the cytochrome P450 or variant thereof confers resistance or tolerance to HPPD inhibitors, benzothiadiazinones, sulfonylureas, and other classes of herbicides. The additional polypeptide may also confer resistance or tolerance to an herbicide, including HPPD inhibitors and other herbicides. Methods are also provided for the production and use of the herbicide resistant or tolerant plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds of the invention.
US08097773B2
The invention provides a process for selecting banana clones that are characterized by increased bunch weight and by increased total fruit yield, which process is based on somaclonal variation and comprises the steps of initiating tissue cultures from apical meristem explants, and propagating and rooting the same; hardening, potting, and growing in vivo, plants propagated in the previous step; forming a mat from a cluster of plants grown in the previous step originating from the same clone; planting the mats from the previous step in a field, and growing them under conditions of abiotic stress, the conditions including the growth of the mats in an area wherein the average winter night temperature is below 10° C.; measuring bunch weight and total fruit yield of the mats for a period of at least 3 years and selecting mats, the plants of which exhibit the best characteristics of increased bunch weight and increased total fruit yield; and utilizing mats selected in the previous step for preparing apical meristem explants.
US08097770B2
Disclosed is a transgenic plant improved in growth ability and disease resistance. Also disclosed is a method for production of the transgenic plant. It is found that a transgenic plant having DNA encoding a glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase introduced therein is improved in growing ability and disease resistance compared to a wild-type one.
US08097765B2
Parts, structural components, etc. that have their surfaces contaminated by radioisotopes in the accelerators, nuclear reactors, RI product manufacturing factories, nuclear fuel factories, nuclear fuel reprocessing factories, etc. are decontaminated by non-thermal laser peeling without suffering re-melting, re-diffusing and re-contaminating such that upon non-thermal laser irradiation, areas near the irradiated surface are evaporated and removed faster than the heat generated in the irradiated surface is transmitted to nearby areas.
US08097759B2
A medicament having inhibitory activity against NF-κB activation, which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt as an active ingredient: wherein X represents a connecting group, A represents hydrogen atom or acetyl group, E represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, and ring X represents an arene or a heteroarene.
US08097758B2
The invention relates to the compounds of formula (I) having antithrombotic activity which especially inhibit blood clotting factor IXa, to methods for producing the same and to the use thereof as drugs.
US08097748B2
An amorphous compound of the formula (1): wherein the temperature showing an endothermic peak by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is 40 to 80° C. and the solution rate into n-hexane at 25° C. in the following test system is 1.5 mg/sec or more.
US08097745B2
A simple method of producing an organosilicon compound of a formula R2n(OR4)mSi—R1—Si(OR4)mR2n is disclosed. The method comprises the following two steps, Y—R1—Y+SiXm+1R2n->R2nXmSi—R1—SiXmR2n R2nXmSi—R1—SiXmR2n+M(OR4)r,->R2n(OR4)mSi—R1—Si(OR4)mR2n In the formulas, R1 is methylene, alkylene, or arylene, R2 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl, m and n is 0 to 3, provided m+n=3, at least one m being 1 or more, Y is halogen, X is hydrogen or halogen, R4 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl, M is metal, and r is the valence of the metal). The organosilicon compound is used to form a film having excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, conductivity, and modulus of elasticity.
US08097742B2
The invention provides a process for the preparation of a surface-functionalized nanoparticle comprising: (a) reacting a nanoparticle with a functionalized silane and a base in a substantially non-aqueous solvent to obtain a partially conjugated silanated nanoparticle, wherein the functionalized silane and the base are present in relative amounts such that said functionalized silane undergoes substantially only a single hydrolysis reaction; (b) reacting the partially conjugated silanated nanoparticle formed in step (a) with a base in a solvent in which the partially conjugated silanated nanoparticle is substantially insoluble and in which the base is substantially soluble. The invention also provides a surface-functionalized nanoparticle prepared therefrom and a bioconjugate comprising said a surface-functionalized nanoparticle.
US08097741B2
The invention relates to solvent-containing two-component polyurethane moisture cured hybrid sol-gel coating formulation comprising 1) an epoxy-functional binder with carbamate functionality and 2) a blended curing component comprising at least one sol gel precursor and an amine crosslinker.
