US08793278B2
A system and method for searching for computer environments, authenticating the computer environments, and copying data from the authenticated computer environments to a memory location. The data is marked or bound to the computer system it was copied from which provides a user with assurance that the data was obtained from a specific, authenticated source. The computer environments and the memory location may be coupled over a network.
US08793273B1
The present invention relates to generating a parser for and to parsing a web page to generate a list of one-to-one relationships, such as parsing a publically available Twitter page to generate a list of followers and a list of photographs or a publically available list of what is “happening now at the Nation” on the music web site ReverbNation. More generally, it relates to a parser that takes parsing instructions from a declaratory template. The declaratory template used to generate lists can be as simple as specifying pattern matches for a subject, predicate and object. In alternative implementations, specification of a predicate could be omitted, if only one type of list were being generated. In other alternative implementations, a string user text can be specified. Another option is to specify annotations to relations, which can be literally annotated or extracted using a pattern match specification. Cardinality of the subject and object can be specified. Multiple declaratory templates can be used to extract multiple lists from the same web page. Query group statements can be used to set a scope in which subject and object pattern matches must occur in order to emit a relationship.
US08793272B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for providing value help. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving at least one field of a row of a list presented at a user interface; transforming, at a service component rather than the user interface, the at least one field into a query; and sending the transformed query to a database. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US08793266B2
Generation of a search query to be issued to a document search engine is supported by providing a GUI creation unit that generates a graphical user interface for supporting generation of a search query. The GUI creation unit generates a query-node creation window that is a GUI window for generating a new search word to be connected to a search query by a logical operator. The query-node creation window includes a sample-document preview area that displays a sample document, a facet list area that displays facets extracted from the sample document in list form, a query-node creation assist area to assist generation of the new search word, and a logical-operator selection icon to select a logical operator that connects the generated search word.
US08793264B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining a subset of documents from which a particular document was derived. According to one embodiment, similarity measurements indicating similarities between contents of documents are received. A subset of the documents that the particular document was derived from is determined based on dates the documents were created and the similarity measurements without requiring document tracking information to be associated with the documents to determine the subset.
US08793261B2
An information retrieval system including a natural language parser (3) for parsing documents of a document space (1) to identify key terms of each document based on linguistic structure, and for parsing a search query to determine the search term, a feature extractor (4) for determining an importance score for terms of the document space based on distribution of the terms in the document space, an index term generator (5) for generating index terms using the key terms identified by the parser and the extractor and having an importance score above a threshold level, and a query clarifier (16) for selecting from the index terms, on the basis of the search term, index terms for selecting a document from the document space. A speech recognition engine (12) generates the query, and a bi-gram language module (6) generates grammar rules for the speech recognition engine using the index terms.
US08793259B2
In an exemplary aspect, the present invention includes a control unit that when a keyword for search is entered, collects texts containing that keyword from texts stored in a storage unit, extracts a noun of collected first texts, determines a noun partially matching with the keyword as a first word, extracts a second text containing that first word among the first texts, extracts a word from the second text, the word being one of a noun, a verb, and an adjective, counts the number of times an extracted word is used, determines a word whose number of times of use is placed in predefined highest ranks as a second word, the second word being a related word to the first word, and outputs the first word and the second word.
US08793255B1
A system and method for generating a reputation score is disclosed. A processing unit processes user activity data from data sources to identify user interactions associated with a user. A categorizing engine categorizes the user interactions into categories. A social bonus engine determines a social bonus score based on social affinity data. A scoring engine computes a first reputation score for the user by combining scores for the categorized user interactions with a social bonus score. A learning engine receives a second set of user interactions and training data and generates a learning result that is used to update the first reputation score.
US08793252B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for contextual analysis and segmentation of information objects. According to one implementation, information objects, such as web pages and user profiles, may be analyzed to identify key terms. These key terms may be included in a contextual representation of an information object. By comparing the contextual representations of a plurality of information objects, one or more contextual segments (i.e., categories of information objects) may be created. Each contextual segment may also be associated with its own contextual representation. Once a contextual segment has been created, information objects may be assigned to the contextual segment. These contextual segments may be used to deliver targeted advertising, for example.
US08793245B2
A method for providing information exchange and analysis to a medical knowledge database that collects, organizes, and retrieves clinical experience information sets submitted by a plurality of treatment providers and researchers. The plurality of treatment providers and researchers submit clinical information containing biological sequences, signs and symptoms, and medical assessments to the database. the method searches the database for similar cases and if none are found, creates a new searchable case for the database and utilizes statistical calculations to determine an optimal treatment protocol, a treatment progression probability, and a patients personalized predicted medical future. The system accomplishes this through the use of a plurality of organizational and analysis methods that continually learns from its users, groups non-identical cases based on statistical similarities, performs sequence alignments on submitted biological sequences, utilizes pattern recognition software to determine similarities between medical images, and provides case follow ups to track treatment outcomes.
US08793232B2
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata or index databases. In one exemplary method, a notification that an existing file has been modified or that a new file has been created is received by an indexing software component, which then, in response to the notification performs an indexing operation, where the notification is either not based solely on time or user input or the notification includes an identifier that identifies the file. Other methods in data processing systems and machine readable media are also described.
US08793226B1
The present invention provides a system and method for estimating duplicate data in a storage system. A duplicate estimation application executes on a client of a storage system selects an element from an intended destination such as, e.g., a data store of the storage system. If the element is a file (or other data container), the application reads data from the file and computes a fingerprint of the read data. The computed fingerprint is then logged in a fingerprint database, which is illustratively stored on a storage device connected to the client executing the application. This process repeats until the entire file (or other data container) has been read and fingerprinted. Once all elements have been scanned, fingerprinted and recorded, the application identifies any unique entries within the fingerprint database. Utilizing this information, the application computes an estimated space savings that may be realized by employing a data de-duplication technique.
US08793225B1
A search request received at a computer of a search support system is processed by analyzing the received search request to identify request parameters and connecting to a system index of the search support system that is referenced in the request parameters. An external result provider (ERP) process is initiated that establishes communication between the search support system and a data source external to the search support system, for a virtual index referenced in the request parameters. Thus, the ERP process provides an interface between the search support system and external data sources, such as by third parties. The ERP process can operate in a streaming mode (providing real-time search results with minimal processing) and/or a reporting mode (providing results with a greater delay and processing extent) and can switch between modes. The search request results are received from the connected system indexes and the referenced virtual indexes.
US08793217B2
A system and method include creating a full backup copy of selected data from a storage device. A series of incremental backups are created over time following the creation of the full backup copy. The oldest incremental backup is merged into the full backup at a desired time.
US08793214B2
The disclosure discloses a method and system for reducing an amount of data transfer in data synchronization, in which the method comprises: identifying different data values in each data column within a changed source data table; coding data values in each data column, wherein, for each data column, different data values have different coding values; identifying different ChangeType and ChangeBits in data change history information; and generating a change matrix by using the coding values of different data values in each data column according to different ChangeType and ChangeBits. With the change matrix, data having the same change for different rows within an initial data change are merged into a same change row within the change matrix, thereby reducing amount of data transfer and improving synchronization efficiency.
US08793213B2
A central data warehouse includes embedded data marts. These embedded data marts, referred to as workspaces, are assigned centrally manage data by reference only but rely directly on the centrally managed data and the underlying infrastructure. Workspaces still allow departments in an enterprise to perform certain actions on their own (like adding new data and building new models) without having to instantiate copies of the centrally managed data in a locally managed data mart.
US08793206B2
A system and method of semantic to non-semantic routing for locating an expert. An inquiry-type database has a first layer of inquiry types organized from underlying criteria groupings, (humanly understandable descriptors). Additional layers are associated in a one-to-one correspondence with the first layer of inquiry types. Experts, having individualized knowledge, are listed in a skill-set database associated with the inquiry types. The skill-set database entries are linked to the associated inquiry-type by a numerical routing identifier. An expert is selected from the skill-set database entry linked by the numerical routing identifier. In another embodiment, multiple enterprises are mapped to separate layers of inquiry types having a one-to-one correspondence with the underlying groupings. A skill-set database entry is related to the inquiry type through a numerical routing identifier, the identifier being selected from a respective range of identifiers associated with the respective multiple enterprises.
US08793203B2
A system, method and program product for estimating effort of implementing a system based on a use case specification document. A method is provided that includes: quantifying a structure of the document and evaluating a format of the document using a computing device; identifying a domain of an application associated with the document; defining a set of complexity variables associated with the document based on the structure of the document, a format of the document and a domain of the document; using a neural network to estimate an effort based on the set of complexity variables; and outputting the effort via a tangible medium.
US08793200B1
Described is a method for particle swarm optimization (PSO) utilizing a random walk process. A plurality of software agents is configured to operate as a cooperative swarm to locate an optimum of an objective function. The method described herein comprises two phases. In a first phase, the plurality of software agents randomly explores the multi-dimensional solution space by undergoing a Brownian motion style random walk process. In a second phase, the velocity and position vectors for each particle are updated probabilistically according to a PSO algorithm. By allowing the particles to undergo a random walk phase, the particles have an increased opportunity to explore their neighborhood, land in the neighborhood of a true optimum, and avoid prematurely converging on a sub-optimum. The present invention improves on what is currently known by increasing the success rate of the PSO algorithm in addition to reducing the required computation.
US08793197B2
The present subject matter generally relates to techniques and equipment to apply move update address information to mailpieces based on move update requirements. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to a pre-print move update process that updates addresses for moves without affecting stored address data while meeting postal authority standards for move update and pre-sort mailpiece groupings. The move update process is applied to the address data before print and preserves the initial stored address data. The move update address information and initial address information are both printed.
US08793191B2
A duplicate detection system is provided for analyzing and processing documents received at one or more capture sites. A physical document may be electronically captured at a capture site and subsequently transmitted to a regional or central processing system. The regional or central processing system may receive capture documents from multiple capture sites. The processing system may analyze the captured documents to identify and flag false-positives prior to performing duplicate detection. Duplicate detection may be performed in accordance with predefined rules associated with false-positive flags. Once duplicate detection is complete, suspected duplicates may undergo manual review while non-duplicates are released for posting or dispatching.
US08793189B2
An authorization system allows for cardholder-provided parameters to a personal authorization subsystem. The parameters can be selected by the cardholder to limit the authorizations that would otherwise be granted on the card. The parameters can indicate limits by frequency, dollar amount, merchant, geographic location, time of day, combinations thereof, or the like. Authorization for a given transaction, even where authorized by an issuer and a network operator, might be denied based on self-constraints set by the cardholder. In some variations, messages are sent to the cardholder based on constraints set by the cardholder and transactions might be approved and messaged, or denied and messaged.
US08793185B1
A method facilitating secure financial transactions using email is presented comprising the steps of receiving bill data at a server implementing the method, and generating an email message to a recipient with information including at least a portion of the received bill data. The amount of bill data included in the email message is based, at least in part, on the email address of the recipient.
US08793169B2
The present invention provides an account charging method used for charging a user account over a network, including: establishing an intermediary account; saving a second user's charging amount sent by a first user in the intermediary account; and if a confirmation message of receiving a payment is received from the first user, transferring the said charging amount to an account of the second user. The invention facilitates and expedites the charging process, and thereby improves the account charging efficiency, fully utilizes network resources, and greatly reduces the cost of account charging. The intermediary account of the invention can ensure the security and integrity of the account charging process, and thus eliminates the bottleneck of too few online banking users and low maximum payment limitation of the public edition of online banking, increases network usage efficiency, and takes full advantages of speed, convenience and low cost of online transactions. This enables mass users to charge their accounts without having to activate online banking and without any limitation to maximum amount of payment.
US08793162B2
An action plan data structure for one or more selected rendered documents is described. The data structure contains information specifying an action to perform automatically in response to a text capture from any of the selected rendered documents.
US08793161B2
Systems and techniques for providing feedback to improve accuracy of order assembly. Images corresponding to items comprising an order transaction are presented in a display. As items are moved to an order assembly area, each item is detected and an image corresponding to the item is removed from the display. If an incorrect item is detected, an error message identifying the incorrect item is displayed. Once all items comprising the order have been detected, a completion message is displayed.
US08793154B2
Systems and methods for determining the shareability of online content and generating customer relevance scores. Exemplary methods for determining the shareability of online content may include obtaining social media data from one or more social media platforms relative to online content, calculating a customer relevance score that represents shareability of the online content, and providing the customer relevance score to an end user client device by the social media intelligence system.
US08793151B2
A method for characterizing risk using an adaptive risk analysis engine. Following a user request for a risk analysis, online and/or offline factual information is retrieved by the engine and is used to produce risk indicators. The risk indicators are mapped onto risk ontology to produce risk factors which are then used to assess the level of risk. Parameters for the likelihood, impact, and external threat of the risk are calculated, and a risk assessment report is produced for the user.
US08793142B2
A method of enabling remote medical diagnosis of a medical condition comprising: providing a software application for a mobile device designed to: provide a graphical user interface on a display of the mobile device wherein the graphical user interface is designed to allow a patient to collect data for use in the medical diagnosis of the medical condition; communicate the data from the mobile device to a medical professional; and receive a medical diagnosis from the medical professional.
US08793137B1
A method for processing speech, comprising semantically parsing a received natural language speech input with respect to a plurality of predetermined command grammars in an automated speech processing system; determining if the parsed speech input unambiguously corresponds to a command and is sufficiently complete for reliable processing, then processing the command; if the speech input ambiguously corresponds to a single command or is not sufficiently complete for reliable processing, then prompting a user for further speech input to reduce ambiguity or increase completeness, in dependence on a relationship of previously received speech input and at least one command grammar of the plurality of predetermined command grammars, reparsing the further speech input in conjunction with previously parsed speech input, and iterating as necessary. The system also monitors abort, fail or cancel conditions in the speech input.
US08793133B2
Disclosed are techniques and systems to provide a narration of a text in multiple different voices. In some aspects, systems and methods described herein can include receiving a user-based selection of a first portion of words in a document where the document has a pre-associated first voice model and overwriting the association of the first voice model, by the one or more computers, with a second voice model for the first portion of words.
US08793128B2
A speech signal processing system that includes a speech input unit for inputting a speech signal; input speech storage unit for storing an input speech signal that is the speech signal inputted through the speech input unit; characteristic estimation unit for referring to the input speech signal stored in the input speech storage unit, and estimating characteristics of an input speech indicated by the input speech signal, the characteristics including an environmental sound included in the input speech signal; reference speech output unit for causing a predetermined speech signal that becomes a reference speech, to output; and characteristic adding unit for adding the characteristics of the input speech estimated by the characteristic estimation unit, in a reference speech signal that is the speech signal caused to output by the reference speech output unit.
US08793122B2
Audio data that includes speech may be transcribed using a language model. The transcription may be provided to a user. The user may provide feedback on the transcription, and the language model may be updated based at least in part on the feedback. The feedback may include, for example, an affirmation of the transcription; a disapproval of the transcription; a correction to the transcription; a selection of an alternate transcription result; or any other kind of response.
US08793120B1
User behavior data can be used with language-specific rule sets to generate stemming databases useful for such tasks as indexing and search query processing. The terms contained in user queries, as well as user behavior with respect to those queries or results returned for those queries, can be analyzed to determine a relative measure (e.g., relative frequency) of various forms of those terms. When generating a stemming database, language-specific rule sets can be used to determine appropriate stemming rules, and where more than one potential rule is identified the user behavior data can be used to select what is likely the appropriate rule, at least for the respective environment. Whitelists or other such components can be used to handle specific or irregular forms that do not follow the general rules or otherwise are exceptions that might not otherwise be processed correctly.
US08793119B2
System and method for generating manually designed and automatically optimized spoken dialog systems
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for generating a natural language spoken dialog system. The method includes nominating a set of allowed dialog actions and a set of contextual features at each turn in a dialog, and selecting an optimal action from the set of nominated allowed dialog actions using a machine learning algorithm. The method includes generating a response based on the selected optimal action at each turn in the dialog. The set of manually nominated allowed dialog actions can incorporate a set of business rules. Prompt wordings in the generated natural language spoken dialog system can be tailored to a current context while following the set of business rules. A compression label can represent at least one of the manually nominated allowed dialog actions.
US08793115B2
Providing a unified view of multiple computer system simulations. A simulation process has a simulation thread that executes a plurality of computer system simulations. The simulation process also has a debug support thread that provides a unified view of the simulations. To provide the unified view, the debug support thread has an external interface, an internal interface to each of the simulations, and an interface converter that converts between the external interface and the internal interfaces. Thus, the external interface provides a unified view of the simulations. The external interface allows a single debugging platform to control and observe the simulations.
US08793112B2
An interactive system and method of operating the system to define and evaluate a model of a hydrocarbon reservoir. The reservoir model is defined from extrinsic information such as seismic surveys, well logs, and the like, and is based on elements of formation regions, connections among the regions, wells, and perforations. A boundary-element method is used to determine pressure interference responses, corresponding to the pressure at a perforation in response to a single perforation producing fluid at a unit flow rate. These pressure interference responses are then convolved with measured well flow rates obtained during production to arrive at estimates of the wellbore pressure at one or more wells of interest. The estimated wellbore pressure can be compared with downhole pressure measurements to validate the reservoir model, or to provoke the user into modifying the model and repeating the evaluation of the model.
US08793111B2
A system for automatically optimizing a Field Development Plan (FDP) for an oil or gas field uses a fast analytic reservoir simulator to dynamically model oil or gas production from the entire reservoir over time in an accurate and rapid manner. An objective function defining a Figure of Merit (FoM) for candidate FDPs is maximized, using an optimization algorithm, to determine an optimized FDP in light of physical, engineering, operational, legal and engineering constraints. The objective function for the Figure of Merit, e.g., net present value (NPV) or total production for a given period of time, relies on a production forecast from the fast analytic reservoir simulator for the entire FDP.
US08793102B2
An apparatus for estimating a property includes a hollow core tube and an input light guide disposed at least partially within hollow core tube. The apparatus also includes a second gap disposed within the hollow core tube and separated from the input light guide by an air gap width. The second gap is formed of a first solid material and has a second gap width. The apparatus also includes a third gap disposed at least partially within the hollow core tube and being further from the input light guide than the second gap. The third gap is formed of a second solid material and has a third gap width.
US08793098B2
Movement detection device, electronic device, movement detection method and computer readable medium
Three-axis acceleration component data from an acceleration sensor is split into three stationary components and three movement components. The axial direction of movement is detected based on the movement component having the maximum value. A shake duration is detected based on a time period from when this maximum movement component exceeded a an upper limit value of a specific range until it once again reaches a value in the specific range after falling below a lower limit value, or on a time period from when the movement component fell below the lower threshold value until it once again reaches the specific range after exceeding the upper threshold value. The magnitude of movement is determined by comparing the shake duration to a certain period, or by comparing the vector integral value over the shake duration to a certain threshold value.
US08793097B2
A graphical representation of a feature and associated tolerance includes a memory storing a description of the feature including at least one nominal dimension of the feature and an associated tolerance; a graphical representation of a nominal definition of the feature; and a graphical representation of the tolerance zones, derived from the nominal definition of the feature.
US08793090B2
Track information generating devices, methods, and programs acquire a self-contained navigation track of a vehicle indicated by time-series pieces of self-contained navigation information, acquire a matching track of the vehicle indicated by time-series pieces of information determined through a map matching process is determined as a road the vehicle is traveling, and acquire a degree of reliability of the matching track. The devices, methods, and programs acquire a GPS track that is a track of the vehicle indicated by time-series pieces of GPS information, acquire a degree of reliability of the GPS track, and set the one of the GPS track and the matching track having a higher degree of reliability as a correction target track to correct the self-contained navigation information so as to reduce a difference between the self-contained navigation track and the correction target track.
US08793089B2
The present invention provides a quality inspection method of a glass plate, which can predict the shape of the glass based on three types of design shape data C1, C2 and C3 of a glass plate in a state that it is placed on a three-point supporting type actual measurement inspection stand and an actual measurement shape data Y1 of the glass plate. The virtual errors ΔC2=C2−C1, ΔC3=C3−C1 and ΔY1=Y1−C1 at four supporting points of the glass plate are calculated, the correction amount R=r(C3−C1) or the correction amount R=r(C2−C1) is subtracted from Y1−C1 to calculate a value corresponding to a difference Y2−A between a shape data Y2 of the glass on a desired actual measurement inspection stand and a design data A on the desired actual measurement inspection stand, and from the value corresponding to a difference Y2−A and a quality standard, the quality of the glass plate is judged.
US08793086B2
An apparatus and method for determining a power supply electrical current capacity. In one example, an operating circuit is placed into an operating mode that causes the operating circuit to have a determined electrical current consumption. A charging circuit that is electrically connected in parallel with the operating circuit is configured to provide a maximum charging current to a power pack. After configuring the charging circuit, a value of a measured charging current provided to the power pack is received. After receiving the value of the measured charging current, an electrical current supply capacity value of the external power supply is determined as a function of the determined electrical current consumption and the value of the measured charging current.
US08793084B2
A method records and transmits data between a transmission unit that has a first antenna and a measurement module which has a sensor for recording measured variables and converts the measured variables into electric signals. Data is bi-directionally transmitted between the measurement module and the transmission unit located within the near field of the measurement module by use of a second antenna that is arranged on the measurement module. The electromagnetic energy of the signal that is applied to the second antenna is transformed and temporarily stored by a reception unit which is arranged downstream of the second antenna. The first antenna of the transmission unit is put in an inactive state at least during the time the measured variables are sensed by the measurement module or the sensors.
US08793075B2
Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue.
US08793073B2
Methods for identifying disease-related pathways that can be used to identify drug discovery targets, to identify new uses for known drugs, to identify markers for drug response, and related purposes.
US08793069B2
The present invention provides an object recognition system for an autonomous mobile body. The object recognition system includes a sensor unit for detecting an obstacle in a target field of view and measuring the position of the obstacle, and an electronic control unit for controlling movement of the autonomous mobile body. The electronic control unit performs the functions of determining a velocity and a travel direction of the obstacle based on changes in the position of the obstacle obtained from the sensor unit over a plurality of measurement cycles, determining a still state of the obstacle, detecting that the obstacle has changed behavior if a current measured value of position of the obstacle deviates a predetermined angle from the previously measured travel direction or if it determined that the obstacle is standing still, and calculating, when a change in the behavior of the obstacle is detected, the velocity and travel direction of the obstacle anew starting at the position where the change has been detected.
US08793063B2
Velocity information can be beneficial to various entities including other vehicles and a central traffic monitoring and routing system. Vehicles with sensors can serve as velocity probes to update speeds that are shared via a more global service. However, individuals may be reluctant to provide location and velocity information given privacy preferences. Local policies about sharing personal data are described that can be harnessed to enhance privacy while minimizing communication costs. The local data-sharing policies allow devices to monitor their own speeds and locations and to employ models and analyzes that determine the value of sharing flow information with a larger service in accordance with privacy preferences, and to make local decisions as to when to respond to broadcasted queries for specific information, while minimizing the redundancy of signals from multiple vehicles.
US08793062B2
In some implementations, a mobile device can transmit traffic information to a server for analysis. The traffic information can include movement information including detected stops and durations of detected stops. The traffic information can be analyzed to detect traffic patterns that indicate locations of stop signs and/or stop lights. The traffic information can be analyzed to determine durations of stops at stop signs and/or stop lights. The durations of stops can be associated with a time of day and/or day of the week. In some implementations, navigational routes can be determined based stop sign and/or stop light information, including the delays attributable to detected stop signs and/or stop lights.
US08793054B2
A system is provided for controlling the tilting of a load-carrying implement of a movable work machine that includes a frame and the implement, pivotally connected to the frame, and a tilting arrangement for tilting the implement in relation to the frame. The system includes a control for controlling the tilting of the implement based upon a sensor-registered movement of the movable work machine, and for controlling the tilting of the implement such that the implement counteracts the inertia of a load carried by the implement.
US08793049B2
In an exemplary vehicle service facility that provides vehicle related sales, maintenance services or the like, a diagnostic tool has wireless packet data communication capabilities. To support voice communication, the tool also has one or more audible input/output transducers and a vocoder, and is configured to use VoIP technology or the like to enable wireless packet data transport of voice calls over the same wireless data links. The packet voice capability can support voice communications with technicians using other tools at the facility or with personnel in an office at the service facility. If the facility has a data link to a wide area packet network, like the Internet, the packet voice capability may also support voice communications with other parties having packet service. Examples are technicians at other locations or various personnel of technical support services for the tools or for different types of vehicles.
US08793044B2
A vehicle control system includes: a power unit including an engine and a rotating electrical machine; a power supply apparatus connected to the rotating electrical machine; an oil pump unit including a mechanical oil pump and an electric oil pump for cooling the rotating electrical machine; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus is constituted by an EOP idling determination unit that determines an idling state of the electric oil pump, and an engine starting processing unit that performs processing to drive the mechanical oil pump by starting the engine in accordance with the determination of the EOP idling determination unit.
US08793043B2
A hybrid vehicle may include a linear engine controlled by HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) combustion in an operation section where an engine power may be used for generating electricity after being started and reaching up to a predetermined RPM, and a motor-combined generator engaged to the liner engine and starting the linear engine and charging a battery by converting an entire engine power of the linear engine generated by the HCCI combustion into electricity generation power.
US08793040B2
The Climb-Optimized Takeoff System is an aircraft functionality aimed at improving the takeoff performance. The improvement is obtained by allowing the airplane to rotate to an optimized pitch attitude at and after VR, while ensuring that the minimum required takeoff climb gradients and the geometric limitations of the airplane are being respected. The optimum takeoff performance is obtained by granting that the airplane pitch attitude, instead of being limited by a single takeoff constraint (such as a given pitch to avoid tail strike) is being tracked to its instantaneous, most constraining limit during the air transition phase (d2).
