US08185228B2
Automating the process for providing a radiation filter is based on different software programs executed by a computer system. The software programs include customer interface software, tool path generation software and manufacture scheduling software. The customer interface software imports into a database a customer file for the radiation filter, and each of the different software programs set a flag in the database upon completion of their task. Tracking software tracks progress on manufacture of the radiation filter based on the different corresponding flags set in the database. The customer file is provided by a customer, and the customer remotely accesses the database to view progress on the manufacture of the radiation filter.
US08185225B2
An NC programming assisting apparatus that creates an NC machining program reflecting dimensional tolerance data on shape data of a machining subject includes a machining target dimension calculation unit that calculates machining target dimensions of the machining subject based on the shape data and the dimensional tolerance data; a shape data deform processing unit that sets post-movement positions of graphic elements based on positional movement information about how to move the graphic elements, the machining target dimension, and the shape data so that a dimension between graphic elements included in the shape data conforms to the corresponding machining target dimension; and an NC machining program generation processing unit that creates an NC machining program by using the shape data and the post-movement position of each graphic element.
US08185221B1
What is provided is a receiver-on-a-chip comprising a monolithic integrated circuit that reduces the receiver to a cigarette-pack-sized assembly mountable directly at an antenna element, with a much-increased operational bandwidth and instantaneous bandwidth, increased dynamic range and with a two-order-of-magnitude decrease in size and weight. Moreover, because of the elimination of all of the I/O drivers and attendant circuitry, power consumption is reduced by two-thirds, whereas the mean time before failure is increased to 10,000 hours due to the robustness of the monolithic integrated circuit and use of fiber optics.
US08185218B2
A control apparatus which is capable of ensuring both high-level stability and accuracy of control, even when controlling a controlled object having extremal characteristics or a controlled object a controlled object model of which cannot be represented. The control apparatus 1 includes a cooperative controller 30, an onboard model analyzer 40, and a model corrector 60. The model corrector 60 calculates the model correction parameter matrix θ, so as to correct the controlled object model defining the relationship between the intake opening angle θlin and the exhaust reopening angle θrbl and the indicated mean effective pressure Pmi. The onboard model analyzer 40 calculates first and second response indices RI1 and RI2 representative of correlations between θlin, θrbl, and Pmi, based on the controlled object model corrected using θ. The cooperative controller 30 calculates the θlin and θrbl such that Pmi is caused to converge to a target value Pmi_cmd, and determines an increasing/decreasing rate and increasing/decreasing direction of θlin and θrbl according to RI1 and RI2.
US08185214B2
A fuel cell system control system includes a fuel cell system and a controller. The controller includes a display and a processor configured to execute a program for managing an operation of a fuel cell state machine having a plurality of states and capable of executing logic to execute state transitions, and a fuel cell failure detection and correction program, configured to detect one or more fuel cell system failures and correct each detected failure while the fuel cell system continues to operate. The control process includes the steps of representing an operation of a fuel cell control system as a state machine having one or more states, controlling the operation of the fuel cell system using the state machine, executing one or more states of the state machine, and correcting operational errors in the fuel cell control system while the fuel cell system continues to operate.
US08185209B2
In a method for visualizing an object under conditions of low ambient light, the object to be visualized is exposed to incident electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength greater than what can normally be seen by the naked eye. Light reflected from the object is then perceived with an enhanced eye. The enhanced eye contains an up-conversion material optically coupled to the photoreceptors. Up-conversion materials absorb in the infrared and luminesce in the visible. Particles containing such materials are delivered to the eye where they are optically coupled to the retina or photoreceptor cells and nearby tissues. There they provide in-situ up-conversion of infrared frequencies (from about 700 to about 11,000 nm) to the otherwise unaided eye.
US08185204B2
A far-field radio-frequency (RF) telemetry system transmits data between an implantable medical device and an external system using an active channel selected from a plurality of channels each representing a frequency band within a predetermined frequency range. One or more preferred channels are identified from the plurality of channels based on channel quality indicators produced for each of the channels. When channel hopping is needed, a hop channel is selected from the one or more preferred channels and becomes the active channel.
US08185203B2
In one aspect a system includes an external communication device configured to interrogate a pulse generator, an external programmer device communicatively coupled to the external communication device; the external programmer device configured to receive a listing of valid electrode pairs from the pulse generator through the external communication device, the external programmer device configured to prevent a pacing, sensing, or shocking vector from being programmed by the user if a pair of electrodes needed for the vector are not included within the listing of valid electrode pairs. In another aspect a system includes an implantable medical device configured to detect the presence or absence of electrodes on an implanted stimulation lead coupled to the implantable medical device and to generate a valid electrode pair listing, the implantable medical device configured to compare the programmed electrode pairs with the valid electrode pair listing and to execute a corrective action procedure if one or more of the programmed electrode pairs are not included within the valid electrode pair listing. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US08185197B2
The connector between the patient electrode pads and the base unit of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) system can be formed by capturing a printed circuit board (PCB) within a connector housing. The PCB can have conductive metal traces that serve as the contact points between the wires from the patient electrodes and the electronics within the AED base unit. The PCB in combination with the conductive metal traces can be shaped similar to a conventional two-prong or two-blade connector. Employing such a PCB-based connector may result in AED pads which are less complex and less costly to manufacture. The PCB can also support a configuration circuit that is positioned between the conductive metal traces and that allows the AED to read and store information about the attached pads. For example, the AED can use this data storage feature to check the expiration date of the pads.
US08185191B1
A pulse monitoring and warning method and system comprising a sensor disposable over an individual's heart and configured to sense a heart rate, the sensor configured to transmit a wireless signal; and a monitor configured to continuously receive a wireless signal from the sensor, the monitor configured to process the signal and produce an alert indication responsive to the heart rate falling below a predetermined level. The system and method employ a QRS detection algorithm, which includes several mechanisms for minimizing the impact of amplitude fluctuation, EMG interference and P/T segment interference. These mechanisms include a variable QRS detection threshold algorithm, a variable QRS search window algorithm, a QRS segment slope/width detector algorithm, and a QRS reacquisition procedure.
US08185183B1
Embodiments relate to methods and systems for monitoring bioelectric potentials. In some instances, an electrode is applied to a patient's skin. The electrode may be at least partly inserted into the patient's skin, such as by inserting at least part of one or more teeth underneath the skin.
US08185178B2
The present invention provides a memory chip for use in an oximeter sensor, or an associated adapter or connector circuit. The memory chip allows the storing of patient related data, such as patient trending data or a patient ID, to provide enhanced capabilities for the oximeter sensor. In addition to providing unique data to store in such a memory, the present invention include unique uses of the data stored in such a memory.
US08185173B2
A mobile terminal having a first body, a second body slidably attached to the first body, and means for connecting the first body to the second body and allowing the second body to be moved between a closed position and an open position such that an overall thickness of the mobile terminal in the open position is thinner than an overall thickness of the mobile terminal in the closed position. The means includes a slide mechanism having at least one rail mechanism attached to the first body; and at least one slider mechanism attached to the second body and slidably engaged with the at least one rail mechanism.
US08185165B2
A mobile computing device is described that includes one or more wireless transceivers, a data traffic monitor module operative to monitor one or more wireless communications parameters, and a power management module operative to select a power mode for the mobile computing device based on the one or more wireless communications parameters. In various embodiments, the power mode comprises an extended power save mode wherein the one or more wireless transceivers are disabled during a plurality of consecutive wireless beacon events. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08185158B2
When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user mobile identifier is authenticated, a normal incoming call acceptance procedure is executed. If the mobile station is authenticated although the temporary user mobile identifier is wrong, the network reassigns a new temporary user mobile identifier to the mobile station and stops the current communication. In communication, the network and the mobile station mutually notify encipherment-onset time and negotiate about encipherment manner with each other. In addition, diversity handover is commenced upon a call attempt. Furthermore, if a branch replacement is necessary, the current branch is replaced by new branches capable of executing the diversity handover. Additionally, when a new call occurs to or from the mobile station capable of treating a plurality of calls simultaneously, the mobile station uses the same branch structure and the same communication frequency band for all of calls. Additionally, when a new call occurs to or from the mobile station capable of treating a plurality of calls simultaneously, a branch structure and a communication frequency band, which can continue all of the calls, are selected and used. Therefore, the mobile communications system is suitable for transmission of various sorts of data in accordance with the development of multimedia.
US08185155B2
A universal smart interface and peripheral management system for portable devices such as mobile phones. The smart system includes a connector interface that connects peripherals to a phone and/or personal digital assistant (PDA), through the smart system. The smart system includes a cradle for receiving a cell phone and interfacing the phone to external systems such as peripherals, networks and other systems through a USB hub and other suitable connector interfaces. The peripheral devices to which the smart system can interface include, but are not limited to, large displays (e.g., television), external monitors, input devices such as mice and keyboards, external storage devices, and networks (wired and/or wireless). The smart system also facilitates connectivity to large display systems such as TVs, computer displays and monitors.
US08185153B1
A web programmable telephone and a method for operating a web programmable telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a voice module of a wireless household telephone is controlled by an internal web module that can retrieve and execute data operations from a remote portal or server thus adding data functionality to the conventional functions of a telephone. The programmable web module controls all functionality of the web programmable telephone so that every function of the telephone can be programmed and customized by a user.
US08185149B2
The various methods and devices described herein relate to devices which, in at least certain embodiments, may include at least one mechanical switch for user to select a user profile interface setting and at least one processor for causing the device to respond to the mechanical switch. The mechanical switch may be dedicated for the purpose of switching profiles and may allow for a selection of a plurality of profiles. Further, in conjunction with an optional shift key, the user may select preferences programmed within a profile.
US08185148B2
An alert engine module receives an alert for an event in a generic communications format and delivers an alert for the event to a target address in a communications format that is preferred by a user based on the alert content. The generic format can be an e-mail message, such as a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) message. The alert engine can be operative to transform the alert based on a header and/or format of a target address.
US08185146B2
A first wireless device associated with a first profile is communicated with using a first transmitted power. A second wireless device associated with a second profile is communicated with using a second transmitted power. A third transmitted power is determined. The third transmitted power is associated with the first wireless device receiving data using a target modulation and coding scheme. A maximum transmitted power is determined to be exceeded if the third transmitted power is used to communicate with the first wireless device. The second wireless device is communicated with using a fourth transmitted power. The fourth transmitted power allows the third transmitted power to be used to communicate with the first wireless device without exceeding the maximum transmitted power.
US08185139B1
A system and associated methods and media are disclosed for delivering to a user of a display device a notification of an incoming message and a series of interactive options such that the user can provide message-handling instructions to a wireless communications network for the incoming message. The notification and interactive options are transferred to a display device across at least a partially wired network. The message can be text-based or voice-based and can be inserted into a video stream that is communicated from the video-providing component to a media-receiving device that is in communication with the display device. The video-providing component receives message-handling instructions from the media-receiving device, as selected by the user, regarding the incoming message and then transmits the message-handling instructions to the wireless communications network.
US08185136B2
A mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone, for example, is capable of functioning in a transmitter disabling mode and is set to the transmitter disabling mode in automatic response to a power-on operation and then automatically changed to a transmitter enabling mode provided that a predetermined condition is confirmed. The communication device is instantly set to the transmitter disabling mode in automatic response to the initiation of use of an earphone or camera function and kept in the transmitter disabling mode even if the earphone or camera function enters an out of use condition. Surrounding people are informed of the transmitter disabling mode without fail by a standardized appearance of the earphone or a standardized blinking of a flash unit of the camera function.
US08185129B2
Systems and methods of passive and active scanning of WLAN-enabled access points to estimate position of a WLAN positioning device. A device estimates the position of itself. The device includes a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals, extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs, and logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system. The WLAN radio module includes a phase for active scanning of WLAN APs in range of said device and a phase of passive scanning of WLAN APs in range of said device, and the passive scanning phase scans only a pre-determined and selected subset of WLAN channels. Under certain embodiments, the WLAN radio module includes a passive scanning phase that simultaneously scans multiple WLAN channels.
US08185126B2
A communication control method includes the step of restricting the number of communication channels used dedicatedly by each of mobile stations or a resource of communication channels used dedicatedly by each of the mobile stations when both communication channel shared by the mobile stations and communication channels used dedicatedly by each of the mobile stations are simultaneously used in a mobile communication system.
US08185124B2
The invention relates to a system an a method for self optimizing a radio communication network comprising a plurality of radio cells, the system means for monitoring the network resource consumption and quality parameters individually for each cell, and means for distributing the network traffic dynamically between neighboring radio cells in order to maintain satisfactory quality of service in each radio cell.
US08185122B2
The Demographic Index (DI) was created for wireless communication network design, however has relevance in other marketing based applications. The DI combines a series of demographic census records into a single weighted index value that can be used to evaluate geographic importance in designing a wireless network.
US08185109B2
A telecommunications system is disclosed including a host telecommunications network (A) having a radio access network (6) and a virtual telecommunications network (C) with which a telecommunications device (3) is registered and operable to communicate with a telecommunications device (3) using the radio access network (6) of the host telecommunications network (A). Network (C) is therefore an MVNO. The network (C) includes means for generating an identifier for indicating that the telecommunications device is registered with the network (C) and for adding that identifier to communications related to the telecommunications device (3) transmitted to elements of the host telecommunications network (A). This identifier is a virtual network identifier (VNID), and can be used by the elements of the network (A) to provide differentiated services to subscribers of the network (C).
US08185108B2
The present invention relates to a multi-mode communication system and a method thereof. The multi-mode communication system uses a first mode among a plurality communication modes for accessing a first mobility control entity (MCE) among a plurality of MCEs, and communicates data with the first MCE. The multi-mode communication system receives a paging request that has been transmitted from a multi-mode control entity (MMCE) for accessing a second MCE from the first MCE and analyzes the paging request, and puts the first mode into a sleep mode and a second mode for accessing the second MCE into an awake mode based on the analysis. Subsequently, multi-mode UE accesses the second MCE by using the second mode in the awake mode. According to the present invention, an MMCE for multi-mode control is provided to integrate and manage an idle state for each access mode of multi-mode user equipment, thereby minimizing power consumption due to access of the multi-mode UE to a radio access system. In addition, a change of the access of the multi-mode UE to the radio access system due to a paging request can be efficiently performed.
US08185106B2
Method of accessing base station by subscriber station under the condition of multiple base stations
A method of accessing base station (BS) by subscriber station (SS) includes: after scanning signals of certain BS, SS starts ranging procedure and sends ranging request to the BS; the BS checks whether the SS belongs to the BS, if not belonging to the BS, then sends terminating ranging response to the SS; the SS interrupts the ranging procedure with the BS after receiving the terminating ranging response, and re-selects a new channel for ranging until accessing a proper BS. The above method overcomes the fault that SS may be not access a network and also may be not exit from other network under the condition of requiring SS to access fixed BS in the prior art, and solves access problem when SS is located in the area overlapping among more than two base stations.
US08185104B2
The present invention is aimed to the provision of a mechanism whereby roaming users can specify whether they prefer to dial numbers belonging to the home network in local format or in international format from the visited network where they are roaming so that the treatment of restrictions based on the type of call, and depending on both user's geographical location and preferences, are correspondingly applied. Therefore, the present invention provides for a new method whereby information about a location of the user, taking into account the access location and user preferences, is sent from a home subscriber server to a serving call session control function entity, both in the home network for the user.
US08185091B2
A network access authentication and authorization method includes the steps of: constructing an access and authorization request packet; constructing a certificate authentication request packet, constructing a certificate authentication response packet; constructing an access and authorization response packet; constructing an access and authorization acknowledgement packet. And an authorization key updating method includes the steps of: constructing an access and authorization request packet; constructing an access and authorization response packet; constructing an access and authorization acknowledgement packet. The invention resolves the security problem that a mobile terminal accesses a base station in the wideband wireless multimedia network, and realizes both bi-directional identity authentication of a mobile terminal and a base station and unidirectional identity authentication from a base station to a mobile terminal. The authorization key negotiation calculation is simple, and the key management is simply realized by using message acknowledgement manner. The invention is applied to the wired network and the wireless network, such as the wireless local area network, the wireless metropolitan area network, and the broadband wireless multimedia network etc.
US08185079B2
An apparatus for reducing audio clicks in frequency modulated radio system includes a receiver for receiving a frequency modulated (FM) signal, and a processor for demodulating the received signal and estimating a frequency error, wherein the processor is configured to determine phase variations of the received FM signal by comparing a phase of a first signal sample to a phase of a second signal sample, wherein the first signal sample and the second signal sample are separated in time by more than one sample.
US08185075B2
Systems and methods that provide channel bonding in multiple antenna communication systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method for signal transmission over a plurality of antennas of a transmitter may include, for example, one or more of the following: demultiplexing an input signal into a plurality of signal components; assigning each of the signal components to one of a plurality of logical channels; weighting each of the signal components with transmit baseband weight values; combining ones of the resultant weighted signal components to form a plurality of transmit weighted signals, each of the plurality of transmit weighted signals being assigned to one of the plurality of logical channels; and combining groups of the plurality of transmit weighted signals to form a plurality of output signals capable of being used to generate a plurality RF output signals.
US08185074B2
There is provided a receiving apparatus including a plurality of antennas, a phase difference detection unit to detect a phase difference of each of a plurality of received signals received by the plurality of antennas, a phase adjustment unit to align phase of the plurality of received signals based on the phase difference detected by the phase difference detection unit, an adding unit to add the plurality of received signals with the phase aligned by the phase adjustment unit together, and a synchronous detection unit to perform synchronous detection using a signal obtained by addition in the adding unit.
US08185073B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product, wherein received signal components are determined for a selected group of sub-carriers based on individual noise and signal contributions of the sub-carriers. At least one of noise and a parameter relating to at least one of noise and a signal of a received signal is estimated by combining the determined received signal components depending on a sign of preamble symbols of the sub-carriers.
US08185072B2
A power reduction proposal for a receiver circuit that adheres to a plurality of defined states and masking logic to mask the output of the squelch receiver. Furthermore, the proposal utilizes and counters to count the various timeout conditions. Consequently, the squelch receiver consumes less power and can be either powered down or periodically enabled to allow for polling.
US08185067B2
A modulation circuit for use in a radiofrequency transmitter includes a local oscillator circuit configured to generate one or more local oscillator signals at a desired frequency and with a duty cycle at or about twenty-five percent, and a modulator configured to generate one or more modulated signals responsive to the one or more local oscillator signals and one or more baseband information signals. In at least one embodiment, the modulation circuit includes a modulator comprising a combined mixing and transconductance circuit that includes a transistor circuit for each baseband information signal serving as a modulation input to the modulator. Each transistor circuit comprises a first transistor driven by the baseband information signal and coupling a modulator output node to a corresponding transconductance element, and a second transistor driven by one of the one or more local oscillator signals and coupling the corresponding transconductance element to a signal ground node.
US08185066B2
A device may include an envelope detector to generate an envelope signal from the input signal, a drain bias controller to adjust a drain bias of the amplifier based on the envelope signal, a gate bias controller to adjust a gate bias of the amplifier based on the envelope signal, a predistortion controller to predistort the input signal based on the envelope signal, based on the adjusted drain bias, and based on the adjusted gate bias, and to output the predistorted signal, and an amplifier to receive the predistorted signal and to generate an amplified output signal from the predistorted signal. The device may be selectable to operate in a linear mode or a nonlinear mode. The nonlinear mode may be selected by applying a large gate offset bias.
US08185065B2
A transmitting unit (12) clips a communication signal (14) to form a threshold-responsive signal (36, 36′) which includes in-band distortion (40) and out-of-band distortion (38). A portion of the out-of-band distortion (38) is notched within rejection bands (48, 50) adjacent to the communication signal's bandwidth (24). But remaining portions of the out-of-band distortion (38) and portions of the in-band distortion (40) are included with the communication signal (14). The remaining portion of the out-of-band distortion (38) causes the communication signal (14) to be in violation of a spectral mask (30). The mask-violating communication signal 14 with out-of-band distortion (38) and in-band distortion (40) is amplified by an RF power amplifier (22). After amplification, a bandpass filter (92) exhibiting fast rolloff regions (110) attenuates the amplified out-of-band distortion (38) causing compliance with the spectral mask (30).
US08185053B2
The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a reader/writer built in the personal computer (1) reads a telephone number of the portable telephone (11) stored in an RF tag built in the portable telephone (11). Based on the telephone number, a telephone line is connected between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1). Data is interchanged between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1) via the telephone line.
US08185048B2
A communication apparatus includes a transmitter configured to supply an information signal as an electric field to a transmission medium; a receiver configured to detect the electric field through the transmission medium to acquire the information signal; an insulating casing that accommodates at least one of the transmitter and the receiver; and a filling member that is arranged at least one of between the casing and the transmitter and between the casing and the receiver.
US08185047B2
There is provided a communication apparatus including a plurality of communication units for making communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a detecting unit for detecting an approach between a communication party capable of communication through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling and any one of the plurality of communication units, and a controlling unit for causing a communication unit whose approach to the communication party is detected by the detecting unit to serve a function of communication assigned to the communication unit, different functions of communication being assigned to each of the plurality of communication units.
US08185042B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method of improving the sound quality of an FM radio signal in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes: an FM radio module receiving an FM radio signal; an application processor processing an application program for playing an audio signal; a switch selectively switching to transmit an audio signal processed in the application processor or the FM radio signal received through the FM radio module into an audio sub system; the audio sub system decoding and post-processing the audio signal or the FM signal, which is provided through the switch; and an amplifier amplifying the signal decoded and post-processed in the audio sub system and output the amplified signal to an external.
US08185039B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a stack tray, a stapler, a stapler moving device, and an aligning member. When a stapling process is performed at least two staple positions of the sheet bundle stacked on the stack tray using the stapler, the stapler is moved to the next staple position by relative movement in which the stapler and the sheet bundle are moved in the opposite directions by the stapler moving device and the aligning member respectively. When the number of sheets in the sheet bundle or a weight of the sheet bundle is lower than a predetermined value, a moving speed of the sheet bundle is set faster than a moving speed of the sheet bundle at which the number of sheets in the sheet bundle is not lower than the predetermined value or the weight of the sheet bundle is not lower than the predetermined value.
US08185032B2
A used toner conveyance device includes a lateral conveyance member for conveying used toner substantially in the horizontal direction, and a vertical conveyance member for upwardly conveying the used toner transferred from the lateral conveyance member. The vertical conveyance member transfers the used toner to either a collection space or a next conveyance path. The vertical conveyance member stops its operation when a prescribed delay time has elapsed after the lateral conveyance member stops conveyance operation.
US08185025B2
A developing device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with toner. The developing device includes a developer carrier, a developer supplying unit that supplies a developer on the developer carrier, a layer shaping member that shapes the developer supplied on the developer carrier into a thin layer, and an electric-field control member that is arranged downstream of a shaping nip formed between the developer carrier and the layer shaping member and that controls an intensity of an electric field generated between the developer carrier and the layer shaping member.
US08185018B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a motor configured to rotate the rotating member, and a marking member having primary and secondary portions. The image forming apparatus also includes a mark sensor configured to detect the primary and secondary portions, and output a primary signal and a secondary signal, and a position sensor configured to determine a rotational position of the rotating member based on a primary reception time of one of the primary and secondary signals that comes immediately after the other of the primary and secondary signals when the position sensor receives the other of the primary and secondary signals at a start of a mark detecting operation. Further, the image forming apparatus includes a motor controller configured to control the motor based on the recognition result and make the rotational position consistent with a target position at a predetermined time during the mark detecting operation.
US08184996B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an image forming engine for performing image forming operation, at least one RFID tag storing attribute information, a fit-in member detachably mounted in the apparatus body, the fit-in member being fitted with the RFID tag, an RFID tag interface through which the attribute information is read out from the RFID tag, a controller for controlling the image forming engine according to the attribute information read out through the RFID tag interface, and a mode switcher for switching the image forming apparatus from image forming mode which enables execution of the image forming operation to maintenance mode which enables execution of maintenance operation. The mode switcher enables a transfer from the image forming mode to the maintenance mode if maintenance mode startup information is detected from the attribute information read out through the RFID tag interface.
US08184984B1
An optical transceiver device including a modulating assembly. In contrast with conventional transceivers, the optical transceiver device uses a modulating assembly rather than a laser. The modulating assembly is located within the transceiver itself and includes first and second collimating lenses, first and second mirrors, and a p-i-n diode. An optical signal that has not yet been modulated is introduced into the modulating assembly via the first collimating lens, and is redirected toward the p-i-n diode via the first mirror. Depending on the voltage state of the diode, the light signal is either transmitted through the diode or prevented from passing, which results in modulation of the signal for data transmission. The modulated signal passes through the modulating assembly and is reflected by the second mirror toward the second collimating lens, through which it passes before exiting the transceiver.
US08184983B1
Wireless directional identification and subsequent communication between wearable electronic devices
Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for exchanging information between a first wearable electronic device and one of a second wearable electronic device and an account at a remote computing device associated with a user of the second wearable electronic device. The first wearable electronic device intermittently emits directed electromagnetic radiation comprising a beacon signal, and receives, via a receiver coupled to the first wearable electronic device, a signal from the second wearable electronic device identifying one of the second wearable electronic device and the account at the remote computing device. An input may then be detected at the first wearable electronic device, and in response to receiving the signal and detecting the input, the first wearable device may transmit additional data to one of the second wearable electronic device and the remote computing device associated with the second user.
US08184979B2
A system and method for dynamically allocating sub-carriers between the nodes of an optical OFDMA ring network or an OFDMA passive optical network. A carrier allocation system assigns sub-carriers according to a utility function based on real-time measurements of arrival data rates and queue length variance.
US08184977B2
In a GPON system conforming to ITU-T Recommendations G.984.3, an optical line terminal is provided which has an active bandwidth allocation function that preferentially puts small bandwidth signals in a particular segment of a frame, e.g., at a head of the frame, to prevent fragmentations that may occur particularly when allocating small bandwidths of about 100 kbits/s.
US08184974B2
A modular, scalable, extensible, In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) data communication system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a hub providing connection between one or more server/switch line replaceable unit including at least one server and a plurality of passenger video display units. A server, such as, for example, an audio server, a video server, an audio/video server, a game server, an application server, a file server, etc., provides data (e.g., entertainment programming, internet file data, etc.) to the video display unit. In one embodiment, the connection between the plurality of server/switch line replacement units, the hub and the plurality of video display units is provided by passive fiber optic links.
US08184969B2
An electronic device and method for power management in an electronic device is provided. In an embodiment, the electronic device includes the functionality of a personal digital assistant, wireless email paging and a camera with a flash that is operated via self-contained power supply in the form of a battery. The device also includes a supervisor circuit which causes the device to enter sleep mode, or disables the device or certain features of the device, if the battery level falls below a certain threshold. A method in accordance with an embodiment performs, in response to a request to fire the flash, a pre-flash test which is selected so as to not trip the supervisor circuit. The battery level is examined after the pre-flash test. If the battery level meets certain criteria, the full flash is permitted to proceed, else the full flash is not permitted to proceed.
US08184962B2
A mobile device for heating rooms, comprising radiant elements, each provided with two heat-conductor plates associated with each other to define a central portion and connected fluid-dynamically with each other by means of connection elements. A heated heat-carrying fluid is able to flow in the central portions and, through the connection elements, from one to the other of the radiant elements in order to heat the surrounding room. Each pair of heat-conductor plates comprises lateral walls which are distanced from the corresponding central portion so as to define respective peripheral zones. The mobile device also comprises heat-insulating elements able to be applied due to having substantially the same shape so as to cover at least a part of the peripheral zones of the lateral walls.
US08184959B2
An apparatus and method for recording/playing a moving picture in a digital broadcast receiver is disclosed, which supports a trick mode. If digital broadcasting is recorded, the digital broadcasting is converted into a video sequence having a new format and frame type, such as an I frame structure, and then recorded in a recording medium. Also, corresponding I frame is directly uploaded and played in accordance with times speed of trick play using the frame index of video data recorded after being converted into the I frame. Thus, it is possible to normally provide more elaborate moving picture trick play for every times speed.
US08184957B2
An increase in the number of files to be managed is suppressed as much as possible even if the number of video recording is increased when the video is recorded on a recording medium. A file is produced according to a format based on a BDMV-s standard that is so defined as to arrange a BDMV directory below a Root directory, and to arrange the respective directories of PLAYLIST, CLIPINFO, and STREAM below the BDMV directory according to the BDMV-s standard, and is recorded on the recording medium. The format is so formed so to produce one Play Item in each of segments of acquired video scenes, and to arrange the plural Play Items in one Play List data, and the video is recorded on the recording medium according to the format.
US08184955B2
Disclosed is an information recording apparatus including: a storage portion configured to store information that is copy-protected; a recording portion configured to record, on a recording medium, the information stored in the storage portion; a first information extraction portion configured to extract, from the information stored in the storage portion, first information that indicates a feature of the information; a second information extraction portion configured to extract, from the information recorded on the recording medium, second information that indicates a feature of the information; a judgment portion configured to perform a comparison as to whether the first and second information match, and judge whether the information recorded on the recording medium can be reproduced based on the comparison; and a deletion portion configured to delete the information stored in the storage portion when the judgment portion judges that the information recorded on the recording medium is capable of being reproduced.
US08184945B2
According to one embodiment, an authoring apparatus configured to generate writing data to be stored in an optical disc from a video content data, includes an indexing processor configured to generate face image indexing information includes face images extracted from the video content data and time stamp information representing a time point at which each extracted face image appears in the video content data, a setting module configured to set segments along with a time axis in the video content data, wherein a number of the segments is not larger than a number of chapters being able to be set in the writing data, and a generation module configured to generate menu screen data for displaying a menu screen displaying buttons on a display screen, the buttons on which face images are displayed respectively and for jumping to the segments in which the face images appearing.
US08184940B2
A housing including a plurality of openings for receiving fiber optic connectors and protecting the polished end face of the connectors from damage while the connectors are stored within a telecommunications connection cabinet. A module with a plurality of optical fiber cables connected to a first optical fiber cable and terminated by a fiber optic connector. Each of the connectors are inserted within openings in a connector holder for storage and protection until the cables need to be connected to a customer equipment cable.
