US08301307B2
A pneumatic actuator system (200) is provided according to the invention. The system (200) comprises a pneumatic actuator (100) including an actuator component (108), with the pneumatic actuator (100) being configured to include a first actuation phase and a second actuation phase. The system (200) further comprises one or more feedback sensors configured to provide one or more actuation feedback values, an actuator valve (213) coupled to and providing a first pneumatic pressure and a second pneumatic pressure to the pneumatic actuator (100), and a controller (240) coupled to the one or more feedback sensors and the actuator valve (213). The controller (240) is configured to receive the one or more actuation feedback values from the one or more feedback sensors and control the actuator valve (213) in order to actuate the actuator component (108) according to an actuation profile and according to the one or more actuation feedback values.
US08301306B1
A control apparatus for an apparatus that cleans the drum of a ready mixed concrete truck includes a CAN-bus control system that includes a nozzle lance position encoder, a boom position encoder, a human-machine interface, a programmable logic controller, and monitors for an engine, hydraulic valves, and pressure sensors. The nozzle lance position encoder includes a rotary encoder, a bi-directional motor, a nozzle lance including a nozzle adapted to discharge water under high pressure, and a swivel assembly to which the nozzle lance is mounted for reciprocating motion. The programmable logic controller enables an operator to control the range of oscillation of the nozzle lance by inputting a desired range of oscillation into the programmable logic controller. An operator can also control extension and retraction of an elongate boom by inputting a desired rate of extension and retraction into the programmable logic controller.
US08301305B2
A moving device is provided. A first receiving device receives an emitted light from a base station and obtains a direction from a start position, which the moving device is in to the base station according to the emitted light to serve as a target direction. A driving device drives the moving device to move in the target direction from the start position. When the moving device meets a first obstacle which is disposed along the target direction and in the target area, a second receiving device obtains a distance between the moving device and the base station according to the received emitted light to serve as a middle distance. When a determination device determines that the middle distance is not equal to a predetermined distance, the driving device drives the moving device to detour around the first obstacle and move in the target direction continuously.
US08301298B2
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for detecting collisions of parcels on a moving conveyor belt, including the steps of representing each belt with a rectangular cell mesh of columns and rows, for each parcel on the belt system, identifying those cells on a belt where each parcel contacts the belt, marking a parcel's new cell position after a predetermined time frame in a direction parallel to the motion, for each marked cell, incrementing a corresponding collision detector counter in a collision detection table, marking a parcel's new cell position after the predetermined time frame in a direction perpendicular to the motion, for each marked cell, incrementing a corresponding collision detector counter in the collision detection table, and checking the collision detector counter value in each cell, where a value greater than or equal to 3 indicates a parcel collision.
US08301291B2
A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to an embodiment, includes a storage device configured to store write data which is to be written by using a charged particle beam and in which a plurality of patterns with different writing precision is defined; a cutout unit configured to read data of each pattern from the storage device and to cut out a partial pattern, among a pattern, in the plurality of patterns, whose writing precision is on a low-precision side, positioned within a range of influence of a proximity effect from a region edge of a pattern, in the plurality of patterns, whose writing precision is on a high-precision side; a merge processing unit configured to perform merge processing of a cut-out partial pattern on the low-precision side and the pattern on the high-precision side; and a pattern writing unit configured to write a pattern obtained by the merge processing and a remaining partial pattern on the low-precision side remaining without being merged with the pattern on the high-precision side to a target object by using the charged particle beam under different writing conditions based on data of the pattern obtained by the merge processing and data of the remaining partial pattern.
US08301289B2
A defect detecting method of a display device includes a defect counting process that measuring a feature amount for each partial region of a display device (P32), and counting regions which is determined as a defective portion based on the measured feature amount of the region (P36), a process that stopping a manufacturing line of the display device when a number of defects counted at the defect counting process is greater than a first threshold value (P38, P42), a defect density calculating process that calculating a defect density in a predetermined area when the number of defects counted at the defect counting process is smaller than the first threshold value (P38), and a process that stopping the manufacturing line of the display device when the defect density calculated at the defect density calculating process is higher than a second threshold value (P40, P42).
US08301279B2
A signal processing apparatus subjects an audio signal to musical pitch analysis using different analysis techniques for the higher and lower frequencies. When an audio signal is input, a first extractor extracts a high-frequency signal, and a second extractor extracts a low-frequency signal from the audio signal. A high-frequency processor extracts pitch components from the high-frequency signal by applying the short-time Fourier transform. A low-frequency processor extracts pitch components from the low-frequency signal by dividing the low-frequency signal into a plurality of octave components. A synthesizing unit then combines the pitch components thus extracted from the high-frequency signal and the low-frequency signal and outputs the analysis result.
US08301276B2
Control device for the position control of a hydraulic cylinder unit comprising a linearization unit
A control device for the position control of a hydraulic cylinder unit has a controller which receives a set and an actual piston position and determines a preliminary manipulated variable based on the difference of the set and actual positions. A linearization unit multiplies the variable with a linearization factor and outputs it to the valve control unit so that the piston is adjusted at an adjustment speed. The linearization unit determines the factor dynamically as a function of the actual piston position and of working pressures that prevail at both piston sides. The linearization factor is determined such that a ratio of the adjustment speed to the difference of the set and actual positions is independent of the actual position and the working pressures. In the specific case where the controller is configured as a P controller, the order of the controller and the linearization unit can be reversed.
US08301268B1
There is disclosed various embodiments of an implantable anchor for anchoring a medical lead within a patient. The implantable anchor includes a body having at least one lumen for receiving a medical lead, a cam integrated with the body and rotatable to extend into the lumen for engaging, compressing and twisting the medical lead to inhibit the movement of the lead with respect to the anchor. The body of the anchor may include at least one slot, sized and positioned to receive a portion of the lead to further facilitate the inhibition of the movement of the lead. The cam may include a handle for facilitating the rotation and locking of the cam.
US08301265B2
The invention is directed toward stimulation of a selected tissue layer. A device is attached to a target tissue by applying vacuum pressure to a vacuum cavity of the device and advancing a needle into tissue within the vacuum cavity. The depth on the vacuum cavity is selected to permit deployment at the selected tissue layer. In one embodiment, the invention is directed toward an implantable medical device comprising a device housing defining a vacuum cavity, and a vacuum port for application of vacuum pressure to draw tissue into the vacuum cavity, an electrode that is movable into the vacuum cavity of the device housing to contact at least a portion of the tissue drawn into the vacuum cavity, and a lead comprising at least one conductor coupled to the electrode.
US08301264B2
A thermal therapy of body tissue with electromagnetic energy is controlled by feedback from one or more temperature sensors placed in the vicinity of the tissue to be treated. The temperature sensors are calibrated by comparing stabilized temperature values of the one or more temperature sensors against a normal range of body temperature and adjusting sensed temperature to a value within a normal body temperature range if the actual temperature value of a stabilized temperature sensor is less than the normal body temperature range. The temperature adjustment to the temperature sensor is maintained throughout the thermal therapy which reduces the risk of thermal damage to healthy tissue located near the tissue to be treated.
US08301261B2
A medical implant comprising a housing and an antenna member carried by the housing. The antenna member is configured to be capacitively coupled to body tissue in which the housing is implanted. This forms, together with the impedance of the body tissue, part of a resonant circuit. A reference electrode carried by the housing as a return for the antenna member also forms a further part of the resonant circuit. Transceiver circuitry is also provided and is operable as at least one of a source and a load for the antenna member and forms yet a further part of the series resonant circuit.
US08301258B2
Devices and methods for preventing ankle sprain injuries. To protect the ankle joint from acute ankle supination or inversion sprain injuries, the device comprises a sensing part configured to sense data of an ankle motion; an analyzing part configured to analyze the data to judge whether the motion is a sprain motion; and a stimulating part configured to stimulate one or more lower limb muscles against the motion in light of a result of the analyzing. The method also involves sensing data of an ankle motion; analyzing the data to judge whether the motion is a sprain motion; and stimulating one or more lower limb muscles against the motion if the motion is a sprain motion.
US08301257B2
A method for identifying, suppressing, and reversing epileptogenesis, which is considered to be a learned response due to brain plasticity. The method includes identifying three epileptogenic conditions, neuronal hyperexcitability, spatial overconnectivity, and temporal overconnectivity. A treatment that accounts for each of these conditions is then be administered to the subject to reverse, or “unlearn,” epilepsy.
US08301245B2
There is provided an energy delivery device comprising a storage device, a discharge circuit and a disarm circuit. The discharge circuit comprises a switch electrically connected to the storage device, and is selectively operable to deliver energy from the storage device to a load, e.g., a patient needing defibrillation, preferably in a multiphasic waveform. The disarm circuit comprises the switch. Preferably, the discharge circuit comprises an H-bridge circuit. There are also provided delivery devices: which comprise a shoot-through elimination circuit; which include housing elements which, when assembled, cause electrical connection between respective components; which include a housing having a small volume and an energy storage device having a large capacitance; which comprise a shunt circuit which, when activated, prevents switching of a switch. There are also provided methods of assembly and disassembly of an energy delivery unit and methods of delivering energy to a load.
US08301241B2
A system embodiment for stimulating a neural target comprises a neural stimulator, a pace detector, and a controller. The neural stimulator is electrically connected to at least one electrode, and is configured to deliver a neural stimulation signal through the at least one electrode to stimulate the neural target. The pace detector is configured to use at least one electrode to sense cardiac activity and distinguish paced cardiac activity in the sensed cardiac activity from non-paced cardiac activity in the sensed cardiac activity. The controller is configured to control a programmed neural stimulation therapy using the neural stimulator and using detected paced cardiac activity as an input for the neural stimulation therapy.
US08301237B2
A biofeedback system and a display device for the use in the biofeedback system. Also disclosed is a method for a biofeedback treatment of a person or an animal. Biofeedback is a therapy method which is used in rehabilitation facilities, for example in the neurological rehabilitation. A neural signal magnitude below a certain threshold does not result in a muscle response, for example, because the provided stimulus is insufficient to trigger the muscle. In order to provide a patient with an intuitive feedback of the sub-threshold neural signal nevertheless, the signal is detected and made recognizable to the patient.
US08301236B2
High resolution full disclosure ECG data is transferred from a body sensor device to a handheld device via a wireless protocol. The handheld device transfers the full disclosure ECG data via a cellular network to a data center for analysis. A monitoring center communicating with the data center facilitates technician and physician review and interactions.
US08301225B2
A functional image generating unit that generates a functional image from a magnetic resonance image generated by collecting a magnetic resonance signal from a subject who executes a task with an intermission of a resting period. An image generation controlling unit controls the functional image generating unit so that a plurality of functional images along a time series are generated by separating a plurality of magnetic resonance images generated along the time series during a collecting period (in which the resting period and a task-execution period are repeated a plurality of times along the time series) into image groups, each corresponding to a predetermined temporal phase. A statistical process is performed on each of the image groups and a display controlling unit exercises control so that the functional images are displayed by a display unit.
US08301218B2
A contoured bioelectrical signal electrode and a sensor headset are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus for a bioelectrical signal sensor includes a contoured bioelectrical signal sensor connected to a holder comprising an electrode set, the electrode set including a contoured electrode, in which the contoured electrode is a dry electrode, in which the contoured electrode includes a cap portion with a protruding shape for maintaining contact with a user's head and a post portion protruding out of a side of the cap portion opposite the protruding shape, the post portion having a retaining ridge, in which the cap portion with the protruding shape and the post are electrically connected. In some embodiments, the contoured electrode is wrapped in a conductive fabric.
US08301207B2
A separable mobile terminal device includes a main module to execute main functions in order to drive a mobile terminal and a user module to inform a user of visual and aural elements. At least one of the main module and the user module has a control unit to determine whether to execute the interworking between the main module and the user module depending on whether the main module and the user module are connected and whether the interworking between the main module and the user module is required. Each of the main module and the user module has an interface unit to enable data transmission/reception between the modules, and a battery to supply driving power to each respective module. Each of the main module and the user module has a connection means, so that the main module and the user module can be connected with or separated from each other via the connection means.
US08301205B2
A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a proximate personal mobile phone. The embedded phone includes an internal communication component that detects the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receives a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone. The embedded phone also includes an external communication component that sends the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receives an authentication request to the personal mobile phone via the embedded phone. The internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone. The personal mobile phone generates an authentication signal, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.
US08301200B1
Systems, products, and methods are disclosed for facilitating a method of receiving data from a keypad of the mobile communications device. One embodiment of the method includes receiving input by way of a given key of the keypad and then dynamically configuring that given key to be a “5” key. In this way, input received by way of this given key will be received as the Arabic numeral “5” regardless of a prior configuration associated with that key. A final illustrative step includes dynamically mapping numerical values to the eight surrounding keys that surround the newly configured “5” key.
US08301199B2
There is provided a mobile apparatus including: an input module including operating keys; a storage module configured to store a correspondence between a combination of a first operation and a second operation and a corresponding character, the second operation being an operation subsequent to the first operation, the first operation being an operation at a first operating key from among the operating keys, the second operation being an operation at a second operating key from among the operating keys; an extraction module configured to extract the character based on the first and the second operating keys referring to the correspondence; and a display module including a first display area; wherein the display module is configured to display the character extracted by the extraction module in the first display area.
US08301184B2
An apparatus and method for configuration and optimization of an Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of configuring the ANR by a Base Station (BS) in the wireless communication system includes receiving a measurement report message for reporting a neighbor cell's signal quality from one or more User Equipments (UEs), determining a neighbor cell, reported from a UE in an area where a serving cell's signal quality is greater than a first reference value, as an Overlay Neighbor (ON), among neighbor cells reported using the measurement report message, and determining a neighbor cell, reported from a UE in an area where the serving cell's signal quality is less than a second reference value, as a Horizontal Neighbor (HN), among the neighbor cells reported using the measurement report message, wherein the second reference value is set to a value smaller than the first reference value.
US08301182B2
A cluster-based cooperative communication system and method is provided for mitigating inter-cell interference effectively. A cluster-based cooperative communication method of a mobile station includes receiving allocation of a resource of a weighted subband mapped to one of preset cooperative base station clusters, the selected cooperative base station cluster having a group including a serving base station of the mobile station and dominant interfering base stations found by channel estimation, and communicating with the serving base station in cooperation with the dominant interfering base stations.
US08301180B1
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable device comprises a wireless transceiver to receive and transmit messages and a messaging client. The messaging client receives a first message from the wireless transceiver, wherein the first message is from a first peer messaging client, parses the first message to read a first message sequence count, compares the first message sequence count to a first expected message sequence count, and based on a miscompare of the first message sequence count with the first expected message sequence count transmits a corrective message to the wireless transceiver for transmitting to the first peer messaging client.
US08301179B2
A method and system for transmitting electronic messages. The system includes a messaging application executing on a computer. The messaging application is operable to receive from a message sender an electronic message having an attachment associated therewith, operable to communicate the electronic message to the mobile communication device via a first wireless data path and operable to communicate the attachment associated with the electronic message to the mobile communication device via a second wireless data path having a higher bandwidth than the first wireless data path.
US08301173B2
There is provided an apparatus that is connectable wirelessly with a mobile phone. The apparatus includes a casing for encasing components of the apparatus. A display unit is mounted within the casing for the display of content to a user. There is a processor coupled with the display unit to control the content displayed in the display unit. There is also a transceiver coupled to the processor within the casing to enable the wireless connection between the apparatus and the mobile phone. A memory module is coupled to the processor, the memory module being for storage of data and applications. There may be a positioning module coupled to the processor, the positioning module being for provision of a location of the apparatus to the mobile phone. It is preferable that a set of controls is coupled to the processor for controlling the apparatus, and the set of controls may be controllable by the user either via touch or voice. It is advantageous that the apparatus is used for applications selected from the group consisting of: making and receiving telephone calls using a wide area connection of the mobile phone, composing and receiving messages using the wide area connection of the mobile phone, accessing the internet using the wide area connection of the mobile phone, and playing back media content on the apparatus.
US08301171B2
A subscriber database, in at least one embodiment, stores RF level and timing advance information associated with all mobile telephones on a network. A location parameters database stores location data that associates different physical locations with RF levels/timing advance data that have been measured or inferred for those locations. The subscriber database is then interpreted for the purpose of establishing the location of a specific mobile telephone at a given time by matching the RF level/timing advance data for that specific mobile telephone against the location parameters database. This generates the location of the mobile telephone. The interpretation or querying of the subscriber database only occurs, however, when there is a request to establish the location of a specific mobile telephone, and not as an automated process applied to all mobile telephones on a network.
US08301170B2
A method is provided for locating a radiocommunication device in a radiocommunication network comprising a plurality of distinct geographical cells. The device comprises a radiocommunication module allowing reception of radiocommunication carriers. Each carrier is associated with a cell of the network and is defined by a frequency and a cell identifier. The module performs the following steps: obtaining initialization information comprising a predetermined list of N1 reference carriers; selecting N carrier(s) from among the N1 reference carriers; for each carrier selected, determining the cell identifier, termed the current cell identifier, associated with the selected carrier, on the basis of system information messages conveyed by the carrier; and obtaining an item of information regarding the location of the radiocommunication device, on the basis of the current cell identifier or identifiers.
US08301169B2
A system and method are provided to obtain and use time zone information as presence in instant messaging. The time zone information is obtained by a user's mobile device and is sent to other mobile devices corresponding to the user's contacts. The time zone information of a contact may be displayed on the user's IM application, including the contact list and instant messaging conversation window. The location of the mobile device may also be provided. The user uses the time zone and location information to discern the status of a contact. Rule-based decisions that rely on the time zone information are also used to affect the operation of the instant messaging application.
US08301164B2
Techniques and mechanisms are provided for sending targeted content and data to mobile devices. Location information associated with a device is determined. In some instances, the location information is manually entered. In other instances, the location information is determined automatically from characteristics associated with the device. Location information can be obtained from global positioning system (GPS) data, cell-site triangulation, Internet Protocol (IP) address detection, etc. Content and advertising can be provided in a location relevant manner to the mobile device.
US08301158B1
Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, and a web server coupled to a wired network (e.g., the Internet) that couples to the wireless network. Each of the mobile computing devices are associated with and proximate to an object whose location is being monitored. The web server stores the locations of each of the mobile computing devices or the objects proximate thereto, and enables only authorized users to obtain access the locations via the wired network.
US08301140B2
A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order. The registration order will include one of the three alternative forms of the information unit described above, either the routing address of the OTAF processor, or the OTAF ID number, or a dummy MIN.
US08301138B2
A cell search method and apparatus in an asynchronous wireless communication system for outputting a cell search result by comparing energy ratios of detected candidate cells with a reference threshold ratio are provided. The method includes determining energy values of correlations between different phases of signals received from neighbor cells, detecting at least one candidate cell in descending order of energy values, and outputting cell search results by determining an energy ratio of the at least one candidate cell and comparing the energy ratio with a reference threshold ratio.
US08301135B2
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate operation of a roaming mobile node to perform a packet communication service. When the mobile node roams beyond its home network, detection is made of the available networks in whose coverage area that the mobile node roams together with the communication capabilities of the available networks. A preferred listing stored at a storage element of the mobile node is accessed to determine if any of the available and compatible networks are listed on the preferred listing. If so, selection is made of one of the available and preferred networks. Otherwise, a network not contained in the preferred listing is selected through which to communicate.
US08301128B2
A technique for requesting and providing in-call services encompasses a method of calling an information service during an ongoing call between two or more call parties. The method comprises the steps of receiving, during the ongoing call, a message from a first call party, determining that the message requests the provision of information associated with a second call party, obtaining a first identifier indicative of the second call party and sending a service request including the first identifier to the information service.
US08301126B1
A system and method for eliciting information anonymously from a user are provided. The anonymously provided information is received from at least one of a plurality of broadcasting units via a respective transmitter. The anonymously provided information is received via a dedicated broadcast reception component that is configured to interface with the broadcasting unit. The plurality of broadcasting units are each configured with the respective transmitter and configured to receive and transmit information from the user. The plurality of broadcasting units are also configured to communicate over a communication network. Information representing at least one physical characteristic of the user is received from the at least one of the plurality of broadcasting units. The at least one physical characteristic identifies the user. The information representing the at least one physical characteristic of the user is matched with the anonymously provided information. The incentive to be provided to the user or a third party associated with the user is provided in exchange for the anonymously provided information.
US08301124B2
An information processing apparatus for communicating with a different information processing apparatus, includes: a first connection establishment block configured to control a first communication section, which carries out nearby wireless communication for delivering and accepting information to and from the different information processing apparatus positioned near to the information processing apparatus, to establish a connection for the nearby wireless communication; an acquisition block configured to acquire setting information for short range wireless communication which exhibits a wire communication range than the nearby wireless communication and capability information regarding the capacity of the different information processing apparatus from the different information processing apparatus through the nearby wireless communication; and a second connection establishment block configured to control a second communication section, which carries out the short range wireless communication, based on the setting information and the capability information to establish a connection for the short range wireless communication.
US08301123B2
A method of displaying a tutorial to a user of a mobile device is disclosed. In some examples, the mobile device receives an input associated with one or more user functions of the mobile device and launches a locally based application in response to the received input. The locally based application may output instructions to the user explaining to the user how to implement the one or more user functions.
US08301120B2
A communications device includes multiple data transceivers, each configured for communication via a respective communication transport mode. The communication device has one or more data packets which are associated with one of the communication transport modes. The handheld communication device transmits or receives the data packet(s) via the data transceiver that is configured for communication with the corresponding communication transport mode. A user-indication of the communication transport mode of the data packet(s) is provided in accordance with the data transceiver that communicates the data packet(s). The user indication is provided on a per-data packet basis, substantially contemporaneously with the communication of the data packet(s) via the one data transceiver.
US08301119B2
A method for validating integrity of a mobile communication device includes installing an integrity verification application on the mobile communication device. The method also includes establishing a first pass indicator and a second pass indicator including receiving a first instance of the first pass indicator. The method also includes receiving a second instance of the first pass indicator as a challenge for verification. In response to receiving the second instance of the first pass indicator, the second pass indicator may be displayed as an indication of the integrity.
US08301108B2
According to one aspect of one embodiment of the present invention, a safety control system for vehicles, includes, a communication device having at least one of an input accessible from within the vehicle and an output communicated within the vehicle, at least one sensor operable to sense at least one condition related to vehicle operation, and a controller communicated with the sensor and the communication device to selectively suppress at least one of said input and said output in response to a sensed parameter of said at least one condition being outside of a threshold. When an input is suppressed, the driver is prevented from accessing or inputting information into the communication device. When an output is suppressed, communication between the device and the driver of a vehicle is suppressed to, among other things, avoid distracting the driver during certain driving situations or conditions relating to the driver, vehicle and/or environment.
US08301101B2
Embodiments of a frequency translated filter (FTF) are presented. An FTF includes a passive mixer and a baseband impedance. The baseband impedance includes a network of one or more passive components (e.g., resistors, inductors, and capacitors) that form a low-Q filter. The passive mixer is configured to translate the baseband impedance to a higher frequency. The translated baseband impedance forms a high-Q filter and is presented at the input of the FTF. The FTF can be fully integrated in CMOS IC technology (or others, e.g., Bipolar, BiCMOS, and SiGe) and applied in wireless receiver systems including GSM, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Bluetooth, and wireless LANs (e.g., IEEE 802.11).
US08301092B2
Methods and systems for a low noise amplifier utilizing a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include one or more low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) coupled to one or more leaky wave antennas (LWAs) in a wireless device. RF signals may be received via one or more LNAs coupled to one or more feed points on a LWA. The one or more LNAs may be coupled to the feed points based on an impedance of the feed points and an input impedance of the one or more LNAs. The impedance of the feed points may be configured by locating them along a vertical axis in a resonant cavity of the LWA. The LWAs may be integrated on a chip, and/or on a package or printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The RF signals may be amplified by the LNAs and may be down-converted to baseband signals.
US08301083B2
In a method of complexity reduced noise floor estimation in a wireless communications system, determining, for a respective of at least a subset of a plurality of power grid points /c, a product of complementary cumulative distribution functions, each such function corresponding to a respective of a plurality j of provided wideband power measure estimates Ln a sliding window, and determining, for each of said at least subset of power grid points, a probability distribution function of a minimum of said plurality of wideband power measure estimates based on said determined product.
US08301074B2
A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage.
US08301073B2
In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, when performing one-side printing during a predetermined period after two-side printing, a change in a carrying velocity of a post-process apparatus is prevented and thus recording paper having passed through a fixing section is carried and output at a velocity that is lower than a velocity for normal one-side printing and that is identical with a velocity for two-side printing. Consequently, it is possible to prevent dropping of productivity of the image forming system due to a time necessary for changing the carrying velocity of the post-process apparatus and to increase an operating ratio of the image forming system, even if the post-process apparatus is designed to completely stop the carrying roller etc. when changing the carrying velocity.
US08301071B2
An image forming apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring information for identifying a user, a log-in unit for allowing the user to log in the image forming apparatus when the acquisition unit acquires the information for identifying the user, a log-off unit for causing the logged-in user to log off from the image forming apparatus after a first predetermined time period elapses, a determination unit for determining whether a secure printing job to be performed based on the acquired information for identifying the user is present in the image forming apparatus, and a control unit for controlling the log-off unit to cause the user to log off from the image forming apparatus within a second predetermined time period which is shorter than the first predetermined period time, when the determination unit determines that the secure printing job is present in the image forming apparatus.
US08301070B2
An image forming apparatus includes a belt conveying portion having a movable endless belt provided around at least two supporting members, a cleaning member provided in contact with a surface of the belt, a lubricant supply portion provided below a contact portion between the belt and the cleaning member for supplying lubricant to the contact portion, and an adhered-material storing portion provided below the lubricant supply portion for storing adhered-material scraped off from the belt by the cleaning member.
US08301067B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a heating rotatable member for heating a toner image on a recording material in a heating nip; a pressing rotatable member for forming the heating nip in contact with the heating rotatable member; a first external heater contacting an outer peripheral surface of the heating rotatable member having passed through the heating nip, for heating the outer peripheral surface, the first external heater including a parting layer; and a second external heater for heating the outer peripheral surface heated by the first external heating heater. The second external heater includes a surface parting layer containing an electroconductive agent. The contact angle of the parting layer of the first external heater with respect to water is larger than that of the parting layer of the second external heater, and the surface resistance of the second external heater is lower than that of the first external heater.
US08301063B2
A toner cartridge includes a toner receptacle that houses toner, a plurality of stirring members housed in the toner receptacle, a plurality of gears meshing with each other on outside of the toner receptacle, and a phase display section. The stirring members are arranged next to each other in the toner receptacle and rotate to stir the toner. Each of the stirring members has a scraper that scrapes off the toner adhering to an inner surface of the toner receptacle. The gears rotate to rotate the stirring members in an interlocked manner with each other. The phase display section shows a meshing position of the gears so that the gears mesh with each other at a position where a phase difference along a rotating direction of the stirring members occurs between the scrapers of the stirring members that are next to each other.
US08301059B2
An image formation apparatus is provided, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the developing devices are mountable. The apparatus includes developing device shutters, each configured to open and close a respective one of the openings of the developing devices mounted to the apparatus; and a link mechanism configured to move the developing device shutters linked with each other.
US08301058B2
A developing unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The developing unit includes a controlling unit to restrict a contact position between the charging roller and a photosensitive body, thereby preventing deformation of the charging roller caused when the developing unit is not used for a long period of time.
US08301057B2
A printer cartridge is provided that allows a charge roller to be separated from a photoconductive drum when the printer cartridge is not used within an image forming device. The printer cartridge includes the photoconductive drum, the charge roller, and a separating member having a resilient member disposed thereon with the separating member being disposed on the charge roller. The separating member engages and disengages the photoconductive drum in a first position and in a second position. The first position provides a spaced relationship between the charge roller and the photoconductive drum and the second position provides an engaged relationship between the charge roller and the photoconductive drum. The printer cartridge also includes the photoconductive drum disposed adjacent to the charge roller in an offset orientation that includes a centerline of a charge roller shaft offset by a predetermined distance from a centerline of a photoconductive drum shaft.
US08301055B2
A first air blowing portion including an upper duct and a first fan blows air along a first surface of a sheet passing through a sheet conveying path in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, and a second air blowing portion including a lower duct and a second fan blows air along a second surface opposed to the first surface of the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path in a direction reverse to the direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction of the first air blowing portion, so that both surfaces of the sheet are cooled.
US08301051B2
In a fixing apparatus, an internal temperature detection device is arranged within a heat generation region and detects temperature of a fixing device. An external temperature detection device is arranged at the outside of the heat generation region and detects temperature of the fixing device. Heat generation in the heat generating device is stopped when temperature reaches a prescribed first high temperature detection limit and a temperature rising amount in a prescribed time period after the first high temperature detection limit is reached exceeds a prescribed threshold.
US08301033B2
LD driver with an improved falling edge of driving signal and optical transmitter providing the same
An LD driver to generate an asymmetrical driving current with a relatively faster falling edge and an optical transmitter having the LD driver are disclosed. The LD driver includes a primary driver and the sub-driver connected in parallel to the primary driver. The primary driver converts the input signal or the delayed signal delayed from the input signal into the primary current. The sub-driver generates a symmetrical current tracing the input or the delayed signal, and an asymmetrical current formed by the OR operation between the input and delayed signals. The driving current is formed by adding the primary current, the symmetrical current and the asymmetrical current.
US08301031B2
Optoelectrical conversion of the received optical service signal (OSS), bandpass filtering and subsequent squaring produce a spectral line at the clock frequency (fT). This clock line (TL) is selected by means of narrowband filtering and rectified. The service signal voltage (VTLM) obtained in this manner is used to switch on a Raman pump laser (11).
US08301022B1
A system for capturing images of an object includes an image capture booth, one or more lights coupled to the image capture booth, a platter coupled to the image capture booth, and a hanger coupled to the image capture booth. The image capture booth includes panels that enclose a space for imaging objects. The lights illuminate at least a portion of the space. The platter and the hanger each support objects for imaging of the objects in the image capture booth.
US08301019B2
The fragrance emanation system includes a container for holding preferably a fragranced liquid or gel, a housing for holding the container, and a wick. The housing contains a socket for attaching to the container, a cavity for receiving the container and a door for enclosing the container. One end of the wick protrudes from the container. An electrical circuit is included having a heater for heating the protruding end of the wick and electrical connectors coupled to the circuit to receive current from a power source to provide the current to the heater. The heater heats and evaporates the liquid within the wick, thereby accelerating the emission of vapors from the evaporated liquid. The door includes a window, a bottom and a mechanism for holding the door closed to assist in holding the container in engagement with the socket.