US08793035B2
A vehicle and vehicle system are provided with a controller that is configured to generate output indicative of a vehicle mass estimation. The vehicle mass estimation is based on a longitudinal acceleration and a wheel torque when at least one of the longitudinal acceleration, a vehicle speed and a yaw rate indicate an occurrence of a qualified event. The controller is further configured to generate output indicative of a dynamic road gradient estimation based on the vehicle speed, the wheel torque and the vehicle mass estimation.
US08793033B2
A satellite signal acquisition apparatus comprises a parking detector (235) arranged to analyse, when in use, self-mobility behavior for monitoring mobility of a vehicle. The apparatus also comprises a global navigation satellite system receiver (238) operably coupled to the parking detector (235) and arranged to acquire a satellite signal using predicted satellite orbit data in response to the self-mobility behavior comprising the predetermined event sequence.
US08793029B2
In particular embodiments, an energy gateway is described that is configured to receive power usage information from one or more power meters, transmit the power usage information to an energy management server, receive control signals from the energy management server, transmit the control signals to the one or more power switches and execute localized pre-programmed rules.
US08793021B2
An appliance for conditioning air of a room comprises one or more power consuming features/functions including a temperature controlling element for one of heating and cooling air. A controller is operatively connected to the one or more power consuming features/functions. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of a utility state. The controller operates the appliance in one of a plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode in response to the received signal. The controller is configured to at least one of selectively adjust and deactivate at least one of the one or more power consuming features/functions to reduce power consumption of the appliance in the energy savings mode.
US08793015B2
A control method for a legged mobile robot includes exercising a body of a robot such that a center of gravity of the robot obtains a momentum or the body obtains an angular momentum in a direction in which an object is to be moved while restraining a force from being applied to the object from the robot in a state wherein the robot opposes the object, and applying a force to the object from a hand of an arm body provided in the body of the robot so as to start moving the object in a state wherein the center of gravity has obtained the momentum or the body has an angular momentum. With this arrangement, when moving an object by a robot, a motion of the robot can be smoothly changed while preventing a significant change in ZMP before and after starting to move the object.
US08793013B2
A method is provided for handling loads in a warehouse for containers that may be automatically stored and removed from storage by a container stacking crane, between a storage area and a truck or other vehicle parked in a parking space of a loading and unloading area To optimize the throughput performance and safety of handling loads in a warehouse for containers, it is proposed that after the truck drives into the parking space and after the driver of the truck leaves the parking space, the parking space is secured against the presence of persons including the driver, before a release signal is given to the container stacking crane for the automatic loading or unloading process.
US08793007B2
The present invention relates to a vacuum pumping system (10) which comprises: a vacuum pumping mechanism (12) and a motor (14) for driving the vacuum pumping mechanism. Means (16) are provided for determining a cumulative load on the vacuum pumping system over time by monitoring a characteristic of the motor over that time. Means (18) are also provided for activating a maintenance activity on the system when the cumulative load exceeds a predetermined amount.
US08793005B2
Methods of representing, recreating, and editing an audio composition involving: receiving at a digital audio workstation audio data that has been processed by an audio processing device; receiving at the digital audio workstation a set of metadata specifying a value for each of a plurality of settings of the audio processing device that define the state of the corresponding setting of the audio processing device when raw audio data received by the audio processing device was processed to generate the processed audio data; and storing the received processed audio data and the received set of metadata in an audio file, wherein the processed audio data is designated as audio information and the metadata is designated as settings data. The settings may be stored in a WAV or AIFF audio file, and may be retrieved, parsed, and applied to restore the audio processing device to the state corresponding to the retrieved audio.
US08793004B2
A control system is disclosed. The control system may have a physical sensor configured to measure physical parameter values of a machine. The control system may also have a virtual sensor network system configured to receive the physical parameter values measured by the physical sensor as input parameter values, and generate output parameter values based on the input parameter values. Further, the control system may have an electronic control module configured to store an output parameter value default rate of change and an output parameter value threshold rate of change, compare a rate of change of the output parameter values generated by the virtual sensor network system to the output parameter value threshold rate of change, and control the machine based on the output parameter value default rate of change if the rate of change of the output parameter values exceeds the output parameter value threshold rate of change.
US08792997B2
A peel-away lead implant tool is described. The peel away lead implant tool is adapted to be disposed over the terminal connector of a lead during an implantation procedure to protect the terminal connector. The peel-away lead implant tool includes a flexible polymer sheath including electrical contacts formed in a contact region of the sheath. The electrical contacts can be either metal foil contacts or conductive polymer contacts and extend from an outer surface to an inner surface of the sheath such that when the testing apparatus is coupled to the lead implant tool, the electrical contacts are pressed into electrical contact with the ring electrodes located on the terminal connector. The lead implant tool also includes various removal means facilitating the easy removal of the implant tool from the terminal connector when the implantation procedure is complete.
US08792996B2
An implantable medical lead is disclosed herein. The lead may include a longitudinally extending body, an electrical conductor, a tube and an electrical component, such as, for example, an electrode for sensing or pacing, a defibrillation coil, a strain gage, a pressure sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, an integrated chip, an inductor, etc. The body may include a distal end and a proximal end. The electrical conductor may extend through the body between the proximal end and the distal end. The tube may be swaged about an outer circumferential portion of the electrical conductor. The electrical component may be on the body and electrically connected to the tube.
US08792995B2
Medical leads include a lumen body at an end of the lead, and the lumen body includes multiple filar lumens. The lumen body is joined to a lead body, and electrical connectors are longitudinally spaced along the lumen body. Filars within the filar lumens are directed through filar passageways within the lumen body to attach to the electrical connectors on the lumen body. The filar passageways may be aligned with the filar lumens, and slots within the electrical connectors may be aligned with the filar passageways to facilitate assembly. The lumen body may provide additional stiffness to the end of the lead where the lumen body is located to facilitate lead insertion into the medical device. The filar lumens of the lumen body may have a longitudinally straight configuration so that the portions of filars within the filar lumens are held in a longitudinally straight configuration.
US08792994B2
A lead anchor includes a first outer shell and a second outer shell adjacent the first outer shell. The first outer shell defines a first opening and the second outer shell defines a second opening, and the first and second outer shells together define a lead lumen extending from the first opening to the second opening. The lead anchor also includes a flexible sleeve disposed in the lead lumen and attached to both the first outer shell and the second outer shell. The first and second outer shells are configured and arranged to rotate relative to each other and cause the flexible sleeve to twist within the lead lumen to facilitate gripping of a lead within the lead lumen.
US08792986B2
Systems and methods are provided for modulating the autonomic nervous system by the electrical stimulation of the neuro-muscular system of a patient, and include an implantable electrical system for gastrointestinal stimulation which incorporates a heart rate sensor to indicate the neurovegetative patient condition, to initiate and terminate stimulation at specific locations, and an algorithm to automatically control electrical stimulation frequency, interval, amplitude, or a combination of such parameters for adaptive treatment of obesity, anorexia, other eating disorders, diseases related with the so called “metabolic syndrome” (e.g., impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes type 2, GERD, systemic hypertension, early arterovascular degeneration, early senility, and the like), and disorders related to a pathologic inbalance of the autonomic nervous system.
US08792983B2
A method comprises connecting at least one portion of a far-field radio-frequency (RF) first telemetry circuit in an implantable medical device to an energy source through a power connection module, detecting information included in a first predetermined wireless signal, changing a conductivity state of the power connection module when the information in the first predetermined wireless signal is detected to couple power to the at least one portion of the first telemetry circuit, detecting a second predetermined wireless signal, and changing a conductivity state of the power connection module to decouple power to the at least one portion of the first telemetry circuit when the second predetermined wireless signal is detected and the first telemetry circuit enters an idle state.
US08792982B2
A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. Posture events are identified, e.g., a posture of the patient is periodically determined and/or posture transitions by the patient are identified, and each determined posture event is associated with a current therapy parameter set. A value of at least one posture metric is determined for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on the posture events associated with that therapy parameter set. A list of the therapy parameter sets is presented to a user, such as a clinician, for evaluation of the relative efficacy of the therapy parameter sets. The list may be ordered according to the one or more posture metric values to aid in evaluation of the therapy parameter sets. Where values are determined for a plurality of posture metrics, the list may be ordered according to the one of the posture metrics selected by the user.
US08792975B2
An electroencephalogram measurement apparatus includes: an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram of a user by using a plurality of electrodes; an electro-acoustic transducer for presenting an acoustic signal to the user, the electro-acoustic transducer being in a vicinity of at least one electrode among the plurality of electrodes while the electroencephalogram measurement section is worn by the user; an amplitude envelope extraction section for extracting an amplitude envelope of the acoustic signal presented by the electro-acoustic transducer; a frequency analysis section for applying a frequency analysis to the amplitude envelope extracted by the amplitude envelope extraction section; and a noise estimation section for estimating an electrical noise which is mixed at the at least one electrode by using a previously provided set of transform rules and the extracted amplitude envelope.
US08792971B2
A method for identifying oversensing in implantable medical devices (IMDs), such as implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), is described. A near-field electrogram signal and a far-field electrogram signal are obtained via a near-field electrode pair and a far-field electrode pair. The near-field electrogram signal is compared to the far-field electrogram signal and a determination of whether oversensing exists is made based on the comparison. In some instances, a scheduled therapy is withheld in response to determining that oversensing exists.
US08792968B2
A system, an apparatus and a method for human health evaluation utilizing Thermal Micro Texture (TMT) mapping technology is disclosed. The method comprises scanning body areas of a patient utilizing an infrared camera, detecting abnormalities in the body of the patient, analyzing abnormalities of the patient against information stored in a database, and reporting results to the patient in a pre-determined format. The method provides an earlier discovery of disease by mapping and analyzing abnormal temperatures changes in the body, which can help prevent the disease from progressing at an early stage.
US08792963B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method is disclosed to locate a robotic instrument in the field of view of a camera. The method includes capturing sequential images in a field of view of a camera. The sequential images are correlated between successive views. The method further includes receiving a kinematic datum to provide an approximate location of the robotic instrument and then analyzing the sequential images in response to the approximate location of the robotic instrument. An additional method for robotic systems is disclosed. Further disclosed is a method for indicating tool entrance into the field of view of a camera.
US08792962B2
A catheter has single axis sensors mounted directly along a portion of the catheter whose position/location is of interest. The magnetic based, single axis sensors are on a linear or nonlinear single axis sensor (SAS) assembly. The catheter includes a catheter body and a distal 2D or 3D configuration provided by a support member on which at least one, if not at least three single axis sensors, are mounted serially along a length of the support member. The magnetic-based sensor assembly may include at least one coil member wrapped on the support member, wherein the coil member is connected via a joint region to a respective cable member adapted to transmit a signal providing location information from the coil member to a mapping and localization system. The joint region provides strain relief adaptations to the at least one coil member and the respective cable member from detaching.
US08792959B2
A biological information detection device has a device main body and a biological signal detection portion formed integrally with the device main body. The detection portion has at least one electrode for contacting a biological surface of a human body. A mounting portion mounts the main body and the detection portion to a human body without the mounting portion being directly attached to the detection portion. The main body and the detection portion are integrally connected by a mechanical connection portion that mechanically connects the main body and the detection portion to each other, and by an electrical connection portion that electrically connects the main body and the electrode of the detection portion to each other. The mechanical connection portion and the electrical connection portion are positioned relative one another so as not to be arranged alongside a load direction of an external force acting on the mechanical connection portion.
US08792957B2
A biomedical sensor system is disclosed that includes a plurality of electrodes and a contiguous adhesive material that is in contact with each of the plurality of electrodes. In certain embodiments a method is provided that includes the step of applying a first surface of adhesive material to a patient wherein the adhesive material includes at least two electrodes on second surface thereof that is opposite the first surface. The method also includes the step of receiving a time varying signal a first electrode of the at least two electrodes at a first location such that the time varying signal is not received at a second electrode of the at least two electrodes.
US08792956B2
An analyte sensor including an antiglycolytic agent or a precursor thereof and a chelating agent that stabilizes the antiglycolytic agent positioned proximate to the working electrode of the sensor. Also provided are systems and methods of using the electrochemical analyte sensors in analyte monitoring.
US08792954B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US08792950B2
A device includes a first sensor coupler that is configured to receive a first input signal from a first sensor. The first input signal corresponds to a first physiological parameter and is based on optical excitation of a tissue. The device includes a processor coupled to the first sensor coupler. The processor is configured to generate an output signal based on the first input signal. The first physiological parameter is encoded in the output signal. The output signal differs from the first input signal. The device includes an output coupler configured to communicate the output signal to a remote device.
US08792949B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may describe systems and methods for reducing nuisance alarms using probability and/or accuracy of a measured physiological parameter, such as the pulse rate or SpO2 measurement generated by a pulse oximeter. Embodiments may include methods for adjusting a predetermined alarm threshold based on the probability distribution of the estimated pulse rate and/or oxygen saturation of a patient's blood.
US08792948B2
Optical sensor devices, image processing devices, methods and computer readable code computer-readable storage media for detecting biophysical parameters, chemical concentrations, chemical saturations and blood count. In some embodiments, the image processing device receives a live still or video electronic image. Exemplary physiological parameters include but are not limited to a pulse rate, blood pressure, glucose, stroke volume of internal or external tissue (e.g. skin). A biophysical or physiological property is not limited to a cardiovascular or liver or the kidneys or to a cardiovascular disorder or to a pulmonary disorder. Exemplary chemical concentrations or saturation includes but not limited to a pH level, a glucose level, a urea nitrogen level, a CO2 concentration or saturation, or a oxygen concentration or saturation. In some embodiments the parameters are detected from a food or a beverage such as an alcohol, a dairy product, wine, a baked good, a fruit or a vegetable.
US08792942B2
A base station device includes a first antenna which transmits a radio signal in a downlink, a second antenna which receives a radio signal in an uplink, and a tilt angle control unit which controls a tilt angle of the first antenna and the second antenna to decrease a difference in a position of a cell boundary of the downlink and a position of the cell boundary of the uplink based on a communication quality of the downlink and a communication quality of the uplink with respect to a first base station device and on the communication quality of a downlink and a communication quality of the uplink with respect to an adjacent second base station device.
US08792941B2
According to a disclosed method in a base station having one or more physical sectors, instructions received from a core network cellular network operators that are parties to a sharing agreement and specify an amount of radio resources that are to be temporarily shared under the sharing agreement. In the sharing state, the physical sector instantiates at least two concurrently running protocol stacks dedicated to respective cellular network operators that are parties to the sharing agreement, thus defining virtualized sectors.
US08792940B2
A method for handling a Hands-Free device by an Audio Gateway device with a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, executed by a micro-processing unit (MCU) of a Baseband chip, is provided. A command is received from the Hands-Free device, wherein the Hands-Free device issues the first command to request a status report of the Audio Gateway device. The status report is provided to the Hands-Free device via a result code which comprises a plurality of integrated status indicators corresponding to statuses of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card.
US08792936B2
Methods and devices detect a near field communication (NFC) from a near field wireless communication device of an external computerized device, using an apparatus near field wireless communication device. Based on detecting the NFC, the methods/devices generate random identification and security codes, transmit the identification code and the security code from the apparatus near field wireless communication device to the device near field wireless communication device, and place the previously inactive apparatus wide-range wireless communication device in an active state. In response, the method receives the security code from a wide-range wireless communication device of the external computerized device using the apparatus wide-range wireless communication device. Then the method establishes a network communication session only between the external computerized device and the apparatus based on receiving the security code.
US08792935B2
A mobile communication terminal used in a mobile communication system providing mobile communicating service in a first frequency band is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal comprises a first signal processing circuit for processing signals for the mobile communication service; a second signal processing circuit for processing signals for radio tag communicating in a second frequency band; and an antenna commonly used by the first and second signal processing circuits. The impedance of the antenna is matched with the first signal processing circuit in the first frequency band and matched with the second signal processing circuit in the second frequency band.
US08792934B2
Systems and methods for selectively updating or extending built in functionality on a mobile device are disclosed. The updates may be provided to selective portions of software such that the entire software does not need to be replaced. The update may be provided through an application marketplace that provides third party software applications for mobile devices. The software that the mobile device is shipped with may include a number of “entry points,” which provide functionality that may be extended through the selective updates. When the entry point is triggered by user selection, a determination may be made whether code for the functionality is already available on the mobile device. If not, the mobile device may contact the application marketplace to determine if code is available to provide or extend the requested functionality.
US08792930B1
A user device receives a command to transmit information at a transmit power level specified by a wireless carrier. The user device makes a determination as to whether transmitting the information at the specified transmit power level will cause the user device to violate a condition. When it is determined that transmitting the information at the specified transmit power level will cause the user device to violate the condition, the user device dynamically computes a new transmit power level that is lower than the specified transmit power level. The user device then transmits the information at the new transmit power level.
US08792927B2
A mobile station 100 monitors, in Slotted mode, a Paging Channel Slot in a monitor cycle. The mobile station 100 includes: a user interface 53 which receives a PTT setting operation from a user for setting a PTT (Push to Talk) mode; a PTT communication control unit 51 which transmits an allocation request to the radio base station when the PTT setting operation is received; a slot cycle switching unit 52 which switches, when the PTT setting operation is received, the monitor cycle to a predetermined short cycle which is shorter than a cycle at the time of receiving the PTT setting operation; and a voice signal processing unit 40 which receives a voice packet after a PTT CALL is detected in a message transmitted from the radio base station to the mobile station, and reproduces a voice based on the voice packet.
US08792920B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium for processing messaging services in a network system are provided. A femtocell system receives a message delivery request and message content to be delivered to a destination device from a user equipment serviced thereby. The femtocell system packetizes the message content and transmits the packetized message content to a core network. A confirmation is then received by the femtocell system from the core network.
US08792914B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed whereby location based information (LBI) is used to make access and routing decisions within a network. Such LBI is sent from mobile devices to the core network when the mobile device registers with the network and is updated periodically. Over time, this collected LBI data represents the position of mobile devices over time and periodic patterns of usage in different geographic areas. When a network receives an indication that a mobile device requires registration with the network, the network determines as a function of said LBI, a desired network access technology to use to connect said mobile device with the network. Instructions are then transmitted to the mobile device to establish a connection using said desired network access technology and the device is registered with the network. Dynamically updated LBI information from mobile devices is also used for IP network routing optimization.
US08792912B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a location update indicative of a position of a mobile device; determining a proximity of the mobile device to an anchor location based on the position; identifying a preference associated with the mobile device; and sending content to an output device based on the preference and the proximity. In specific implementations, the anchor location is a display device and the content is sent to the output device if the proximity is within a viewing area of the display device. Additionally, the preference can be a preferred language, where content is sent to the output device in the preferred language.
US08792900B2
Methods, apparatuses, a system and computer program products are provided for autonomously reusing an unlicensed band in a hybrid cellular and device-to-device network. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus receives a request for resources from a terminal, and identifies available resources on an unlicensed band based on the request. The apparatus further reserves the identified available resources for use by the terminal, and transmits a reservation response to the terminal, wherein the reservation response comprises information relating to the reserved available resources. Further, the apparatus transmits data to the terminal over a licensed band and the available resources reserved on the unlicensed band.
US08792898B2
A technique for managing call-routing numbers in a mobile communication network using a distributed switching system is provided. The switching system embodies a cluster configuration, wherein at least one cluster of the switching system comprises a plurality of cluster members, each of which is capable of routing an incoming call based on a call-routing number temporarily associated with the call. A defined series of call-routing numbers is distributed between the plurality of cluster members. The management technique makes use of a common data structure which defines an amount of assignments equal to the length of a given series of call-routing numbers, wherein each assignment uniquely associates a cluster member with one or more least significant digits of the numbers of the number series.
US08792892B2
A handover control method is disclosed, including: obtaining an access mode and a closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier (ID) of a target area; deciding whether to allow an UE to be handed over to the target area according to the access mode and/or whether the CSG ID of the target area is included in the allowed CSG list of the UE. The handover control method can ensure the handover of the UE to the target area that the UE is allowed to access, therefore ensuring service continuity of the UE. A handover control apparatus and a handover control system are also disclosed.
US08792882B2
Methods and apparatus for routing non-native Short Message Service (SMS) messages to a first device, the first device being assigned a native identifier and being associated with a native telephony service provider, are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving an SMS message directed to the native identifier of the first device, determining routing instructions for the SMS message based on the native network identifier associated with the first device, and routing the SMS message to the first device based on the determined routing instructions, wherein the act of routing results in SMS messages directed to the native identifier of the first device being directed to a forwarding identifier assigned to the first device by a first non-native communication service provider.
US08792880B2
A network for providing high speed data communications may include multiple terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range and a mobile receiver station. The terrestrial transmission stations provide a continuous and uninterrupted high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station employing a wireless radio access network protocol.
US08792872B2
An audio system for a motor vehicle is provided. The system includes a radio with loudspeakers for outputting a sound pattern. The radio comprises a data connection with an engine control of the vehicle. The system also includes a mobile telephone with computer functionality, including a data connection with the radio via which audio data is transferable from the mobile telephone to the radio, and further data is transferable from the radio to the mobile telephone. This results in a sound pattern being generated which is an artificial driving noise.
US08792870B2
The invention relates to a switching system and a switching method for a mobile radio network. Data is switched and adapted to the technical specifications of a mobile station according to a profile. The adapted data is transmitted to the mobile station upon request through the mobile radio network.
US08792864B1
A system for transmitting messages from a caller location to a receiver location using a plurality of computers each coupled to another through a network such as the Internet. The system also has a plurality of access devices, which are coupled to the network through a telecommunication line. These access devices include computers, workstations, and the like. Each access device includes a voice conversion board for converting a voice message from a telephone device into digital data for transmission through the network.
US08792863B2
Present invention refers to a method for collecting, organizing and storing annotations associated to a voice audio data. The method comprises providing the voice audio data; transcribing said voice audio data into text data; then, identifying in the text data a piece of information according to a pattern previously set; generating automatically an annotation containing the piece of information identified; assigning automatically a level of relevance for the annotation; asking a user for confirming the automatically assigned level of relevance; if the user does not confirm the automatically assigned level of relevance, assigning a second level of relevance instead of the automatically assigned according to a user input; and storing the annotation associated to the level of relevance assigned. A user can access later to these annotations to recall a phone call conversation or a voice message.
US08792861B2
A data processing center computer receives a transaction request from a mobile payment platform (MPP) computer. The transaction request is related to a purchase initiated from an account holder's mobile telephone, and includes a mobile telephone number, a merchant identifier (ID) of a merchant, and a transaction amount. The MPP computer is operated by or on behalf of a service provider having the account holder as a customer. The process also includes translating the account holder's mobile telephone number into the account holder's payment card account number, identifying a merchant acquirer computer, and generating a purchase transaction request including the account holder's payment card account number, the merchant ID, and the transaction amount. The data processing center computer then transmits the purchase transaction request to the merchant acquirer computer for authorization processing.
US08792850B2
A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources. The user can also select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web broadcasts. In addition, the user can play standard audio CD's and MP3 encoded CD's and have access to local AM/FM stations. Further, the software, the user controls, and the display in the network-enabled audio device are operably configured and connected such that the user can listen to playlists that include CD's and other audio sources just as the user would choose a playlist in a jukebox.
US08792840B2
Radio frequency (RF) transmitter circuitry, which includes an RF power amplifier (PA) and an envelope tracking power supply, is disclosed. The RF PA receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using an envelope power supply signal. The envelope tracking power supply provides the envelope power supply signal, which has switching ripple. Further, the envelope tracking power supply operates in either a normal switching ripple mode or a modified switching ripple mode, such that during the normal switching ripple mode, the envelope power supply signal has normal switching ripple, and during the modified switching ripple mode, the envelope power supply signal has modified switching ripple. When the modified switching ripple is required, the envelope tracking power supply operates in the modified switching ripple mode.
US08792836B2
A front end module includes a duplexer and a balancing network. The duplexer includes a compensation circuit and a transformer three windings having five nodes. The first node for operably coupling an antenna to the first winding; the second node operable to receive an outbound wireless signal and operably couples the first winding to the second winding; the third node operably couples the second winding to a balancing network; the fourth node operably coupled to output a first signal component corresponding to an inbound wireless signal from the third winding; and the fifth node operably coupled to output a second signal component corresponding to an inbound wireless signal from the third winding. The duplexer provides electrical isolation between the first and second signal components and the outbound wireless signal. The compensation module is operable to compensate the electrical isolation between the first and second signals and the outbound wireless signal.
US08792835B2
A system and method for wirelessly testing integrated circuits provides a multiple layer interface to wirelessly test integrated circuits. A wireless testing structure for an integrated circuit comprises a wireless transceiver and a wireless test interface. The wireless transceiver is configured to receive test information from a tester and transmit test result information to the tester. The wireless test interface is configured to interface between the wireless transceiver and the integrated circuit. The wireless test interface comprises a media access controller and a test control block. The media access controller is configured to implement a media access control protocol for wireless communication. The test control block is configured to decode test information received from the tester, to trigger a test of the integrated circuit in response to the decoded test information, and to encode test result information that is generated by the integrated circuit in response to the test.
US08792833B2
A system analyzes a wide frequency band with respect to signal power levels in specified narrow frequency bands, detects narrow band signal power levels received in the specified narrow frequency bands, determines an average composite wideband power level from the narrow band signal power levels, and determines an adaptive threshold from the narrow band signal power levels for detecting narrow band interferers in the wide frequency band.