US08184939B2
An inlet device is described for inserting a cable containing optical fibers into a telecommunications enclosure. The inlet device includes a housing and an optical device holder. The optical device holder may be configured to hold an optical fiber spice and/or an optical device such as an optical splitter, coupler or a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) device.
US08184937B2
The present invention relates to an optical cable with a structure for improving a durability performance. The optical cable comprises, as a basic structure: a coated optical fiber, and a cable jacket covering an outer periphery of the coated optical fiber. The coated optical fiber is constituted by a glass fiber and a coating layer of an ultraviolet curing resin. To realize excellent impact resistance as durability performance, the coating layer of the coated optical fiber includes a first coating with a Young's modulus of 200 MPa or more. Meanwhile, the cable jacket is comprised of a thermoplastic resin that does not contain any halogens. The cable jacket has a thickness of 0.7 mm or more, a flame retardancy of V2 or more according to UL Standards, and a Young's modulus equal to or greater than that of the first coating.
US08184932B2
A method fabricates an optical switch comprising a microsphere coated with silicon nanocrystals. The method includes providing a silica optical fiber. The method further includes melting at least a portion of the fiber to form at least one silica microsphere. The method further includes coating the microsphere with a silica layer. The method further includes precipitating silicon nanocrystals within the silica layer by annealing the microsphere. The method further includes passivating the nanocrystals by annealing the microsphere in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere.
US08184930B2
A titania nanotube suitable as an optical sensor or gas sensor is provided. The titania nanotube has a length of 1 μm or more; preferably a diameter of 0.1 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 100 or more.
US08184926B2
Image deblurring with blurred/noisy image pairs is described. In one implementation, a system combines a blurred image with a corresponding noisy image of the same subject to create a high-quality deblurred image. The blurred/noisy image pair can be acquired by an inexpensive hand-held camera, e.g., in unfavorable low light conditions. An exemplary iterative process uses the blurred image and the noisy image at each step to produce the high-quality image. First, the system estimates the blur kernel of the blurred image using information from both the blurred and noisy images. Then, the system performs residual image deconvolution, which favors suppression of ringing artifacts. Finally, the system applies gain-controlled deconvolution to suppress remaining ringing artifacts in smooth image regions. The system iterates these steps to obtain the final high-quality image.
US08184925B1
The invention relates to a method of transforming a photograph of a person into a portrait. The disclosed method involves manipulating a photograph using software in order to alter the appearance of the photograph. Following the alteration of the photograph, the image will have the appearance of a color picture painted by Norman Rockwell®. The image may also be manipulated in order to take the appearance of a black and white charcoal picture prepared by Norman Rockwell®.
US08184906B2
The invention provides a method of replicating the primary human field of view in an image. The method comprises receiving at least three digital images of a scene, the digital images comprising a center image facing a scene directly, a center left image obtained by rotating an image capture device a predefined angle to the left of center and a center right image obtained by rotating the image capture device a predefined angle to the right of center; manipulating the center image, the center left image, and the center right image on a data processing device; obtaining a composite image from the manipulated center image, center left image and center right image conformed to the first virtual model; manipulating the composite image on the data processing device; obtaining a distortion adjusted image from the composite image conformed to the second virtual model; creating a physical image of the distortion adjusted image; and physically manipulating the physical image to form a physical image having a planar center portion and curved left and right portions extending toward a viewpoint.
US08184898B2
A system to facilitate analysis of component leads is provided and includes a device to form a picture of the leads, from which an image is extracted, to apportion the image and to perform first and second scans of the portions, and a processor, including a memory unit having a set of computer-readable executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to receive data of each scan, to establish a rule, based on the data of the first scan of any one portion, governing when to judge that the data of the second scan of the one portion indicates a defect, to determine rule compliance for each of the second scans, to judge that any one second scan in a non-compliance state indicates a defect, and to report a location of the defect. A display unit displays the report to a user.
US08184896B2
Methods for determining a quality of a light source applied to a photolithographic process are provided. An image sensor array is exposed to a light from a light source. Addresses and respective intensities corresponding to a plurality of locations on a pupil map representing intensity of the light from on the image sensor array. At least one of an inner curve and an outer curve of the pupil map is defined based upon the collected addresses and respective intensities. The light source is applied to a photolithographic process if the addresses have a predetermined pattern relative to the at least one of the inner curve and the outer curve.
US08184894B1
Apparatus and methods for providing electronic reassociation of data transmissions of checks and backup information. A method according to the invention may include scanning each check received by a lockbox service and scanning backup information related to correspondence included with each check. Thereafter, the method may include electronically associating each check with the backup information. The method may include generating a data transmission for each check and the associated backup information. Finally, the method may include storing the data transmission for each check and the associated backup information at a periodic interval. Such an interval may be determined, at least in part, by the deposit cut-off time of a financial institution.
US08184891B2
The present invention relates to an imaging system for imaging a region of interest comprising an illumination unit and a detection unit. The imaging system further comprises a grouping unit for grouping the detection values, wherein each group comprises at least one alpha detection value and at least one beta detection value (103). At least one alpha aperture weighting value for the at least one alpha detection value of a group is determined by using at least one position of at least one ray within the aperture (104). Furthermore, at least one beta aperture weighting value for the at least one beta detection value of a group is approximately determined using the at least one alpha aperture weighting value of the group (105). The detection values are than aperture weighted using aperture weighting values (106). The region of interest is reconstructed by backprojecting the weighted detection values (107).
US08184876B2
In an aspect, reconstructing an image object associated with an input data set, includes for each step, in a series of iteration steps, determining an updated object from an input object based on a data model of the input object, a weighting-factor data set, and a gradient object, wherein the weighting-factor data set includes modified entries of the input data set. Reconstructing the image object further includes following a last iteration, outputting one of the updated objects as the image object.
US08184872B2
The invention relates to a one-time password generating method and an apparatus. The method includes steps of collecting fingerprint images, extracting fingerprint feature data from those fingerprint images, and comparing the fingerprint feature data with one or more pre-stored fingerprint feature templates for authentication. After the authentication is passed, a one-time password is generated by the corresponding fingerprint feature template or a user's secret corresponding to the template. The invention also discloses a one-time password apparatus, including a fingerprint collecting unit, a fingerprint feature extracting unit, a storage unit, a comparison unit, a one-time password generating unit, a control unit, and an output unit. By adding fingerprint authentication function to a one-time password generating apparatus, the invention avoids disadvantages such as no user authentication in the present apparatus, only for a single user, and imitation of the apparatus by others when it is lost or theft, as a result, increases security of the apparatus.
US08184858B2
A system and method are described for selecting and identifying a unique object or feature in the system user's three-dimensional (“3-D”) environment in a two-dimensional (“2-D”) virtual representation of the same object or feature in a virtual environment. The system and method may be incorporated in a mobile device that includes position and orientation sensors to determine the pointing device's position and pointing direction. The mobile device incorporating the present invention may be adapted for wireless communication with a computer-based system that represents static and dynamic objects and features that exist or are present in the system user's 3-D environment. The mobile device incorporating the present invention will also have the capability to process information regarding a system user's environment and calculating specific measures for pointing accuracy and reliability.
US08184853B2
Detectors capable of accurately detecting and tracking moving features of such as faces within a video stream are sometimes too slow to be run in real-time. The present invention rapidly scans video footage in real-time and generates a series of preattemptive triggers indicating the frames and locations within the frames at our deserving of further investigation by a sub real-time detector. The triggers are generated by looking for peaks in a time variant measure such as the amount of symmetry within a frame or portion of a frame.
US08184852B2
A system and method, which enables precise identification of characters contained in vehicle license plates, container I.D, chassis I.D, aircraft serial number and other such identification markings. The system can process these identified characters and operate devices, such as access control operations, traffic systems and vehicle and container tracking and management systems, and provide records of all markings together with their images.
US08184848B2
A liquid level detection method includes capturing an image of a liquid surface, a structural surface, and graduation markings provided on the structural surface using an image-capturing device to thereby obtain an initial image. Subsequently, the initial image is processed so as to generate a processed image, and a level reference value of the liquid surface is obtained from the processed image. The level reference value represents a height of the liquid surface in terms of inherent characteristics of the processed image. Lastly, a liquid level of the liquid surface is calculated based on a relative proportional relation among the level reference value, an overall height of the processed image in terms of the inherent characteristics of the processed image, and dimensions of any one of the initial and processed images relative to the graduation markings.
US08184847B2
A vehicle speaker mounting system. The vehicle speaker mounting system comprises a parcel shelf having at least one stiffener extending substantially longitudinally along the length of the parcel shelf. The system further includes at least one aperture extending through a generally planar portion of the parcel shelf. The aperture is configured to receive a speaker.
US08184846B1
An audio control device for use by one or two individuals lying in bed. The device includes a flat outer housing with two display surfaces aligned in opposite directions to face the two individuals when placed between them. Located inside the outer housing are two audio control units. Each audio control unit is connected to at least one input port, and an audio output port. An earphone, pillow speaker or a speaker wing component may be attached to each output port. An external audio source may be connected to each input port. Each control unit may include an illuminated display is mounted on each display surface. A volume switch is provided that enables the user to adjust the volume of sound heard. Mounted inside the outer housing is an optional internal audio source and an optional recording/playback unit and one or more mute buttons.
US08184844B2
A microphone mounter includes a first fixture attached to an upper opening of a mounting hole formed in an installation place, and a second fixture attached to a lower opening of the mounting hole. A microphone is installed in the mounting hole via the first and second fixtures. The first fixture includes a flange part having a diameter larger than a diameter of the upper opening and provided with an insertion hole, a sleeve projecting from a lower surface of the flange part, and an anchor part integrally formed at an end of the sleeve opposite to the flange part. The anchor part has an outer peripheral surface adapted to touch an inner peripheral surface of the mounting hole and an inner peripheral surface adapted to touch an outer peripheral surface of the microphone. The outer peripheral surface projects outwardly from the end of the sleeve to the mounting hole.
US08184842B2
Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.
US08184836B2
An audio apparatus inputs audio signals oriented toward a plurality of positions to speakers which output sound toward the respective positions with narrow directivity, including a table storage section which stores a table for registering the plurality of positions and volume information showing set sound levels of sounds directed toward the positions in correspondence with each other; a signal processing section for adjusting output levels of respective audio signals in accordance with set level control values; and a signal processing control section which reads the volume information for the plurality of positions by reference to the table and which sets, in the signal processing section, the level control values for the audio signals directed to the respective positions in accordance with the read information.
US08184835B2
A transducer array includes speaker drivers having nonuniform asymmetric spacing. The array includes at least three drivers formed along a line or arc. The first of the drivers is positioned having a first spacing from an adjacent second driver that is different from a second spacing between the second driver and its adjacent third driver.
US08184834B2
A plural-channel audio signal (e.g., a stereo audio) is processed to modify a gain (e.g., a volume level or loudness) of an estimated dialogue signal (e.g., dialogue spoken by actors in a movie) relative to other signals (e.g., reflected or reverberated sound). In some aspects, a controller is used to control master volume and dialogue volume. In some aspects, one or more graphical objects and/or user interface elements are used to indicate volume levels and other information.
US08184820B2
A noise control system is directed to the path along which the noise is transmitted from the source of the noise being generated to the receiver of the noise in the passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle. The noise control system is deployed in a box structure, such as the dual bulkhead of the dashboard of the vehicle, to provide a constrained volume within which engine noise can be controlled. The dual bulkhead plenum houses an active noise control apparatus, such as a speaker or a vibrating device, between the bulkheads to be operable with a control algorithm to generate sound that can control the noise or vibrations generated by the engine. The plenum can also be treated with passive noise control materials, such as viscoelastic damping materials, acoustical foam or heavy vinyl barrier and foam to block airborne sound and vibrations, in addition to the active noise control.
US08184819B2
A system and method facilitating signal enhancement utilizing an adaptive filter is provided. The invention includes an adaptive filter that filters an input based upon a plurality of adaptive coefficients, the adaptive filter modifying at least one of the adaptive coefficients based on a feedback output. The invention further includes a feedback component that provides the feedback output based, at least in part, upon a non-linear function of the acoustic reverberation reduced output.The invention further provides a noise statistics component that stores noise statistics associated with a noise portion of an input signal and a signal+noise statistics component that stores signal+noise statistics associated with a signal and noise portion of the input signal. The invention further provides a spatial filter that provides an output signal based, at least in part, upon a filtered input signal, the filtering being based, at least in part, upon a weighted error calculation of the noise statistics and the signal+noise statistics.
US08184799B2
At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a call setup request, and automatically providing an indication that the call setup request is being processed. At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising providing a call setup request to a network, and receiving an indication that the call setup request is being processed. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope.
US08184794B1
An apparatus and method for providing users operating on Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) networks with the ability to interconnect with Advance Intelligent Networking (AIN) and, in particular, to provide database lookup for the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, without requiring users to implement complex and expensive systems in their network. An Intelligent Call Management (ICM) structure receiving information of a dialed toll number is able to convert the information into a compatible database request to determine whether the call to the toll number is allowed to be completed based on information retrieved from the database.
US08184780B2
Systems, methods and software product control voicemail transcription from a communication device. An audio mode is monitored within the communication device to determine a change in status between a sound-on mode and a sound-off mode. Automatic transcription of voicemail messages is enabled if the audio mode status transitions from sound-on to sound-off and automatic transcription of voicemail messages is disabled if the audio mode status transitions from sound-off to sound-on.
US08184777B1
A test cable is spooled on a spring loaded cable reel that is structurally connected to a buttset via an anchor that holds on to a cable outlet of the buttset housing. A releasable ratchet holds the spool against a reeling spring such that the pulled out test cable may be conveniently handled without cable tension. To retract the test cable, the ratchet may be released by a small pull on the test cable. A number of such cable reels may be stacked inside a compact housing. Existing buttsets may be easily retrofitted by merely replacing its strain relief and dangling test cable. As a favorable result, test cable damage due to its wrapping around the buttset is avoided while test cable handling is optimized.
US08184776B2
A filter includes a plurality of filter plates for adjusting X-ray energy spectrum, a plurality of rails for fixedly supporting the filter plates, a plurality of cams which are respectively provided with a groove curve on a surface thereof, a driving wheel for driving the cams, and a plurality of link levers, each link lever being connected to one of the filter plates at one end and being mounted to an axis at an opposite end such that the link lever is rotatable about the axis, and each link lever being provided with a pin which is in cooperation with the groove curve of the corresponding cam so that the link lever proceeds with a reciprocating movement according to rotation of the corresponding cam to move the filter connected to it into or out of the X-ray passing space. The plurality of cams are respectively located at different sides of the driving wheel to move the filter plates into the X-ray passing space from different directions.
US08184775B1
A CT scanner comprising a dynamic collimator disposed near an x-ray source and a controller configured to rotate the x-ray source about a subject, wherein imaging data is acquired from a single rotation of the x-ray source, the single rotation being divided into a first half-scan and a second half-scan. The controller is further configured to position the dynamic collimator after acquiring image data from one of the first half-scan and the second half-scan and simultaneous to commencement of acquiring image data from the other of the first half-scan and the second half-scan to obstruct a central portion of an x-ray beam emitted by the x-ray source during one of the first half-scan and the second half-scan. The CT scanner is further configured to reconstruct a CT image using the first set of imaging data and the second set of imaging data.
US08184774B2
An x-ray tube disclosed here in includes an emitter arranged to emit electrons on to a focal spot on a rotatable anode. The x-ray tube also includes a hollow tube arranged to receive electromagnetic radiation from the focal spot at one end of the hollow tube and transmit it to another end. The x-ray tube also includes two or more sensors arranged to detect the electromagnetic radiation through the hollow tube.
US08184771B2
A radiation phase contrast imaging apparatus, including a radiation emission unit having a plurality of electron sources for emitting electron beams, and a target for emitting radiation through collision of electron beam emitted from each electron source, a first grating in which grating structures for diffracting radiation are disposed periodically, a second grating in which grating structures for transmitting and shielding radiation are disposed periodically, and a radiation image detector for detecting radiation transmitted through the second grating, in which the first and second gratings are disposed in an optical axis direction of the radiation so as to be able to substantially superimpose each image of the first grating formed based on radiation corresponding to each electron source on a surface of the second grating, and the radiation corresponding to each electron source forms each phase image of the same subject on the radiation image detector.
US08184767B2
An imaging technique is provided for acquiring scatter free images of an object. The technique includes acquiring a plurality of projection images of the object using a source and a detector oriented at a plurality of projection angles relative to the object, and generating a plurality of scatter free projection images by correcting the plurality of projection images based on respective ones of a plurality of stored scatter images. The scatter images are generated and stored for each of the projection angles by positioning a scatter rejection plate between the object and the detector. The technique further includes reconstructing a three-dimensional image of the object based on the scatter free projection images.
US08184766B2
In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for investigating an object by means of X-ray computer tomography, to improve the image quality, a first intensity of the X-ray radiation between an X-ray source and the object is measured by means of a first intensity measurement device (13) and a second intensity of the X-ray radiation between the object and the X-ray detector outside a projection region of the object is measured by means of a second intensity measurement device. A scattered radiation correction factor is calculable by means of the measured intensities to reduce the scattered radiation.
US08184765B2
A radiation source is moved, relative to a detection means, in a movement range that is calculated based on a desired slice angle with respect to a predetermined base point on a base plane that defines a range of obtaining a slice image of a subject. The radiation source is moved to a plurality of positions, and a plurality of radiographic images of the subject corresponding to the plurality of positions are obtained by irradiating the subject with radiation from the plurality of positions. Further, a slice image of the subject is reconstructed from the plurality of radiographic images. When the slice image is reconstructed, radiographic images to be used to reconstruct the slice image are selected based on a distance from the detection surface of the detection means to a slice plane on which the slice image is to be generated, and the desired slice angle.
US08184763B2
A system for producing at least one hydrocarbon fuel from a carbonaceous material, the system including: a nuclear power plant; a hydrocarbon fuel manufacturing plant, including at least an electrolyzer unit for producing a first hydrogen stream from water and electric power provided by the nuclear power plant, and an hydrocarbon fuel synthesis unit, the nuclear power plant supplying power to a power distribution grid to which electric power consumers other than the hydrocarbon manufacturing plant are electrically connected; a buffer storage of at least one given hydrocarbon fuel; a reforming unit for producing a second hydrogen stream from the at least one given hydrocarbon fuel, and a device to feed the at least one given hydrocarbon fuel to the reforming unit at a controlled feed flow rate; a device to feed the hydrocarbon fuel synthesis unit with the first hydrogen stream at a first controlled flow rate and with the second hydrogen stream at a second controlled flow rate; and a device to control the first and second controlled flow rate as a function of a current electrical power delivered by the nuclear power plant and the current power consumption of the electric power consumers.
US08184756B2
Symbol timing acquisition is described for a wireless broadband signal received at a user terminal from a gateway via a satellite. In-phase and quadrature channels of the wireless signal may each be sampled at a rate of one sample per symbol. The samples may be interpolated to generate an early interpolation and a late interpolation for each of the samples. A difference measurement is obtained between the early interpolation and the late interpolation for a set of the samples. A number of the difference measurements may be averaged, and symbol timing may be modified based on the average. This process may be continued on an iterative basis to acquire symbol timing.
US08184755B2
A communication system and method is disclosed that performs symbol boundary synchronization by generating a symbol alignment estimate from a partial signal correlation; and then refining the symbol alignment estimate via a carrier phase calculation. To generate the symbol alignment estimate, two methods are disclosed. After an estimate is determined, an embodiment provides for refining the symbol alignment estimate via a carrier phase calculation by determining a carrier phase of two adjacent carriers, determining a phase error as directly proportional to an offset from the start of a symbol, determining a phase difference contribution due to a communication channel and device hardware, and counter-rotating the determined carrier phase by an angle of a constellation point at a transmitter.
US08184746B2
The present invention relates to a digital receiver for FM signals, in particular to a new demodulator structure and demodulating method, by which according to a first aspect of the invention the usual complex de-rotation process is reduced to a simple addition/subtraction. According to a second aspect of the invention, the requirements for the sampling frequency necessary for processing the demodulator signals are reduced substantially.
US08184741B2
A receiving device includes: a first signal processor, for receiving a radio frequency signal, and converting the radio frequency signal to generate a first signal, where the radio frequency signal includes a plurality of frames; a second signal processor, coupled to the first signal processor, for performing a Fourier transform operation on the first signal according to a synchronization signal to generate an output signal; a first filter, coupled to the first signal processor, for filtering the first signal to generate a second signal; and a synchronization detection circuit, coupled to the first filter, for detecting the second signal to generate the synchronization signal. The first signal includes a channel signal and at least a portion of neighboring channel signals from neighboring channels, and the output signal corresponds to the channel signal.
US08184739B2
A power series digital predistorter includes a combiner which combines an output from a linear transmission path with an output from an odd-order distortion generating path, an analog-to-digital converter which converts a feedback signal from an output of a power amplifier to a digital feedback signal, an odd-order distortion vector control part which controls vector adjustment performed by an odd-order distortion vector adjusting part in the odd-order distortion generating path, a cancellation signal generating part which generates a cancellation signal from an input transmission signal, a combiner which is inserted in a feedback signal path and which combines the cancellation signal with a signal from the feedback signal path, and a cancellation signal control part which controls the cancellation signal generating part so that the cancellation signal suppresses a main signal component in the feedback signal at the combiner.
US08184726B2
An apparatus for data processing in a multi-channel communication system is provided. The apparatus includes an encoder configured to encode a number of bits for transmission via channels in the multi-channel communication system into coded bits and split the coded bits into a number of first sets of bits at a first ratio, a number of first rate units coupled to the encoder, each of the first rate units being configured to adjust one set of the first sets of bits in size at at least one rate, and a controller configured to assign the first ratio to the encoder and the at least one rate to each of the first rate units based on conditions of the channels.
US08184705B2
A method and apparatus for filtering video data. First and second frames of the video data are stored. Motion adapted spatio-temporal filter (MASTF) pixel values of the second frame are calculated using pixel values of the first and second frames. The second frame is compared to the first frame to estimate motion vectors (MVs) for the second frame. Pixel MV error level indicators for the second frame are determined using the pixel values of the first and second frames and the MVs of pixels in the second frame. Motion compensated temporal filter (MCTF) pixel values of the second frame are calculated using the pixel values of the first and second frames and the MVs of pixels in the second frame. For each pixel in the second frame, a filtered pixel value is calculated using its MASTF and MCTF pixel values and its pixel MV error level indicator.
US08184697B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable length coding unit (107) for performing variable length coding on coded residual data ERes, a prediction type PredType, a reference picture number RefNo2 and motion vectors MV1, MV2 on a block-by-block basis, and outputting them as coded moving picture data Str.
US08184696B1
A method and apparatus for an adaptive systolic array structure is initially configured for motion estimation calculations and optionally reconfigured as the motion estimation algorithm progresses. A scheduling map of the processing element (PE) calculations for a given motion estimation algorithm is generated. A systolic array structure may then be generated from the scheduling map, whereby the size and shape of a processing element array is configured to generate the search pattern that is to be used during the search. In addition, delay elements may be implemented within the systolic array structure, so as to preserve the pixels of a current macroblock that are reused in accordance with the scheduling map. The systolic array structure may also be adapted by the motion estimation algorithm during subsequent search stages to accommodate refinements required by the search strategy.
US08184694B2
A digital media encoder/decoder performs quantization/dequantization based on quantization parameters taken from a harmonic quantizer scale. The harmonic quantizer scale can include a normal portion consisting of quantization parameter values harmonically-related as simple fractions of each other, and a denormal portion of quantizers having a linear or other relation. The encoder/decoder further supports a scaled quantizer mode where quantization is performed based on the quantization parameter as scaled by a fractional value. A compressed domain contrast adjustment is effected by adjusting the quantization parameters in the compressed bitstream, without having to adjust and recode the digital media data in the compressed bitstream.
US08184691B1
An encryption and authentication technique that achieves enhanced integrity verification through assured error-propagation using a multistage sequence of pseudorandom permutations. The present invention generates intermediate data-dependent cryptographic variables at each stage, which are systematically combined into feedback loops. The encryption technique also generates an authentication tag without any further steps that is N times longer than the block size where N is the number of pseudorandom permutations used in the encipherment of each block. The authentication tag provides a unique mapping to the plaintext for any number of plaintext blocks that is less than or equal to N. In addition to being a stand alone encryption algorithm, the disclosed technique is applicable to any mode that uses pseudorandom permutations such as, key dependent lookup tables, S-Boxes, and block ciphers such as RC5, TEA, and AES.
US08184684B2
The testing equipment of the present invention calculates a single “AGC stress” value, which provides an indication of the stability of the level of a digital carrier based on the change in gain required to stabilize the power of an incoming cable signal over time. Ideally the AGC stress value is rated on a scale, e.g. 1 to 10 or 0 to 5, and is fed into the DQI measurement system as a new data model.
US08184668B2
A VCSEL structure is provided. The VCSEL structure comprises a substrate. The structure may also include one or more conducting layers positioned on the substrate. There may be void spaces positioned between portions of the conducting layers to electrically isolate the portions. A method for fabricating the VCSEL structure is also provided.
US08184666B2
Normally ordered robust VSB data are reordered in accordance with a first interleave to produce reordered robust VSB data. The reordered robust VSB data and ATSC data are reordered in accordance with a second interleave to produce normally ordered robust VSB data and reordered ATSC data. The normally ordered robust VSB data and reordered ATSC data are time multiplexed for transmission to a receiver. The receiver discards the reordered ATSC data or the normally ordered robust VSB data depending upon receiver type or user selection. A robust VSB receiver is able to process the normally ordered robust VSB data upstream of an outer decoder without an interleave thereby avoiding the delay associated with an interleave.
US08184663B2
A device for transport stream processing is provided. The device includes a plurality of data inputs and a transport stream re-multiplexer for receiving a plurality of data streams from the plurality of data stream inputs and multiplexing the data streams into a transport stream. A transport stream processor receives the transport stream, de-multiplexes the transport stream to process one or more of the data streams, and provides the processed data stream to the transport stream re-multiplexer as one of the plurality of data streams.
US08184662B2
Data is transmitted by using continuous frames each of which includes a variable-length part having a length that varies depending on an input period and a fixed-length part containing data of one input period. The transmitted continuous frames are received, a frame period is detected, and data is reproduced based on the detected frame period.
US08184659B2
In a telecommunications network system in which two translators are placed for the conversion of IP version 4 (IPv4)-version 6 (IPv6)-IPv4, one translator converts an IPv4 packet to an IPv6 packet by adding a prefix obtained from a prefix management server managing prefixes to an address contained in an IPv4 packet received from an IPv4 terminal and also converts an IPx6 packet to an IPv4 packet by removing a prefix from the address contained in the IPx6 packet received from the translator. According to the conversion table, the other translator converts the IPv6 packet received from the one translator to an IPv4 packet and an IPv4 packet received from the IPv4 server to an IPv6 packet, thus enhancing the transfer efficiency in the IPv6-IPv4 conversion network.
US08184658B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes receiving, by a traffic arbiter, a predetermined time-slot allocation of one or more uplink time slots and/or one or more downlink time slots for a first wireless media access control (MAC) configured to operate within a first wireless transmission system. The method also includes determining, by the traffic arbiter, whether to grant a second wireless MAC, configured to operate within a second wireless transmission system, permission to transmit or receive based at least in part on the predetermined time-slot allocation.
US08184657B2
A system and method for switching data packet traffic distribution across diverse transmission medium according to detected quality of service characteristics for a given data packet rate from server to client. It should be recognized that diverse medium are not interdependent with regard to fading or signal strength considerations. One mode of switching comprises switching all the data packets from transmission on a first medium to transmission over a second diverse medium. In a second mode of switching the distribution is changed according to a media-time coding mechanism in which typically data is being transmitted simultaneously across more than one of the multiple diverse medium. The data packet transmissions preferably comprise audio-video data packet streams, such as MPEG-2 streams. By way of example, the diverse transmission medium may comprise a wireless connection (i.e. WiFi) used in combination with a power-line network connection, such as within a home network.
US08184650B2
A method of filtering redundant frames including a MAC source address, a frame ID and a CRC value, in a network node with two ports each including a transmitting device and a receiving device, is provided. The transmitting device includes a transmission list in which frames to be transmitted are stored. The receiving device includes a receiving memory for storing a received frame. For filtering redundant frames in a network node, a first frame is received by one of the two ports. After reception of the MAC source address and the frame ID of the first frame in the transmission list of the port, a second frame with the same MAC source address and frame ID is sought. If the second frame is present, the first frame is neither forwarded to a local application nor forwarded to send to other ports, and the second frame is not sent.
US08184644B1
Within an access services network (ASN) operable for providing wireless access services to an access terminal and including a base station communicatively coupled to an ASN gateway, a new management protocol is provided for managing the R6 communications. The protocol includes a common set of message types that may be used for data plane, control plane, and individual peer applications communicating over the control plane. In one embodiment, a keepalive procedure or process is used to manage the R6 interface between the ASN gateway and the base station by sending keepalive messages through an established data path tunnel and maintaining one or more keepalive timers.
US08184639B2
In order to easily set IP addresses required for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network, an MFP includes a port scan unit for acquiring, by port scanning, an IP address of a server having a predetermined port open from one of the servers connected to the network, and a network environment storage part for storing a set of acquired IP address and a port number of the predetermined port.
US08184635B2
A port queue includes a first memory portion having a first memory access time and a second memory portion having a second memory access time. The first memory portion includes a cache row. The cache row includes a plurality of queue entries. A packet pointer is enqueued in the port queue by writing the packet pointer in a queue entry in the cache row in the first memory. The cache row is transferred to a packet vector in the second memory. A packet pointer is dequeued from the port queue by reading a queue entry from the packet vector stored in the second memory.
US08184615B2
Methods and apparatus for establishing communication links, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the establishment of initial links to a first access node and the establishment of new links from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation using highly efficient messages and signal.