US08301018B2
An audio/video synchronous playback device includes a first synchronization section for repeating or skipping a first video data sequence in units of a video frame interval thereof to synchronize the first video data sequence with an audio data sequence, and a second synchronization section for repeating or skipping a second video data sequence in units of a video frame or video field interval thereof to synchronize the second video data sequence with the audio data sequence. A first video data sequence output and a second video data sequence output having different frame frequencies are separately synchronized with one channel of audio data sequence output with their respective precisions.
US08301015B2
A recording control apparatus for recording new data on a recording medium on which data forming an edit result is recorded for each file. The recording control apparatus includes: a specification section specifying an insert section into which the new data is inserted in the edit result; and when a part of or all of a plurality of the files are included in the insert section, a recording control section recording data out of the new data, as first additional data, corresponding to a section other than a section from a start position of the insert section to the end of a start file being a file including data of the start position into an unrecorded area in which the files are not recorded and recording data other than the first additional data, out of the new data, into a predetermined area of the recording medium.
US08301013B2
In performing stereoscopic view, a shift information memory stores, as a number of pixel lengths, an offset indicating how far in a right direction or a left direction to move coordinates of pixels to realize stereoscopic view. When realizing stereoscopic view, a plane shift engine moves the coordinates of image data in a graphics plane in the right direction or the left direction by the number of pixel lengths indicated by the offset. When a scale of video data targeted for stereoscopic view is changed by a basic graphics plane, a shift distance of pixel coordinates by the plane shift engine is based on a number of pixel lengths obtained by multiplying the offset by a changed scaling factor in the horizontal direction.
US08301003B2
A fiber optic cable network interconnection system for installation in an interconnection apparatus. The system includes a connector package having at least one connector adapter and configured to support a portion of a connectorized cable. The system also includes at least one cable package that includes at least one length of cable and that is configured for storing a portion of the cable on substantially the exterior of the connector package. The cable package is sized to pass through the interconnection apparatus interior from the front opening to the rear opening as the connector package is inserted in the interconnection apparatus. Methods of installing the system in the interconnection apparatus are also disclosed.
US08301001B2
An optical fiber that has a small bending loss can be securely prevented from being fractured due to accidental bending during installation or other operations. The optical fiber includes a core, a first cladding, a second cladding, and a third cladding. The relative refractive index difference Δ1 of the core is in the range of 0.3% to 0.38%, the relative refractive index difference Δ2 of the first cladding is equal to or smaller than 0%, and the relative refractive index difference Δ3 of the second cladding is in the range of −1.8% to −0.5%. The inner radius r2 and the outer radius r3 of the second cladding satisfy the expression “0.4r2+10.5
US08300997B2
The present invention provides a wavelength interleaver comprising a first interleaving unit, a second interleaving unit and an adapting waveguide coupled between the first interleaving unit and the second interleaving unit; both the first interleaving unit and the second interleaving unit including an input waveguide, an output waveguide and a filter coupled between the input waveguide and the output waveguide. The present invention sets up the gap between the input waveguide and the filter, and the filter and the output waveguide for extending components usage specification of the signal transmission system. Therefore, there is no need to add unnecessary components in design, the size is smaller and the cost of the signal transmission system is reduced.
US08300991B2
Provided is a traveling-wave type semiconductor optical phase modulator capable of high speed and low voltage operation by improving an n-SI-i-n-type layered structure. A first exemplary aspect of the present invention is a waveguide-type semiconductor optical modulator including: a semiconductor substrate (101); a first n-type cladding layer (103) and a second n-type cladding layer (108) formed on the semiconductor substrate (101); an undoped optical waveguide core layer (104) and an electron trapping layer (107) formed between the first n-type cladding layer (103) and the second n-type cladding layer (108); and a hole supplying layer (106) formed between the undoped optical waveguide core layer (104) and the electron trapping layer (107).
US08300980B2
A system and method for providing a high resolution texture within an image, comprising means to receive texture information contained within a low resolution image and to generate at least a first and a second signal based on the received texture information, wherein the first signal comprises high frequency parts of the received texture information, means to resynthesize the first signal by inserting a plurality of parts of the low resolution image into the high resolution image in an appropriate combination, means to interpolate the second generated signal and means to combine the resynthesized first signal with the interpolated second signal.
US08300975B2
A method for recovering a contour using combinatorial optimization includes receiving an input image, initializing functions for gradient f, smooth background g, and contour r, determining an optimum of the gradient f of a region R in the input image, extending the optimum of the gradient f of region R to a complement of R, determining an optimum of the smooth background function g for a region Q corresponding to the complement of R, extending the optimum of the smooth background function g of region Q to a complement of Q, and determining an optimum contour r according to the optimum of the gradient f and the optimum of the smooth background function g.
US08300972B2
An electronic apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting a subject area having a predetermined feature in an image; a first calculation section calculating a first blur degree indicating a blur degree of the extracted subject area; a second calculation section calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is one, a second blur degree indicating a blur degree of the entire image based on the first blur degree, and calculating, when the number of subject areas from which the first blur degree is calculated is plural, the second blur degree based on a value obtained by performing weighted averaging on the plural first blur degrees in accordance with dimensions of the plural subject areas; and a sorting section sorting an image having the calculated second blur degree equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, as a blur image, from plural images.
US08300964B2
System and method for preparing spatially related medical digital image data sets for image compression and storage prior to image reconstruction. The system and method exploit the similarities between spatially adjacent digital image data sets to reduce the amount of data to be compressed and stored. The spatially adjacent digital image data sets correspond to a plurality of spatially contiguous digital image data sets acquired over, for example, a current anatomical portion of a patient using a medical imaging modality or, for example, a current portion of a man-made structure or a current portion of a geological feature using an imaging modality.
US08300953B2
Digital media categorization can include receiving information including a plurality of media objects and a metadata tag descriptive of at least a first media object; comparing the first media object with a second media object; and selectively associating the first media object's metadata tag with the second media object based on a result of the comparison. Each media object can include a digital image.
US08300952B2
An electronic document comparison system and method removes cachets and noise from a test electronic document. The system and method further compares each of second minimum blocks with a corresponding first minimum block in a standard electronic document line by line, and obtains the second minimum blocks having different coordinates on each line. Furthermore, the system and method simplifies the obtained second minimum blocks having different coordinates by filtering designated objects, and marks the simplified second minimum blocks in the test electronic document.
US08300946B2
An input image is divided into a plurality of regions, and it is determined whether each of the divided regions is suitable for thinning processing. In accordance with a result of the determination, an outlining processing is selected to generate outline data (vector data) for each of the regions. The generated outline data is output. For example, a character region and a drawing region are discriminated from each other and outline data having a format suitable for a discriminated type of region is generated. In addition, generation of outline data (vector data) which pass through a center line of the line drawing or generation of outline data (vector data) indicating a contour of a drawing is automatically selected. Furthermore, in accordance with the size of a character, function-approximation processing may be selected.
US08300944B2
An image processing system according to the present invention includes: a management server in which related information set with respect to reference image data is stored; a similarity determination process section for determining whether or not there is a similarity between input image data and the reference image data; a related information obtaining process section for obtaining related information from a related information storage section if the similarity determination process section determines that there is a similarity between the input image data and the reference image data; and a control section for adding the related information obtained to the input image data. With the arrangement, it becomes possible for the image processing system to add appropriate related information to inputted image data, so as to realize an accurate search for the image data on the basis of the related information.
US08300938B2
A method for segmenting a digital image into a plurality of target objects, comprising, generating a plurality of probability maps of the image, wherein each probability map is derived from a different segmentation classifier; generating a combined probability map based on the plurality of probability maps; mapping a plurality of image points based on one or more local object maxima; applying one or more object constraints based at least in part on the mapped points to identify local object information; applying one or more regional thresholds to the combined probability map, given the local object information and a background mask, to segment the image into regions; creating a segmented image at least in part by merging the segmented regions with corresponding local object maxima; and at least temporarily storing or displaying the segmented image on a digital device.
US08300937B2
A pixel region-based image segmentation method is disclosed. When an input image is retrieved, pixels thereof are sequentially scanned row by row. Signs of unmarked pixels of the input image are determined according to region features of neighboring pixels of each pixel and pixel update information is recorded to generate a region sign update data table and a region sign feature data table. The pixels of the input frame are further scanned row by row to retrieve signs of the pixels and region signs of the pixels are determined and updated according to the region sign update data table.
US08300930B2
A process for performing white balancing of an image is performed by subdividing an image into a plurality of subframes, and then analyzing each subframe to determine if that subframe is predominantly monochromatic other than gray. If so, that subframe is excluded from the computation of the gain adjustments in the white balancing operation. As a result, the white balance process is performed using only the multicolored and/or gray subframes, thus allowing the overall white-balance of the image to be shifted only when a change in the color average is due to a change in the spectra of illumination, and not a presence of large monochromatic areas in the image.
US08300928B2
A system and method for locating a target region in an image is disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes automatically locating a signature field in a target region of an image captured by a barcode reader, where the target region includes rectangular boundaries defined by graphical delimiters in the image. One embodiment of the method includes, generating a binary-colored image, optionally performing de-speckling, generating a search pattern comprising multiple search locations that spatially correspond with pixels in the image, identifying a darker-shaded pixel in the multiple search pixels as a candidate pixel that is a portion of one of multiple graphical delimiters, analyzing colors of neighboring pixels of the candidate pixel to compute a weight value of the candidate pixel, and/or saving the candidate pixel as a located graphical delimiter of multiple graphical delimiters if the weight value of the candidate pixel exceeds or approximates a weight threshold.
US08300924B2
A tracker component for a computer vision engine of a machine-learning based behavior-recognition system is disclosed. The behavior-recognition system may be configured to learn, identify, and recognize patterns of behavior by observing a video stream (i.e., a sequence of individual video frames). The tracker component may be configured to track objects depicted in the sequence of video frames and to generate, search, match, and update computational models of such objects.
US08300919B2
Edge points are extracted by specifying a height (values indicating a distance from a substrate) on a pattern when edges of the pattern are extracted from a CD-SEM image. Further, LER values obtained by the extraction of a Fourier spectrum of the LER are obtained. When the same sample is previously observed with the AFM and the CD-SEM, a size of the LER obtained by specifying a height, an auto-correlation distance of the LER, or an index called the spectrum is obtained from results of the AFM observation. Further, theses indices obtained by specifying image processing conditions for detecting the edge points from the CD-SEM observation result are obtained. Also, it is determined that heights providing values when the values are matched correspond to the image processing conditions and then, the edge points are extracted from the CD-SEM IMAGE instead of the AFM observation by using the image processing conditions.
US08300918B2
Input CAD data and run-length data obtained by performing a RIP process on the input CAD data are acquired. A predetermined conversion process is performed on at least one of the input CAD data and the run-length data to make the data formats of both data comparable and then both data are compared with each other to detect an area having a difference as a defect area in the run-length data. This provides a technique to detect a defect in the run-length data to be used for drawing of a figure before the execution of drawing with a simple structure.
US08300916B2
Apparatus for checking the validity of a banknote wherein a light source illuminates a banknote through a slit as it is transported along a note path, the emitted light being detected at different wavelengths to generate a plurality of images such that a three dimensional matrix can be created, for comparison against matrices of authentic banknotes.
US08300915B2
A method is provided of operating an image-based self-service check depositing terminal. The method comprises receiving from a self-service depositor a check to be deposited, illuminating the check with infrared radiation to improve contrast between pre-printed characters on the check and non-pre-printed check data on the check, and electronically on an imager capturing an image of the check while the check is illuminated with infrared radiation to provide a captured infrared check image with improved contrast between at least one pre-printed character on the check and non-pre-printed check data on the check so as to allow location of a check field associated with the check to be more easily located.
US08300914B2
A transaction processing apparatus includes a display unit, a base unit, and an attaching and detaching unit that connects circuits of the display unit and the base unit. The display unit includes an authentication-information acquiring unit that acquires, in a state in which the display unit is detached from the base unit, identity authentication information of a customer and an authentication-information storing unit that stores the acquired identity authentication information. The base unit includes a registered-information acquiring unit that acquires registered authentication information that should be compared with the identity authentication information, an identity authentication unit that performs identity authentication on the basis of the identity authentication information stored by the authentication-information storing unit and the registered authentication information acquired by the registered-information acquiring unit, and a card-settlement permitting unit that permits card settlement when a result of the identity authentication is affirmative.
US08300907B2
An object of the present invention is to easily maintain the couch positioning accuracy and reduce the couch positioning time while resolving the complexity of input operations by the operator at the time of couch positioning. To accomplish the above object, calculation points are set to a CT image at the time of treatment planning, and the 3D coordinates of the set calculation point are set to a DRR image. When a couch positioning unit 115 loads the DRR image from an image server 109, it reads the coordinates of calculation points set to the DRR image and displays them on the monitor 116 together with the DRR image. Further, when DR image data is loaded into the couch positioning unit 115, the DR image is displayed on the monitor 116 and calculation points set to the DRR image are set also to the DR image.
US08300898B2
Provided are a real-time face recognition-based selective recording apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a face recognition unit which recognizes a face of a person in a decompressed input image frame; a recording position setting unit which sets one of an image frame in which the person appears and a scene change start frame including the image frame as a valid recording point if the recognized face is detected for a predetermined period of time or detected a predetermined number of times, and identifies a position, which corresponds to a set image frame, in an image compression stream; and a recording unit which records the image compression stream from the identified position and storing the recorded image compression stream in real time.
US08300895B2
Method and apparatus for facilitating detection of a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. At least one marked-up digital image of a geographic area including the dig area, the image including at least one indicator to delimit the dig area, is electronically processed by converting the at least one indicator to a plurality of geographic coordinates representing the delimited dig area. Information relating to a locate request ticket identifying the dig area to be excavated is electronically transmitted and/or electronically stored, wherein the locate request ticket includes image data and non-image data associated with the dig area. The image data includes the at least one marked-up digital image of the geographic area surrounding the dig area, and the non-image data includes the plurality of geographic coordinates representing the delimited dig area.
US08300893B2
Methods and apparatus to specify regions of interest in video frames are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises determining an initial template region to represent a region of interest whose location is based on a first point selected in a graphical presentation, determining a first modification to perform on the initial template region in response to a second point selected in the graphical presentation, detecting the second selected point in the graphical presentation, and reshaping the initial template region toward the second selected point, the reshaping corresponding to the first modification, the reshaping being performed in response to detecting the second selected point without also requiring the user to select any point substantially on the boundary defining the initial template region to initiate the reshaping.
US08300883B2
A sketch generating system and a method for generating a sketch based on an image are provided. The system includes: a sketch database and a generating subsystem. The sketch database stores local image samples and corresponding local sketch units in different categories. The generating subsystem extracts geometrical features from an input image, retrieves local image units from the input image according to the geometrical features; as to each local image unit retrieved, searches the sketch database for a local sketch unit corresponding to a local image sample having a largest similarity value with the local image unit, and combines all local sketch units found to form one sketch.
US08300878B2
A blind wavelet-based watermarking method is provided to extract one or more embedded watermarks form one or more high subbands of a watermarked image generated by 1-level or 2 level wavelet transform. One or more least-mean-square (LMS) filters are trained to predict the data sets in the high subbands of an original image by converting a low subband of the watermarked image. Therefore, the one or more embedded watermarks could be extracted by comparing the predicted data sets in the high subbands with data sets in corresponding subbands of the watermarked image.
US08300875B2
A speaker diaphragm includes a thermoplastic resin having a three-layer structure. The three-layer structure includes a polyester film as a base material of the three-layer structure, a polyimide-based resin layer as a top layer of the three-layer structure, and another polyimide-based resin layer as a bottom layer of the three-layer structure.
US08300873B2
A low profile miniature speaker configured for use in greeting cards such as sound generating greeting cards and other novelties. The thickness of the speaker is minimized while maintaining the sound quality and increasing strength. The speaker magnet is counter-sunk into the housing of the speaker, thereby decreasing overall thickness. The speaker is configured with concentric ribs that radiate outward from the center of the circular speaker. The ribs reinforce the plastic housing and increase the structural strength of the speaker.
US08300866B2
An audio/video (A/V) device having a volume control function for external audio reproduction units by using volume control buttons of a remote controller is provided. The A/V device includes speakers, an audio output port for externally outputting an audio signal, an audio signal processing unit for reproducing and amplifying the audio signal and applying the amplified audio signal to the speakers or the audio output port, a memory unit for storing volume control values, and a control unit for applying to the audio signal processing unit any of the volume control values stored in the memory based on whether the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. The control unit controls the audio signal processing unit to adjust the volume control values for the audio output port by the volume control buttons when the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port.
US08300859B2
A speaker device including a transparent speaker and a light source module is provided. The transparent speaker is thin, soft, and has a low driving voltage. Light is emitted from a front side of the speaker panel, and transmitted in the same direction as the sound. Thus, the light is emitted along with the sound. The speaker device can be used as an indoor wall-painting or as a large advertisement poster for more visual effects to the viewer.
US08300853B2
An audio mixing console includes a brightness adjusting mode selection button and an adjustment subject specification button. A user operates the brightness adjusting mode selection button to set up a brightness adjusting mode, and operates the adjustment subject specification button to specify any color LED of RGB or all colors as an adjustment subject. When an LED button is operated, brightness of an LED of a color of an adjustment subject in a multicolor LED unit incorporated in the LED button is increased one step by one step. In another example, in response to an operation of a button, brightness of an LED of a color of the adjustment subject in the multicolor LED unit incorporated in a plurality of LED buttons other than this button is increased one step by one step. This work is carried out for every LED and LED button.
US08300849B2
The level of an audio signal can be compressed by receiving an input audio signal, determining a measure of loudness of the signal using a perceptually derived filter, determining a target gain amount, determining a current gain amount using piecewise linear attack/release logic, and producing an output audio signal by adjusting the input audio signal by the current gain amount. An audio compression filter for compressing the level of audio can comprise a loudness measuring module configured to determine a measure of loudness using a perceptually derived filter, and a compression module configured to determine a target gain amount, determine a current gain amount using piecewise linear attack/release logic, and adjust an input audio signal by the current gain amount. Audio level compression can be implemented using integer calculations.
US08300848B2
Disclosed is a system and method of adjusting a volume level for an audio signal for a communication device to comply with a quality threshold. The method comprises: obtaining a digitized signal value of the audio signal and monitoring for an increase in the volume level. In the method, upon determining that implementing the increase in the volume level would produce an output that would exceed the quality threshold, processing the signal value to produce a first output signal value for the audio signal utilizing a digital signal processing (DSP) device in the communication device, a processing filter defined in the digital signal processing device, a first set of adjustment parameters and the signal value. In the method, upon determining that implementing the increase in the volume level would not exceed the quality threshold processing the signal value to produce a second output signal value for the audio signal utilizing the DSP, the processing filter, a second set of adjustment parameters and the signal value. In the method, the first output signal and the second output signal both implement the increase in the volume level.
US08300843B2
A sound effect circuit and processing method are disclosed. An input audio signal is input to a digital sound effect unit, an output signal is generated and output with a sound effect in accordance with an effect amount of a certain value from the input audio signal using the digital sound effect unit, the input audio signal is also input to a silence state detection unit, a silence detect signal is generated and output when detecting that the current state of the input audio signal is a silence state using the silence state detection unit, the output signal is input to a sound effect amount control unit, and an output audio signal is output using the sound effect amount control unit, wherein the sound effect amount control unit changes the effect amount to be smaller than the certain value when the silence detect signal is generated.
US08300841B2
Improved techniques for presenting sound effects at a portable media device are disclosed. The sound effects can be output as audio sounds to an internal speaker, an external speaker, or both. In addition, the audio sounds for the sound effects can be output together with other audio sounds pertaining to media assets (e.g., audio tracks being played). In one embodiment, the sound effects can serve to provide auditory feedback to a user of the portable media device. A user interface can facilitate a user's selection of sound effect usages, types or characteristics.
US08300817B2
An information processing apparatus for receiving broadcast data and outputting the received data to a client connected to a network includes a broadcast receiving unit that receives broadcast data; an encryption processor that performs encryption processing on the broadcast data received by the broadcast receiving unit; a data accumulation unit that accumulates encrypted data generated by the encryption processor; a data transmission unit that generates a communication packet in which encrypted data accumulated in the data accumulation unit is stored and outputs the generated communication packet; and a transmission data controller that monitors a retained state of the encrypted data in the data accumulation unit and removes, if a state different from a predetermined allowable retained state is detected, at least part of the encrypted data accumulated in the data accumulation unit from transmission data.
US08300813B1
Secure communication of information is effected from a first party to a second party when the first party knows its own global location and the global location of the second party, and employs what essentially is an undiscoverable code signal that is broadcast to, and received by, both the first and the second parties. The first party securely communicates information to the second party by modifying the code signal with the information that is to be communicated and sends the modified code signal to the second party. Illustratively, the code signal is related to the Y component of a GPS signal.
US08300801B2
A system and method for enhancing communications through a phone. A voice communication is received from a user of the phone. A secondary signal is received from an environment in proximity to the phone. The secondary signal is processed to determine an inverse signal in response to receiving the secondary signal. The inverse signal is combined with the voice communication and the secondary signal to destructively interfere with the secondary signal for allowing a receiving party to more effectively communicate with the user.
US08300790B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for conference call session migration. The conference call session migration includes automatically configuring and establishing a target conference call session during a source conference call session; automatically converting session state and session history from a source format of the source conference call session to a target format of the target conference call session, and automatically connecting per-user clients to the target conference call session. For example, in response to a request from a session manger, the participants on the source conference call session are added to the target conference call session in order to add new media or other conferencing capabilities subject to network and server capabilities, user devices, user conferencing software, user location, user preferences, and policies.
US08300789B2
A method for identifying a multipoint control unit (MCU) for hosting a conference includes receiving a notification indicating one or more conference parameters and ranking a plurality of MCUs wherein the ranking is based on one or more, network conditions. The method includes selecting a first MCU based on a rank associated with the first MCU and determining whether the first MCU is capable of hosting the conference. In response to determining that the first MCU is capable of hosting the conference, the method includes assigning the conference to be hosted by the first MCU.
US08300776B2
A computer-implemented voice mail method includes obtaining an electronic audio file of a recorded user message directed to a telephone user, automatically generating a transcript of the recorded user message, and identifying locations in the transcript in coordination with timestamps in the recorded user message so that successive portions of the transcript can be highlighted in coordination with playing of the recorded user message. The method also include identifying one or characteristics of the message using meta data relating to the recorded user message, and storing the recorded user message and information about the identified locations of the recorded user message.
US08300769B2
A microminiature X-ray tube with a triode structure using a nano emitter is provided, which can increase a field emission region as much as possible by means of nano emitters fine-patterned in a cathode to not only increase an emission current per unit area as much as possible but secure high electrical characteristics, reliability, and structural stability by means of a cover and a bonding material. In addition, gate holes having a macro structure can be formed in the gate to promote electron beam focusing by means of the gate without using a separate focusing electrode and to prevent a leakage current from occurring on the gate. Further, an auxiliary electrode can be formed on a top or an inner surface of a cover applied for structural stability to further promote the electron beam focusing and to control the output amounts per individual X-ray tubes output.
US08300760B2
A compressed powder composite (CPC) material for absorbing neutrons emitted from spent nuclear fuel thereby preventing the initiation of a chain reaction. The CPC material is typically provided as a substantially insoluble cylindrical pellet that is highly resistant to corrosion and is not subject to the failure modes associated with the alloy materials typically used in neutron absorption materials. The pellet preferably includes a dendritic nickel powder substantially uniformly mixed with a neutron absorber powder material, preferably boron carbide. Tubes filled with CPC materials, such tubes for replacing control roads so that a spent nuclear fuel assembly may be disposed of substantially indefinitely.
US08300753B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a reference clock having a reference clock frequency and reference clock phase; generating an output clock having an output clock phase and output clock frequency that is a function of an analog control voltage setting and a frequency gain curve; fixing the analog control voltage setting to a predetermined voltage; selecting one of the frequency gain curves within a predetermined frequency range of the reference clock frequency at the analog control voltage setting; adjusting the analog control voltage setting to adjust the output clock frequency to be within another predetermined frequency range of the reference clock frequency; and adjusting the output clock phase to be within a predetermined phase range of an input data phase of the input data stream.
US08300748B2
A method and apparatus that allows egress pointer smoothing data by evaluating the average fill of an elastic store. For one embodiment of the invention, an elastic store implements a plurality of independent FIFOs, each FIFO having a write pointer and a read pointer, the write pointer including a marking pointer field and valid flag field. An incoming byte is received to a location within a traffic memory and the write pointer is used to instruct the traffic memory to indicate that the incoming bit has been received to the location. The valid flag field is set to indicate that the value at the location is currently valid.
US08300737B2
A method, a system, a wireless device and a computer program product are provided. A process for decoding transmitted symbols in MIMO systems is provided. The received point coordinates and estimated candidate coordinates are represented by a reduced bit representation naturally dividing each dimension into uniformly sized bit segments. A bounded region surrounding the received point is defined in the total number of dimensions, the bounded region being a hypercube. For each candidate, an elimination process is carried out including : determining a position of the candidate to be inside or outside the bounded region, eliminating the candidate if it is outside, storing it if it is inside, adding a further bit thereby reducing a size of the bounding region; repeating the elimination process for the candidates stored as potential solutions until a single solution is obtained; determining the transmitted symbols from the single solution found.
US08300725B2
It is possible to provide a radio reception device, a radio transmission device, a radio reception method, and a radio transmission method which can improve the channel estimation accuracy and the reception quality. The radio reception device (200) includes: reception units (203, 204) which receive a data sequence added by a reference signal for channel estimation of a spatial propagation path at a predetermined interval; demodulation units (205, 206) which demodulate the data sequence; a channel estimation unit (208) which estimates a propagation path fluctuation state according to the reference signal in the data sequence and outputs a channel estimation value obtained by interpolating or extrapolating the data sequence; and a decoding processing unit (210) which decodes the data sequence by using the interpolated or extrapolated channel estimation value.
US08300722B2
A method for retransmission of data in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system, the method comprising space-time block code (STBC) encoding multiple data streams including one or more retransmission data streams using a STBC matrix, the STBC matrix multiplying at least one of the retransmission data streams with respective variable weighting factors.
US08300692B2
A moving picture coding method, a moving picture decoding method, a moving picture coding device, and a moving picture decoding device perform skipped display even in a moving picture decoding device having insufficient processing capability and while suppressing an increase in an amount of coded data. A plurality of combined pictures are generated each of which is generated by combining a plurality of pictures into a combined picture having the plurality of pictures as regions. The plurality of the combined pictures is coded and a slice boundary between the regions is set in the combined picture. For each of the plurality of combined pictures, when the combined picture has one or more to-be-displayed region except at least one not-to-be-displayed region, the to-be-displayed region is coded with reference to only a to-be-displayed region of another combined picture. The one or more to-be-displayed region is displayed for skipped reproduction.
US08300689B2
An apparatus and a method for encoding and/or decoding an image containing a gray alpha channel image. The apparatus for encoding an image includes a block data reception unit receiving image data of a block currently being input to the apparatus and classifies the current block either as a foreground image portion or as a background image portion according to values of gray alpha components in the current block; a foreground image encoding unit sequentially encoding the gray alpha components and brightness and hue components of the current block if the current block is classified as the foreground image portion; and a background image encoding unit encoding the gray alpha components of the current block if the current block is classified as the background image portion. The apparatus for decoding an image includes a bitstream interpretation unit interpreting the bitstream in units of predetermined blocks and classifies a current block obtained as one of the interpretation results either as a foreground image portion or as a background image portion; a foreground image decoding unit generating a restored gray alpha channel image and a restored brightness and hue image by sequentially decoding gray alpha components and brightness and hue components of the current block if the current block is classified as the foreground image portion; and a background image decoding unit generating a restored gray alpha channel image by decoding the gray alpha components of the current block if the current block is classified as the background image portion.
US08300686B2
An adaptive transversal filter having tap weights Wj which are products of corresponding tap coefficients Cj and tap gains Mj is provided. A filter control loop controls all of the tap coefficients Cj such that an error signal derived from the filter output is minimized. One or more tap control loops controls a tap gain Mk such that the corresponding tap coefficient Ck satisfies a predetermined control condition. For example, |Ck| can be maximized subject to a constraint |Ck| Cmax, where Cmax is a predetermined maximum coefficient value. In this manner, the effect of quantization noise on the coefficients Cj can be reduced. Multiple tap control loops can be employed, one for each tap. Alternatively, a single tap control loop can be used to control multiple taps by time interleaving.
US08300679B2
According to some embodiments, a digital switching distortion canceller may receive Ethernet data along with an Ethernet class AB transceiver switching signal. A combiner may combine the output of the digital switching distortion canceller with a digital high switching distortion signal to generate a corrected output signal. According to other embodiments, a switching-signal-to-voltage-converter receives an Ethernet class AB transceiver switching signal and generates a common-mode compensation voltage adjustment. An analog combiner may combine the common-mode compensation voltage adjustment with a noisy common-mode signal to generate a stabilized common-mode voltage. Note that reduction of switching-related distortion might be achieved in the digital domain, in the analog domain, or in both domains according to the embodiments described herein.
US08300666B2
Communications over a wired data telecommunications network between and among power sourcing equipment (PSE), powered devices (PDs), and the like, take place over the wired medium by modulating an inline power signal. Any suitable communications protocol may be used and any suitable modulation scheme can be used. Examples of information to be communicated include: changing power requirements or capabilities (higher or lower) and acknowledgements thereof (permitting finer power class gradation than available under existing standards); sensor data; wireless data converted to wired data; status signaling, and the like. Such communications may be used for a number of purposes including supporting redundant provision of services over a network.
US08300661B2
Method and system for transmission of uncompressed video information from a sender to a receiver over wireless channels are disclosed. For example, according to one embodiment, when channel conditions (e.g., noise or interference) worsens, one or more least significant bits (LSB) of pixel data are not transmitted to save bandwidth for more efficient transmission. Furthermore, the remaining one or more of the most significant bits (MSB) of the pixel data are transmitted with coding and/or modulation schemes that provides extra error protection, relative to what is needed in regular channel conditions.