US08792829B2
A data supplying apparatus detects a change in the status of the wireless connection established with an external apparatus. When the status of the wireless connection is restored after a change has been detected in the status of the wireless connection, the data supplying apparatus transmits, to the external apparatus, a different data file from the previous data file transmitted by the wireless connection before restoration of the connection.
US08792826B2
The invention relates to a method of determining the proximity of radio frequency devices using the analysis of a series of receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) values. In particular the invention further relates to a method for the control of a switch based on the proximity of the radio frequency devices.
US08792815B2
A cleaning device includes: a collection member configured to contact a photosensitive member, on which an electrostatic latent image is configured to be formed, and collect foreign substances on the photosensitive member; a shaft configured to attract the foreign substances from the collection member so as to make the foreign substances cling thereto; a scraping member configured to contact the shaft and scrape the foreign substances cling on the shaft; and a housing configured to accommodate the collection member and the shaft, wherein the scraping member is mounted to the housing. The scraping member includes: an elastic member; and a fiber member configured to be adhered to the elastic member and slidingly contact the shaft. The elastic member is configured to press the shaft to such an extent that fibers of the fiber member are pressed and compressed.
US08792812B2
An image forming device, comprising: an image formation unit; an endless belt; first, second and third rollers arranged in parallel such that the belt extends therebetween; a collar that is provided at least at one of ends in an axial direction of the first roller and moves in the axial direction when the belt moves obliquely; a press arm that presses an one axial end side of the second roller on which the collar is provided; and an oblique motion force conversion unit that includes a cam on which an slanting surface is formed and a movable part slidably contacting the slanting surface, and that converts a force for moving the collar into a pressing force for pressing the press arm, and wherein the slanting surface becomes closer to a rotation center of the first roller at a point further from the belt.
US08792810B2
A developer carrying member is provided which can maintain a high image quality over a long period of time even where a highly triboelectrically chargeable developer is used. The developer carrying member has a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a binder resin, conductive particles, a quaternary phosphonium salt and an azo metal complex compound, the binder resin has in the molecular structure at least one structure selected from the group consisting of an —NH2 group, an ═NH group and an —NH— linkage, and the azo metal complex compound is a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined in the specification.
US08792804B2
An image forming device includes a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of developing units, a plurality of toner cartridges, a plurality of shutter driving members, a driving force generating member that generates a driving force, and a driving force transmitting mechanism that transmits the driving force to the shutter driving members. Each toner cartridge includes a casing formed with an opening through which toner accommodated in the casing is supplied to the corresponding developing unit and a shutter movable between an opening position at which the shutter opens the opening and a closing position at which the shutter closes the opening. Each of the shutter driving members moves the corresponding shutter between the opening position and the closing position when supplied with the driving force.
US08792796B2
A method for monitoring development parameters of a liquid toner electrophotographic (LEP) printer, the method comprising defining an operational window for a current utilized by the printer and monitoring the current to determine a deviation of the current outside the operational window.
US08792788B2
Techniques, devices and systems for optical communications based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) that use tunable multi-wavelength laser transmitter modules.
US08792786B2
Data locality constraints are alleviated by a data processing system and method of reorganizing data. Multiple electronic components are configured to modulate a light beam on a shared photonic interconnect and to detect the data according to a global schedule to reorganize data across the multiple electronic components. By constructing data transfer patterns in a shared photonic interconnect, rather than in dedicated reorganization hardware, data is reorganized while in transit, greatly accelerating the reorganization of data, and reducing the amount of power-consuming hardware necessary to achieve the task.
US08792783B2
An exchangeable lens includes: a camera lens mount unit having a mount center point, to which a camera body, with twelve body connector terminals disposed near a camera body mount unit at the camera body, is attached; a holding portion where twelve lens connector terminals, each connected to one of the twelve body connector terminals and each including a contact area to come into contact with one of the body connector terminals, are disposed; an optical system that includes a drive target member which can be driven; and a drive unit that drives the drive target member. A distance setting apart a center of at least one lens connector terminal among the twelve lens connector terminals from the mount center point is different from a distance setting apart a center of at least one other lens connector terminal from the mount center point.
US08792771B2
Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (Play-Items, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.
US08792770B2
Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file (List_of_PlayItems), which comprises descriptors (PlayItems, SubPlayItems) pointing to parts of said data streams, wherein said descriptors define the arrangement in time for said data streams by means of data sub stream paths.
US08792751B1
Embodiments of a computer system, a method and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments allow a user to provide an image of a document for use with software, such as an image of a financial document for use with financial software. In particular, the user can provide the image of the document, for example, by taking a picture of the document using a cellular telephone. This image may be converted into an electronic format that is suitable for text and numerical processing using a character-recognition technique, such as optical character recognition or intelligent character recognition. Errors in the electronic version of the document, if present, may be identified and corrected by comparing the electronic version to information maintained by a third party. This information may be accessed based at least on one or more items in the electronic version of the document.
US08792740B2
Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method for rate-distortion optimization and an apparatus for performing the same. A macro block to be encoded is provided, any one of inter-frame prediction and intra-frame prediction is executed to generate a predictive macro block, a residual prediction block is generated on the basis of the generated predictive macro block and the provided macro block, and then the generated residual prediction block is transformed by applying a transform matrix having the highest encoding efficiency among a plurality of predetermined transform matrixes to the generated residual prediction block. Accordingly, it is possible to optimize the rate-distortion, and thus to enhance the quality of an image.
US08792738B2
When a filtering process on decoded image data is performed using filter parameters, gradient values near the pixel to be the target of the filtering process are calculated. In accordance with the calculated gradient, a single filter parameter is selected from a set of filter parameters. Based on the selected filter parameter, weight coefficients for the filtering process are calculated. Then, using the pixel value to be the processing target, the surrounding pixel values and the calculated weight coefficients, the pixel value after correction of the processing target pixel is calculated. With this process, it is possible to provide an image coding apparatus that can efficiently code an image properly and an image decoding apparatus that can decode an image, by performing a filtering process in accordance with the image characteristics.
US08792735B2
A color image processing apparatus is provided with a black text emphasis mode, in which, when compressing an image in a compression processing section, edges of a black text in the image are detected, a foreground layer in which the detected edges of the black text are represented by a binary image is generated, and lossless compression is performed on the foreground layer. When the black text emphasis mode is selected, a background layer in which the difference in density between the edges of the black text and pixels in the vicinity of the edges in the image is reduced is generated, and lossy compression is performed on the background layer. With this operation, in an image obtained by decompressing a compressed file, outline of the black text is clearly represented, and an artifact caused by the lossy compression is suppressed.
US08792733B2
A computer-implemented system and method for organizing cluster groups within a display is provided. Cluster groups each having one or more spines of clusters are obtained. Each cluster includes at least one document. At least one of the cluster groups is placed around a ring centrally defined in a display. Circle sectors are defined around the ring and an initial target angle is identified within each of the sectors. The at least one cluster group is positioned within one of the circle sectors at the initial target angle. A further one of the cluster groups is positioned within a different circle sector up to one of a maximum and minimum angle relative to the initial target angle for that sector.
US08792727B2
There is provided an image processing device including a feature point detection unit configured to detect feature points from an image, a reliability computation unit configured to compute reliability of each of the detected feature points, and a removal processing unit configured to remove some of the detected feature points on the basis of the reliability so that the number of the remaining feature points in each split region that is obtained by splitting the image into a plurality of regions is within a restricted number of feature points.
US08792712B2
A method for correcting colors and an apparatus using the same are provided. A method for correcting colors includes generating a luminance histogram using an image signal; determining a color matrix corresponding to luminance information of the luminance histogram; and converting the image signal from a color space to another color space using the determined color matrix, and outputting a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) signal. Accordingly, the advantage of a reduction in color noise is achieved.
US08792702B2
A method is provided for providing a 3D image data record relating to a biological object with suppressed aliasing artifacts overlapping the field of view caused by an incomplete geometric capture of the object by a computed tomography. A first 3D image data record is provided to describe a subarea of the object. A second 3D image data record is obtained by the computed tomography including data relating to the subarea of the object and is registered with the first 3D image data record. Data of the second 3D image data record is extended and/or amended according to data of the first 3D image data record. A part of such data of the second 3D image data record can be assigned to an aliasing artifact overlapping the field of view and thus generates a modified second 3D image data record with suppressed aliasing artifacts overlapping the field of view.
US08792694B2
A system and method of labeling orthogonal or otherwise spatially related image views and related images is provided. The present invention provides automated progression for the labeling of vertebral and inter-vertebral regions, propagation of labels between views and images within a series, centering of label regions relative to the spine, circular lists of predefined labels, and label displays for individual slices of an orthogonal or axial view as a user scrolls through the plurality of image slices of the given view. In a further aspect, the present invention provides automated labeling of vertebral and inter-vertebral regions when a user provides labels for the adjacent two inter-vertebral or vertebral regions.
US08792689B2
Dual-energy absorptiometry is used to estimate intramuscular adipose tissue metrics and display results, preferably as related to normative data. The process involves deriving x-ray measurements for respective pixel positions related to a two-dimensional projection image of a body slice containing intramuscular adipose tissue as well as subcutaneous adipose tissue, at least some of the measurements being dual-energy x-ray measurements, processing the measurements to derive estimates of metrics related to the intramuscular adipose tissue in the slice, and using the resulting estimates. Processing the measurements includes an algorithm which places boundaries of regions, e.g., a large region and a smaller region. The regions are combined in an equation that is highly correlated with intramuscular adipose tissue measured by quantitative computed tomography in order to estimate intramuscular adipose tissue.
US08792679B2
A face is detected within a camera's field despite inadequate illumination. In various embodiments, multiple images of the inadequately illuminated field of view are obtained and summed into a composite image. The composite image is tone-mapped based on a facial lighting model, and a bounded group of pixels in the tone-mapped image having a lighting distribution indicative of a face is identified. Facial features are resolved within the bounded group of pixels.
US08792677B2
A method for reducing violence within crowded venues includes reading license plates of vehicles passing into entry ports of a parking area, and capturing facial images of persons seeking admission to the venue. A computer compares such license plates to a database of vehicle license plates associated with persons with past histories of violence. A computer also compares captured facial images to a database of facial data for persons with past violent histories. Upon detecting a match, the computer creates an alert presented to law enforcement officers at the venue to facilitate detention of such persons for investigation. Information recorded on entry tickets is scanned and saved together with the facial image of the ticket holder. If a violent act occurs, cameras within the venue capture facial images of participants. The computer matches such participants to stored identifying data to assist in the identification and apprehension of such persons.
US08792675B2
A method of color masking an image or video includes reading color values of an image sample of the image or video and a corresponding change of an attribute of the image sample. Based on the color values of the image sample, the change in the image sample attribute is mapped to a change in color components of the image sample that is equivalent to the change in the image sample attribute, yet reduces visibility of the change in the image sample attribute for the specific color values of the image sample.
US08792673B2
An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a restricted image within a media asset, modify the restricted image to obtain a modified image that includes at least one shared image attribute of the restricted image, and produce a modified media asset that includes the modified image.
US08792670B2
A loudspeaker for active noise cancellation is disclosed in which a measurement microphone (12) is arranged at the acoustic center. In addition, a system for active noise cancellation is described.
US08792662B2
A mobile wireless communications device is for a user wearing an electronic hearing aid adjacent an ear of the user and may include an upper housing and a lower housing being slidably connected together for sliding between a retracted position and an extended use position. An audio output transducer may be carried by the upper housing and accessible to the hearing aid of the user adjacent a top end of the upper housing, and an audio input transducer may be carried by the lower housing and accessible to a mouth of the user adjacent a bottom end of the lower housing. An antenna may be carried by the lower housing adjacent the bottom end thereof so that the hearing aid is further separated from the antenna when the upper and lower housings are in the extended use position to reduce undesired coupling from the antenna to the hearing aid.
US08792657B2
A speaker device includes: an acoustic diaphragm; a vibration transfer member provided in a state of touching the acoustic diaphragm over a given length, which is configured to transfer vibration to the acoustic diaphragm; and an actuator configured to add vibration corresponding to an audio signal to be reproduced to the vibration transfer member to thereby transfer vibration to the acoustic diaphragm through the vibration transfer member and to generate sound.
US08792656B2
An all in one (AIO) computer implemented as a personal computer (PC) or a display includes a high definition multimedia interface, a speaker, and a speaker control circuit. The speaker control circuit includes an earphone interface circuit, a main controller, a signal processing unit, and a signal control circuit. The earphone interface circuit detects whether an earphone is inserted into the AIO computer. When the earphone interface circuit detects the earphone is connected to the AIO computer, if the AIO computer is implemented as the PC, the main controller sends a first muting signal. If the AIO computer is implemented as the display, the main controller sends a second muting signal, and the signal control circuit controls and mutes the speaker according to the first muting signal and the second muting signal.
US08792654B2
The present invention relates to an audio equipment (1) and a signal processing method thereof, wherein the mismatches that can occur at the packet boundaries in an audio signal, which is processed in packets by utilizing the missing fundamental phenomenon and which is formed again by the concatenating of these packets, are eliminated.
US08792641B2
In one embodiment, the method performed by mobile equipment to authenticate communication with a network includes generating keys using cellular authentication and voice encryption, and then generating an authentication key based on these keys. The authentication key is used to generate an expected message authentication code used in authenticating the network according to authentication and key agreement security protocol.
US08792640B2
A digital data signal, such as a digital video signal, is intentionally pre-distorted before being sent over a network. In one embodiment, this pre-distortion may be performed in accordance with a pre-distortion pattern or algorithm which is shared with only intended receivers. The pre-distortion pattern may be used to vary the pre-distortion on a periodic basis, as frequently as on a symbol-by-symbol basis. The pre-distortion function may include distorting the phase and/or the amplitude of the digital signal's modulation.
US08792639B2
The present invention provides an extensible disc player that is upgradeable to play new content types. The player's capability can be extended by downloading an appropriate decoder from a web server via the Internet. In this way, the player can play back contents that it does not originally support. If the content type is unknown, the player will check whether the disc contains a URL for linking to a web site containing an appropriate decoder. If the disc contains the URL, the player will access the web site to download the appropriate decoder. In a similar manner, the capability of a recorder can also be expanded by downloading appropriate encoders from the Internet.
US08792635B2
Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent damage of ARQ control in an ARQ in which a response signal (ACK/NACK) channel is shared by a plurality of mobile stations. In the device, a repetition unit (106) repeats a response signal inputted from a modulation unit (105) so as to obtain a plurality of identical response signals and outputs the plurality of response signals to a scrambling unit (107). The scrambling unit (107) scrambles the identical response signals by using a scrambling code corresponding to a mobile station ID number inputted from an allocation information generation unit (101) (that is, a scrambling code unique to each of mobile stations) and outputs the scrambled response signals to an S/P unit (108).
US08792614B2
A method for the optimization of radiation therapy treatment plans is disclosed. The disclosed method is equally-applicable to robotic radiosurgery as well as other types of radiosurgical delivery, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). A population-based heuristic approximation is used to perform a global search, and subsequently, a deterministic local trajectory search is employed to further refine the initial solution.
US08792613B2
A target motion simulator system for use in verifying target tracking with a radiation therapy device. The system comprises a radiation detection target coupled to a first motion actuator simulating a first motion of a first tissue and a fiducial coupled to a second motion actuator simulating a second motion of a second tissue offset from the first tissue, a component of the first motion being asynchronous with the second motion. A synthetic physiological signal generator is synchronized with the component of the first motion, wherein an output signal from the generator, in combination with a sensed position of the fiducial, may be used by the radiation therapy device in tracking the target.
US08792610B2
An apparatus for X-ray CT imaging including an X-ray irradiation unit configured to irradiate an X-ray toward a subject, an X-ray detector having a plurality of X-ray detection elements along a channel direction and a row direction, a couch on which the subject can be arranged, a rotation unit on which the X-ray irradiation unit and the X-ray detector are oppositely disposed and rotate around the couch, a controller configured to execute a helical scan while fluctuating an X-ray focal spot along a body axis direction of the subject by controlling the X-ray irradiation unit, and an image processing unit configured to generate a reconstructed image based on data acquired by the helical scan, wherein the controller is further configured to set a magnitude of fluctuation of the X-ray focal spot so that data acquisition loci of the helical scan do not overlap each other.
US08792605B2
Disclosed is an unlatching tool that may be used to unlatch a control rod from a control drive. The unlatching tool may include a baseplate, a first guide member and a second guide member attached to the baseplate, a first frame and a second frame attached to the baseplate, a stepper motor attached to the first frame, a worm drive attached to the first frame, a cable reel shaft attached to the first and second frame, a hose wrapped around the cable reel shaft, and a hook attached to a first end of the hose. The hook may include a cylindrical sleeve having a at least one finger configured to fold and unfold. Disclosed also is a method of unlatching a control rod from a control drive.
US08792593B2
According to one embodiment, a radio receiver includes an antenna, a low-noise amplifier (LNA), a quadrature demodulator, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), first and second power calculators, a correlation value calculator, a correction parameter generator, a corrector, a demodulator, and a controller. The antenna receives a signal. The LNA amplifies the received signal. The quadrature demodulator demodulates the amplified signal. The ADC converts analog IQ into digital IQ. The first and second power calculators calculate the first and second powers, respectively. The correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value between the digital IQ. The correction parameter generator generates a correction parameter based on the first and second power expected values, and the correlation value between the digital IQ. The corrector performs a linear transform operation. The demodulator demodulates the corrected IQ. The controller generates a gain control signal. The LNA is operated on the basis of the gain control signal.
US08792577B2
Method and apparatus for medium access control in a wireless broadband system with multiuser MIMO/MISO technology comprising the steps of a transmitter (Tx) broadcasting a polling message (1) to all the users (Rx1 . . . Rxi . . . RXN) associated to said transmitter (Tx); the users answering with reply messages (2) during a time slot (61 . . . 6m) randomly selected from a plurality of time slots in which a period of time dedicated to sending reply messages (5) is divided; the transmitter (Tx) performing a scheduling and transmission of data (3); and scheduled users sending Acknowledgment messages (4). Preferably, only users which measure a Signal to Noise plus Interference Ratio over a pre-defined threshold for a transmission beam send reply messages (2).
US08792568B2
A method for remote crosstalk cancellation in an xDSL system is provided. The method includes: receiving, at a first transmitting end, a noise statistic related value fed back from a first receiving end, wherein the noise statistic related value reflects a numeric value of a signal-to-noise ratio of a first line; pre-coding, at the first transmitting end, the first signal and crosstalk source signals according to values of filtering parameters; and transmitting the pre-coded signals. A corresponding device for remote crosstalk cancellation is provided.
US08792566B2
An expansion of known serial data links, for example ETHERNET, published in IEEE802.3, for directly transmitting random events without having to carry out synchronization with a clock signal or having to wait for a cyclical transmission time. Two different, random events are represented using two differently coded individual pulses and are transmitted in an event-controlled manner. A jitter-free latency of 45 ns between the event and its reception is possible over a line length of 8 m, for example. The expansion is particularly suitable for the short, digital data links between a node and a plurality of modules, as are required in modern electrical discharge machines, machine tools and similar electronic systems.
US08792561B2
A method and apparatus for encoding video by using deblocking filtering, and a method and apparatus for decoding video by using deblocking filtering are provided. The method of encoding video includes: splitting a picture into a maximum coding unit; determining coding units of coded depths and encoding modes for the coding units of the maximum coding unit by prediction encoding the coding units of the maximum coding unit based on at least one prediction unit and transforming the coding units based on at least one transformation unit, wherein the maximum coding unit is hierarchically split into the coding units as a depth deepens, and the coded depths are depths where the maximum coding unit is encoded in the coding units; and performing deblocking filtering on video data being inversely transformed into a spatial domain in the coding units, in consideration of the encoding modes.
US08792556B2
A system and method for processing video data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a first video frame and a second video frame, where the video frames comprise a plurality of blocks of pixels. The method further includes obtaining motion vector information identifying positions of a plurality of matching blocks between the first frame and the second frame, and calculating a measure related to an angle between a first motion vector for a first block in the first frame and a second motion vector for a second block in the first frame, where the second block is located at a frame position in the first frame within a neighborhood of the frame position in the second frame identified by the first motion vector. The method further includes determining that the first and second motion vectors are conflicting based on the calculated angle measure and modifying at least one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector if the first and second motion vectors are determined to be conflicting.
US08792550B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for preventing or reducing the appearance of undesirable color and/or gray patches in decoded video sequences due to generation of out-of-bound quantized transform coefficients during video encoding. Insufficient compression of a video block according to a selected encoding mode and a selected quantization parameter (QP) value may result in the generation and subsequent clipping of out-of-bound quantized transform coefficients for a given video coding standard. The techniques include predicting whether out-of-bound quantized transform coefficients will be generated for a video block, and adjusting at least one of the selected encoding mode and the selected QP value for the video block to prevent the generation of out-of-bound quantized transform coefficients. According to the techniques, the generation of out-of-bound quantized transform coefficients for a video block may be predicted based on difference parameter threshold values, which may be pre-generated and stored in a video encoder.
US08792546B2
A transmission circuit comprises a Σ−Δ modulator to perform Σ−Δ modulation of an amplitude modulation component of a modulation signal and to output a pulse width modulation signal, an angle modulator to generate an angle modulation component signal of a signal obtained by multiplying the modulation signal by a transmission output control coefficient corresponding to a transmission output in a power amplifier, and a multiplier to multiply the pulse width modulation signal by the angle modulation component signal and to output a result of the multiplication as an output signal to the power amplifier.
US08792543B2
An impulse noise mitigation circuit (INMC) may set a cut-off frequency of each of two high pass filters to bound a frequency bandwidth of a desired signal, wherein a first of the two filters allows frequencies higher than the frequency bandwidth of the desired signal, and a second of the two filters allows frequencies lower than the frequency bandwidth of the desired signal. The INMC may compute and store a mean magnitude separately for a first signal response of the first filter and a second signal response of the second filter. The INMC may select the first filter for impulse noise mitigation when the mean magnitude of the second filter is greater than the mean magnitude of the first filter. The INMC may select the second filter for impulse noise mitigation when the mean magnitude of the first filter is greater than the second filter.
US08792538B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting data using a codebook. The method includes: receiving current antenna configuration information of a transmitting end; obtaining a mask matrix corresponding to the current antenna configuration according to the current antenna configuration information; generating a codebook corresponding to the current antenna configuration according to a mother codebook and the mask matrix; selecting one codebook element from the codebook, and transmitting indication information corresponding to the codebook element to the transmitting end; and receiving data transmitted by the transmitting end. In the embodiments of the present invention, a mask matrix is obtained according to current antenna configuration information, and a codebook is generated according to the mask matrix and a mother codebook that is corresponding to the maximum number of antennas and the maximum number of layers that are fed back through channel state information.
US08792523B1
This description relates to an apparatus, a method of manufacturing, and a method of tuning optical and/or electrical parameters of semiconductor devices and materials, thin film materials, or other devices. In one example, a laser is tuned to produce an adjustable output wavelength by coupling the laser to a tuning material or base such as, for example, a piezoelectric base using a suitable attachment method. The laser includes of a tunable material that is sensitive to stress and/or strain. Stress and/or strain applied to the laser from the tuning material results in an electronically variable output wavelength. As an example, applying a voltage to a piezoelectric base that serves as a tuning material can cause the base to expand or contract, and the expansions and contractions from the base are coupled to the tunable material of the laser, thus varying the wavelength of the output light from the laser. Additionally, other devices that are sensitive to stress and/or strain can be adjoined in a similar manner and can result in an electronically variable output of the devices. Examples of other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US08792518B2
The invention relates to a method for transmitting data in an automation system with cyclic data transmission, wherein data are divided into fragments and the fragments are transmitted together with a fragment information item to the opposite side. In this case, a fragment is transmitted until the opposite side sends back a corresponding confirmation in the fragment information item.
US08792517B2
In the method for operating an interference multiple access communications system, wherein the improvement comprises the steps of employing a distributed scheduler within a Media Access Controller (MAC) for Multiuser Detection (MUD) enabled Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETS) to increase spectral efficiency by increasing spectral use and providing a way to dynamically allocate virtual channels to achieve maximum channel reuse in different network topologies and different link patterns and to ameliorate any hidden or exposed node problems.
US08792507B2
Disclosed is a network system and a control method thereof, the network system including a gateway connected to a plurality of home appliances through a home area network, an outdoor apparatus connected to the gateway through a network, and a dynamic domain name system (DDNS) server to manage dynamic internet protocol (IP) address information about an apparatus using a dynamic IP address. A communication connection is achieved through a dynamic IP between a gateway inside the home and an apparatus outside the home in a smart grid network environment, so a user can easily access in-home services based on a dynamic IP. In addition, unauthorized traffic, which may be introduced into the home, is automatically blocked, so that the quality of the home network service is improved.
US08792500B2
System and methodologies are provided herein for multiuser scheduling in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. Various aspects described herein facilitate full feedback scheduling, wherein multiuser scheduling is performed based on an antenna selection and signal quality feedback, such as signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) feedback, from respective users. Based on information received from respective users, independent information streams can be transmitted from respective transmit antennas to respective users with the highest signal quality. Receive antenna selection can also be employed to allow respective users to select a single receive antenna on which information is to be received. Additional aspects described herein facilitate quantized feedback scheduling, wherein scheduling is performed based on signal quality feedback that is quantized into a finite number of bits by respective users.