US08184608B2
A system and method is provided enabling identification of different PN offsets values for CDMA signals without access to a GPS signal, such as when making measurements within indoor environments. When a timing reference, such as that provided by a GPS signal, is lost, the frame boundary timestamp of the CDMA signal itself is used. The parameters of the strongest available PN offset are used. The timing error is determined and the new timing reference timestamp is estimated. The strongest PN is used as the time reference and tau is corrected for. In further embodiments, a user may be able to provide identifying information allowing the estimated timing reference timestamp to be determined even when a GPS signal was never established for providing an initial timing reference.
US08184589B2
A system and method for controlling layer 3 (L3) handover of a mobile node is disclosed. A mobile Internet protocol (MIP) network includes a plurality of mobile nodes, a plurality of users, a plurality of routers, and a handover control system. The plurality of routers periodically report state information of a plurality of base stations and the plurality of routers to a handover control system, which receives the state information to produce a handover topology map and maps a current location of the plurality of mobile nodes to the handover topology map to search for a plurality of target routers having a highest probability of handover. The handover control system transmits the state information of the searched target routers to the mobile nodes. Thus, the L3 handover time can be shortened to tens of ms or less, allowing for seamless real-time multimedia service even though a terminal moves.
US08184586B2
A base station, for allocating to a mobile station a radio resource in a time direction and a frequency direction of a frame to perform radio communications with the mobile station, includes a zone forming unit configured to apply to zones, into which the frame is partitioned in the time direction, one of pilot transmission methods different in terms of a pilot allocation or a pilot directivity and in an allocation of transmission data to a plurality of mobile stations in a first zone adjacent to a second zone with a pilot transmission method different from the pilot transmission method of the first zone applied to the second zone, a scheduler configured to schedule a first mobile station moving at a low speed to a vicinity of a boundary with the second zone at a higher priority than a second mobile station moving at a high speed.
US08184585B2
A resource allocation method and a resource allocation information transmission method are provided. Smallest units of resource allocation are set as basic resource blocks and groups of a specific number of basic resource blocks are set as group resource blocks. Resources can be allocated in units of basic resource blocks or in units of group resource blocks depending on the amount of resources required for data transmission of each UE. Resource allocation information for allocation in units of basic resource blocks is set to be different from resource allocation information for allocation in units of group resource blocks, thereby achieving efficient allocation of communication resources.
US08184581B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting control information and packet data. The method includes generating control channels which transmit the control information; generating control indication channel which indicates whether the control channels are transmitted or not; generating data channels in order to transmit the packet data based on the control information; multiplexing the control channels, the control indication channels, and the data channels; and transmitting the control channels, the control indication channels, and the data channels. According to the present invention, when control information and packet data are transmitted in downlink, by transmitting additional information indicating whether control channels are transmitted or not, resources not actually allocated to control channels can be allocated to data channel and the mobile station can receive data channel using the control indication information.
US08184580B2
A communication device has a plurality of concurrently operating transceiver systems, each operating in a respectively different one of a plurality of communication systems. Operation of the transceiver systems is coordinated by receiving a plurality of requests from different ones of the transceiver systems, each of the requests being a request to access a communication medium for the purpose of transmitting or receiving a data packet. Utilization of an available time period is scheduled by selecting which one or ones of the requests to grant based, at least in part, on how many remaining times out of a maximum number of times each of the transmission systems' data packet is permitted to be retransmitted compared to other requests, on whether the requests are requests to transmit a data packet, and on whether the requests are requests to receive a data packet.
US08184579B2
ACK/NAK repetition may be necessary to provide sufficient coverage for cell edge UEs. For a coverage limited UE, a NodeB may inform the UE that ACK/NAK repetition is needed. Such information can be explicitly signaled to the UE via DL control channels or conveyed through higher layer signaling. Further, a specific resource for ACK/NAK repetition and the number of repeated transmissions of ACK/NAK are further signaled to the UE.
US08184577B2
A method of setting a transport block size for a user equipment in a wireless communications system includes providing a combination table for being looked up to generate a parameter value according to a combination of a modulation scheme and a number of channelization codes indicated by a base station, so as to decide a transport block size index, and configuring a first parameter value corresponding to a least resource usage in the combination table as a first transport block size index before deciding the transport block size index. The first transport block size index is a transport block size index corresponding to a smallest transport block size in a transport block size table, and the combination table and the transport block size table are used when quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation, 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM) or 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (64QAM) is activated.
US08184573B2
A base station communicating with a mobile station in a radio communication system by using OFDM for downlink is disclosed. The base station includes a sequence selecting unit configured to select multiple synchronization signal sequences; a synchronization signal generating unit configured to generate a secondary synchronization channel based on a part of the selected synchronization signal sequences and another part of the selected synchronization signal sequences; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the secondary synchronization channel. The secondary synchronization channel is used to detect cell-specific information.
US08184559B2
In a key telephone system including SIP telephones forming a representative group, a main unit transmits, upon reception of an incoming call for the representative group, a “NOTIFY” message to all of SIP telephones forming the representative group to perform a calling operation. An answering SIP telephone answers the main unit by sending a “NOTIFY” message to the main unit. The main unit transmits a “200 OK” message to the answering telephone alone and transmits a “NOTIFY” message to an unanswering SIP telephone.
US08184545B2
Technology for combating loops in multi-domain networks, by assigning to network domains categories, at least such as “high/trusted” and “low/less trusted”, and by making a decision about relearning Forwarding Information Base FIB of any edge node interconnecting different network domains, utilizing the assigned categories.
US08184543B2
Probe data is directly communicating between a probe device and a component of an external device via a wireless millimeter wave communication path. A probe application is executed in accordance with the probe data, for diagnostics and testing, to update component software, and to upload other files and applications to the component.
US08184542B2
Verifying a customer premises connection to a communication system having a plurality of ports, each of which serves a corresponding customer premises. A known quantity of data is transmitted to an address corresponding to a specific customer premises. A quantity of data received at a first trial port of the plurality of ports is monitored. If the known quantity of data matches the monitored quantity of data received at the first trial port, then the customer premises connection to the first trial port is thereby verified. If the known quantity of data does not match the monitored quantity of data received at the first trial port, then quantity of data received at a second trial port of the plurality of ports is monitored and, if the known quantity of data matches the monitored quantity of data received at the second trial port, then the customer premises connection to the second trial port is thereby verified.
US08184537B1
There is provided a method of quantifying a voice quality in a telecommunication system including a first gateway in communication with a second gateway over a packet network. The method comprises deriving speech parameters from a first speech signal of a first talker received by the first gateway over a first communication line and a second speech signal of a second talker received by the first gateway from the second gateway over the packet network, determining a conversational impairment index using the speech parameters, deriving technology parameters based on voice technology and components in the telecommunication system, determining a technology impairment index using the technology parameters, and mapping the conversational impairment index and the technology impairment index into a conversational quality index to quantify the voice quality in the telecommunication system.
US08184526B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) extensions to provide a CFM messaging mechanism for support of information exchange and the like, in addition to end-to-end connectivity and fault management. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention utilizes CFM extensions to provide Pseudowire (PW) MAC addressing. Here, the present invention can enable the exchanging of MAC addresses and other attributes for PDH pseudowire transport. Advantageously, this avoids involving the OSS/EMS/NMS in pre-provisioning these necessary but arbitrary attributes across the network elements supporting a pseudowire service. Also, the present invention can be extended to support numerous other applications involving sharing of attributes between nodes over the extensions provided herein.
US08184520B2
An optical pickup device includes a light source to emit light, an objective lens to focus the light on a recording medium to form a light spot, an optical path changer on an optical path between the light source and the objective lens to change the path of incident light, a chromatic aberration correction lens disposed on an optical path between the light source and the objective lens, and a photodetector to receive light which is reflected from the recording medium and is then incident thereon through the optical path changer. The chromatic aberration correction lens corrects a chromatic aberration occurring due to a change in the wavelength and/or due to an increase in a wavelength bandwidth of the light. The chromatic aberration correction lens includes at least two lenses such that a lens having a positive power and a lens having a negative power are adjacent to each other.
US08184518B2
In recording or reproducing data on or from an optical disc with recording multi-layers, the focusing is likely to be out of control when an inter-layer jumping is carried out for changing a recording layer on or from which data is to be recorded or reproduced to another one. An optical disc apparatus is arranged to obtain an objective lens shift position that makes the focus signal S-character waveform better balanced in advance by learning and to carry out the inter-layer jumping at the shift position when jumping an optical pickup from one layer to another on a multilayered optical disc. The jumping at this shift position makes it possible to prevent out of focus and to stably make the recording or reproducing quality excellent.
US08184517B2
According to one embodiment, an optical recording medium is provided in which interlayer crosstalk is low and in which stable and high-quality recording characteristics can be obtained. To this end, an optical recording medium comprises a first recording part which includes a first recording layer and a first light reflecting layer and which is disposed on a side closer to a light receiving surface, and a second recording part which includes a second recording layer and a second light reflecting layer and which is disposed on a side farther from the light receiving surface, the first recording part and the second recording part being stacked, wherein the thickness of the second light reflecting layer is larger than the thickness of the first light reflecting layer.
US08184513B2
A recording method for use by an apparatus and/or which is encoded on a computer readable medium includes selecting a defect management on mode or a defect management off mode that indicates whether defect management is to be performed or not while data is recorded in the recording medium, recording the data in the recording medium while defect management is performed on the recording medium, if the defect management on mode is selected, and recording the data in the recording medium without defect management, if the defect management off mode is selected.
US08184496B2
A semiconductor device includes a sensing unit configured to sense whether a value of a programming sensing node is within a predefined range, a fuse connected to the programming sensing node, a programming voltage supplying unit configured to supply a programming voltage to the programming sensing node, and a transferring unit configured to transfer the value of the programming sensing node in response to the sensing result of the sensing unit.
US08184493B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including primary word lines and one or more redundant word lines, a timing signal generating circuit configured to generate a refresh timing signal comprised of a series of pulses arranged at constant intervals, and a refresh-target selecting circuit configured to successively select all the primary word lines and all the one or more redundant word lines one by one in response to the respective pulses of the refresh timing signal, wherein a refresh operation is performed with respect to the word lines that are successively selected by the refresh-target selecting circuit.
US08184489B2
A level shifting circuit having an input and an output where the level shifting circuit is configured to receive a logical high level having a first voltage level at the input and to output a logical high level having a second voltage level at the output where the second voltage level is higher than the first voltage level. Level shifting circuit embodiments having two or more parallel coupled depletion mode transistors coupled to a high voltage source and further coupled to the output by an enhancement mode transistor, and an additional transistor coupled between a first signal and the output of the level shifting circuit where the first signal has the same logic level of the input are disclosed.
US08184481B2
Memory devices and methods of their operation, where following an erasure of a string of memory cells, a selective compaction verify operation is performed on one or more, but less than all, of the memory cells of the string, and, if the selective compaction verify operation indicates compaction is desired, a soft programming pulse is applied to one or more of the memory cells of the string.
US08184478B2
A non-volatile semiconductor storage system is programmed in a manner that reduces program disturb by applying a higher boosting voltage on one or more word lines that are connected to non-volatile storage elements that may be partially programmed.
US08184476B2
A random access memory architecture includes a first series connected pair of memory elements (202, 206, 302, 306, 402, 404) having a first resistance and a second series connected pair of memory elements (204, 208, 304, 308, 406, 408) having a second resistance coupled in parallel with the first series connected pair of memory elements, wherein a current flows in the first direction through both of the first and second series connected pair of memory elements. A sense amplifier (14) is coupled to an array (16) of MRAM cells (77), each including a memory element, and includes a voltage bias portion (12), the voltage bias portion including the first and second series connected pair of memory elements. The memory elements may be, for example, magnetic tunnel junctions.
US08184474B2
An integrated circuit containing an SRAM cell array in which each SRAM cell includes an auxiliary NMOS driver or PMOS load transistor plus a bit-side passgate transistor and a bit-bar-side passgate transistor. An integrated circuit containing an SRAM cell array in which each SRAM cell includes an auxiliary PMOS driver or NMOS load transistor plus a bit-side passgate transistor and a bit-bar-side passgate transistor. A process of operating an integrated circuit containing an SRAM cell array in which each SRAM cell includes an auxiliary NMOS driver or PMOS load transistor plus a bit-side passgate transistor and a bit-bar-side passgate transistor. A process of operating an integrated circuit containing an SRAM cell array in which each SRAM cell includes an auxiliary PMOS driver or NMOS load transistor plus a bit-side passgate transistor and a bit-bar-side passgate transistor.
US08184454B2
A wireless power transmitting apparatus for remotely transmitting energy is implemented with a closed metal housing and a plurality of conductive plates disposed within the closed metal housing. With the aid of a high impedance between the closed metal housing and the conductive plates, a surface having the high impedance is formed on both the closed metal housing and the conductive plates for constraining electromagnetic power within the closed metal housing from dissipating and being consumed. The wireless power transmitting apparatus is not merely able to effectively and uniformly restrict electromagnetic field energy to the closed metal housing with the aid of the high impedance, but is also be able to raise a power transmitting efficiency between a power emitting device and a power receiving device.
US08184442B2
A case for an electronic device includes a printed circuit board; a frame capable of storing the printed circuit board; a back board equipped on a back side of the frame, and including a connector for connecting the printed circuit board; rail holders equipped in predetermined positions of the frame and extending from a front side of the case to the back board; and guide rails engaged with the rail holders respectively and including engagement parts capable of engaging with the rail holders respectively, and holding parts for holding both ends of the frame, and extending in accordance with the rail holders, respectively.
US08184441B2
A flash memory device includes a cover, an electrical module, a slider and a rotatable member for driving the slider. The cover defines a receiving chamber and an opening communicating with the receiving chamber. The electrical module is slideably received in the receiving chamber and includes a circuit board and a connector port electrically connected with the circuit board. The rotatable member has a fixed axis around which the rotatable member revolves. The rotatable member includes a protrusion slideably received in a slot defined in the slider. The connector port is driven to telescopically extend through the opening by the slider which is further driven by the protrusion.
US08184437B2
A modular equipment testing apparatus is suitable for use in severe environments. The testing apparatus comprises a base computing unit, an interchangeable test instrument board, and an interchangeable equipment interface pod. The base computing unit and the interchangeable test instrument board are sealed within a computing case. A bottom panel of the computing case is formed of a heat conducting material and acts as a heat sink for removing heat from inside the computing case. The computing case and the equipment interface pod interface to form a hermetically sealed case, which can withstand a drop of 1 meter to a solid surface and immersion to a depth of 0.5 meters in water without damage to components located within the sealed case.
US08184435B2
An air containment cooling system for containing and cooling air between two rows of equipment racks includes a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by the two rows of equipment racks, and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly. The cooling system is configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle. Other embodiments and methods for cooling are further disclosed.
US08184433B2
An electronic device having a pivotable cover includes a cover body, a device body connected pivotably to the cover body, and a switch unit disposed on pivot connecting portions of the cover body and the device body. When the cover body is pivoted relative to the device body, the switch unit switches a power supply status of the electronic device. Thus, the convenience of operating the electronic device is enhanced.
US08184430B2
A vehicle media system for use in conjunction with a portable media device is set forth. The vehicle media system includes an input module that is mountable, for example, at a console between the driver's seat and front passenger seat of the vehicle cabin, so that it may be manipulated by a user pursuant to input of system commands. A display module is mountable at a different location within the vehicle cabin, such as on the dashboard. A main module is connected to cooperate with the display module and the input module to facilitate user interaction with the portable media device.
US08184416B2
An inverter driver controls an inverter that supplies driving voltages to a plurality of discharge lamps. The inverter driver senses the abnormal operation of the plurality of discharge lamps based on a plurality of first feedback voltages corresponding to the plurality of driving voltages supplied to the discharge lamps and a plurality of second feedback voltages corresponding to the current flowing through the plurality of discharge lamps. The inverter driver is formed in a single integrated circuit.
US08184414B2
A first I/O pad has a first type transistor disposed at a first end of the first I/O pad. A second I/O pad has another first type transistor disposed at a first end of the second I/O pad. The first end of the first I/O pad abuts the first end of the second I/O pad, so the first type transistor is adjacent to the other first type transistor.
US08184401B2
According to an embodiment, a slider of a head includes a negative-pressure cavity defined by a recess formed in a disk-facing surface, a leading step portion which is situated on an upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to an airflow and projects from a bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, a trailing step portion which is provided on an outflow-side end portion of the facing surface on the downstream side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and constitutes a part of the facing surface, and a maximum-positive-pressure producing step portion which is spaced upstream from the trailing step portion with respect to the airflow, projects from the bottom surface of the negative-pressure cavity, and produces a maximum positive pressure. A head portion is provided on the trailing step portion.
US08184397B2
A hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive includes a disk enclosure, a magnetic-recording disk accommodated in the disk enclosure, and a diffusion suppressing film. The diffusion suppressing film divides the space in the disk enclosure into a first space where the magnetic-recording disk is disposed and a second space for retaining a lubricant. The diffusion suppressing film also suppresses diffusion of the lubricant from the second space to the first space.
US08184395B2
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a metal housing, a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording layer, and a thin-film magnetic head having a write magnetic field production unit and a resonance magnetic field production unit. The apparatus further includes a write signal generation unit for generating the write signal, a microwave signal generation unit for generating the microwave excitation signal, a transmission unit for feeding the microwave excitation signal to the resonance magnetic field production unit and for feeding the write signal to the write magnetic field production unit, and a plurality of metal ribs, arranged in the metal housing, for forming a plurality of cavities. Each of the plurality of cavities having a rectangular horizontal section shape and having dimensions to produce no resonance at a frequency of the microwave excitation signal.
US08184391B1
A read circuit including a bit detector, a synchronization mark detector, and a clock generator. The bit detector is configured to output serial bit data including a plurality of bits according to a first clock signal and stored digital data. The synchronization mark detector is configured to detect a synchronization marker in the serial bit data and output a synchronization pulse in response to the synchronization marker. The clock generator is configured to receive the first clock signal and divide the first clock signal to provide a divided clock output based on the synchronization pulse.
US08184383B2
An imaging lens includes in order from an object side, a stop and a first lens to a fourth lens. Both the surfaces of a third lens have surfaces including at least one inflection point, and an inclination of each surface at the terminal end part of a periphery within an effective diameter collapses toward the image side. And 0.1
US08184380B2
A lens barrel is provided with which manufacturing costs can be reduced. The lens barrel (3) has a first lens group (G1), a second lens group (G2), a third lens group (G3), a first support frame (10) that supports the first lens group (G1), a second support frame (20) that supports the second lens group (G2), a third support frame (30) that supports the third lens group (G3), a first driving unit (50), a second driving unit (60), and a shutter unit (29) that is fixed to the second support frame (20). The first lens group (G1) has an overall negative refractive power, and includes a prism (PR). The second support frame (20) is driven along a second optical axis (A2) by the first driving unit (50). The third support frame (30) is driven along the second optical axis (A2) by the second driving unit (60).
US08184373B2
The present invention relates to a structure comprising: a resin pattern (A)3 formed on a base material 1 and having structure units of a predetermined shape; and a resin pattern (B)5 formed on a surface of the resin pattern (A)3 and having microscopic structure units, of a predetermined shape, arranged at a period shorter than or equal to a wavelength range of a using light, and to a method for producing the structure, comprising the steps of: (i) forming a resin layer 2 on the base material 1 and subjecting the resin layer 2 to an exposure-development process so as to form the resin pattern (A)3; and (ii) subjecting a surface of the resin pattern (A)3 to an exposure-development process so as to form the resin pattern (B)5, wherein the steps (i) and (ii) are sequential.
US08184367B2
An optical system includes a dynamically focused lens that variably changes focal length to focus light on a material under evaluation at discrete axial depths, and a scanning element that laterally scans the material to focus light on the material at points that are laterally adjacent the axial depth.
US08184361B2
A fiber laser amplifier system including a plurality of master oscillators each generating a signal beam at a different wavelength. A splitter is provided for each master oscillator that splits the signal beam into a plurality of fiber beams where a separate fiber beam is sent to a fiber amplifier. A tapered fiber bundle couples the output ends the fiber amplifiers for each wavelength group into a combined fiber providing a combined output beam, where a separate combined output beam is provided for the wavelength for each master oscillator. An end cap is optically coupled to an output end of each of the tapered fiber bundles to expand the combined output beam. A spectral beam combination grating receives the combined beams from the tapered fiber bundles at different angles and outputs an output beam of all of the combined beams as a single beam being directed in the same direction.
US08184357B2
In one embodiment, a display element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a display cell defined by a dielectric material between the first electrode and the second electrode. The display cell includes a narrower portion adjacent the first electrode and a wider portion. The narrower portion has a first cross-sectional area and the wider portion has a second cross-sectional area. A cross-sectional area of the display cell gradually transitions between the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area. The display element includes a fluid with colorants within the display cell.
US08184355B2
A light modulation device capable of stabilizing a phase set in phase modulation processing and improving optical communication quality. A phase modulator is provided for each of plural branched input lights and performs phase modulation of the input light. A phase shifter is provided at the upstream or downstream of the phase modulator and shifts a phase of the input light or of the phase-modulated light. A light interference section causes the output lights from the light modulator to interfere with each other to generate a multilevel phase modulated signal and interference light having a phase state different from that of the modulated signal. A monitor receives the interference light and outputs an electric signal according to the intensity. A phase shift controller generates a phase control signal based on the electric signal and applies the signal to the shifter to control the phase shift amount to be set by the shifter.
US08184354B2
A light-amount adjusting apparatus includes a plurality of light-amount adjusting blades that causes a size of a light-passing aperture to change by rotation thereof. Each of the light-amount adjusting blades includes a base portion on which a rotation center portion and a driven portion are formed, and a blade portion that overlaps another light-amount adjusting blade in a light-passing direction so as to form the light-passing aperture. A thickness of the blade portion is thinner than that of the base portion. When the plurality of light-amount adjusting blades is rotated to set the light-passing aperture to be smaller than a full-opened aperture, a thickness of a portion that overlaps an adjacent stop blade is thinner than that of a portion that does not overlap the adjacent stop blade in each of the light-amount adjusting blades. The blades have high dimension accuracy, and deterioration of the optical performance of the apparatus is reduced.
US08184353B2
Barcode scanning device (3) includes a rotatable polygon mirror (27) and a first fixed reflection mirror (33). The polygon mirror (27) comprises a first reflection surfaces (c), (e) and a second reflection surfaces (a), (b), (d), (f). The first reflection surfaces (c), (e) reflect laser light and thus emitting first scanning light in a range of ±20° with respect to an optical axis (29). The second reflection surfaces (a), (b), (d), (f) reflect laser light and thus emitting second scanning light in a range larger than ±20° with respect to an optical axis (29). The first fixed reflection mirror (33) reflects the first scanning light and second scanning light forming scanning patterns in an object readable area. These scanning patterns are composed of a plurality of second scanning lines each parallel with other and first scanning lines disposed between the second scanning lines.
US08184343B2
There are provided a first section for acquiring image data; a second section for storing the acquired image data; a third section for acquiring accessory information; a fourth section for storing the accessory information; a fifth section for generating an image ID and an accessory information ID; a sixth section for embedding the image ID and the accessory information ID in the image data; a seventh section for extracting an image ID and an accessory information ID from a result of scanning of the index sheet; an eighth section for reading accessory information on the basis of the accessory information ID; a ninth section for selecting image data through use of accessory information; a tenth section for reading selected image data; an eleventh section for arranging the image data; and a twelfth section for sending index sheet images having the information embedded therein and the arranged album images.
US08184334B2
An image processing apparatus for using one of a device link profile and a set of a source profile and an output profile includes a first selection unit for selecting a set of a source profile and an output profile and second selection unit for selecting a device link profile. In the image processing apparatus, the device link profile and the set of a source profile and an output profile are exclusively selected such that only one of the device link profile and the set of a source profile and an output profile is selected at a time.
US08184322B2
An image forming system capable of providing a connection configuration as that the network function provided by the image forming apparatus can be sufficiently utilized, even when the print controlling apparatus and the image forming apparatus are connected to each other. The image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and a controlling apparatus which are connected to each other through a network and have different addresses set thereto, respectively. Information, indicating that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other also by a communication medium that is different from the network, is registered in at least one of the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus. A searching request for searching an apparatus connected to the network is received. The information registered by the registering unit is responded in a case that the searching request is received by receiving unit. It is displayed that the image forming apparatus and the controlling apparatus are connected to each other by the communication medium, based on the information responded by the responding unit.
US08184320B2
A printing control apparatus to control a printing operation includes a web server connection unit to connect with a web server of a pre-set address and receive environmental information of an area where the printing apparatus is located, and a controller to transmit a printing control signal corresponding to the received environmental information and printing data to a printing apparatus. Accordingly, a transfer voltage is adjusted according to the environmental information of the area where the printing apparatus is located, so that the effect of the environment on the printing quality can be minimized and thus the printing quality can be improved.
US08184319B2
A print management apparatus includes a detection unit, a determination unit and a notification unit. The detection unit detects a specific print command. The determination unit determines a second person who gives another print command. The second person is different from a first person who gives the specific print command detected by the detection unit. The notification unit notifies, to the second person, information for prompting the second person to collect a printed matter that is output in response to the specific print command.
US08184316B2
A secure fax transmission system can be used to assure the intended recipient of a confidential document being sent via facsimile is the only person that will have access to the document once it is sent. An application module communicates with a client user interface over a first network and communicates with a recipient fax machine over a second network. The application module receives information associated with a confidential document being sent via facsimile. Prior to sending the document, the application module determines if the recipient fax number has been previously registered as a secure fax number. The application module then sends the document to the recipient if the recipient fax number is registered a secure. If the recipient fax number is not registered as secure, the application module sends a request for registration to the recipient fax number.
US08184309B2
This invention can cope with various user needs and use cases related to a holding function and can prevent any situation in which, for example, even when the holding function is disabled, an external device continuously inputs, to a printing apparatus, jobs which require use of the holding function. This invention also prevents the data of a job that requires use of the holding function from remaining in a memory when the holding function is disabled. This invention prevents data that will never be used from remaining in a storage area when the holding function is disabled. A printing system, according to the invention, enables a printing unit to execute a process of a job that requires use of the holding function of causing a storage unit to hold data of a job to be processed. The printing system includes a control unit which disables the holding function. If it is determined that the holding function is disabled, the control unit cancels execution, by the printing unit, of the process of the job that requires use of the holding function.
US08184308B2
An image forming apparatus includes a calibration information generating unit that generates calibration information, an identification information generating unit that generates identification information associating the generated calibration information, a receiving unit that receives identification information from an external device, and a print control unit that controls the image forming apparatus to pause a printing process.
US08184302B2
The invention concerns a measuring system for optical monitoring of coating processes in a vacuum chamber, in which the light source is arranged inside the vacuum chamber between the substrate carrier and a shutter is arranged beneath the substrate carrier and the light-receiving unit is arranged outside the vacuum chamber in the optical path of the light source. The substrate carrier is designed to accept at least one substrate, and it can move across the coasting source in the vacuum chamber, preferably revolving about an axis, whereby the substrate or substrates cross(es) the optical path between the light source and the light-receiving unit for transmission measurement, and the shutter shades a measurement area across the coating source.
US08184301B2
A method and apparatus for aligning and positioning a surface such that the optical and/or cylinder axis of the surface is precisely aligned with a fixture for the purpose of assembly or further mechanical operations such as machining and polishing. According to another aspect of the invention, a lens apex is located and precisely positioned a constant distance from a reference point. In order to implement the above, a method and apparatus is disclosed for optically aligning and positioning surfaces using a precision laser displacement measurement device, an X-Y-Z micron stage, and a microprocessor (or computer) capable of performing curvature analysis.
US08184300B2
The penetration depth of surface acoustic wave scales with wavelength. To measure thinner films using impulse stimulated thermal scattering (ISTS) it is advantageous to reduce the measurement wavelength to on the order of 1 micron. One way to reduce the measurement wavelength is to employ a high numerical aperture lens to converge an excitation and probe laser beam in an optical system at wider angles. While doing this, the increased optical/mechanical tolerances can be reduced by fine-tuning the phase between an excitation laser pattern and a probe laser pattern by adjusting either a neutral-density filter or matching plate for a particular wavelength. Blocking unwanted diffraction order beams generated by the optical system with a specialized design beam block plate is needed to retain the long wavelength capability.
US08184296B2
Some embodiments of the invention generally relate to an apparatus configured to monitor emissions. The apparatus includes a sampling chamber, a gas analyzer, and a particulate matter analyzer. The sampling chamber is configured to receive a portion of an exhaust flow from an exhaust stack. The portion of the exhaust flow comprises one or more gases and particulate matter. The gas analyzer is configured to receive the portion of the exhaust flow to measure at least one emission level of the one or more gases using a laser and output a signal indicative thereof. The particulate matter analyzer is operatively connected to the sampling chamber and is configured to measure the particulate matter using optics and output a signal indicative thereof.
US08184295B2
The present subject matter relates to multivariate optical analysis systems employ multivariate optical elements and utilize multivariate optical computing methods to determine information about a product carried by light reflected from or transmitted through the product. An exemplary method of processing and monitoring the product includes introducing the product at an inspection point; illuminating the product with a spectral-specific light though an optic lens; directing the light that has passed through at least a section of the product through at least one multivariate optical element to produce a first signal, the directed light carrying information about the product; detecting the signal at a detector; and determining at least one property of the product based upon the detector output.
US08184282B2
A method for defect detection using transmissive bright field and transmissive dark field illumination, the method includes: determining a relationship between at least one transmissive bright field illuminator (92) characteristic and at least one transmissive dark field illuminator (91) characteristic in response to at least one characteristic of each defect type out of multiple defect types that should be detected during a defect detection session and in response to at least one phenomenon to be ignored of during the defect detection session; setting the at least one transmissive bright field illuminator (92) characteristic and the at least one transmissive dark field illuminator (91) characteristic according to the determination; illuminating an at least partially transparent object by the transmissive dark field illuminator and by the transmissive bright field illuminator; detecting light that passes through the at least partially transparent object to provide detection signals, and processing the detected signals in order to detect defects.