US08300660B2
A transmitting apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects deviation and balance relative to a specified bit rate of a frame signal input at a constant bit rate; a dividing unit that reads at constant intervals from a buffer storing the frame signal and outputs a signal divided into a plurality of segments having a predetermined data length; and a correcting unit that, based on the deviation and balance detected by the detecting unit, corrects the data length for the division by the dividing unit.
US08300655B2
A system and method for dynamic power control for energy efficient physical layer communication devices. Energy-efficiency features are continually being developed to conserve energy in links between such energy-efficient devices. These energy-efficient devices interoperate with many legacy devices that have already been deployed. In these links, energy savings can be produced by having a local receiver enter an energy saving state based upon the receipt of standard IDLE signals.
US08300654B2
A broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access. A local network architecture include a wired bus coupleable directly to an external data network terminal and configured for carrying broadband packetized data traffic over a frequency spectrum uninterrupted by other defined data channels or services; and one or a plurality of network transceivers operable individually for coupling an addressable network device processing a defined class of information to the bus wherein each network appliance is configured for and further operable for providing communication interfacing of the class of information of each addressable network appliance with the packetized IP data traffic on the wired bus.
US08300650B2
Examples of are disclosed for configuring one or more routes through a three-stage Clos-network packet switch.
US08300647B2
A hash engine in a network device driver maintains data on the utilization and error rate for each network interface card (“NIC”) within a local computing device. From this data, the hash engine intelligently selects transmit NICs and receive NICs based on various networking parameters provided from a software driver program. Transmit packets sent from the operating system in a local computing device to a remote computing device are intercepted, modified and redirected to transmit NICs selected by the hash engine for transmission to remote computing devices. Similarly, address resolution protocol (“ARP”) response packets sent by the operating system in response to ARP request packets are intercepted, modified and redirected to receive NICs selected by the hash engine for transmission. By selecting receive NICs and transmit NICs in this fashion, the hash engine is able to intelligently load balance transmit and receive traffic in the local computing device, thereby improving overall network performance relative to prior art techniques.
US08300644B2
An improvement in the design and operation of telecommunications networks is disclosed, in which when a calling party's telecommunication terminal does not know the address of the called party's terminal, the calling party's telecommunication terminal contacts its home Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy server (or “home proxy”). Upon determining that it does not already have the called party's address, the home proxy employs one or more techniques in order to obtain that party's address, as well as to retain that address. The first technique of the illustrative embodiment features the usage of a registration event package, which includes SIP-based subscribe and notify mechanisms. The second technique of the illustrative embodiment features the usage of a data distribution service, which operates in a data distribution layer in contrast to utilizing, for example, a SIP mechanism.
US08300642B2
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for accommodating a diversity of services (e.g., telephone, video broadcasting, email, etc.) using a fixed connection of a certain service type. A method and system of communicating data using a fixed connection, including, based on at least two service data units (SDUs), associating a priority and a channel identifier with the at least two SDUs, iteratively (i) selecting one of the at least two SDUs based on priority to provide a selected SDU, and, (ii) forming at least one data packet, the at least one data packet including (a) data associated with the selected SDU, and, (b) the channel identifier associated with the selected SDU; and, transmitting the formed at least one data packet using the fixed connection.
US08300641B1
High-speed processing of packets to, and from, a virtualization environment can be provided while utilizing segmentation offload and other such functionality of commodity hardware. Virtualization information can be added to extension portions of protocol headers, for example, such that the payload portion is unchanged and, when physical address information is added to a frame, a frame can be processed using commodity hardware. In some embodiments, the virtualization information can be hashed and added to the payload or stream at, or relative to, various segmentation boundaries, such that the virtualization or additional header information will only be added to a subset of the packets once segmented, thereby reducing the necessary overhead. Further, the hashing of the information can allow for reconstruction of the virtualization information upon desegmentation even in the event of packet loss.
US08300636B2
Systems and methods for routing media packets between a plurality of processors and a digital signal processor (DSP) are disclosed. An exemplary device comprises: an egress processor; an ingress processor; conversion logic; and a DSP configured to transcode a payload in the packet. The ingress processor is configured to change a first layer-2 header of a received media packet to a second layer-2 header. The second layer-2 header includes a DSP address and an egress processor address. The first layer-2 header has a first format and the second layer-2 header having a second different format. The conversion logic is configured to change the second layer-2 header to a third layer-2 header, and to change the third layer-2 header to a fourth layer-2 header including the egress processor address in the first format. The third layer-2 header includes the egress processor address in the first format.
US08300631B2
A method for realizing mobile IP management includes: a mobile node (MN) sends a mobility registration signal to a mobility control (MC) entity in a control function entity of the transmission layer of the network; a home mobility control entity of the mobile node registers the mobile node, returns a registration response to the mobile node and transmits a control signal to a mobility forwarding (MF) entity in the transmission layer; the mobility control entity controls the mobility forwarding entity to provide communication services for the mobile node after it receives a request signal from the registered mobile node. A method for realizing mobile IP management in NGN network and a network system for realizing mobile IP management are also disclosed.
US08300621B2
The present invention relates to a method for timing acquisition and carrier frequency offset estimation of an OFDM communication system and an apparatus using the same.For this purpose the present invention provides a method for calculating at least one auto-correlation and calculating an observation value by performing a sliding sum on the at least one auto-correlation, and calculating a peak point of an absolute value of the observation as frame timing.In addition, the present invention provides a method for generating a third OFDM symbol that is generated by delaying a second OFDM symbol, calculating an observation value through the second and third OFDM symbols, and calculating a phase difference from a result of multiplication of the observation value and a conjugate complex value of the observation value such that a carrier frequency offset can be estimated.According to the present invention, the number of OFDM symbols is sufficient for obtaining timing acquisition with high reliability, and the offset estimation algorithm having a lower implementation complexity is provided such that superior performance is expected and carrier frequency offset with high reliability can be achieved.
US08300618B2
When a source node (SN) seeks to transmit a first communication stream (FCS) to a destination node (DN), a method is provided for allowing the SN to preempt a lower priority communication stream (LPCS). User priorities are supported during slot scheduling based on stream-identifiers (IDs) and stream priority values exchanged by each of the nodes. A scout request message (SRM), which includes a stream ID and a user priority value of the SN, is transmitted to a next-hop node along a route towards the DN. A node along the route determines if free time slots are available along the route to meet QoS requirements of the FCS, and if not, the node determines whether there is a LPCS in the neighborhood, and if so, the node frees the particular time slots currently being used by the LPCS, and allocates the particular time slots for the FCS.
US08300611B2
A method for providing bandwidth fairness in a wireless network includes determining bandwidth requirement for a particular service interval for each of a plurality wireless stations in a network. The method also includes determining an allocated transmission time for each of the plurality of wireless stations based on a minimum physical transmission rate. Additionally the illustrative method includes fragmenting a packet of at least one of the wireless stations if the at least one wireless station transmits at other transmission rates that are less than the minimum physical transmission rate. An apparatus is adapted to effect the illustrative method.
US08300610B2
There is provided a synchronization device capable of, even when transmission timings of a plurality of other ships are different, almost reliably synchronizing with the other ships during a transmission of a ship concerned and is also provided a synchronization method. The synchronization device 1, when the ship concerned performs a transmission, obtains timing differences DTi occurring over the past one minute from the transmission timing of the ship concerned (S102) and creates a histogram of the timing differences DTi (S103). The synchronization device 1 selects a class with the highest frequency from classes of the timing differences DTi (S104) and obtains a corrected timing DT′ associated with the selected class (S105). The synchronization device 1 corrects a reference timing of the transmission of the ship concerned using the corrected timing DT′ and performs the transmission of the ship concerned (S106).
US08300602B2
The present invention relates to a packet data support node (201) with a serving functionality and supporting over at least a first radio access network. It comprises mobility handling means and session handling means. It further comprises detecting means, in communication with said mobility handling means and with said session handling means, which are adapted to detect or establish initiation of a handover of a mobile station from the first or source radio access network. The session handling means are adapted to keep information about support for a direct tunneling functionality between the gateway packet data support node and the first radio access network. The detecting means are adapted to, upon detecting initiation of an HO from a first mode supporting direct tunneling (10) activate initiation of a reset of the direct tunnel and set up of two tunnel tunnels (10A, 10B) replacing said direct tunnel (10), each having a respective end point in the packet data support node.
US08300598B2
A method of performing handover in a mobile communication network, a mobile communication terminal using the same, and a mobile network system are provided. The method of performing handover in a mobile communication network includes: receiving QoS requirement on a mobile service basis from a user terminal; determining a most suitable mobile network to QoS requirement of a mobile service as a network for handover; and requesting handover to a base station of a mobile network determined as a network for handover. Therefore, in consideration of characteristics of a mobile network and a quality of a service used by a user, by determining handover to an optimum mobile network on a service quality basis, service interruption due to performing unnecessary handover can be prevented and by effectively distributing traffic of a mobile network, overload of a system can be prevented.
US08300595B2
The invention concerns a method for a handover procedure of a user terminal (UE) on radio interfaces from a source base station (SBS) to a target base station (TBS) whereby the target base station (TBS) sends out user data to the user terminal (UE) before reception of a message indicating the termination of the handover procedure (HO Complete), the user terminal (UE) uses an uplink feedback for sending at least one message (Feedback) associated to the downlink transmission of said user data to the target base station (TBS), and the target base station (TBS) uses said at least one message (Feedback) associated to the downlink transmission of said user data as an indication of the presence of the user terminal (UE) within the range of the target base station (TBS), a base station (BS1-BS8) and a network (CN) therefor.
US08300594B1
A method and apparatus for communicating wireless network landscape information to a mobile device is shown and described. Strategic placement of beaconing devices that are encoded with pre-defined, specialized SSIDs allows information to be forwarded to the mobile clients to trigger specific behavior in the clients and to enable the clients to pro-actively control network transitions, thereby increasing their ability to provide seamless communications.
US08300589B2
A method of acquiring information on a resource region for transmitting PHICH and a method of receiving PDCCH using the same are disclosed. The resource region for transmitting the PHICH can be specified by first information corresponding to the per-subframe PHICH number and second information corresponding to a duration of the PHICH within the subframe. The first information can be specified into a form resulting from multiplying a predetermined basic number by a specific constant. And, the specific constant can be transmitted via PBCH. Moreover, the second information can be acquired from the PBCH as well.
US08300587B2
A scrambling sequence is initialized using at least a cell identifier and an offset, and a physical downlink control information DCI is sent to a user equipment which indicates the offset. In more particular embodiments a user equipment-specific reference signal UE-RS is scrambled using the initialized scrambling sequence, and the scrambled UE-RS is sent to the UE for demodulating a downlink shared channel (PDSCH). In another exemplary embodiment the generated UE-RS is sent in a pilot part of a subframe transmission associated with the PDSCH and is for demodulating at least a data part of that subframe transmission. In a specific embodiment from the UE side, the UE receives the UE-RS and the DCI which indicates the offset, descrambles the UE-RS using a scrambling sequence that is initialized using a cell identifier and the indicated offset; and demodulates the PDSCH using the de-scrambled UE-RS.
US08300582B2
Techniques for transmitting acknowledgement (ACK) information in a wireless communication system are described. The system supports data transmission to multiple user equipments (UEs) on the same downlink resources with spatial division multiple access (SDMA). A base station sends a data transmission with multiple (M) layers to M UEs. The downlink resources used for the data transmission are associated with ACK resources used to send ACK information for the data transmission. The ACK resources may be partitioned into M portions, e.g., based on frequency division multiplexing (FDM). Each of the M layers is associated with a respective portion of the ACK resources. A recipient UE for each layer sends ACK for that layer on the associated portion of the ACK resources. For each ACK resource portion, one or more pilot symbols may be sent on one or more resource elements, and ACK symbols may be sent on remaining resource elements.
US08300581B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for routing DNP (or other) protocol messages over a network of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system that employs a different communications protocol.
US08300574B2
An establishment method of uplink synchronization based on the joint transmission technology utilizes channel symmetry and channel time correlation of the downlink and the uplink in TDD mobile communication system, and then applies the joint transmission technology in the uplink synchronization establishment process in a TDD mobile communication system, and based on the simple processing performed by UE, the base station can accurately detect the timing of uplink signals by performing related calculations. The present invention has fundamentally solved the problem of low probability of success in uplink synchronization establishment.
US08300573B2
Timer handling in a transmitter in a telecommunication system for voice and data packet transmission
The invention relates to a wireless telecommunication system for voice and data packet transmission. The system comprises a transmitting unit for transmitting voice and data packets to a receiving unit. The transmitting unit comprises a first discard timer set for a first time period and arranged to start when a first data packet is transmitted from the transmitting unit. The transmitting unit is arranged to suspend the first discard timer when a second power is lower than or equal to a selected second threshold level.
US08300568B2
A multi-class multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) system includes a transmitter and at least one receiver. The transmitter transmits N primary signals by N primary channels and an auxiliary signal by an auxiliary channel, wherein a resolution of the auxiliary signal is identical to the highest resolution of the N primary signals and the constellation mappings of the auxiliary signal and the primary signal with the highest resolution among said N primary signals on the corresponding modulation constellations are coupled. The receiver couples the primary signal with the corresponding auxiliary/virtual auxiliary signal to obtain a lower-resolution virtual auxiliary signal, which can also be coupled with the primary signal having the same resolution. Therefore, receiving quality of each resolution is improved by combining the primary signal and the corresponding auxiliary/virtual auxiliary signal.
US08300563B2
A wireless device calculates a number of FEC MPDUs based on an indicator value determined by the quality of the communication channel that are combined with data MPDUs in an aggregated data packet. The wireless device uses the indicator value to calculate an expected error transmission rate to dynamically adjust the number of FEC MPDUs in the aggregated data packet to reduce data retransmissions.
US08300562B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for sending a status report are disclosed according to the present invention. The method includes receiving a short message sent by a sender; assigning a first ID to the short message; incorporating the first ID in the short message and sending the short message; receiving a first status report carrying a second ID and the first ID and generating a second status report based on the first ID; sending the second status report to the sender. For the short message which has not been delivered successfully by the Short Message Service Router (SMS Router) for the first time, the SMS Router may replace the second ID in the first status report with the first ID based on the relationship between the first ID and the second ID to obtain a second status report and send the second status report to a sender.
US08300561B2
Methods and apparatus for canceling distortion in full-duplex transceivers are disclosed. Some example methods to reduce distortion in a full-duplex transceiver include generating a first digital signal, generating a first analog signal based on the first digital signal for transmission over a full-duplex channel, receiving a second analog signal via the full-duplex channel, and generating a second digital signal based on the second analog signal, wherein the second digital signal includes coupling distortion based on the first analog signal. The example methods further include generating an adaptive filter signal based on the first digital signal, and reducing the coupling distortion from the second digital signal by subtracting the adaptive filter signal from the second digital signal.
US08300555B2
A set of wireless relay nodes are managed to facilitate inter-node routing of packets in the set. In some aspects, unique identifiers are defined for the wireless relay nodes to facilitate routing packets within the set. In some aspect a routing table is provided to each of the wireless relay nodes, wherein the routing table identifies each wireless relay node in the set and a next-hop entity for each of these wireless relay nodes. Each of the wireless relay nodes may then define a forwarding table based on the routing table.
US08300554B1
A method, apparatus and computer-program product for logically representing and analyzing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in a plurality of functional representation layers is disclosed. The method, which is typical of the invention, comprises the steps of representing selected physical and logical components of said VPN as a plurality of configuration non-specific objects determined for each said functional representation layers, organizing selected ones of said objects within selected ones of said functional representation layers, wherein said object are selected from the group consisting of: VPNService, ServiceConnectionPath, ForwarderEndpoint, TunnelGroup, Tunnel, TunnelHop, TunnelIn/Out, SignalingProtocolEndpoint, SignalingProtocollSession and SignalingProtocolService, representing relationships among said physical and logical components as configuration non-specific representations within and among said functional representation layers, wherein Endpoint objects provide communication among said functional representation layers, which are among a group of Service, Service connection, Transport and Protocol layers.
US08300549B2
The configuration of a gateway in a communications network may be updated. Provisioning data may be extracted from a gateway management server. The extracted provisioning data may be filtered against a list of target gateways. Upon determining an equipping status of endpoints associated with the target gateways in the list, the configuration of one or more target gateways may be updated utilizing existing endpoint provisioning associated with the one or more target gateways.
US08300545B2
A method and apparatus for using an application layer demarcation point are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring end-to-end performance of a network application at an application demarcation point in a network, and mediating between provider infrastructure and customer infrastructure based on results of monitoring.
US08300537B2
An Ethernet switch (112) has a communications interface (122), and a controller (124). The controller is programmed to receive (202) an IP query packet generated by a receiver for collecting telemetry data between a source and the receiver in a multicast network, translate (206) the IP query packet to an Ethernet query packet, collect (208) in the Ethernet query packet telemetry data from the Ethernet switch, and submit (218) the Ethernet query packet to the next network element of the multicast network. Additional embodiment are disclosed.
US08300536B2
A method for providing real time indicator of voice transmission quality in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network is disclosed. The method allows to receive, at regular time interval during a call, a digital signature from a source call device. The received signature is compared to a referential signature stored on the destination devices, and in case the received signature falls out of the referential signature, a quality indication message is transmitted back to the source call device.
US08300532B1
A method may include receiving a packet at an ingress line interface in a forwarding plane of a network element, the packet including header information. The method may also include conducting a flow table lookup in the forwarding plane to identify an existing flow for the packet and determining, in the forwarding plane and based on the header information, whether a predicted flow can be identified for the packet if an existing flow can not be identified. The method may further include performing a service access control list (ACL) lookup in the forwarding plane if a predicted flow can not be identified; and forwarding the packet to one of a services plane or an egress line interface in the forwarding plane based on one of the existing flow, the predicted flow, or the service ACL lookup.
US08300529B2
Service-centric communication network monitoring apparatus and methods are provided. Service traffic, associated with a third-party service provided by an external service provider that is controlled independently of a communication network, is identified in communication traffic that is being transferred through that communication network. The identified service traffic is monitored, for example, to compile service usage statistics, to police usage of the service, to generate billing records for usage of the service, and/or to mirror the identified service traffic. A registry in which the service is registered may interact with a monitoring system of the communication network so as to establish monitoring for the service traffic.
US08300507B2
A computing device and method determines a position of a disk when the disk works abnormally. The computer searches out problem disks by determining if each disk included in the just a bundle of disks (JBOD) works normally, and determining if the computer can obtain a serial number of each problem disk. The computer notifies a user of the order number of the problem disk and an order number of the JBOD, in response to a determination that the computer can obtain serial number of the problem disk. The computer obtains the order number of the problem disk by deleting the data of the disk that works normally from the disk table, and notifying the user of the order number of the disk and the order number of the JBOD, in response to a determination that the computer fails to obtain serial number of the problem disk.
US08300495B2
A block control command generation circuit includes first and second latch units, an input selection unit, a pull-down driving unit, and an output selection unit. The first and second latch units store initial values at different levels in response to initialization signals. The input selection unit selectively transmits a first block control signal to the first latch unit in response to an input enable signal. The pull-down driving unit selectively pull-down drives an input node of the second latch unit in response to a second block control signal and the input enable signal. The output selection unit outputs signals, which are stored in the first and second latch units, as first and second block control command signals in response to an output enable signal, respectively.
US08300491B2
A semiconductor memory segment includes a first memory bank having a first tracking cell disposed in a first tracking column. A second memory bank includes a second tracking cell disposed in a second tracking column. A first tracking circuit is coupled to the first and second tracking cells and is configured to output a first signal to memory control circuitry when the first and second tracking cells are accessed. The memory control circuitry is configured to set a clock based on the first signal.
US08300482B2
A data transfer circuit has a reduced number of lines for transferring a training pattern used in a read training for high speed operation, by removing a register for temporarily storing the training pattern, and a semiconductor memory device including the data transfer circuit. The data transfer circuit includes a latch unit and a buffer unit. The latch unit latches one bit of a training pattern data input together with a training pattern load command whenever the training pattern load command is input. The buffer unit loads a plurality of bits latched in the latch unit, including the one bit of training pattern data, in response to a strobe signal.
US08300478B2
A method for data storage includes predefining an order of programming a plurality of analog memory cells that are arranged in rows. The order specifies that for a given row having neighboring rows on first and second sides, the memory cells in the given row are programmed only while the memory cells in the neighboring rows on at least one of the sides are in an erased state, and that the memory cells in the given row are programmed to assume a highest programming level, which corresponds to a largest analog value among the programming levels of the cells, only after programming all the memory cells in the given row to assume the programming levels other than the highest level. Data is stored in the memory cells by programming the memory cells in accordance with the predefined order.
US08300475B2
In general, according to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including memory cells; and a control unit to control a signal applied to the memory cells. Each of the memory cells are settable to: first, second and third states having first, second and third threshold voltage distributions (VD1, VD2 and VD3, VD1
US08300472B2
In sensing a page of nonvolatile memory cells with a corresponding group of sense modules in parallel, as each high current cell is identified, it is locked out from further sensing while others in the page continued to be sensed. The sense module involved in the locked out is then in a lockout mode and becomes inactive. A noise source from the sense module becomes significant when in the lockout mode. The noise is liable to interfere with the sensing of neighboring cells by coupling through its bit line to neighboring ones. The noise can also couple through the common source line of the page to affect the accuracy of ongoing sensing of the cells in the page. Improved sense modules and method isolate the noise from the lockout sense module from affecting the other sense modules still active in sensing memory cell in the page.
US08300471B2
A memory device includes core memory such as flash memory for storing data. The memory device includes a first power input to receive a first voltage used to power the flash memory. Additionally, the memory device includes a second power input to receive a second voltage. The memory device includes power management circuitry configured to receive the second voltage and derive one or more internal voltages. The power management circuitry supplies or conveys the internal voltages to the flash memory. The different internal voltages generated by the power management circuitry (e.g., voltage converter circuit) and supplied to the core memory enable operations such as read/program/erase with respect to cells in the core memory.
US08300465B2
A flash memory device and a flash memory system are disclosed. The flash memory device includes a first non-volatile memory including a plurality of page data cells, storing page data, and reading and outputting the stored page data when a read command is applied from an external portion; and a second non-volatile memory including a plurality of spare data cells respectively adjacent to the plurality of page data cells, storing spare data, scanning the spare data and temporarily storing corresponding information when a file system is mounted, reading and outputting the stored spare data when the read command is applied.
US08300459B2
A non-volatile memory device and power-saving techniques capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during sensing, which is included in read, and program/verify operations. A sensing verify operation includes one or more sensing cycles relative to one or more demarcation threshold voltages to determine a memory state. In one aspect, coupling of the memory cells to their bit lines are delayed during a precharge operation in order to reduce the cells' currents working against the precharge. In another aspect, a power-consuming precharge period is minimized by preemptively starting the sensing in a multi-pass sensing operation. High current cells not detected as a result of the premature sensing will be detected in a subsequent pass.
US08300458B2
A group of memory cells is programmed respectively to their target states in parallel using a multiple-pass programming method in which the programming voltages in the multiple passes are correlated. Each programming pass employs a programming voltage in the form of a staircase pulse train with a common step size, and each successive pass has the staircase pulse train offset from that of the previous pass by a predetermined offset level. The predetermined offset level is less than the common step size and may be less than or equal to the predetermined offset level of the previous pass. Thus, the same programming resolution can be achieved over multiple passes using fewer programming pulses than conventional method where each successive pass uses a programming staircase pulse train with a finer step size. The multiple pass programming serves to tighten the distribution of the programmed thresholds while reducing the overall number of programming pulses.
US08300457B2
A memory device and a method thereof allow programming and sensing a plurality of memory cells in parallel in order to minimize errors caused by coupling from fields of neighboring cells and to improve performance. The memory device and method have the plurality of memory cells linked by the same word line and a read/write circuit is coupled to each memory cells in a contiguous manner. Thus, a memory cell and its neighbors are programmed together and the field environment for each memory cell relative to its neighbors during programming and subsequent reading is less varying. This improves performance and reduces errors caused by coupling from fields of neighboring cells, as compared to conventional architectures and methods in which cells on even columns are programmed independently of cells in odd columns.
US08300454B2
Spin Torque Transfer (STT) memory cell structures and methods are described herein. One or more STT memory cell structures include a tunneling barrier material positioned between a ferromagnetic storage material and a pinned ferromagnetic material in contact with an antiferromagnetic material. The tunneling barrier material is a multiferroic material and the antiferromagnetic material, the ferromagnetic storage material, and the pinned ferromagnetic material are positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode.
US08300453B2
Provided are a method for recording information in a magnetic recording element and a method for recording information in a magnetic random access memory. The method for recording information in a magnetic recording element includes preparing the magnetic recording element having a magnetic free layer in which a magnetic vortex is formed. A current or a magnetic field whose direction varies with time is applied to the magnetic free layer to switch a core orientation of a magnetic vortex formed in the magnetic free layer to an upward direction or downward direction from a top surface of the magnetic free layer “0” or “1” is assigned according to the direction of the core orientation of the magnetic vortex formed in the magnetic free layer. According to the method for recording information in a magnetic recording element of the present invention, the core orientation of the magnetic vortex formed in the magnetic free layer of the magnetic recording element can be selectively switched by applying a current or magnetic field whose direction varies with time to the magnetic recording element, so that information can be easily and correctly recorded, lower power is consumed in recording information, and the switching for recording information can be performed very rapidly.
US08300445B2
Disclosed herein are a nanowire and a current-induced domain wall displacement-type memory device using the same. The nanowire has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and is configured in a manner that when a parameter Q, calculated by a saturation magnetization per unit area, a domain wall thickness and a spin polarizability of a ferromagnet that is a constituent material of the nanowire, has a value of (formula 1 should be inserted here) a domain wall thickness, a width “*′” and a thickness −* of the nanowire satisfy the relationship of (formula 2 should be inserted here) The present invention can be designed such that a current density capable of driving a memory device utilizing the current-driven domain wall displacement has a value of less than (formula 3 should be inserted here), through the determination of the optimal nanowire width and thickness satisfying a value of a critical current density, Jc for the domain wall displacement below a certain value required for commercialization, for a given material in the nanowire with perpendicular anisotropy. According to such a configuration of the present invention, the current density required for the domain wall displacement can be at least 10 times or further lowered than the current density in currently available nano wires. Therefore, the present invention is capable of solving the problems associated with high power consumption and malfunction of the device due to generation of Joule heat and is also capable of achieving low-cost production of memory devices. 3 × 10 8 A / cm 2 ≤ Q ≤ 10 9 A / cm 2 , ( 1 ) 1.39 T / λ + 4.51 ≤ W λ ≤ 1.53 T / λ + 4.44 ( 2 ) 10 7 A / cm 2 , ( 3 )
US08300443B2
A series connection circuit of IGBTs and an AC switch are contained in one package. The series connection circuit is connected between the positive and negative terminals of a DC power source, and the AC switch is connected between a neutral point of the DC power source and a series connection point between the IGBTs. Straight conductor strips can be used to connect terminals on the package to the DC power source, thereby reducing inductance and thus also reducing voltage spikes.
US08300437B2
A multi-output DC-to-DC conversion apparatus with a voltage-stabilizing function includes a center-tapped main transformer, a semiconductor component group, and a triggering controller. The DC-to-DC conversion apparatus provides at least two output voltages which are a main output voltage and an auxiliary output voltage, respectively. The auxiliary output voltage is functioned as an input voltage of a buck converter; and, as a result, the auxiliary output voltage can be adjusted to obtain a lower variable DC voltage. The triggering controller is used to stabilize the main output voltage and the auxiliary output voltage. Therefore, the main transformer provides one or two secondary windings to step down the auxiliary output voltage so as to increase efficiency of the buck converter.
US08300434B2
An example controller includes a feedback sensor circuit that receives a feedback signal representative of an output of a power converter. A feedback sampling signal generator is coupled to generate a feedback sampling signal. The feedback sensor circuit samples the feedback signal in response to the feedback sampling signal. A state machine controls switching of a switch of a power converter circuit according to one of a plurality of operating condition states in response to the feedback sensor circuit. Each of the plurality of operating condition states includes a substantially fixed switch on time. A feedback time period signal generator generates a feedback time period signal received by the state machine. A period of the feedback time period signal is substantially greater than a period of the feedback sampling signal. The state machine is updated in response to the feedback time period signal.
US08300429B2
A power supply includes a PFC (power factor correction) converter that has an input and an output. The PFC converter input is coupled to an input of the power supply. The power supply also includes a resonant mode converter that has an input and an output. The resonant mode converter input is coupled to the PFC converter output and the resonant mode output is coupled to an output of the power supply. A control unit is also included in the power supply and is coupled to receive a feedback signal that is representative of the output of the power supply. The control unit is coupled to provide control signals coupled to control switches of the resonant mode converter at a controlled switching frequency to control the output of the power supply. The control unit is further coupled to provide a PFC control signal coupled to control a switch of the PFC converter at a switching frequency that is harmonically related to the controlled switching frequency.
US08300415B2
An electronic component for an integrated mechatronic system has at least two housing parts with at least one housing base, a housing cover, and an electrical connection between the components disposed in the interior of the housing and components located outside the housing. The electrical connection is fixed on the housing base. The housing cover is glued directly to the electrical connection and/or the housing base and, in this manner, enables lasting hermetically sealed protection for the sensitive electronic components.
US08300412B2
A heat exchanger apparatus is provided and includes a motor controller housing, supportively disposed with a turbofan within an aircraft engine nacelle, in which motor controller components are mounted, a fuel cooled cold plate, forming a surface of the housing, which forms a heat transfer path by which motor controller component generated heat is dissipated during first conditions and an air cooled cold plate, disposed in thermal communication with the fuel cooled cold plate, which extends into a flow path of nacelle air generated by the turbofan to form an extended heat transfer path by which the motor controller component generated heat is dissipated during second conditions.
US08300410B2
A system for thermal management of electronic equipment. The system can include a cabinet forming an enclosure for the electronic equipment, wherein the cabinet has an inlet and an outlet. Additionally, the system can include a supply channel connected with the cabinet inlet, wherein the cabinet is positioned on a floor and the supply channel is under the floor; an exhaust channel, wherein at least a portion of the exhaust channel is in proximity to the cabinet outlet. Furthermore, the system can include a plurality of flexible barriers forming a thermal curtain for directing air exiting the outlet of the cabinet to the exhaust channel, and wherein a position of the barriers is adjustable.
US08300395B2
A housing includes a screen guard defining a transparent section, and a main body molded to the screen guard. The screen guard and the main body cooperatively define a cavity for accommodating electronic components of the electronic device.