US08792499B2
An example method includes receiving at a scheduling server status information concerning at least one transmit queue for a plurality of optical pass-through switches (OptSws). A schedule for transmissions to take place is determined based on the status information for the OptSws. A control message is forwarded to the plurality of OptSws in order that the schedule may be implemented. In an embodiment, a schedule is determined for a wavelength available to transmit a transmission by removing unsupportable transmissions from a candidate transmission list, determining a first transmission that is the one of the transmissions of the candidate transmission list which most preferably satisfies a given parameter, updating a usage list to reflect determination of the first transmission; and replacing the candidate transmission list with the residue set of the first transmission. The usage list reflects transmissions determined by the scheduler.
US08792497B2
A network node or corresponding method of performing link aggregation reduces a number of Content Addressable Memory (CAM) entries required to make a forwarding decision for a given ingress flow, reducing cost, size, and power consumption of the CAM and accompanying static RAM. In one embodiment, an ingress flow is mapped to an egress flow identifier. Subsequently, the egress flow identifier is mapped to a member of an aggregated group associated with an egress interface based on information available in a given ingress flow. Finally, the given ingress flow is forwarded to the member of the aggregated group associated with the egress interface. A hashing technique or two lookups may be used alone or in combination in mapping the ingress flow to the egress flow identifier to reduce CAM memory usage.
US08792495B1
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request packet associated with a flow; designating an out of order sequence number range associated with the flow; creating an entry that designates the out of order sequence number range; receiving a subsequent packet that includes a particular sequence number range; referencing the out of order sequence number range; resolving a portion of the entry corresponding to the particular sequence number range for the subsequent packet; and forwarding the subsequent packet. In other embodiments, the request packet includes a content length field indicating the out of order sequence number range associated with the flow. Creating the entry can include creating a segment within a queue for the out of order sequence number range, which reflects expected sequence numbers for packets associated with the flow.
US08792490B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with logically partitioned networking devices are described herein. One example method includes receiving a message from a common interface. The message comprises a logical partition header (LPH) and a network segmentation header (NSH). The LPH may be associated with a logical partition of a networking device. The NSH is associated with a grouping (e.g., segmentation) of networking devices. The example method may also include forwarding the message to the grouping of networking devices based, at least in part, on the NSH and a virtual route forwarding (VRF) table. Forwarding the message to the logical partition of the networking device based, at least in part, on the LPH.
US08792482B2
In one embodiment, a method for managing a Voice over IP (VoIP) network includes collecting a first set of data from a first source of network performance management data, each data item in the first set of data corresponding to a call made using the VoIP network; collecting a second set of data from a second source of network performance management data, each data item in the second set of data corresponding to a call made using the VoIP network and being of a different type than the first set of data; correlating the first set of data and the second set of data such that a data item from the first set of data is matched with a data item from the second set of data that corresponds to a common call made over the VoIP network; and outputting a performance report based on the correlating.
US08792478B2
Systems and methods for providing communication service using a private packet network backbone exchange (PPNBE) are disclosed. The private packet network backbone exchange may include a logical call control entity, a logical routing database, one or more PPNBE gateways, and a private packet network. The PPNBE may provide “one-hop” call connection between a call-originating entity and a call-terminating entity without traversal of any other exchanges. The PPNBE may simultaneously support both one-hop local and long distance calls. The PPNBE architecture is easily scalable and incorporated into existing communication networks for on-net and off-net service. Methods and systems for providing access tandem communication service using a PPNBE are also disclosed.
US08792477B2
The present invention discloses a method for identifying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) traffic. Based on a Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), the method includes: identifying a packet related to a control connection by matching keywords according to an identification rule of the MGCP; extracting media connection negotiation information for establishing a media connection from the packet related to the control connection; matching the media connection negotiation information according to a transaction Identification (ID) in the media connection negotiation information; and identifying MGCP based VoIP traffic according to matching results. The present invention further discloses an apparatus for identifying VoIP traffic based on the MGCP. In the condition of using the MGCP and performing a plurality of media connection negotiations on one control connection simultaneously, the present invention can identify the MGCP based VoIP traffic without any particular requirement on the deployed positions of deep packet inspection devices.
US08792473B2
A method of synchronizing a plurality of data streams. A land mobile radio (LMR) data stream can be generated by a LMR communication device. At least one LMR identifier can be communicated from the LMR communication device to a broadband communication device. A broadband data stream can be generated by the broadband communication device. The broadband data stream and the LMR identifier can be communicated from the broadband communication device via an access network. The LMR identifier can enable synchronization of the LMR data stream with the broadband data stream.
US08792470B2
The invention relates to a method for activating and maintaining a plurality of separate and distanced functional units in an aircraft cabin. According to the invention, a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes is initialized, wherein each node is associated with a device wherein said initializing comprises associating each node a sending time slot within a time frame using a TDMA synchronization scheme, wherein each node is active to send signals during its sending time slot and is active to receive signals during a first set of time slots comprising a number of time slots of said frame, wherein the sending time slot of a node is different from the sending time slots of at least a plurality of its neighbored nodes.
US08792469B2
A method for coding control data with user data repetition is disclosed. Bits in user data may be removed. Bits in control data may be repeated to increase a number of bits in the control data. A number of bits in the user data that is the same as the number of bits in the control data may be copied. The copied user data bits may be added to the control data. The user data and the control data may be multiplexed.
US08792459B2
A wireless device, a method, and a computer program product in a wireless device are provided in which a scheduling control signal is received in peer-to-peer resources. In addition, whether to yield a data transmission is determined based on the received scheduling control signal. Furthermore, the data transmission is sent to a base station on the peer-to-peer resources upon determining not to yield the data transmission. A base station, a method, and a computer program product in a base station are also provided in which a scheduling control signal is received in peer-to-peer resources. In addition, whether to yield a data transmission is determined based on the received scheduling control signal. Furthermore, the data transmission is sent to a wireless device on the peer-to-peer resources upon determining not to yield the data transmission.
US08792457B2
The present invention relates to communicating control information in a mobile communication system, wherein the control information of a mobile terminal for scheduling an uplink channel may be notified to a network more quickly with less power. The present invention comprises transmitting a data block on a first physical channel, wherein the data block comprises control information, and transmitting an indicator having a specific value on a second physical channel for indicating the transmission of the control information on the first physical channel.
US08792450B2
A system installed at a roaming mobile network, comprises: a signaling relay enabled to monitor, intercept and modify mobile network signaling messages between the roaming network and the home network, a controller application for the signaling relay, said controller configured to instruct the signaling relay to replace an identity of a roaming user with a local network subscriber identity, thereby to enable registration of the roaming user with the local network for receiving at least one local mobile service as a local user, the roamer retaining a pre-existing registration with a respective home mobile network for receiving at least one other roaming mobile service, wherein authentication of the mobile device with the roaming network uses authentication data of the home network registration.
US08792449B2
A mobile station (MS) operating within a radio network includes a processing unit having an active mode and an inactive mode. The mobile station includes a transmitter in communication with the processing unit. The mobile station includes a memory in communication with the processing unit for storing uplink payload. The mobile station includes a radio interface in communication with the radio network and the transmitter; when there is uplink payload to transmit when the processing unit is in the inactive mode, the transmitter transmitting an activity indication to a base station over the radio interface, the processing unit changing to active mode, and the transmitter transmitting the uplink payload to the base station over the radio interface. A method for a mobile station operating within a radio network. A method for a base station operating within a radio network.
US08792447B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to transmit uplink information. The WTRU may have information such as data or control information to transmit to a network. The (WTRU) may request a common enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from the network. The WTRU may receive an indication from the network to fallback using a random access channel, e.g. a Release 99 Random Access Channel (R99 RACH), a Release 99 Physical Random Access Channel (R99 PRACH), etc. The indication may be received via an acquisition indicator (E-AI). The indication may be a value of the E-AI. The WTRU may determine whether a condition is met. The WTRU may transmit the uplink information over the R99 PRACH if the condition is met.
US08792446B2
A communication method of coordinated multi-point transmission systems. Based on the Zadoff-Chu sequences, multiple training sequences are implemented, and the training sequences are a set of robust orthogonal training sequence (ROTS). Preamble signals that use the set of training sequences can be transmitted from multiple base stations/relay stations at the same time. In the case with the mixture signal of multiple preamble signals, user equipment can still use the received signal to estimate multiple carrier frequency offsets of the corresponding base stations/relay stations.
US08792434B2
A selector (40) and selection method performed at a base station (28) is configured to determine which control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) to use for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) comprising a subframe according to criteria that improves performance of a telecommunications system (20).
US08792425B2
A signalling method for use in a multiple-access communication system, the system comprising a first communication apparatus and a plurality of second communication apparatuses, the second communication apparatuses being operable to communicate with the first communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the method comprising: assessing service-level requests from the second communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the second communication apparatuses that have corresponding service-level requirements; if it is determined that such a group exists, employing a first control scheme for transmission in the shared communication frame of communication control information for the second communication apparatuses of the group; and for any second communication apparatus not part of the group, employing a further control scheme different from said first control scheme for transmission in the shared communication frame of communication control information for that second communication apparatus, wherein the first and further control schemes are configured such that use of the first control scheme for said group of second communication apparatuses enables communication for more such second communication apparatuses to be supported in said shared communication frame than if such a further control scheme were used for said group of second communication apparatuses.
US08792412B2
Methods, devices and systems for improved transmission in a remote node-based wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communication comprises receiving a downlink signal from a first node, demodulating said received downlink signal, generating a channel quality measurement (“CQM”) value of said demodulated downlink signal, determining said CQM value exceeds a first threshold, modulating said demodulated downlink signal to form a processed downlink signal, and cooperatively transmitting said processed downlink signal with said first node to a wireless device.
US08792411B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a control signal of a relay station in a wireless communication system are provided. The relay station generates a control signal of uplink control information and performs mapping of the generated modulation symbol into a backhaul subframe that has a relay physical uplink control channel (R-PUCCH) assigned thereto. The backhaul subframe includes two slots among. Among single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols that constitute the backhaul subframe, an orthogonal cover (OC) sequence is applied to the SC-FDMA symbol which the modulation symbol has been mapped into, and later the backhaul subframe is transmitted. The generated modulation symbol is mapped according to the same pattern as the two slots.
US08792409B2
A wireless mesh network, method, and processor-readable storage medium for operating a network that has a control node that communicates with a plurality of communication nodes are disclosed. When the control node receives a broadcast message, the control node broadcasts a “clear” message that causes other communication nodes to clear their copies of the broadcast message from their message queues. By clearing redundant copies of the original broadcast message, the network can conserve bandwidth for other network traffic.
US08792403B2
Disclosed are a method, system and protocol for processing a Transmission within a wireless network, the network including at least one device that transmits the Transmission and at least one device that receives the Transmission. The method provides for receiving the Transmission at the device that receives the Transmission; determining whether the device that receives the Transmission has previously received the Transmission; and actioning the received Transmission only if the device that receives the transmission has not previously received the Transmission.
US08792396B2
Pre-equalizing a data signal transmitted in frequency division duplex by an originating entity having a set of originating antennas to a destination entity having a set of destination antennas, including: transmitting a first pilot by a destination antenna; the originating entity estimating a first impulse response of a first channel; an iterative step including an originating antenna transmitting a second pilot modulated by the first impulse response; the destination entity estimating and time reversing a combined impulse response of the first and second channels; the destination antenna transmitting a third pilot modulated by the time-reversed response; estimating a composite response of the channels; re-iterating the iterative step for some originating antennas; and re-iterating the steps of transmitting a first pilot, estimating the first response, and the iterative step for some destination antennas; and determining pre-equalization coefficients for the data signal from a combination of a set of composite impulse responses.
US08792394B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a response request signal, a transmitting unit configured to transmit a response signal in response to the response request signal, a measuring unit configured to continuously measure received power of the response request signal received by the receiving unit, and a communication control unit configured to cause the transmitting unit to transmit the response signal to a wireless communication apparatus that has transmitted the response request signal if the received power of the response request signal is higher than a threshold value.
US08792392B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate performing in-band provisioning for one or more devices at a restricted group of network nodes. A packet data context related to performing provisioning at the restricted group can be established between a device and a network via a restricted group node. The device can request provisioning at the restricted group using the packet data context, and the network can perform the provisioning. The packet data context can restrict access to allow provisioning related communications while rejecting other communications until provisioning is complete.
US08792391B2
A communication apparatus searches for another network after a network is created, participates in another network in accordance with a role, in communication parameter setting processing, of a communication apparatus existing in another network, and executes the communication parameter setting processing. After the communication apparatus decides to receive the communication parameters from another communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines an activation state of a providing function of a provider apparatus of the communication parameters, and requests the provider apparatus to provide the communication parameters in accordance with the determination.
US08792390B2
A method for acquiring information includes: receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address acquisition request or Packet Data Network (PDN) address allocation information sent by User Equipment (UE); determining a PDN address capability according to the IP address acquisition request or the PDN address allocation information; and sending the determined PDN address capability to the UE. An UE and network equipment are also provided. The PDN address capability is determined by the network and is sent to the UE, so as to indicate to the UE the IP address information that may be acquired in a current PDN connection, such that when the network cannot provide an IP address for the UE any more, the UE is prevented from acquiring other IP addresses in other manners, avoiding service abnormality.
US08792385B2
The invention provides a method and device for auto-generating GOOSE signal connection topology from substation level based on IEC61850 standard. The method comprises the following steps: import substation configuration language (SCL) file; search all GOOSE input and output signals under each access point; match the output signals to the input signals; and generate GOOSE signal connection topology based on the result of said matching. The device comprises an importing module for importing substation configuration language file; a GOOSE signal analyzer for searching all of GOOSE input and output signals under each access point, and matching said GOOSE output signals to said GOOSE input signals; and topology data module for generating GOOSE signal connection topology based on said matching. The device comprises a storage module. The storage module comprises an input dataset for storing GOOSE input signals and an output dataset for storing GOOSE output signals and their matching input signals.
US08792380B2
A method for indicating one-way latency in a data network, with continuous clock synchronization, between first and second node having clocks that are not synchronized with each other includes a continuous synchronisation session and a measurement session. The method repetitively sends predetermined synchronization messages from the first node to the second node and from the second node to the first node, calculates a round trip time for each message at the first node, updates a synchronization point if the calculated round trip time is smaller than a previously calculated round trip time, stores the updated synchronization points of a synchronization window, and calculates a virtual clock from the updated synchronization points of the synchronization window. The measurement session collects multiple measurements of one-way latency between the first and second nodes using the virtual clock, and generates a latency profile by interpolating the multiple measurements.
US08792379B1
In a system and method of determining a link capacity between an access node and a wireless device in a wireless communication network, sending over a communication link from the access node to the wireless device a plurality of packets comprising a packet size and a data length based on a modulation and coding scheme assigned to the communication link, determining a dispersion of at least two of the packets sent to the wireless device, calculating an average dispersion rate based on the determined dispersion of the at least two packets and the data length, and determining an available link capacity based on the packet size and the average dispersion rate.
US08792374B1
Embodiments are directed towards managing network routes using a centralized service on behalf of a network of a plurality of forwarding devices. The centralized service develops a global view of the network based on information from the forwarding devices. The centralized service computes changes to the routing policy for each of the nodes. The centralized service then generates an operational command schedule that is distributed to the forwarding devices using a “make before break” sequence to ensure that transient black holes do not happen as the new routing policy is being implemented.
US08792367B2
Cooperative communication is a technique that can be employed to meet the increased throughput needs of next generation WiMAX systems. In a cooperative scenario, multiple stations can jointly emulate the antenna elements of a multi-input multi-output system in a distributed fashion. A framework for a randomized distributed space-time coding (“R-DSTC”) technique in the emerging relay-assisted WiMAX network, and the development of a cooperative medium access control (“MAC”) layer protocol, called CoopMAX, for R-DSTC deployment in an IEEE 802.16 system, is described. The technique described couples the MAC layer with the physical (PHY) layer for performance optimization. The PHY layer yields significant diversity gain, while the MAC layer achieves a substantial end-to-end throughput gain.
US08792360B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of managing packets in a communication network including multiple communication nodes is described. The method may include receiving a packet including a packet header. The packet header may include a packet identifier uniquely identifying the packet. The method may also include determining a packet type of the packet received by a first communication node based on the packet identifier. The method may also include dropping the packet when the packet is determined to be a duplicate packet or routing the packet to a neighbor communication node in a manner that prevents the packet from being caught in a loop when the packet is determined to be a returned packet or a new packet.
US08792359B2
A communication system employs a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device allocates certain data, based on transmission data, to both a non-superposed band, corresponding to a frequency band with no interference signal present, and a superposed band, corresponding to a frequency band where an interference signal is present. Alternatively, the transmitting device allocates the data to the non-superposed band while giving a higher priority to the non-superposed band. The transmitting device then generates and transmits a multicarrier signal based on the allocation, so that the receiving device can receive it.
US08792354B2
Manageability tools are provided for allowing an administrator to have better control over switches in a lossless network of switches. These tools provide the ability to detect slow drain and congestion bottlenecks, detect stuck virtual channels and loss of credits, configure hold times on edge switches to be different from hold times on core switches, and mitigate severe latency bottlenecks.
US08792350B2
A network relay device includes a plurality of ports which input and output data packets, a storage in which a destination to which an input data packet is to be transferred and identification information of a port that outputs the input data packet are associated with each other for each of the plurality of ports, and a transmitter which obtains from the storage a destination associated with a port to which a data packet responsible for a congested state of traffic is input out of the plurality of ports, and which transmits a notification of congestion to the obtained destination.
US08792349B2
Access for wireless mobile nodes (WMNs) to access points (APs) may be provided via a wireless network where each WMN is associated with a plurality of APs, according to an exemplary embodiment.
US08792332B2
A method and circuit for implementing lane shuffle for fault-tolerant communication links, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. Shuffle hardware logic steers a set of virtual data lanes onto a set of physical optical lanes, steering around all lanes that are detected as bad during link initialization training. A mask status register is loaded with a mask of lane fail information during link training, which flags the bad lanes, if any. The shuffle hardware logic uses a shift template, where each position in the starting template is a value representing the corresponding lane position. The shift template is cascaded through a set of shifters controlled by the fail mask.
US08792331B2
The invention concerns a method of providing a successor list (L) for routing in a peer-to-peer overlay network (N), and a network node and a computer program product to execute this method. The peer-to-peer overlay network (N) comprises a plurality of nodes (0, 20, 50, 87, 112, 140, 179, 200, 211, 223, 240). The successor list (L) specifies identifiers of at least two successor nodes (211, 223) subsequently succeeding a first node (200) of the plurality of nodes (0, 20, 50, 87, 112, 140, 179, 200, 211, 223, 240) with regard to a topology structure of the peer-to-peer overlay network. It is determined whether the at least two successor nodes (211, 223) listed in the successor list (L) run on the same physical hardware. If the at least two successor nodes (211, 223) run on the same physical hardware, an identifier of at least one additional node (240) of the plurality of nodes (0, 20, 50, 87, 112, 140, 179, 200, 211, 223, 240) which succeeds the at least two successor nodes (211, 223) with regard to the topology structure of the peer-to-peer overlay network (N) and runs on a different physical hardware than the at least two successor nodes (211, 223) is added to the successor list (L).
US08792319B2
A recording medium is provided with: a guide layer on which a guide track or guide tracks are formed; and recording layers, wherein (i) an information mark group and (ii) a distinctive mark group are formed in the guide layer, the information mark group being formed on each of a plurality of guide tracks, the distinctive mark group distinguishing a center track out of the plurality of guide tracks on each of which the information mark group is formed, the distinctive mark group including a pair of distinctive record marks which are shifted toward a right side and a left side, respectively, from a track center of the center track, a width of each distinctive record mark is twice or more a width of the guide track.
US08792316B2
The invention relates to a record carrier of a disc-like optically inscribable type, having a preformed track in which an auxiliary signal comprising a sequence of codes is recorded by means of a preformed track modulation. The codes comprise a sequence of address codes (AC) specifying the addresses of the track portions in which said address codes (AC) are recorded and special codes (SC). The special codes (SC) can be distinguished from said address codes (AC) and specify control data for controlling a recording by a recording device. The sequence can be obtained by replacing in a sequence of address codes (AC) with consecutive address values a plurality of said address by special codes (SC). The periodic pattern of address codes and special codes has a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a predetermined reference address. Such as for example a positional shift with respect to the start of a Lead-in area. The presence and or amount of such a shift may be used to represent additional control information or indicate the presence of area on a disc provided with such additional control information.
US08792315B2
An information recording/reproducing device capable of recording or reproducing information to or from a plurality of information recording media, includes a plurality of information recording/reproduction drives which can record or reproduce the information recording media and during recording or reproduction, can measure information recording medium quality evaluation item values representing values indicative of qualities of the information recording media; and an information recording medium monitor which can calculate tendency to quality degradation of the information recording medium from information recording medium quality evaluation item values preserved by an information recording medium monitoring database which can preserve the measured information recording medium quality evaluation item values. The information recording medium monitor is capable of calculating from a tendency to quality degradation of an arbitrary information recording medium the quality of another information recording medium.
US08792311B2
Changes in the thermal boundary condition near a close point of an ABS to a media indicate proximity of the ABS with the media. Before contact, heat conduction from the ABS is primarily through convective and/or ballistic heat transfer to air between the ABS and the media. After contact, heat flux primarily flows from the ABS to the media through solid-solid conductive contact. Further, a light source within a HAMR transducer head may create additional thermal variations within the transducer head. These thermal variations create temperature variations within the transducer head. Two resistance temperature sensors on the transducer head at varying distances from the close point and/or light source measure these temperature variations. A temperature difference between the two resistance temperature sensors indicates proximity of the close point to the media and/or light output.
US08792306B2
Apparatuses and methods for attracting aquatic animals are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for attracting aquatic animals includes a submersible speaker adapted to emit a pre-recorded sound for attracting an aquatic animal. The pre-recorded sound includes tactile sound. The apparatus also includes a controller in communication with the submersible speaker. The controller is adapted to be coupled to an above-water portion of a boat. The controller includes a user interface comprising one or more user-selectable options. The controller is adapted to send a signal to the submersible speaker in response to detecting a selection of one of the user-selectable options, and the submersible speaker emits the pre-recorded, sound in response to receiving the signal.
US08792291B2
An apparatus includes a terminal, a first plurality of driver lines, and a first phase mixer. The driver lines drive the terminal to a first logic state responsive to a first enable signal. The first phase mixer is coupled to a first one of the first plurality of driver lines. The first phase mixer is operable to receive the first enable signal and a first delayed enable signal derived from the first enable signal and generate a first signal on the first driver line having a first configurable delay with respect to the first enable signal by mixing the first enable signal and the first delayed enable signal.
US08792290B2
A voltage generator includes a high voltage generator configured to include a plurality of pump circuits for generating various levels of a high voltage in response to clock signals, wherein the plurality of pump circuits are configured to receive enable signals corresponding to a level of voltage to be generated, where the enable signals are generated in response to internal operation signals. And a clock transfer circuit configured to generate a clock enable signal by comparing the high voltage and a reference voltage and to selectively provide the clock signals to each of the pump circuits in response to the clock enable signal and each of the enable signals.
US08792286B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a page buffer configured to store data read from a memory cell, a counter circuit configured to count the number of first data or second data in the read data for every read operation while the read operations are repeated a set number of times, and a control logic configured to determine the number of read operations and determine the read data of the memory cell based on the counted number.
US08792282B2
A nonvolatile memory device configured to apply a wordline erase voltage to a plurality of wordlines connected to a plurality of memory cells, apply an erase voltage to a substrate where a memory cell string is formed while applying a specific voltage to at least one ground selection line connected to at least one ground selection transistor, and float the at least one ground selection line when a target voltage of the substrate reaches a target voltage.
US08792275B2
A non-volatile static random access memory (NVSRAM) device includes a volatile circuit and a non-volatile circuit. Under normal operations when an external power is supplied, the volatile circuit can provide fast data access. When the power supply is somehow interrupted, the non-volatile circuit can provide data backup using an inverter circuit and a non-volatile erasable programmable memory (NVEPM) circuit, thereby retaining data previously stored in the volatile circuit.
US08792271B2
A magnetic memory device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a laminated structure comprising plural first magnetic layers being provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, a second magnetic layer comprising different composition elements from that of the first magnetic layer and being provided between plural first magnetic layers, a piezoelectric body provided on a opposite side to a side where the first electrode is provided in the laminated structure, and a third electrode applying voltage to the piezoelectric body and provided on a different position from a position where the first electrode is provided in the piezoelectric body.
US08792269B1
A method of programming a MTJ includes selecting a MTJ that is coupled to an access transistor at the drain of the access transistor. The gate of the access transistor is coupled to a selected word line (WL), the selected WL is substantially at a first voltage, Vdd; whereas the WLs that are not coupled to the MTJ are left to float. A second voltage, Vx, is applied to the unselected bit lines (BLs) and further applied to a source line (SL), the SL being coupled to the source of the access transistor. A third voltage, Vdd or 0 Volts, is applied to a selected BL, the selected BL is coupled the MTJ. The first voltage is applied to a SL, the SL is coupled to the source of the access transistor thereby causing the WL to boot above the first voltage.
US08792266B2
A memory cell is formed with a resistance variable element, which is interposed between first and second electrodes and can store resistance changes representing 2 or more different values, and first and second cell transistors having source terminals thereof connected to the first electrode, and gates thereof to a word line. A drain of the first cell transistor is connected to a bit line, and a drain of the second cell transistor is connected to a data line. The second electrode is connected to a source line. During a read operation, the first and second cell transistors are kept in an ON state, and a current is supplied from the bit line to the source line through the memory cell. Data is read according to the electrical potential difference between the data line and the source line.
US08792265B2
A phase change material for use in a phase change memory device comprises germanium-antimony-tellurium-indium, wherein the phase change material comprises in total more than 30 at % antimony, preferably 5-16 at % germanium, 30-60 at % antimony, 25-51 at % tellurium, and 2-33% at % indium.