US08184277B2
The optical device for determining the angular position of a rotating element comprises: a concave mirror (13) integral to one rotating element (7); an electromagnetic radiation emitter (17); at least one electro-optical detector (19R, 19L). The concave mirror, the emitter, and the detector are arranged in such a way that at least a part of the radiation emitted by said emitter is focused by the concave mirror on said at least one detector. The detector produces a signal, which can vary as a function of the position in which the radiation is focused by the mirror on the detector.
US08184276B2
Described herein are devices and methods for making extremely accurate measurements in a medium by continuously measuring the index of refraction of the medium such as water or biological tissue. Also described herein is a device for constantly measuring the index of refraction, and using the index of refraction data to constantly calibrate the optical measurement device. In addition, a primary measurement device (a ladar) that is optimized for data collection in a volume backscattering medium such as water or biological tissue is described, along with data results from the lab.
US08184267B2
The present invention provides a surveying instrument provided with a tracking function, said surveying instrument comprising a first image pickup means 40 with a first solid image pickup element 33, a second image pickup means 37 with a second solid image pickup element 19, an image pickup control instrument for controlling image pickup conditions of said first image pickup means and said second image pickup means, and a control unit for controlling the tracking operation of a target 36 based on a target image signal obtained at the first solid image pickup element or based on a target image signal obtained at the second solid image pickup element, wherein the first image pickup means can acquire an image in wider range by said second image pickup means, and wherein the image pickup control instrument controls so that a target image is acquired by the first image pickup means when the target image is out of a photodetection range of the target of the second solid image pickup element and controls so that the target image is acquired by the second image pickup means when the target image detected by the first solid image pickup element is within the predetermined range.
US08184260B2
A method includes storing at least a partial parallelization of at least two of an audio data processing, a video data processing, a synchronized processing of audio and video data from the audio data processing and video data processing, and output processing of the audio and video data from the synchronized processing.
US08184251B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate includes: forming a gate pattern on a substrate; forming a first gate insulating film and a second gate insulating film on the substrate; forming a source/drain pattern and a semiconductor pattern on the substrate; forming a passivation film on the substrate; forming a photo-resist pattern on the passivation film; patterning the passivation film using the photo-resist pattern to form a passivation film pattern, the patterning of the passivation film including over-etching the passivation film to form an open region in the passivation film; forming a transparent electrode film on the substrate; removing the photo-resist pattern and a portion of the transparent electrode film on the photo-resist pattern; and forming a pixel electrode on the first gate insulating layer.
US08184247B2
An optical compensatory film of a laminated structure comprising a first optically anisotropic layer having an Re(550) of 20 to 100 nm wherein retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm is never 0 nm along any direction and the direction along which the absolute value of retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm reaches minimum does not exist along the normal direction of the layer or on the in-plane of the layer; and a second optically anisotropic layer having an Re(550) of 20 to 150 nm and an Rth(550) of 40 to 110 nm with Re(450) Re(550)<−3 nm and Rth(450)−Rth(550)>3 nm.
US08184233B2
A backlight chassis is constituted by combining a right end chassis plate, a left end chassis plate, and an intermediate chassis plate obtained by cutting a metal sheet into a predetermined shape and pressing. A trough portion is formed in each chassis plate at a portion to be the long side of the backlight chassis, and the trough portions are superimposed at the boundary of adjoining chassis plates. Furthermore, a superimposed portion constituting a beam-shaped portion is provided at the boundary of adjoining chassis plates. The chassis plates are coupled by screws penetrating the superimposed portion of the trough portions or the beam-shaped portions. The right end chassis plate and the left end chassis plate have point symmetric shapes.
US08184232B2
In the specification and drawing a flat panel display with a front cover, a rear cover, a printed circuit board and a display module is disclosed. The rear cover is fixed on the front cover, wherein the rear cover has a printed circuit board region and a panel region. The printed circuit board is locked on the rear cover and corresponding to the printed circuit board region. The display module is fixed on the front cover and corresponding to the panel region, wherein the display module comprise an liquid crystal panel facing the front cover and a back plate facing the rear cover. Moreover, a method for fabricating the flat panel display is also disclosed in the specification and drawing.
US08184231B2
Disclosed related to a display device according to the present invention comprising an external housing; a display module accepted into the external housing; and an image signal processing unit supplying image signals to the display module, and the external housing including a regular reflection unit regularly reflecting lights from outside and a diffused reflection unit diffusely reflecting lights from outside. It is advantageous that the normal watching of the screen while the watching of the display device is not disturbed, and that the satisfactory of the users is improved with a predetermined pattern when the display device is not being used. Further, it is also advantageous that the area of gloss may be controlled as controlling the relative area of the regular reflection unit and the diffused reflection unit.
US08184225B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device which can be produced by simple and cheap processes and effectively achieve improved performances and a reduced electric power consumption. Further, the present invention provides a production method thereof and a display device including the semiconductor device or a semiconductor device produced by the production method. The present invention is a semiconductor device including a pixel part and an integrated circuit part on a substrate, the pixel part including a switching element having a gate electrode formed on a semiconductor thin film, the integrated circuit part including a semiconductor layer on a gate electrode, wherein a passivation film is formed on the gate electrode in the pixel part.
US08184223B2
A first pixel electrode (17a), a second pixel electrode (17b), a third pixel electrode (17c), and a fourth pixel electrode (17d) are provided in a pixel (100); the first pixel electrode (17a) is connected to a data signal line (15x) via a first transistor (12a), the second pixel electrode (17b) is connected to the data signal line (15x) via a second transistor (12b), and the first transistor (12a) and the second transistor (12b) are connected to the same scanning signal line (16x); the first pixel electrode (17a) is connected to the third pixel electrode (17c) via a capacitor, and the second pixel electrode (17b) is connected to the fourth pixel electrode (17d) via a capacitor; one of two storage capacitor wires (18p, 18q) forms a capacitance with the first pixel electrode (17a), and the other one of the two storage capacitor wires (18p, 18q) forms a capacitance with the second pixel electrode (17b); and one of the two storage capacitor wires (18p, 18q) receives a storage capacitor wire signal, and the other one of the two storage capacitor wires (18p, 18q) receives another storage capacitor wire signal. According to the configuration, it is possible to improve viewing angle characteristics of a liquid crystal display device of a pixel division mode (capacitively coupled type).
US08184222B2
A display apparatus includes a storage line, a main-storage electrode branched from the storage line, and sub-storage electrodes branched from the main-storage electrode. The main-storage electrode and the sub-storage electrodes form storage capacitors with a pixel electrode. The main-storage electrode has a structure that is suitable for improving an aperture ratio of the display apparatus, and the sub-storage electrodes has a structure that is suitable for improving a driving capability of the display apparatus. Thus, a desired aperture ratio and a desired driving capability may be obtained by adjusting lengths of the main-storage electrode and the sub-storage electrodes.
US08184212B2
A sound-IF demodulator including a first demodulating unit and a second demodulating unit and a sound-IF detecting method thereof are provided. A sound de-matrix unit is adapted to generate a driving signal by de-matrixing outputs of the sound-IF demodulator. The first demodulating unit generates a first demodulated signal to the sound de-matrix unit by demodulating the first carrier signal. The second demodulating unit detects the signal quality of the sound signal and generates a second demodulated signal to the sound de-matrix unit and/or the first demodulating unit by demodulating the second carrier signal. When the second demodulating unit is idle, the second demodulating unit is programmed to select a corresponding standard among a plurality of predetermined standards for the sound signal according to the signal quality of the sound signal, so that the sound-IF demodulator is programmed to demodulate the sound signal in the corresponding standard.
US08184205B2
An electro-optical device includes configuration to apply, to a plurality of the data lines through capacitors, inverted data signals that are generated by inverting voltage levels of data signals supplied to image signal lines with respect to a predetermined electric potential.
US08184204B2
In a de-ring system for reducing the overshooting and undershooting of a video signal after scaling on the horizontal and the vertical direction in a scaler, a region judgment device receives the video signal and detects the attributes of the region in the video signal. When the region in the video signal is an edge and flat area, the de-ring system adjusts the weighting coefficient to increase the low frequency components for reducing the overshooting and undershooting of the video signal. When the region in the video signal is neither an edge nor an edge and flat area, the de-ring system adjusts the weighting coefficient to increase the high frequency components for preserving the high frequency components of the video signal, so as to dramatically reduce the overshooting and undershooting of a video signal.
US08184199B2
The invention provides an image processing apparatus for processing an interlaced video which includes a judging module, a determining module and a processing module. The judging module is used for judging if a pixel in the kth frame among P frames of the interlaced video relates to a moving object. If the result judged by the determining module is YES, the determining module determines one between two pixels adjacent to the judged pixel in the frame as an edge pixel relative to an edge of the moving object. The first processing module is used for calculating a gray scale of the edge pixel determined by the determining module in an average way.
US08184195B2
Camera modules are provided using wafer level optics structures. Wafers of optical stack components such as spacers, lenses, filters, and aperture layers may be combined to form optical stacks for camera modules. Each optical stack may be formed from pieces of the lens and spacer wafers. The optical stacks may be mounted above digital image sensors to form compact camera modules for devices such as cellular telephones and digital cameras. To reduce lens flare, a lens hood structure may be mounted above the outermost lens in the optical stack structure. The lens hood structure may be formed from a layer of opaque plastic having an inner surface and an outer surface. The layer of plastic may be provided as part of a camera module housing or as a separate structure. A noncircular lens hood aperture may be formed in the outer surface of the lens hood layer. A corresponding inner aperture may be formed in the inner surface of the lens hood layer adjacent to the optical stack structure. The noncircular exterior surface aperture of the lens hood may have a barrel shape, a rectangular shape, an oval shape, a pincushion shape, or other suitable shapes that help reduce flare for digital image sensors with rectangular active areas.
US08184192B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system to generate an image, a control unit configured to perform focusing control of the imaging optical system, an object detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of object regions based on the image generated by the image generation unit, and a display unit configured to display the plurality of object regions detected by the object detecting unit. The object detecting unit sequentially detects the object regions at a plurality of positions to which the imaging optical system is moved, and the display unit juxtaposes and displays the object regions detected by the object detecting unit with respect to the image.
US08184190B2
An apparatus controls operation of an array of color multiple sensor pixel image sensors to provide a global shuttering for one half of the color multiple sensor pixel image sensors and a rolling shuttering for all color multiple sensor pixel image sensors of the array. The apparatus includes a row control circuit and a column clamp, sample, and hold circuit. The row control circuit generates the necessary reset control signals, transfer gating signals, and row selecting signals for providing the global shuttering and the rolling shuttering color multiple sensor pixel image sensors. The column clamp, sample and hold circuit generates an output signal representative of a number of photons impinging upon each color multiple sensor pixel image sensor of the row of selected color multiple sensor pixel image sensors. The control apparatus further includes an analog to digital converter which converts the read out signal to a digital image signal.
US08184187B2
An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that drains charge away from the photosensitive regions during an electronic shutter operation. A signal is applied to the electronic shutter layer through a contact. Prior to performing an electronic shutter operation, a determination is made as to whether or not a current level in the electronic shutter layer substantially equals or exceeds a threshold current level. If the current level in the electronic shutter layer substantially equals or exceeds the threshold current level, the electronic shutter operation is not performed. The electronic shutter operation is performed if the current level in the electronic shutter layer does not substantially equal or exceed the threshold current level.
US08184185B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the signal electric charge; vertical signal lines for reading the signals of the pixel section column by column; a horizontal signal line for reading the signals through switches from the vertical signal lines; and a variable amplification section for reading the signal from the horizontal signal line with amplifying it by a predetermined amplification factor, and further includes a control section for effecting a control so that a signal level on the horizontal signal line does not exceed a predetermined limit level when signals are read out from the vertical signal lines to the horizontal signal line.
US08184179B2
An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. An obtaining unit obtains a first still image, a first difficulty level indicating a complexity of the first still image, a second still image, and a second difficulty level indicating a complexity of the second still image. A combining unit combines the first and second still images at a combination ratio which is changed along a time axis to generate a moving image. An encoding unit encodes the moving image. A moving-image difficulty-level calculating unit calculates a moving-image difficulty level indicating a complexity of the moving image according to the first and second difficulty levels and the combination ratio changed along the time axis. A control unit controls a characteristic of a process of encoding the moving image according to the combination ratio changed along the time axis and the moving-image difficulty level.
US08184178B2
A method and an electronic device for adjusting a compression ratio of a JPEG image are used to adjust a size of a JPEG image file. The method includes the following steps. a raw image, a first compression parameter (SF1) and a second compression parameter (SF2) are obtained. Then, the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter is used to compress the raw image respectively to obtain a first file and a second file of the compressed raw image A target file size (Target) is set. The target file size, the size of the first file (FileSize1), and the size of the second file (FileSize2) are used to calculate a target compression parameter (NSF) that is generated according to the equation, log ( NSF ) = log ( SF 1 SF 2 ) log ( FileSize 1 FileSize 2 ) × log ( Target FileSize 1 ) + log ( SF 1 ) . Then, the target compression parameter is loaded to compress the raw image, so as to output a target image.
US08184177B2
First white balance correction coefficients computed based on a detected face region, and second white balance correction coefficients for correcting, to a skin color, chromaticity obtained after applying the first white balance correction coefficients to the face region are obtained. The degree of detection reliability of the face region is determined based on the parameter values obtained from the pixels of the face region and predetermined conditions. Resultant white balance correction coefficients are computed from the first white balance correction coefficients and the second white balance correction coefficients to which a smaller weight is applied as the degree of detection reliability is lower. Even when a face region is erroneously detected, high-precision white balance correction coefficients can be obtained.
US08184173B1
A method for reading a pixel, the method includes: (i) generating a first signal responsive to light sensed by the pixel during a first exposure period; (ii) comparing a first threshold to a first value of the first signal; (iii) writing a second value to the pixel; wherein the second value equals the first threshold if the first value exceeds the first threshold; wherein the second value equals the first value is the first signal is below the first threshold; (iv) generating a third signal responsive to the second value and to light sensed by the pixel during a second exposure period; (v) reading the third signal; and (vi) calculating a digital detection signal in response to a value of the third signal and in response to a first threshold.
US08184171B2
Image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus, image pickup method, and image processing method
Images are photographed by focus bracket photography at an in-focus position of a main subject and at focal positions followed and preceded by the in-focus position. The images are synthesized so as to obtain a blur-emphasized image in which areas desired to be blurred are appropriately blurred.
US08184166B2
A device for utilizing camera motion detection for a camera input interface includes a feature extractor, a feature tracker and a capture module. The feature extractor is configured to determine at least one obvious feature in an image frame. The feature tracker is in communication with the feature extractor. The feature tracker is configured to determine an amount of movement of the at least one obvious feature in a subsequent image frame and compare the amount of movement to a threshold. The capture module is in communication with the feature tracker. The capture module is configured to capture an image in response to the comparison of the amount of movement to the threshold.
US08184165B2
An apparatus and method for separating and connecting a main camera and a sub camera in a portable terminal are provided. The portable terminal includes a main camera for receiving a main clock signal from a main chip and transmitting a main camera pixel clock signal to the main chip in response to the main clock signal, a sub camera for receiving the main clock signal from the main chip and transmitting a sub camera pixel clock signal to the main chip in response to the main clock signal, and a switch for configuring a path from the main chip to at least one of the main camera and the sub camera.
US08184164B2
A method for measuring multimedia communication quality is disclosed. The multimedia video communication quality may be objectively reflected through the embedment and extraction of digital watermark under a precondition that the quality of the multimedia video data is not obviously affected. In the invention, each frame of the multimedia video data is uniformly divided into blocks of equal size and watermark data is embedded in each of the blocks, so that the watermark may be uniformly distributed. The multimedia video data are divided into groups, and the watermark is embedded in a part of the frames with equal interval between the frames in each group to reduce the effect of the watermark on the data. The watermark information is directly embedded in the spatial domain of the original video data. The PSNR of the video data is linearly fitted using the accuracy rate of the recovered watermark relative to the original watermark, and the fitted PSNR is regarded as a measurement indication of the multimedia video communication quality. Post-processing such as smoothing filtering is performed on video frames after watermark extraction to eliminate the effect of the watermark on the multimedia video data quality.
US08184163B2
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for detecting and locating skipped frames in a test video sequence in relation to a reference video sequence. Some embodiments comprise identifying pairs of temporally aligned reference and test segments. An alignment offset and freeze-frame count associated with each segment pair is received and used to calculate a number of skipped frames between a first segment pair and a second segment pair, the second segment pair being temporally subsequent to the first segment pair. In some embodiments, a number of skipped frames between the first segment pair and the second segment pair is determined by calculating a segment offset between the two segment pairs and subtracting the segment offset value from the sum of the number of freeze frames associated with the first segment pair and all temporally intervening segment pairs between the first segment pair and the second segment pair.
US08184155B2
The present invention uses invisible junctions which are a set of local features unique to every page of the electronic document to match the captured image to a part of an electronic document. The present invention includes: an image capture device, a feature extraction and recognition system and database. When an electronic document is printed, the feature extraction and recognition system captures an image of the document page. The features in the captured image are then extracted, indexed and stored in the database. Given a query image, usually a small patch of some document page captured by a low resolution image capture device, the features in the query image are extracted and compared against those stored in the database to identify the query image. The present invention also includes methods for recognizing and tracking the viewing region and look at point corresponding to the input query image. This information is combined with a rendering of the original input document to generate a new graphical user interface to the user. This user interface can be displayed on a conventional browser or even on the display of an image capture device.
US08184143B2
A method may be performed by a device having a camera and a display. The method may include identifying a graphical element to be presented on the display, capturing an image of an area in front of the display, determining information for distorting the captured image based on the graphical element, distorting the captured image based on the determined information. The distorted image may be combined with the graphical element on the display.
US08184142B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for a multipoint video conferencing system that can offer a wide variety of layouts and the ability to support a large number of conferees. A received stream of NALs from a plurality of endpoints can be processed by an exemplary NAL Processor Module (NPM) and be arranged into a stream of NALs that are referred to in this disclosure as organized NALs (ONALs). Two or more streams of compressed video organized into ONALs can be received by an exemplary NAL Editor Module (NEM), wherein each stream was created from a video image that was generated at an endpoint participating in the conference. An exemplary NEM can comprise a compressed composed frame memory (CCFM) module. Each CCFM can be divided into segments according to the layout of the continuous presence (CP) image that is to be displayed by one or more receiving endpoints.
US08184140B2
An optical system of a line head images light emitted from first and second light emitting elements and includes a rotationally symmetric lens having a lens face. A first region of the lens face includes an intersection point of the lens face with the symmetry axis of the lens, and a second region surrounding a periphery of the first region. The shape of a boundary portion between the first and second regions has the relationship 0.5ω<Δθ, wherein ω is a first direction angle that a first chief ray emitted by the first light emitting element makes with a second chief ray emitted by the second light emitting element, and Δθ is an angle that a tangent line to the first region at the boundary portion makes with a tangent line to the second region at the boundary portion in a first direction cross-section including the symmetry axis.
US08184135B2
Determining pixel behavior type of a pixel or a group of pixels of a LCD and triggering adjustment in drive power of the pixel or the group of pixels based on the pixel behavior type. The pixel behavior type indicates relative motion of areas on the LCD in a video. A pixel behavior determination module is one or combination of a software and a hardware and directs one or more selected pixels of the LCD to be driven relative slower or faster based upon content of video that the selected pixels display. The module independently or in conjunction with another module identifies an active window from a plurality of windows corresponding to a plurality of applications running on the host device and sets the drive power of those pixels that correspond to the active window based on speed of a video displayed on the active window. The module may also adapt LCD drive power on a pixel by pixel basis based upon user input and/or remaining battery life.
US08184130B2
To better realize the great potential of amateur digital photography, the present invention introduces an integrated system for the acquisition, organization, manipulation, and publication of digital images by amateur digital photography enthusiasts. The system of the present invention first acquires images from a number of different image sources. Images acquired in the same image importing session are marked as coming from the same conceptual film roll. Next, a user is empowered to organize and manipulate the acquired images. The images may be organized by tagging the images with informative keywords and grouping images together into conceptual photo albums. Furthermore, the images may be manipulated by rotating, cropping, and removing red-eye. Finally, the system of the present invention provides simple intuitive image publish systems. A selected group of images may be published in a photobook, published onto the World Wide Web, or published as individual image prints with minimal computer knowledge on the part of the user.
US08184128B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a data distribution system which is suitable to distribute data to a mobile terminal device and the like to cause the mobile terminal device and the like to display an image, and a method therefor. In response to a request from a mobile communication device (2) through a web page distribution server (5), a web server (12) distributes document data shown in FIG. 2 to the web page distribution server (5). The web page distribution server (5) creates an image of the distributed document data, and divides the created image into a plurality of areas to thereby create divided area data. In response to the request from the mobile communication device (2), the webpage distribution server (5) sequentially distributes such components of the created divided area data as are to be actually displayed, to the mobile communication device (2). The mobile communication device (2) sequentially displays the divided area data distributed from the web page distribution server (5).
US08184127B2
An apparatus for and method of generating graphic data, and information recording medium storing the same. An apparatus for generating graphic data includes: a line information extractor extracting line information of each line from the graphic data, the graphic data including plural graphic layers; a line data extractor receiving alpha information to be alpha blended with the graphic layers and the graphic data, and extracting line data from the graphic data; and a line information and line data combiner combining the extracted line information and line data.
US08184118B2
Described are a video graphics system, graphics processor, and methods for rendering three-dimensional objects. A buffer is partitioned into tiles of pixels. Each pixel of each tile includes at least one sample. A primitive is received and determined to fully cover one of the tiles of the buffer. A section of the primitive that maps to the fully covered tile is tested to determine whether that section of the primitive may be drawn in its entirety. A value is stored in the buffer for the fully covered tile in response to determining that the section of the primitive may be drawn in its entirety. The value indicating that every sample of the fully covered tile has a depth value determined by the primitive.
US08184110B2
Device, apparatus and methods for implementing a direct address mode to directly access registers by passing an indirect interface includes a display controller. A plurality of direct access registers for bypassing indirect interface is defined within the display controller. The display controller includes a bus interface having a first pin that is configured to activate the direct address mode and a second pin that configured to identify one of the direct access registers. The first pin in conjunction with the second pin provides a direct address mode through which the non-direct access registers may be directly accessed bypassing the indirect interface so that register index cycle, when accessing memory, may be avoided.
US08184091B2
A driving method of an electrophoretic display device, including a pair of substrates with an electrophoretic element which is interposed between the substrates and contains electrophoretic particles, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed at an electrophoretic element side of either one substrate of the pair of substrates, and a common electrode which opposes to the plurality of pixel electrodes and is formed at an electrophoretic element side of the other substrate, includes an image display step of inputting potentials, which are determined according to image data, to the plurality of pixel electrodes and a predetermined potential to the common electrode and displaying an image according to the image data by driving the electrophoretic element, and an image maintaining step of causing the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode to have the same potential after the image display step.
US08184086B2
An LCD device includes a plurality of gate lines formed in an LCD panel; a plurality of driving stages, each of which sequentially outputting a respective enabling scan pulse to a corresponding one of the plurality of gate lines; at least one dummy stage responsive to an enabling scan pulse from a first one of the plurality of driving stages and supplying a disabling scan pulse to a second one of the plurality of driving stages to disable outputting of the enabling scan pulse; and a dummy gate line electrically connected to the at least one dummy stage.
US08184084B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display control device which can display pictures in a magnification mode by using only a memory having a low-speed access and a low storage capacity. When a video signal has intermediate resolution or less, the enlargement processing is performed by a frame memory, a line memory and an enlargement processing control circuit. If the input operation and the output operation to and from the frame memory are synchronized with each other, it is sufficient for the frame memory to have a storage capacity of two lines. When the video signal has the same high resolution as a liquid crystal display panel, the video signal is output through a gate circuit to a display timing generating circuit, and it is displayed in a through mode. In this case, no processing is performed by the frame memory or the like.
US08184082B2
A liquid crystal display selectively operates in one of a full screen display mode, in which the full screen of the display panel is set as a display area, and a partial display mode, in which a partial area in the full screen is set as a display area and a remaining area is set as a non-display area. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, a plurality of storage capacitor lines that are provided to correspond to the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of pixels that are provided at intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines, a polarity signal generation circuit that generates a polarity signal corresponding to a frame inversion signal to be repeatedly alternately inverted between a first level and a second level different from the first level for each frame in the display area, and generates a polarity signal corresponding to a fixed signal fixed at one of the first level and the second level in the non-display area, a storage capacitor line driving circuit that changes the potentials of the storage capacitor lines depending on the polarity signal generated by the polarity signal generation circuit, and a control circuit that changes the display area at a timing according to the frame inversion signal.
US08184078B2
A source driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generator, a common voltage generator and a driver. The gamma voltage generator receives gamma data from a timing controller through reduced swing differential signaling (RSDS) transmission interface to generate corresponding gamma voltages. The common voltage generator receives common voltage data from the timing controller to generate a corresponding common voltage. The driver receives image data from the timing controller through the RSDS transmission interface, the gamma voltages from the gamma voltage generator and the common voltage from the common voltage generator for modifying the image data using the gamma voltages and the common voltage and transmitting the modified image data to a panel of the liquid crystal display.
US08184074B2
An organic light emitting display keeps a constant grayscale in an organic light emitting display panel even if power supplied by a power supply is changed. The organic light emitting display includes: a switching unit for selecting and outputting a first source power or a second source power as a first reference power; a comparator for comparing the first reference power with the second source power and outputting a difference value between the first reference power and the second source power; an adder for adding the difference value to an initial second reference power to output as a second reference power, such that a voltage level of the second reference power is changed when a voltage level of the first reference power is changed; and a gamma voltage generator for generating plural gamma voltages to be utilized for displaying the image on an organic light emitting display panel by utilizing the first and second reference powers.
US08184070B1
Example methods and systems for selecting a user interface for a wearable computing device are disclosed. An accelerometer system may determine a user activity of a user wearing a wearable computing device. Based on the user activity determined by the accelerometer system, the wearable computing device may select a user interface for the wearable computing device such that the user interface is appropriate for the determined user activity.
US08184067B1
Systems and methods for selecting an action associated with a power state transition of a head-mounted display (HMD) in the form of eyeglasses are disclosed. A signal may be received from a sensor on a nose bridge of the eyeglasses indicating if the HMD is in use. Based on the received signal, a first powers state for the HMD may be determined. Responsive to the determined first power state, an action associated with a power state transition of the HMD from an existing power state to the first power state may be selected. The action may be selected from among a plurality of actions associated with a plurality of state transitions. Also, the action may be a sequence of functions performed by the HMD including modifying an operating state of a primary processing component of the HMD and a detector of the HMD configured to image an environment.
US08184063B2
A balanced dipole antenna, comprising: a left dipole arm having a center end, a right dipole arm having a center end, a coaxial cable having an outer conductor and a single inner conductor and a top end electrically located between the center ends of the left and right dipole arms, a left stub coupling the left dipole arm and the coaxial cable, and a right stub coupling the right dipole arm and the coaxial cable, wherein the inner conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to one of the left and right dipole arms, and the outer conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the other of the left and right dipole arms.
US08184061B2
A device comprising a metallic conical portion, said conical portion substantially hollow having a vertex end and a base end, a first cylindrical portion disposed annularly about the base end of the conical portion, a metallic second cylindrical portion coupled to the vertex of the conical portion, said cylindrical portion having a threaded aperture, and an antenna feed coupled to the threaded aperture. The device may have a patch disposed on an insulator portion connected to the second cylindrical portion, said patch and insulator portion each having an aperture, and a metallic ground portion connected to the insulator portion, said ground portion having an ground aperture, and a threaded screw disposed through the ground aperture, the patch, the insulator aperture and into the threaded aperture. An RF feed may be created by coupling the threaded aperture to a conductive material disposed on the insulator portion.
US08184058B2
A torque arm assembly for connecting first generally circular cylindrical and second rotatable concentric bodies, rotatable about a common axis of rotation and separated by a given radial distance defined between the inner surface of the first rotatable body and the outer surface of the second rotatable body. The assembly includes an axial assembly positioned along the radial axis between the rotatable bodies and having a first end coupled to the first rotatable body and a second end coupled to a transverse body. A transverse shaft is fixedly coupled to the second rotatable body via a pair of support members. The transverse body is adapted to translate along an axis, transverse to the radial axis and relative to the transverse shaft. The axial assembly has a length that is axially variable to compensate for variations in the given radial distance between the rotatable bodies during rotation of the rotatable bodies.
US08184056B1
The invention provides apparatuses for a radial constrained lens in a steerable directional antenna system. The radial constrained lens includes a feed array that excites a continuous radiating aperture through a section of radial waveguide. Feed elements of the feed array are coupled to a feed network that processes a signal for each of the active feed elements. A feed array may include a plurality of feed probes or a plurality of waveguide sections. A sector, which includes a contiguous subset of feed elements, may be configured by a switching arrangement either in a transmit mode or a receive mode. The radial constrained lens may be commutated about a full 360 degree aperture view. Also, a plurality of radial constrained lens may be vertically stacked so that a scanned beam may be adjusted both in an azimuth and elevation directions.
US08184054B2
A portable terminal includes a non-conductive resin chassis that is formed by molding a molding material and internally provided with a printed circuit board on which a wireless circuit is formed, and an antenna pattern that is disposed on a wall surface of the chassis and in a region excluding a eject pin track formed when the chassis electrically connected with the printed circuit board is formed, wherein the antenna pattern is constituted by sequentially laminating a copper layer, a nickel layer and a gold layer by electroless plating, and the nickel layer is rendered amorphous.
US08184047B1
The present invention is related to location positioning systems, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus of synchronizing to data bits in a positioning system signal. According to a first aspect, the present invention speeds up data bit sync by allowing high Pfa in the overall bit sync computation (e.g. 10−2) for coarse aided case. According to another aspect, the present invention combines and aligns signals from satellites for use in the bit sync computation (e.g. for improved sensitivity and speed).