US08300394B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a track guided hinge assembly for a portable electronic device. According to one embodiment, the portable electronic device includes a base housing and a panel configured to cover a top surface of the base housing. A first mounting bracket having a first guide track is mounted within the base housing. A second mounting bracket having a second guide track is positioned adjacent to the first mounting bracket. Furthermore, the portable electronic device includes a panel bracket member including a hinge pivot shaft that extends perpendicularly therefrom and configured to follow the second guide track, and a guide plate having a guide pin extending perpendicularly therefrom and configured to follow the first guide track. When the panel pivots and rotates away from the base housing, the guide pin moves along the first guide track simultaneously as the pivot shaft moves along the second guide track.
US08300392B2
An electronic device includes a mainframe having a receiving space, two curved slide grooves, and an elongated slide groove. A display screen is slidable along the curved slide grooves between a stored position and a use position. A keyboard includes a side plate connected slidably to the elongated slide groove, and is movable relative to the mainframe between stored and use positions. The spring member biases a movable arm to press against the side plate. The keyboard is pushed by the movable arm to move automatically toward the use or stored position when the keyboard moves a distance relative to the mainframe.
US08300390B2
A chassis includes a main body having a backplane, a top cover plate, a bottom cover plate and left and right side plates connected with each other. An upper slide rail and a lower slide rail for securing single boards are provided in the main body, a fan is arranged at the upper position of the main body and a power distribution unit is arranged at the lower position of the main body, and a coupling element for coupling the fan with the power distribution unit is provided in the chassis. The coupling element may be a groove extending from the upper position to the lower position for accommodating cables and formed in the inner side of the side plate of the chassis, or may be two openings for passage of cables respectively provided at an upper position and a lower position of the side plate of the chassis.
US08300386B2
A porous valve metal thin film, a method for the production thereof, and a thin film capacitor utilizing the thin film as an anode. The porous valve metal thin film has an integral continuous structure that includes the valve metal, an outside surface, and micropores connected to the outside surface. The thin film has a surface area that is at least double a surface area of the outside surface if the outside surface of the thin film were flat. The valve metal is niobium, tantalum, a niobium alloy or a tantalum alloy and has a particle diameter within a range of 10 nm to 1 μm. The micropores have pore diameters within a range of 10 nm to 1 μm.
US08300376B2
A temperature protection circuit includes a detection circuit, a comparison circuit, a switching circuit, and a control circuit. When the temperature of an electronic device is below a preset temperature, a detecting voltage signal exceeds a reference temperature signal, and the comparison circuit outputs a control signal to open the switching circuit. The control circuit directs a power circuit to provide voltage to an operating circuit. When a temperature of the electronic device exceeds the preset temperature, the detecting voltage signal is below the reference temperature signal, and the comparison circuit outputs a control signal to close the switching circuit. The control circuit directs the power circuit to stop supplying voltages to the operating circuit.
US08300365B2
An electronic substrate includes: a flexible printed circuit comprising a head connecting portion being provided with a first terminal to be electrically connected to a magnetic head, and a board connecting portion being provided with a second terminal to be electrically connected to a main printed board; a first reinforcing member provided on the head connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit, the first reinforcing member reinforcing the head connecting portion; and a second reinforcing member provided on the board connecting portion of the flexible printed circuit, the second reinforcing member reinforcing the board connecting portion, wherein the second reinforcing member includes a additional enhancement portion formed with a sterically enhanced shape.
US08300364B2
A head suspension including a base plate, a load beam, an actuator element to be deformed to move the load beam relative to the base plate, and a jumper having a first end electrically connected to the actuator element, an intermediate part extending over a base plate edge of the base plate, and a second end electrically connected to a flexure, to supply power from the flexure to the actuator element. The jumper is composed of an insulating cover layer, a conductor layer, an insulating layer, and a metal layer that are laid one on another. The conductor layer is diverged in a direction in which the layers of the jumper are laid one on another, to form an escape recess to avoid an edge of the base plate edge to protect the insulating cover layer of the jumper from being abraded by an edge of the base plate.
US08300357B1
A magnetic head includes first and second coils, a main pole, a first shield, and first and second return path sections. The first shield and the first return path section are located forward of the main pole in the direction of travel of the recording medium. The first return path section connects the main pole and the first shield so that a first space is defined. The second return path section is located backward of the main pole in the direction of travel of the recording medium so that a second space is defined. The first coil includes at least one first coil element passing through the first space. The second coil includes a plurality of second coil elements passing through the second space. The at least one first coil element is smaller in number than the second coil elements.
US08300354B2
A magnetic disk drive having a layer of ZTMD raffinate coated within a housing of the disk drive to trap debris in order to prevent contamination related failure of the disk drive. The ZTMD raffinate can be applied to the inside of the housing of the disk drive, such as to side walls of the housing and or the cover of the housing. The ZTMD raffinate can also be applied to a filter structure within the housing in order improve the performance of the filter structure and prevent contamination collected thereon from becoming dislodged.
US08300352B1
A novel disk drive includes a disk drive base that includes a plurality of mounting recessions. Each of a plurality of mounting inserts at least partially protrudes into a respective one of the plurality of mounting recessions, and contacts the disk drive base. Each of the plurality of mounting inserts includes a body portion that is adapted to be attached to a host computer system. Each of the plurality of mounting inserts also includes at least one cantilevered beam having a root end that is attached to the body portion and having a distal end that is in contact with the disk drive base in a respective one of the plurality of mounting recessions. The root end is not in contact with the disk drive base when the mounting insert is in an undeformed state.
US08300351B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium for perpendicular magnetic recording system, a magnetic head including a read head to read data from the magnetic recording medium, and an actuator to actuate the magnetic head on the magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium includes a first magnetic pattern recorded in a servo area by applying a magnetic field horizontally to a disk surface, and the first magnetic pattern corresponding to positioning data used for positioning the magnetic head. The magnetic recording medium further includes a second magnetic pattern recorded in the servo area by applying a magnetic field perpendicularly to the disk surface, and the second magnetic pattern corresponding to position correction data used for correcting the positioning data. The position correction data is derived from modulated original position correction data. The original position correction data is created for correcting the positioning data.
US08300345B2
Method and apparatus for providing a storage medium with variable track widths. In accordance with various embodiments, a data storage medium is rotated by a motor. A write transducer is used to write concentric data tracks to the storage medium during said rotation. The tracks are provided with variable track widths established by selectively changing a rotational velocity of the medium. The variable track widths can be gradual and/or abrupt, depending on the requirements of a given application. Gradual variations in track width can be used by a linear actuator with a linear translation path to emulate tracks written along a pivot translation path of a rotary actuator. Abrupt variations in track width can be used to provide different zones of tracks having different specified track widths. The tracks may be written using an electron beam recorder (EBR) with a constant write beam power level.
US08300343B2
According to one embodiment, a disk drive having a magnetic disk of the bit pattern media type is provided. The disk drive has a reproduction module configured to reproduce a signal from a measurement area provided on the magnetic disk and holding groups of phase-shift measuring bits, a measurement module configured to measure a phase shift that a write clock signal has with respect to data recording bits held in a data record area provided on the magnetic disk, when the signal reproduced by the reproduction module is indefinite, and a recording module configured to record data that corresponds to the data recording bits, by using the write clock signal adjusted by the phase shift.
US08300337B2
A method for measuring change of clearance between a head and a disk. The method includes reading a preliminarily written data string for clearance measurement on a disk to obtain a first measured value corresponding to a clearance, and writing a new data string for deterioration check onto the disk and reading the data string for deterioration check to obtain a second measured value corresponding to the clearance. The method also includes determining a deterioration of the data string for clearance measurement from a difference between the first measured value and the second measured value, measuring a clearance change using the data string for clearance measurement by a normal operation if the determination is that the data string for clearance measurement has not deteriorated, and measuring a clearance change by an operation different from the normal operation if the determination is that the data string for clearance measurement has deteriorated.
US08300324B2
The lens barrel of the present invention includes: a lens; and a light blocking member provided in the vicinity of the lens for blocking part of light traveling toward the lens, a main constituent of the light blocking member being a thermoplastic elastomer resin.
US08300314B2
A display device includes: a display part containing a first display region visually recognized by a viewer; an object of view arranged in a second display region; an imaging optical system of real specular image for defining a first space in which the first display region exists and a second space in which the second display region exists, the imaging optical system of real specular image including a semitransparent substrate with a plane of symmetry, the imaging optical system of real specular image forming a real image of the object of view in the first space of the first display region with light passing through the substrate; and a half mirror arranged in the first space of the first display region, the half mirror reflecting light beams emitted from the imaging optical system of real specular image to guide the reflected light beams to the viewer, while allowing an image formed in the first display region to be seen by the viewer.
US08300313B2
In accordance with the invention, a filter is fabricated to take into account the effect of absorption by filter material. The method is exemplified by the fabricating of an ultraviolet light transmission filter for transmitting a band within the range 230-320 nanometers. The resulting filter comprises plurality of hard-coating, thin-film layers of alternating high and low index of refraction. The improved filter provides high transmission, sharp edge slopes, and deep and extended out-of-band blocking. As compared with currently available filters, the filter provides transmission up to three or more times greater, edge slopes up to four times sharper, and deep extended out-of-band blocking extending further, even through the visible range.
US08300311B2
The invention concerns a rear projection system in the form of a table consisting of at least one glass panel which has a diffusion coating containing hollow glass balls, whereas the hollow glass balls are arranged in a transparent or translucent binder matrix on the lower or upper surface of the glass panel and is illuminated from below with at least one projector having a projection field and that at least one projection image can be viewed by an observer at an observation angle of at least 176 degrees.The second embodiment involves a rear projection system in the form of a curved, two-dimensionally shaped glass panel having a diffusion coating containing hollow glass balls.
US08300302B2
A lighting system operating using a digital mirror as its operative device. The digital mirror is used to shape the light which is a passed through advanced optical devices in order to produce an output.
US08300294B2
An apparatus comprises a metamaterial including a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and a dielectric layer located between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer. Each conducting layer has holes formed therethrough, for example as an array of holes formed through the metamaterial. The holes are configured so that the metamaterial has a gradient refractive index at an operational wavelength. The operational wavelength may be an IR or visible wavelength. The apparatus may be an optical element, and for example may have the functionality of a lens or prism through the gradient refractive index. Interfaces may be parallel planar interfaces.
US08300282B2
An image reading apparatus includes an image reading portion that moves in a predetermined direction and has an image reading sensor that reads an image on a sheet. A sheet feeder feeds the sheet. A first transparent member has a reference surface that supports the sheet thereon, and a second transparent member contacts the sheet fed by the sheet feeder. The image reading portion moves along a lower surface of the second transparent member, and the second transparent member is positioned to overlap a portion of the first transparent member as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the reference surface. The image reading portion moves along a lower surface of the first transparent member and moves along a lower surface of the second transparent member.
US08300278B2
A module 1 movable over the original surface 110 of the original reader 100 has a metal sheet frame 4 disposed in the vicinity of its gravitational center and having a substantially channel-like shape. A first and a second optical systems 2 and 3 and a drive source 6 assembled to be integral with a flat part 40 of the metal sheet frame 4. Thus, a reduced-size, improved quality and improved-accuracy original reader to be used for facsimile devices and image scanners is obtained.
US08300277B2
In a method for reading a document set on a document positioning plate to output image data, an edge area of an image of an entire reading area is extracted to form a first rectangle area including the extracted edge area. If a position of an apex of the first rectangle area farthest from a reading reference position and a size of the first rectangle area satisfy predetermined conditions, image data corresponding to a second rectangle area including the first rectangle area and the reading reference position are output.
US08300276B2
In certain embodiments, compensating for misalignment comprises receiving, at a detector array, electromagnetic (E-M) radiation from a target object. The detector array comprises time delay and integration (TDI) detectors organized into segments. Each segment comprises one or more rows of detectors perpendicular to a designed scan axis, and comprises columns of detectors parallel to the designed scan axis. The detector array moves in a relative scan direction relative to the target object. The following is performed for each segment and for each column of each segment. If there is misalignment at a segment, a signal is passed to a correcting next column of a next segment in the direction of the misalignment, where the signal accumulates scan data of a portion of the target object. Otherwise, the signal is passed to a designed next column of the next segment in the direction of the designed scan axis.
US08300268B2
An image processing device includes an acquiring unit, a calculating unit, a color data determining unit, an appending unit, and a converting unit. The acquiring unit acquires print data. The print data includes a plurality of sets of text data. Each set of text data has character data and color data. The calculating unit calculates, for each set of color data, an appearance ratio at which a subject set of color data appears in the print data. The color data determining unit determines the color data having a highest appearance ratio among a plurality of appearance ratios of a plurality of sets of color data as first color data, and determines the color data except for the first color data as second color data. The appending unit appends first attribute data to the character data included in the text data having the first color data, and appends second attribute data to the character data included in the text data having the second color data. The converting unit converts a plurality of sets of character data into binary data, based on one of the first attribute data and the second attribute data which is appended to the subject set of character data.
US08300254B2
A printer, which is configured to be connected communicably with a storage device, includes a printing unit configured to print one or more pages with images formed thereon, based on print data, a thumbnail creating unit configured to create thumbnail image data corresponding to each of the pages to be printed by the printing unit, a storage controller configured to store, into the storage device, the thumbnail image data created by the thumbnail creating unit, and a print controller configured to, responsive to the thumbnail image data being successfully stored into the storage device, control the printing unit to print a page corresponding to the thumbnail image data successfully stored.
US08300250B2
Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a visible representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the print job, the reusable print job addendum. is fed back into the printer, for reuse in later print jobs.
US08300241B2
An image reading device which performs an original reading processing in a push scan mode in which image data read from an original document is output to an output destination terminal through a network, and which includes a judging unit that judges whether or not the image data can be output to the output destination terminal, and an image reading unit that cancels the original reading operation when it is judged by the judging unit that the output is impossible.
US08300236B2
An image forming system includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on paper sheets, plural post-processors that execute post-processing for paper sheets on which an image has been formed by the image forming unit, a calculator that calculates a waiting period for image forming that post-processing by a post-processor in response to a first print request entails, a selector that selects out of succeeding print requests a print request that requires the use of a different post-processor from the post-processor being used for the first print request as a second print request according to the waiting period calculated by the calculator, and an image forming controller that controls the image forming unit so as to execute image forming in response to the second print request selected by the selector in the waiting period for the image forming in response to the first print request.
US08300233B2
A method for determining information about changes along a degree of freedom of an encoder scale includes directing a first beam and a second beam along different paths and combining the first and second beams to form an output beam, where the first and second beams are derived from a common source, the first and second beams have different frequencies, where the first beam contacts the encoder scale at a non-Littrow angle and the first beam diffracts from the encoder scale at least once; detecting an interference signal based on the output beam, the interference signal including a heterodyne phase related to an optical path difference between the first beam and the second beam; and determining information about a degree of freedom of the encoder scale based on the heterodyne phase.
US08300232B2
A method of measuring a thickness of a coating on a substrate material. A first pulse of monochromatic light having a predetermined first wavelength is emitted toward the coating and substrate material. A second pulse of monochromatic light having a predetermined second wavelength is emitted toward the coating and substrate material, the second wavelength being different than the first wavelength. A first elapsed time is measured from emission of the first pulse of light to reception of a reflection of the first pulse of light from a surface of the substrate material at an interface with the coating. A second elapsed time is measured from emission of the second pulse of light to reception of a reflection of the second pulse of light from an outer surface of the coating. A thickness of the coating is determined as a function of a difference between the first and second elapsed times.
US08300231B2
An optical sensor includes at least one optical coupler and an optical waveguide in optical communication with the at least one optical coupler. The optical waveguide is configured to receive a first optical signal from the at least one optical coupler. The first optical signal has a group velocity and a phase velocity while propagating through at least a portion of the optical waveguide, the group velocity less than the phase velocity. An interference between the first optical signal and a second optical signal is affected by relative movement between the optical waveguide and the at least one optical coupler.
US08300229B2
This invention relates generally to the systems and methods for standoff trace chemicals detection such as explosives residue and others, and particularly to optical devices and the methods of their use based on sensing of gases and residue materials. This sensing includes detection and measurement of optical absorption spectra and relative concentration of the chemical followed by the chemical identification based on these spectral data. The sensing is based on photothermal interferometry method improved by implementation of coherent optical detection. The coherent optical detection is performed by an integrated polarization-diversity coherent receiver with an electro-optic phase modulator for a local oscillator optical beam. The implementation of pulsed probe sensing and local oscillator optical beams in the coherent detection improves the device with better eye safety performance. The hybrid calibration via a phase-modulated local oscillator optical beam allows optimizing the signal reception and reduces complexity of the probe subsystem.
US08300227B2
A method of z-scan photo-reflectance characterization of semiconductor structures and apparatus for same has been developed. The method and apparatus provides the ability to independently measure electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities that occur in conventional photo-reflectance signals. By performing a series of photo-reflectance measurements, each containing photo-modulated nonlinear optical signals, with the sample at a multiplicity of positions along the focal length of the probe light column, and with an aperture fixtured in the reflected probe path, precision characterization of both electro-refractive and electro-absorptive nonlinearities is attained. The Z-scan photo-reflectance method and apparatus characterizes spatial distortions of a coherent photo-reflectance probe light beam due to electro-refractive and electro-absorptive effects.
US08300226B2
There is disclosed a method and system for detecting a surface plasmon resonance associated with a fluid sample. The method includes the step of providing a piezoelectric substrate having at least two electrodes thereon, wherein at least one of said electrodes is coupled to a fluid sample. A light beam is transmitted toward the fluid sample to induce a oscillation frequency in the piezoelectric substrate. The oscillation frequency from said electrodes is then measured during transmittance of the light to detect the surface plasmon resonance associated with the fluid sample.
US08300225B2
An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member 50 is placed in the interface between the end face 43 of the optical waveguide 40 guiding the illuminating light L generated by the laser light source 20 and the wall face of the capillary 30. According to the above feature, the air layer is prevented from existing in the interface between the end face 43 of the optical fiber 40 and the wall face of the capillary 30, thus the sample S can be optically measured with high sensitivity and few variability without causing the loss of the illuminating light L.
US08300223B2
A material distribution measuring device (1) for measuring a reaction distribution or a concentration distribution of a material contained in a solution. The material distribution measuring device (1) comprises a material detecting plate (5) comprising a material-sensitive film (21) provided on an insulator (22) provided on a semiconductor (23), a flow passage forming part (6) forming a solution flow passage (12) on the material detecting plate (5), means for stabilizing the potential of the solution, means for applying a pulsed laser beam (9) from the semiconductor (23) side to the flow passage (12) side, means for scanning the material detecting plate (5) two-dimensionally with use of the pulsed laser beam (9), means for measuring the amplitude strength of pulsed electromagnetic waves generated upon the application of the pulsed laser beam (9) to the material detecting plate (5), and means for obtaining a reaction distribution or a concentration distribution of the material contained in the solution within the flow passage by qualitatively or quantitatively measuring the material to be detected from the amplitude strength.
US08300222B2
A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems.
US08300221B2
The present invention relates to a minute measuring instrument for high speed and large area and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a minute measuring instrument for high speed and large area which measures properties of a specimen in high speed by a focused-beam ellipsometric part and then minutely remeasures the position showing a singular point by a minute measuring part and a method thereof.
US08300217B1
A sheet identifying device comprising a light-receiving section (26) for reading each pixel on a sheet which involves color information including a brightness, has a predetermined size, and is handled as one unit, a RAM (114) for storing image data constructed of read pixels, a pixel data increasing/decreasing section (116a) for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of the image data, and a judging section for judging authentication of the sheet on the basis of the increased/decreased image data.
US08300203B2
A display apparatus has a first chamber accommodating a display panel, a second chamber accommodating a circuit board which controls the panel, and a heat radiating unit arranged at the rear side of the second chamber.
US08300202B2
A liquid crystal display panel (50a) includes a pair of substrates arranged, facing each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the pair of substrates, and a frame-like sealing member (25) configured to bond the pair of substrates with each other and enclose the liquid crystal layer. A cavity forming wall (18ba) is provided on one of the pair of substrates between the liquid crystal layer and the sealing member (25) and is configured to form a cavity region (C) therein by an upper end of the cavity forming wall contacting the other of the pair of substrates. The cavity region (C) is configured so that, when an excessive amount of a liquid crystal material which foims the liquid crystal layer is enclosed, the cavity forming wall is destroyed to cause a portion of the liquid crystal material to flow into the cavity region (C).
US08300201B2
A pixel TFT formed in a pixel region is formed on a first substrate by a channel etch type reverse stagger type TFT, and patterning of a source region and a drain region, and patterning of a pixel electrode are performed by the same photomask. A driver circuit formed by using TFTs having a crystalline semiconductor layer, and an input-output terminal dependent on the driver circuit, are taken as one unit. A plurality of units are formed on a third substrate, and afterward the third substrate is partitioned into individual units, and the obtained stick drivers are mounted on the first substrate.
US08300199B2
A flexible printed circuit board includes a base film made of an insulating material, a power application wiring disposed on a first surface of the base film, a bypass wiring disposed on a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the base film, a first connection wiring which electrically connects the power application wiring to the bypass wiring, a second connection wiring spaced apart from the first connection wiring and which electrically connects the power application wiring to the bypass wiring, and a first cover film disposed on the first surface of the base film to cover at least a first portion of the second connection wiring. At least a first portion of the first connection wiring is exposed through the first cover film.
US08300198B2
A liquid crystal panel includes a signal transmission section and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The signal transmission section includes electrical conductive terminals. The FPC includes an insulating film and conductive lines disposed on a first surface of the insulating film. The conductive lines are electrically connected to the electrical conductive terminals. The insulating film substantially covers the electrical conductive terminals.
US08300196B2
A film-chip complex includes a film which includes a connection region along one side, a chip which is mounted on the film, a gate signal line which is disposed on the film, wherein the gate signal line includes a gate lead which is disposed in the connection region and a gate main line which connects the chip with the gate lead and a signal line which is disposed on the film, wherein the signal line includes a signal lead which is disposed in the connection region, a signal main line which extends substantially toward an exterior of the connection region and a signal pad which is connected with the signal main line.
US08300195B2
A balance board includes; a substrate, a first wire disposed on the substrate, a second wire disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first wire, a plurality of first balance coils connected to the first wire and which uniformly distribute a first power supply voltage, a plurality of second balance coils connected to the second wire and which uniformly distribute a second power supply voltage, and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first and second wires, wherein the first and second wires are disposed substantially in parallel with each other, the second wire being divided into a plurality of parts with respect to an area where the first wire and the second wire cross over one another and the plurality of parts of the second wire are connected by a plurality of jumper connectors overlapping the first wire.
US08300189B2
Provided is a liquid crystal (LC) device and method thereof. The device comprises (i) a body of liquid crystal, (ii) a first layer comprising a first material, and (iii) a second layer comprising a second material; wherein the first layer is located between the body of liquid crystal and the second layer; the first layer alone aligns the liquid crystal in a first orientation; the second layer alone aligns the liquid crystal in a second orientation; and the first orientation is different from the second orientation. With optimized first layer thickness, the invention can be used in sensor applications to improve detection sensitivity, and in LCD applications with enhanced control over LC pretilt transition.
US08300180B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes providing a panel including a first substrate having scan lines, data lines, an active device electrically connecting the scan and data lines, and a pixel electrode electrically connecting the active device, a second substrate having an opposite electrode, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the first and the second substrates and having a monomer material. A first curing voltage and a second curing voltage are applied to the scan and data lines, respectively. The second curing voltage is thus transmitted to the pixel electrode. The first curing voltage is higher than an absolute value of the second curing voltage. The monomer material is polymerized to form a first polymer stabilized alignment (PSA) layer between the LC layer and the first substrate and a second PSA layer between the LC layer and the second substrate. The electrical field is then removed.
US08300176B2
A backlight module includes a reflection sheet and a film structure disposed above the reflection sheet with a gap therebetween. A light source is disposed in the gap between the reflection sheet and the film structure so as to provide light. The film structure includes a first region for reflecting light incident thereupon from the light source and the reflection sheet, and a plurality of second regions for transmitting at least partially light incident thereupon from the light source and the reflection sheet.
US08300170B2
An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a data line, and a transistor formed on the substrate and including (i) a semiconductor film having a channel region having a channel length according to one direction, first and second source/drain regions which are formed with the channel region interposed therebetween, and first and second junction regions respectively formed between the first and second source/drain region and the channel region, and (ii) a gate electrode overlapping with the channel region, wherein at least one of the first and second junction regions is formed such that the width thereof is at least partially larger than that of the channel region.
US08300169B2
A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of TFTs and a photosensitive capacitor formed on the transparent substrate. A capacitance of the photosensitive capacitor is variable on the condition of environment brightness. A method for manufacturing the TFT substrate and an LCD using the TFT substrate are also provided.
US08300164B2
A liquid crystal device have an element substrate including a scanning line, a data line and a pixel electrode, a cutout is formed on the pixel electrode. A capacitor line for providing a storage capacitor is formed on the element substrate. The capacitor line has a first and second portions. The first portion extends along with the scanning line, and a second line portion overlaps the cutout of the pixel electrode.
US08300153B2
Video selection display unit that is capable of routing real-time output signals having a video component from different video signal sources, e.g., different instruments or home entertainment devices, to a single output for display on a monitor or other type of video display. The video selection display unit may be part of an automatic test system or home entertainment system. Control of the video selection display unit can be effected locally via a user interface, such as one or more pushbuttons, and/or remotely over a network which may be the same network used for communication with the instruments or devices or using an infrared remote control unit.
US08300145B2
A frame rate up-conversion apparatus comprises a motion vector detecting circuit, a dynamic quality control circuit, a motion compensation circuit and a pull-down recovery circuit. According to quality of motion vectors, a corresponding image output mode is determined dynamically. A visual impact due to incorrect motion vectors is reduced and the visual experience is also improved.
US08300141B2
The invention accomplishes an image capture apparatus capable of allowing a user to more easily attain, as compared to a conventional image capture apparatus, image data of a captured image which includes no blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail throughout an entire image. A portable terminal apparatus 100 includes (i) an image capture section 120 capable of consecutively carrying out image capture of a same image capture object a plurality of times; and (ii) a captured image determination section 130 for determining whether or not blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail is included in an image indicated by captured image data obtained by the image capture, and in a case where the captured image determination section 130 determines that the blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail is included in the image, the image capture section 120 consecutively carries out image capture of the image capture object under a plurality of exposure conditions different from the exposure condition in the image capture carried out to obtain the captured image data, and the communication section 150 transmits obtained captured image data to the image output apparatus 500.
US08300139B2
An image pickup apparatus which can reduce the time required for automatic focus scanning. The size of the face is determined based on information on a subject's face, which is detected from image data acquired by shooting by an image pickup device. The subject distance is estimated based on the determined size of the face. The depth of field is calculated. A range over which the focus lens is driven varies according to the estimated subject distance and the calculated depth of field.
US08300136B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to receive an optical image transmitted through a lens unit and configured to convert the image into image data, a target image detection unit configured to detect a target image satisfying a predetermined form from the image data converted by the imaging unit, and a focus control unit configured to move a focus position of the lens unit by a predetermined amount according to a result of the target image detected by the target image detection unit. The target image detection unit detects the target image from image data converted by the imaging unit in the moved focus position when the focus control unit moves the focus position of the lens unit by the predetermined amount according to the detected result of the target image.
US08300134B2
An image-taking apparatus is provided which includes a first extracting unit that extracts an image corresponding to a first region having a first aspect ratio and an image corresponding to a second region having a second aspect ratio from a video image to record the images, a second extracting unit that extracts an image having an aspect ratio of a display region of a display device from the video image in a range where the first region is maximally displayed, a producing unit that produces a notification image indicating that the second region exists outside the display region when the second region exists outside the region of the image extracted by the second extracting unit, a combining unit that produces a display image by combining the notification image with the image extracted by the second extracting unit, and a control unit that displays the display image on the display device.
US08300128B2
A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate having a light-incident surface, a plurality of pixels arranged on the light-incident surface, a photodiode arranged in each of the pixels, an insulating film arranged on the semiconductor substrate and configured to cover the photodiodes, wirings embedded in the insulating film, an etching stopper film distant from the lowermost wiring among the wirings, arranged adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, configured to cover at least a region where each of the photodiodes is arranged, and composed of silicon carbide, a trench arranged above each of the photodiodes so as to reach the etching stopper film, and an optical waveguide with which each of the trenches is filled, the optical waveguide having a higher refractive index than the insulating film.
US08300127B2
Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device receiving incident light from a backside thereof. The imaging device includes a semiconductor layer on which a plurality of pixels including photoelectric converters and pixel transistors are formed, a wiring layer formed on a first surface of the semiconductor layer, a pad portion formed on a second surface of the semiconductor layer, an opening formed to reach a conductive layer of the wiring layer, and an insulating film extendedly coated from the second surface to an internal side-wall of the opening so as to insulate the semiconductor layer.
US08300122B2
A solid-state imaging device comprises a pixel unit, an exposure control unit, a first read-out path, and a second read-out path. In the pixel unit, a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, in which the amount of accumulated electric charges changes in accordance with incident light, are disposed two-dimensionally. The exposure control unit controls the pixel unit such that the start and end of accumulation of electric charges are performed at the same time in the photoelectric conversion devices which belong to a plurality of rows included in the pixel unit. The first read-out path reads out captured image signals of the photoelectric conversion devices in units of one row during a unit read-out period. The second read-out path reads out reset signals of the photoelectric conversion devices which belong to the same row as the row in which the captured image signals are read out during the unit read-out period.
US08300117B2
Described is a system and methods for embedding standard video-taking heuristics into video-recording devices to help improve the quality of captured video for consumer devices. The described approach uses a combination of audio, visual, and haptic feedback that responds to video as it is recorded. This feedback can help users compose better shots as well as help them develop an understanding of the fundamentals of good video-taking.
US08300104B2
The invention discloses an event announcing system. The event announcing system comprises a portable electrical apparatus, a network, and a server. The portable electrical apparatus comprises an image capturing module, a positioning module, a time module, and a processing module. When the image capturing module captures an image information related to an event, the positioning module receives a positioning information and the time module receives a time information. The processing module is used for generating an announcing signal according to the image information, the positioning information, and the time information. When the server receives the announcing signal via the network, the server validates the announcing signal according to a validating rule and selectively generates an event report according to the announcing signal.