US08792261B2
A power conversion device connected with a three-phase power system through a transformer, including unit converters cascade-connected so that reactors are unnecessary, and volume and weight are reduced. The secondary winding of the transformer is an open winding having six terminals. A first converter group, includes a circuit which has three converter arms, which are star-connected, connected to three of the terminals of the secondary winding. A second converter group, having three different converter arms which are star-connected, is connected to three other terminals of the secondary winding. A neutral point (the point where the star connection is made) of the first converter group, and a neutral point of the second converter group are made to be the output terminals of the power conversion device.
US08792254B2
A power converter includes an input stage connected to receive a three phase AC input voltage and to provide multiple DC voltage levels. The power converter also includes an output stage of a plurality of interleaved LLC converters having series-connected inputs coupled to the multiple DC voltage levels and parallel-connected outputs to provide a DC output voltage. Additionally, the power converter includes a balancing circuit interconnected to the input and output stages to provide substantially balanced output currents from the plurality of interleaved LLC converters for the DC output voltage. Methods of manufacturing and operating a power converter are also provided.
US08792243B2
Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
US08792237B2
An electronic device includes a main body and a support mechanism assembled within the main body. The main body includes a bottom plate and a hinged portion adjacent to an edge of the main body, the bottom plate defines an ejecting hole. The support mechanism includes a rotating assembly rotatably hinged to the hinged portion, and a support assembly movably assembled with the rotating assembly, a distal end of the support assembly aligns with the ejecting hole of the bottom plate. The support assembly is capable of being partially ejected out by the rotating assembly to pass through the ejecting hole of the bottom plate, and exposed to the outside of the main body to support the whole electronic device in a use mode. The support assembly is also capable of being retracted back into the main body in an unused state.
US08792236B2
There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a cabinet having a display surface exposed to an outside, a battery provided at the bottom on an opposite side of the display surface in the cabinet and at least a portion of the battery protruding to an outer side from the bottom, and a height formed at the edge of the cabinet so as to protrude to the outer side to cover the battery.
US08792231B2
An apparatus has a first body part, a second body part, and a support mechanism configured to keep the first and second body parts together while enabling a user to move the first and second body parts between a closed configuration and an open configuration. In the closed configuration, the first and second body parts are stacked and the support mechanism is sandwiched between the first and second body parts. The apparatus further has user input equipment positioned such that the user input equipment is behind the first body part and accessible to the user when the first and second body parts are in the open configuration and the user input equipment is not accessible to the user when the first and second body parts are in the closed configuration.
US08792228B2
A bezel assembly includes a panel, a shielding member, and a securing member. The panel includes a main body. The main body includes a receiving portion and defines a through hole. The shielding member includes a mounting portion. The securing member includes a resilient arm abutting the receiving portion. The mounting portion extends through the through hole and is engaged with the securing member, to secure the shielding member to the panel; when the shielding member is disengaged from the panel, the securing member is moved in a first direction substantially parallel to the main body, the resilient arm is deformed by the receiving portion, the mounting portion is moved in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction so as to be disengaged from the securing member.
US08792210B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a writer for shingled recording which includes a write pole having a trailing edge and first and second side edges extending from the trailing edge. The writer further includes a shield extending along and about parallel to at least an entire length of the trailing edge, the shield also extending along at least a portion of the first side edge. Other systems are also presented which include advanced shingled writing head designs.
US08792202B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head and a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks, wherein each servo track comprises a plurality of servo sectors. The disk drive further comprises control circuitry comprising a servo control system operable to actuate the head over the disk in response to the servo sectors. The disk is rotated at a first speed and the servo sectors are read at a first servo sample frequency to generate first servo samples. The disk is rotated at a second speed different from the first speed and the servo sectors are read at a second servo sample frequency to generate second servo samples. The second servo samples are processed to measure a frequency response of the servo control system proximate the first servo sample frequency.
US08792198B1
A balanced amplifier with a relatively high input impedance with wide bandwidth for use as a fly-height sensor head preamplifier in a magnetic storage read system. The balanced amplifier has two substantially identical halves, each amplifier half having an input transistor, responsive to the input node of the amplifier half disposed in series with a cross-coupling transistor receiving a buffered cross-coupled version of the input signal applied to the other half of the balanced amplifier. Use of cascoded transistors and voltage-followers to limit voltages across various the input and cross-coupling transistors enhance the common mode rejection and power supply rejection ratios of the amplifier while retaining a low high-frequency noise figure similar to low-input impedance balanced amplifier designs.
US08792190B2
In a method for manufacturing a lens, a substrate which has a recess in a first surface thereof is provided. A sacrificial material is provided in the recess which has shape in accordance with a first desired lens surface. A lens material is applied to the substrate and to the sacrificial material and cured so that the lens material has a shape in accordance with the first desired lens surface, and then the sacrificial material is removed.
US08792188B2
An imaging lens includes first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refractive power. The second lens element has a negative refractive power, and concave object-side and image-side surfaces. The third lens element has a positive refractive power. The fourth lens has a curved object-side surface with a convex portion and a concave portion. The imaging lens satisfies AAG/CT3≧1.3, where AAG is a sum of distances between any adjacent two of the lens elements, and CT3 is a thickness of the third lens element.
US08792185B2
An image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with negative refractive power including a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power including a convex object-side surface; a third lens element with negative refractive power including an object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric; a fourth lens element with positive refractive power including a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens element with negative refractive power including a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, the fifth lens element having at least one inflection point.
US08792184B2
An image-capturing lens includes, in order from an object side: a meniscus-shaped first lens which has positive power near an optical axis; a second lens which has positive power near the optical axis and has negative power in the periphery of the second lens; and a meniscus-shaped third lens. The image-capturing lens satisfies the following conditional formulas: TL/f<1.10, 2.00<(r2+r1)/(r2−r1)<4.00, and 0.07
US08792180B2
Provided are a wafer lens production method, an intermediate die, an optical component, a molding die, and a molding die production method. The production method of a wafer lens (1) includes a first intermediate die production step using a die (7), a second intermediate die production step using the first intermediate die (8), and a wafer lens production step using the second intermediate die (9). A first intermediate-die substrate (80) is provided with a depressed section (85) on the surface facing the die (7). When photo-curable resin (84A) is pressed, at least a portion closer to the first intermediate-die substrate (80) among the top (71a) and the peripheral section (77) of the die (7) is arranged in the depressed section (85), and a gap is provided so that the die (7) does not contact with a depressed plane (85a) of the depressed section (85).
US08792167B2
A monolithic or hybrid integrated optical information processor or optical information processing system having a plurality of non-quadratic phase optical elements, at least one LED array, and plurality of light modulating array elements, each controlled by respective control signals, the system arranged so that each light modulating array element lies in a different plane. In some implementations, at least a portion of the resulting system is implemented in a stack of component materials. In an implementation, an LED array is used as an image source and another LED array is used as an image sensor to transform the processed image into an electrical output.
US08792146B2
An image reading apparatus may include a cable for connecting one device or component to a controller configured to perform functions and execute instructions. To prevent breakage and stress on the cable, the cable may be fixed to a guide component. For example, the cable may be fixed to the guide component on a first side and be held by the component such that the cable includes a generally U-shaped slacked portion. According to one or more arrangements, the guide component may include an escape portion that allows for the movement of an openable unit of the image reading apparatus. In yet other aspects, the guide component may be attachable/detachable from a main body of the image reading apparatus.
US08792130B2
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an operation pixel arrangement unit to arrange the operation pixels to be inserted or deleted in a staggered form from one end of the image to the other end of the image in the second direction, so as to satisfy a first condition in which a distance in the first direction between the operation pixels adjacent in the second direction is 2 pixels or more and less than the predetermined number of pixels, and a second condition in which a direction in which the operation pixels adjacent in the second direction are apart from each other is reversed at intervals of not more than 2 pixels which are consecutive in the second direction; and an image enlargement/reduction unit to enlarge or reduce the image by inserting or deleting the operation pixels arranged by the operation pixel arrangement unit.
US08792128B2
An inspection apparatus, inspection system, inspection method, and inspection control program stored in a recording medium, each of which sets a reference point in a master image and a read image read from a printed image, which is to be used for detecting the positional shift between the read image and the master image, based on determination whether a pattern previously added to the printed image for detecting the positional shift is available or can be used to effectively detect the positional shift.
US08792126B2
In one embodiment, a method for routing a facsimile in a computer readable format includes receiving text of a facsimile in a computer readable format; ascertaining one or more of a significance and a relevance of at least a portion of the text by locating one or more keywords in the text, wherein at least two of the keywords are not adjacent in the text; analyzing the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile or text thereof to one or more destinations based on the analysis. Additional disclosed embodiments include systems and computer program products configured to similarly route a facsimile in a computer readable format.
US08792125B2
A method and system according to the disclosure facilitates subscription based access to services for image systems including an image acquisition device configured to generate image data describing a target object in a target area of the image acquisition device and an image display device configured to generate a human perceptible rendering of the target object based on the image data.
US08792124B2
A print control apparatus includes the following components. Drawing processing units each perform a drawing process. A sending unit sends the entire print instruction including multiple pages and written in a page description language, to the drawing processing units. The delivering unit delivers each processing request which specifies one of the multiple pages, to a corresponding one of the drawing processing units. When performing, to perform a drawing process in which a print instruction for a page specified by a processing request is converted into print data, an analysis process on the print instruction from the first page to the specified page, each drawing processing unit refers to an identifier in the page description language of the print instruction for pages other than the specified page, and does not perform the analysis process for a range not containing a command that influences a drawing process of other pages.
US08792122B2
An image forming apparatus to generate image data of print data containing a drawing object for reuse within a job includes a cache unit, an object parallel processing unit, a page parallel processing unit, and a processing control unit. The cache unit generates data based on the drawing object and caches generated data. The object parallel processing unit divides each page of the print data per drawing object unit and subjects a divided page to raster image processor (RIP) processing in parallel. The page parallel processing unit subjects the print data to the RIP processing per page unit. The processing control unit controls such that, in the print data, the object parallel processing unit executes processing sequentially from an initial page until the data having a value equal to or more than a threshold value is cached and the page parallel processing unit executes processing after the data is cached.
US08792116B2
A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing the display character strings of corresponding languages is disclosed. The printing controller includes a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed, a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected, and an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file. The printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part.
US08792107B2
An uninstaller extracts a print setting included in only a printer driver to be uninstalled, deletes information relating to the extracted print setting from all presets (a preset description file) to be registered in an OS, extracts a default value of print setting items for all print queues other than a print queue corresponding to the printer driver to be uninstalled, deletes information relating to the preset which does not differ in the print setting from the extracted default value from the preset description file, and uninstalls the printer driver.
US08792106B2
An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image.
US08792103B2
A system for analysis of a fluid, comprises a light source for radiating a beam of light an optical path for guiding at least part of the beam of light, a fluidic channel for guiding the fluid along the optical path, and a detector for detecting an optical characteristic of the light having propagated along the optical path. The optical path comprises a multimode interference structure, the multimode interference structure being arranged for providing a propagation of the beam of light in at least two propagation modes, the detector being positioned so as to receive light from each of the at least two propagation modes.
US08792095B2
Methods and apparatus for detection and/or analysis of gas phase analytes and chemical compounds. The apparatus can be formed with microfluidic cells containing a selected fluid that interacts with the analyte(s), wherein the fluid can selectively transition between a vapor phase and a liquid phase. During condensation of the fluid, the population of analytes present within the vapor phase region of the fluid can be transported into the liquid phase region of the fluid within the microfluidic cells. During evaporation of the fluid, the analytes can be substantially retained within liquid phase region of the fluid and within the cells. Repetitive cycling of this vapor/liquid exchange can provide a build-up of the analytes within the microfluidic cells where they can be detected/analyzed.
US08792094B2
An apparatus for detecting defects of elements to be subjected to examination, particularly metallic lids, with means for lighting an element to be subjected to examination, an image acquisition unit, and a unit for processing images acquired by said image acquisition unit is described.
US08792091B2
Fiber-optic communications systems are provided for optical communications networks. Fiber-optic communications links may be provided that use spans of transmission fiber to carry optical data signals on wavelength-division-multiplexing channels at different wavelengths between nodes. An apparatus and method are disclosed to use one optical light source per node to perform OTDR and LCV to satisfy safety concerns and accelerate the verification of the integrity of optical fiber links, before the application of high Raman laser powered light sources to a fiber link. A system using only one receiver per node is also disclosed.
US08792079B2
An x linear encoder, which is configured of a pickup placed on a measurement mount and facing an x scale fixed on the lower surface of a barrel that houses a projection optical system, measures the displacement of the barrel with the measurement mount serving as a reference. With the configuration of the x linear encoder, a path of a measurement light that propagates back and forth between the pickup and the scale is significantly shortened, compared with the case of using an interferometer.
US08792075B2
A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display using fringe field amplification is disclosed. Each pixel is subdivided into color dots. Further more each pixel contains extra-planar fringe field amplifiers that separate the color dots of a pixel. The voltage polarity of the color dots and extra-planar fringe field amplifiers are arranged so that fringe fields in each color dot causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots and the extra-planar fringe field amplifiers are arranged so that neighboring polarized elements have opposite polarities. The performance of the display is further enhanced by using a sliced common electrode having common electrode slices over the color dots.
US08792067B2
A display module including a display panel, at least one bracket, a protective plate, a plurality of assembling elements and a back cover is provided. The display panel has a display surface and a back surface opposite to the display surface. The bracket is fixed to the display panel. The protective plate faces the display surface. The assembling elements are fixed on the protective plate, wherein each of the assembling elements has a positioning protrusion and an engaging slot. And the bracket is positioned on the assembling elements through the positioning protrusions. The back cover faces the back surface, wherein the back cover is engaged to the assembling elements through the engaging slots.
US08792064B2
A pixel array including first scan lines, second scan lines, data lines, and sub-pixels is provided. Each sub-pixel includes a first switch, a second switch, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switch, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switch, a third switch, and common lines connected with each other and disposed under the first and the second pixel electrode. The first and the second switch are electrically connected to the same first scan line and data line. The first scan line is located between the first and second pixel electrode. The third switch is electrically connected to the second scan line and the first pixel electrode and has a floating terminal. The floating terminal is capacitively coupled to the common line under the second pixel electrode to form a capacitor.
US08792062B2
The present invention provides a touch integrated display device which reduces a thickness of a display device and can improve touch performance. The touch integrated display device according to one embodiment of the present invention can include: a TFT positioned on a lower substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the TFT; a common electrode facing the pixel electrode to form electric field; a liquid crystal layer positioned on the common electrode; an upper substrate facing the lower substrate which is positioned at both sides of the liquid crystal layer; a driving electrode which is positioned on one side of the upper substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer; and a sensing electrode which is positioned on the other side of the upper substrate and faces the driving electrode.
US08792058B2
System and method for displaying guide data on a remote control. In one embodiment, guide data may be received in a first format by the remote control. The guide data may be converted from the first format to a second format based in part on a predefined user preference. A portion of the guide data may be displayed in accordance with the second format on a display of the remote control such that guide data is displayed according to a first scale.
US08792052B2
The frame rate of a pause frame of a moving image is detected. The number of frame images of the moving image to be used in a process of increasing the resolution of a low-resolution image is determined such that a larger number of frame images is set for a higher detected frame rate. In a super-resolution process, a high-resolution image is generated using the determined number of continuous frame images including the pause frame of the moving image. This makes it possible to appropriately determine the number of frames to be referred to in the super-resolution process in accordance with the frame rate of a moving image when generating a high-resolution image from the frames of a low-resolution moving image.
US08792043B2
The present disclosure relates to a focus-free camera module minimized in height deviation of depth of focus, the focus-fixed focus-free camera module including: an image sensor; a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with the image sensor; a barrel mounted at an upper surface of the image sensor and accommodated with a lens therein; a holder attached to an upper surface of the PCB to accommodate the barrel; and adhesive means adhering an outer circumference of the barrel to an inner circumference of the holder, such that no height deviation in depth of focus is generated by adhesive structure in which a bottom distal end surface of the barrel is tightly adhered to an upper surface of an image sensor side without any separate medium.
US08792036B2
An image sensor comprises a pixel array formed by arraying pixels in a column direction and a row direction; a column common readout unit provided for each pixel column in the pixel array; at least three readout channels which sequentially read signals from the column common readout units, respectively; and a readout channel selection unit which selects readout channels so that the signal is output from each of the column common readout units to a corresponding one of the at least three readout channels, wherein the readout channel selection unit selects readout channels, to which the signals are output from the column common readout units, in a predetermined pattern that varies in each individual row of the pixel array.
US08792019B2
In a video creation device, a creator creates a frame of a first type and a frame of a second type. A difference determiner determines whether or not the difference between frames of a determination pair exceeds a threshold, wherein the determination pair contains two frames of the first type, or the frame of the first type and the frame of the second type. A frame creator creates a frame of a third type between frames of a data pair, wherein the data pair contains two frames of the first type next to each other. A synthesizer creates high-dynamic-range frame by synthesizing frames of synthesized pair, wherein synthesized pair contains the frame of the second type and the frame of the first type, or the frame of the second type and the frame of third type. And, a video creator creates video comprised of the frame synthesized by the synthesizer.
US08792013B2
Embodiments are directed towards determining within a digital camera whether a pixel belongs to a foreground or background segment within a given image by evaluating a ratio of derivative and deviation metrics in an area around each pixel in the image, or ratios of derivative metrics across a plurality of images. For each pixel within the image, a block of pixels are examined to determine an aggregate relative derivative (ARD) in the block. The ARD is compared to a threshold value to determine whether the pixel is to be assigned in the foreground segment or the background segment. In one embodiment, a single image is used to determine the ARD and the pixel segmentation for that image. Multiple images may also be used to obtain ratios of a numerator of the ARD, useable to determine an extent of the foreground.
US08792012B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a motion vector generator, a correction amount generator, and a correcting module. The motion vector generator is configured to generate a horizontal direction motion vector and a vertical direction motion vector of an input video signal photographed in an order of scanning lines. The correction amount generator is configured to generate a horizontal direction correction amount based on the horizontal direction motion vector and the vertical direction motion vector by each scanning line, and generate a vertical direction correction amount based on the vertical direction motion vector by a scanning line. The correcting module is configured to correct the input video signal to generate an output video signal based on the horizontal direction correction amount and the vertical direction correction amount.
US08792010B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an acceleration sensor having a first measurement axis and a second measurement axis that intersect each other, and arranged on a plane that intersects the imaging optical axis of the image capturing apparatus while inclining the first and second measurement axes by about 45° in the vertical direction, and a calculation unit that calculates the arc tangent of the ratio of the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the first measurement axis and the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the second measurement axis, thereby obtaining the inclination degree of the image capturing apparatus in the rolling direction.
US08792009B2
An image pickup apparatus capable of reducing camera-shake blur and rolling-caused distortion of image data obtained by shooting without including invalid data. An object obtained by shooting is stored in a memory area as first image data, and data having a smaller data size than the first image data is acquired as second image data by clipping from the memory area. A clipping position which enables correction of camera-shake blur is calculated according to an amount of movement due to a camera shake. Range information indicative of a range in the memory area and shift amounts used for correcting rolling-caused distortion are calculated. Rolling-caused distortion of the second image data is corrected based on the calculated shift amounts.
US08791998B2
An image processing apparatus includes a display section that displays a first image, which forms a streaming video obtained by capturing blades periodically arrayed in a jet engine, and also displays information indicating the position of a blade corresponding to the first image.
US08791997B2
A device and a method for non-contact recording of spatial coordinates of a surface includes a sensor head and a controller connected to the sensor head. The sensor head is designed as a portable hand-held device, a projector and two cameras. The controller is also designed as a portable device, with an electrochemical energy source housed in the controller or in the sensor head for power supply to the sensor head and the controller and no cable connection of the sensor head or the controller is provided to further stationary components of the device.
US08791994B2
A replay device includes: a user recognition unit that performs user recognition processing; and a replay source selection unit that chooses a replay source, from among a plurality of replay sources, according to a user recognized by the user recognition unit.
US08791993B2
Disclosed herein is a medicine management system wherein a camera is installed in a camera tube to acquire a good-quality medicine image, thereby improving recognition efficiency. A method of setting the camera of the medicine image capturing device includes extracting a jig block from a medicine image captured by the medicine image capturing device, analyzing image elements of the jig block, and setting a capturing mode of the camera.
US08791989B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus that stereoscopically displays a two-dimensional image, comprising a generating section that generates a left-side image and a right-side image by shifting the two-dimensional image left and right in a display region; a right-edge processing section that attaches a right-edge image, which is displayed within a prescribed range from a right edge of the display region, to a right side of the left-side image; a left-edge processing section that attaches a left-edge image, which is displayed within a prescribed range from a left edge of the display region, to a left side of the right-side image; and an output section that outputs the left-side image with the right-edge image attached thereto to a left eye of a user and outputs the right-side image with the left-edge image attached thereto to a right eye of the user.
US08791976B2
A method that allows customers to connect remotely with customer service representatives by continuously monitoring the customers with cameras. Images from the cameras are sent to a computerized system that employs image processing techniques to determine when assistance is sought by a customer. When the customer is deemed in need of such assistance, a video phone call is initiated between the customer and a customer service representative.
US08791973B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus including plural photosensitive members on which developer images are formed by supplying developer to electrostatic latent images, respectively, an exposure device which illuminates light beams onto surfaces of the photosensitive members to form the electrostatic latent images, respectively. The developer images on the respective photosensitive numbers are transferred to a transferred medium which is moved in a moving direction while contacting the respective photosensitive members. The exposure device is configured such that a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-upstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-upstream photosensitive member is larger than a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-downstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-downstream photosensitive member.
US08791971B2
A method of producing a print on a recording medium includes receiving positive and negative image data for the print to be produced. A selected region of the recording medium is discharged. First-sign charged fluid is deposited in a selected first-sign charged-fluid pattern on the selected region of the recording medium, the first-sign charged-fluid pattern corresponding to the positive image data. Second-sign charged fluid is deposited in a selected second-sign charged-fluid pattern on the selected region of the recording medium, the second-sign charged-fluid pattern corresponding to the negative image data and the second sign being different from the first sign. Charged dry ink having charge of the second sign is deposited onto the recording medium. The deposited dry ink is attracted to the first-sign charged-fluid pattern and adheres to the recording medium in the first-sign charged-fluid pattern.
US08791963B2
Apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, having stored thereon computer-readable code, the at least one processor being configured under the control of the computer-readable code to cause primary content to be displayed on a display with a first magnification level, to be responsive to an indication of a receipt of a first zoom command, the first zoom command being for causing alteration of the magnification level from the first magnification level to a second magnification level, to determine if the second magnification level is beyond a threshold magnification level, if it is determined that the second magnification level is not beyond the threshold magnification level, to cause the primary content to be displayed on the display with the second magnification level, and if it is determined that the second magnification level is beyond the threshold magnification level, to cause a first set of one or more additional information items relating to the primary content to be displayed on the display in addition to the primary content.
US08791962B2
There is provided an information processing device including a display section configured to display a first object in a virtual three-dimensional space having a depth direction of a display screen, an operation section configured to acquire an operation for moving the first object in at least the depth direction, and a controller configured to move the first object on the display screen in accordance with the acquired operation, to execute, when a region of the first object overlaps a first overlap determination region, a first process to one or both of the first and second objects, and to execute, when the region of the first object overlaps a second overlap determination region, a second process to one or both of the first and second objects. The first overlap determination region may be a region obtained by extending the second overlap determination region in at least the depth direction.
US08791960B2
Disclosed herein are a markerless augmented reality system and method for extracting feature points within an image and providing augmented reality using a projective invariant of the feature points. The feature points are tracked in two images photographed while varying the position of an image unit, a set of feature points satisfying a plane projective invariant is obtained from the feature points, and augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points. Accordingly, since the set of feature points satisfies the plane projective invariant even when the image unit is moved and functions as a marker, a separate marker is unnecessary. In addition, since augmented reality is provided based on the set of feature points, a total computation amount is decreased and augmented reality is more efficiently provided.
US08791959B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a display which displays an image, a graph graphic detection unit which detects a graph graphic matching any of predetermined graph shapes in the image, a graph rendering unit which renders a graph overlapping the graph graphic, a length input line segment designation unit which designates any one of line segments included in the image as a line segment subject to length input, a line segment length input unit which inputs a length of the line segment subject to length input, a point of origin setting unit which sets a point of origin of a coordinate system, a display range calculation unit which calculates a display range of the coordinate system, and a graph equation calculation unit which calculates a graph equation of the graph and displays a calculation result in the display.
US08791958B2
The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for displaying an object on a computer screen, the method comprising the steps of: (i) computing a first image; (ii) displaying the first image; (iii) repeating k times the following steps: (iv) computing a nth transition image; (v) computing a nth merged image by merging the first image and the nth transition image, the first image and the nth transition image being weighted; and (vi) displaying the nth merged image; wherein n ranges from 1 to k, n and k being positive integers.
US08791943B2
An image processing device includes a display portion which displays an image stored in a recording medium; an information output portion which is connected to a display device displaying a plane image or a stereoscopic image to output image information for displaying the image, which is stored in the recording medium, on the display device; and a control portion which performs the control of displaying the image stored in the recording medium and operational support information for supporting the display operation of the image on the display portion and the display device, and performs the control so that, when the image which is the display target is the stereoscopic image, the operational support information is displayed on the display portion and the image which is the display target is not displayed on the display portion.