US08184043B2
A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for a super-resolution imaging radar (SRIR). The SRIR employs a pulse signal generator that propagates bursts of radio frequency (RF) energy. Each burst contains a number of pulses. One pulse of each burst is an ancilla pulse, and the remaining pulses are propagated towards an object. An array bucket detector (ABD) collects pulses that are reflected from the object. Also, the ancilla pulses are propagated through a virtual lens. A virtual scanning detector detects the virtual ancilla electric field. A processor calculates a virtual ancilla electric field, which would be present at the scanning detector. Further, a coincidence circuit calculates a cross-time correlation function of the electric fields of the reflected pulses that are collected by the ABD and the virtual ancilla electric field. The coincidence circuit uses cross-time correlation function results to generate pixels of an image of the object.
US08184042B2
A system and method for a self calibrating conformal phased array are disclosed involving a plurality of transmit/receive elements; a plurality of embedded, calibration transmit/receive elements scattered across the array; and at least one back-end processor. The calibration transmit/receive elements are used to track any physical calibration transmit/receive element's relative position change caused by array flexure. In one or more embodiments, each of the calibration transmit/receive elements transmit a tone using a small antenna, and the other calibration transmit/receive elements receive the tone using small antennas. The calibration transmit/receive elements that receive the tone measure the phase of the received tone. At least one back-end processor uses the measured phases to determine differential phases from a phase calibration table. Also, at least one back-end processor uses the differential phases to compute a change in apparent location of each transmitting calibration transmit/receive element.
US08184040B2
This disclosure provides a radar device including a transmission module for sequentially transmitting two or more kinds of pulse signals having different pulse widths by a predetermined transmitting pattern, a memory module for storing a predetermined number of pulse reply data corresponding to each kind of the pulse signals, the predetermined number being number of transmissions of the kind of the pulse signals, a pulse integrating module for performing pulse integration of the pulse reply data stored in the memory module for each kind of the pulse signal, and an image generating module for generating a radar image using the results of the pulse integration.
US08184039B2
A level sensing device with a high frequency radar system is provided. The radar system includes a radar high frequency module, a carrier board and a controller. The radar high frequency module is mounted on the carrier board using surface mount techniques. The controller includes a processor and the radar high frequency module has a plurality of components including one or more microwave integrated circuits, a radiating patch antenna, and coupling means for channeling a radiated signal from the patch antenna out of the module. The components are encapsulated to form the module and the coupling means includes a dielectric rod.
US08184038B2
Relatively short turnaround times are provided in conjunction with two-way ranging to, for example, facilitate accurate ranging measurements when the relative clock drift between ranging nodes (e.g., devices) is relatively high. In some aspects, relatively short turnaround times are achieved through the use of a symmetric channel that is defined to enable concurrent transmission of ranging messages between nodes. For example, a symmetric channel may be established by configuring the nodes to receive one or more pulses associated with a received ranging message in between pulse transmissions associated with a transmitted ranging message. In this way, one node may send a ranging timestamp shortly after the other nodes sends its ranging timestamp, thereby mitigating the impact of the clock drift on the ranging measurements. In some aspects the pulses may comprise ultra-wideband pulses. The techniques described herein may be employed to provide two-way ranging in, for example, low power and/or non-coherent wireless devices.
US08184037B2
Radar system for providing an aircraft with a facility for in use at least detecting another aircraft in at least one monitorable zone within a region surrounding of that aircraft, wherein the system comprises for each monitorable zone at least one subsystem comprising one transmitter for sending an electro-magnetic probe signal and at least one receiver for receiving a reflection of that probe signal, wherein the transmitter is arranged to send the probe signal in a direction that is static with respect to that aircraft.
US08184034B2
A code sequence generator (20) comprising a memory (22), a feedback logic network (24) and an output logic network (26) which is configured to perform a logic function on the contents of elements (26) of the memory (22) to generate bits of the code sequence, wherein the code sequence generator (20) outputs a plurality of bits of the code simultaneously.
US08184033B2
Techniques for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using pipeline architecture includes a linearization technique for a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) over 80 deciBels. In some embodiments, sampling rates exceed a megahertz. According to a second approach, a switched-capacitor circuit is configured for correct operation in a high radiation environment. In one embodiment, the combination yields high fidelity ADC (>88 deciBel SFDR) while sampling at 5 megahertz sampling rates and consuming <60 milliWatts. Furthermore, even though it is manufactured in a commercial 0.25-μm CMOS technology (1 μm=12−6 meters), it maintains this performance in harsh radiation environments. Specifically, the stated performance is sustained through a highest tested 2 megarad(Si) total dose, and the ADC displays no latchup up to a highest tested linear energy transfer of 63 million electron Volts square centimeters per milligram at elevated temperature (131 degrees C.) and supply (2.7 Volts, versus 2.5 Volts nominal).
US08184029B1
A phase interpolator is described. The phase interpolator can have a code-to-bias converter, and a phase interpolation interface. In an embodiment of a code-to-bias converter, a single digital-to-analog converter is provided to generate bias signaling associated with phase signals. A bleeder current source is provided to generate a bleeder current, where the bleeder current is selected responsive to phase so the phase signals do not reach zero current.
US08184028B2
A video data source system includes a video encoder and an analog back end device. The analog back end device includes a digital to analog converter and a post-stage driving unit. The video data source system adds the post-stage driving unit into the analog back end device and strengthens its driving ability by the post-stage driving unit.
US08184026B2
An optimized Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) includes a transmitter physical (PHY) layer configured to convert input data into serial data and transmit the serial data in synchronization with a high-speed clock, a receiver PHY layer configured to convert the serial data into 8-bit parallel data in synchronization with the clock received from the transmitter, a bit merge block configured to merge the parallel data received from the receiver PHY layer so as to form 32-bit data using multiple lanes and to transmit the 32-bit data to a receiver protocol layer, the receiver protocol layer being configured to decode and recognize the data received from the bit merge block.
US08184022B2
A method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device by utilizing a linguistic source.
US08184021B2
A keyboard with illuminating architecture includes a keyboard portion and a substrate carrying the keyboard portion, wherein the keyboard portion includes a plurality of pressing elements for receiving a pressing force from the user and inter-dependent mechanisms respectively under a force receiving surface of each pressing element for providing a moving stroke of the pressing element following the force direction, and the substrate has an assembling portion for assembling with the other end of the inter-dependent mechanism. Moreover, the surface of the substrate has at least one light guiding groove, which forms a light channel for transmitting light, and at least one inner sidewall of the light guiding groove is a light reflecting surface, so that the light in the light guiding groove is reflected by the light reflecting surface to the keyboard portion, thereby providing the pressing elements the brightness, and reducing whole keyboard thickness and thinning.
US08184019B2
There is disclosed a single space parking meter that includes a low powered radio for communicating with a mobile access point. There is also provided a parking meter management system comprising a single space parking meter and a mobile access point. The mobile access point comprises a coin collection cart, and a mobile data collection terminal including a wireless radio for communicating with the wireless radio of the single space parking meter. Also disclosed is a method of managing single space parking meters comprising the steps of collecting and storing meter information in a single space parking meter, receiving at a main electronics board of the single space parking meter a transmit signal, and transmitting the meter information to a mobile access point using a low powered radio of the single space parking meter.
US08184018B2
An image-based vehicle safety warning system is disclosed, which uses an image retrieval module for receiving an image signal and camera parameters related to the source of the image signal into a space definition module, which defines an image space and warning areas of different levels in the image space. Then, an object identification module identifies parts of a possible vehicle in the image according to the image signal and variations thereof. A warning indication module then obtains an interrelation by locating the position of the vehicle within the image space and comparing the vehicle position with the warning areas, thereby providing alarms in different levels based on the interrelation.
US08184017B2
A processing method for an operation system which performs operation processing in accordance with a detection amount detected by detection means and pulse output processing in which an operation result from the operation processing is transmitted as a pulse output, including: controlling transmission of the pulse output performed in the pulse output processing to make the transmission of the pulse output asynchronous with a timing of an end of the operation processing; and transmitting, by repeating the controlling, a pulse train having time-series continuity.
US08184015B2
A lightweight and energetically autonomous device for real-time monitoring of overhead power lines, comprising:—an external housing (EMS1) provided, at opposed ends thereof, with a first (OP1) and a second (OP2) opening for a power line cable (HVC) traversing said external housing; a monitoring subsystem (B) for monitoring at least a mechanical parameter of said overhead power line; and—a communication subsystem (D) for transmitting monitoring information generated by said monitoring subsystem; characterized in that: an internal housing (EMS2) is provided within said external housing (EMS1), said power line cable (HVC) passing outside said internal housing (EMS2); said monitoring subsystem (B) is disposed within said internal housing (EMS2); said external (EMS1) and internal (EMS2) housings are both made of a conducting material in order to form electromagnetic shields; and said monitoring subsystem (B) comprises at least an oscillation sensor for detecting mechanical oscillations of said power line cable (HVC).
US08184013B2
The invention is related to capacitive detection systems and methods. In one embodiment, a capacitive detection system comprises a first transmitter electrode and a first receiver electrode disposed in a first seat and configured to form a first capacitor, and a second transmitter electrode disposed in a second seat and configured with the first receiver electrode to form a second capacitor.
US08184005B2
The present invention is directed to method and apparatus for wireless management of articles. The method is implemented by a master RFID tag. The method includes transmitting at least one first RFID read signal to a plurality of RFID tags local to the master RFID tag and receiving a first RFID response signal from each of the plurality of RFID tags in response to the at least one first RFID read signal. Each of the first RFID response signals comprises an identifier associated with an article. The method further includes maintaining an article record indicating at least one expected article that is to be managed by the master RFID tag and comparing each of the identifiers with the article record in an attempt to compile contextual information associated with the article record. Finally, the method further includes transmitting a master signal comprising the contextual information associated with the article record. Embodiments of the present invention are also directed to a master RFID tag comprising a first communication unit, a memory unit, a processing unit and a second communication unit.
US08184002B2
A method, a device, and a system for receiving an emergency event alert are provided, which relate to a field of communication applications. As long as communication between a user terminal and a bearer network is normal, no matter whether the user terminal is watching live television programs, the user terminal can receive the emergency event alert in time. The method is as follows. A receiving unit discovers an emergency event alert service. The receiving unit is attached to the emergency event alert service. The receiving unit receives an emergency event alert message sent by a distributing unit. An emergency event alert receiving unit device includes a discovering and processing module, a service attachment processing module, and a message reception processing module. Through attachment to the emergency event alert service, the user terminal can receive the emergency event alert in time.
US08183998B2
A system level scheme for networking of implantable devices, electronic patch devices/sensors coupled to the body, and wearable sensors/devices with cellular telephone/mobile devices, peripheral devices and remote servers is described.
US08183997B1
Example methods and systems for displaying one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of a source of sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound are disclosed. A method may involve receiving audio data corresponding to sound detected by a wearable computing system. Further, the method may involve analyzing the audio data to determine both (i) a direction from the wearable computing system of a source of the sound and (ii) an intensity level of the sound. Still further, the method may involve causing the wearable computing system to display one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of the source of the sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound.
US08183992B2
In a tire sensor monitoring system for a motor vehicle, each of a plurality of tire sensors periodically emits an identifying signal and a parameter signal and the monitoring system receives and processes the identifying and parameter signals. A method of indicating the status of the monitoring system comprises periodically determining whether the identifying and parameter signals emitted by the tire sensors are being received within preselected time limits, energizing a status indicator if all of said identifying and parameter signals are received within the preselected time limits, de-energizing the status indicator if any of said identifying and parameter signals is not received within the preselected time limits, periodically determining whether the parameter signals emitted by the tire sensors are within a preselected range of values, energizing the status indicator if all of said parameter signals are within the preselected range of values; and de-energizing the status indicator if any of said parameter signals is outside the preselected range of values.
US08183977B2
A control system includes: an input unit through which a signal for a gesture and a background of the gesture is input; a gesture recognition unit which recognizes the gesture on the basis of the input signal; an attribute recognition unit which recognizes an attribute of a background target of the recognized gesture on the basis of the input signal; and a command transmitting unit which generates a control command on the basis of a combination of the recognized gesture and the background target attribute and transmits the control command to a device.
US08183971B2
In a first aspect, the invention provides to a device comprising a substrate and an electrical conductor arranged between two terminals (A, B) and shaped for forming an inductor comprising at least two loops (1, 2) and arranged such that, at least locally, the far field is reduced. This arrangement results in an inductor which radiates a smaller magnetic field, also referred to as reduced EMI, which results in less noise generated in other inductive parts of an electronic circuit or system. The invention further provides in an advantageous embodiment proper balancing of the parasitic resistance and capacitance. By doing so the physical mid-point of 8-shaped inductors becomes the electrical mid-point (MP) which is beneficial when the inductor is used in a circuit. In a second aspect the invention provides an electronic system comprising the device according to the invention, wherein the electronic system comprises an LC-based voltage-controlled oscillator comprising the inductor, the electronic system being one of a group comprising: a multi-channel TV-receiver, a full-duplex transceiver, and a co-banding system. All these systems benefit from the symmetrical properties of the inductor. The better far-field compensation leads to a smaller VCO pulling effect which leads to a better performance of the system.
US08183966B2
An entirely integrated EMI filter is based on a flexible multi-layer strip material. An EE or EI core comprises two side pillars and one middle pillar and forms a closed magnetic circuit. The middle pillar has an air gap. A first winding and a second winding respectively are wound around the two side pillars in a same winding direction. The middle pillar is wound with a third winding and a fourth winding, or with only a fifth winding. Passive components (e.g., all passive components) of the EMI filter are integrated into one core so that in its differential mode, insertion loss is significantly reduced, the size and volume are reduced, and the distribution constant of the EMI filter has less impact on the filter's performance.
US08183963B2
A electromagnetic relay in which bad electrical contact and failure of operation are prevented even when shavings are produced while an iron core is press-fitted into and mounted on a base. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic block supported by press-fitting both ends of an iron core of the electromagnetic block into an upper surface of a base and open or close a contact by a movable iron piece rotated by magnetization or demagnetization of the iron core with a coil, where shaving receptacles are made by forming separating ribs adjacent to at least one side of press-fit projections that are formed in press-fit concave portions provided on the upper surface of the base.
US08183960B2
A waveguide filter comprising a matching means for matching the filter. The waveguide filter comprises a housing comprising a cavity having a predetermined first volume. The matching means is in the form of a volume element having a predetermined second volume being matched to the first volume forming a predetermined volume to volume ratio. The matching means is fitted into the cavity in a fixed non-adjustable manner in relationship to the housing. The invention refers also to a method for manufacturing of such a waveguide filter.
US08183958B2
An elastic-wave ladder filter significantly reduces loss within a passband while also increasing the passband and attenuation. The elastic-wave ladder filter includes a series arm that connects an input end and an output end and a parallel arm that connects the series arm and a ground potential. The series arm includes at least three series arm resonators connected to each other in series. The resonant frequencies of the at least three series arm resonators differ from each other. An aspect ratio of the series arm resonator having the lowest resonant frequency is larger than an average of the aspect ratios of all the series arm resonators when the aspect ratio is defined as a ratio of an overlap width of electrode fingers of a series arm resonator to a number of pairs of the electrode fingers.
US08183946B2
A resonator has a vibrating element (10) and at least a first (20) and a second (30) electrode, at least one of the electrodes storing an electric charge to make the device charge biased. A charge adjuster (C) can add to or reduce the stored charge. The charge adjuster can be a capacitor to reduce leakage, and or a power supply coupled by switch. It can reduce problems of stiction, and reduce power consumption, and reduce non linearity's, it enables the charge level to be adjusted before operation. A second switch can be used to ground the vibrating element.
US08183942B2
An atomic clock comprises helium 3 plasma as measurement medium, which is taken to the plasma state to exploit the metastable state of the material and the levels of the hyperfine structure, the lifetime of which is long and which thus enable an easier measurement than the excitations of gaseous atoms.
US08183918B2
An electronic circuit comprises at least two transistors coupled in parallel, wherein the second transistor channel length is configured such that the threshold voltage of the second transistor is at a peak on a threshold voltage versus channel lengths curve arising from reverse short channel effects for a given semiconductor process. The first transistor is biased with a first gate-source voltage and a first drain-source voltage. The second transistor is biased with a second gate-source voltage and a second drain-source voltage. The first and second gate-source voltages are offset from each other by a gate-source voltage offset. The first and second drain-source voltages are offset from each other by a drain-source voltage offset. These bias conditions result in the transistors operating in different regions so that the second and third-order nonlinearities of the transistors substantially cancel each other out simultaneously.
US08183915B2
An oscillator unit is configured such that a frequency adjustment unit of a synthesizer used by a controller is smaller than a frequency variation tracking capability of a demodulator connected to an output side of a frequency converter. This structure successfully combines the temperature compensation control of an oscillator unit and the receiving process of a high-frequency receiving device. Accordingly, an oscillator unit with large temperature coefficient is applicable to high-frequency receiving devices.
US08183910B2
A circuit and method for a digital process monitor is disclosed. Circuits for comparing a current or voltage to a current or voltage corresponding to a device having process dependent circuit characteristics are disclosed, having converters for converting current or voltage measurements proportional to the process dependent circuit characteristic to a digital signal and outputting the digital signal for monitoring. The process dependent circuit characteristics may be selected from transistor threshold voltage, transistor saturation current, and temperature dependent quantities. Calibration is performed using digital techniques such as digital filtering and digital signal processing. The digital process monitor circuit may be formed as a scribe line circuit for wafer characterization or placed in an integrated circuit die as a macro. The process monitor circuit may be accessed using probe pads or scan test circuitry. Methods for monitoring process dependent characteristics using digital outputs are disclosed.
US08183908B2
There is provided a high frequency switching circuit having good characteristics of high-order harmonics that has little variation. A high frequency switching circuit according to an aspect of the invention may include: a high frequency switch having one end connected to an input terminal receiving a high frequency signal and the other end connected to an output terminal of the high frequency signal, the high frequency switch turned on or off by a control signal; and a capacitor having a predetermined capacitance, and having one end connected the output terminal and the other end connected to a ground by a bonding wire.
US08183905B2
A method to provide a low-power clock signal or a low-noise clock signal is described herein. It is determined whether a low-power mode or a low-noise mode is in use. A voltage reference input of a low-dropout voltage regulator (LDO) is switched to a low-power voltage reference for low-power mode and to a low-noise voltage reference for low-noise mode. The LDO provides a constant voltage output to a crystal oscillator. A clock signal is generated using the crystal oscillator. The clock signal is limited using a low-power limiter to generate a low-power output clock signal and/or is limited using a low-noise limiter to generate a low-noise clock signal. The low-power output clock signal or the low-noise output clock signal is selected using a mux.
US08183904B2
A control system for a phase generator including a delay block including delay units, and first and second multiplexers configured to receive output signals of each of the delay units and to respectively supply first and second output signals. The control system may include a controller configured to drive the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer respectively with a first select signal and a second select signal, a detection module configured to detect a phase difference between the first output signal and the second output signal and to generate a corresponding digital phase shift signal, the detection module including a phase comparator, and a Time-Digital converter circuit coupled thereto and having logic elements configured to generate the digital phase shift signal, and a logic circuit connected to the detection module and configured to process the digital phase shift signal and to generate a signal indicative of a control executed.
US08183903B2
An interpolation circuit for comparing an input voltage signal with an interpolated reference signal derived from a first reference voltage signal and a second reference voltage signal may include a transconductive circuit configured to generate a first differential current signal proportional to a difference between the first reference voltage signal and the input voltage signal and a second differential current signal proportional to a difference between the second reference voltage signal and the input voltage signal, an intermediate circuit configured to generate a third differential current signal, and a transinductive circuit configured to generate an output voltage signal having a first polarity if a value of the input voltage signal is greater than a value of the interpolated reference signal and a second polarity if the value of the input signal is less than the value of the interpolated reference signal.
US08183883B1
A memory configuration circuit is provided. The memory configuration circuit may be integrated into a programmable logic device (PLD) and as such, may be used to configure and reconfigure specific elements in the PLD. The memory configuration circuit includes a comparator circuit and a counter. The comparator circuit is coupled to receive two data words from two different memory configuration sources. The comparator circuit compares the two data words received before writing one of the data words to a configuration memory. One of the data words may be written to the configuration memory if the two data words compared are not equal. The counter increments the address of the memory configuration sources so that a next data word can be processed after the current data word is processed.
US08183878B2
An electrical testing device has a first probe that electrically contacts with an inspection device, a second probe that is electrically connected to the first probe and electrically contacts with an external terminal of a test object, a cylinder that houses the first probe and second probe, and into which and out of which a fluid flows between the first probe and second probe, and a fluid pressure regulator that controls the fluid pressure in the cylinder. The fluid pressure in the cylinder controls the contact force between the first probe and the inspection device and the contact force between the second probe and the external terminal.
US08183873B2
A contact sensor unit includes: a flexible substrate having a conductive pattern; a sensor element having a detecting surface for detecting a fingerprint of a test subject, the sensor element having a terminal electrically connected to the conductive pattern, and the sensor element mounted on the flexible substrate to be covered with the flexible substrate; and a reinforcing member fixed on the flexible substrate and surrounding the sensor element.
US08183872B2
A hose fault detection system includes a hose assembly and a fault detector. The hose assembly includes a first conductive layer, second conductive layer, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the first and second conductive layers. Each of the first and second conductive layers has an electrical characteristic. The fault detector is configured for detecting an electrical change based on the electrical characteristic to signify a potential impending failure of at least one of the first and second conductive layers of the hose. The fault detector includes a sensing device, a recording device and a digital processor. The sensing device is in electrical communication with the first and second conductive layers to measure the electrical characteristic. The recording device is configured for storing the measured electrical characteristic.
US08183870B1
A battery system utilizes a plurality of transformers interconnected with the battery cells. The transformers each have at least one transformer core operable for magnetization in at least a first magnetic state with a magnetic flux in a first direction and a second magnetic state with a magnetic flux in a second direction. The transformer cores retain the first magnetic state and the second magnetic state without current flow through said plurality of transformers. Circuitry is utilized for switching a selected transformer core between the first and second magnetic states to sense voltage and/or balance particular cells or particular banks of cells.
US08183869B2
A circuit interrupter includes a current transformer, phase conductor and neutral conductor. The phase conductor and the neutral conductor are each configured to pass through the transformer from line side to load side that are defined by the current transformer. The circuit interrupter generates a continuous test current by continuous current imbalance established between the load side of the phase conductor and the line side of the neutral conductor, or between the line side of the phase conductor and the load side of the neutral conductor. A continuous test conductor may be coupled correspondingly to establish the current imbalance. Alternatively, an integrated circuit coupled correspondingly receives power and is energized by a quiescent current thereby. The current imbalance is established by the quiescent current. The current transformer detects the quiescent current as the continuous test current. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.
US08183867B2
The invention relates to a localization system for localizing an underground object for an earthmoving machine comprising a working part. The localization system comprises a fastening component and a detector component. The fastening component can be arranged on the working part for example by means of magnets. The detector component is adapted to detect the object using an electromagnetic field that can be associated with the object and is arranged on the fastening component so as to swing like a pendulum, thereby effecting an alignment of the detector component under the effect of gravity. Optionally, the localization system comprises an arithmetic component for deriving a distance information of the object from the detected value. The localization system also comprises a display component for displaying and/or forwarding the detected value and/or the distance information.
US08183863B2
A displaced electrode amplifier (“DEA”) for measuring signals from high impedance sources. The amplifier may include an operational amplifier (“op-amp”) configured as a unity gain buffer, with a feedback path to the non-inverting input to at least partly compensate for a parasitic input shunt impedance. In cases where the device is to measure AC signals in high ambient temperatures, the non-inverting input may be coupled via a large resistance to a ground reference that is driven with a second feedback signal to magnify the effective value of the large resistance. Where a differential configuration is desired, one or more tuning resistors may be provided to match responses of different input buffer stages, thereby maximizing the common mode rejection. The disclosed amplifier is suitable for use in oil-based mud resistivity imaging tools but is also suitable for other applications.
US08183859B2
An apparatus for calibrating a metal detecting device of a materials processing line. A placement arm is provided to control the path of a calibrating sample in order to simulate movement of tramp metal moving on a processing line along with materials being processed. Upper and lower arms of the placement arm are joined by an adjustable elbow which can be set to a maximum angle of extension in order to accurately place the calibrating sample at a preferred location in a detecting field of the metal detecting device.
US08183844B2
(Problem) To provide a switching power source having a stable negative voltage output. (Means for Solving the Problem) A switching power source according to the present invention comprises a switching power source controller including a soft start circuit; an output stage including a coil, a switching device, driven by an output from the switching power source controller, for controlling a current flowing in the coil, and a diode having an anode connected to an output terminal and a cathode connected to a connection point between the switching device and the coil; a voltage dividing circuit for dividing an output voltage from the soft start circuit and a voltage at the output terminal; and a soft start period adjustment circuit for adjusting a soft start period.
US08183841B2
In one embodiment, a multi-phase power supply controller is configured to an operating status signal and responsively inhibit the PWM controller from forming at least one PWM drive signal of a plurality of PWM drive signals.
US08183840B2
A voltage converter including a first transistor, a second transistor, an inductor and a control module is provided. The first transistor has a source terminal receiving an input signal, and a body terminal receiving a first bias voltage. The second transistor has a drain terminal coupled to a drain terminal of the first transistor, a source terminal coupled to ground, and a body terminal receiving a second bias voltage. The inductor has a first terminal coupled to the drain terminal of the first terminal and a second terminal generating an output voltage. The control module is coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor and a gate terminal of the second transistor for controlling conducting states of the first transistor and the second transistor.
US08183835B2
A battery pack including a protection circuit configured to detect over-charge, over-discharge and over-current of a rechargeable battery to turn off a switch element, the switch element provided at a wire provided between the rechargeable battery and a load circuit or a charging device; a series circuit of a thermistor and a resistor, the series circuit provided in parallel to the rechargeable battery, the thermistor thermally connected to the rechargeable battery; and an abnormal temperature detection unit provided in the protection circuit, wherein the abnormal temperature detection unit operates the switch to be in an off state when the temperature of the rechargeable battery is higher than a predetermined temperature, and when a voltage of the wire is higher than a threshold voltage of a forward drop voltage of a body diode in the switch, the abnormal temperature detection unit operates the switch to be in an on state.
US08183827B2
A method and apparatus is used for adaptive inductive charging of a device. Charging includes detecting the presence of a device capable of receiving an inductive charge, determining a set of parameters for inductively charging the device, and transmitting an inductive charge corresponding to the set of parameters for charging the device. Another aspect of charging includes combining at least two inductive fields transmitted at different angles to each other, delivering the combined inductive field at an orientation to the device, measuring the load on the device to determine the effectiveness of the orientation of the inductive field when charging the device, and charging the device at the orientation of the inductive field when the measured load on the device exceeds a threshold load level.
US08183824B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes a power stage component operable to generate an output voltage from a power source and to provide the output voltage to an electrical device. The power stage component is capable of operating in a plurality of modes depending on a level of the power source. An adaptive mode change component, coupled to the power stage, is operable to track at least one variation which affects the voltage across the electrical device and to generate at least one control signal for changing among the plurality of operating modes of the power stage component in response to the tracking.
US08183823B2
In an embodiment, a medical device can be used with a power adapter system. In addition, it can receive a data set from the power adapter system, and examine the data set to determine whether the data set confirms or not an authentication of the power adapter for use with the medical device. If the authentication is not confirmed, the external medical device can operate differently than otherwise. For example, power can be drawn from the power adapter system only if an inside battery is not charged.
US08183819B2
A boosting-charge power supply apparatus which supplies electric power for charging a mobile body having a boosting-charge control function includes: a rectifier for supplying DC power; a first power storage for storing DC power from the rectifier and outputting DC power; a charging circuit which sends DC power from the first power storage directly to a vehicle including a second power storage for storing DC power from the first power storage; and a power-supply controller for stopping the rectifier from supplying electric power to the first power storage while the first power storage is supplying electric power to charge the second power storage. Through the controller, DC power supplied from the first power storage becomes suitable for charging of the second power storage on the vehicle side, thereby enabling the same boosting-charge power supply apparatus to supply electric power and give a boosting charge to a different type of vehicle.
US08183818B2
A system for energizing an energy storage device includes an electric power source, an energy system in communication with the electric power source, and a switching time control multiplexer. The energy storage system includes at least two parallel energy storage devices. The switching time control multiplexer is configured to supply total charging current from the electric power source to the energy storage system such that each storage device is charged in an alternating manner with the total charging current being less than a total charging current required for parallel charging.
US08183816B2
In a method for field-oriented operation to zero speed of an encoder-less asynchronous machine, wherein the associated field-oriented regulation device has a monitor with a machine model and rotation-speed adaptation, a model flux and a model current are calculated from a calculated actuating voltage and an adapted rotation speed, from which, in conjunction with a determined machine current, a complex difference is calculated. Also calculated is a model slip rotation speed as a function of the model flux and the model current, which is then scaled. The adapted rotation speed is then superimposed, and the sum is used as the rotation speed actual value which supplied to a rotation-speed regulator. An asynchronous machine without an encoder can therefore be operated to zero speed on a field-oriented basis.
US08183811B2
A control system for a platform screen door system. The platform screen door system includes a door configured to be opened and closed. The control system includes a door drive means and a microprocessor door drive control means configured to control an opening and closing of the door according to a predetermined profile. Also included is at least one probe configured to monitor one or both of the door drive means and a motion of the door. Further included is a controller configured to control the door drive means such that when the controller is in use the controller brakes the door drive means when a signal from the probe is outside a predetermined door operating envelope.
US08183810B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of operating a motor connected to a power device having a reduced current rating. The motor can include an increased torque constant and/or an increased back electromagnetic force constant in order to decrease a peak current in relation to the reduced current rating of the power device. The method can include increasing a length of time the motor can operate at the peak current without overheating. A phase angle of the motor can be advanced in order to achieve a continuous operating point with the power device having the reduced current rating.