US08097737B2
An industrial process for production of high-purity optically active amine derivatives in high yield while inhibiting the formation of by-products, which comprises subjecting (E)-2-(1,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2H-indeno[5,4-b]furan-8-ylidene)ethylamine to asymmetric reduction, catalytically reducing the obtained product at a reaction temperature of 40 to 100° C. and a pH of 3 to 9, subjecting the obtained (S)-2-(1,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2H-indeno[5,4-b]furan-8-yl)ethylamine to propionylation, and then crystallizing the reaction mixture.
US08097733B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) processes for their preparation, their use as 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
US08097732B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) or pesticidally acceptable salts thereof, wherein, for example, W is ═N—, ═CH—, ═CR7— or ═C(NR8R9)—, R7 is halogen, R8 and R9 are independently of one another hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl or heterocyclylalkyl, R1 is cyano, halogen, haloalkyl or CS NH2, R2 is alkyl or cycloalkyl, R3 is hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, R4 is hydrogen, alkyl or cycloalkyl, R5 is haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, halogen or —SF5, R6 is hydrogen, halogen, haloalkyl, nitro or NR16R17, R16 and R17 are independently of one another hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl or heterocyclylalkyl, X is —S—, —SO—, or —SO2—, Y is —O—, —S—, —SO—, or SO2—, Z is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl, heterocyclylalkyl or NR18R19, and R18 and R19 are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, aralkyl, heterocyclylalkyl. These compounds can be used for controlling pests, especially by treatment of domestic animals.
US08097718B2
The invention is directed to 3,5-disubstituted and 3,5,7-trisubstituted-3H-oxazolo and 3H-thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2-one compounds and prodrugs thereof that have immunomodulatory activity. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and to methods of treating diseases and disorders described herein, by administering effective amounts of such compounds and prodrugs.
US08097717B2
This invention relates to a composition comprising a chaotropic agent, a buffering substance, and 0.5 to 5% (V/V) polidocanol or a derivative thereof. The invention is further related to uses of this composition and to a kit comprising the composition according to the invention. The invention is further related to a method for the detection of a nucleic acid in a biological sample comprising the steps of incubating the biological sample in the presence of a chaotropic agent, a buffering substance, and 0.5 to 5% (V/V) polidocanol or a derivative thereof, optionally isolating the nucleic acid, optionally amplifying the nucleic acid, and detecting the nucleic acid. The invention is further related to a method for the purification of a nucleic acid in a biological sample comprising the steps of incubating the biological sample in the presence of a chaotropic agent, a buffering substance, and 0.5 to 5% (V/V) polidocanol or a derivative thereof and isolating the nucleic acid thereby purifying the nucleic acid.
US08097716B2
The present invention relates to double-stranded RNA compounds with at least one blunt end comprising at least one 3′-end of formula wherein X is O or S R1 and R2 are independently OH, NH2, SH, alkyl, aryl, alkyl-aryl, aryl-alkyl, where alkyl, aryl, alkyl-aryl, aryl-alkyl can be substituted by additional heteroatoms and functional groups, preferably a heteroatom selected from the group of N, O, or S or a functional group selected from the group OH, NH2, SH, carboxylic acid or ester; or R1 and R2 may be of formula Y-Z where Y is O, N, S and Z is H, alkyl, aryl, alkyl-aryl, aryl-alkyl, where alkyl, aryl, alkyl-aryl, aryl-alkyl can be substituted by additional heteroatoms, preferably a heteroatom selected from the group of N, O, or S; and wherein said double-stranded RNA mediates RNA interference.
US08097711B2
Embodiments of the invention include nucleotide and nucleoside monomers protected at the 5′- or 3′-hydroxyls with thioether substituted aryl carbonate protecting groups. In certain cases, the carbonate protecting groups include an aryl moiety, e.g., a phenyl group, attached to the carbonate, where the aryl moiety further includes a thioether group, e.g., an alkyl or aryl thioether group, bound directly to the aryl ring. Aspects of the invention further include methods of synthesizing nucleic acids, e.g., oligonucleotides, using such protected nucleoside monomer monomers, as well as nucleic acids produced using methods of the invention and compositions thereof.
US08097708B2
[Object]: To provide a compound having a novel structure effective against Hemophilus influenzae and erythromycin resistant bacteria (for example, resistant pneumococci and streptococci) as well as against conventional erythromycin sensitive bacteria.[Solution]: A novel 10a-azalide compound represented by the formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, or an intermediate for the preparation of the same. The compound of the present invention has superior antibacterial activity against Hemophilus influenzae, erythromycin resistant pneumococci and the like, and therefore, the compound can be used as a therapeutic agent of infectious diseases.