US08791937B2
Provided is an output buffer for a source driver circuit which receives an external buffer input signal and generates a buffer output signal having a predetermined target voltage, the output buffer including: an over-driving controller configured to generate a pair of first internal buffer input signals and a pair of second internal buffer input signals for an over-driving operation, based on a first over-driver enable signal and a second over-driver enable signal, the first and second over-driver signals being provided from an external source, and an output buffer unit configured to: perform the over-driving operation, based on the pair of first internal buffer input signals and the pair of second internal buffer input signals provided from the over-driving controller, and generate: a buffer output signal including a target voltage greater than the predetermined target voltage, or a buffer output signal including a target voltage less than the predetermined target voltage.
US08791936B2
The present invention relates to a LCD module and a method thereof. The LCD module includes a gate driver, a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixel units, a temperature sensor for generating a temperature sensing signal based on a temperature of the liquid crystal display panel, and a voltage regulator for adjusting scan voltage according to the temperature sensing signal. The gate driver outputs a scan signal with the adjusted scan voltage to the plurality of pixel units. The LCD module can adjust the scan voltage based on a variety of the temperature of the LCD panel to further change current charging the pixel units, shortening a response time period of the LCD module.
US08791931B2
An image display apparatus includes: a display panel including an image display area and a dummy pixel area different from the image display area; an optical sensor detecting light emission luminance of the dummy pixel area on the display panel; and a control unit dividing the image display area on the display panel into a plurality of division areas, allowing pixels within the dummy pixel area to perform light emission to the same degree as the light emission of one or a plurality of pixels within each division area, and correcting luminance or chromaticity of the pixels within each division area based on the light emission luminance of the dummy pixel area detected by the optical sensor.
US08791920B2
Determining a compensated phase matrix for a multi-stimulus demodulation process is provided. A first drive line of a multi-stimulus sensing system is selected, and a stimulation signal is transmitted on the selected drive line. A channel gain resulting from the stimulation signal is measured from a received sense signal resulting from the stimulation signal. The measured channel gain is compared with a known channel gain to obtain an individual phase compensation for the selected drive line. A compensated phase matrix is formed of the individual phase compensation values for multiple drive lines.
US08791917B2
A touch display device and a formation method thereof are provided. The touch display device includes a touch panel disposed on a first surface of a substrate of a display panel. A color filter layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The touch panel includes a plurality of first and second conductive patterns arranged by two directions that are perpendicular to each other. A patterned isolation layer, having a first portion and a second portion, is formed over the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first portion is disposed at the intersection of the first and the second conductive patterns, and the second portion is disposed between the first and the second conductive patterns. The first portion has a height that is lower than a height of the second portion.
US08791915B2
A portable electronic device is provided suitable for operation by a single user. The portable electronic device comprises a main body and at least a thin film pattern. The main body has a display region and a non-display region coupled to the display region. The thin film pattern is disposed on a local region of the display region, on a local region of the non-display region, or on both a local region of the display region and a local region of the non-display region. The thin film pattern is visible while a user does not operate the portable electronic device. The thin film pattern is invisible while a user operates the portable electronic device.
US08791907B2
A touch sensing apparatus utilizes the characteristics of orthogonal vectors is disclosed. A random spread spectrum (RSS) signal or a periodic wave is used to modulate a driving signal so as to driving a row of a sensing array, and the RSS signal or periodic wave is also use to extract touch information of a node from a sensing signal measured from a column of the sensing array. The node is an intersection of the driven row and the measured column. When different RSS signals and/or periodic waves are used to drive multiple rows simultaneously, multipoint touching information can be obtained from the same sensing signal at the same time by respectively using the RSS signals and/or periodic waves to extract touching information of multiple points which are the intersections of the driven rows and the measured column.
US08791905B2
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In response to an ambiguous editing input at a location preceding at least a portion of an output word, the software performs one disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input and another disambiguation operation with respect to the editing input in combination with the at least portion of the output word. The results are output in order of decreasing frequency value, with the results of the one disambiguation operation having the portion of the output word appended thereto.
US08791898B2
Methods and apparatus of interaction with and control of a portable media device through applied motion. In the embodiments described herein, the portable media device can include at least two displays arranged such that only one can be presented at a time. The portable media device can be configured to operate as a electronic book (e-book) having at least one electrophoretic type display having a refresh time less than an amount of time to rotate the e-book to view the refreshed display.
US08791896B2
An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, an electrophoretic material between the first and second substrates, and a first electrode on the first substrate or the second substrate. Each pixel includes a reflection part and a second electrode. The reflection part is on the first substrate and reflects light incident through the second substrate. The second electrode is on the first substrate and adjacent to the reflection part. The second electrode forms an electric field with the first electrode such that the electrophoretic material moves to the first electrode or the second electrode. An upper surface of the second electrode is positioned at a first height from the first substrate, and an upper surface of an uppermost layer of the reflection part is positioned at a second height higher than the first height.
US08791894B2
Systems and methods may provide for determining an operating mode of a display device that may include a flat panel display and a controller coupled to the flat panel display. The controller may be configured to determine an operating mode for the flat panel display among a plurality of operating modes including at least a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a first frame rate and a first inversion mode to save power. In the second operating mode, the controller may set the flat panel display to utilize a second frame rate, a second inversion mode, and black frame insertion to improve image quality. The second frame rate may be faster than the first frame rate. The second inversion mode and black frame insertion may be mutually configured to maintain a DC balanced operation of the flat panel display.
US08791892B2
A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having a pixel array including a first group of liquid crystal cells connected to odd-numbered gate lines and a second group of liquid crystal cells connected to even-numbered gate lines and a data driving circuit including a latch array. Each liquid crystal cell of the second group shares a data line with one liquid crystal cell of the first group adjacent to the liquid crystal cell of the second group in an extension direction of the gate lines. The latch array delays only second group data to be applied to the liquid crystal cells of the second group among digital video data for one horizontal line by about one half horizontal period in response to a data rendering control signal.
US08791888B2
Pixel circuit, display device, driving method of pixel circuit, and driving method of display device
A pixel circuit includes a compensating circuit that detects a decrease in the driving current from an output node side of a drive transistor and feeds back detection results to an input node side of the drive transistor to compensate for a decrease in the driving current, which decrease is attendant on a secular change of the drive transistor.
US08791885B2
A self-light-emitting display device includes: a video analyzing section configured to extract a feature portion of video data based on a video signal of the video data to be displayed on an active matrix driven type self-light-emitting display module; a luminance distribution generating section configured to generate, based on the feature portion, a luminance distribution for a region of the feature portion to be displayed on the self-light-emitting display module so that the display brightness of the video data becomes reduced as the distance becomes farther from an arbitrary reference position within the region of the feature portion; and an image combining section configured to combine the luminance distribution with the video signal of the video data to modify the brightness of the video data.
US08791880B2
When an image is projected on an arbitrary projection screen, correspondence between pixels in the image to be projected and pixels in projection means is specified. Reference pattern image group generating means 73 generates a reference pattern image group formed from images for each of which a luminance value defined as a function value of a continuous function which continuously changes with changes in phase is determined by varying the phase for each image, the image group being an image group having an initial phase value continuously varied on a coordinate-by-coordinate basis along one coordinate axis. Phase calculation means 75 calculates, from changes in luminance of pixels in a plurality of photographic images obtained by photographing each image of the reference pattern image group, the initial phase values that correspond to the changes in the luminance of the respective pixels in the photographic images. Associating means 76 conducts an inverse operation of a calculation instituted by the reference pattern image group generating means to derive initial phase values from coordinates, upon the calculated initial phase values, and then uses results of the inverse operation to specify correspondence between pixels in the image to be projected and pixels in projection means 71.
US08791876B2
Display apparatus, multi display system, and control method are provided. The display apparatus which comprises a display unit displaying an image, the display apparatus include: a storing unit in which information about a maximum resolution of the display unit is stored; a signal processing unit which captures an area of an input image signal of a high resolution, and processes the captured image signal to enable the display unit to display the input image signal if the input image signal has a resolution higher than the maximum resolution of the display unit stored in the storing unit; and an output unit which outputs the image signal input to the signal processing unit to an outside. With this, display apparatus, a multi media system and a control method thereof are capable of displaying an input image signal having resolution higher than a maximum resolution of a display unit.
US08791868B2
An integrated driveshaft cover antenna includes a driveshaft cover including a conductive layer and having a generally curved cross-section. The driveshaft cover is hingeably secured and electrically coupled to a helicopter tail boom section to cover a driveshaft access opening. The integrated drive shaft cover includes a dielectric layer including a first surface shaped to conform to a curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface of the dielectric layer is positioned over the curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover. The first surface is secured to the curved outer surface of the driveshaft cover. The integrated drive shaft cover includes a slotted patch high frequency (HF) antenna layer having an inner slot and extends a majority of a length of the dielectric layer. The slotted patch HF antenna layer is secured to the second surface of the dielectric layer.
US08791867B2
A mobile terminal includes a terminal body, and an antenna device mounted in the terminal body. The antenna device includes an antenna unit having a housing extending in one direction, and a plurality of conductors sequentially retracted into the housing, an elastic unit having a hollow portion through which the housing moves, the elastic unit applying an elastic force to the housing, a post unit having a connecting portion connected with the antenna unit, and a stopping portion stopped at the elastic unit when being inserted into the hollow portion, and an insertion guiding unit formed at an outer circumferential surface of the post unit so that at least part of the post unit is inserted into the hollow portion before the stopping portion is stopped at the elastic unit in the one direction.
US08791862B1
An apparatus for a semiconductor-package includes a semiconductor device having a radio frequency (RF) input or output, an antenna pad, and a package structured to house the semiconductor device and the antenna pad. The antenna pad may be coupled to the radio frequency (RF) input or output, and the antenna pad is structured to reduce the inductance of the package. The antenna pad may include a pad disposed above the semiconductor device, a pad disposed to a side of the semiconductor device, or an antenna chip. An antenna may be coupled to the antenna pad. The antenna may include a trace antenna, a staggered antenna, or a helical antenna.
US08791860B2
Apparatus for determining an estimated value for a location of a receiving element within a reference system which may receive signals of a signal source movable to different measuring positions, it being possible to measure—on the basis of the signals received—localization data which indicate a relative location of the receiving element with respect to the movable signal source, the apparatus being configured to determine the estimated value on the basis of at least two different measuring positions and localization data corresponding thereto by means of an evolutionary algorithm. On the basis of the localization data measured, a fitness function of the evolutionary algorithm is formed, the localization data having an angle of arrival of the received signals on the receiving element, and/or a signal arrival time from which a distance from the signal source may be determined.
US08791859B2
High precision radio frequency direction finding systems are described that can determine an angle-of-arrival and geo-location of a RF emitter with respect to a mobile platform. A radio frequency direction finding (RFDF) system for determining a position of a RF emitter with respect to a mobile platform can include an angle-of-azimuth (AoA) system configured to determine an azimuth of a RF emitter with respect to the mobile platform; an attitude measurement system configured to measure the attitude of the mobile platform; a geo-location system configured to calculate the geo-location of the RF emitter; and a processor system configured to calculate a position of the RF emitter.
US08791856B2
Systems and methods for automatically determining a noise threshold are provided. In one implementation, a system comprises: an antenna configured to gather data about a surrounding environment; a processing unit configured to remove samples representing target data from the gathered data; to estimate the noise floor from the gathered data with the removed target data; and to determine a noise threshold from the estimated noise floor; and a memory device configured to store the estimated noise floor.
US08791855B2
A method for detection of wind power installations using a radar installation is provided. The method involves transmitting a number N of predetermined sequences of modulated transmission pulses at a predetermined pulse repetition frequency successively in time and receiving and processing transmission pulses reflected by an object to determine whether the object is a wind power installation.
US08791852B2
A standoff range, sense-through-obstruction radar system is capable of detecting micro-Doppler, or life form signatures, and movements through obstructions at stand-off ranges and displaying the target information over a live video feed of the area under surveillance. The sense-through-obstruction radar system comprises an antenna assembly that includes a horn antenna and a reflector configured to reflect radio frequency (RF) energy to/from the horn antenna. An antenna pointing assembly supports the antenna assembly. The antenna pointing assembly is configured to move the antenna assembly to point the antenna assembly toward an obstruction. A sensor assembly is mounted to the antenna assembly so that the sensor assembly is aligned with the RF beam formed from the RF energy reflected from the reflector to the horn antenna. The sensor assembly is configured to detect the location of the obstruction and to provide information to assist pointing of the antenna assembly toward the obstruction.
US08791851B2
A hybrid mm-wave imaging system which increases the probability of detection and reduces false alarm rate. The system includes a large array of passive sensors (pixels) to provide an initial coarse picture of the environment and a small array of active sensors in the center of the large array, which is activated only when the initial passive scan detection is positive. The active array, without any mechanical scanning, illuminates the area to detect edges to provide clarity to the detected image, thereby increasing the probability of detection and reducing the false alarm rate.
US08791842B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data decoding method and apparatus, relate to the field of wireless communications, and can improve a resource utilization rate in a decoding process, thereby improving decoding efficiency. The method of the present invention includes: dividing a to-be-decoded data transport block into N code blocks, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and decoding the N code blocks in parallel according to a reverse direction of encoding. The present invention is applicable to data decoding.
US08791811B2
Disclosed are a system of changing a vehicle color and a method of changing a vehicle color according to a risk of an accident. According to the present invention, a driver of a vehicle and a surrounding pedestrian and drivers of other vehicles can easily recognize a risk situation and take measurement according to the recognized risk situation, such that it is possible to safely drive the vehicle.
US08791808B2
In a method for wireless communication between a control unit and an electronic housing mounted on a vehicle member, information for the electronic housing is transmitted in the form either of continuous signals, or of signals modulated by encoded data. Each electronic housing includes a switching strategy between reception modes for the two types of signals, including establishing a permanent standby state for continuous signal reception and, upon the reception of a continuous signal, controlling a switchover to the modulated-signal reception mode for a time T, after which the electronic housing processes the data of the potential detected modulated signal and, if no such modulated signal is detected, processes the continuous signal at the origin of the switchover. Furthermore, after the time T, a reverse switchover control to the permanent standby state is delivered.
US08791797B2
An apparatus for performing remote control operations is provided. A remote control detects a particular movement, and performs operations based on the detected movement.
US08791795B2
There is provided a terminal for use in determining which of one or more candidate RFID tags having unique data stored thereon is a target RFID tag within a line-of-sight of the terminal. The terminal can comprise program instructions to direct an RFID reading device of the terminal to perform a number of reads of the one or more candidate RFID tags in response to determining that an object is present in the line-of-sight, to calculate an accumulated RSSI of each of the one or more candidate RFID tags, and to determine the target RFID tag from a highest accumulated RSSI. In one embodiment, the unique data can be an EPC. There is also provided a terminal for use in converting an EPC into a decoded bar code. The terminal can comprise program instructions to transmit the decoded bar code to a computer such as an electronic cash register.
US08791794B2
Methods and devices for enabling a user to obtain item information relating to an item (10), the item having associated therewith an item identification means (12) and an RFID response means (14) arranged to provide a predetermined response on being subjected to a currently applicable trigger signal; the method comprising steps of: establishing from the item identification means (12) item identification information; using the item identification information to determine from an item information source (30) a currently applicable trigger signal for the RFID response means (14); subjecting the RFID response means (14) to the currently applicable trigger signal; receiving a predetermined response from the RFID response means (14); and using the predetermined response to obtain item information from the item information source (30); wherein the RFID response means (14) is arranged to generate a new currently applicable trigger signal and a new predetermined response associated therewith following subjecting of the RFID response means (14) to the currently applicable trigger signal.
US08791785B2
A method for manufacturing a module including a planar coil, and a module including a planar coil, reduce manufacturing cost and also are able to handle a large current. The method for manufacturing the module including the planar coil includes the steps of providing a second resin layer including a magnetic filler on a first resin layer with a built-in chip-type electronic component; providing a planar coil on the second resin layer; and providing a third resin layer including a non-magnetic property so as to coat the planar coil.
US08791779B2
A medium or high voltage switch has a switching assembly actuated by two drives. Each drive includes a plunger arranged between two Thomson coils. The coils as well as the plunger are rectangular for reducing the weight and therefore inertia of the drive and thus to increase drive speed.
US08791774B2
A branching filter includes a ladder-type elastic wave filter unit connected between an antenna terminal and a transmission signal terminal and a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter unit connected between an antenna terminal and first and second balanced reception signal terminals while maintaining the isolation characteristics between the transmission signal terminal and the first and second reception signal terminals. In a duplexer, a transmission signal propagation direction is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to each of a first reception signal propagation direction and a second reception signal propagation direction.
US08791773B2
A surface acoustic wave filter and a duplexer are provided. In a surface acoustic wave filter, on a piezoelectric substrate, a first IDT electrode composed of an input/output electrode and a first floating electrode, and a second IDT electrode composed of a ground electrode and a second floating electrode are arranged, and are connected in series to each other via the first floating electrode and the second floating electrode to form IDTs. In two serial IDTs arranged next to each other, an electrode finger of the input/output electrode in the first IDT electrode of one serial IDT is arranged next to an electrode finger of the ground electrode in the second IDT electrode of the other serial IDT.
US08791772B2
A combiner includes N coaxial cables each configured to connect to a respective output of N radio frequency power amplifiers, where N is an integer greater than one. Each of the N coaxial cables is configured to receive an amplified radio frequency signal from a respective one of the N radio frequency power amplifiers. A board includes capacitances and is configured to connect to each of the N coaxial cables and combine the radio frequency signals. The N coaxial cables and the capacitances provide N inductance and capacitance combinations. A connector is configured to connect an output of the board to a load.
US08791768B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a capacitive coupler packaging structure including a substrate with at least one capacitor and a receiver formed thereon, wherein the at least one capacitor at least includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and a capacitor dielectric layer therebetween, and the first electrode layer is electrically connected to the receiver via a solder ball. The capacitive coupler packaging structure also includes a transmitter electrically connecting to the capacitor.
US08791766B2
A piezoelectric resonating element includes a piezoelectric substrate having a rectangular vibrating portion and a thick-walled portion, excitation electrodes and, and lead electrodes. The thick-walled portion includes a fourth thick-walled portion, a third thick-walled portion, a first thick-walled portion, and a second thick-walled portion. The third thick-walled portion includes a third slope portion and a third thick-walled body, and at least one slit is formed in the third thick-walled portion.
US08791764B2
Disclosed is a digitally controlled oscillator which includes a ring oscillator; and a variable resistance bank connected between one power node of the ring oscillator and a power supply terminal and having the resistance value varied according to the number of active bits of a control code. The frequency of an clock signal output by the ring oscillator is changed non-linearly according to the resistance value of the variable resistance bank. The frequency of the output clock signal is changed stepwise linearly according to the number of active bits of the control code.
US08791762B2
Frequency synthesizers for use with oscillators that generate an arbitrary frequency are described, as well as related devices and methods. Divider information can be generated or otherwise accessed for use in configuring a phase lock loop device that is adapted for coupling with the oscillator, where the phase lock loop device can include a plurality of integer dividers without utilizing a fractional divider, where the divider information can include frequency deviations corresponding to groups of integer divider settings for the phase lock loop device, and where each deviation of the frequency deviations can be based on a frequency differential between a standard operating frequency and an output frequency for the phase lock loop utilizing one group of integer divider settings from the groups of integer divider settings.
US08791755B2
A self-oscillating driver circuit includes a driver stage, a feedforward path which is coupled to an input of the driver stage, and a feedback path which couples an output of the driver stage to an input of the feedforward path. The feedforward path includes a feedforward filter which is designed as an active filter. In order to prevent an oscillatory state of the driver circuit at an unwanted frequency, it is proposed that an internal state variable of the feedforward filter be monitored and that the feedforward filter be reset if the value of the monitored internal state variable is outside a predefined range.
US08791753B2
Embodiments of a capacitance sensing system including an integrating amplifier and methods for operating the same to provide a higher slew rate and bandwidth are described. In one embodiment, the integrating amplifier comprises an input stage including an inverting input coupled to an electrode of a capacitor to sense a capacitance and a non-inverting input coupled to a reference potential, and an output stage including a compensating capacitor coupled to an output. The compensating capacitor comprises two smaller capacitors coupled in parallel and a switching element configured to open when the integrating amplifier is operated in a RESET mode decoupling one of the two smaller capacitors from the output to decrease capacitance of the compensating capacitor.
US08791751B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a logic circuit having a plurality of operation modes, a power source circuit that generates a power source voltage to be supplied to the logic circuit, a power source wiring that couples the power source circuit and the logic circuit, and a charge control block that holds charges for controlling the voltage of the power source wiring. The power source circuit generates a first power source voltage for causing the logic circuit to operate in a computing mode and a second power source voltage for causing the logic circuit to operate in a sleep mode. The charge control block includes a capacitor, a first switch, and a voltage supply unit that supplies the second power source voltage or a third power source voltage lower than the second power source voltage, to the capacitor.
US08791747B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element; a body bias controller configured to generate a standby mode body bias control signal in a standby mode; and a body bias voltage generator configured to receive the standby mode body bias control signal from the body bias controller, generate a standby mode body bias voltage, and apply the standby mode body bias voltage to a body of the semiconductor element. The semiconductor device is capable of retaining data stored in a semiconductor element and blocking leakage current in the standby mode by controlling a body bias voltage, thereby increasing the integration degree of the semiconductor device.
US08791741B2
Provided is an adjustment apparatus that adjusts signal output timings, comprising a control section that causes a first signal output section to output a signal having a rising edge and causes a second signal output section to output a signal having a falling edge; a signal acquiring section that acquires a composite signal obtained by combining the signal output by the first signal output section and the signal output by the second signal output section; and an adjusting section that adjusts a timing difference between a signal output timing of the first signal output section and a signal output timing of the second signal output section, such that the signal acquiring section acquires the composite signal having a composite waveform in which the rising edge and the falling edge overlap.
US08791738B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit. The circuit includes a depletion mode transistor coupled to a power supply and a current path coupled with the depletion mode transistor in series to provide a current to charge a capacitor. The current path has a first resistance during a first stage, such as when the circuit initially receives power, and has a second resistance during a second stage when the capacitor is charged to have a predetermined voltage level.
US08791716B2
Under a condition that rotor rotation speeds ωes are equal, winding wire currents Id, Iq are equal, and winding wire inductances Ld, Lq are equal in first and second electric motors (1, 2), a magnet temperature anomaly detector (30) provided in a microcomputer (5) calculates a change ratio d(|Φml−Φmr|)/dt of a magnetic flux difference between the first and second electric motors (1, 2) based on the difference Vql*−Vqr* between a q-axis voltage command value Vql* corresponding to the first electric motor (1) and a q-axis voltage command value Vqr corresponding to the second electric motor (2), and then when the change ratio d(|Φml−Φmr|)/dt of the magnetic flux difference is more than a predetermined threshold Sh1, it is determined that a permanent magnet of at least any one of the electric motors (1, 2) has a temperature anomaly.
US08791702B2
A ground fault detection circuit according to the present invention is a ground fault detection circuit that detects the occurrence of a ground fault of a battery that is insulated, and that includes: an AC signal generation section that generates an AC signal; a first capacitive element that couples the AC signal generated by the AC signal generation section to the battery; a voltage division section that voltage divides the AC signal that is coupled to the battery by the first capacitive element; a ground fault detection unit that detects a ground fault of the battery based on an AC component of an input signal; and a second capacitive element that couples the AC signal that has been voltage divided by the voltage division section to the ground fault detection unit as the input signal.
US08791701B2
Electromagnetic proximity detection method for a buried structure executed with a mobile detection device, including sensing an electromagnetic field emitted from the structure as an analog electrical signal and digitalizing the analog electrical signal as a digital signal, performed after or while filtering the analog and/or digital signal. The proximity of the buried structure is determined by analyzing the digital signal, wherein the detection method can be alternatively executed in at least two of the following modes of detection: Power-Mode of detection, Radio-Mode of detection or Active-Mode of detection. An additional Switching-Mode of operation includes a repeated sequential detection in at least two of the mentioned modes of detection and is done by automatic subsequent alternating of the mode of detection with a minimum rate of alternation that an area of detection is coverable by the at least two modes of detection in a single execution of the detection method.
US08791694B2
A current sensor arrangement comprises plural sensor elements arranged around a center point, each of the sensor elements having a plane of zero sensitivity to uniform magnetic fields. A first one (202) of the sensor elements has a first angular separation (X1) relative to the center point from a second, adjacent sensor element (204) and a second angular separation (X2) relative to the center point from a third, adjacent sensor element (206). The first angular separation is less than the second angular separation. An intercept (I13) of the planes of the first and third sensor elements is located outside a triangle formed by the center point and the first and third sensor elements and an intercept (I12) of the planes of the first and second sensor elements is located inside a triangle formed by the center point and the first and second sensor elements.
US08791692B2
A magnetic position detecting device includes a magnet; first to fourth magnetoelectric conversion elements formed on a virtual plane; and a flux guide made of a magnetic material. The flux guide includes first and second protrusions provided at a distance from each other in a direction parallel to the virtual plane. A specific portion recessed in a concave shape is provided in the flux guide in a mid-portion between the first and second protrusions. The first and fourth magnetoelectric conversion elements are provided approximately in the mid-portion between the first and second protrusions. The second magnetoelectric conversion element is provided between the first protrusion and the mid-portion.
US08791687B2
An apparatus and technique that reduces induced cross-talk current between transformer windings. The apparatus includes a transformer having a first secondary winding that provides a first voltage relative to earth ground, a second secondary winding that provides a second voltage relative to floating ground, and a shield disposed between the first and second secondary windings. A correction circuit connected to the first secondary winding is configured to generate a correction voltage. The correction voltage drives a shield to induce a correction current into the second secondary winding to reduce cross-talk current induced between the first and second secondary windings.