US08300100B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a system and method for providing airflow through a video surveillance system enclosure. A video surveillance system enclosure may have a first hole and a second hole. An incoming conduit may have a first incoming opening fitted into the first hole. A first plurality of holes may along at least a portion of a length of the incoming conduit. An outgoing conduit may have a first outgoing opening fitted into the second hole. A second plurality of holes may run along at least a portion of a length of the outgoing conduit.
US08300099B2
The present invention relates to a camera device for outdoor photography and a method to capture wildlife photographs. The camera device comprises: a four sided block; a solar panel on the top side of the block, where the solar panel supplies power to the camera device; a camera lens on each side of the block; a sensor on each side of the block, where the sensor detects motion and activates the camera lens associated with said sensor; and a programming panel on each side of the block, where the programming panel may program the functionality of each camera and sensor. The camera device also includes adequate memory and a processor, where the memory stores photographs taken by each camera and the processor executes commands related to the functionality of each camera and sensor of the camera device.
US08300098B1
An improved technique provides access to video data using a network attached storage (NAS) device. The technique involves detecting access to a video camera from the NAS device through a network, and receiving a video store command from a user workstation through the network. The video store command directs the NAS device to store video data provided by the video camera to the NAS device through the network. The technique further involves storing the video data provided by the video camera to the NAS device through the network in response to the video store command.
US08300096B2
Accurate measurements of flight path obstructions are taken from a moving aerial platform. Platform position, including altitude, is combined with dynamic data including target distance and target elevation data to calculate obstruction height or altitude. An optical subsystem on the aerial platform images the obstructions and provides a video stream showing the obstructions. The video stream and aerial platform data are wirelessly communicated to a control terminal where an operator observes a presentation of obstructions and obstruction altitudes or heights. The operator can issue commands to the aerial platform.
US08300093B2
A method capable of obtaining a fluorescence image and a background image with a simple configuration. A color image is obtained, when excitation light is emitted on a subject, by imaging excitation light reflected from the subject and fluorescence emitted from the subject. Thereafter, an estimated spectral image that includes a background image representing the excitation light and a fluorescence image representing the fluorescence is generated by allocating a wavelength component of the excitation light and a wavelength component of the fluorescence included in the obtained color image to different primary color components.
US08300084B2
A method for real-time prompting a stitching degree of a panoramic image applied to a digital image pickup device. At first, a boundary band of a first image is captured to obtain an boundary image, and a second image is detected. Next, the boundary image and a local image of the second image are merged, and an association value of the boundary image and the local image of the second image is calculated. Then, the second image after being merged with the boundary image and a prompt signal corresponding to the association value are displayed on a screen.
US08300083B2
A method for determining a plurality of spatial relationships associated with a plurality of image capturing devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method acquires sets of a plurality of source images from a plurality of image capturing devices. The present method then determines a plurality of transforms for each such set of source images for combining the acquired source images into a plurality of seamless images. The present method then determines a plurality of relative positions associated with the plurality of image capturing devices based on the plurality of transforms The present method then determines a plurality of spatial relationships associated with the plurality of image capturing devices based on the transforms and plurality of relative positions associated with the plurality of image capturing devices.
US08300082B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to determine video conferencing capability of a group of communication devices associated with a user where the group of communication devices comprises a set top box and where the determination of the video conferencing capability is performed in temporal proximity with establishing a voice call over an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network between a mobile communication device and at least one device of the group of communication devices; and establish a video conference for participating devices in response to a request from one device of the mobile communication device and the group of communication devices, where the video conference is established over an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, and where the participating devices comprise the mobile communication device and the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08300081B1
Blending of a video feed with a primary feed is described which allows a viewer to focus on a shared computer desktop space represented by a primary feed while also observing the video feed. Primary subject matter is generated from the raw feeds of both the video feed, resulting in a camera feed, and the primary feed to reduce unnecessary portions of the video feed and/or the primary feed. A transparency value of at least one of the camera feed or primary feed is adjusted before the two feeds are blended together in a composite view. By adjusting the transparency level, a more effective visual presentation and user experience is created.
US08300063B2
A projection system includes an information processing apparatus; a projector; and a signal transmission unit that carries signals between the information processing apparatus and the projector. The information processing apparatus includes a shape conversion unit that generates shape-converted image data that is properly represented when projected from the projector; a converted-image preservation unit that sequentially preserves the shape-converted image data; a modified-part detection unit that compares latest shape-converted image data with preceding shape-converted image data, and detects, as a modified part, part of the latest shape-converted image data that is modified from the preceding shape-converted image data; and a modified-image data generation unit that generates modified-image data of the modified part by adding color-tone data to each pixel in the modified part, and where the projector includes a current-image frame generation unit that generates a new current-image frame based on the modified-image data.
US08300058B2
An electronic device including an array of addressable registers storing data. An input register connected to the array stores an input command parameter (e.g an opcode of a command) and its associated operands in one or more input registers connected to the addressable register array. A single instance of a command accesses the at least one register of the array. Based on the input command parameter, the command for all of the address operands: reads a datum of the data previously stored in at least one register, updates the datum thereby producing an updated datum, and writes the updated datum into at least one register. The command has multiple address operands referencing the one or more registers and supports two or more of the address operands being identical. The device includes logic circuitry which provides a logical output signal to the processing circuitry indicating which, if any, of the address operands are identical. The processing circuitry based on the logical output, processes first any identical address operands prior to writing the updated datum into the at least one register so that a new instance of the command begins processing by the processing circuitry on a consecutive clock pulse and the command throughput is one command per clock pulse.
US08300054B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method of managing animation data and related control data for recording on an enhanced navigation medium is provided. The method comprises constructing animation data comprising first image data into a first graphic MNG file in chunk data format, wherein the first graphic file comprises a first header portion, a second end portion, first control data and a frame containing additional data; and recording the first graphic file on an enhanced navigation medium.
US08300051B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for enhancing images in consideration of region characteristics. An inverse gamma correction unit releases gamma correction and linearizes each of Red (R), Green (G), and Blue (B) colors. A threshold calculation unit calculates m-1 thresholds in order to divide the brightness of pixels into m regions, and labels each of the pixels as one of the m brightness regions. A block segmentation unit divides an input image into M×N blocks. A block statistics calculation unit determines one of the m brightness regions to which each of the blocks pertains, and labels the block as the corresponding brightness region. A block-based Look-Up Table (LUT) generation unit generates enhancement LUTs for the respective blocks. An image enhancement unit corrects the image using the LUTs for the respective blocks. A gamma correction unit performs gamma correction.
US08300050B2
3D scenes may be rendered a resolution lower than a resolution associated with the resultant image. A graphics application or 3D editor may render the 3D artwork at a lower resolution while the user modifies or manipulates the 3D model from which the artwork is derived. In some embodiments, an image may include multiple image layers, each representing a portion of the overall finished image. Graphics programs generally associate a target resolution with an image. Rendering 3D artwork at high resolutions may take extra time and result in poor performance. Thus, in some embodiments, a graphics program may be configured to render 3D artwork at a lower resolution than the resultant image's target or associated resolution while a user is modifying the 3D model. Subsequently, after the user has completed manipulating the 3D model, the graphics program may render the 3D model again at the image's associated resolution.
US08300045B2
A three-dimensional graphics system is provided. The three-dimensional graphics system rasterizes each of a plurality of polygons generated from vertexes in an order adapted to characteristics of each polygon. The three-dimensional graphics system includes a rasterization engine including a polygon setup unit receiving the vertexes and generating the polygons and rasterization information for each polygon, and a rasterizer rasterizing pixels using the rasterization information received from the polygon setup unit in an order adapted to the characteristics of each polygon. Accordingly, the coherence of the pixels is increased and the hit ratio of cache memory is thus increased. As a result, the performance of the three-dimensional graphics system is improved. With the increase of the hit ratio of the cache memory, buss traffic in the system is reduced and power consumption is thus reduced.
US08300041B2
The backlight apparatus includes a light source module having a plurality of light sources connected in series, and a power supply module which generates a driving signal for driving the light source module according a synchronous control signal. A first switch is disposed between the light source module and power supply module, or between a last light source in the light source module and a reference voltage level. The first switch is turned on or off according to the synchronous control signal. In addition, a second switch determines whether or not to couple a function terminal of the power supply module to the reference voltage level to disable the driving signal without power off according to the synchronous control signal.
US08300038B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel matrix section including pixel circuits laid out to form a pixel matrix to serve as pixel circuits each having an electro optical device, a signal writing transistor, a signal storage capacitor, and a device driving transistor, and a power-supply section configured to change a power-supply electric potential appearing on a power-supply line for providing a driving current flowing to the device driving transistor from one level to another in order to control transitions from a light emission period of the electro optical device to a no-light emission period of the electro optical device and vice versa, and stopping an operation to assert the power-supply electric potential on the power-supply line during a portion of the no-light emission period of the electro optical device.
US08300035B2
A display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, a plurality of semiconductor devices which are film-like substrates with an IC chip, and a monolithic anisotropic conductive film disposed on the printed circuit board. Each of the semiconductor devices has a first side portion and a second side portion opposite to the first side portion. The first side portion is connected to the printed circuit board via the monolithic anisotropic conductive film, and the second side portion is connected to the display panel. Further the first side portion of each of the semiconductor devices is respectively connected at separated portions of the monolithic anisotropic conductive film.
US08300034B2
A drive circuit for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided, where the LCD panel includes a plurality of pixels located at intersection regions of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The drive circuit includes a gate line drive unit and a data line drive unit. The gate line drive unit is configured to simultaneously enable two of the plurality of gate lines during each of successive horizontal scanning periods, where the two gate lines enabled during a horizontal scanning period are interleaved with the two gate lines enabled during a next horizontal scanning period. The data line drive unit configured to apply gray-scale voltages corresponding to image data to the plurality of data lines.
US08300032B2
A method for transmitting image data to a driver of a display is provided, in which the image data include pixel values each represented by a number of bits. The method includes the steps of sequentially transmitting at least two bits of one of the pixel values during a first period through a data line; and sequentially transmitting at least two bits of another one of the pixel values during a second period next to the first period through the data line, in which an order of the last bit transmitted during the first period is the same as that of the first bit transmitted during the second period.
US08300029B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, each of the first and second substrates defining a central display region and a peripheral non-display regions; a cover glass integrated touch sensor on the liquid crystal panel, the touch sensor including a plurality of transparent first electrodes and second electrodes formed on a surface of the cover glass facing the liquid crystal panel, wherein the first electrodes and second electrodes cross each other; and a touch signal applicator at a side of the cover glass away from the display region of the liquid crystal panel.
US08300027B2
A vibration touch sensor includes; a first substrate, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, a piezoelectric material layer disposed on one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the piezoelectric material layer generates an electrical signal in response to an external touch applied to at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a controller which receives the electrical signal generated from the piezoelectric material layer and generates a touch input signal, the controller controlling an alternating current voltage applied to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
US08300026B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel; a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel; a plurality of sensor data lines disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels; and a plurality of sensing units disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels.
US08299987B2
There is provided apparatus for controlling a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) comprising at least one current source for powering the set of LEDs; a main controller for receiving dimming and/or color mixing information and for translating the information into LED control information and transmitting the LED control information to control the set of LEDs; wherein the LED control information is based on and off times.
US08299986B2
A driving circuit of a display device includes digital/current converting (DCC) circuits, one for each data line. The DCC circuit operates to charge a capacitor with a reference current according to a supplied signal from a shift register. The DCC circuit stores a current value of the reference current and outputs it to a data line via a switching element that has been turned on by a digital image data signal of a single line supplied from a line latch. The output value of each DCC circuit is reset, one after another, in every select scan period in which an OFF signal is sent to all the data lines. In this way, the reset of the output value and the output of the image data signal can be successively carried out within one frame period, enabling the data to be applied to the pixel circuit.
US08299976B2
An antenna structure for receiving digital television broadcast signals includes a vase antenna housing having a generally hourglass shape with conically-shaped upper and lower segments joined together to define a narrower diameter middle portion. The antenna structure further includes a signal receiving antenna etched on the inner surface of the vase antenna housing. The signal receiving antenna conforms to the shape of the vase antenna housing and thereby exhibits an arcuate, partial hourglass shape. The signal receiving antenna may be a cloverleaf antenna or a spiral antenna.
US08299974B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a vehicle antenna device (1) and to a vehicle antenna device (1) which is produced using this method and has a carrier film (2) which is composed of an electrically non-conductive material, wherein antenna structures (3) which are composed of an electrically conductive material are applied to the carrier film (2), wherein provision is made, according to the invention, for a plug connector (4) or an electronic device (6) to be fixed and electrically contact-connected directly to the carrier film (2) at a base point of the antenna structure (3).
US08299969B2
A multiband antenna includes a radio unit and a base circuit board. The radio unit includes a first radio member and a second radio member connected to the first radio member. The first radio member and the second radio member have similar shapes and sizes to each other and are aligned with each other. The base circuit board is connected to the second radio member to provide feed signals to the radio unit and connect the radio unit to the ground. The first radio member independently sends/receives wireless signals at a first frequency, and the second radio member is coupled with the first radio member, thereby cooperating with the first radio member to send/receive wireless signals at a second working frequency.
US08299964B2
A system and method of adaptively correcting the excitation or receive coefficients for a phased array antenna. For a transmitting antenna, a sensor located in the near field of the antenna is used to sense the antenna transmission. A reference signal that represents the sensor response to a desired antenna transmission that is accomplished with predetermined excitation coefficients is determined. The magnitudes and phases of the excitation coefficients are modified in a predetermined manner to create a modified antenna transmission. An actual signal that represents the sensor response to the modified antenna transmission is then determined. The excitation coefficients are then corrected using the differences between the reference signal and the actual signal, such that the modified antenna transmission becomes closer to the desired antenna transmission. The method and system also apply to a receiving antenna.
US08299957B2
A method for detecting a vehicle type, a vehicle speed and width of a detecting area by a vehicle radar sensor is disclosed. A radio wave is transmitted to a tracked vehicle. Subsequently, the reflective radio wave from the vehicle is received. The Doppler frequency versus time distribution is generated from the reflective radio wave. Because the reflective radio wave is influenced by the Doppler Effect, a parallelogram or a shape close to a parallelogram of a consecutive motion diagram is shown in the Doppler frequency versus time distribution of the vehicle. According to the consecutive motion diagram, certain information, such as the length and speed of the tracked vehicle and the width of the detecting area, can be acquired.
US08299956B1
A target in a mobile platform's obstructed zone can be cleared from the obstructed zone and engaged in the most time-efficient manner by determining the direction of the maneuver that would require the shortest amount of time to clear the target and then maneuvering the mobile platform in that direction.
US08299955B2
The present invention relates to a method for cleaning signals for centralized antijamming. The invention makes it possible to provide as many cleaned antenna channels as sub-arrays with limited computational requirements. The method proceeds in two steps. Initially, an antijamming matrix is computed. This matrix depends on the noise covariance matrix, on a weighting vector representing the form of the desired antenna pattern on reception in an unjammed environment, and on constraints for preserving the shape of this antenna pattern. Subsequently, the signals arising from the antenna sub-arrays undergo a linear recombination effected by the antijamming matrix. The antijamming method is termed centralized since the data necessary for the antijamming processing are concentrated in the lone antijamming matrix. The invention applies notably to radar systems, notably to airborne radar systems.
US08299949B2
A received plurality of signals may be filtered to select an in-band signal and/or an out-of-band. A signal strength of the selected signal(s) may be measured. A resolution of an analog-to-digital converter may be controlled based on the measured signal strength(s). The selected in-band signal may be converted to a digital representation via the analog-to-digital converter. The resolution may be decreased when the strength of the in-band signal is higher, and increased when the strength of the in-band signal is lower. The resolution may be increased when the strength of the out-of-band signal is higher, and decreased when the strength of the out-of-band signal is lower. A signal-to-noise ratio and/or dynamic range of the selected signal(s) may be determined based on the measured signal strength(s), and may be utilized to adjust the resolution of the analog-to-digital converter.
US08299947B2
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal. According to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes multiple continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuits, each in a separate processing branch and having an adder that includes multiple inputs and an output; an input signal is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder; the output of the adder is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder through a first filter; and the output of a sampling/quantization circuit in the same processing branch is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder through a second filter, with the second filter having a different transfer function than the first filter.
US08299937B2
A self-powered in-pipe fluid meter to be mounted inside of a pipe carrying a fluid therein. The fluid meter comprises at least one sensing unit capable of measuring one or more parameters of the fluid inside of the pipe; a telemetric data transmission unit capable of telemetrically transmitting data including a measured fluid parameter to a host terminal and/or another fluid meter; and at least one fluid-driven power source unit capable of generating power from the fluid flow within the pipe and supplying power to the sensing unit and/or the transmission unit.
US08299936B2
A method for generating electromagnetic waves in the ELF/ULF comprising the steps of using a ground-based Horizontal Electric Dipole (HED) antenna to send electromagnetic pulses upwardly in the E-region of the ionosphere to form an oscillatory or pulsed electric field; allowing said pulsed electric field to interact with magnetized plasma of the lower ionosphere to generate a pulsed horizontal and vertical current which have associated Horizontal and Vertical Electric Dipole moment; and allowing them to radiate.
US08299919B2
In embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods of remotely monitoring a plurality of individuals may include providing a plurality of monitoring objects, wherein each monitoring object is associated with the environment of one of the plurality of individuals. A sensor may be integrated into each monitoring object, wherein the sensor collects activity data for the individual associated with the monitoring object. The sensor data may be processed at each monitoring object to obtain monitoring information for the activity of the individual associated with the monitoring object. The monitoring information obtained with each monitoring object may be transmitted over a network to a receiving object, wherein the receiving object may display a picture associated with the particular individual being monitored at the time that it displays information about that individual.
US08299916B1
In some embodiments, techniques for processing an alert may include receiving a specification of a region, wherein the specification of the region includes a first location and a radius; creating an alert; associating information relating to the region with the alert; determining a first current location as a second location; determining that the second location is outside the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius; determining a second current location as the third location; determining that the third location is within the region, based at least in part on the first location and the radius; and responsive to determining that the second location is outside the region and that the third location is within the region, sending an indication that the alert has been triggered, wherein the indication that the alert has been triggered includes an identifier associated with the alert.
US08299914B2
In a method of asset location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the cellular transmitter is made. The location data is communicated to a tracking service system, which tracking service system includes a database representative of geographic locations associated with a plurality of cellular receivers. The database is queried with received location data so as to generate geographic tracking data associated with a location of the cellular receiver, the geographic tracking data including display data adapted to generate a map image including data representative of a location of the selected asset. The geographic tracking data is communicated to an associated security agency for viewing of an image generated in accordance with the display data and at least one of tracking and interception of the selected asset.
US08299901B2
An electronic system including a user interface for transmitting an operational parameter control signal in response to manual manipulation of the user interface. A processor is coupled to the user interface and adjusts an operational parameter of the electronic system in response to receiving the operational parameter control signal. An actuatable device is actuated by a user. In response to the user actuation, the actuatable device prevents the processor from adjusting the operational parameter of the electronic system.
US08299897B2
An information processing apparatus includes an identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information that is contained in a tag whose registration has been instructed by a user and that identifies the tag from among a plurality of tags indicating user feelings; a registration information generation unit configured to acquire information corresponding to a user feeling indicated by the tag whose registration has been instructed by the user and to generate registration information including the information corresponding to the user feeling added in association with the identification information; and a display unit configured to display a list of images of tags corresponding to identification information contained in the registration information and display information corresponding to a user feeling added in association with identification information corresponding to a tag selected from the list of the images of the tags, on the basis of the generated registration information.
US08299891B2
In a keyless entry system, a CPU in an ECU and a CPU in a remote control key each have an associated memory for storing respective function formulas, which are specified by primary function formula data. With this structure, function formulas used in the remote control key and the ECU can be changed to respective new function formulas. This technique makes it difficult to predict the function formulas used in the remote control key and the ECU, thereby further reducing any regularity of rolling codes generated by the function formulas.
US08299888B2
There are provided a process for manufacturing a PTC device as well as a PTC device manufactured by such process wherein a resin coating for preventing the oxidation can be easily formed. The PTC device includes (A) a polymer PTC component (14) comprising: (a1) an electrically conductive filler, and (a2) a polymer material wherein the polymer PTC component is defined by opposite main surfaces and a side surface connecting outer peripheries of these main surfaces, and (B) layered metal electrodes (12, 22) placed on the main surfaces on both sides of the polymer PTC component. The PTC device has a support member (20) extending outward from a periphery of at least one of the main surfaces, and the side surface of the polymer PTC component is sealed from an ambient environment around the PTC device by a cured curable resin (24) disposed and supported on the support member.
US08299879B2
A transformer assembly (300) for use with an internal load (307) includes a transformer core (323) having a primary winding (405). A first electrode (303) and second electrode (319) are used for contacting an internal load (307). A secondary circuit is formed that includes the first electrode (303), the second electrode (319) and conductors (301,313, 317) positioned between the first electrode (303) and second electrode (319). The transformer assembly (300) is arranged so that the conductors (301, 313, 317) surround the primary winding (405), transformer core (323), the first electrode (301) and second electrode (319). The transformer assembly (300) may be used in an electrode furnace or other high current and voltage applications requiring high efficiency in a small package.
US08299875B2
A cavity filter defines a cavity with an opening on a top portion thereof and includes a lid to cover the opening of the cavity. A plurality of resonators are secured on a bottom portion opposite to the top portion of the cavity. The lid includes a plurality of bases extending from the lid toward the plurality of the resonators, respectively. A plurality of threaded holes penetrating the lid and one of the bases faces to the plurality of resonators, respectively. Each threaded hole includes a stopper portion extending from an inner surface of the threaded hole inward to form a step defining a hole in communication with the threaded hole. Each threaded hole corresponds to a tuning post to adjust a resonating frequency of the cavity filter.
US08299873B2
A grounding plate and a transmission line are provided in a stack of dielectric material layers. First transmission line portions having a first width are alternately interlaced with second transmission line portions having a second width in the transmission line. The second width is greater than the first width so that inductance of the transmission line is increased relative to a transmission line having a fixed width. Metal fins may be provided between the grounding plate and the transmission line in the stack of the dielectric material layers. The metal fins may be grounded to the grounding plate to increase capacitance between the transmission line and the grounding plate. The increase in the inductance and the capacitance per unit length between the transmission line and the grounding plate is advantageously employed to provide a reduced phase velocity for electromagnetic signal transmitted through the transmission line. A design structure for the transmission line structure is provided.
US08299870B2
A programmable gain attenuator (PGA) configured to receive a signal at an input and provide an attenuated version of the signal at an output is provided herein. The PGA includes a resistor coupled between a first tap and a second tap, where the first tap is coupled to the input of the PGA. The PGA further includes two sets of switches. The first set of switches is coupled in parallel between the first tap and the output, and the second set of switches is coupled in parallel between the second tap and the output. The attenuation setting of the programmable gain attenuator can be determined by controlling each set of switches.
US08299859B2
There are disclosed a surface mount crystal oscillator which can enhance a product quality and improve productivity while realizing miniaturization and a manufacturing method of the crystal oscillator. On wall faces of through holes formed in corner portions of a rectangular ceramic base, through terminals are formed; on the front surface of the ceramic base, leading terminals of crystal holding terminals which hold a crystal piece are connected to the diagonal through terminals; on the back surface of the ceramic base, mount terminals connected to the through terminals are formed; and the opening end face of a metal cover joined onto the ceramic base via the molten resin comprises a flange having an inclined face in the surface mount crystal oscillator.
US08299857B2
An RF power amplifier is disclosed that has improved input matching or reduced return losses over a wider frequency range. The amplifier includes an input impedance matching network, a resistive element, a transistor, and an output impedance matching network. The resistive element is coupled between the input impedance matching network and the input of the transistor. The resistive element is configured to lower the quality factor (Q) of the input impedance matching network. This has the effect of reducing the input impedance variation over a given frequency range. As a result, the overall impedance matching over the given frequency range is improved, thereby reducing the input return losses. This allows the RF power amplifier to be used in wider bandwidth applications.
US08299855B2
A power amplifier system includes a power amplifier element that provides a power output signal in response to a bias signal, and a voltage converter. The voltage converter provides at least one discrete voltage output level to the power amplifier element, where the discrete voltage output level is used to develop the bias signal.
US08299845B2
A semiconductor device includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a first voltage dividing circuit. The first circuit is coupled to a first terminal. The first circuit is operable by a first voltage supplied from the first terminal. The second circuit is coupled through a first resistive element to the first terminal. The second circuit is operable by a second voltage supplied through the first resistive element from the first terminal. The second voltage is smaller in absolute value than the first voltage. The first voltage dividing circuit is coupled to a first node between the first resistive element and the second circuit. The first voltage dividing circuit has a conductive state and a non-conductive state. The first voltage dividing circuit is kept in the conductive state while applying the first voltage to the first terminal to allow the first circuit to operate by the first voltage.
US08299843B2
A three-pole three-throw switch and a communication device employing the three-pole three-throw switch includes six diodes and six inductors. The six diodes are connected in series with a same direction. Common nodes of each two diodes form three poles and three throws. The three poles and the three throws are linked together in circular form. The three poles and the three throws receive control signals via the six inductor, respectively.
US08299842B2
A bidirectional switch includes a semiconductor switch Q3 having a gate and main electrodes serving as a drain and source. The semiconductor switch has a HEMT structure so that one of the main electrodes having a lower voltage than the other serves as a virtual source and the other main electrode as a virtual drain. The semiconductor switch receives a gate signal between the gate and the virtual source, to turn on/off a current in both directions. A gate signal generator 13 is connected between the gate and virtual source of the semiconductor switch, to apply the gate signal to the gate of the semiconductor switch. An overvoltage protection circuit is connected between the virtual drain and gate of the semiconductor switch. The overvoltage protection circuit has a resistor 16 and a constant voltage diode 15.
US08299833B2
A programmable clock control circuit includes a base block configured to control operation of the programmable clock control circuit and a chop block configured to control the width of an output clock signal of the programmable clock control circuit. The circuit also includes a pulse width variation block providing a pulse width variation output to the base block, the base block output being variable to provide at least three different output pulse widths. The circuit also includes a launch clock delay block coupled to delay the output of the base block and a scan clock delay block to delay the output pulse and a selector that causes either the scan clock delay block or the launch clock delay block to be active based on a value of a scan gate signal.
US08299831B2
A semiconductor device includes a slew rate controller configured to receive a mode register set signal and data and to activate a driving strength control signal for controlling the driving strength of a driving unit using the data in response to a code value of the mode register set signal. The driving unit is configured to pull a data output terminal up and down in response to the driving strength control signal.
US08299823B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for receiving true and complement clock signals at high or low frequencies into inputs of a divide-by-two quadrature divider, and providing true and complement clock signals, which are one-half the measured frequencies of the clock input signals, at the output of the quadrature divider. A tri-state clock mux coupled with combinatorial reset logic, with pull-up and pull-down devices at the output of the tri-sate clock mux, and/or pull-up and pull-down devices between the quadrature divider latches provide a defined logic state during startup at the input of the quadrature divider. The defined logic state ensures the output of the quadrature divider is metastability-free during high frequency application. Specifically, the quadrature divider has two output clock signals that are true and complement with measured frequencies that are one-half of the measured frequencies of the two clock input signals coming into the quadrature divider.
US08299818B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a main-interconnect to which supply voltage or reference voltage is applied; a plurality of sub-interconnects; a plurality of circuit cells configured to be connected to the plurality of sub-interconnects; a power supply switch cell configured to control, in accordance with an input control signal, connection and disconnection between the main-interconnect and the sub-interconnect to which a predetermined one of the circuit cells is connected, of the plurality of sub-interconnects; and an auxiliary interconnect configured to connect the plurality of sub-interconnects to each other.
US08299807B2
A foreign objection detection sensor has a lengthy sensor part having a sensor electrode having a first sensor electrode which detects a proximity of a foreign object and a second sensor electrode which detects a contact of the foreign object, a sensor terminal part provided at one end of the sensor part, a leading wire pulled out from the sensor terminal part, the leading wire being electrically connected to the sensor electrode at the sensor terminal part to provide a proximity detecting function for detecting the proximity of the foreign object to the sensor part and a contact detecting function for detecting the contact of the foreign object to the sensor part. The sensor terminal part has a support member which supports a detection circuit unit electrically connected to the sensor electrode to carry out the proximity detecting function and the contact detecting function together with the sensor electrode. The detection circuit unit is disposed in the support member.
US08299806B2
A sensor apparatus for detecting a positional relationship includes a first electrode, an applying unit applying a charging signal with a first cycle period to the first electrode, a second electrode, a selecting unit selecting the first or second cycle period which have overlapped segment periods, an output unit outputting electrical signals supplied from the second electrode with the first cycle period, if the first cycle period is selected, and parts of the electrical signals during the segment periods, if the second cycle period is selected, a comparator comparing an amplitude of the electrical signals with a threshold value and generating a first or second comparison signal and a controller generating a proximity and non-proximity signal in response to the first and second comparison signal, respectively, so that the selecting unit selects the first and second cycle period in response to the proximity and non-proximity signal, respectively.
US08299800B2
The invention provides a method of diagnosing a malfunction in an abnormal voltage detecting apparatus, which includes breaking an electrical connection between a secondary battery (100) and an abnormal voltage detecting apparatus (40, 31) and connecting the abnormal voltage detecting apparatus to a direct current voltage generating portion (20) that is different from the secondary battery (100), applying direct current voltage that has a predetermined voltage value that is outside of a normal voltage range to the abnormal voltage detecting apparatus (40) using the direct current voltage generating portion, and determining that there is a malfunction in the abnormal voltage detecting apparatus if the abnormal voltage detecting apparatus does not determine that the voltage is abnormal.
US08299798B2
A method of testing a relay set which includes mapping a relay set to an undirected graph indicative of a topology of the relay set and includes vertices indicative of channels of the relay set and edges extending between corresponding vertices indicative of relays. Values based on a characteristic of a relay of the relay set that corresponds to the respective edge of the undirected graph are stored. A plurality of candidate test paths for a relay-to-test that each connects a first input/output (I/O) channel and a second I/O channel, and includes the relay-to-test are identified. A total value for the edges of the candidate test paths is determined for each of the candidate test paths. The total values are compared to one another and a test path is determined for the relay-to-test based on the comparison.