US08097699B2
This invention relates to a crystallizable composition comprising a TSHR polypeptide, to crystals comparing a TSHR polypeptide and to TSHR-related applications.
US08097697B2
A novel tumor antigen protein and gene therefor, tumor antigen peptides derived from said tumor antigen protein or derivatives thereof as well as medicaments, prophylactics, or diagnostics for tumors using such tumor substances in vitro or in vitro are provided.
US08097690B2
Cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxanes, hydrogenpolysiloxanes of specific siloxane unit formulas etc., a process for their production using hydrolysis/condensation, a process for the production of silica type glass moldings with an optical transmittance of 90% to 100% in the vacuum-UV region to UV region and an optical transmittance of 98% to 100% in the visible region to near infrared region by curing said cyclic dihydrogensiloxanes or said hydrogenpolysiloxanes in a mold, said silica type glass moldings, optical elements made up of the silica type glass, a process for the production of optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer by coating an optical element with the hydrogenpolysiloxanes and curing them, and optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer.
US08097689B2
A curable organosilicon composition includes a radical curable organosilicon compound, an organoborane-amine complex, a condensation curable organosilicon compound, a condensation cure catalyst, and a condensation-reactive cross-linking compound. The curable organosilicon composition may further include an amine-reactive compound. A method of forming the curable organosilicon composition introduces the organoborane-amine complex and the amine-reactive compound into separate reaction vessels. The curable organosilicon composition is used to form various articles.
US08097686B2
A process for the multistage polymerization of olefins in a sequence of an upstream slurry reactor and a downstream gas-phase reactor, the transfer of polymer from the upstream reactor to the downstream reactor comprising the following steps: a) heating the slurry of polyolefin particles to evaporate the liquid polymerization medium; b) separating the polyolefin particles from the obtained gaseous phase in at least a separation chamber; c) transferring the polyolefin particles to said downstream reactor by means of a couple of lock hoppers working intermittently in parallel, where one of said lock hoppers is continuously filled with the polymer coming from said separation chamber, while simultaneously the other one is continuously pressurized by means of a gas comprising the reaction mixture coming from said downstream reactor.
US08097680B2
A thermoplastic resin of the present invention is prepared by copolymerizing conjugated diene rubber (A), rubbery aromatic copolymer (B), heat resistant aromatic vinyl compound (C), aromatic vinyl compound (D), unsaturated nitrile compound (E) and cross linking agent (F) and can have excellent heat resistance, impact strength, and low gloss.
US08097677B2
Mixture (1) comprising from 1 to 40% by weight of (A) thermoplastic polyurethane based on aliphatic isocyanate and from 60 to 99% by weight of (B) acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer (ASA) and/or acrylonitrile-ethylene homo- or copolymer-styrene (AES) material, based in each case on the total weight of the mixture (1).
US08097675B2
Isocyanate mixtures comprising: (a) NCO prepolymers having an NCO content of 1.5 to 18 wt. %; and (b) 1 to 40 wt. % of monomeric 2,2′-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, based on the isocyanate mixture; wherein the isocyanate mixture has a total NCO content of from 2 to 22 wt. %; polyisocyanate polyaddition products prepared therefrom; and methods of making the same.
US08097674B2
A vulcanizable rubber composition is presented that comprises an elastomer; a reinforcing filler selected from silica, carbon black, and mixtures thereof, a cure agent; and an amino alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane (AMS) comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an amino AMS, an amino/mercaptan co-AMS, an amino/blocked mercaptan co-AMS, mixtures thereof, and weak acid-neutralized solid and aqueous solutions thereof. Addition of such compounds to the rubber composition provides improved dynamic viscoelastic and mechanical properties of the vulcanized rubber compound and predict that tire components, especially tread stocks, will provide tires having improved snow traction, lower rolling resistance but equal wet traction, increased rebound, decreased hysteresis, and a general improvement in tire performance.
US08097672B2
The crosslinked material of the present invention is obtainable by crosslinking a propylene resin composition through irradiation with an ionizing radiation wherein the propylene resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of a propylene resin comprising 15 to 99% by mass of a propylene polymer (A) having a melting point, as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), of 120 to 170° C., and 1 to 85% by mass of a propylene polymer (B) having a melting point, as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), of below 120° C. or not observed (provided that the total of the components (A) and (B) is 100% by mass), and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a crosslinking assistant (C). The production process of the crosslinked material of the present invention comprises a step of molding the propylene resin composition into a molded form, and a step of crosslinking the molded form through irradiation with an ionizing radiation. The crosslinked molded article of the present invention is formed from the crosslinked material.