US08183808B2
A motor overload protecting method includes (a) detecting an instantaneous motor current value in real-time, calculating a current integral value in each of a corresponding integral period, and resetting the current integral value to 0 at an end of the integral period, (b) obtaining an overload coefficient according to the current integral value, which is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1 when the current integral value is greater than or equal to a maximum motor current value, and is equal to 1 when the current integral value is less than the maximum motor current value, wherein the maximum motor current value is a maximum current integral value when the motor is in a non-overload condition; and (c) multiplying the instantaneous motor current value by the overload coefficient to obtain a new input current value, and operating the motor according to the new input current value.
US08183801B2
Multi-energy radiation sources comprising charged particle accelerators driven by power generators providing different RF powers to the accelerator, capable of interlaced operation, are disclosed. Automatic frequency control techniques are provided to match the frequency of RF power provided to the accelerator with the accelerator resonance frequency. In one example where the power generator is a mechanically tunable magnetron, an automatic frequency controller is provided to match the frequency of RF power pulses at one power to the accelerator resonance frequency when those RF power pulses are provided, and the magnetron is operated such that frequency shift in the magnetron at the other power at least partially matches the resonance frequency shift in the accelerator when those RF power pulses are provided. In other examples, when the power generator is a klystron or electrically tunable magnetron, separate automatic frequency controllers are provided for each RF power pulse. Methods and systems are disclosed.
US08183798B2
An electronic circuit designed to reduce energy consumption by toggling between a plurality of conventional or electronic fluorescent lighting ballasts within a given fixture, and where said toggle circuit shall increase or decrease fixture light output levels according to immediate requirements. Toggle circuit may be remotely controlled from conventional Mains wall switch or other such means. Initial applications of Mains power automatically provides the minimum of light levels. Additional momentary interruptions to Mains power provides varied and/or additional lighting levels.
US08183794B2
Apparatus and methods for the thermal management of one or more light emitting diode (LED) modules disposed within a channel sign are disclosed. The apparatus, in various aspects, detects the ambient temperature generally proximate the LED module and regulates the current flowed onto the LED's within the LED module based upon the ambient temperature. Methods for thermal management of the one or more LED modules disposed within a channel sign are disclosed herein.
US08183784B2
A lighting system includes a light source and a switch configured to receive input power and provide switched power. A control module is configured to receive the switched power and control the light source. The control module is further configured to provide the switched power to the light source in response to toggling the switch more than once within a predetermined time period.
US08183778B2
The present invention provides a phosphor with high luminance and color purity. The phosphor of the present invention is represented by the general formula: aYO3/2·(3−a)CeO3/2·bAlO3/2·cGaO3/2, where 2.80≦a≦2.99, 1.00≦b≦5.00, 0≦c≦4.00, and 4.00≦b+c≦5.00 are satisfied. In the phosphor, a peak whose peak top is located in the range of diffraction angle 2θ of not less than 16.7 degrees but not more than 16.9 degrees is present in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by measurement on the phosphor using an X-ray with a wavelength of 0.774 Å.
US08183774B2
In a front plate for PDP, which includes: a large number of display electrodes formed in stripes on a substrate; a plurality of terminal groups for connection with an external drive circuit, each terminal group being formed along an edge of the substrate, the edge being extended in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the display electrode; and a large number of lead electrodes extended from the display electrodes, respectively, in a non-image display region on the substrate to gather toward any one of the terminal groups without intersecting each other, the lead electrodes being connected to corresponding terminals in the relevant terminal group, respectively, further, a large number of strip-shaped aid members for aiding formation of a dielectric layer are formed in a region located between the adjacent terminal groups. Thus, it is possible to make a circumference of a dielectric layer even although a dielectric material to be used is low in viscosity.
US08183756B2
A thermionic electron emitter (1) is proposed comprising an emitter part (2) with a substantially flat electron emission surface (3) and a bordering surface (5) adjacent thereto. In order to better absorb main stress loads (L) induced by external forces, the emitter part is provided with an anisotropic polycrystalline material having a crystal grain structure of elongated interlocked grains the longitudinal direction (G) of which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction (L) of the main stress loads occurring under normal operating conditions.
US08183751B2
A piezoelectric element including a plurality of stacked piezoelectric sheets, wherein the stretching axis of a first piezoelectric sheet and the stretching axis of a second piezoelectric sheet of the plurality of piezoelectric sheets are oriented in different directions from each other. Preferably, the stretching axis of the first piezoelectric sheet and the stretching axis of the second piezoelectric sheet are intersected at an angle of 90 degrees.
US08183746B2
A power source including: a power generation device; a mass-spring unit having a mass and an elastic element operatively connected to the power generation device; and one or more retention fingers releasably engaged with the mass-spring unit for retaining the mass-spring unit in a position such that potential energy is stored therein and for releasing the potential energy upon occurrence of an event to generate electrical energy in the power generation device, the one or more retention fingers having a first end fixed at a base and a second end releasably engaged with the mass-spring unit. The occurrence of the event can be one or more of an acceleration and spinning of the base. Also disclosed is a power source having one or more retention fingers that are slidable with respect to a base such that the engagement of the first end is released upon a spinning of the base.
US08183738B2
In driving a target body only by one of actuators, the target body is smoothly driven.A drive unit (1) includes a stage (3), a first ultrasonic actuator (4A) for driving the stage (3) in an X direction and a second ultrasonic actuator (4B) for driving the stage (3) in a Y direction. When the stage (3) is driven only in one of the X direction and the Y direction, one of the first and second ultrasonic actuators (4A and 4B) which corresponds to the direction generates composite vibration of longitudinal direction parallel to a contact surface of the stage (3) and bending vibration perpendicular to the contact surface of the stage (3). On the other hand, the other one of the first and second ultrasonic actuators (4A and 4B) generates only longitudinal vibration parallel to the contact surface of the stage (3).
US08183735B2
The present invention provides a rotating electrical machine including a rotor core that does not produce narrow areas in rotor slots even if circumferential ends of fan-shaped segment cores are displaced radially outwardly and circumferentially during operation. In the present invention, slots near circumferential ends of the fan-shaped segment cores are made larger than slots in circumferential intermediate portions of the segment cores. With such a configuration, even if the circumferential ends of the segment cores are displaced radially outwardly and circumferentially during operation, the circumferential ends of the segment cores forming the large slots do not protrude into the slots formed in the circumferential intermediate portions of axially adjacent segment cores, thereby preventing narrow areas from being produced in the rotor slots.
US08183726B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for an electric motor assist bicycle having a hub motor mounted to the front or rear hub to provide electric motor assist, and to function as a generator to charge batteries. The motor can be either a molded or wound magnetic flux channel transverse wound stator permanent magnet motor. The bicycle hub motor includes an electronic controller mounted to the frame of the bicycle and coupled with feedback electronics for monitoring a timing, speed and direction and coupling a signal to a processing unit for adjusting the drive electronics driving the phase windings. The pedal crank arm housing of the electric motor assist bicycle can include battery access ports with batteries stacked inside the bicycle seat tube and the down tube and a strain gauge to measure the rider pedaling effort and produce a signal in response.
US08183723B2
An electric motor/generator cooling mechanism is presented. The cooling mechanism includes a hollow cooling jacket having an inner and outer coaxial surface, where the inner surface defines a generally cylindric cavity for receiving a stator in heat transference contact with the inner surface, and the outer surface has a cast spiral groove section with jogged cooling passages. The disclosure includes an outer case having one or more inlet ports, an outlet port, and a vent for purging air, cooling fluid flowingly encased between the cooling jacket and the outer case, flowing through the jogged cooling passages, and a flanged end surface on an end of the outer case for boltingly connecting the cooling jacket to the outer case.
US08183717B2
A bipolar pulse generator is implemented in a simple structure while providing a high efficiency design having a relatively low total size, while still allowing access by fibers used to control a photoconductive switch that activates the generator. The bipolar pulse generator includes a stacked Blumlein generator structure with an additional transmission line connected to a load at its near end and short-circuited at its distal end. An extra transmission line is positioned between the Blumlein generator's structure and the load provides specified limited gap between positive and negative sub-pulses. The bipolar pulse generator further includes a bended Blumlein generator structure, in which an existing intrinsic “stray” transmission line is used to provide the bipolar pulse. Still further, bipolar pulse generator includes stepped transmission lines, with additional switches positioned between steps, which are charged by different voltages.
US08183701B2
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of material layers formed on the semiconductor substrate, each of the material layers including a circuit pattern therein; and a plurality of diffraction-based periodic marks formed in the plurality of material layers and stacked in a same region. One of the diffraction-based periodic marks is different from at least one other of the diffraction-based periodic marks in pitch.
US08183696B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip, an encapsulant embedding the semiconductor chip, first contact pads on a first main face of the semiconductor package and second contact pads on a second main face of the semiconductor package opposite to the first main face. The diameter d in micrometers of an exposed contact pad area of the second contact pads satisfies d≧(8/25)x+142 μm, wherein x is the pitch of the second contact pads in micrometers.
US08183693B2
A semiconductor device includes n1 first interconnects (n is an integer larger than one) respectively formed on first electrodes and extending over a first resin protrusion, and n2 second interconnects (n2
US08183688B2
There is provided a semiconductor device which makes equalization of wirings between address system chips easy and reduce the influence of crosstalk noise and capacitive coupling noise among data system wirings for connecting the chips. There are mounted, on a module board, a plurality of stacked memory chips which a data processor chip simultaneously accesses. Address system bonding pads to which a plurality of memory chips correspond are commonly coupled by a wire to a bonding lead at one end of the module board wiring whose other end is coupled by a wire to an address system bonding pads of the data processor. Data system bonding pads of the data processor chip are individually coupled to data system bonding pads of the memory chip. With respect to an arrangement of the plurality of data system bonding pads of the data processor chip, an arrangement of the data system bonding pads to which the memory chip, coupled by the data system wiring, corresponds is made such that memory chips are disposed in an alternating sequence.
US08183674B2
A power semiconductor module for energy distribution, includes at least one power semiconductor, connection terminals for connecting the power semiconductor module, and a housing, in which protection from explosion is ensured in the module even in the event of electric arcs. Therefore, each power semiconductor and each connection terminal is disposed in the housing, and the housing includes an exhaust gas channel for the controlled withdrawal of hot gases and/or plasma in the event of an explosion.
US08183671B2
A semiconductor device includes a device isolation insulating film which is buried in a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulation film which is provided on the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode which is provided on the gate insulation film, a source region and a drain region which are provided in the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other in a manner to sandwich the gate electrode, both end portions of each of the source region and the drain region being offset from the device isolation insulating film in a channel width direction by a predetermined distance, and first and second gate electrode extension portions which are provided in a manner to cover both end portions of each of the source region and the drain region in a channel length direction.
US08183668B2
A gallium nitride substrate comprising a primary surface, the primary surface being tilted at an angle in a range of 20 to 160 degrees with respect to a C-plane of the substrate, and the substrate having a fracture toughness of more than or equal to 1.36 MN/m3/2.
US08183663B2
A circuit under pad structure includes a substrate, a pad electrode, wiring layers interlayer insulation layers alternately disposed between the pad electrode and the substrate, and at least one circuit pattern integral with the substrate, disposed beneath the lowermost wiring layer and spanned by the pad electrode. The width of each wiring layer is smaller than the width of the wiring layer beneath it, i.e., closer to the substrate. The structure is fabricated such that it resists cracking, which maximizes its production yield, and possesses a minimal footprint.
US08183662B2
A top-side cooled compact semiconductor package with integrated bypass capacitor is disclosed. The top-side cooled compact semiconductor package includes a circuit substrate with terminal leads, numerous semiconductor dies bonded atop the circuit substrate, numerous elevation-adaptive interconnection plates for bonding and interconnecting top contact areas of the semiconductor dies with the circuit substrate, a first member of the elevation-adaptive interconnection plates has a first flat-top area and a second member of the elevation-adaptive interconnection plates has a second flat-top area in level with the first flat-top area, a bypass capacitor, having two capacitor terminals located at its ends, stacked atop the two interconnection plate members while being bonded thereto via the first flat-top area and the second flat-top area for a reduced interconnection parasitic impedance.
US08183651B2
A MEMS sensor includes: a substrate; a fixed electrode portion formed in the substrate; a movable weight portion formed above the fixed electrode portion via a gap; a movable electrode portion formed in the movable weight portion and disposed so as to face the fixed electrode portion; a supporting portion; and a connecting portion that couples the supporting portion with the movable weight portion and is elastically deformable, wherein the movable weight portion is a stacked structure having conductive layers and an insulating layer, and plugs having a larger specific gravity than the insulating layer are embedded in the insulating layer.
US08183643B2
A semiconductor device includes diffusion layers formed in a SOI layer under a side-wall, a channel formed between the diffusion layers, silicide layers sandwiching the diffusion layers wherein interface junctions between the diffusion layers and the silicide layers are (111) silicon planes.
US08183639B2
A dual port static random access memory cell has pull-down transistors, pull-up transistors, and pass transistors. A first active region has a first pull-down transistor coupled to a true data node, a second pull-down transistor coupled to a complementary data node; a first pass transistor coupled to the true data node, and a second pass transistor coupled to the complementary data node. A second active region has the same size and shape as the first active region and has a third pull-down transistor coupled in parallel to the first-pull down transistor, a fourth pull-down transistor coupled in parallel to the second pull-down transistor; a third pass transistor coupled to the true data node, and a fourth pass transistor coupled to the complementary data node. A first pull-up transistor and a second pull-up transistor are located between the first and second active regions.
US08183636B2
One or more embodiments relate to a static random access memory cell comprising: a first inverter including a first n-channel pull-down transistor coupled between a first node and a ground voltage; a second inverter including a second n-channel pull-down transistor coupled between a second node and the ground voltage; a first n-channel access transistor coupled between a first bit line and the first node of the first inverter, a fin of the first n-channel access transistor having a lower charge carrier mobility than a fin of the first n-channel pull-down transistor; and a second n-channel access transistor coupled between a second bit line and the second node of the second inverter, a fin of the second n-channel access transistor having a lower charge carrier mobility than a fin of the second n-channel pull-down transistor.
US08183632B2
Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate formed therein with a first conductive type well, and an LDMOS device formed on the substrate. The LDMOS device includes a gate electrode, gate oxides formed below the gate electrode, a source region formed in the substrate at one side of the gate electrode, and a drain region formed in the substrate at an opposite side of the gate electrode. The gate oxide includes first and second gate oxides disposed side-by-side and having thicknesses different from each other.
US08183626B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a high-voltage well (HVW) region in a semiconductor substrate; a first double diffusion (DD) region in the HVW region; and a second DD region in the HVW region. The first DD region and the second DD region are spaced apart from each other by an intermediate portion of the HVW region. A recess extends from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the intermediate portion of the HVW region and the second DD region. A gate dielectric extends into the recess and covers a bottom of the recess. A gate electrode is over the gate dielectric. A first source/drain region is in the first DD region. A second source/drain region is in the second DD region.
US08183625B2
An NROM flash memory cell is implemented in an ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator structure. In a planar device, the channel between the source/drain areas is normally fully depleted. An oxide layer provides an insulation layer between the source/drain areas and the gate insulator layer on top. A control gate is formed on top of the gate insulator layer. In a vertical device, an oxide pillar extends from the substrate with a source/drain area on either side of the pillar side. Epitaxial regrowth is used to form ultra-thin silicon body regions along the sidewalls of the oxide pillar. Second source/drain areas are formed on top of this structure. The gate insulator and control gate are formed on top.
US08183622B2
A semiconductor device includes bit lines (12) that are provided in a semiconductor substrate (10) an ONO film (14) that is provided on the semiconductor substrate; word lines that are provided on the ONO film (14) and extend in a width direction of the bit lines (12); and a dummy layer (44) that extends in the width direction of the bit lines (12) and is provided in a bit-line contact region (40) having contact holes formed to connect the bit lines (12) with wiring layers (34). In accordance with the present invention, the proximity effect at the time of word line formation can be restrained, and the variation in the widths of the word lines can be made smaller, or current leakage between the bit lines and the semiconductor substrate can be restrained.
US08183621B2
The number of times that a non-volatile memory (NVM) can be programmed and erased is substantially increased by utilizing a localized heating element that anneals the oxide that is damaged by tunneling charge carriers when the NVM is programmed and erased. The program and erase voltages are also reduced when heat from the heating element is applied prior to programming and erasing.
US08183616B2
Provided is a technology capable of reducing parasitic capacitance of a capacitor while reducing the space occupied by the capacitor. A stacked structure is obtained by forming, over a capacitor composed of a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film and an intermediate electrode, another capacitor composed of the intermediate electrode, another capacitor insulating film and an upper electrode. Since the intermediate electrode has a step difference, each of the distance between the intermediate electrode and lower electrode and the distance between the intermediate electrode and upper electrode in a region other than the capacitor formation region becomes greater than that in the capacitor formation region. For example, the lower electrode is brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the capacitor formation region, while the lower electrode is not brought into direct contact with the capacitor insulating film in the region other than the capacitor formation region.
US08183614B2
The invention provides a method for forming a stack capacitor of a memory device, including providing a substrate, forming a patterned sacrificial layer with a plurality of first openings over the substrate, conformally forming a first conductive layer on the patterned sacrificial layer and in the first openings, forming a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer to seal the first openings with a void formed therein, removing a portion of the first and second conductive layers to expose the patterned sacrificial layer, and removing at least a portion of the patterned sacrificial layer to form bottom cell plates.
US08183609B2
Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a plurality of pixels in an arrangement, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion element, pixel transistors including a transfer transistor, and a floating diffusion region, in which the channel width of transfer gate of the transfer transistor is formed to be larger on a side of the floating diffusion region than on a side of the photoelectric conversion element.
US08183601B2
A plurality of gate lines formed on an insulating substrate, each gate line including a pad for connection to an external device; a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines and insulated from the gate lines, each data line including a pad for connection to an external device; and a conductor overlapping at least one of the gate lines and the data lines are included. An overlapping distance of the gate lines or the data lines and a width of the conductor decreases as the length of the gate lines or the data lines increases. Accordingly, the difference in the RC delays due to the difference of the length of the signal lines is compensated to be reduced.
US08183596B2
A high electron mobility transistor includes a free-standing supporting base having a III nitride region, a first III nitride barrier layer which is provided on the first III nitride barrier layer, a III nitride channel layer which is provided on the first III nitride barrier layer and forms a first heterojunction with the first III nitride barrier layer, a gate electrode provided on the III nitride channel layer so as to exert an electric field on the first heterojunction, a source electrode on the III nitride channel layer and the first III nitride barrier, and a drain electrode on the III nitride channel layer and the first III nitride barrier. The III nitride channel layer has compressive internal strain, and the piezoelectric field of the III nitride channel layer is oriented in the direction from the supporting base towards the first III nitride barrier layer. The first heterojunction extends along a plane having a normal axis that is inclined at an inclination angle in the range of 40 degrees to 85 degrees or 140 degrees to 180 degrees with respect to the c-axis of the III nitride region.
US08183594B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a ferroelectric element having excellent properties, which includes a monocrystalline film of γ-Al2O3 formed as a buffer layer on a silicon substrate. The monocrystalline γ-Al2O film is formed on the silicon substrate which is the lowermost layer of an MFMIS structure. On the monocrystalline γ-Al2O3 film, there is formed an electrically conductive oxide in the form of a LaNiO3 film as a lower electrode. On the LaNiO3 film, there is formed a PZT thin film which is a ferroelectric material. On the PZT thin film, there is formed a Pt film as an upper electrode.
US08183592B2
A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting cells which are formed on a substrate and each of which has an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer located on a portion of the N-type semiconductor layer. The plurality of light emitting cells are bonded to a submount substrate. Heat generated from the light emitting cells can be easily dissipated, so that a thermal load on the light emitting device can be reduced. Since the plurality of light emitting cells are electrically connected using connection electrodes or electrode layers formed on the submount substrate, it is possible to provide light emitting cell arrays connected to each other in series. Further, it is possible to provide a light emitting device capable of being directly driven by an AC power source by connecting the serially connected light emitting cell arrays in reverse parallel to each other.
US08183585B2
A lighting module comprising a base panel and a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chips attached directly to the base panel. The LED chips are in electrical communication with conductive traces on the base panel, which deliver a current to the LED chips. Various embodiments of this generally described lighting module are also presented. Additionally, methods of preparing such a lighting module, and system components of the lighting module are presented.
US08183584B2
A light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting device includes a substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting structure, a filter layer, and a fluorescent conversion layer. The method comprises forming a semiconductor light-emitting structure over a substrate, forming a filter layer over the semiconductor light-emitting structure, and forming a fluorescent conversion layer over the filter layer.
US08183575B2
A light emitting diode (“LED”) using an electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer to improve overall light output is disclosed. The device includes a first conductive layer, an active layer, a second conductive layer, an electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer, and electrodes. In one embodiment, the electrical conductive and optical transparent or semi-transparent layer has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is overlain the second conductive layer. The second surface includes a pattern which contains thick regions and thin regions for facilitating light passage.
US08183574B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device for providing improved heat transporting capability for protecting heat sensitive electronics and a method for producing the same. The present invention also relates to uses of the electronic device for various applications such as in LED lamps for signalizing, signage, automative and illumination applications or a display apparatus or any combinations thereof.
US08183573B2
An embodiment of a process for forming an interface between a silicon carbide (SiC) layer and a silicon oxide (SiO2) layer of a structure designed to conduct current is disclosed. A first epitaxial layer having a first doping level is homo-epitaxially grown on a substrate. The homo-epitaxial growth is preceded by growing, on the first epitaxial layer, a second epitaxial layer having a second doping level higher than the first doping level. Finally, the second epitaxial layer is oxidized so as to be totally removed. Thereby, a silicon oxide layer of high quality is formed, and the interface between the second epitaxial layer and silicon oxide has a low trap density.
US08183570B2
A thin film transistor array panel, in which a middle storage electrode and a storage electrode overlapping a drain electrode of a thin film transistor thereby forming a storage capacitance are formed. Accordingly, sufficient storage capacitance may be formed without a decrease of the aperture ratio and light transmittance of a liquid crystal display. Also, the capacitance may be sufficiently formed through the connecting member connected to a gate metal layer.
US08183568B2
A substrate for a semiconductor device includes: a base substrate; a semiconductor layer that has a source region, a drain region, a plurality of channel regions, and at least one intermediate region; a source electrode being in contact with the source region; a drain electrode being in contact with the drain region; a gate electrode that overlaps the plurality of channel regions, the intermediate region, and each of a part of the source electrode and a part of the drain electrode; and a floating electrode being in contact with the intermediate region. The size of an area where the floating electrode and the gate electrode overlap each other is smaller than the sum of the size of an area where the source electrode and the gate electrode overlap each other and the size of an area where the drain electrode and the gate electrode overlap each other.
US08183563B2
A disclosed organic transistor includes a substrate; a gate electrode; a gate insulating film; source-drain electrodes; and an organic semiconductor layer. The gate electrode and the gate insulating film are disposed on the substrate in the stated order, and the source-drain electrodes and the organic semiconductor layer are disposed at least on the gate insulating film in the stated order. At least one of the source-drain electrodes includes a first part disposed directly above the gate electrode, a second part disposed not over the gate electrode, and a connecting part which has a width smaller than a width of the first part and connects the first part and the second part.
US08183562B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes an organic light emitting diode, a photo sensor, and a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion is at at least a side of the photo sensor so that light emitted from the organic light emitting diode is not directly incident on the photo sensor.
US08183558B2
A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor substrate; epitaxially grown layers formed over the compound semiconductor substrate and including a channel layer and a resistance lowering cap layer above the channel layer; source and drain electrodes in ohmic contact with the channel layer; recess formed by removing the cap layer between the source and drain electrodes; a first insulating film formed on an upper surface of the cap layer and having side edges at positions retracted from edges, or at same positions as the edges of the cap layer in a direction of departing from the recess; a second insulating film having gate electrode opening and formed covering a semiconductor surface in the recess and the first insulating film; and a gate electrode formed on the recess via the gate electrode opening.
US08183556B2
A CMOS device includes a PMOS transistor with a first quantum well structure and an NMOS device with a second quantum well structure. The PMOS and NMOS transistors are formed on a substrate.
US08183555B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including a first semiconductor layer including a first type dopant; a second semiconductor layer including the first type dopant on the first semiconductor layer; an active layer on the second semiconductor layer, the active layer including a multi-quantum well structure having a plurality of quantum barrier layers and a plurality of quantum well layers; a third semiconductor layer including a second type dopant on the active layer; and a fourth semiconductor layer including the second type dopant on the third semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a composition equation of AlY(GaxIn1-x)1-YN (X=1, 0
US08183550B2
A method of imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press is provided. The method comprises sensing light reflected by the substrate using a contact image sensor to produce data representative of the imprinted substrate. The substrate has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units of the printing press. Each printing unit comprises a plate cylinder. The method further comprises storing the data representative of the imprinted substrate in a memory.
US08183549B2
In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation.
US08183540B2
A technique for shaping droplets is disclosed. Multiple optical traps, or at least one variable geometry trap, are used to deform a droplet. The surface tension of the droplet is lowered to be comparable with the force which can be applied using the optical traps, for example by using a surfactant such as Aerosol OT, with heptane droplets in a solution of sodium chloride. Solidification of deformed droplets can be achieved using polymerization.
US08183531B2
Methods and systems for producing an image. Measurement data is obtained for a coincidence photon event, and a line projector function is generated based on the obtained measurement data. Additional measurement data is obtained for a single photon event, and a cone-surface projector function is generated based on the additional measurement data. An image is reconstructed using the generated line projector function and the generated cone-surface projector function. In another example method for producing an image, a measurement is obtained, and a projector function is generated using the obtained measurement. The generated projector function is modified based on an a priori image. An image is reconstructed using the modified projector function.
US08183521B2
The optoelectronic module includes a photoreceptor circuit for picking up light from a light source by reflection on an external surface. The photoreceptor circuit and the light source circuit are mounted on a substrate, and contact pads of the circuits are electrically connected to pads of the substrate. The substrate pads are connected to conductive paths of the substrate. The flexible substrate includes a first portion on which the photoreceptor circuit and light source circuit are mounted and electrically connected, a second portion including electrical connection terminals and a connecting portion between the first portion and the second portion. This connecting portion connects some conductive paths of the first portion to the connection terminals of the second portion. The connecting portion allows the height and/or spacing of the second portion to be adjusted relative to the first portion when the module is mounted, particularly in a computer mouse.
US08183514B2
A signal waveform measuring apparatus 1A is configured from: a signal optical system 11, a reference optical system 16, a time difference setting unit 12 setting a time difference between signal light L1 and reference light L2, a wavelength conversion element 20 including an aggregate of crystals of a dye molecule and generating converted light L5, which has been wavelength-converted to a shorter wavelength than incident light made incident on the crystal aggregate, at an intensity proportional to an r-th power (r>1) of the intensity of the incident light, a photodetector 30 detecting the converted light L5, generated at the element 20 at the intensity that is in accordance with the intensity of the signal light L1, the intensity of the reference light L2, and the time difference between the two, and a signal waveform analyzer 40 performing analysis of the detection result of the converted light L5 and thereby acquiring a time waveform of the signal light L1. A signal waveform measuring apparatus and a measuring method that enable a time waveform of signal light to be measured with good precision by a simple configuration are thereby realized.
US08183506B2
A blank for a construct includes a main panel including a removable panel at least partially defined by a line of disruption, a plurality of side panels extending from the main panel along respective fold lines, and a microwave energy interactive element overlying at least a portion of the main panel. The blank may be used to form a construct capable of heating, browning, and/or crisping upper and lower surfaces of a food item.
US08183503B1
A reversible, submersible, encapsulated PTC heater is disclosed having: a disc-shaped sealable housing; a central disc comprised of a sheet mineral disposed within the sealable housing; cavities disposed within the central disc; PTC heating elements disposed within the cavities; an upper electrode disc disposed upon a top side of the central disc and PTC heater elements; a lower electrode disc disposed upon a bottom side of the central disc and PTC heater elements; an upper polyimide film disc disposed upon a top side of the upper electrode disc; and a lower polyimide film disc disposed upon a bottom side of the lower electrode disc. The electrode discs are configured to make an intimate contact with the PTC heating elements and for connectivity to an electrical power source. The PTC heater is configured to electrically heat a medium to a predetermined temperature and to maintain the temperature of the medium.
US08183495B2
A cascade source provided with a cathode housing, a number of cascade plates insulated from each other and stacked on top of each other which together bound at least one plasma channel, and an anode plate provided with an outflow opening connecting to the plasma channel, wherein one cathode is provided per plasma channel, which cathode comprises an electrode which is adjustable relative to the cathode housing in the direction of the plasma channel, wherein the clamping provision is preferably of the collet chuck type. Also described is method for controlling the cascade source in use.
US08183494B2
In the method according to the invention for connecting a sheet metal component (3) to a component (5) consisting of cast metal, the sheet metal component (3) and the component (5) are welded to one another by means of a pulse-welding method. In particular, a sheet metal pipe (3) can thereby be welded to the port (12) of a housing (13) consisting of cast metal. This advantage may be utilized for an exhaust system with an exhaust manifold (3) and an exhaust assembly, such as a turbocharger (5).
US08183476B2
In a position detection device which detects a position indicated by a position indicator, improvements are made such that signals can be received precisely and reliably even at the end portions of the detectable region. In a tablet 20 which detects the position of an input pen 10 by means of electromagnetic inductive action with the input pen 10, a shield plate is positioned below a sensor substrate having a plurality of coils, and a shield layer of a ferromagnetic material is provided to overlap with the shield plate.
US08183475B2
A sealing assembly having a flexible sleeve and a means for sealing a top portion of the sleeve around a plurality of cables, such as by a hook and loop type fastener attached at the top portion of the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to receive at least one cable therethrough and a bottom portion of the sleeve is configured to be secured to a surface. The sleeve can also be electrically conductive such that the sleeve dissipates static electricity from the cable to the surface. The sealing assembly can also have a grommet positioned adjacent the bottom portion of the sleeve. The grommet has a first wall having a plurality of apertures for connecting the grommet to a surface and a second wall that extends substantially perpendicular to the first wall and is configured to extend through an aperture in the surface. The second wall is flexible to protect the cable from sharp edges associated with the aperture in the surface.