US08299791B2
Described are embodiments for slice-selective excitation for MRI that utilize multiple RF transmit coils, each of which are driven with a separate independent current waveform. These embodiments allow slice-selective excitation with slice profile and excitation time similar to other single-channel excitation, but with reduction in SAR caused by the transverse component of the RF field by a factor up to the number of excitation coils.
US08299778B2
Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for providing approaches to remove or reduce thermal drift of the magnetic sensitivity of Hall sensor devices, to improve the stability of resulting signals of interest. Samples of a particular signal or signals of interest having improved stability make for advantageous use in conjunction with electricity meters. At the same time, associated designs and related components have greater simplicity, for reduced complexity in implementation. Among alternative embodiments, a gating structure selected of various present alternative designs may be used to partially cover, to an intentionally selected degree, an active area of a Hall sensor, so that a zero-drift supply current value may likewise be selected so as to satisfy other criteria which may be applicable to use of the Hall sensor. In other alternative embodiments, a gate structure is used which fully covers the Hall sensor active area, but a gate-control technique is practiced which is based on combined use with an external, relatively high resistance voltage-divider circuitry arrangement, again for eliminating temperature-based drift of the magnetic sensitivity of the Hall sensor arrangement, regardless of the end use to which such Hall sensor is applied.
US08299763B2
A circuit includes a regulator. The regulator includes first and second inductors and first and second arrays of switches. An output of the second inductor is connected to an output of the first inductor. The first array of switches is configured to receive an input voltage and is connected to an input of and in series with the first inductor. The second array of switches is configured to receive the input voltage and is connected to an input of and in series with the second inductor. An output voltage of the regulator is provided at the outputs of the first and second inductors. A controller is configured to detect and regulate the output voltage by generating control signals based on the output voltage. States of switches in the first and second arrays of switches are controlled by respective ones of the control signals.
US08299761B2
Apparatus and method for dense energy storage is disclosed. The inner tube of a multi-wall nanotube is reversibly withdrawn from the outer tube thereof via a facing electrode that is biased with respect to the nanotube by an external voltage source. As the inner tube is withdrawn, the potential energy of the van der Waals field between the inner tube and the outer tube increases, which manifests as a force that is directed opposite to the electrostatic force of attraction between the electrode and the inner tube. The storage apparatus is discharged by decreasing the applied voltage, which enables the van der Waals force to overcome the electrostatic force. As a consequence, the inner tube is drawn back into the outer tube. The electrode and nanotube define a variable capacitor and, as such, the change in capacitance based on movement of the inner tube results in a flow of charge to a load.
US08299760B2
A battery charger includes: a circuit board including terminal portions provided to be exposed to the outside from an insertion portion, in which a secondary battery is inserted, and electrically connected to the secondary battery; a power circuit portion obtaining a voltage from an external power source and supplying a charging current to the secondary battery; a temperature detection unit detecting a battery temperature of the secondary battery; a charging control switch turning on/off the charging current; and a controller controlling the power circuit portion or the charging control switch based on a voltage and a current of the power circuit portion and the battery temperature, wherein the temperature detection unit is provided in a part of the circuit board opposed to the insertion portion at a distance from electronic components constituting the power circuit portion and the controller based on a heat generation temperature of the electronic components.
US08299757B2
A secondary battery module includes a battery information storage unit for storing electric characteristic information and usage history information of the secondary battery module. A battery information management device and a terminal device respectively include interfaces to be connected to the secondary battery module. The battery information management device is provided with a battery information database. The battery information management device is connected to the terminal device through a communications network. In this way, battery information stored in the battery information storage unit, which is acquired by the battery information management device and the terminal device, is accumulated in the battery information database. Moreover, the battery information management device grades the secondary battery module for reuse based on the battery information and a predetermined threshold.
US08299748B2
In response to detection of connection between a power supply outside a vehicle and a charge plug, control device invalidates key verification performed for determining whether a key of a user is regular or not, when a shift position is parking and a parking brake is active. This satisfies system start conditions, and the control device turns on respective relays to start a system, and executes charge control for charging a power storage device from the power supply outside the vehicle.
US08299746B2
A move-sled-home device is used in an optical disc drive. The move-sled-home device includes a processing unit, a motor actuator, a sled, a sled motor, and a current-detecting unit. The processing unit outputs a control signal. The motor actuator generates a driving voltage according to the control signal. The sled motor generates a driving current according to the driving voltage to move the sled. The current-detecting unit is used for receiving and converting the driving current into an indicating signal, and issuing the indicating signal to the processing unit. During a move-sled-home action, the processing unit realizes a magnitude of the driving current according to the indicating signal, thereby determining whether the move-sled-home action is finished.
US08299742B2
A method for decelerating a motor in a computer numerical controlled machine tool is provided. The method includes calculating a present rate of deceleration DP, for a motor of a motor drive system, based on a present speed SP of the motor, a reference speed SR of the motor, and a reference rate of deceleration DR of the motor. The method also includes decelerating the motor from SP according to DP. The motor drive system comprises a maximum power rating that defines a maximum power, generated by the motor while decelerating, that can be dissipated without overloading the motor drive system. DR is a rate of deceleration such that power, generated by the motor while decelerating from SR according to DR, is equal to the maximum power rating. Power, generated while decelerating the motor from SP according to DP, is equal to or less than the maximum power rating.
US08299733B2
A method, computer readable medium, and system for controlling velocity of an at least partially resonant actuator system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes determining with an actuator controller computing device a sequence of full bridge and half bridge outputs to control an output velocity of an at least partially resonant actuator device. The actuator controller computing device controls a driver system to output a driving signal based on the determined sequence of full bridge and half bridge outputs. The driver system provides the driving signal to the at least one at least partially resonant actuator device.
US08299725B2
A driver for driving a light emitting device includes an output stage and a driving stage. The output stage is for outputting a driving current to the light emitting device according to a driving signal, wherein the light emitting device is coupled between the output stage and a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage. The driving stage is for generating the driving signal to the output stage, wherein one of the third reference voltage and the fourth reference voltage is within a range between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, and the other of the third reference voltage and the fourth reference voltage is outside the range between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage.
US08299722B2
In at least one embodiment, brightness multiple LEDs is adjusted by modifying power to subgroups of the multiple LEDs during different times and detecting the brightness of the LEDs during the reductions of power. In at least one embodiment, once the brightness of the LEDs are determined, a controller determines if the brightness meet target brightness values, and, if not, the controller adjusts each LED with the goal meet the target brightness values. In at least one embodiment, a process of modifying power to the subgroups of multiple LEDs over time and adjusting the brightness of the LEDs is referred as “time division and light output sensing and adjusting. Thus, in at least one embodiment, a lighting system includes time division light output sensing and adjustment for different spectrum light emitting diodes (LEDs).
US08299713B2
A method of accelerating charged particles using a laser pulse fired through a plasma channel contained in a capillary, wherein the plasma waveguide has deviations along its length that cause deviations in the plasma density contained therein, the deviations in plasma density acting to promote charged particle injection into a wake of a passing laser pulse. A radiation source based on a laser-driven plasma accelerator in a plasma waveguide in which the plasma waveguide and/or laser injection process is/are controlled so as to produce an undulating path for the laser pulse through the waveguide, the undulation exerting a periodic transverse force on charged particles being accelerated in the wake of the laser pulse, the resulting charged particle motion causing controlled emission of high frequency radiation pulses.
US08299712B2
A light unit that includes an internal power supply that may be used in the event of an external power failure to provide power to the light unit. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus, comprising (a) a power input configured to receive external power from an external power source; (b) a solid state light element that is interconnected to the power input; (c) a detection circuit interconnected to the power input and that, when power is not provided to the power input, measures input impedance at the power input and determines if there is a lack of external power; and (d) a back-up power source that is interconnected to the solid state light element and the power input and that provides power to the solid state light element when the light element is; not provided with power from the power input.
US08299707B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a display layer, a second substrate and a water-proofing frame. The first substrate has a view area and a ring-shaped through trench and includes a first base, a first metal layer, a gate-insulating layer, a second metal layer, a semiconductor layer, a bibulous insulating layer and a pixel-electrode layer. The gate-insulating layer is disposed between the first and the second metal layers. The bibulous insulating layer is disposed on the second metal layer and the gate-insulating layer. The ring-shaped through trench passes through the bibulous insulating layer and the part of the gate-insulating layer exposed by the second metal layer and surrounds the view area. The water-proofing frame is disposed at the ring-shaped through trench, connects the first substrate and the second substrate and encloses a wet-proof space between the first substrate and the second substrate. Besides, another display panel is also provided.
US08299699B2
A double-sided light-emitting field emission device and method of manufacturing same, said device comprising at least two transparent conductive layers, mixed field emission layers, and transparent package device. Wherein, the mixed field emission layer of field emission source and phosphor are utilized directly to serve as anode and cathode alternatively, such that on applying an AC power supply, roles of anode and cathode are changed alternatively along with frequency, hereby forming double-sided light-emitting structure. Therefore, the applications of said double-sided light-emitting field emission device are pretty wide, and having advantages of protecting field emission source, activating field emission source, reducing field emission arcing effect, having conductive phosphor, and raising illumination.
US08299695B2
An LED-based light can include a highly thermally conductive base having multiple radially outward projecting nodes. The nodes can be spaced apart in an axial and circumferential directions of the base. An electrical connector and at least one LED can be attached to the base, and a light transmitting bulb can be attached to the base and can cover the at least one LED. The geometry of the base can promote heat dissipation, which can allow the at least one LED to use enough power to produce an amount of luminosity that allows the LED-based light to replicate, for example, an incandescent light without overheating.
US08299694B2
A spark plug with excellent vibration resistance performance and resistor load life-span characteristics, and a reduced diameter which is achieved by strengthening adhesion between a resistor and a conductive glass sealing layer.
US08299690B2
The invention provides a rotating electrical machine provided with stable rotation characteristics for enabling each core to be reliably fixed in arranging a plurality of cores annularly around the rotor even when the dimensional error occurs in manufacturing accuracy of each core, causing each division core itself to enhance the cooling property, and resolving instability of magnetic reluctance between division cores, where the rotating electrical machine has a plurality of stator cores obtained by laminating electromagnetic steel plates, winding coils wound around the stator cores via insulators, a pair of first and second bracket members that hold the plurality of stator cores from the front and back in the rotary shaft direction of the magnet rotor, and a fastening member that couples the first and second bracket members, in the first bracket member is formed a first contact surface for striking one end face of each of the stator cores to regulate so as to arrange the plurality of stator cores annularly, in the second bracket is formed a second contact surface for striking the other end faces of the stator cores to regulate, the first contact surface constitutes a reference plane to align one end faces of the plurality of stator cores on the same plane, the second contact surface is formed of a deformation surface deformable to follow the other end faces of the plurality of stator cores, and at least one of the pair of first and second brackets is formed of a ring-shaped magnetic material for magnetically coupling between the division cores.
US08299682B2
In an ultrasonic motor, an elliptical vibration is generated by combining a longitudinal primary resonance vibration resulting from an expansion and a contraction of the vibrator in a direction of the central axis and a torsional secondary resonance vibration or a torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of a rotation axis, and the dimension ratio of the rectangle of the vibrator is chosen such that a resonance frequency of the longitudinal primary resonance vibration, resulting from the expansion and the contraction of the vibrator in the direction of the central axis and a resonance frequency of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration resulting from twisting of the rotation axis match. The vibrator includes a torsional piezoelectric body that generates a thickness shear vibration, and that is arranged at an anti-node position of the torsional secondary resonance vibration or the torsional tertiary resonance vibration.
US08299677B2
A machine has a rotor to be associated with a shaft. The rotor is provided with permanent magnets. A stator has pole pieces, including a main winding and flux diverters separating the main winding from a control coil. Control is provided for controlling the power passing through the control coil. The machine is a transverse flux machine. The machine may be utilized as a generator, an electric motor, or for other application.
US08299676B2
A high-output and highly efficient axial gap type rotating machine capable of reducing an eddy current generated in a winding wire and supplying a larger current is provided. The axial gap type rotating machine may include a housing, a rotating shaft rotatably supported in the housing; two rotors capable of rotating integrally with the rotating shaft, and a stator fixed to the housing, the stator disposed in an air gap formed by the rotating plates disposed to face each other, the stator including a fixing plate and coils disposed in a circle on the fixing plate so as to face the circles of the permanent magnets, wherein each of the coils includes a winding wire formed by a bundle of at least two coil conductors having rectangular cross sections by aligning at least one of long sides and short sides thereof, and the winding wire has an outer circumference covered with an insulating coating and is wound such that the long sides in cross section of the coil conductors are positioned perpendicular to the magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnets.
US08299673B2
A high phase order induction machine wound and permitted by coil symmetry to operate at fewer than the magnetically optimal number of poles is constrained by symmetry to be a two pole machine and be capable of operating on odd harmonics only, but with back-iron, end rings, and rotor core optimized for 10 pole operation, might be used normally in ‘5th harmonic’ mode, with ‘7th harmonic’ utilized to engage the ‘mesh effect’. Such a machine thus appears to be operating in the ‘1.4 harmonic’. A high phase order induction machine driven by a second harmonic drive, in which a symmetry imposed by full span windings is broken. This may be most simply accomplished through the use of short pitch windings. Other possible approaches include using non-wound slot drive, and using toroidal windings which localize coils to individual slots.
US08299669B2
A rim driven thruster comprises an annular housing, a propulsor assembly, a magnetic rotor assembly and a transverse flux stator assembly. The annular housing defines a flow path extending along an axis. The propulsor assembly is supported within the housing and comprises propeller blades extending radially from the axis of the flow path. The propeller blades are configured to rotate about the axis. The magnetic rotor assembly is mounted to radially outer ends of the propeller blades. The transverse flux stator assembly is mounted to the annular housing and is configured to provide electromagnetic torque to the magnetic rotor assembly.
US08299666B2
A dynamoelectric machine main body, power circuit modules and a field circuit module, and a control apparatus that has a heatsink that is prepared by die casting, and that is mounted integrally onto the dynamoelectric machine main body are included, the heatsink including a plurality of convex heat receiving portions that are disposed so as to project from a front surface of a base plate, and that have heat receiving surfaces, the power circuit modules and the field circuit module including seal main body portions that are constituted by an electrically insulating resin that seal switching elements so as to expose bottom surfaces of element heat radiating portions on reference surfaces that have a surface shape that corresponds to a shape of the heat receiving surfaces, and electrical insulation supporting layers being interposed between the bottom surfaces of the heat receiving surfaces and the element heat radiating portions.
US08299662B2
In a converter motor, the converter electronics are integrated into the motor connecting box. The lower part of the motor connecting box is formed in one piece with a housing of the converter motor and at the front end than at the rear end. The edge of the upper part of the motor connecting box is shaped appropriately slantwise, so that the upper side is aligned to be straight. Connecting cables for power current and data communications issue from a stepped gradation in the upper part. The upper part has a plurality of openings for passing through cables which are oriented at an angle of less than 90° to one another and to the motor axis.
US08299659B1
A power generator has a pendulum extending downwardly from an axle. The pendulum includes a plurality of bar magnets oriented parallel to the axle and being arranged in an arc equidistant and coaxial from the axle. The plurality of bar magnets are arranged in an alternating pole arrangement. The axle is mounted between two base units with each base unit including a pickup coil positioned proximate to the arc. The pickup coils generate an alternating electrical current as the bar magnets pass thereover.
US08299658B2
A horizontal linear vibrator includes: a bracket providing an internal space; a vibration unit mounted in the internal space and making a horizontal, linear movement; a magnetic field unit providing an electromagnetic force to allow the vibration unit to move horizontally; and a cover unit formed to cover an upper portion of the bracket, wherein the bracket includes a support plate part so as to support the vibration unit to make a horizontal, linear movement, and the cover unit is formed to overlap with the support plate part.
US08299655B2
The present invention is a method and apparatus for receiving and converting incident radiation into DC current. The method begins with selection of an antenna having a terminal tip with a sharp edge. The antenna is layered with a substrate and a first coating. A first electrode and a metallic/mCNT antenna are layered on the first coating, and a plasmonic layer is then added. A gap is formed which is bounded on one side by the terminal ends of the plasmonic layer and the first coating, and a second electrode and a second coating on the other. The second electrode is layered upon the second coating which is layered upon the substrate. A set of AC currents is induced along the length of the antenna. The method then calculates whether or not the induced AC currents are large enough to create voltages for field emission. If the voltages are large enough, then a forward bias and a reverse bias are initiated. Due to the asymmetry in these tunneling barriers, a positive net DC current is delivered to an external circuit.
US08299653B2
An HVAC/R system is configured with a variable frequency drive power supply which provides power to both a three-phase motor and to a single-phase motor. In some embodiments, the three-phase motor is a compressor motor and the single-phase motor is a condenser fan motor.
US08299652B2
In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed that includes features of transmitting power from a transmitter of a wireless power system at a multiplicity of frequencies between a first transmission frequency and a second transmission frequency at a first power level and transmitting power from the transmitter at a second power level and at one or more frequencies between the first transmission frequency and the second transmission frequency if the one or more receiving devices are determined to be coupled to the transmitter.
US08299650B2
A wind turbine generator derives the gradient of a change in output power of a generator that generates power by rotation of a wind turbine rotor, and determines an increase/decrease in the output power of the generator on the basis of the derived gradient of the change in output power. Then, when the frequency of a utility grid has dropped, power control is performed on the basis of the determination results. Therefore, a decrease in the amount of power supplied to the utility grid can be more effectively compensated for by accurately detecting output power fluctuations of the generator, using a simple configuration.
US08299649B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing distortions originating from a balanced link between a video transmitter connected to a first ground and a video receiver connected to a second ground, the method comprising isolating a connection to one of the first ground and the second ground and connecting the isolated connection to the other ground via a dedicated link. In particular, there is disclosed a passive circuit enabling additional channels to become available.
US08299642B2
A wind power generation system includes an excessive current consumption device, an AC input of which is connected between a generator rotor and an excitation converter on a system failure to detect a DC voltage ascent of the excitation converter and operate a shunt circuit on the system failure.
US08299617B2
Described is a method and apparatus for forming interconnects with a metal-metal oxide electromigration barrier and etch-stop. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes depositing a metal layer on the top of a planarized interconnect layer, the interconnect layer having an interlayer dielectric (ILD) with a top that is planar with the top of an electrically conductive interconnect. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes reacting the metal layer with the ILD to form a metal oxide layer on the top of the ILD. At the same time, the metal layer will not be significantly oxidized by the electrically conductive interconnect, thus forming a metal barrier on the electrically conductive interconnect to improve electromigration performance. The metal barrier and metal oxide layer together comprise a protective layer. A second ILD may be subsequently formed on the protective layer, and the protective layer may act an etch-stop during a subsequent etch of the second ILD.
US08299616B2
A T-shaped post for semiconductor devices is provided. The T-shaped post has an under-bump metallization (UBM) section and a pillar section extending from the UBM section. The UBM section and the pillar section may be formed of a same material or different materials. In an embodiment, a substrate, such as a die, wafer, printed circuit board, packaging substrate, or the like, having T-shaped posts is attached to a contact of another substrate, such as a die, wafer, printed circuit board, packaging substrate, or the like. The T-shaped posts may have a solder material pre-formed on the pillar section such that the pillar section is exposed or such that the pillar section is covered by the solder material. In another embodiment, the T-shaped posts may be formed on one substrate and the solder material formed on the other substrate.
US08299614B2
An interconnection structure, containing a substrate and, in the following order from a side of the substrate: (I) a semiconductor layer; (II) a multilayer structure including (II-a) a first layer containing at least one type of an element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon and fluorine and (II-b) an Al—Si diffusion layer containing Al and Si; and (III) an Al film of pure Al or an Al alloy, wherein the at least one of element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, and fluorine in the first layer is bonded with Si contained in the semiconductor layer.
US08299609B2
Product chips and die that include a pattern of features formed in a metallization level of a back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structure. The features in the pattern contain information relating to the die, such as a unique identifier that includes a wafer identification used to fabricate the die and a product chip location for the die on a wafer. The features may be imaged with the assistance of a beam of electromagnetic radiation that penetrates into a packaged die and is altered by the presence of the features in a way that promotes imaging.
US08299608B2
A die stack package is provided and includes a substrate, a stack of computing components, at least one thermal plate, which is thermally communicative with the stack and a lid supported on the substrate to surround the stack and the at least one thermal plate to thereby define a first heat transfer path extending from one of the computing components to the lid via the at least one thermal plate and a fin coupled to a surface of the lid and the at least one thermal plate, and a second heat transfer path extending from the one of the computing components to the lid surface without passing through the at least one thermal plate.
US08299607B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor element disposed on the substrate, a heat radiating plate disposed on the substrate and covering the semiconductor element, and a connection member connecting an upper surface of the semiconductor element and a lower surface of the heat radiating plate, wherein the connection member includes a first member being in contact with the upper surface of the semiconductor element and having a first melting point, a second member being in contact with the first member, having a larger area than the first member, and having a second melting point higher than the first melting point, and a third member interposed between the second member and the heat radiating plate, having an area smaller than the second member, and having a third melting point lower than the second melting point.
US08299595B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit package system includes: forming a base package including: fabricating a base package substrate having a component side and a system side, coupling a first integrated circuit die to the component side, and coupling stacking interconnects to the component side to surround the first integrated circuit die; forming a stacked integrated circuit package including: fabricating a stacked package substrate having a chip side, coupling a lower stacked integrated circuit die to the chip side, and attaching on a coupling side, of the stacked package substrate, the stacking interconnects; stacking the stacked integrated circuit package on the base package including the stacking interconnects of the stacked integrated circuit package on the stacking interconnects of the base package; and forming a stacked solder column by reflowing the stacked interconnects.
US08299592B2
A cube semiconductor package includes one or more stacked together and interconnected semiconductor chip modules. The cube semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip module and connection members. The semiconductor chip module includes a semiconductor chip which has a first and second surface, side surfaces, bonding pads, through-electrodes and redistribution lines. The second surface faces away from the first surface. The side surfaces connect to the first and second surfaces. The bonding pads are placed on the first surface. The through-electrodes pass through the first and second surfaces. The redistribution lines are placed at least on one of the first and second surfaces and are electrically connected to the through-electrodes and the bonding pads, and have ends flush with the side surfaces. The connection members are placed on the side surfaces and electrically connected with the ends of the redistribution lines.
US08299589B2
A packaging device of an image sensor includes a supporting seat and the image sensor. The supporting seat is a hollow frame having a predetermined thickness, a first surface, a second surface, and an inner edge receding from the second surface toward the first surface to form a recessed step. Plural contacts in the recessed step and in the outer periphery of the supporting seat are electrically connected by plural electrical connection structures. The image sensor has an active surface set on the recessed step by a flip-chip packaging technique. The image sensor also has plural conductive ends electrically connected to the contacts in the recessed step. An insulating material covers an inactive surface of the image sensor and fills the gap between the recessed step of the supporting seat and the image sensor to provide dust-proofness, shock resistance, and prevention against static electricity and leakage of light.
US08299581B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor chip having a passivation layer extending along a surface of a semiconductor substrate to an edge of the semiconductor substrate, and methods for their formation. One aspect of the invention provides a semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a passivation layer including a photosensitive polyimide disposed along a surface of the semiconductor substrate and extending to at least one edge of the semiconductor substrate; and a channel extending through the passivation layer to the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08299577B2
A switched-capacitor circuit on a semiconductor device may include accurately matched, high-density metal-to-metal capacitors, using top-plate-to-bottom-plate fringe-capacitance for obtaining the desired capacitance values. A polysilicon plate may be inserted below the bottom metal layer, and bootstrapped to the top plate of each capacitor in order to minimize and/or eliminate the parasitic top-plate-to-substrate capacitance. This may free up the bottom metal layer to be used in forming additional fringe-capacitance, thereby increasing capacitance density. By forming each capacitance solely based on fringe-capacitance from the top plate to the bottom plate, no parallel-plate-capacitance is used, which may reduce capacitor mismatch. Parasitic bottom plate capacitance to the substrate may also be eliminated, with only a small capacitance to the bootstrapped polysilicon plate remaining. The capacitors may be bootstrapped by coupling the top plate of each capacitor to a respective one of the differential inputs of an amplifier comprised in the switched-capacitor circuit.
US08299573B2
A trench and method of fabrication is disclosed. The trench shape is cylindrosymmetric, and is created by forming a dopant profile that is monotonically increasing in dopant concentration level as a function of depth into the substrate. A dopant sensitive etch is then performed, resulting in a trench shape providing increased surface area, yet having relatively smooth trench walls.
US08299570B2
An eFuse, includes: a substrate and an insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a first layer including a single crystal or polycrystalline silicon disposed on the insulating layer; a second layer including a single crystal or polycrystalline silicon germanium disposed on the first layer, and a third layer including a silicide disposed on the second layer. The Ge has a final concentration in a range of approximately five percent to approximately twenty-five percent.
US08299569B2
A method of cutting an electrical fuse including a first conductor and a second conductor, the first conductor including a first cutting target region, the second conductor branched from the first conductor and connected to the first conductor and including a second cutting target region, which are formed on a semiconductor substrate, the method includes flowing a current in the first conductor, causing material of the first conductor to flow outward near a coupling portion connecting the first conductor to the second conductor, and cutting the first cutting target region and the second cutting target region.
US08299553B2
A laser annealing method for executing laser annealing by irradiating a semiconductor film formed on a surface of a substrate with a laser beam, the method including the steps of, generating a linearly polarized rectangular laser beam whose cross section perpendicular to an advancing direction is a rectangle with an electric field directed toward a long-side direction of the rectangle or an elliptically polarized rectangular laser beam having a major axis directed toward a long-side direction, causing the rectangular laser beam to be introduced to the surface of the substrate, and setting a wavelength of the rectangular laser beam to a length which is about a desired size of a crystal grain in a standing wave direction.
US08299551B2
A semiconductor pressure sensor comprises: a substrate having a through-hole; a polysilicon film provided on the substrate and having a diaphragm above the through-hole; an insulating film provided on the polysilicon film; first, second, third, and forth polysilicon gauge resistances provided on the insulating film and having a piezoresistor effect; and polysilicon wirings connecting the first, second, third, and forth polysilicon gauge resistances in a bridge shape, wherein each of the first and second polysilicon gauge resistances is disposed on a central portion of the diaphragm and has a plurality of resistors connected in parallel, a structure of the first polysilicon gauge resistance is same as a structure of the second polysilicon gauge resistance, and a direction of the first polysilicon gauge resistance is same as a direction of the second polysilicon gauge resistance.
US08299547B2
A lateral, extended drain, metal oxide semiconductor, field effect transistor (LEDMOSFET) with a high drain-to-body breakdown voltage (Vb) incorporates gate structure extensions on opposing sides of a drain drift region. The extensions are tapered such that a distance between each extension and the drift region increases linearly from one end adjacent to the channel region to another end adjacent to the drain region. In one embodiment, these extensions can extend vertically through the isolation region that surrounds the LEDMOSFET. In another embodiment, the extensions can sit atop the isolation region. In either case, the extensions create a strong essentially uniform horizontal electric field profile within the drain drift. Also disclosed are a method for forming the LEDMOSFET with a specific Vb by defining the dimensions of the extensions and a program storage device for designing the LEDMOSFET to have a specific Vb.
US08299541B2
A region is locally modified so as to create a zone that extends as far as at least part of the surface of the region and is formed from a material that can be removed selectively with respect to the material of the region. The region is then covered with an insulating material. An orifice is formed in the insulating material emerging at the surface of the zone. The selectively removable material is removed from the zone through the orifice so as to form a cavity in place of the zone. The cavity and the orifice are then filled with at least one electrically conducting material so as to form a contact pad.
US08299540B2
A semiconductor structure which exhibits high device performance and improved short channel effects is provided. In particular, the present invention provides a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOFET) that includes a low dopant concentration within an inversion layer of the structure; the inversion layer is an epitaxial semiconductor layer that is formed atop a portion of the semiconductor substrate. The inventive structure also includes a well region of a first conductivity type beneath the inversion layer, wherein the well region has a central portion and two horizontally abutting end portions. The central portion has a higher concentration of a first conductivity type dopant than the two horizontally abutting end portions. Such a well region may be referred to as a non-uniform super-steep retrograde well.
US08299538B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an integrated circuit structure with field effect transistors having differing divot features at the isolation region-semiconductor body interfaces so as to provide optimal performance versus stability (i.e., optimal drive current versus leakage current) for logic circuits, analog devices and/or memory devices. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method of forming the integrated circuit structure embodiments. These method embodiments incorporate the use of a cap layer pullback technique on select semiconductor bodies and subsequent wet etch process so as to avoid (or at least minimize) divot formation adjacent to some but not all semiconductor bodies.
US08299535B2
Semiconductor structures are disclosed that have embedded stressor elements therein. The disclosed structures include at least one FET gate stack located on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate. The at least one FET gate stack includes source and drain extension regions located within the semiconductor substrate at a footprint of the at least one FET gate stack. A device channel is also present between the source and drain extension regions and beneath the at least one gate stack. The structure further includes embedded stressor elements located on opposite sides of the at least one FET gate stack and within the semiconductor substrate. Each of the embedded stressor elements includes, from bottom to top, a first layer of a first epitaxy doped semiconductor material having a lattice constant that is different from a lattice constant of the semiconductor substrate and imparts a strain in the device channel, a second layer of a second epitaxy doped semiconductor material located atop the first layer, and a delta monolayer of dopant located on an upper surface of the second layer. The structure further includes a metal semiconductor alloy contact located directly on an upper surface of the delta monolayer.
US08299532B2
An ESD protection device structure includes a well having a first conductive type, a first doped region having a second conductive type disposed in the well, a second doped region having the first conductive type, and a third doped region having the second conductive type disposed in the well. The second doped region is disposed within the first doped region so as to form a vertical BJT, and the first doped region, the well and the third doped region forms a lateral BJT, so that pulse voltage that the ESD protection structure can tolerate can be raised.
US08299528B2
An electronic device can include a first well region of a first conductivity-type and a second well region of a second conductivity-type and abutting the first well region. The first conductivity-type and the second conductivity type can be opposite conductivity types. In an embodiment, an insulator region can extend into the first well region, wherein the insulator region and the first well region abut and define an interface, and, from a top view, the insulator region can include a first feature extending toward the first interface, and the insulator region can define a first space bounded by the first feature, wherein a dimension from a portion of the first feature closest to the first interface is at least zero. A gate structure can overlie an interface between the first and second well regions.