US08097655B2
Methods for concomitant administration of colchicine together with one or more macrolide antibiotics, e.g., clarithromycin, are disclosed. Such methods reduce the dangers commonly associated with such concomitant administration and provide additional benefits.
US08097650B2
This invention provides methods and compositions for treating a condition associated with phosphorylation of TASK-1 in a subject comprising administering to the subject an amount of an agent effective to overcome the phosphorylation dependent loss of TASK-1 function so as to thereby treat the condition. In a specific embodiment of the invention the agent is a TREK-1 agonist.
US08097644B2
The present invention provides novel compounds having the following general formula I wherein: A, B, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, n, o and p are as defined in the specification. Such compounds are useful for treating a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of glaucoma, dry eye, angiogenesis, cardiovascular conditions or diseases and wound healing.
US08097639B2
Disclosed herein is a surface functionalized poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and methods for making the same. The surface functionalized PDMS disclosed herein is applicable in the general field of microfluidics, bioMEMS (bio-microelectromechanical systems), soft lithography, and other related biotechnology fields.
US08097633B2
A method for treating the adverse effects of acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors used in the treatment of cognitive disorders such as acute delirium and cognitive impairment in elderly human patients. The administration of a clinically effective amount of a quaternary ammonium anti-cholinergic muscarinic receptor antagonist having very low lipid solubility substantially eliminates the adverse effects of urinary and/or fecal incontinence, nausea, bradycardia, bronchorrhea or brochospasm caused by the acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors, without affecting the beneficial activity of the acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors. This permits the administration of the optimum effective dosing of acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors to provide maximum benefit to the patient with the added benefit of reducing or eliminating the unwanted side effects of fecal and urinary incontinence. Further, the combination of rivastigmine and glycopyrrolate has been effective in significantly improving cognitive function in patients suffering from acute dementia or cognitive impairment.
US08097630B2
Pinane-substituted pyrimidinediamine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the derivatives in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl catalytic activity are also disclosed.
US08097620B2
Compounds of Formula I are useful inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases. Compounds of Formula I have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US08097618B2
A method of treatment of anxiety disorders which comprises administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I):
US08097605B2
The present invention relates to a combination of an inhaled/oral PDE 4 inhibitor in combination with inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilators (muscarinic receptor antagonists), preferentially Roflumilast or AWD-12-281 and R,R-glycopyrrolate, for symptomatic or prophylactic treatment of respiratory diseases, especially those accompanied by obstruction or inflammation such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. It further comprises the presentation of this combination in a locally applied (inhaled) formulation and application in an inhalation device for instance in the Novolizer®.
US08097589B2
Methods for treating cutaneous inflammation, are described. Also described is a method for inhibiting the mucus release into airways of a patient, a method for blocking IgE activation of a lymphocyte, a method for stabilizing the cell membrane of a lymphocyte, thereby preventing their further involvement in the increased inflammatory response to an IgE antigen challenge, and a method for inhibiting the migration of T-cells. Such methods involve administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having the formula f-Met-Leu-X, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of Tyr, Tyr-Phe, Phe-Phe and Phe-Tyr.
US08097579B2
Laundry detergent and cleaning compositions comprising amphiphilic water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkylenimine polymer having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 20 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and an outer polypropylene oxide block comprising 10 to 50 polyethylene oxide units and especially to such alkoxylated polyalkylenimines wherein the ratio of polyethylene oxide units and polypropylene oxide units is proportionally related to the square root of the number of polyalkylenimine units present in the backbone.
US08097569B2
A compressor includes a swash plate, and a shoe connected to an outer periphery of the swash plate. A surface of the swash plate slides upon a flat surface of the shoe. A sliding film is applied to the surface of the swash plate. The sliding film is formed of binder resin which contains a solid lubricant and titanium oxide powder. This allows the surface of the swash plate and the flat surface of the shoe to smoothly slide upon each other.
US08097567B2
Clay is stabilized in the drilling of wells and other formation treatment for hydrocarbon production by the addition to the drilling or other fluid including a choline compound together with an formation control additive.