US08791685B2
Disclosed is a bandgap reference voltage generator insensitive to changes of process, voltage, and temperature. A bandgap reference voltage generator may detect current having characteristic of CTAT and current having characteristic of PTAT which flow in a current compensation part included in an amplification part, and provide body voltage to one of two input transistors included in the amplification part in response to ratio of the two currents when the ratio is different from the preconfigured reference value. Thus, characteristics according to changes of parameters of elements and change of offset of the amplification part due to changes of PVT may be enhanced, and a characteristic of power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) may be enhanced.
US08791681B2
A power conversion system according to the present invention includes: an inverter circuit unit that converts a direct current power supplied from a direct current source into an alternating current power, the direct current power being supplied to the inverter circuit through a contactor that conducts and interrupts the direct current; a capacitor that smoothes the direct current power; a discharge circuit unit that is connected to the capacitor in parallel, and that includes a discharge resistor for discharging a charge stored in the capacitor and a switching element for the discharge resistor, being connected in series to the discharge resistor; a voltage detection circuit unit that detects voltage between both terminals of the capacitor; a first discharge control circuit that includes a first microcomputer, and that outputs a control signal to control switching of the switching element for discharging; and a second discharge control circuit that outputs an interruption signal to interrupt the switching element for the discharge resistor.
US08791680B2
A voltage regulator includes a first phase power stage, a second phase power stage, and a controller. The first phase power stage includes a zero cross detection circuit configured to measure a current level for the first phase power stage, and to cause a diode emulation state in the first phase power stage when the current level is substantially equal to zero. The second phase power stage is in communication with the zero cross detection circuit, and configured to enter the diode emulation state in response to receiving a signal from the zero cross detection circuit. The controller is coupled to the first phase power stage and to the second phase power stage. The controller is configured to measure an output current of the voltage regulator and to activate the second phase power stage when the output current is above a first threshold current level.
US08791678B2
A control circuit of a switching DC-DC power supply includes a feedback circuit detecting an output voltage of the power supply to generate a feedback signal, an error comparator detecting an error between the output voltage and a design value of the output voltage, a control logic circuit generating a control signal according to the error for regulating the output voltage, and an offset and delay cancellation circuit generating an offset adjust signal according to the feedback signal and a second reference voltage for adjusting an offset of the error comparator to pull the output voltage toward the design value.
US08791677B2
There is provided a power factor correction circuit capable of correcting a power factor of a power converting module through increasing an input current by switching a main switching element of a power converting module on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a first signal and an error voltage, in particular, by limiting a switching frequency on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a second signal lower than a first signal and an error voltage when the switching frequency of the main switching element increases because an input voltage of the power converting module is low.
US08791676B2
The present invention provides a power supply for processor and control method thereof. The power supply comprises a reference adjusting circuit and a voltage regulator. The reference adjusting circuit is configured to receive a VID code from a processor, and adjust a reference voltage based on the VID code. The voltage regulator is coupled to the reference adjusting circuit and converts an input voltage into an output voltage in accordance to the reference voltage. The reference adjusting circuit adjusts the reference voltage in a plurality of steps until the reference voltage reaches a target value corresponding to the VID code. The reference adjusting circuit adjusts the reference voltage by a preset value during each step, and proceeds to adjust the reference voltage by a next step only after the output voltage reaches a predetermined scope of the reference voltage.
US08791671B2
The present subject matter is directed to systems and methods for improving reliability of dual bridge doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) by reducing the number of required components in the converters associated with such DFIGs. A converter is constructed using a pair of current conducting bridges wherein one of the current conducting bridges is controlled and the second is not controlled. The uncontrolled bridge may correspond to a pair of diodes while the controlled bridge may correspond to a pair of transistors, in particular, a pair of IGBT transistors.
US08791665B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to energy storage device security. An energy storage device may include at least one energy storage cell and a controller. The controller may be configured to request device identification data from an electronic device coupled to the energy storage device and compare the device identification data to device identification data stored in the energy storage device. The controller may be further configured to enable energy to be conveyed from the at least one energy storage cell to the electronic device if the device identification matches the stored device identification data.
US08791664B2
A system includes a target speed module and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) control module. The target speed module is configured to provide a first waveform based on a first speed setting for a motor. A start of a first cycle of the first waveform corresponds to at least one of a first current or a first voltage. The PWM control module is configured to shift a phase of the first waveform by a torque angle adjustment value to generate a second waveform. A start of a first cycle of the second waveform corresponds to at least one of a second voltage or a second current. The second voltage is greater than the first voltage, and the second current is greater than the first current. The PWM control module is configured to control the motor based on the second waveform.
US08791660B2
In some preferred embodiments, a motor control circuit 1 for controlling driving of a plurality of motors 3 and 4 includes a serial communication circuit configured to perform serial communication with an outside, a received data storage 15 configured to store data from the serial communication circuit, a motor mode setting holding circuit 16 configured to store motor mode settings which decide operations of the motors, and a detection circuit 24 configured to detect changes in driving pulse of the motor. Depending on the detected result of the detection circuit 24, the data stored in the received data storage 15 is transferred to the motor mode setting holding circuit 16.
US08791658B2
A method for controlling a motorized roller shade is provided. The motorized roller shade includes a shade attached to a shade tube, a microcontroller and a DC gear motor disposed within the shade tube. The DC gear motor includes a housing fixed to the shade tube and an output shaft coupled to a support shaft fixed to a mounting bracket. The method includes receiving a command from a remote control, and moving the shade to a position associated with the command by energizing the DC gear motor to rotate the shade tube and the DC gear motor housing while the DC gear motor output shaft and support shaft remain fixed.
US08791647B2
A system controls a switching power converter to power LED strings using a predictive feedforward control mechanism. An LED controller determines programmed current levels and duty cycles for driving LED strings. The LED controller determines a predicted load for a subsequent cycle of a switching power converter driving the LED strings based on the programmed current levels and duty cycles. A power conversion controller uses the predicted load information to control switching of the switching power converter. This improves the dynamic response of the switching converter to changing load conditions, thereby improving overall power efficiency and performance of the system.
US08791637B2
A turn signal device for a vehicle for activating a turn signal in accordance with operation of an operation lever. The turn signal device includes a turning state detection unit, which detects a turning state of the vehicle. The turning state detection unit monitors a temporal change in the turning state of the vehicle after the turn signal is activated. The turning state detection unit deactivates the turning signal when detecting that the vehicle first turns in an activation direction of the turn signal, then turns in a direction opposite to the activation direction, and afterward turns again in the activation direction.
US08791632B2
A display device having a plurality of light-emitting elements that construct picture elements aligned on a substrate in a formation of a matrix. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting device having a flat surface portion and including a light-emitting layer and an anode. A driver element is connected with the light-emitting element, and an insulation layer having a contact hole formed over the driver element. The anode is formed on the insulation layer and is connected to the driver element via the contact hole. A tilted reflective surface is provided in a peripheral area surrounding the flat surface portion of the light-emitting device and has a tilt angle with respect to the flat surface portion of the light-emitting device. The tilted reflective surface is provided on a surface of a slope of a bank provided on the substrate and formed to cover the contact hole.
US08791631B2
A light emitting device is described. The light emitting device includes a base; a light emitting diode supported by the base; a first layer spaced apart from the light emitting diode and including a light emitting material, the first layer having a refractive index nfirst—layer; a transparent optic having a refractive index noptic that is greater than or equal to nfirst—layer, the transparent optic having a convex surface facing away from the light emitting diode and the first layer being positioned between the transparent optic and the light emitting diode. A gap between the light emitting diode and the first layer has a refractive index ngap that is less than nfirst—layer, and the convex surface has a radius of curvature sufficiently large relative to a dimension of the first layer to eliminate total internal reflection of light entering the transparent optic from the first layer.
US08791628B2
A light emitting apparatus includes: a laser element which emits laser light; a light emitting section which generates fluorescence in response to the laser light emitted from the laser element; a parabolic mirror which reflects the fluorescence generated by the light emitting section; and a multilayer filter which transmits the laser light and reflects the fluorescence, the laser element being provided outside the parabolic mirror, the parabolic mirror being provided with a window part through which the laser light passes, and the multilayer filter being provided so as to cover the window part.
US08791619B2
A disc motor includes an output shaft, a coil disc, an electric current supplying section, and a magnet. The coil disc is disc-shaped. The coil disc includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil has a plurality of first partial coil sections radiating outward in a radial direction of the output shaft and first connecting sections each connecting two first partial coil sections. The second coil has a plurality of second partial coil sections radiating outward in the radial direction and second connecting sections each connecting two second partial coil sections. The total number of the first partial coil sections is different from that of the second partial coil sections. The electric current supplying section is configured to supply electric current to the coil disc. The magnet is disposed in opposition to the first and second partial coil sections.
US08791612B2
An electric motor including a housing; an output shaft stuck out from an end face of the housing; an air purge device having an inner circumferential surface and a mounting surface, the inner circumferential surface surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the output shaft, the mounting surface is mounted on the end face of the housing, the air purge device being configured to supply air to a clearance between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the output shaft; and a fastening part fastening the air purge device to the end face of the housing in a detachable manner. The housing and the air purge device respectively having fitting parts at which the housing and the air purge device are fitted to each other when mounting the air purge device to the end face of the housing.
US08791607B2
The present invention relates to an electric linear drive, particularly for a rotary-lifting motor. Such a linear drive includes a winding system including a plurality of wound coils which are arranged to be coaxial to each other and successive in axial direction, and a magnet system which is movable in axial direction relative to the winding system and includes a plurality of axially successive permanent magnets. The winding system is normally fed by a controlled converter. The coils of the winding system and the permanent magnets of the magnet system define an air gap thereinbetween. Furthermore, a sensor is provided for detecting the relative movement of winding system and magnet system and for detecting the relative position of the two systems, the sensor being used for scanning a timing ruler mounted on the outer circumference of the magnet system. The magnet system is radially arranged in the interior of the winding system, and the timing ruler circumferentially extends only over a portion of the circumference of the magnet system. According to the invention it is either provided that the coils of the winding system have a radial bulge for the timing ruler, or that the magnet system is eccentrically arranged relative to the winding system, or that the magnet system includes a radial bulge in the form of a flat portion for the timing ruler.
US08791601B2
A wireless power receiving apparatus receives an electric power signal including any one of an electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field transmitted from a wireless power supply apparatus. A reception coil is configured to receive the electric power signal. A power storage capacitor is arranged having a first terminal set to a fixed electric potential. First and second switches are connected in series to form a closed loop including the reception coil. A connection node that connects these switches is connected to a second terminal of the power storage capacitor. Third and fourth switches are sequentially arranged in series to form a path arranged in parallel with a path comprising the first and second switches. A connection node that connects these switches is set to a fixed electric potential.
US08791582B2
An integrated circuit package includes a semiconductor die attached to a package support. The die has a plurality of peripheral bond pads along a periphery of the die and a first bond pad on an interior portion of the die wherein the first bond pad is a power supply bond pad. A conductive distributor is over the die and within a perimeter of the die and has a first opening. The plurality of bond pads are located between the perimeter of the die and a perimeter of the conductive distributor. The first bond pad is in the first opening. A first bond wire is connected between the first bond pad and the conductive distributor. A second bond wire is connected between a first peripheral bond pad of the plurality of peripheral bond pads and the conductive distributor.
US08791568B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a surface electrode of aluminum-containing material formed on the substrate, a metal film of solderable material formed on the surface electrode, and an end-securing film securing an end of the metal film and having a portion on the surface electrode and also having an overlapping portion which is formed integrally with the portion on the surface electrode and which overlaps the end of the metal film.
US08791559B2
A semiconductor package of a package on package structure reducing an overall thickness of the package and simplifying design complexity of wiring paths is provided. The package includes a first package including a first substrate and a first semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, a second package disposed on the first package and including a second substrate and a second semiconductor chip portion mounted thereon, and a connection member connecting the first and second substrates. The second semiconductor chip portion includes at least one semiconductor chip including a group of chip pads corresponding to one channel, and the group of chip pads is concentrated on a first edge of the semiconductor chip. An intellectual property core corresponding to the one channel is formed on an edge of the first semiconductor chip portion and the IP core corresponds to the edge on which the group of chip pads is concentrated.
US08791556B2
An integrated circuit packaging system, and a method of manufacture therefor, including: electrical terminals; circuitry protective material around the electrical terminals and formed to have recessed pad volumes; routable circuitry on the top surface of the circuitry protective material; and an integrated circuit die electrically connected to the electrical terminals.
US08791554B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising a stack of alternating wiring layers and insulating layers. The wiring layers include conductive wiring patterns. Primary conductive vias extend through respective ones of the insulating layers and electrically connect first ones of the wiring patterns on different ones of the wiring layers to provide electrical connections between opposing first and second surfaces of the substrate. Dummy conductive vias extend through respective ones of the insulating layers and electrically connect second ones of the wiring patterns on different ones of the wiring layers. The dummy conductive vias are arranged in the substrate around a perimeter of a region including the first ones of the wiring patterns, and the dummy conductive vias and the second ones of the wiring patterns electrically connected thereto have a same electric potential to define an electromagnetic shielding structure within the substrate.
US08791551B2
A well-through type diode element/component manufacturing method which has a pair (pairs) of first and said second electrodes of a diode element/component built on same plane by a process of metallization after a mode of well-through type to penetrate a PN junction depletion region/barrier region, and leads electrons of one of the electrodes to flow through the Depletion/Barrier region without hindrance; the present invention directly conduct the operations of insulation protecting, metallization and the process of elongate welding ball etc., it can independently complete a novel technique of Chip-Scale Package (CSP); it has the features of: grains being exactly the article produced, no need of connecting lines, low energy consumption, low cost and light, thin and small etc.
US08791549B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a conductive via passing through the semiconductor substrate; and a metal feature on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The metal feature includes a metal pad overlying and contacting the conductive via, and a metal line over the conductive via. The metal line includes a dual damascene structure. The integrated circuit structure further includes a bump overlying the metal line.
US08791541B2
Provided is a method of fabricating a backside illuminated image sensor that includes providing a device substrate having a frontside and a backside, where pixels are formed at the frontside and an interconnect structure is formed over pixels, forming a re-distribution layer (RDL) over the interconnect structure, bonding a first glass substrate to the RDL, thinning and processing the device substrate from the backside, bonding a second glass substrate to the backside, removing the first glass substrate, and reusing the first glass substrate for fabricating another backside-illuminated image sensor.
US08791524B2
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device. The method can includes forming a semiconductor layer containing an impurity and forming a pattern on the semiconductor layer. The method can include forming first insulating layers in a stripe shape from a surface of the semiconductor layer toward an inside and forming a first insulating film on the semiconductor layer and on the first insulating layers to form a stacked body including electrode layers on the first insulating film. The method can include forming a pair of holes in the stacked body and forming a space portion connected to a lower end of the holes. The method can include forming a memory film on a side wall of the holes. In addition, the method can include forming a channel body layer on a surface of the memory film.
US08791518B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. In the method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, a capacitor structure is modified to ensure capacitance of the capacitor, and the height of the capacitor is reduced to prevent defects such as a leaning capacitor or a poor bridge from being generated, such that the fabrication process of semiconductor devices is simplified and therefore the semiconductor devices can be stably manufactured.
US08791512B2
An imaging device is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The device includes a matrix array of photosites. Each photosite is formed of a semiconductor region for storing charge, a semiconductor region for reading charge specific to said photosite, and a charge transfer circuit configured so as to permit a transfer of charge between the charge storage region and the charge reading region. Each photosite further includes at least one buried first electrode. At least one part of that buried first electrode bounds at least one part of the charge storage region. The charge transfer circuit for each photosite includes at least one second buried electrode.
US08791510B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate structure on a semiconductor substrate, an impurity region at a side of the gate structure and the impurity region is within the semiconductor substrate, an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate structure and the impurity region, a contact structure extending through the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the impurity region, and an insulating region. The contact structure includes a first contact structure that has a side surface surrounded by the interlayer insulating layer and a second contact structure that has a side surface surrounded by the impurity region. The insulating region is under the second contact structure.
US08791505B2
A semiconductor device includes: a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on a first nitride semiconductor layer, and having a larger band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; and an electrode filling a recess formed in the first and second nitride semiconductor layers. The first nitride semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas layer immediately below the second nitride semiconductor layer. The electrode and the second nitride semiconductor layer are in contact with each other at a first contact interface. The electrode and a portion of the first nitride semiconductor layer corresponding to the two-dimensional electron gas layer are in contact with each other at a second contact interface connected below the first contact interface. The first contact interface is formed such that a width of the recess increases upward. The second contact interface is more steeply inclined than the first contact interface.
US08791498B2
A semiconductor light emitting device, includes: a stacked structural unit including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and a light emitting layer provided therebetween; and an electrode including a first and second metal layers, the first metal layer including silver or silver alloy and being provided on a side of the second semiconductor layer opposite to the light emitting layer, the second metal layer including at least one element selected from gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium and being provided on a side of the first metal layer opposite to the second semiconductor layer. A concentration of the element in a region including an interface between the first and second semiconductor layers is higher than that of the element in a region of the first metal layer distal to the interface.
US08791494B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, an adhesive layer contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer, a first electrode contacting a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor and a top surface of the adhesive layer, and a second electrode contacting the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the adhesive layer contacting the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode.
US08791491B2
A submount for a light emitting device package includes a substrate. A first bond pad and a second bond pad are on a first surface of the substrate. The first bond pad includes a die attach region offset toward a first end of the substrate and configured to receive a light emitting diode thereon. The second bond pad includes a bonding region between the first bond pad and the second end of the substrate and a second bond pad extension that extends from the bonding region along a side of the substrate toward a corner of the substrate at the first end of the substrate. First and second solder pads are a the second surface of the substrate. The first solder pad is adjacent the first end of the substrate and contacts the second bond pad. The second solder pad is adjacent the second end of the substrate and contacts the first bond pad. Related LED packages and methods of forming LED packages are disclosed.
US08791489B2
An optical proximity sensor module includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the light emitter being operable to emit light at a first wavelength, and a light detector mounted on the first surface of the substrate, the light detector being operable to detect light at the first wavelength. The module includes an optics member disposed substantially parallel to the substrate, and a separation member disposed between the substrate and the optics member. The separation member may surround the light emitter and the light detector, and may include a wall portion that extends from the substrate to the optics member and that separates the light emitter and the light detector from one another. The separation member may be composed, for example, of a non-transparent polymer material containing a pigment, such as carbon black.
US08791483B2
A high-efficiency light emitting diode including: a semiconductor stack positioned on a support substrate, including a p-type compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-type compound semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed in an opening that divides the p-type compound semiconductor layer and active layer; a transparent electrode layer disposed on the insulating layer and the p-type compound semiconductor layer; a reflective insulating layer covering the transparent electrode layer, to reflect light from the active layer away from the support substrate; a p-electrode covering the reflective insulating layer; and an n-electrode is formed on top of the n-type compound semiconductor layer. The p-electrode is electrically connected to the transparent electrode layer through the insulating layer.
US08791481B2
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a support substrate, a reflective ohmic contact layer on the support substrate, a functional complex layer including a process assisting region and ohmic contact regions divided by the process assisting region on the reflective ohmic contact layer, and a light emitting semiconductor layer including a second conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a first conductive semiconductor layer on each ohmic contact region.
US08791478B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels that include a pixel circuit connected to a gate line, a data line, and a high-level power line, and an emission cell formed between an anode electrode connected to the pixel circuit and a cathode electrode layer receiving low-level power. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of first pad parts, second pad parts, and cathode connection parts, a plurality of first flexible circuit films respectively connected to the first pad parts to supply the low-level power to a low-level power pad of each of the first pad parts, and a plurality of second flexible circuit films respectively connected to the second pad parts to supply the high-level power to a high-level power pad of each of the second pad parts.
US08791477B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device array. The light emitting device array comprises a light emitting device and a body comprises first and second lead frames electrically connected to the light emitting device and a substrate on which the light emitting device package is disposed, the substrate comprises a base layer and a metal layer disposed on the base layer and electrically connected to the light emitting device package, wherein the metal layer comprises first and second electrode patterns electrically connected to the first and second lead frames and a heat dissipation pattern insulated from at least one of the first or(and) second electrode patterns, absorbing heat generated from at least one of the base layer or(and) the light emitting device package and then dissipating the heat.
US08791475B2
A light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a conductive substrate layer, a reflective layer, a first electrical semiconductor layer, a active layer, a second electrical semiconductor layer, and at least one second electrode. The conductive substrate layer is formed on the first electrode. The reflective layer is formed on the conductive substrate layer. The first electrical semiconductor layer is formed on the reflective layer. The active layer is formed on the first electrical semiconductor layer. The second electrical semiconductor layer is formed on the active layer. The at least one second electrode is formed on the second electrical semiconductor layer. At least one third electrode is additionally disposed under the second electrical semiconductor layer. At least one connection channel is disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode, so that the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected.
US08791470B2
An embodiment relates to a nanowire-containing LED device with optical feedback comprising a substrate, a nanowire protruding from a first side the substrate, an active region to produce light, a optical sensor and a electronic circuit, wherein the optical sensor is configured to detect at least a first portion of the light produced in the active region, and the electronic circuit is configured to control an electrical parameter that controls a light output of the active region. Yet, another embodiment relates to an image display having the nanowire-containing LED device with optical feedback.
US08791456B2
A non-linear element, such as a diode, in which an oxide semiconductor is used and a rectification property is favorable is provided. In a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor in which the hydrogen concentration is less than or equal to 5×1019/cm3, the work function φms of a source electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor, the work function φmd of a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor, and electron affinity χ of the oxide semiconductor satisfy φms≦χ<φmd. By electrically connecting a gate electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a non-linear element with a more favorable rectification property can be achieved.
US08791447B2
A nonvolatile memory cell includes first and second electrodes. Programmable material and a select device are received in series between and with the first and second electrodes. Current conductive material is in series between and with the programmable material and the select device. An array of vertically stacked tiers of such nonvolatile memory cells is disclosed. Methods of forming arrays of nonvolatile memory cells are disclosed.
US08791437B2
The present invention concerns a device for shaping an electron beam of a machine for intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT—Intra Operative Radiation Therapy) using a tubular applicator (3) having a duct through which the electron beam is transmitted, the device being characterised in that it comprises a slab (1), provided with a hole (2) corresponding to the duct of the tubular applicator (3), and at least one planar element (10) comprising an upper plate (11) and a lower plate (12) removably attachable to each other through first mechanical coupling means (13), said at least one planar element (10) being removably attachable to the slab (1) through second mechanical coupling means (13, 14) so that the arrangement of said at least one planar element (10) with respect to the slab (1) is adjustable so as to define an aperture (20) of lower area than that of the section of the duct of the tubular applicator (3), the upper plate (11) of each planar element (10) being made of a first sterilisable biocompatible material with a first atomic number, the lower plate (12) of each planar element (10) being made of a second sterilisable biocompatible material with a second atomic number larger than the first atomic number, whereby the lower plate (12) attenuates X-rays produced by the upper plate (11).The present invention further concerns an automatic method for computing distribution of dose radiated by a IORT machine through such device for shaping an electron beam.
US08791427B2
The distribution of a fluorescent material in a specimen can be observed and the fluorescent material can be obtained as clear, highly quantitative image data. A biological-specimen observation apparatus is provided which comprises a stage on which a specimen is mounted; a position detector, provided on the stage, that detects the position of the specimen; a light source that emits excitation light or illumination light onto the specimen mounted on the stage; an objective lens, disposed opposing the stage, that collects fluorescence or reflected light from the specimen; an image-forming lens that forms an image on the specimen, collected by the objective lens; an image acquisition unit that acquires the image on the specimen, formed by the image-forming lens; an image storage unit that stores the image obtained by the image acquisition unit and positional information of the specimen detected by the position detector in association with each other; and an image processing unit that performs combining processing of a plurality of the images stored by the image storage unit on the basis of the positional information stored in association with the images.
US08791412B2
A sample processing apparatus (102) includes a reference carrier region (106) that supports a reference carrier (108), which includes one or more reference substances that emit radiation with unique and known spectral characteristics in response to being irradiated with radiation having a wavelength in a predetermined range of interest. The sample processing apparatus further includes a carrier receiving region (110) configured to alternatively receive a sample carrier (104) or the reference carrier for processing by the apparatus. The sample processing apparatus further includes an optical component (114, 116, 118) that emits radiation, having a wavelength in a predetermined range of interest, that irradiates the carrier in the carrier receiving region, and that detects the radiation emitted from the carrier. The apparatus moves the reference carrier from the reference carrier region to the carrier receiving region for processing by the apparatus.
US08791411B2
An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip.
US08791409B2
A method for mass analyzing multiply-charged ions is provided as well as a mass analyzer suitable for performing the method, the method comprising: introducing multiply-charged ions into an electrostatic mass analyzer where ions undergo multiple changes of direction of motion; detecting the ions in the analyzer; and determining the mass-to-charge ratio of at least some of the detected ions; wherein the absolute velocity in the analyzer of at least some of the ions whose mass-to-charge ratio is determined is not greater than 8,000 m/s and the average path length over the duration of detection of such ions is longer than required for detecting such ions with a mass-to-charge ratio resolving power of 1,000. High resolution mass spectra of high m/z protein complexes, for example in a native state and with low charge, can be achieved.