US08183471B2
A cable raceway including top and bottom walls, rear and front walls and a divider extending along substantially the entire length of the raceway. The divider extends in the direction between the top and bottom walls of the raceway. The raceway is comprised of a rear module of the raceway and the next module outward is a front module completing the preceding module passages. A cover over the front module passage completes that passage.
US08183468B2
An electromagnetic bandgap structure and a printed circuit board including it as well as a method of manufacturing thereof that can solve a mixed signal problem between an analog circuit and a digital circuit are disclosed. The electromagnetic bandgap structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked on the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked on the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer, stacked on the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; a second metal layer, stacked on the second dielectric layer; and a via, directed from the metal plate to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The via can be connected to the first metal layer and is not connected the second metal layer.
US08183464B2
A substrate pad structure for connecting a lead connecting portion of an electronic device to a substrate is disclosed. The substrate pad structure includes a first pad portion and a second pad portion that are arranged on the substrate at corresponding positions of two end regions of the lead connecting portion, which has a continuous oblong shape. A space portion is provided between the first pad portion and the second pad portion, and the lead connecting portion includes a non-connected region located at a corresponding position of the space portion.
US08183458B2
Devices for converting light into electric current are provided. A representative device has an encasing structure having at least one portion transparent. The encasing structure is configured to pass light energy into an interior of the encasing structure. The device further has a photovoltaic device positioned within the interior of the encasing structure. The photovoltaic device is positioned to receive light energy. The photovoltaic device is operable to transform the light energy into electric current. The device further has a protective space material, disposed between the encasing structure and the photovoltaic device. The protective space material is operable to transmit the light energy. The protective space material is a non-solid material having a physical property such as a viscosity of less than 1×106 cP and/or a thermal coefficient of expansion of greater than 500×10−6/° C.
US08183449B2
The present invention relates to a tuneable clarinet barrel joint (1) for arrangement between the mouthpiece and the upper joint of a (Eb, D, C, A or Bb) clarinet, with a longitudinal axis (L) and a bore (100) which runs in the longitudinal axis (L), whereby the clarinet barrel joint (1) is comprised of an upper part (2) and a lower part (3), which are arranged for connection in the longitudinal axis (L), and provided with a set collar (4) for the connection of the upper part (2) and the lower part (3), by means of which the distance between the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) is adjustable, characterized in that the set collar (4) is connected to both the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) by means of screw threads (6, 7), whereby the said screw threads (6, 7) are pitched with opposing directions of rotation.
US08183446B1
This is an improved latch for a collapsible stringed musical instrument providing for a two step assembly or disassembly and combining all operations into a single lever, knob, or cam. A snap action catch holds the instrument in the intermediate position, resisting the stings tension, allowing for a second step to tighten or loosen the neck to the body of the instrument without de-tuning the instrument's strings.
US08183444B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH434101. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH434101, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH434101 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH434101.
US08183436B2
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants.
US08183433B2
A method of controlling a genetically-modified plant or plant cells, said method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a genetically-modified plant or plant cells, said plant or plant cells containing a heterologous nucleic add encoding a first polypeptide containing or consisting of a first fragment of a protein, (b) introducing a second polypeptide into cells of said genetically-modified plant or plant cells, said second polypeptide containing (i) a second fragment of said protein and (ii) a peptide sequence enabling the introduction of said second polypeptide into cells of said genetically-modified plant or plant cells, whereby said first fragment and said second fragment jointly generate a predetermined function of said protein only when jointly present.
US08183432B2
By inhibiting the function of a transcription factor that promotes transcription of a gene associated with the amounts of lignin and cellulose, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is produced. In this plant, glucan in the obtained cell wall components is in the state of highly easily undergoing saccharification. In this plant, moreover, natural dehiscence of pods is suppressed. A method of inhibiting the transcription factor includes a method in which a chimeric gene between a transcription factor gene and a polynucleotide that encodes a functional peptide capable of converting the transcription factor into a transcription repressor is introduced into a plant cell so that a chimeric protein in which the transcription factor is fused with the functional peptide is produced in a plant cell, and a method of inhibiting the expression of the transcription factor, such as knockout method or RNAi method. Thus, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is provided.
US08183420B2
An alkylaromatic hydrocarbon composition prepared by the process which comprises oligomerizing an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, n-butene and mixtures thereof over an oligomerization catalyst, to form a oligomerization product comprising at least 95% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula: CnH2n wherein n is greater than or equal to 10, the mono-olefin oligomers comprise at least 20% by weight of olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms, and the olefins having at least 12 carbon atoms having an average of from 0.8 to 2.0 C1-C3 alkyl branches per carbon chain. Sulfonation of the alkylaromatic hydrocarbon product produces an alkylaryl sulfonate mixture that exhibits advantageous properties, such as biodegradability and hard and cold water performance.
US08183406B2
The present invention provides a method for extractive recovery and conversion of selected compounds, such as methacrylic acid (MAA) and 2-methacrylamide (MAM), from a stream derived from purification of methyl methacrylate (MMA) or methacrylic acid (MAA) produced via a conventional ACH route process.
US08183400B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include processes and systems for recovering alkylene oxide. System embodiments include a stripping section located in an alkylene oxide recovery column to convert a feed stream comprising to a first gas phase portion comprising alkylene oxide, a condensing zone comprising at least a first condenser and a second condenser configured in series, and a reabsorption region located in the alkylene oxide recovery column above the last of the at least two condensers.
US08183398B2
Skin brightening compositions based on esters of 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one. Also disclosed are methods of making the compositions as well as methods of using the compositions.
US08183397B2
The process for the synthesis of statins featuring the use of an early intermediate (4R,6S)-6-(dialkoxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2,4-diol which already possesses the desired stereochemistry corresponding to the final statin.
US08183391B2
A process for resolving dorzolamide trans racemate, which comprises reacting said racemate with (1S)-(+)-10-camphorsulfonic acid so obtaining the (4S,6S) enantiomer by selectively precipitating and recovering the camphorsulfonic acid salt thereof (dorzolamide camphorsulfonate), and neutralizing dorzolamide camphorsulfonate to obtain dorzolamide.
US08183378B2
Novel chemical agents are described herein. More a ligand of general Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C10 alkyl, C2-C10 alkenyl, C2-C10 alkynyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, C1-C10 alkylthio, C(O)R5, C(O)OR5, C(O)NHR5, Si(R5)3, benzyl and aryl; X is selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, I, OR6, O-Prot, OPR6, P(R6)2, NHR6, N(R6)2, NHCSNHR6, NHCONHR6 and SR6; and R5 and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl, C2-10 alkynyl, C1-10 alkoxy, phenyl, and aryl. These ligands are useful in asymmetric reactions as well as in asymmetric synthesis of molecules of biological interest.
US08183375B2
The present invention describes novel dyes, including coumarins, rhodamines, and rhodols that incorporate additional fused aromatic rings. The dyes of the invention absorb at a longer wavelength than structurally similar dyes that do not possess the fused aromatic rings. Many of the dyes of the invention are useful fluorescent dyes. The invention includes chemically reactive dyes, dye-conjugates, and the use of such dyes in staining samples and detecting ligands or other analytes.
US08183374B2
Compounds of general formula (Ia): in which R1, A1, m, X, n, Y and R3 have any of the meanings given in the specification, have affinity for sigma receptors and are useful in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system.
US08183372B2
The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula 1b which compound is useful as a prodrug of HIV integrase inhibitors and therefore is useful in the inhibition of HIV replication, the prevention and/or treatment of infection by HIV, and in the treatment of AIDS and/or ARC. The process includes the steps of a) brominating a compound of formula P-7 to form a compound of formula P-8, b) treating a compound of formula P-8 with NaIO4 to form a compound of formula P-9, c) reacting a compound of formula P-9 with [(2R)-pyrrolidinylmethyl]amine of formula to form a compound of formula P-10, d) reacting a compound of formula P-10 with 2, 4-difluorobenzylamine to form a compound of formula P-11, e) treating a compound of P-11 with palladium on carbon and ammonium hydroxide to form a compound of formula 1a, and f) treating a compound of formula 1a with NaOH and ethanol to form a compound of formula 1b. The structures of the above mentioned compounds are disclosed in the specification.
US08183352B2
The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules encoding attenuated, non-functional virion infectivity factor (vif) proteins. The nucleic acid molecules of the invention are inserted into recombinant expression vectors and administered to mammals in order to induce a cellular and humoral immune response to the encoded protein product.
US08183350B2
Neural outgrowth in the central nervous system is achieved by administering chondroitinase AC and/or chondroitinase B to degrade chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that inhibit or contribute to the inhibition of nervous tissue regeneration.
US08183348B2
A monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof, capable of specifically binding to at least one epitope of sH2a and/or being elicited by at least one epitope, and assays, kits, and methods of use thereof diagnosing liver disease or condition, detecting liver function and assessing the efficacy of therapy to a liver disease.
US08183347B2
Anti-TAT226 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided. Methods of using anti-TAT226 antibodies and immunoconjugates thereof are provided.
US08183342B2
A method of treating chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia includes administering to a subject undergoing chemotherapy a therapeutically effective amount of a Bax-inhibiting peptide.
US08183320B2
The invention is directed to the use of maleic esters selected from compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III), as copolymerizable emulsifiers in the emulsion polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, in which A is a C3-C40 alkyl group; X, Y and Z independently are hydrogen or methyl; B and D independently are sulfate, phosphate or hydrogen; n and p independently are numbers in the range from 0 to 40; and m is a number in the range from 2 to 40.
US08183318B2
The invention relates to a polyamide molding compound consisting of the following constituents: (A) between 25 and 70 wt. % of an aliphatic polyamide selected from the group PA1010, PA1012, PA1014, PA1210, PA1212, PA1214, PA12 and PA11, or a mixture of at least two of said systems; (B) between 8 and 35 wt. % of a transparent polyamide selected from the group MACM9-36, MACM9-36/PACM9-36, MACMI/12, MACMI/MACMT/12, or a mixture of at least two of said systems; (C) between 10 and 60 wt. % of reinforcing materials; (D) between 0 and 30 wt. % of particulate and/or layered filling materials; and (E) between 0 and 5 wt. % of auxiliary materials and/or additives, the sum of the constituents (A)-(E) amounting to 100 wt. %. Fibers are used at least partially as reinforcing materials (C), the cross-sectional surface of the fibers being either circular or the dimensional ratio of the main cross-sectional axis to the secondary cross-sectional axis being below 2. The invention also relates to uses of such a polyamide molding compound and components at least partially produced using such a polyamide molding compound.
US08183316B2
Disclosed herein is a rubber composition comprising a rubber and particulate kaolin clay as a filler wherein: the kaolin particles have a particle size distribution such that at least about 95% of the particles, relative to the volume of the particles, have a particle diameter less than 3μm. The particulate kaolin particles may comprise calcined kaolin chosen from at least one of particulate soak calcined kaolin and particulate flash calcined kaolin. The rubber composition can comprise additional particulate fillers including those chosen from silica, carbon black, and other particulate fillers. Also disclosed herein is a process for producing such a composition, and the method of using a cured form of the composition in a rubber composition, such as a vehicle tire composition.
US08183314B2
Provided are oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsion compositions including from 0.01 to 5 wt % of a halogenated elastomer emulsifier, and optionally from to 0.5 wt % of a polyalkylene amine co-emulsifier. The emulsion compositions disclosed herein provide for increased interfacial elasticity and decreased interfacial tension at the oil-water interface to increase resistance to coalescence of dispersed water droplets of a water-in-oil emulsion or oil droplets of an oil-in-water emulsion. The emulsion compositions disclosed herein are suitable for lubricant applications due to their resistance to shear thinning.
US08183311B2
A composition at least two different phosphites, one of which is derived from an alkylated cresol, wherein the composition is a liquid at ambient conditions. The other phosphites may be derived from alkylated cresol, alkylated phenol or other alkylated hydroxyaryl compounds. The cresol may be mono-alkylated or di-alkylated with a C1-C18 alkyl group.
US08183310B2
A compound of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently at each occurrence hydrogen, a halogen, a cyano functionality, a C1-C20 aliphatic functionality, a C3-C10 cycloaliphatic functionality or a C3-C20 aromatic functionality, with the proviso that R2 and R3 are not hydrogen when R1 is a methyl or hydrogen; R4 and R5 are independently at each occurrence hydrogen, a halogen, a cyano functionality, a C1-C20 aliphatic functionality, a C3-C10 cycloaliphatic functionality or a C3-C10 aromatic functionality; R7 and R8 are independently at each occurrence, a halogen, a cyano functionality, a C1-C20 aliphatic functionality, a C3-C10 cycloaliphatic functionality or a C3-C10 aromatic functionality; R6 is a C2-C20 aliphatic functionality, a C3-C10 cycloaliphatic functionality or a C3-C20 aromatic functionality; and “n” and “m” are each independently integers having a value of 0 to 3.
US08183309B2
The present invention provides a tire puncture sealant including a rubber latex and 1,3-propanediol, which has a reduced viscosity at low temperatures, has better injectability at low temperatures, and is also excellent in storage stability, initial sealing performance, and seal retention performance.
US08183305B2
The invention provides an infiltrant for dental application that comprises crosslinking monomers, having a penetration coefficient PC>50 cm/s. In accordance with the invention the infiltrant comprises at least one nanoscale radiopaque filler and/or radiopaque organic compound, while ensuring sufficient contrast to surrounding tooth and bone tissue in X-ray diagnostics.
US08183300B2
A method for producing nanoparticles of a selected size includes selecting an organic solvent based upon a molar volume of the organic solvent, the selected nanoparticle size, and a known relationship between the molar volume and the selected nanoparticle size, and producing nanoparticles having the selected size in a water-in-oil microemulsion comprising the selected organic solvent.
US08183298B2
A fatty acid ester of pentaerythritol, a pentaerythritol oligomer, or mixtures thereof, where the fatty acid has 6 to 22 carbon atoms, and the ester contains less than 0.3% by weight C17 fatty acid acyl groups and has a melting point of at least 30° C. is provided. A process for the production of a C16/C18 fatty acid pentaerythritol ester including (A) providing about 1.8 to about 2.2 mol of a fatty acid mixture per mol of pentaerythritol; (B) esterifying component (A) at temperatures ranging from about 180° C. to about 250° C. in an inert gas atmosphere in the absence of solvent to form a reaction mixture; (C) stirring the reaction mixture in vacuo until it has an acid value of less than 1 and an OH value of 145 to 158 is provided. A cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical composition including the above-described ester is also provided.
US08183289B2
Compounds of Formula (I): in which R1, R2, R7, R8, R9, R10 and A have the meanings given in the specification, are DP2 receptor modulators useful in the treatment of immunologic diseases.
US08183283B2
The present invention relates to a dendrite elongation inhibitor for melanocytes consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (1): and/or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group, and a skin preparation for external use comprising the dendrite elongation inhibitor for melanocytes as an active ingredient.
US08183282B2
The subject invention is drawn to ellagitannin metabolites (e.g., urolithin) that find use in treating or preventing a neoplastic disease in a subject.
US08183274B2
The present invention relates to diarylhydantoin compounds, including diarylthiohydantoins, and methods for synthesizing them and using them in the treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer.
US08183268B2
N-Substituted heteroaryl (substituted)alkyl sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US08183267B2
The preparation of flupirtine carboxylate acid addition salts having the following formula (2), wherein R represents hydrogen or a C1-C6 alkyl group, with the proviso that RCOOH is neither maleic acid nor gluconic acid, is described.
US08183266B2
The invention relates to the novel chemical compounds of the formula (I): (I) in free or salt form, its use in the treatment of NET and/or SERT mediated conditions, e.g., depression, vasomotor symptoms, e.g., hot flashes and other diseases or conditions mediated by NET and/or SERT.
US08183262B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), a process for the manufacture thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for treating CNS disorders: wherein A, B, X, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description and claims.
US08183249B2
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for inhibiting the Akt/PKB pathway. In one embodiment, a compound of the invention inhibits kinase activity and/or phosphorylation levels of Akt proteins. The subject invention also concerns methods for inhibiting or killing a cancer cell or other cell in which expression of an Akt protein is elevated or constitutively active, comprising contacting the cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula I. The subject invention also concerns methods for treating cancer or a tumor in a person or animal comprising administering all effective amount of a compound of formula I to the person or animal.
US08183239B2
The invention provides novel non-peptidic NPY Y2 receptor inhibitors useful in treating or preventing: anxiolytic disorders or depression; injured mammalian nerve tissue; conditions responsive to treatment through administration of a neurotrophic factor; neurological disorders; bone loss; substance related disorders; sleep/wake disorders; cardiovascular disease; obesity; or an obesity-related disorder. Compounds of the invention are also useful in modulating endocrine functions, particularly endocrine functions controlled by the pituitary and hypothalamic glands, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of inovulation and infertility. The compounds of the present invention are of the formula where Ring T is a heterocycloalkyl ring selected from the group consisting of:
US08183238B2
Compounds of Formula X: wherein A, X, Y, Z, R5, R6a, and R6b are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described as useful for the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
US08183235B2
Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (I) below as a dihydronaphthalene compound having a chemical structure which is excellent in production efficiency when compared with lasofoxifene and nafoxidine. This compound is useful as a proteasome inhibitor and/or an antitumor agent. (In the formula, two —(CH2)l—N(R1) (R2) groups represent a same substituent; R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom, or a same or different alkyl group; or alternatively, R1 and R2 may combine together to form a monocyclic heterocyclic ring with a nitrogen atom having them or additionally together with one or more atoms selected from an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom and a nitrogen atom; R3, R4 and R5 each represents one or more substituents selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, a halogen atom, an acyloxy group, a cyano group and a nitro group; l represents an integer of 2-5; n represents an integer of 1-4; m represents an integer of 1-5; and q represents an integer of 1-3.)
US08183222B2
Described are methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders, including cancers, by administering to the affected mammal (e.g., human) an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more oligonucleotides which share at least 33% but less than 100% nucleotide sequence identity with the human telomere overhang repeat. Methods of treatment or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases or pre-cancerous conditions affecting epithelial cells, such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, or hyperprolferative diseases of other epithelia and methods for reducing photoaging, or oxidative stress or for prophylaxis against or reduction in the likelihood of the development of skin cancer, are also disclosed. The compositions and methods are also useful to treating other cancers.
US08183218B2
The present invention relates to a novel use of Msx1 protein or a nucleotide encoding the same for inducing apoptosis. The Msx1 of the present invention induces apoptosis through direct interaction with p53 via a homeodomain and such interaction leads to increased stability, and/or nuclear localization of p53 in cells. The Msx1 or homeodomain thereof can be effectively used for the treatment of tumors, in which wild-type p53 protein has lost its function by some mechanism that inactivates p53 proteins.
US08183215B2
It is intended to provide an oral flora-improving agent capable of forming a favorable flora in the oral cavity and a food or a drink for improving the oral flora. An oral flora-improving agent containing as an active ingredient a ganglioside and a food, a drink, or a feed for improving the oral flora containing the ganglioside exhibit an antibacterial effect on harmful bacteria in the oral cavity, which are undesirable from the viewpoint of decay and diseases such as periodontal disease, and a growth-improving effect on useful bacteria to be preserved in the oral cavity. Further, the ganglioside is efficaciously used as an active ingredient in an antibacterial agent or an antibacterial drink, food, or feed, a growth promoter, or a food, a drink, or a feed for promoting growth.
US08183208B2
Conjugates of transferrin or transcobalamin with anti-viral agents are useful in the treatment of viral infections. Suitable anti-viral agents include apoptosis inducing compounds, compounds which inhibit the replication of the virus, a cytotoxic antibiotic, an alkylating agent, a plant toxin, and a bacterial mutant toxin. Transferrin or transcobalamin is preferably coupled to the anti-viral agent by means of glutaraldehyde.
US08183190B2
A biodegradable lubricant composition containing a complex polyol ester having a polyfunctional alcohol residue and a saturated or unsaturated dicarboxylic acid residue having from about 9 to about 22 carbon atoms.
US08183181B1
The present disclosure is directed to a method comprising: mixing (i) a zwitterionic polymer prepared by inverse emulsion polymerization of at least one monomer Ab comprising a betaine group and optionally one or more nonionic monomers Ba, (ii) a surfactant and (iii) produced water to form a well servicing fluid. The resulting well servicing fluid is introduced into a hydrocarbon well.
US08183180B2
Drilling fluids comprising graphenes and nanoplatelet additives and methods for production thereof are disclosed. Graphene includes graphite oxide, graphene oxide, chemically-converted graphene, and functionalized chemically-converted graphene. Derivatized graphenes and methods for production thereof are disclosed. The derivatized graphenes are prepared from a chemically-converted graphene through derivatization with a plurality of functional groups. Derivatization can be accomplished, for example, by reaction of a chemically-converted graphene with a diazonium species. Methods for preparation of graphite oxide are also disclosed.
US08183173B2
A method of preparing a catalyst comprising aging a silica support in an alkaline solution to produce an alkaline aged silica support, removing at least a portion of the alkaline solution from the alkaline aged silica support to produce a dried silica support, and activating the silica support to produce a catalyst composition, wherein alkaline aging lowers the surface area of the silica support to less than about 50% of the original value and wherein activation of the silica support is carried out in batches of equal to or greater than about 500 lbs for a time period of less than about 8 hours. A method of preparing a polymer comprising alkaline aging a silica support material, adding chromium to the silica support material prior to the alkaline aging, after the alkaline aging, or both to form a chromium-silica support, rapidly activating the chromium-silica support to produce an activated olefin polymerization catalyst, contacting the activated olefin polymerization catalyst with at least one monomer in a reaction zone under conditions suitable to produce a polymer, and recovering the polymer.
US08183171B2
To provide a dielectric ceramic composition which is free from variation in breakdown voltage, and has excellent electric properties. The dielectric ceramic composition according the present invention includes: as a main component, a component represented by a composition formula {α(xBaO-yNd2O3-zTiO2)+β(2MgO—SiO2)}, wherein x, y, and z representing a molar ratio of the BaO Nd2O3, and TiO2 are each in a specific molar ratio range, and α and β representing a volume ratio of each component, zinc oxide, boron oxide, a glass having a softening point at a specific temperature or less, and silver, wherein a, b, c, and d representing a mass ratio of each of the minor components based on the main component are each in a specific mass ration range.
US08183157B2
Method of forming capacitors, and methods of utilizing silicon dioxide-containing masking structures
Some embodiments include methods of forming capacitors. Storage nodes are formed within a material. The storage nodes have sidewalls along the material. Some of the material is removed to expose portions of the sidewalls. The exposed portions of the sidewalls are coated with a substance that isn't wetted by water. Additional material is removed to expose uncoated regions of the sidewalls. The substance is removed, and then capacitor dielectric material is formed along the sidewalls of the storage nodes. Capacitor electrode material is then formed over the capacitor dielectric material. Some embodiments include methods of utilizing a silicon dioxide-containing masking structure in which the silicon dioxide of the masking structure is coated with a substance that isn't wetted by water.
US08183156B2
Disclosed is a method of structuring a material surface by dry etching, so that a passivation layer soluble in a solvent forms by the dry etching on parts of the structured material surface, sealing the passivation layer with a substance soluble in the solvent, and removing the sealed passivation layer and the substance by means of the solvent.
US08183152B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device facilitates the forming of a conductive pattern of features having different widths. A conductive layer is formed on a substrate, and a mask layer is formed on the conductive layer. First spaced apart patterns are formed on the mask layer and a second pattern including first and second parallel portion is formed beside the first patterns on the mask layer. First auxiliary masks are formed over ends of the first patterns, respectively, and a second auxiliary mask is formed over the second pattern as spanning the first and second portions of the second pattern. The mask layer is then etched to form first mask patterns below the first patterns and a second mask pattern below the second pattern. The first and second patterns and the first and second auxiliary masks are removed. The conductive layer is then etched using the first and second mask patterns as an etch mask.
US08183142B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing technique which allows reduction of semiconductor chip size. First, a pad and other wires are formed over an insulating film. A surface protective film is formed over the insulating film including the pad and wires, and an opening is made in the surface protective film. The opening lies over the pad and exposes a surface of the pad. A bump electrode is formed over the surface protective film including the opening. Here, the pad is smaller than the bump electrode. Consequently, the wires are arranged just beneath the bump electrode in the same layer as the pad 10. In other words, the wires are arranged in space which becomes available because the pad is small enough.
US08183139B2
Superior contact elements may be formed in semiconductor devices in which sophisticated replacement gate approaches may be applied. To this end, a dielectric cap layer is provided prior to patterning the interlayer dielectric material so that any previously created cracks may be reliably sealed prior to the deposition of the contact material, while the removal of any excess portion thereof may be performed without an undue interaction with the electrode metal of the gate electrode structures. Consequently, a significantly reduced defect rate may be achieved.
US08183138B2
Methods for forming nanodots and/or a patterned material are provided. One such method involves forming a first patterning material over a base. Blades of a nanoimprint lithography template are placed within the first patterning material, wherein the blades extend along the base in a first direction. With the blades within the first patterning material, the first patterning material are cured. The blades are removed from the first patterning material to form a patterned first patterning material. The base is etched using the patterned first patterning material as a pattern to form openings in the base. The patterned first patterning material is removed from the base. A second patterning material is formed over the base and within the openings in the base. Blades of a nanoimprint lithography template are placed within the second patterning material, wherein the blades extend along the base in a second direction, which is generally perpendicular with respect to the first direction. With the blades within the second patterning material, the second patterning material is cured. The blades are removed from the second patterning material to form a patterned second patterning material. The base is etched using the patterned second patterning material as a pattern to form openings in the base. The patterned second patterning material is removed from the base.
US08183134B2
Stacking faults are reduced or eliminated by epitaxially growing a III-V compound semiconductor region in a trench followed by capping and annealing the region. The capping layer limits the escape of atoms from the region and enables the reduction or elimination of stacking faults along with the annealing.
US08183131B2
A method of cutting an object which can accurately cut the object is provided. An object to be processed 1 such as a silicon wafer is irradiated with laser light L while a light-converging point P is positioned therewithin, so as to form a modified region 7 due to multiphoton absorption within the object 1, and cause the modified region 7 to form a starting point region for cutting 8 shifted from the center line CL of the thickness of the object 1 toward the front face 3 of the object 1 along a line along which the object should be cut. Subsequently, the object 1 is pressed from the rear face 21 side thereof. This can generate a fracture from the starting point region for cutting 8 acting as a start point, thereby accurately cutting the object 1 along the line along which the object should be cut.
US08183117B2
An integrated circuit including one or more transistors in which source and drain regions are formed as embedded silicon-germanium (eSiGe). Guard ring structures in the integrated circuit are formed in single-crystal silicon, rather than in eSiGe. In one example, p-channel MOS transistors have source/drain regions formed in eSiGe, while the locations at which p-type guard rings are formed are masked from the recess etch and the eSiGe selective epitaxy. Defects caused by concentrated crystal strain at the corners of guard rings and similar structures are eliminated.
US08183113B2
A recessed gate structure in a semiconductor device includes a gate electrode partially buried in a substrate, a blocking member formed in the buried portion of the gate electrode, and a gate insulation layer formed between the gate electrode and the substrate. The blocking member may effectively prevent a void or a seam in the buried portion of the gate electrode from contacting the gate insulation layer adjacent to a channel region in subsequent manufacturing processes. Thus, the semiconductor device may have a regular threshold voltage and a leakage current passing through the void or the seam may efficiently decrease.
US08183112B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a vertical channel includes providing a substrate over which a hard mask pattern is formed, forming pillars over the substrate using the hard mask pattern thereby forming a resultant structure, forming an insulation layer over the resultant structure, planarizing the hard mask pattern and the insulation layer until the pillars are exposed, and forming a storage electrode over the exposed pillars.
US08183111B1
A method of fabricating a thin film device having conductive front and backside electrodes or contacts. Top-side cavities are first formed on a first dielectric layer, followed by the deposition of a metal layer on the first dielectric layer to fill the cavities. Defined metal structures are etched from the metal layer to include the cavity-filled metal, followed by depositing a second dielectric layer over the metal structures. Additional levels of defined metal structures may be formed in a similar manner with vias connecting metal structures between levels. After a final dielectric layer is deposited, a top surface of a metal structure of an uppermost metal layer is exposed through the final dielectric layer to form a front-side electrode, and a bottom surface of a cavity-filled portion of a metal structure of a lowermost metal layer is also exposed through the first dielectric layer to form a back-side electrode.
US08183110B2
Some embodiments include memory cells. The memory cells may include a tunnel dielectric material, a charge-retaining region over the tunnel dielectric material, crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material over the charge-retaining region, and a control gate material over the crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material. Additionally, the memory cells may include an amorphous region between the charge-retaining region and the crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material, and/or may include an amorphous region between the crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material and the control gate material. Some embodiments include methods of forming memory cells which contain an amorphous region between a charge-retaining region and a crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material, and/or which contain an amorphous region between a crystalline ultra-high k dielectric material and a control gate material.
US08183104B2
An apparatus, system, and method for dual-channel FET devices is presented. In some embodiments, the nanowire FET device may include a first transistor on a substrate, where the first transistor includes a first group of nanowires made of silicon. The nanowire FET device may also include a second transistor on the same substrate, where the second transistor includes a second group of nanowires made of silicon-germanium.
US08183103B2
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit structure is disclosed. First, a dielectric layer is formed on a substrate, the substrate has a transistor region and a diode region. Next, a contact hole and an opening are formed in the dielectric layer, a size of the opening being larger than that of the contact hole. Next, a first metal layer is formed on the dielectric layer and filled into the contact hole and the opening. Next, a portion of the first metal layer is removed to form a contact plug above the transistor region and form a metal spacer on a sidewall of the opening. Next, an ion implantation process is performed to form a lightly doped region in the substrate at a bottom of the opening. Finally, a contact metal layer is formed on the lightly doped region.