US08097564B2
Oligoesters including residues of alk(en)yl succinic anhydrides and polyols having at least 3 OH groups, optionally further esterified with fatty acid residues are surfactants which can be used for emulsifiers or similar uses. The surfactants are usually made from C8 to C30 alk(en)yl succinic anhydride and polyols having at least 4 hydroxyl groups and are particularly of the formula (I): R1—[OR2O(O)C.C(HR3).(HR4)C.C(O)]m—R5 (I), where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and m have defined meanings. The surfactants are useful as emulsifiers, particularly oil in water emulsifiers.
US08097562B2
The present invention comprises formulations comprising at least one pesticide and at least one co-polymer comprising (a) a N-vinylamid comonomer a) of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are independently of one another hydrogen or C1-C4 alkyl, preferably hydrogen or R1 and R2 represent together a —(CH2)x moiety, which forms together with the nitrogen and the carbonyl-moiety a 5-8 membered ring, and (b) at least one comonomer b) selected from the group consisting of vinylpyrridin, vinylpyrridin derivatives and N-vinlyimidazole in polymerized form, methods of combating harmful insects and/or phytopathogenic fungi, a method of controlling undesired vegetation and methods of improving the health of plants based on the afore-mentioned formulations.
US08097559B2
The present invention provides a supported reactant for in situ remediation of soil and/or groundwater contaminated with a halogenated hydrocarbon consisting essentially of an adsorbent impregnated with zero valent iron, wherein the adsorbent is capable of adsorbing the halogenated hydrocarbon. In one embodiment, the adsorbent is activated carbon.
US08097553B2
The present invention provides a catalyst support powder 3 comprising ceria and zirconia, wherein the ratio of the molar fraction (mol %) of ceria on the support powder surface as measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to the molar fraction (mol %) of ceria in the raw material is from 1.0 to 1.5. Further, the present invention provides an exhaust gas purifying catalyst 5 comprising the catalyst support powder 3 and platinum 4 supported thereon.
US08097546B2
A composition for ceramic extrusion-molded bodies includes a ceramic material, a water-soluble cellulose ether, a styrenesulfonate and water. A method for manufacturing a ceramic extrusion-molded body using the composition is also provided.
US08097539B2
A pattern is formed on a mask substrate. Positional deviation information between an actual position of the pattern formed on the mask substrate and a design position decided at the time of designing the pattern is calculated. A heterogeneous layer of which a volume expands more greatly than that of surrounding mask substrate region is formed in a predetermined position within the mask substrate so that volume expansion of the heterogeneous layer according to the positional deviation information is achieved.
US08097535B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device with nanowire-type interconnect elements and a method for fabricating the same. The device comprises a metal structure with at least one self-assembled metal dendrite and forming an interconnect element (424) between a first and a second metal structure. The fabrication comprises providing an ambient environment adjacent to an interconnect surface region of a substrate that is suitable for allowing growth of at least one metal dendrite between the first and second metal structures, and initiating and sustaining self-assembly of a metal structure comprising at least one metal dendrite in the interconnect surface region between the first and second metal structures by irradiating the pn junction with photons of an energy suitable for creating free charge carriers in the first and second doped substrate regions and thus creating an electric potential difference between the first and second metal structures, which is suitable for electrolysis of metal from at least one of the first and second metal structures.
US08097527B2
A method of forming an epitaxial layer on a silicon substrate includes (a) providing a silicon substrate; (b) performing a wet-cleaning process onto the silicon substrate; (c) performing a first plasma cleaning process onto the wet-cleaned silicon substrate by providing a chlorine (Cl2) gas and an argon (Ar) gas; and (d) forming an epitaxial growth film on the silicon substrate after the (c) step.
US08097525B2
A semiconductor structure includes at least one silicon substrate having first and second planar surfaces, and at least one through silicon via filled with a conductive material and extending vertically through the first planar surface of the at least one silicon substrate to the second planar surface thereof. The through silicon via forms a vertical interconnection between a plurality of electronic circuits and an amount of dielectric insulation surrounding the through silicon via is varied based on a defined function of the through silicon via.
US08097524B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide single crystal. A silicon carbide single crystal is grown. The crystal has a boron concentration less than 5×1014 cm−3, and a concentration of transition metals impurities less than 5×1014 cm−3. Intrinsic defects in the crystal are minimised. The intrinsic defects include silicon vacancies or carbon vacancies. The crystal is annealed for a desired time at a temperature above 700° C. in an atmosphere containing any of the gases hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and an inert gas, such that the density of intrinsic defects and any associated defects is decreased to a concentration low enough to confer to the crystal a desired carrier life time of at least 50 ns at room temperature.