US08299526B2
An integrated circuit includes a power MOS transistor which comprises a drain region, a trench gate, a source region, a well region, a deep well region and a substrate region. The drain region has a doping region of a first conductivity type connected to a drain electrode. The trench gate has an insulating layer and extends into the drain region. The source region has a doping region of the first conductivity type connected to a source electrode. The well region is doped with a second conductivity type, formed under the source region, and connected to the source electrode. The deep well region is doped with the first conductivity type and is formed under the drain region and the well region. The substrate region is doped with the second conductivity type and is formed under the deep well region. The drain region is formed at one side of the trench gate and the source region is formed at the opposing side of the trench gate such that the trench gate laterally connects the source region and the drain region.
US08299525B2
In a power IC device, a surface layer channel CMOS transistor and a trench power MOS transistor are formed on the same chip. In one embodiment, a source region of the trench power MOS transistor is arranged at the same level as a gate electrode of the surface layer channel CMOS transistor. Thus, the power IC device and a method for manufacturing the power IC device are provided for reducing manufacturing cost in the case of forming the trench power MOS transistor and the surface layer channel CMOS transistor on the same chip.
US08299521B2
Provided are a nonvolatile memory device having a vertical folding structure and a method of manufacturing the nonvolatile memory device. A semiconductor structure includes first and second portions that are substantially vertical. A plurality of memory cells are arranged along the first and second portions of the semiconductor structure and are serially connected.
US08299519B2
A read transistor for single poly non-volatile memory using a body contacted SOI transistor and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The non-volatile random access memory is formed in silicon on insulator (SOI). The non-volatile random access memory includes a read field effect transistor (FET) having a body contact formed in the silicon of the SOI. The body contact is in electrical contact with a diffusion region under a gate of the read FET.
US08299518B2
A semiconductor device includes an Si substrate having a first surface provided with semiconductor elements, such as a CMOS transistor and a diode, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. On one of the first and the second surfaces, a bypass capacitor is formed. The bypass capacitor includes a Vcc power supply layer and a GND layer which serve to supply a power supply voltage to the semiconductor element, and a high dielectric constant layer sandwiched between the Vcc power supply layer and the GND layer.
US08299515B2
Aspects of the invention provide for methods of forming a deep trench capacitor structure. In one embodiment, aspects of the invention include a method of forming a deep trench capacitor structure, including: forming a deep trench within a semiconductor substrate; depositing a first liner within the deep trench; filling a lower portion of the deep trench with a filler material; depositing a second liner within an upper portion of the deep trench; removing the filler material, such that the lower portion of the deep trench includes only the first liner and the upper portion of the deep trench includes the first liner and the second liner; forming a high doped region around the lower portion of the deep trench; and removing the first liner within the lower portion of the deep trench and the second liner within the upper portion of the deep trench.
US08299514B2
Processes are disclosed which facilitate improved high-density memory circuitry, most preferably dynamic random access memory (DRAM) circuitry. A semiconductor memory device includes i) a total of no more than 68,000,000 functional and operably addressable memory cells arranged in multiple memory arrays formed on a semiconductor die; and ii) circuitry formed on the semiconductor die permitting data to be written to and read from one or more of the memory cells. At least one of the memory arrays contains at least 100-square microns of continuous die surface area having at least 128 of the functional and operably addressable memory cells. More preferably, at least 100 square microns of continuous die surface area have at least 170 of the functional and operably addressable memory cells.
US08299510B2
A solid state imaging device with an easy structure in which have the high sensitivity which reaches the wide wavelength region from visible light to near infrared light wavelength region, and dark current is reduced, and a fabrication method for the same, are provided.A solid state imaging device and a fabrication method for the same, the solid state imaging device comprising: a circuit unit formed on a substrate; and a photoelectric conversion unit including a lower electrode layer placed on the circuit unit, a compound semiconductor thin film of chalcopyrite structure which is placed on the lower electrode layer and functions as an optical absorption layer, and an optical transparent electrode layer placed on the compound semiconductor thin film, wherein the lower electrode layer, the compound semiconductor thin film, and the optical transparent electrode layer are laminated one after another on the circuit unit.
US08299505B2
Pixel sensor cells, methods of fabricating pixel sensor cells, and design structures for a pixel sensor cell. The pixel sensor cell has a gate structure that includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric. The gate electrode includes a layer with first and second sections that have a juxtaposed relationship on the gate dielectric. The second section of the gate electrode is comprised of a conductor, such as doped polysilicon or a metal. The first section of the gate electrode is comprised of a metal having a higher work function than the conductor comprising the second section so that the gate structure has an asymmetric threshold voltage.
US08299503B2
A memory cell for reducing the cost and complexity of modifying a revision identifier (ID) or default register values associated with an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and a method for manufacturing the same. The cell, which may be termed a “Meta-Memory Cell” (MMCEL), is implemented on metal layers only and utilizes a dual parallel metal ladder structure that traverses and covers each metal and via layer from the bottom to the top of the metal layer structure of the chip. One of the metal ladders is connected to a power supply at the bottom metal layer, corresponding to a logic 1, and another metal ladder is connected to ground at the bottom metal layer, corresponding to a logic 0. The output of the MMCEL can thus be inverted at any metal or via layer and can be inverted as often as required. Significant cost savings are achieved because a revision ID or default register bits may be modified by altering only those metal layers where design changes are necessary.
US08299500B2
A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT), an integrated circuit (IC) chip including at least one HBT and a method of forming the IC. The HBT includes an extrinsic base with one or more buried interstitial barrier layer. The extrinsic base may be heavily doped with boron and each buried interstitial barrier layer is doped with a dopant containing carbon, e.g., carbon or SiGe:C. The surface of the extrinsic base may be silicided.
US08299495B2
In a reverse conducting IGBT, diode cathode regions are formed dispersedly on the back side of a device chip. When the distribution density of the diode cathode region becomes low, VF of a fly-back diode, that is, a forward voltage drop becomes large. On the other hand, when the distribution density of the diode cathode region becomes high, it becomes hard for a PN junction at a collector part to turn ON and a snap back occurs. In contrast to this, there is a method of providing about one to several diode cathode absent regions having a macro area, however, the arrangement of the regions itself directly affects the device characteristics, and therefore, it is difficult to control the device characteristics and variations thereof.In the present invention, dot-shaped diode cathode regions on the back side of the device chip are distributed into the shape of a substantially uniform XY lattice and at the same time, the lattice constant in a Y direction is made longer than that in an X direction in parallel with a linear gate electrode in a reverse conducting IGBT having a large number of the linear gate electrodes.
US08299489B2
An illumination device includes a base, a light-emitting module, a first layer, and a second layer. The light-emitting module is disposed on the base for generating a progressive-type light-emitting intensity. The first layer encapsulates the light-emitting module. The second layer encloses the first layer. The second layer has a progressive-type thickness corresponding to the progressive-type light-emitting intensity, and both the progressive-type light-emitting intensity and the progressive-type thickness are decreased or increased gradually, thus the progressive-type light-emitting intensity can be transformed into the same light-emitting intensity through the progressive-type thickness of the second layer.
US08299488B2
The present invention provides a LED chip structure. The LED chip structure comprises a substrate and an N type layer disposed on the substrate; a P type layer disposed on the N type layer; a N type contact pad and a P type contact pad disposed below the substrate; conductive through holes disposed through the substrate to electrically connect the N type layer to the N type contact pad and the P type layer to the conduct heat generated by the P type layer and the N type layer downward.
US08299474B2
Disclosed is an LED package. The LED package includes a package body, a semiconductor light emitting device on the package body and at least one of frames on the package body. At least one of the frames includes a bottom frame on the package body, and at least two sidewall frames extending from the bottom frame and inclined with respect to the bottom frame.
US08299473B1
A light emitting device includes a substrate having a surface region and a light emitting diode overlying the surface region. The light emitting diode is fabricated on a semipolar or nonpolar GaN containing substrate and emits electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength. The diode includes a quantum well region characterized by an electron wave function and a hole wave function. The electron wave function and the hole wave function are substantially overlapped within a predetermined spatial region of the quantum well region. The device has a transparent phosphor overlying the light emitting diode. The phosphor is excited by the substantially polarized emission to emit electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength.
US08299462B2
The invention includes a dielectric mode from ALD-type methods in which two or more different precursors are utilized with one or more reactants to form the dielectric material. In particular aspects, the precursors are aluminum and hafnium and/or zirconium for materials made from a hafnium precursor, the hafnium oxide is predominantly in a tetragonal crystalline phase.
US08299458B2
An organic EL device is provided with a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer between an anode and a cathode, wherein the hole injection layer is obtained by doping a hole transport material with an electron-accepting impurity, and the ionization potential Ip(HIL) of the material of the hole injection layer that composes the hole injection layer (also referred to as a hole injection material in the present description), the ionization potential Ip(HTL) of the hole transport material, and the ionization potential Ip(EML) of the material of the light-emitting layer (also referred to as a light-emitting layer material in the present description) respectively satisfy the relationship of Ip(EML)>Ip(HTL)≧Ip(HIL)≧Ip(EML)−0.4 eV.
US08299455B2
Self-assembled polymer technology is used to form at least one ordered nanosized pattern within material that is present in a conductive contact region of a semiconductor structure. The material having the ordered, nanosized pattern is a conductive material of an interconnect structure or semiconductor source and drain diffusion regions of a field effect transistor. The presence of the ordered, nanosized pattern material within the contact region increases the overall area (i.e., interface area) for subsequent contact formation which, in turn, reduces the contact resistance of the structure. The reduction in contact resistance in turn improves the flow of current through the structure. In addition to the above, the inventive methods and structures do not affect the junction capacitance of the structure since the junction area remains unchanged.
US08299450B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a lower electrode, a phase-change material layer formed on the lower electrode so as to be electrically connected to the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the phase-change material layer so as to be electrically connected to the phase-change material layer. The phase-change material layer includes a phase-change material including a composition represented by the formula (I)A(IIXIIIYIVZ)(1-A), where I is at least one of As and Se, II is at least one of Ge, Si and Sn, III is at least one of Sb and Bi, and IV is at least one of Te and Se, and where 0.001≦A≦0.3, 0.001≦X≦0.3, 0.001≦Y≦0.8, 0.1≦Z≦0.8, and X+Y+Z=1.
US08299446B2
Sub-field enhanced global alignment (SEGA) methods for aligning reconstituted wafers in a lithography process are disclosed. The SEGA methods provide the ability to accommodate chip placement errors for chips supported by a reconstituted wafer when performing a lithographic process having an overlay requirement. The SEGA methods include measuring chip locations to determine sub-fields of the reconstituted wafer over which enhanced global alignment (EGA) can be performed on the chips therein to within the overlay requirement. The SEGA methods further included individually performing EGA over the respective sub-fields. The SEGA methods take advantage of the benefits of both EGA and site-by-site alignment and are particularly applicable to wafer-level packing lithographic processes such as fan-out wafer-level packaging.
US08299437B2
Provided are a gamma ray detector and a gamma ray reconstruction method which can be used in SPECT and PET and which combine and reconstruct the information on “Compton-scattered” gamma rays, thereby remarkably increasing gamma ray detection sensitivity, decreasing the amount of a radioactive substance given to a subject, and remarkably reducing the concern about the amount of radiation exposure. The gamma ray detector comprises an absorber scintillator 12 made from an absorptive substance exhibiting a high rate of absorption with respect to gamma rays 1 in an energy region, emitted from a subject, a Compton scattering scintillator 14 made from a Compton scattering substance exhibiting a high probability of Compton scattering, and an energy detector 16 which combines the amounts of gamma ray energy absorption simultaneously measured by the two types of scintillators to reconstruct the gamma rays emitted from the subject. The two types of scintillators 12 and 14 are arranged in multiple layers so as to absorb or Compton-scatter the whole energy of the gamma rays 1.
US08299430B2
An electron microscope includes an electron gun for generating an electron beam, an accelerator for accelerating the electron beam to apply the electron beam to a sample, a spectroscope for selecting electrons having a specific energy out of the electron beam transmitted through the sample and losing an energy by an interaction with the sample, and a detector for detecting the electrons of the specific energy selected by the spectroscope and giving a transmission signal or a diffraction signal at a depth of the sample corresponding to a lost energy quantity of the electrons.
US08299419B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for generating atomic traps, and for storing, controlling and transferring information between first and second spatially separated phase-coherent objects, or using a single phase-coherent object. For plural objects, both phase-coherent objects have a macroscopic occupation of a particular quantum state by identical bosons or identical BCS-paired fermions. The information may be optical information, and the phase-coherent object(s) may be Bose-Einstein condensates, superfluids, or superconductors. The information is stored in the first phase-coherent object at a first storage time and recovered from the second phase-coherent object, or the same first phase-coherent object, at a second revival time. In one example, an integrated silicon wafer-based optical buffer includes an electrolytic atom source to provide the phase-coherent object(s), a nanoscale atomic trap for the phase-coherent object(s), and semiconductor-based optical sources to cool the phase-coherent object(s) and provide coupling fields for storage and transfer of optical information.
US08299410B2
A fan motor is mounted on the upper wall of the casing. The lower surface of this upper wall is formed into an inclined surface in which inclination is formed from the front wall side of the casing toward a back wall across from the front wall. When the fan motor is driven, oil mist or moisture contained in the air are condensed into water droplets or oil droplets. These water droplets or oil droplets fall and flow to the inner wall surface of the upper wall of the casing along the inner peripheral wall of a vent hole. Then the water droplets or oil droplets flow along the profile line of a vent hole smoothly (without stopping) and roll down the side wall of the casing.
US08299407B2
Provided is a low cost and highly safe electromagnetic induction heating device capable of uniformly heating an object to be heated. A work coil (26) has a basic coil (28) located at the innermost position, a first coil (30) located at the intermediate position, and a second coil (32) located at the outermost position, the latter two coils being connected in series to the basic coil (28). The first coil (30) and the second coil (32) are connected in parallel to each other. A switching circuit (16) for supplying a high-frequency current is connected to the first coil 30, and a second switching circuit 18 for supplying a high-frequency current is connected to the second coil 32.
US08299406B2
An electronic temperature-sensing probe comprises a shell, a control base plate, a probe and a key group, wherein the control base plate is placed inside the shell; the probe with one end extending outside of the shell and the other end connected to the control base plate electrically is mounted in the shell; the key group with their inner ends connected to control contacts of the control base plate are depressibly mounted on the surface of the shell; the key group comprises a power switch key, temperature-adjusting keys and a high temperature switch key; the control base plate controls the power on/off of the heating element based on the temperature control signals provided by the temperature-adjusting keys and the high temperature switch key and the temperature signal provided by the probe and the switch control signal provided by the power switch key.
US08299404B2
Apparatus for preparing food, comprising a food preparation chamber with an air-permeable bottom wall and an upper air discharge opening, a fan for moving hot air successively through the bottom wall, the food preparation chamber and the discharge opening, an air guide for returning the air from the discharge opening towards the bottom wall separate from the food preparation chamber, a heat radiating element positioned in the upper part of the food preparation chamber and an air guide member below the food preparation chamber. The air guide member is provided for directing the air flow essentially upwards into food present in the food preparation chamber.
US08299403B2
A heating device includes a heat resisting vacuum insulator (4) wound around the outer periphery of an electric heater (3) disposed along the outer wall of an exhaust pipe (1), wherein the electric heater (3) has a resistance heating element and a heat resisting electric insulator covering this resistance heating element, and the heat resisting vacuum insulator (4) includes a hollow platy covering material air-tightly sealed thereinside by a metal seat (5) having a heat resisting temperature of at least 100° C., and a fibrous or granular filling material (6) filled in the hollow portion of this covering material and having a heat resisting temperature of at least 100° C., the inside of the covering material being kept in a vacuum state.
US08299400B2
A heatable vehicle window (e.g., windshield or backlite) has bus bars electrically connected to a heatable coating having one or more heatable conductive layers. Electrical connection(s) between at least one bus bar and a corresponding external connector in the heatable window is/are made using a silver inclusive epoxy. The use of the silver inclusive epoxy permits a thin substantially uniform electrical connection to be made and permits numerous example advantages to be realized.
US08299394B2
An approach for assembling and repairing probe assemblies using laser welding includes aligning a beam element to a post element on a probe substrate. The beam element is positioned in contact with the post element on the probe substrate. The beam element is then attached to the post element on the probe substrate by laser welding the beam element to the post element on the probe substrate. The approach may include the use of a vacuum capillary pickup tool to align and position the beam element. The vacuum capillary pickup tool may also operate in conjunction with a laser beam delivery system for guiding the laser beam to the correct location for welding and also to assist in removing gases and debris attributable to the laser welding process. The approach allows probe elements to be connected directly to a probe substrate without requiring an intermediate layer.
US08299389B2
A method of repairing an aperture and adjacent defect wherein one or more defects proximate an aperture are removed from the base material proximate the aperture in an arc shape. An insert containing a profile that corresponds to the arc shaped section of the base material removed is welded to the base material. The weld is accomplished with a single curved path. Next, the insert is removed to create a repaired aperture and a surrounding section that has essentially the same dimensions as the aperture and surrounding section prior to the repair.
US08299388B2
Disclosed is a cooled welding electrode with a plurality of fins in the water well, where the fins are tapered between approximately 10 degrees and 45 degrees.
US08299387B2
A method for cutting a graphic into a graphic material is disclosed. The method includes automatically controlling a cutting device to cut a desired graphic shape into a graphic material and automatically adjusting the cutting depth of the cutting device between at least a shallower cutting depth and a deeper cutting depth substantially contemporaneously with the cutting the desired graphic shape into the material.
US08299386B2
Cutting device for spark-erosion machine wires in which, after passing through a machining region, the wire-electrode is cut up into sections which are disposed of as waste products into a recovery receptacle. The device comprises electrical contacts connected to a voltage/current source. The wire is subjected to a dielectric fluid whose flow rate is sufficiently high to generate a turbulent flow regime and cause random lateral movements of the wire which sporadically brushes against the contacts.
US08299384B2
Disclosed is a gas insulation circuit breaker with a structure for decreasing friction. The gas insulation circuit breaker comprises: a movable side supporting plate; a cylinder mounted so as to perform a reciprocating movement in a state that an outer surface thereof comes in contact with an inner surface of the movable side supporting plate; a contact spring for conduction disposed between the movable side supporting plate and the cylinder; and a movable arc contactor and a fixed arc contactor installed at the movable side supporting plate and the cylinder, respectively, and contacting and separated from each other by movement of the cylinder, wherein an end of the cylinder is tapered, and the outer surface of the cylinder comes in contact with the contact spring for conduction after a predetermined time lapses in a state that the cylinder has started to perform a closing operation during a circuit breaking operation.
US08299376B2
A key button structure for entering data in an electronic device comprises a first key element and a second key element. The second key element is retained to the first key element by a retaining mechanism. The second key element has a joint positioned at a side thereof opposite to the first key element and two actuators located at an opposite side thereof facing the first key element. The joint pivotably couples the second key element to a housing of the electronic device.
US08299373B2
The outer case of the display module 10 is constructed of static dissipative polypropylene components that house a circuit board 16 and display 14. When the display module 10 utilizes the hand held pendant option a front cover 18 is used. This front cover 18 provides a viewing window 20 to the display 14 and a flat surface to attach the membrane 22. When the display module 10 is to be mounted inside of an enclosure, the front cover is replaced by a flat plate 28 that then provides the viewing window 30 and flat surface membrane 32 requirements. The rear portion 12 of the display module 10 is used with either option and contains the necessary features to allow for either the front cover 18 or the flat plate 28 to be attached.
US08299362B2
An electrical adapter enables the conductors of a flexible cable to be extended into an armored conduit with electrical ground continuity and a rigid structural attachment. The adapter is cylindrical and has removable cover over an oblique aperture providing a highly rigid and strengthened fixture, which has a ground wire clamp for securement of the wires of the cable. An adapter collar is secured rotationally to one end of the adapter body for connecting the adapter to a nipple of an armored conduit mounted to a wall structure. The ground wire is secured to the ground wire fixture, and with the adapter collar secured to the armored conduit, electrical ground continuity is extended from the flexible cable to the armored conduit. With the removable cover secured over the access aperture, exposure of the ground wire clamp and the conductors of the flexible cable is eliminated.
US08299359B2
An installation of a wiring device configured to receive a cover plate which snaps on to a wiring device such as a switch or receptacle. With this invention, openings for threaded fasteners in the face of the cover plate are eliminated. In an embodiment, the cover plate has an opening sized to accommodate a wiring device and supports, on opposing side walls of the opening, at least one protrusion. The protrusions on the cover plate are located to detachably engage corresponding protrusions on the wiring device as the cover plate is pressed onto the wiring device.
US08299340B1
A novel maize variety designated PH18KN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18KN with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18KN through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18KN or a locus conversion of PH18KN with another maize variety.
US08299337B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH468487. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH468487, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH468487 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 CH468487.
US08299329B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XB28J10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB28J10, cells from soybean variety XB28J10, plants of soybean XB28J10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB28J10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB28J10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB28J10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB28J10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB28J10 are further provided.
US08299324B2
The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from Bacillus thuringiensis strains. New proteins designated Cry1Jd, Cry9Fa, and Cry1Bf, and insecticidal fragments thereof are provided, as well as DNA sequences encoding these proteins or their insecticidal fragments. Further provided are recombinant hosts expressing such proteins, particularly plant cells and plants.
US08299322B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08299321B2
Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.
US08299319B2
The present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a CCS52 protein and/or by increasing level and/or activity in a plant of a CCS52 protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having improved growth characteristics, such as increased plant size, increased organ size or increased number of organs, which plants have increased expression of a nucleic acid encoding a CCS52 protein.
US08299301B2
The present invention relates to fluoroalkylphenylamidines of the general formula (I), to a process for their preparation, to the use of the amidines according to the invention for controlling unwanted microorganisms and also to a composition for this purpose, comprising the phenoxyamidines according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for controlling unwanted microorganisms by applying the compounds according to the invention to the microorganisms and/or their habitat.
US08299299B2
A process for separating acrylic acid present as a main product and glyoxal present as a by-product in a product gas mixture of a partial gas phase oxidation of a C3 precursor compound, in which a liquid phase P is obtained, which consists of acrylic acid to an extent of at least 70% of its weight and, based on the molar amount of acrylic acid present therein, comprises at least 200 molar ppm of glyoxal, in which the glyoxal is separated from the acrylic acid in the liquid phase P by crystallization.
US08299298B2
The present invention discloses pharmaceutical-grade ferric organic compounds, including ferric citrate, which are soluble over a wider range of pH, and which have a large active surface area. A manufacturing and quality control process for making a pharmaceutical-grade ferric citrate that consistently complies with the established Manufacture Release Specification is also disclosed. The pharmaceutical-grade ferric organic compounds are suitable for treating disorders characterized by elevated serum phosphate levels.
US08299295B2
Different polymorphs of bromfenac sodium may be prepared and interconverted using crystallization/recrystallization, drying and/or hydration techniques.
US08299294B2
The subject invention provides: a method for producing vinyl sulfonic acid, comprising conducting demetallation of vinyl sulfonate salt, wherein the demetallation rate is not less than 95% according to the following formula: Demetallation rate(%)={(acid value after demetallation)/(acid value before demetallation)}×100; a method for producing vinyl sulfonic acid, comprising conducting demetallation of vinyl sulfonate salt, wherein demetallation is carried out using a strongly acidic ion exchange resin; and said method further comprising the step of purifying a product of the demetallation using a thin film evaporator.
US08299292B2
Provided is a method for preparing 60% or more cis-di(C4-C20)alkyl cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate which exhibits superior plasticizing property for PVC resin. Instead of a phthalate- or terephthalate-based aromatic ester derivative, 60% or more cis-dimethyl cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate is used as a starting material. The 60% or more cis-dimethyl cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate is subjected to transesterification with (C4-C20) primary alcohol to prepare 60% or more cis-di(C4-C20)alkyl cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate. Methanol produced as a byproduct during the transesterification is removed and some of the primary alcohol, which is evaporated, is recycled. Thus prepared 60% or more cis-di(C4-C20)alkyl cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylate exhibits superior plasticizer characteristics, including good plasticizing efficiency for PVC resin, high absorption rate, good product transparency after gelling, less bleeding toward the surface upon long-term use, and the like.
US08299291B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of synthesizing 1-(acyloxy)-alkyl carbamate prodrugs and to intermediates used in the methods.
US08299290B2
The present invention relates to functionalizing agents that are particularly useful for functionalizing living rubbery polymers to make the polymer more compatible with fillers, such as carbon black and silica. These functionalizing agents are comprised of a boron containing compound having a structural formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups and aryl groups, wherein R1, R2, and R3 can be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, and aryl groups, and wherein R4 represents an alkylene group or a bridging aromatic group.
US08299288B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a compound represented by Formula (4), the method including Step I of adding a solution in which hydrogen chloride is dissolved in an alcohol, to a mixture containing an organic solvent and a compound represented by Formula (1), and Step II of mixing a compound obtained in Step I, represented by Formula (3), with water.
US08299287B2
Certain metallocene compounds are provided that, when used as a component in a supported polymerization catalyst under industrially relevant polymerization conditions, afford high molar mass homo polymers or copolymers like polypropylene or propylene/ethylene copolymers without the need for any α-branched substituent in either of the two available 2-positions of the indenyl ligands. The substituent in the 2-position of one indenyl ligand can be any radical comprising hydrogen, methyl, or any other C2-C40 hydrocarbon which is not branched in the α-position, and the substituent in the 2-position of the other indenyl ligand can be any C4-C40 hydrocarbon radical with the proviso that this hydrocarbon radical is branched in the β-position. This metallocene topology affords high melting point, very high molar mass homo polypropylene and very high molar mass propylene-based copolymers. The activity/productivity levels of catalysts including the metallocenes of the present invention are exceptionally high.
US08299285B2
A metal complex of formula (III) wherein: M is a transition metal and A1, A2, X, X′, Y, L1′, R1′ and R2′ are as defined herein, is useful in medical imaging and therapy.
US08299284B2
A compound having the formula (I) where each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is independently C6-C18 aryl-, C5-C8 cycloalkyl-, C6-C18 aryl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C5-C8 cycloalkyl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C4-C20 branched alkyl-, C16-C20 linear alkyl-, RO—, —NRR′, —PRR′, —SR, fluoro substituted forms thereof, and perfluoro forms thereof: and R5 is C6-C18 aryl-, C5-C8 cycloalkyl-, C6-C18 aryl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C5-C8 cycloalkyl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C3-C20 branched alkyl-, C2-C30 linear alkyl-, fluoro substituted forms thereof, and perfluoro forms thereof; where R and R′ are each independently C6-C18aryl-, C5-C8 cycloalkyl-, C6-C18 aryl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C5-C8 cycloalkyl having at least one C1-C20 alkyl substituent, C4-C20 branched alkyl-, C2-C30 linear alkyl-, fluoro substituted forms thereof, and perfluoro forms thereof; A is N, P, S, or O with the proviso that when A is S, R2 is a nullify; and M is B, Al, Ga or In.
US08299277B2
Administration of either a tocopherol represented by the general formula (1) or a tocotrienol compound ester derivative before or after exposure to radiation is effective in preventing or treating health disorders caused by the radiation exposure.
US08299274B2
Novel catalytic processes for the production of carnosol from carnosic acid using hydrogen peroxide or a peracid are presented. The carnosic acid may be in pure form, in an impure form, part of a plant extract, or may be present in rosemary needles. The catalyst may be iron, iron salts, a minor amount of water, rosemary needles, or a mixture thereof.
US08299262B2
The present invention relates to novel pyridylmethyl-sulfonamide compounds of formula (I) where: n is 0 to 4; m is 0 to 4; R1 is halogen, CN, NO2, OH, SH, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, etc.; and/or two radicals R1 together form a fused ring; R2 is H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C2-C4-alkenyl, C2-C4-alkynyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkyl-C3-C8-cycloalkyl or benzyl; R3 is halogen, CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy or C1-C4-haloalkoxy; Y is —O—, C1-C4-alkanediyl, —O—CH2—, —CH2—O—, —C(NORn)—, —S—, —S(═O)—, —S(═O)2— or —N(Rn)—; and the N-oxides, and salts thereof and their use for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also to compositions and seed comprising at least one such compound.
US08299261B2
The present invention provides a compound having a superior acid secretion inhibitory effect and showing an antiulcer activity and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle, the nitrogen-containing monocyclic heterocyclic group optionally condensed with a benzene ring or a heterocycle optionally has substituent(s), R2 is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted thienyl group or an optionally substituted pyridyl group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, or one of R3 and R4 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or a nitro group, and R5 is an alkyl group or a salt thereof.
US08299237B2
The invention relates to nucleic acid sequences comprising NF-κB binding sites derived from the MGMT promoter region and uses thereof as decoy molecules in the treatment of cancer and immune-related disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences as well as to modified oligonucleotides (ODNs) comprising NF-κB binding sites derived from the MGMT promoter region, and uses thereof as decoy molecules for inhibiting NF-κB enhanced expression of MGMT. The invention further relates to compositions, kits and screening methods using the NF-κB binding sites of the invention or ODNs comprising the same for treating cancer and immune related disorders.
US08299233B2
The invention relates to the use of a multiplicity of polynucleotide probe sets, the multiplicity of polynucleotide probe sets consisting in a combination of pools of polynucleotide probe sets, each polynucleotide probe set containing at least one polynucleotide probe chosen among a library of nucleic acid sequences, the polynucleotide probes involved in the combination of pools of polynucleotide probe sets of the multiplicity of polynucleotide probe sets being such that each polynucleotide probe specifically hybridizes with one gene, and/or at least one of its variants when present, for determining the variation of expression at least 12 genes, and their variants when present, in order to diagnose the benign or malignant state of a breast tumor.
US08299217B2
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, nucleic acid molecules encoding variant AXMI-R1 sequences are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.
US08299216B2
The present invention relates to methods of determining melanoma status in a subject. The invention also relates to kits for determining melanoma status in a subject. The invention further relates to methods of identifying biomarker for determining melanoma status in a subject.
US08299208B2
By a temper treatment a polyaryletherketone powder is processed such that it is particularly suited for the use in a method for a layer-wise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object. To this effect the powder is tempered at a temperature that is at least 20° C. above the glass transition temperature for at least 30 minutes before it is used as building material.
US08299207B2
A process for removing residual monomers from water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein the water-absorbing polymer particles are thermally aftertreated in a mixer with rotating mixing tools at a temperature of at least 60° C. in the presence of water vapor.