US08183089B2
A method for manufacturing a package system includes: providing a first semiconductor die; mounting a second semiconductor die on the first semiconductor die using an inter-die interconnect to form a flip-chip assembly; and attaching the flip-chip assembly on a package substrate with a contact pad, a test connection, a z-bond pad, and a die receptacle, with the first semiconductor die in the flip-chip assembly fitting inside the die receptacle.
US08183088B2
Semiconductor die packages are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor die package includes a premolded substrate. The premolded substrate can have a semiconductor die attached to it, and an encapsulating material may be disposed over the semiconductor die.
US08183078B2
A method for producing a device including at least one integrated circuit and at least one N/MEMS. The method produces the N/MEMS in at least one upper layer arranged at least above a first section of a substrate, produces the integrated circuit in a second section of the substrate and/or in a semiconductor layer arranged at least above the second section of the substrate, and further produces a cover encapsulating the N/MEMS from at least one layer used for production of a gate in the integrated circuit and/or for producing at least one electrical contact of the integrated circuit.
US08183067B2
A display device which can be manufactured with improved material use efficiency and through a simplified manufacturing process, and a manufacturing technique thereof. A light-absorbing layer is formed, an insulating layer is formed over the light-absorbing layer, the light-absorbing layer and the insulating layer are selectively irradiated with laser light to remove an irradiated region of the insulating layer so that a first opening is formed in the insulating layer, and the light-absorbing layer is selectively removed by using the insulating layer having the first opening as a mask so that a second opening is formed in the insulating layer and the light-absorbing layer. A conductive film is formed in the second opening to be in contact with the light-absorbing layer, thereby electrically connecting to the light-absorbing layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween.
US08183063B2
An organic light emitting device (OLED) and a method of fabricating the same are provided, wherein the OLED includes a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes on a substrate; a triple-layered pixel electrode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes through a via-contact hole formed in an insulating layer on the substrate, and having a lower pixel electrode, a reflective layer pattern and an upper pixel electrode; an organic layer disposed on the upper pixel electrode and having at least an emission layer; and an opposite electrode disposed on the organic layer.
US08183059B2
Devices and methods for the detection of antigens are disclosed. Devices and methods for detecting food-borne pathogens are disclosed.
US08183055B2
The present invention relates to a peptide aptamer which mimics particularly the human platelet antigene HPA-Ia epitope present on the platelet GPIIb/IIIa molecules and which is capable of neutralizing the binding of HPA-I a specific antibodies (anti-HPA-1 a). This peptide aptamer is advantageously used in a method for detecting and identifying HPA-I a specific antibodies in human serum, in a diagnostic kit for screening and identifying antibodies, in an immunoassay and a pharmaceutical composition.
US08183051B2
A kit for determining residual chlorine or chloramine amount of a sample; comprising: a means for containing a PVA solution as an indicator, and another means for containing a reducing indicator. Said reducing indicator would be oxidized by a reaction with residual chlorine or chloramine and said PVA indicator induces a dye by reaction with oxidized compound such as free iodine; wherein intensity of said dye would be changed depending upon the residual chlorine or chloramine amount of the sample.
US08183046B2
A method for preparing a composition that includes selecting a pH of the composition; selecting a first buffer with a negative temperature coefficient; selecting a second buffer with a positive temperature coefficient; and forming the composition comprising the first buffer and the second buffer. The composition has an average temperature coefficient, ΔpH/ΔT(Ta,Tb)≦1×10−3 pH-unit/K and a ΔpH(Ta,Tb)≦0.31 pH-unit for Ta=4 K and Tb=313 K.
US08183045B2
The present invention provides a device capable of exhibiting a time-temperature dependence that comprises an upper layer carrying a first reactant selected from a group of materials such as chelating agents and a base layer carrying a second reactant adapted to react with the first reactant upon triggering. A barrier layer is provided between the upper layer and the base layer. Visual characteristic is changed depending on time and temperature after triggering had occurred while the device is not susceptible to environmental conditions and can be stored in room temperature.
US08183044B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant hepatitis C virus-like particle comprising the steps of introducing into (i) a cell in which an RNA replicon comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising the 5′ untranslated region, the nucleotide sequence coding for the NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B proteins, and the 3′ untranslated region of a genome RNA derived from a hepatitis C virus strain autonomously replicates, (ii) a vector expressing the Core, E1, E2, and p7 proteins derived from a hepatitis C virus strain that is the same as or different from that as defined in the above (i), culturing the cell, and recovering the produced virus-like particle, and a recombinant hepatitis C virus particle produced by this method.
US08183043B2
A modified sol-gel material and method of making the same is provided herein. More particularly, sol-gels disclosed herein have been modified to have one or more bioactive peptides covalently bound to the surface of the sol-gel. In one embodiment the peptide presenting sol-gels are prepared as thin film coatings and in a further embodiment the sol-gels are combined with living cells. The present disclosure is also directed to a novel one vessel reaction process for preparing the sol-gel-based peptide material.
US08183038B2
The present invention relates to methods for reprogramming a somatic cell to pluripotency by administering into the somatic cell at least one or a plurality of potency-determining factors. The invention also relates to pluripotent cell populations obtained using a reprogramming method.
US08183036B2
A modified beetle luciferase protein which is an environmentally sensitive reporter protein is provided.
US08183033B2
The invention relates to methods for preparing and performing quantitative PCR analyses, a new sealing device and a new use. According to the invention, a sample vessel containing the samples to be analyzed is sealed by placing a planar sealing device on the vessel to cover the samples and applying pressure on the sealing device in order to deform the sealing device so as to form a light-refracting geometry individually for the samples to be analyzed. The invention offers a convenient way of sealing the vessel and forming analysis-improving optical lenses over the samples simultaneously.
US08183030B2
Methods and compositions for providing novel catalyst supports are included herein. In one embodiment, included herein are yeast cell supports including one or more receptor proteins uniformly displayed on the surface of a yeast cell having the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Each receptor protein is anchored to a ligand that is selective for that protein, and each ligand is, in turn, bound to a catalyst. Both the catalyst support-catalyst combinations and the catalyst supports alone are contemplated by the invention.
US08183027B2
The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of n-alkanes and related molecules.
US08183025B2
A Unique Solenopsis invicta viruse (SINV2) have been identified and its genome sequenced. Oligonucleotide primers have been developed using the isolated nucleic acid sequences of the SINV2. The virus is used as a biocontrol agent for control of fire ants.
US08183005B1
The present inventors examined the inhibitory activity against HCV replicon of myriocin, fumonisin B1, and ceramide trafficking inhibitor HPA-12, which are compounds derived from microorganisms such as those of the genus Aureobasidium, and found that these compounds have the effect of inhibiting the replication of HCV replicon RNAs or inhibiting the expression of HCV proteins. The present inventors further performed serine palmitoyltransferase knockdown experiments using siRNAs, and results showed that HCV replicon activity and HCV protein expression were significantly inhibited in cells with suppressed LCB1 expression. Thus, sphingolipid biosynthesis was found to be involved in HCV infection. This showed that HCV infection can be treated or prevented by inhibiting enzyme activities involved in the process of sphingolipid biosynthesis by adding compounds or knocking down a gene.
US08183001B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods related to GABAA receptors.
US08182999B2
Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are structurally related to the pepsins, thought to be restricted to the hoofed (ungulate) mammals and characterized by being expressed specifically in the outer epithelial cell layer (chorion/trophectoderm) of the placenta. By cloning expressed genes from ovine and bovine placental cDNA libraries, the inventors estimate that cattle, sheep, and most probably all ruminant Artiodactyla, possess possibly 100 or more PAG genes, many of which are placentally expressed. The PAGs are highly diverse in sequence, with regions of hypervariability confined largely to surface-exposed loops. Selected PAG that are products of the invasive binucleate cells, expressed highly in early pregnancy at the time of trophoblast invasion and expressed weakly, if at all, in late gestation are useful in the early diagnosis of pregnancy. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to immunoassays for detecting these PAGs.
US08182977B2
A polymer includes a repeating unit (a-1) shown by a following formula (a-1), a repeating unit (a-2) shown by a following formula (a-2), and a GPC weight average molecular weight of about 1000 to about 100,000, wherein R0 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms in which at least one hydrogen atom is substituted by a hydroxyl group, and R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent cyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, or a divalent cyclic hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms formed by R3 and R3 bonding to each other together with a carbon atom.
US08182968B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a color filter, the method including: applying an adhesion auxiliary agent onto an inorganic material; forming a curable layer on the inorganic material to which the adhesion auxiliary agent has been applied by applying a curable pigment composition containing an organosilane compound (A) represented by Formula (I) below (wherein L is a monovalent organic group; R1 and R2 are hydrocarbon groups; and n is an integer from 1 to 3), a photopolymerization initiator (B), a compound (C) having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and a pigment (D); exposing the curable layer to light in a pattern using a mask; and a developing the curable layer after exposure to form a color pattern.
US08182966B2
A data storage device including: a plastic substrate having a plurality of volumes arranged in tracks along a plurality of vertically stacked, laterally extending layers therein; and, a plurality of micro-holograms each contained in a corresponding one of the volumes; herein, the presence or absence of a micro-hologram in each of the volumes is indicative of a corresponding portion of data stored.
US08182962B2
The present invention relates to a fuel cell separator plate comprising at least one separator sheet and at least one flange suitable to be fixed on the side of the separator sheet by means of shape-coupling.The invention also relates to a fuel cell comprising said separator sheet, preferably a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). The invention also relates to a stack of these fuel cells being electrically coupled to each other.
US08182957B2
A fuel cell includes an electrode assembly, current collectors, and electroconductive separators. The electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, and a polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode. The current collectors are arranged adjacent to the anode and cathode, respectively. The electroconductive separates are arranged outside the current collectors and have passages for feeding gases to the anode and cathode. The polymer electrolyte membrane includes an aromatic polymer having a sulfoalkylfluorene unit in its principal chain. An ion-exchange resin is used for the solid polymer electrolyte. An electrolyte membrane uses the ion exchange resin. A membrane/electrode assembly is used for the fuel cell.
US08182951B2
To provide a fuel cell system provided with a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which is excellent in the power generation characteristics under high temperature and low or no humidity conditions.A fuel cell system 20 comprising a polymer electrolyte fuel cell 22 having a membrane/electrode assembly 10 having a catalyst layer containing a polymer (H) which has repeating units based on a perfluoromonomer having an alicyclic structure and has ion exchange groups, a temperature controlling means for controlling temperature of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell 22, a temperature sensor 38 for detecting temperature of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell 22, and a controlling device 40 for controlling the temperature controlling means based on temperature information from the temperature sensor 38 so that the maximum temperature of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell 22 becomes within the range of from 90 to 140° C.
US08182944B2
The present invention provides a method of producing composite particle for high density electrochemical element electrodes in electrochemical elements having low internal resistance and high capacitance.Slurry containing an electric conductive material and a binder is obtained, and the slurry is sprayed to a fluidized electrode active material to carry out fluidized-granulation, and further particles obtained by the fluidized-granulation are rolling-fluidized granulated, and thereby, composite particle for electrochemical element electrode, containing electrode active materials, electric conductive materials, and binders, and being structured of an outer layer portion (outer shell portion) and an inner layer portion (core portion), where the outer shell portion and the core portion are made by bonding the electrode active material and the electric conductive material by the binder, and the weight average particle diameter of the electrode active material and the electric conductive material which form the outer shell portion is smaller than the weight average particle diameter of the electrode active material and the electric conductive material which form the core portion are obtained.
US08182941B2
An alkaline dry battery of this invention includes: a cylindrical battery case with a bottom; a cylindrical positive electrode having a hollow, being in contact with an inner face of the battery case, and containing a manganese dioxide powder and a graphite powder; a negative electrode disposed in the hollow of the positive electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an alkaline electrolyte. The positive electrode has cracks therein, and the cracks are substantially arc-shaped in a cross-section perpendicular to the axial direction of the positive electrode and extend in the axial direction of the positive electrode. The positive electrode has a manganese dioxide density of 2.15 to 2.30 g/cm3.
US08182934B2
A secondary battery comprises a power generating element, a battery case including a gas release hole, and a valve safety device configured to close the gas release hole and release gas out of the battery case when inner pressure in the battery case exceeds a predetermined value. The safety valve device comprises a valve member and a holding member. The valve member includes a sealing portion hermetically making contact with a sealed surface around the gas release hole, and the holding member is fixed to the battery case to elastically press the sealing portion by its elastic deformation.
US08182933B2
A triarylamine derivative represented by a general formula (G1) given below is provided. Note that in the formula, Ar represents either a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; α represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; β represents either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; n and m each independently represent 1 or 2; and R1 to R8 each independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
US08182925B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a carbodiimide modified polyolefin adhesive having excellent adhesive strength in a room temperature atmosphere and excellent adhesive strength in a high temperature atmosphere even in continuously molding with a practical molding machine. An adhesive (D), i.e., a carbodiimide modified polyolefin adhesive of the present invention which can solve the above problem is obtainable by allowing a polyolefin (A) having a group capable of reacting with a carbodiimide group to react with a carbodiimide group-containing compound (B) in the presence of an unmodified polyolefin (C) and having a ratio of a peak intensity at 2130 to 2140 cm−1 to a peak intensity at 1470 cm−1, as determined by infrared absorbance analysis, of not more than 60% and a density of 0.870 g/cm3 to 0.920 g/cm3. Furthermore, the use of the adhesive provides a laminate of a polar resin (F) and a polyolefin (G) having excellent interlaminar adhesive force both under a room temperature atmosphere and under a high temperature atmosphere.
US08182917B2
Spin coating a mixture of graphene oxide platelets, water, and an organic solvent by placing a drop of the mixture on a spinning substrate while blowing a drying gas onto the substrate and allowing the water and the organic solvent on the substrate to evaporate; and repeating the spin coating one or more times to form a graphene oxide film in contact with the substrate. An about 1-100 nm thick film of overlapping platelets of reduced graphene oxide.
US08182916B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbing agent having a low amount of residual monomer, small variance of the amount of residual monomer among ranges of particle size distribution and favorable absorption properties, and being sanitary; an absorbing article; and a method for the production of a water absorbing agent. The water absorbing agent of the present invention has the amount of residual monomer of not higher than 500 ppm, and a residual monomer index of not greater than 0.30. The method for the production includes a first step of obtaining a hydrogel polymer by polymerizing an aqueous solution of a monomer including an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof in the presence of a crosslinking agent; a second step of obtaining a water absorbent resin precursor which is in powder form and includes particles having a particle size of 300 to 850 μm and particles having a particle size of smaller than 300 μm as main components by drying said hydrogel polymer followed by pulverization and classification to adjust the particle size distribution, a third step of obtaining a water absorbent resin by heating a mixture of said water absorbent resin precursor and a surface crosslinking agent, which can form an ester bond around the surface of said water absorbent resin precursor, a fourth step of adding by spraying an aqueous solution that includes a sulfur-containing reducing agent to said water absorbent resin, and a fifth step of subjecting the mixture of the water absorbent resin and said aqueous solution to a heat treatment under an airflow of not lower than 40° C. but not higher than 120° C.
US08182913B2
There are provided a sheet having a silicon/plastic bi-layer structure capable of easily transferring a paste even when a hard roll is used, the hard roll having excellent durability but having disadvantages that the paste is poorly transferred when the paste is printed on a plastic base, and a method for producing the same. The bi-layer structured sheet having excellent printability when printed by hard roll includes a flexible substrate and a silicon resin formed on the substrate.
US08182912B2
The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a radiation grafted functionalized fluoropolymer. This coating is preferably, in the form of a powder coating. The coating can be used on inorganic substrates, especially un-primed metals. The invention also relates to the coated inorganic substrate and to the use of the coating composition to protect the inorganic substrate, especially from corrosion.
US08182896B2
A panel comprising a substrate having a top substrate surface and a bottom substrate surface. The substrate includes a plurality of tiles extending outwardly from the top substrate surface of substrate. The tiles having a top tile surface and a bottom tile surface. The tiles and the substrate are integral and formed of a single piece of material. Each tile is connected to the substrate at a connection area. Each connection area projects upwardly from the top substrate surface of the substrate and includes a bottom connection edge connected to the top substrate surface of the substrate at a first angle and a top connection edge connected to a bottom tile surface of one of the tiles at a second angle. The tiles form an optical image on the panel.
US08182895B2
The padded edge cover has a hemispherical top portion and a cylindrical bottom portion extending from the top portion, the two portions forming a core of cushioning material. Prongs extend from a rear face of the bottom core portion to insert into hollow extruded metal frame members. The padded edge cover is resilient in order to cushion physical contact of personnel with the frame members. The padded edge covers are easily removable from the frame members and can be stored on a metal bracket designed specifically for the covers. Alternative embodiments of the padded edge covers are substantially rectangular and have either prongs or magnetic members to retain the padded covers to the frame members.
US08182894B2
The invention relates to an identification tag (16) for identifying preferably electrical components, comprising a front side that has a marking area (18). According to the invention, the identification tag (16) has a plastic base (22) and a metal coating (24) that covers the surface of the base (22).
US08182889B2
The invention relates to a packaging article for use in form-fill-seal, flow wrap and lidding. In particular, the invention concerns such an article sealed with a biodegradable film having a peel sealable coating thereon, and coated filmic lids for sealing polylactic acid (PLA) trays and specifically PLA trays used for packaging.
US08182866B2
The invention relates to a method of producing a substrate which is coated with a mesoporous layer and to the use thereof in ophthalmic optics. The inventive method comprises the following steps comprising: preparing a precursor sol containing (i) a precursor agent that is selected from compounds having formula M(X)4 (I), in which X is a hydrolysable group and M represents silicon or a tetravalent metal and mixtures thereof, (ii) at least one organic solvent, (iii) at least one pore-forming agent and (iv) water; depositing a film of the precursor sol on a main surface of the substrate; optionally consolidating the mesoporous structure of the deposited film; eliminating the pore-forming agent; and recovering the substrate coated with the mesoporous layer. The method is characterized in that: (i) the pore-forming agent is eliminated at a temperature of less than or equal to 150° C.; and (ii) the method comprises a step involving the introduction of at least one reactive agent bearing at least one hydrophobic group, before the deposition step and/or after said step.
US08182865B2
A process for producing a repair coating on at least one metallic surface that is coated with at least one corrosion protecting coating A, applied from at least one composition selected from the group consisting of pretreatment compositions, organic compositions and silicon compound containing compositions; wherein the at least one corrosion protecting coating A has been at least partially removed in an area Z, and a thin corrosion protecting coating B, containing at least one silicon compound, is applied, from a composition that is a solution or dispersion containing at least one silane, silanol, siloxane, polysiloxane, or any mixture of these, on at least a part of the area Z. Optionally, a further corrosion protecting coating C may be applied on the thin corrosion protecting coating B whereby the at least one further corrosion protecting coating C is applied from at least one organic composition such as, for example, a primer, a wet-primer, an e-coat, a powder coat, a base-coat or a clear-coat, or with at least one composition which is the same composition as or a different composition than that which the thin corrosion protecting coating B is applied.
US08182862B2
An ion source impinging on the surface of the substrate to be coated is used to enhance a MOCVD, PVD or other process for the preparation of superconducting materials.
US08182857B2
The present invention relates to a structured, fat continuous edible product, wherein the edible product contains, expressed on total product basis, less than 35 wt. % of saturated fatty acids, between 20 and 100 wt. % of a triglyceride composition, between 0 and 80 wt. % of a filler material and less than 15 wt. % of water. The triglyceride composition contains less than 50 wt. % of saturated fatty acids, less than 10 wt. % of trans unsaturated fatty acids, at least 10 wt. % of POP triglycerides, wherein P is a palmitic fatty acid, O is oleic acid, a ratio SUS/SUU of at least 1.3, a ratio SUS/S3 of at least 15, at least 90 wt. % of C8-18 fatty acids, a ratio C16/C18 saturated fatty acids of at least 1. The triglyceride composition has an SFC at 20° C. of between 3 and 55%. The present invention also relates to a process for producing such a product and to triglyceride compositions suitable for use in such a product.
US08182856B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing low fat spread emulsions stabilized with dairy proteins. The water phase is stabilized by heat denatured whey proteins at low calcium concentrations. After heat treatment pH of the water phase is adjusted to neutral or acid conditions. The present invention also relates to methods for producing a whey protein product that can be used as a stabilizing food ingredient.
US08182849B2
The present invention provides a tea-based fermentation beverage comprising a tea-based fermentation liquid with at least one species of lactic acid bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus ONRIC b0239 (FERM BP-10064) and Lactobacillus ONRIC b0240 (FERM BP-10065), and a tea beverage comprising at least one species of lactic acid bacteria selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus ONRIC b0239 (FERM BP-10064) and Lactobacillus ONRIC b0240 (FERM BP-10065).
US08182848B2
A method of improving the storage and handling characteristics of a condensed whey permeate (“CWP”) comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a CWP that: (i) has a total solids content in the range of about 20% to about 75% by weight and has a water content in the range of about 80% to about 25% by weight; (ii) has a lactose concentration of at least 70% by weight of the total solids content; and (iii) is at a pH of less than 8; and (b) treating the CWP with at least a sufficient proportion of alkali to raise the pH to at least 8. Also, a method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a CWP that does not exhibit substantial crystallization; and (b) treating the CWP with at least a sufficient proportion of alkali to reduce the amount of crystallization obtained using a 30 mesh screen for a sample of the treated CWP relative to a sample of the untreated CWP when tested after storing for 7 days at a temperature range having an upper limit that is at least 28° C. (50° F.) below the sufficient temperature to dissolve at a pH of about 7 an equivalent concentration of lactose in water to the concentration of lactose to water that is in the untreated CWP. According to yet another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a CWP in the feeding of a ruminant animal.
US08182842B1
Systems and methods for the use of compounds from the Hofmeister series coupled with specific pH and temperature to provide rapid physico-chemical-managed killing of penicillin-resistant static and growing Gram-positive and Gram-negative vegetative bacteria. The systems and methods represent the more general physico-chemical enhancement of susceptibility for a wide range of pathological macromolecular targets to clinical management by establishing the reactivity of those targets to topically applied drugs or anti-toxins.
US08182840B2
Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases.
US08182838B2
The present invention relates to particles and to methods of making particles. In particular, the invention relates to methods of making composite active particles comprising a pharmaceutically active material for pulmonary inhalation, the method comprising a jet milling process.
US08182827B2
The present invention is an oil-in-water emulsion composition containing a hydrophilic non-ionic surfactant or hydrophilic anionic surfactant, a higher aliphatic alcohol, water, and an oil ingredient which meets specific conditions. This is an oil-in-water emulsion composition with good high temperature stability and usability, and can be used as a cream-like endermic liniment such as a cosmetic.
US08182825B2
The present invention provides a message energy memory ceramics. The message information memory ceramics includes: (1) a plurality of message energy memory ceramics grains composed of a silicon oxide, an aluminum oxide, a sodium oxide, a potassium oxide, a magnesium oxide, a calcium oxide, a titanium oxide, an ferric oxide, a manganese oxide, and a zinc oxide; and (2) a powder of message energy memory ceramics grains composed of a silicon oxide, an aluminum oxide, a sodium oxide, a potassium oxide, a magnesium oxide, a calcium oxide, a titanium oxide, an ferric oxide, a manganese oxide, and a zinc oxide. The products of the present invention can be applied to general water supply stations, water towers, and drinking water machines.
US08182814B2
The present invention provides a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of T-helper type 2 (Th2)-mediated disorders using antagonists of IL-11.
US08182805B2
The present invention relates to prevention and treatment of allergic sensitization and diseases associated therewith by treatment with an enterovirus vaccine, wherein the enterovirus does not contain an exogenous nucleic acid sequence that is integrated into the viral genome and that encodes an allergen that induces said allergic sensitization.
US08182801B2
A method is provided for preparing water-soluble polymer derivatives bearing a terminal carboxylic acid or ester thereof. The method involves the hydrolyzing an ortho ester of a water-soluble polymer so as provide the corresponding acid. In addition, the invention provides water-soluble polymers bearing a terminal carboxylic acid or ester thereof, intermediates and reagents useful in carrying out the method, as well as gels, pharmaceutical formulations, conjugates related to the described water-soluble polymer derivatives.
US08182799B2
Novel methods and compositions for treating aged and environmentally damaged skin are disclosed which provide improvements in the skin's visual appearance, function and clinical/biophysical properties by activating at least one proteolytic enzyme in the skin's stratum corneum. The disclosed treatment methods involve topical application of a novel cosmetic composition containing a combination of a cationic surfactant such as N,N,-dimethyldodecyl amine oxide (DMDAO), an anionic surfactant such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), or monoalkyl phosphate (MAP) and a chelating agent such as ethylene diamine tetraacetate (EDTA) to stimulate a chronic increase in the replacement rate of the skin's stratum corneum by means of corneum protease activation. This chronic, low level stimulation is effective to induce repair and replacement of the stratum corneum, epidermis, and dermis of the skin and improvements in the appearance, function, and anti-aging properties of the skin.
US08182790B2
A contrast agent of the general formula (I): Z1-L-V-Z2 (I) wherein at least one of Z1 and Z2 is present and are equal or different reporter moieties detectable in in vivo imaging of the human or animal body, V is a targeting moiety with binding affinity for areas of collagen formation, L is a covalent bond, a biomodifier or a linker moiety.
US08182789B2
A bisphosphonoamine compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 6, is extremely useful as an intermediate for preparing a technetium nitride complex for radiodiagnostic imaging.
US08182782B1
The present invention relates to fullerene carbon nanotubes having a cylindrical wall comprising a double layer of carbon atoms and methods for the production and application of these double-wall carbon nanotubes; and, more particularly, to nanotubes with controlled number of carbon layers and methods for the production of macroscopic amounts of these nanotubes and there application as cathode materials in the cold field electron emission devices, notable such devices comprising light emitting CRT's.
US08182780B2
In a method of synthesizing a silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve having 90%+CHA framework type character, a reaction mixture is prepared comprising first combining a reactive source of aluminum with a reactive source of phosphorus to form a primary mixture that is aged. A reactive source of silicon and a template for directing the formation of the molecular sieve can then be added to form a synthesis mixture. Crystallization is then induced in the synthesis mixture. Advantageously, (i) the source of silicon comprises an organosilicate, (ii) the source of phosphorus optionally comprises an organophosphate, and (iii) the crystallized silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieve has a crystal size distribution such that its average crystal size is not greater than 5 μm. The molecular sieve can then preferably be used in a hydrocarbon (oxygenates-to-olefins) conversion process.
US08182770B2
An apparatus and method for sealing a fluid sample collection device, comprising: loading a fluid sample collection device with a fluid sample, said device comprising a housing having at least one substantially planar surface that includes an orifice in fluid communication with an internal fluid sample holding chamber which terminates at an internal capillary stop; and slidably moving a sealing element over at least a portion of said substantially planar surface in a way that displaces any excess fluid sample away from the orifice, seals the fluid sample within said holding chamber, and inhibits the fluid sample from prematurely breaking through the internal capillary stop.
US08182768B2
A system for interfacing a sampling device and a chromatograph and for pre-concentrating analytes in a sample prior to introducing the sample into the chromatographic column is generally disclosed comprising an interface housing with a first channel and an adsorbent housing with a second channel, which contains at least one adsorbent. Valveless conduits permit fluid to be communicated between the sampling device and the first channel, between the first channel and the second channel, and the first channel and the column. In some embodiments, fluid flows in one direction when the analytes are adsorbed and in the opposite direction when analytes are desorbed. In certain embodiments, two different adsorbents are disposed in the second channel to adsorb different types of analytes.
US08182762B2
A vial and particles for distributing reagent bound particles in a fluid, a kit, and methods for distributing particles in a fluid.
US08182761B2
It is an object to provide a test instrument and an optical measurement apparatus which enable easy matching of test results when tests by optical measurement are performed with respect to a large number of patients.To the above end, a test instrument B is provided, which includes reagent retaining portions 8A, 8B, 8C retaining a reagent which reacts with a sample to produce a color reaction. The test instrument B includes a patient information entry section 64 as an example of patient identifying information region in which patient identifying information is to be written.
US08182759B2
An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes a first channel member in which a projection portion abuts on a fitting surface in a channel mouthpiece, and a first channel internally provided communicates with a suction channel inside the channel mouthpiece, a second channel member which is fitted and fixed to an outer periphery of the first channel member, and is internally provided with a second channel which communicates with the first channel, a pressing member which is provided in the second channel, and presses the first channel member to the channel mouthpiece side in the second channel, and a liquid introduction port which is formed in the second channel member and introduces a liquid to the second channel.
US08182755B2
A method and apparatus for easily generating ozone with a high concentration in the air without requiring a high voltage power supply or a vacuum apparatus, wherein an ozone gas with a high concentration is generated in the atmosphere around a hemimorphic crystal of which the direction of polarization is uniform by placing the crystal in the air and repeatedly heating and cooling the crystal, are provided.
US08182750B2
A carbon monoxide treatment apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a reactor body; a partitioning plate located inside the reactor body for partitioning an internal space of the reactor body into a first section and a second section; a channel member in the first section for transporting an introduced gas including a reformed gas and an oxidant gas to the second section; and a reaction unit around the channel member of the first section for reducing a concentration level of carbon monoxide in the introduced gas moving through the first section by utilizing a preferential oxidation reaction of the carbon monoxide and the oxidant gas of the introduced gas, wherein moisture of the introduced gas that has been partially condensed when passing through the channel member is stored in the second section.
US08182749B2
A device, such as a home air freshener, which is mounted to the main positive pressure air duct of a forced air furnace heating system and or a central air conditioning system by which an outside agent, such as an air freshener, is introduced into the air duct for the distribution to areas served by the air duct system. By means of a sub-duct properly positioned in the path of the airflow, the device can create a low pressure area in the sub-duct which will draw and distribute the air freshener and thus operate with out means of outside pressure, power, or moving parts.