US08299199B2
Cardanol based dimers are provided. The cardanol dimers are formed by hydrosilylation with silanes. Cardanol based dimers may be further reacted to form epoxy curing agents and epoxies which can be used as anti-fouling coatings on ship hulls and marine structures. The cardanol dimers may also be used to produce friction particles or phenolic resins. Methods of synthesizing the cardanol based dimers, the epoxy curing agents and the epoxies are also provided.
US08299179B2
Disclosed are a conjugated diene-based polymer from which a polymer composition excellent in fuel cost-saving properties and elongation at break can be obtained, a polymer composition containing the conjugated diene-based polymer and a reinforcing agent, and a process for producing the conjugated diene-based polymer. A conjugated diene-based polymer obtained by reacting one end of a polymer having a monomer unit based on a conjugated diene, a monomer unit based on a compound represented by the following formula (1), and a monomer unit based on a compound represented by the following formula (2) with an alkoxysilane compound. V1—S1 (1) wherein V1 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and S1 represents a substituted silyl group. V2-A2 (2) wherein V2 represents a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, and A2 represents a substituted amino group, or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group.
US08299176B2
The invention relates to a polymerisable liquid mixture comprising: (a) a polymerisable thermosetting composition which is a precursor by polymerization of a first thermoset polymer material, said composition containing at least one polythiol and/or one polyol, preferably a polythiol, and at least one polyiso(thio)cyanate; and (b) a second polymer material solubilized in the aforementioned polymerisable thermosetting composition, whereby the second material (i) contains at least one block copolymer comprising at least two polymer blocks A and B, namely an elastomer block A and a hydrophilic block B, and, following polymerization of the polymerisable mixture, (ii) forms domains which are rich in elastomer block A and which are dispersed throughout the first material, said domains being smaller than 80 nanometers and preferably smaller than 50 nanometers. The invention also relates to a transparent article having improved toughness, which is produced by means of polymerization of the above-mentioned polymerisable mixture, comprising an alloy of a first thermoset polymer material forming the matrix of said article and of a second polymer material which is dispersed throughout said first material. The aforementioned articles have improved resistance to impact and to crack propagation. The invention is suitable for use in ophthalmic optics.
US08299167B2
A conjugated diene polymer is provided that comprises a conjugated diene-based constituent unit and a constituent unit of formula (I), at least one terminus of the polymer being modified by a compound having a linkage of formula (II): wherein X1, X2, and X3 independently denote a group as defined in the specification. wherein p denotes 0 or 1, T denotes a group as defined in the specification.
US08299163B2
This invention provides water-based paint compositions containing water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles, hydroxyl-containing resin and curing agent, the water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 1,100,000 and an absorbance value not higher than 0.2 at a wavelength of 330 nm, as measured with spectrophotometer in the state of liquid dispersion at a mass concentration of 1.35% in 1,4-dioxane solvent; and the compositions excelling in finished appearance such as coated surface smoothness and coating film performance such as chipping resistance and water resistance.
US08299150B2
An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition exhibiting small molding shrinkage anisotropy, high dimensional stability, and high flowability, and a molded article produced therefrom, wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition, and the molding thereof, each comprise 100 parts by mass of an admixture comprising: (A) 40-99 mass % aromatic polycarbonate resin, or a mixture of 60 mass % or more aromatic polycarbonate resin and 40 mass % or less flowability improver and/or impact modifier; (B) 60-1 mass % silicate-containing inorganic filler, or a mixture of 35 mass % or more silicate-containing inorganic filler and 65 mass % or less fibrous filler; and (C) 0.05-3 parts by mass of mono- or di-ester of phosphoric acid having a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether or polyoxyalkylene alkylaryl ether group represented by formula [R1—O—(CnH2nO)m]3-xP(═O)—(OH)x, wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a substituted phenyl group having an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; n is 2 or 3; and x is 1 or 2.
US08299147B2
This invention relates to novel chemical resistant, film forming, and moisture vapor permeable ionomers, including specialized polyurethane ionomers, polyurea ionomers, polyamide ionomers, polyester ionomers, or a mixture of the said ionomers, having high content of covalent-bonded ionic groups, total >100 milli-equivalents per 100 gram of ionomers. These specialized ionomers have low noxious chemical crossover rate, high moisture vapor transmission rate, hydrolytically stable in humid environment, and capable of forming thin films. These novel chemical resistant ionomers can be cationic (selected from tertiary amines and their derivatives or quaternary ammoniums), anionic (selected from aliphatic carboxylic acids and their derivatives or aliphatic sulfonic acids and their derivatives), or zwitterions (selected from ionomers or a mixture of ionomers containing both cations and anions groups), or a mixture of any combination of the above three types, preferably in a form of coating solutions or dispersions suitable for coatings to form thin films or membranes, to protect the coated surface with acceptable barrier properties at any humidity with high moisture vapor permeability. One major application is in the field of protective fabric and protective clothing, gloves, shoes, hats, tents, sleeping bags, and protective skin cream against noxious liquids and gases.
US08299140B2
The present invention is an ink comprising a solid phase and a liquid phase wherein the solid phase comprises a polymeric binder and the liquid phase comprises oil and a pigment, the solid phase and the liquid phase forming a discrete particle having multiple domains of the liquid phase.
US08299134B1
A system and method for converting the natural gas into liquid hydrocarbons. A plurality of reaction cells are provided. Each reaction cell contains two concentric tubes. The concentric tubes are close in diameter and therefore create a very narrow uniform gap space in between the concentric tubes. The outer most of the tubes is heated. Natural gas and steam are passed into the gap space of at least some of the reaction cells. Due to the confinement of the gases and the heat, the mixture undergoes a water gas shift reaction to produce syngas. The syngas can then be reintroduced into other reaction cells to induce the Fischer-Tropsch process. Accordingly, the syngas is converted into complex hydrocarbons and water. The hydrocarbons and water are separated and cooled into liquid. The water is recycled and the liquid hydrocarbons are stored and transported.
US08299127B2
A method and composition for evenly applying water soluble actives is described. The method includes applying a composition with a HIPE to skin and generating a film having a hydrophilic surface so that composition and active can be evenly applied.
US08299126B2
The present invention is directed to a method of treating cancer, particularly canine hemangiosarcoma. The method includes the continuous and regular administration of a formulation including a histone deacetylase inhibitor as part of the standard canine diet. The preferred histone deacetylase inhibitor is SAHA. The formulation is administered following splenectomy to prevent tumor recurrence.
US08299125B2
The invention discloses water-soluble triterpenephenol compounds having antitumor activity represented by formula (I), wherein the substituents R1˜R4 and M are defined as in the description. The invention also discloses a method for preparing the compounds of formula (I) used quinone methide triterpene compounds as starting materials. The water-soluble triterpenephenol compounds disclosed in the invention can be made into various dosage forms including injection, tablet, capsule, granule and liniment, particularly suitable for making into injection.
US08299121B2
A softgel of NLKJ for the treatment of prostate diseases, comprising 0.05˜1.0 g of NLKJ and 0.05˜1.5 mg of an antioxidant, said NLKJ having the following physicochemical parameter: acid value<0.56, iodine value 95.0-107.00, saponification value 185.00-195.00, specific gravity 0.914-0.918 (20° C.), and refractive index 1.470-1.475 (20° C.). The inhibition of the softgel of NLKJ on the growth of prostate cancer in combination with the injection of Lupron is stronger than that of each of them used alone.
US08299119B2
Compounds having useful biological activity, particularly antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, derived from Centipeda cunninghamii, and biologically active derivatives thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and prophylactic and therapeutic use of the compounds.
US08299111B2
Compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. Compounds according to the invention bind to and are agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists of the CB2 receptor, and are useful for treating inflammation. Those compounds which are agonists are additionally useful for treating pain.
US08299108B2
New substituted benz-azole compounds, compositions and methods of inhibition of Raf kinase activity in a human or animal subject are provided. The new compounds compositions may be used either alone or in combination with at least one additional agent for the treatment of a Raf kinase mediated disorder, such as cancer.
US08299099B2
The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”), compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
US08299086B2
The invention relates to novel pyrimidine derivatives, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunomodulating agents. Formula (I) wherein A represents Formula (II), Formula (III), Formula (IV), Formula (V), Formula (VI), Formula (VII), Formula (VIII) or Formula (IX)
US08299084B2
The present invention relates to new piperidine inhibitors of Janus kinase 3 activity, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
US08299082B2
1,2,4-Triazolylaminoaryl(heteroaryl)sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for the manufacture of 1,2,4-triazolylaminoaryl(heteroaryl)sulfonamide derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing 1,2,4-triazolylaminoaryl(heteroaryl)sulfonamide derivatives are disclosed: The 1,2,4-triazolylaminoaryl(heteroaryl)sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) possess cell cycle inhibitory activity and are accordingly useful for their anti cell proliferation (such as anti cancer) activity.
US08299067B2
Provided herein are 5-demethoxyfumagillol and its derivatives. Also provided herein are methods of making the 5-demethoxyfumagillol and derivatives. Also provided herein are biological activities of the 5-demethoxyfumagillol and derivatives and methods of using same for treating diseases.
US08299061B2
This invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; as well as a method for treating obesity, a method for treating diabetes, and a pharmaceutical composition.
US08299055B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein D1, A1, D2, R1, D3, and R2 each have the same meaning as defined in the present specification or a salt thereof. The compound represented by the formula (1) or a salt thereof has an IKKβ inhibiting activity and the like and is useful for the prevention and/or treatment of IKKβ-associated diseases or symptoms and the like.
US08299051B2
Inhibitors of the enzyme beta-lactamase of formula (I): are provided. The compounds are adapted to inhibit beta-lactamase as produced by beta-lactam resistant bacterial strains. Methods of treatment of beta-lactam resistant bacterial infections in patients are provided.
US08299048B2
The present invention is directed to hexahydrocyclopentylf]indazole carboxamides and derivatives thereof as selective glucocorticoid receptor ligands useful for treating a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases or conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.
US08299044B2
The present invention revealed that by suppressing the expression of the WRN gene, the BLM gene, or the RecQ1 gene, which belong to the RecQ helicase family, apoptosis is induced in various cancer cells and their proliferation is suppressed. Compounds that suppress the expression of RecQ helicase family genes or the functions of RecQ helicase proteins are thought to have the activity of inducing apoptosis.
US08299038B2
A method and composition for treating a host infected with hepatitis C comprising administering an effective hepatitis C treatment amount of a described 1′, 2′ or 3′-modified nucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, is provided.
US08299034B2
Compositions and methods for maintenance of bone health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone disorders are presented. The present invention also provides the manufacture of a nutritional product, a supplement or a medicament for promoting bone growth or for the maintenance of bone health and methods regarding same. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising an active ingredient having an effective amount of a plant or plant extract containing at least one phytochemical having the ability to induce bone morphogenic protein expression.
US08299022B2
The invention comprises peptidyl analogs of ghrelin having greater stability which are active at the GHS receptor according to formulae depicted below: (R2)-A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-A11-A12-A13-A14-A15-A16-A17-A18-A19-A20-A21-A22-A23-A24-A25-A26-A27-A28-R1 wherein the definitions of A1 to A28, R1 and R2 are provided for in the specification, with the exception that the N-terminal amino acid must be selected from the group consisting of Inp, 1-Apc and 4-Apc, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of said compound together with therapeutic and non-therapeutic uses thereof.
US08299020B2
The present invention relates to a novel Paenibacillus polymyxa strain, OSY-DF, and its bioactive mutants. Also provided is a method for using a novel antimicrobial peptide, paenibacillin, isolated from the bacterial strain OSY-DF, and its bioactive variants or fragments. The invention also relates to antimicrobial compositions containing same and methods of their use.
US08299019B2
Described herein is the use of a modified human chemokine, GS-CXCL8(3-72)K11R/G31P or G31P in the treatment of a number of cancers, including but by no means limited to prostate cancer, liver cancer and melanoma.
US08299013B2
Disclosed are optimized keratin preparations for use in medical applications. Methods to produce optimized keratin preparations are provided for use in biomedical applications, particularly for the treatment of bleeding, and for the treatment of wounds. Also disclosed are surgical or paramedic aids comprising a substrate with keratin preparations provided thereon, and kits comprising keratin derivatives packaged in sterile form.
US08299002B2
An additive composition including at least one dispersant viscosity index improver and at least two seal swell additives is disclosed.
US08298991B2
Disclosed is method for controlling undesired vegetation of subfamily Mimosoideae comprising applying to the undesired vegetation or its environment a herbicidally effective amount of a mixture comprising (a) one or more compounds selected from the compound of Formula 1 and salts, esters and thioesters thereof: and (b) at least one additional herbicide selected from the group consisting of (b1) fosamine and salts thereof; (b2) imazapyr and salts thereof; (b3) metsulfuron-methyl and salts thereof; and (b4) triclopyr and esters, thioesters and salts thereof.
US08298981B2
An improved process to produce high surface area nanoparticle vanadium phosphorus oxide catalysts comprises the steps of reducing vanadium-containing compounds in an alcohol solution selected from the group consisting of isobutanol and benzyl alcohol and any combination derives thereof under reflux for 4 to 6 hours to form a suspended mixture; reacting dopants and phosphorus-containing compounds to the suspended mixture under reflux for 30 minutes to 3 hours to form precursors of the vanadium phosphorus oxide catalysts; drying the formed precursors; and calcining the dried precursors in a flow of gaseous n-butane/air mixture at 400 to 460° C. to form activated vanadium phosphorus oxide catalysts.
US08298978B2
Single site reactor/catalyst continuity in a dispersed phase reaction in terms of initial activation and subsequent deactivation may be improved by treating the support with a metal salt. The activator and catalyst are then deposited on the treated support. The resulting catalyst has a lower consumption of ethylene during initiation and a lower rate of deactivation. Preferably the catalyst is used with an antistatic agent.
US08298976B2
A pathogen-resistant fabric comprising one or more photocatalysts capable of generating singlet oxygen from ambient air. The pathogen-resistant fabric may optionally include one or more singlet oxygen traps.
US08298965B2
Disclosed herein are precursors and methods for their use in the manufacture of semiconductor, photovoltaic, TFT-LCD, or flat panel type devices.
US08298964B2
A semiconductor device and a method of forming it are disclosed in which at least two adjacent conductors have an air-gap insulator between them which is covered by nanoparticles of insulating material being a size which prevent the nanoparticles from substantially entering into the air-gap.
US08298963B2
With a recent shrinking semiconductor process, insulating layers formed between interconnect layers are becoming thin. To avoid parasitic capacitance between them, materials of a low dielectric constant have been used for an insulating layer in a multilevel interconnect. Low-k materials, however, have low strength compared with the conventional insulating layers. Porous low-k materials are structurally fragile. The invention therefore provides a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a multilevel interconnect layer including a low-k layer. According to the method, in a two-step cutting system dicing in which after formation of a groove in a semiconductor water with a tapered blade, the groove is divided with a straight blade thinner than the groove width, the multilevel interconnect layer portion is cut while being covered with a tapered face and then the wafer is separated with a thin blade which is not brought into contact with the multilevel interconnect layer portion. The wafer can be diced without damaging a relatively fragile low-k layer.
US08298957B2
The present invention is a plasma etching method comprising: a cleaning step (a) in which a cleaning gas is supplied into a processing vessel and the cleaning gas is made plasma, so that a deposit adhering to an inside of the processing vessel is removed by means of the plasma; a film depositing step (b), succeeding the cleaning step (a), in which a film depositing gas containing carbon and fluorine is supplied into the processing vessel and the film depositing gas is made plasma, so that a film containing carbon and fluorine is deposited on the inside of the processing vessel by means of the plasma; an etching step (c), succeeding the film depositing step (b), in which a substrate is placed on a stage inside the processing vessel, and an etching gas is supplied into the processing vessel and the etching gas is made plasma, so that the substrate is etched by means of the plasma; and an unloading step (d), succeeding the etching step (c), in which the substrate is unloaded from the processing vessel; wherein, after the unloading step (d) has been finished, the cleaning step (a) to the unloading step (d) are repeated again.
US08298954B1
A cap material layer is deposited on a metal nitride layer. An antireflective coating (ARC) layer, an organic planarizing layer (OPL), and patterned line structures are formed upon the cap material layer. The pattern in the patterned line structures is transferred into the ARC layer and the OPL. Exposed portions of the cap material layer are etched simultaneously with the etch removal of the patterned line structures and the ARC layer. The OPL is employed to etch the metal nitride layer. The patterned cap material layer located over the metal nitride layer protects the top surface of the metal nitride layer, and enables high fidelity reproduction of the pattern in the metal nitride layer without pattern distortion. The metal nitride layer is subsequently employed as an etch mask for pattern transfer into an underlying layer.
US08298943B1
A method for patterning self-aligned vias in a dielectric. The method includes forming a first trench partially through a hard mask, where the trench corresponds to a desired wiring path in the dielectric. The trench should be formed on a sub-lithographic scale. Form a second trench, also of a sub-lithographic scale, that intersects the first trench. The intersection forms a pattern extending through the depth of the hard mask, and corresponds to a via hole in the dielectric. The via hole is etched into the dielectric through the hard mask. The first trench is extended through the hard mask and the exposed area is etched to form the wiring path, which intersects the via hole. Conductive material is deposited to form a sub-lithographic via and wiring. This method may be used to form multiple vias of sub-lithographic proportions and with a sub-lithographic pitch.
US08298939B1
A method for fabricating a conductive contact is provided, including: providing a semiconductor substrate with a dielectric layer formed thereover and two conductive regions and an isolation element formed therein, wherein the isolation element isolates the two conductive regions from each other; forming an opening in the dielectric layer, exposing a top surface of the isolation element and a portion of a top surface of each of the conductive regions; performing an epitaxy process and forming a conductive semiconductor layer within the opening, overlying the top surface of the isolation element and the portion of the top surface of each of the conductive regions; and forming a conductive layer in the opening, overlying the conductive semiconductor layer and filling the opening.
US08298933B2
A layer of diffusion barrier or seed material is deposited on a semiconductor substrate having a recessed feature. The method may include a series of new deposition cycles, for example, a first net deposition cycle and a second net deposition cycle. The first net deposition cycle includes depositing a first deposited amount of the diffusion barrier or seed material and etching a first etched amount of the diffusion barrier or seed material. The second net deposition cycle including depositing a second deposited amount of the diffusion barrier or seed material and etching a second etched amount of the diffusion barrier or seed material. At least one of the process parameters of the first cycle differs from that of the second allows providing a graded deposition effects to reduce a risk of damaging any under layers and dielectric. A deposited layer of diffusion barrier or seed material is generally more conformal.
US08298917B2
A method includes receiving at least one wafer having a front side and a backside, where the front side has a plurality of integrated circuit chips thereon. The backside of the wafer is thinned, a pattern of material is removed from the backside of the wafer to form a plurality of dicing trenches. Each of the dicing trenches are positioned opposite a location on the front side of the wafer that corresponds to edges of each of the plurality of chips. The dicing trenches are filled with a filler material and a dicing support is attached to a front side of the wafer. The filler material is removed from the dicing trenches, and a force is applied to the dicing support to separate each of the plurality of chips on the wafer from each other along the dicing trenches.
US08298909B2
A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric layer, an upper electrode, and a ruthenium oxide layer. At least one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode is formed of a ruthenium layer, and the ruthenium oxide layer is disposed next to the ruthenium layer.
US08298903B2
A plurality of diffused resistors and a plurality of wirings (resistive elements) are alternately disposed along a virtual line, and those diffused resistors and wirings are connected in series by contact vias. In the same wiring layer as that of the wirings, a dummy pattern is formed so as to surround a formation region of the wirings and the diffused resistors. A space between the dummy pattern and the wirings is set in accordance with, for example, a minimum space between wirings in a chip formation portion.
US08298901B1
An improved method for manufacturing bipolar transistors is disclosed. The method for forming a PNP transistor comprises the steps of forming a P type collector on a substrate, forming a PNP epitaxial base on the P type collector, forming a PNP extrinsic base in the PNP epitaxial base, and forming a PNP emitter in contact with the PNP extrinsic base. The method for forming an NPN transistor comprises the steps of forming an N type collector on a substrate, forming a NPN epitaxial base on the N type collector, forming an NPN extrinsic base in the NPN epitaxial base, and forming an NPN emitter in contact with the NPN extrinsic base. The PNP and NPN transistors may be manufactured in the same control flow process.
US08298899B2
Exposed are a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same. The device includes an insulation film that is disposed between an active pattern and a substrate, which provides various improvements. This structure enhances the efficiency of high integration and offers an advanced structure for semiconductor devices.
US08298889B2
An electronic device can include a first layer having a primary surface, a well region lying adjacent to the primary surface, and a buried doped region spaced apart from the primary surface and the well region. The electronic device can also include a trench extending towards the buried doped region, wherein the trench has a sidewall, and a sidewall doped region along the sidewall of the trench, wherein the sidewall doped region extends to a depth deeper than the well region. The first layer and the buried region have a first conductivity type, and the well region has a second conductivity type opposite that of the first conductivity type. The electronic device can include a conductive structure within the trench, wherein the conductive structure is electrically connected to the buried doped region and is electrically insulated from the sidewall doped region. Processes for forming the electronic device are also described.
US08298882B2
Fabricating of semiconductor devices includes: depositing epitaxially a SiGe layer onto both NFET and PFET portions of a Si surface; blanket disposing a first sequence of layers over the SiGe layer including a high-k dielectric and a metal, incorporating the first sequence of layers into the gatestacks and gate insulators of both NFET devices and PFET devices; the first sequence of layers is selected to yield desired device parameter values for the PFET devices; removing the gatestack, the gate dielectric, and the SiGe layer for the NFET devices, re-forming the NFET devices by deploying a second sequence of layers that include a second high-k dielectric and a second metal; the second sequence of layers is selected to yield desired device parameter values for the NFET devices.
US08298877B2
An array substrate including: a gate electrode and a gate insulation layer disposed on a base substrate, the gate insulation layer having a first thickness in a first region and a second thickness in a second region, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness; a semiconductor pattern disposed on the gate insulation layer in the first region, an end portion of the semiconductor pattern having a stepped portion with respect to the gate insulation layer; an ohmic contact pattern disposed on the semiconductor pattern, an end portion of the ohmic contact pattern opposite to a channel portion being aligned with the end portion of the semiconductor pattern; and source and drain electrodes disposed on the ohmic contact pattern, the source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other and including first and second thin-film transistor patterns.
US08298871B2
A leadframe suitable for use in the packaging of at least two integrated circuit dice into a single integrated circuit package is described. The leadframe includes a plurality of leads. Each of a first set of the plurality of leads has a first side and a second side substantially opposite the first side of the lead. Additionally, each of the first and second sides of the first set of leads each include at least two solder pads. Each solder pad on a lead of the first set of leads is isolated from other solder pads on the same side of the lead with at least one recessed region adjacent the solder pad. In various embodiments, I/O pads from at least two dice are physically and electrically connected to the opposing sides of the leads.
US08298865B2
A method for manufacturing a substrate for a semiconductor package includes the steps of attaching first and second insulation layers which have first surfaces and second surfaces and are formed with conductive layers on the first surfaces, by the medium of a release film which has adhesives attached to both surfaces thereof, such that the second surfaces of the first and second insulation layers face each other; forming first conductive patterns on the first surfaces of the first and second insulation layers by patterning the conductive layers; forming solder masks on the first surfaces of the first and second insulation layers including the first conductive patterns to open portions of the first conductive patterns; and separating the first and second insulation layers from each other by removing the release film.
US08298860B2
Bottom sides of two semiconductor substrates are brought together with at least one bonding material layer therebetween and bonded to form a bonded substrate. A cavity with two openings and a contiguous path therebetween is provided within the at least one bonding layer. At least one through substrate via and other metal interconnect structures are formed within the bonded substrate. The cavity is employed as a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows to cool the bonded semiconductor substrate during the operation of the semiconductor devices in the bonded substrate. Alternatively, a conductive cooling fin with two end portions and a contiguous path therebetween is formed within the at least one bonding layer. The two end portions of the conductive cooling fin are connected to heat sinks to cool the bonded semiconductor substrate during the operation of the semiconductor devices in the bonded substrate.
US08298854B2
The objective of this invention is to provide a type of photodiode and the method of manufacturing the photodiode characterized by the fact that it has a higher photoelectric conversion efficiency (sensitivity) than that in the prior art. PIN photodiode 100 has a p-type silicon substrate, p-type silicon layer 112, n-type silicon layer 114 formed on p-type silicon layer 112 and having a junction plane with silicon layer 112, n-type low-resistance silicon region 116 that is formed to a prescribed depth from the surface of silicon layer 114 and has an impurity concentration higher than that of silicon layer 114, silicon oxide film 120 formed on silicon region 116, and silicon nitride film 122 formed on silicon oxide film 120.
US08298845B2
A motion platform configured as automobile racing vehicle simulator is disclosed. The apparatus that embodies the geometry and various methods of articulation related to a motion platform having advantageous geometric relationships are also set forth. In one embodiment enhanced performance of a motion-generating device having a rider or driver is accomplished through the location of the center of mass of a payload as near as practicable to the pivotal center of the payload support. The device has a base supporting an upstanding column and a sled pivotally mounted to the top of the column. The rider is accommodated on the sled. To achieve the event simulated results intended various acts are performed in configuring the motion platform. These include locating a pivotal center of motion on a column in a position above the base of the motion generating device; locating the position of a center of mass, the center of mass calculated from the mass of the sled and the mass of a rider accommodated on the sled; and mounting the sled on the pivotal center of motion of the device such that the located center of mass is close to the pivotal center of motion of the motion platform.
US08298842B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting device, which carries out a wet-etching process after a dry-etching process so as to form protrusions in a surface of a substrate for growing a nitride semiconductor material thereon. The method comprises coating a substrate with photoresist; forming a mask pattern on the substrate by selectively removing the photoresist; forming protrusions on the substrate by dry-etching the substrate with the mask pattern through the use of etching gas; wet-etching the dry-etched substrate through the use of etching solution; forming a first semiconductor layer on the substrate including the protrusions; forming an active layer on the first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer on the active layer; etching predetermined portions of the active layer and second semiconductor layer until the first semiconductor layer is exposed; and forming a first electrode on a predetermined portion of the first semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer and second semiconductor layer are not formed on the predetermined portion of the first semiconductor layer, and forming a second electrode on the second semiconductor layer.
US08298812B2
The invention relates to yeast strains in which a human GLUT4 transport or a human GLUT1 transporter can be functionally expressed and to particular GLUT4 transport proteins which can be functionally expressed particularly readily in yeast strains.
US08298807B2
The present invention concerns a new method combining evolution and rational design for the preparation of a strain of micro-organism for the production of 1,2-propanediol from a carbon source. The said method comprises growing an initial strain under selection pressure in an appropriate growth medium, said initial bacterial strain comprising an attenuation of the expression of the tpiA gene and an attenuation the expression of at least one gene involved in the conversion of methylglyoxal to lactate, in order to promote evolution in said initial strain; then selecting and isolating the evolved strain having an increased 1,2 propanediol production rate; then reconstructing a functional tpiA gene in the evolved strain. The present invention also concerns the evolved strain such as obtained, that may be furthermore genetically modified in order to optimize the conversion of a carbon source into 1,2-propanediol without bv-products and with the best possible yield.
US08298802B2
The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL3, recombinant BGL3 proteins and methods for producing the same.
US08298788B2
The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from Streptococcus pneumoniae that are useful in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions; antibodies against the polypeptides; and methods for the production of the polypeptides. The invention also provides methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of pathological conditions resulting from bacterial infection.
US08298776B2
A novel gene 024P4C12 (also designated 24P4C12) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 24P4C12 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 24P4C12 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 24P4C12 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 24P4C12 can be used in active or passive immunization.
US08298774B2
The invention describes a method for diagnosing of septic complications in polytraumatised human or animal patients, said patients being free of traumatic brain injury, by determining the level of the C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), its precursors or fragments thereof, especially the precursor of the C-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proCNP), in this patient and diagnosing the patient a having septic complications or being at risk of developing septic complications, if the level of CNP, its precursors or fragments thereof, especially NT-proCNP, is increased compared to normal levels.
US08298765B2
Compositions and methods are provided for constructing multi-functional nucleic acid nano-structures. Nano-structures are provided incorporating a built-in modularity, including nucleic acid modules. Modules contain moieties including detectible labels, nanoparticles, reactive moieties and other functional groups. Nano-structures can be used for delivery of target compounds, as well as identification of target nucleic acid molecules.
US08298762B2
The present invention provides methods, nucleic acids and molecular markers for the characterization of cells, tissues and heterogeneous mixtures of cells. Specifically, it describes particular genes and genomic regions in which DNA methylation patterns are a consistent and characteristic property of different cell types, states and stages of differentiation. The invention is useful in determining the identity, composition, quality and potency of cells and cell populations. Furthermore, the invention will be useful in monitoring the differentiation of cells.
US08298758B2
The present invention is to provide a multiple detection method that can detect contaminating microorganisms existing in foods, including pathogenic Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp., with high sensitivity comparable or even superior to official methods, comprising the steps of amplifying a plural number of target genes with a single PCR reaction tube and analyzing the same. The following steps are performed consecutively: (A) a step of extracting DNA of the target microorganisms to be detected by treating with at least a lytic enzyme such as Achromopepidase and Lysozyme and/or bacteriocin having lytic activity such as Enterolysine, a surfactant and a protein denaturing agent; and (B) a step of mixing a specific primer to the target microorganisms to be detected to perform multiplex PCR. Further, it is preferable to add a step of culturing with a culture condition where 1 CFU/100 g microorganisms becomes 10.sup.3 CFU/ml or more after 18 to 48 h of culture, for example that the pH after culture becomes 5.1 or more, before the step of extracting DNA of the target microorganisms to be detected.
US08298754B2
A method for forming a thick film pattern forms a thick film pattern having a large thickness, a high hardness, and a high aspect ratio and exhibiting high dimension precision and high shape precision. In the method, a photosensitive paste including an inorganic powder, a photosensitive monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator and containing substantially no polymer is applied to a support so as to form a photosensitive paste film. The resulting photosensitive paste film is subjected to an exposure treatment and, thereafter, development is conducted so as to form a predetermined thick film pattern. Alternatively, a photolithography photosensitive paste including an inorganic powder, a photosensitive monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a polymer is used, wherein a ratio (weight ratio) of the photosensitive monomer to a total amount of the photosensitive monomer and the polymer is about 0.86 or more.