US08791406B2
The invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring a property of a gas, such as the amount of liquid in a stream of the gas. The apparatus comprises a source of beta particles (20), a detector (23) capable of detecting beta particles, means (18) to support said source and said detector spaced apart from each other such that gas may enter the space between the source and detector and that the source is positioned to emit beta particles towards said detector; wherein said detector comprises a scintillation material in optical communication with a photodetector (26), and means (24) to physically isolate said photodetector from said gas.
US08791397B2
The present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, which can rapidly heat coolant during cold start-up, control the power consumption depending on the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and ensure the insulation resistance by separating a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, from the outside. That is, the present invention provides an induction heating device for a fuel cell system, in which an insulating housing is provided in a coolant circulation line, a heater for heating coolant is provided in the housing, and a high frequency controller for controlling the power consumption of the heater is provided at the outside of the housing such that the coolant can be rapidly heated during cold start-up, precisely control the power consumption depending of the voltage of a fuel cell stack, and improve the insulation performance by separating the heater as a heating unit, which is in contact with the coolant, and the high frequency controller and a coil as a power unit with respect to the insulating housing.
US08791393B2
A heating control system for controlling heating of a fluid within an associated fluid vessel includes a first sensor responsive to a low fluid level in the fluid vessel and a second sensor responsive to a temperature of the fluid within the fluid vessel. The heating control system also includes a control circuit electrically connected with the first sensor and the second sensor to control electrical power to a heating unit for heating the fluid within the fluid vessel. The control circuit allows electrical power to be connected to the heating unit upon a first predetermined condition of the first sensor and a first predetermined condition of the second sensor. The control circuit disconnects power to the heating unit upon either a second predetermined condition of the first sensor or a second predetermined condition of the second sensor.
US08791387B2
To provide a laser cutting method that is capable of cutting the substrates high accurately with high throughput at a low cost. It is a laser cutting method for cutting a laminated substrate that is formed by laminating at least a pair of substrates. The method comprises the steps of: providing a pattern member with a characteristic of absorbing light of a wavelength that transmits each of the substrates, between each of the substrates along a cutting position of the laminated substrate; and irradiating a laser of the wavelength that transmits the substrates along the pattern member, whereby the laminated substrate is cut along the pattern member.
US08791382B2
Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge.
US08791377B2
A fitting that anchors electrical wiring to a junction box or electrical panel includes gripping members which can releasably hold electrical wiring, in or out of armored conduit, and interference members which allow the fitting to be inserted through knock out apertures and, when in place, extend to prevent withdrawal from the aperture. Optionally a rotatable collar actuates the mechanisms and abuts the wall of the box or panel, eliminating any lateral movement when the interference members are engaged.
US08791376B2
A fluid-tight cable bushing for a ribbon cable has two profile supports. The ribbon cable extends through an opening in a penetration element, such as a housing for a switch or meter. The bushing has two profile supports each with a first flange having snap-on elements and a second flange. The first flanges extend symmetrical along and enclose the ribbon cable. To form a first fixation point, the snap-on elements are v-shaped and arranged to snap against a first end of the opening. To form a second fixation point, the second flanges extend laterally beyond a second end of the opening. A fluid-tight potting mass covers one of the fixation points. Preferably, the potting mass is disposed in a recess formed in the penetration element about the opening.
US08791373B1
A method and apparatus are disclosed in order to provide an electromagnetic pulse shield ground path. In this regard, a shielded power feeder assembly is provided that includes a plurality of conductors comprising a neutral conductor and at least one power feeder conductor. Each conductor includes an electromagnetic pulse shield. The shielded power feeder assembly also includes a fanning bar ground block. The fanning bar ground block includes a body member defining a plurality of openings for receiving respective neutral and power feeder conductors. The fanning bar ground block also includes a plurality of barrels associated with respective openings defined by the body member and configured to be positioned in electrical contact with the shield of the conductor extending through the respective opening. The shielded power feeder assembly also includes a ground path extending from the fanning bar ground block. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
US08791363B2
An exemplary ramp structure capable of being positioned over at least a portion of a cable protection system comprises first and second center portions, a first side ramp portion adjacent a side of each center portion, and a first tapered portion adjacent an end of the first side ramp portion. The first tapered portion may be tapered in at least two different directions that are substantially orthogonal to each other.
US08791347B1
A percussion drum including a plurality of vertical staves held together by mechanically interlocking joints on the side edges of the staves.
US08791346B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated NPID3649, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPID3649 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line NPID3649, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line NPID3649, and plants produced according to these methods.
US08791344B1
A novel maize variety designated PH13JD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH13JD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH13JD 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 PH13JD or a locus conversion of PH13JD with another maize variety.
US08791343B1
A novel maize variety designated 10076890 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10076890 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10076890 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10076890, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10076890. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10076890.
US08791341B1
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean cultivar, designated 20895, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120878. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 20895 cultivar, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US08791328B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having endoglucanase 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 for producing and using the polypeptides.
US08791323B2
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US08791321B2
The present invention relates to a disposable absorbent pad comprising multiple layers. In particular, the absorbent pad of the present invention maintains skin dryness by absorbing moisture while preventing leakage to the skin or the bed linens, allowing air circulation at the surface of the patient's skin to prevent heat buildup, and is strong enough to allow the patient to be repositioned, even when the pad is wet. In a particular embodiment the first layer is comprised of a fluid-permeable, porous material, the second layer is disposed under the first layer and is comprised of at least one super absorbent material, and a base layer disposed under the second layer.
US08791305B2
The present invention relates to ligands and catalyst systems for the hydroformylation of short and long chain olefins, preferably for the hydroformylation of ally alcohol producing 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde. The ligands disclosed herein are all-trans phosphinomethyl-cyclobutane ligands, such as, for example, all-trans-1,2,3,4-tetra[bis-(3,5-xylyl)phosphinomethyl]-cyclobutane. The catalyst systems comprise these all-trans phosphinomethyl-cyclobutane ligands in combination with an organometallic rhodium complex such as, e.g., (acctylacetonato)-dicarbonyl-rhodium (I). The ligands and catalyst systems of the present invention may be employed in the hydroformylation of olefins, in particular in the hydroformylation of allylalcohol, and provide improved selectivity and high reaction yields. wherein R1 is alkyl, preferably methyl, ethyl or propyl, R2 is H or an alkoxy group, R3 and R4, independently of one another, CH2OR1, CH2O-aralkyl, CH2OH,CH2—[P(3,5-R1,R1-4-R2-phenyl)2] or CH2O—(CH2—CH2—O)m—H (with m being an integer between 1 and 1.000).
US08791296B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing methacrylic acid based on the hydrolysis of methacrylic esters.
US08791290B2
The invention provides an acetal compound containing an adamantane ring having an alcoholic hydroxyl group which is protected with an acetal group having a carbonyl moiety of branched structure. A photoresist film comprising a polymer comprising recurring units derived from the acetal compound and an acid generator is characterized by a high dissolution contrast when it is subjected to exposure and organic solvent development to form an image via positive/negative reversal.
US08791282B2
A method of reducing the proportion of agricultural residues (ARs), such as pesticides and herbicides, present in an essential oil, comprising the treatment of the oil with an ionic liquid that has at most limited solubility in the oil, the ionic liquid having an anion and a cation chosen from the following table: cationanion dialkylimidazoliumalkylsulfate trialkylimidazolium dicyanamide dialkylpyridiniumalkylsulfonate dialkylpyrrolidiniumalkylphosphate thiocyanate fluoroacetate fluoroalkyl sulfonate tetrafluoroborate halide The method is particularly effect with citrus oils, especially orange oil, and it can remove most ARs, without removing essential components of the oil.
US08791275B2
Psoralen compounds of Formula (I): wherein (N+ Aryl) is a member selected from the group consisting of nitrogen containing aromatic heterocycles of formulae (i)-(iii): wherein Z is a group of formula: wherein R is C1-C30 hydrocarbyl, which may be linear, branched or cyclic and contains from 1 to 15 carbon-carbon double bonds, which may be conjugated or unconjugated with one another or may include an aryl ring, and may contain one or more substituents; R1 is hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkene-aryl, alkene-heteroaryl, alkene-heterocyclyl, alkene-cycloalkyl, fused cycloalkylaryl, fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, fused heterocyclylaryl, fused heterocyclyheteroaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylaryl, alkylene-fused cycloalkylheteroaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclylaryl, alkylene-fused heterocyclyheteroaryl; n is an integer from 1 to 8 and X is a pharmaceutically acceptable counter ion; and their use in methods for the treatment of a cell proliferation disorder in a subject, pharmaceutical compositions containing the psoralen derivatives, a kit for performing the method, and a method for causing an autovaccine effect in a subject using the method.
US08791272B2
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof having CRTH2-activity, wherein W, L1, L2, X, L3, Y, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification and claims, to their use as medicaments and to pharmaceutical formulations, containing said compounds or containing a combination of said compounds with one or more active substances.
US08791262B2
In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation catalyzed by bifunctional cinchona alkaloids. In certain embodiments, the catalyst is a 6′-OH cinchona alkaloid. In certain embodiments, the electrophile is an α-ketoester or aldehyde. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an aromatic heterocycle. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an aromatic N-containing heterocycle. In certain embodiments, the nucleophile is an indole. In certain embodiments, the methods of the invention are relatively insensitive to concentration, temperature, air and moisture.
US08791261B2
Provided is a polyhedral transition metal complex including a hollow shell, the hollow shell including n1 (where n1 is an integer from 6 to 60) transition metal atoms and 2(n1) bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands including a group derived from a polyhydroxy compound via a linking group, and formed so that the group derived from the polyhydroxy compound is oriented toward an inner space of the hollow shell. Also provided are: an ultrafine particle-containing transition metal complex including the polyhedral transition metal complex, and ultrafine particles of a metal oxide, the ultrafine particles being included within the hollow shell of the polyhedral transition metal complex; a method of producing the same. The invention thus provides a polyhedral transition metal complex that makes it possible to efficiently produce metal oxide particles having a uniform particle size of several nanometers, an ultrafine particle-containing polyhedral transition metal complex in which metal oxide particles are included within a polyhedral structure and the method of producing the same.
US08791252B2
This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of antibodies. This invention further provides the above compositions and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject with cancer comprising administrating the above-described composition to the subject. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of vaccines. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject comprising administrating the above pharmaceutical composition to the subject. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of natural antibodies. This invention provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing host immunity. This invention also provides a composition comprising effective amount of glucan capable of enhancing the action of an agent in preventing tissue rejection.
US08791244B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to ErbB3 and methods of using same. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to human ErbB3. In certain embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention block the interaction of ErbB3 with an ErbB3 ligand such as neuregulin 1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers.
US08791235B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, IA, II, HA, III, or IHA and their pharmaceutical uses. Particular aspects of the invention relate to the use of those compounds for the selective inhibition of one or more caspases. Also described are methods where the compounds of Formula I, IA, II, IIA, III, or IIIA are used in the prevention and/or treatment of various diseases and conditions in subjects, including caspase-mediated diseases such as sepsis, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurodegenerative disease (e.g. multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases).
US08791234B2
Peptide ligands for transporting therapeutic agents across the intestinal epithelial barrier that ordinarily are inadequately absorbed and must be delivered by alternative means, which contain an isolated amino acid sequence wherein at least one pair of amino acids are of an opposite charge and the pair members are separated by a spacer of 1-12 amino acid residues including at least one hydrophobic amino acid, and wherein the length of the amino acid sequence is greater than 5 and less than 20 amino acids. Pharmaceutical compositions for gastro-intestinal delivery and methods for the gastrointestinal delivery of poorly absorbed therapeutic agents are also disclosed.
US08791231B2
Disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acids and polypeptides that include at least one non-natural amino acid, and methods for making such non-natural amino acids and polypeptides. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as a part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typical have at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Also disclosed herein are compounds useful in the preparation of non-natural amino acid polypeptides that are further modified post-translationally, methods for effecting such modifications, and methods for purifying such resultant polypeptides. Typically, the modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides include at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Further disclosed are methods for using such non-natural amino acid polypeptides and modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses.
US08791230B2
A method for reducing colored foreign substances in a water absorbent resin by a convenient and simple technique in the production of a water absorbent resin, without requiring any modification of raw materials or high capital investment, is provided. The method for producing a particulate water absorbent resin includes a step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of an unsaturated monomer; and a step of drying a particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer having a solids concentration of 30% by weight or greater that is obtainable in a gel grain refining step during polymerization or after polymerization, with one or more apparatuses for aerating a water absorbent resin with a high temperature gas stream being installed in the drying step and/or in at least one of the subsequent steps, while in the aerating apparatus, the high temperature gas stream is passed through a filter and then is reused in the same step as the step where the aerating apparatus is installed, or in a different step.
US08791229B2
A series of novel phosphorus-containing compounds having the following formula is provided: in which: R1-R4, A, Q and m are as defined in the specification. A process for the preparation of the compound of formula (I) is also provided. A polymer of formula (PA), and preparation process and use thereof are further provided. A polymer of formula (PI), and preparation process and use thereof are also provided.
US08791226B2
The present invention generally relates to the large-scale (e.g., greater than 1 kg scale) preparation of low molecular weight polylysine or polyornithine in high yield by preparing a polylysine or polyornithine having a weight average molecular weight from about 12,500 Daltons to about 22,000 Daltons and hydrolyzing it to produce a polylysine or polyornithine having a weight average molecular weight from about 5,500 Daltons to about 12,000 Daltons.
US08791223B2
Methods of catalyzing chemical reactions are provided. A tri-substituted phosphine having at least one substituent that is an alkyl group is added as a catalyst to reaction mixtures. Reaction mixtures contain uretdiones, anhydrides, or isocyanate functional materials including isocyanurates, in various combinations with hydroxyl, thiol, and/or amine functional materials. Curable compositions comprising these catalysts and reaction mixtures are also provided.
US08791218B2
To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can impart water/oil repellency to a surface of an article without having its texture deteriorated, and has excellent durability against washing and stability, a method for producing such a composition, and an article treated with such a water/oil repellent composition. A water/oil repellent composition which comprises a copolymer having polymerized units derived from monomer (a), polymerized units derived from monomer (b) and polymerized units derived from monomer (c). Here, monomer (a) is a compound represented by the formula: (Z—Y)nX; wherein Z is a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group or the like; Y is a bivalent organic group or a single bond; n is 1 or 2; and X is a polymerizable unsaturated group; monomer (b) is a (meth)acrylate having no Rf group and having a C12-18 alkyl group; and monomer (c) is monomer (c1) having no Rf group and having a blocked isocyanate group or monomer (c2) having no Rf group and having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups.
US08791213B2
The invention provides a curable silicone resin composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an aromatic group having two or more alkenyl groups, and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 10 to 1,000,000 mPa·s, (B) an organopolysiloxane having a resin structure, comprising 10 to 80 mol % of a SiO4/2 unit, 1 to 80 mol % of a (R1)2SiO2/2 unit, and 1 to 60 mol % of a (R2)3SiO1/2 unit, and containing a SiOH group in a range of 0.1 to 5.0 mol %, (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more SiH group, and among whole substituents bonded to the silicon atom, 20 to 80 mol % is a phenyl group, and a SiO4/2 unit is less than 5 mol %, and (D) a platinum group metal catalyst, and the component (B) is contained in an amount of 20 to 80% by mass based on a sum of the component (A) and the component (B).
US08791212B2
Disclosed are block copolyesters comprising blocks of fluoroether functionalized aromatic polyester and blocks of unmodified aromatic polyester, the block copolyesters having a blockiness index, B, in the range of 0.25 to 1.0. The block copolymers incorporated into blends with unmodified aromatic polyester impart oil and soil resistance to shaped articles prepared from the blends.
US08791207B2
The present application is directed to a non-aqueous composition. The composition comprises a blend of an acidic copolymer derived from a first group of monomers comprising at least one acidic monomer, and a basic copolymer derived from a second group of monomers comprising at least one basic monomer. The basic copolymer may comprise an amide functionality. In some embodiments, the composition comprises an acidic (meth)acrylic copolymer having a Tg less than 0° C., which is derived from a first group of monomers comprising at least one acidic monomer, and a basic (meth)acrylic copolymer having a Tg less than 0° C., which is derived from a second group of monomers comprising at least one basic monomer. Additionally, the composition may comprise a minimum of 0.10 moles of acid/base pairs per kilogram of composition.
US08791205B2
The invention is related to compositions suitable for the fabrication of pipes, and other articles, with excellent performance properties. The invention provides a composition, comprising a blend, wherein said blend comprises a high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer and a low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is a heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.922 g/cc to 0.929 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21) from 0.2 g/10 min to 1.0 g/10 min, and the low molecular weight ethylene-based interpolymer is heterogeneously branched linear or a homogeneously branched linear ethylene-based interpolymer, and has a density from 0.940 g/cc to 0.955 g/cc, and a melt index (I2) from 6 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min. The blend has a single peak in an ATREF profile eluting above 30° C., and has a coefficient of viscosity average molecular weight (CMv) less than −0.0032 in the log(calculated Mv) versus elution temperature, said CMv calculated in the range of elution temperatures from 70° C. to 90° C. The Mv is the viscosity average molecular weight.
US08791201B2
The present invention relates to a compound characterized by the following formula: wherein each R1 is independently methyl or ethyl; and n 1 to 10. The compound is useful in preparing hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane polymers, which are useful as rheology modifiers for coatings formulations.
US08791197B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition for a winter tire which improves in performance on ice and snow, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance in a balanced manner, and also has favorable proccessability; and a winter tire including a tread produced using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a winter tire which contains predetermined amounts of natural rubber, butadiene rubber, aromatic oil, silica, and carbon black, and also contains a specific silane coupling agent that includes a linking unit A represented by the following formula (1) and a linking unit B represented by the following formula (2) and has a predetermined content of the linking unit B.
US08791192B2
There are provided a resin composition including a polylactic acid which (i) includes a poly-L-lactic acid (component B-1) and a poly-D-lactic acid (component B-4), (ii) has a weight ratio of the component B-1 to the component B-4 (component B-1/component B-4) of 10/90 to 90/10, and (iii) shows a proportion of melt peaks at 195° C. or higher to all melt peaks in a temperature rising process in measurement by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of at least 20%; a molded article of the resin composition; and methods for producing the resin composition and the molded article.
US08791185B2
The invention provides an adhesive or sealant comprising (A) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyureas, polyacrylates, polysulphides, silylated polyurethanes, silylated polyureas, silylated polyethers, silylated polysulphides and silyl-terminated acrylates, and (B) at least 0.32% by weight of 2-ethylhexyl methyl terephthalate, based on the overall adhesive or sealant. A process is disclosed for preparing the adhesive or sealant, and also disclosed is the use thereof for producing material bonds between parts to be joined.
US08791182B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film obtained from a composition comprising chiefly ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and organic peroxides for giving crosslinked structure, which suppresses the occurrence of blisters without reduction of crosslink rate, even if the film contains silane-coupling agents for improving adhesive strength. The solar cell sealing film comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, an organic peroxide, a silane-coupling agent, and a phosphite compound represented by formula (I): P(OR1)3 (I) wherein, R1 is a branched-chain aliphatic alkyl group having 8 to 14 carbon atoms, and three R1s are the same as or different from each other and further wherein the content of the vinyl acetate recurring unit of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer is in the range of 20 to 35% by weight.
US08791177B2
An elastomer composite with silica-containing filler is described, along with methods to make the same. The advantages achieved with the elastomer composite and methods are further described.
US08791170B2
Disclosed is a photocurable organopolysiloxane composition including (A) 100 parts by weight of diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atoms having a hydroxyl group and/or hydrolyzable group attached thereto in one molecule; and (B) 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a complex compound composed of titanium(meth)acrylate-trialkoxide and β-diketone. It will find use as a sealing agent, adhesive, coating material. It is particularly suitable for micro pars and precision molding on account of its good curability and very little cure shrinkage.
US08791168B2
A viscoelastic polyurethane foam is the reaction product of at least one natural oil derived polyol and at least one aromatic compound having an average of more than one isocyanate group. A viscoelastic polyurethane foam has an air flow of at least about 0.5 l/s, wherein the foam is formed in the substantial absence of copolymer polyol and has not (yet) been mechanically reticulated and is preferably prepared using at least one natural oil derived polyol, more preferably in an amount of at least about 20 weight percent of the polyols used. A process of preparing a viscoelastic foam, comprises steps of (A) forming a reaction mixture including at least one polyol, at least one polyisocyanate, water, at least one catalyst wherein a the polyol comprises at least one natural oil derived polyol; and (B) subjecting the reaction mixture to conditions sufficient to result in the reaction mixture to expand and cure to form a viscoelastic polyurethane foam. In another embodiment, a process comprises steps of (a) forming a natural oil derived polyol composition comprising at least one natural oil derived polyol and water; (b) admixing at least one gelling catalyst and at least one blowing catalyst with the natural oil derived polyol composition to form a catalyst polyol admixture; (c) supplying an isocyanate in an amount corresponding to an isocyanate index for a pMDI of at least about 65 and at most about 95 or, when the isocyanate is a TDI or MDI or combination thereof, at least about 80 and at most about 105; and (c) admixing the isocyanate with the catalyst polyol admixture.
US08791167B2
A composition including an effective amount of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene component combined with an effective amount of an alcohol selected from the group of methanol, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, tert-butanol, isobutanol, 2-ethyl hexanol and any combination thereof, where the composition has azeotropic properties.
US08791166B2
The invention provides a method for producing methanol and its products exclusively from a geothermal source as the sole source material also using the needed energy from the geothermal energy source. The method includes separating or isolating carbon dioxide accompanying hot water or steam of the source, generating hydrogen from the water and subsequently preparing methanol from the carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The methanol can be further converted into dimethyl ether or other products.
US08791165B2
This invention discloses a method for making a dimethylether (DME) product from a synthesis gas (syngas) in the presence of a catalyst in a fluid pluralized bed reactor operating in the gas phase. The reactions generate a significant amount of heat and the heat management is balanced between supplying quench recycle syngas to the pluralized sections along the reactor and also by controlling the preheat temperature of the reactant streams. Gas phase fluidization of the catalyst is controlled so that the pluralized reactive zones are maintained in a backmix configuration.
US08791152B2
The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition for injection containing docetaxel and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for injection containing docetaxel having better storage stability than conventional medications, which is prepared by dissolving docetaxel, a water-insoluble compound, in distilled water after mixing it with cyclodextrin (CD) and a water-soluble polymer such as hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and lyophilizing the mixture, and a method of preparing the same.
US08791150B2
Block copolymer pharmaceutical compositions containing 3,3′-diindolylmethane (DIM). The pharmaceutical composition for peroral administration comprises 3,3′-diindolylmethane as an active component and a target additive, the target additive being a block copolymer of oxyethylene and oxypropylene, in which the content of the hydrophobic oxypropylene block is less than 50 mass % and the molecular mass of the hydrophilic oxyethylene block is equal to 2,250 Da or more, at a ratio of the active component to the selected block copolymer varying between 1:2 and 1:10. The composition improves absorption of the active compound by the bloodstream upon peroral delivery.
US08791149B2
This invention relates generally to stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, e.g., post-natal hippocampal neurogenesis) and protecting from neuron cell death.
US08791147B2
The present invention relates generally to novel calcimimetic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The invention also relates to methods of treating of diseases or disorders related to the function of the calcium sensing receptor using the compounds represented in Formula (I). Where Cy1 is pyridinonyl, pyridinyl, quinolinyl or 9-ethyl-9H-beta-carbolinyl, each of which optionally substituted and where Cy2 is phenyl naphthyl.
US08791144B2
The present invention relates to N-phenyl-1-(4-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-amine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to formula (I) Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 have the meaning defined in the claims. The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
US08791142B2
The present invention provides oxadiazole pyridine derivatives of Formula (I), their use as medicaments and their use for treating multiple sclerosis and other diseases.
US08791139B2
The present invention relates to novel anthranilic acid derivatives of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, Q and n have the meanings given in the description, to their use as insecticides and acaricides for controlling animal pests, also in combination with other agents for activity boosting, and a plurality of processes for their preparation.
US08791132B2
Hydrogenated pyrido[4,3-b]indoles, pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and azepino[4,5-b]indoles are described. The compounds may bind to and are adrenergic receptor α2B antagonists. The compounds may also bind to and antagonize adrenergic receptor α1B. The compounds may find use in therapy, e.g., to (i) reduce blood pressure and/or (ii) promote renal blood flow and/or (iii) decrease or inhibit sodium reabsorption. The compounds may also be used to treat diseases or conditions that are, or are expected to be, responsive to a decrease in blood pressure. Use of the compounds to treat cardiovascular and renal disorders is particularly described.
US08791126B2
In the present invention, a novel 2-alkynyl-N9-propargyladenine represented by formula (I) wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, a furyl group, or a triazolyl group; R2 and R3 each represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-8 alkyl group, or form a cycloalkyl group by bonding to each other; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has a stronger and longer-lasting effect as a therapeutic agent for Parkinsonian syndromes.
US08791122B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a novel crystal of 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide (hereinafter referred to as “compound A”). A Form-I crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.4 degrees, 9.8 degrees, 17.2 degrees and 19.4 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof. A Form-II crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.0 degrees, 12.9 degrees, 20.7 degrees and 22.6 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof. A Form-III crystal of compound A shows diffraction peaks at 9.3 degrees, 9.7 degrees, 16.8 degrees, 20.6 degrees and 23.5 degrees in the powder X-ray diffraction spectrum thereof.
US08791120B2
The present invention relates to 4-aryl-6-piperazin-1-yl-3-substituted-pyridazines of formula (I) that are fast dissociating dopamine 2 receptor antagonists, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds as an active ingredient. The compounds find utility as medicines for treating or preventing central nervous system disorders, for example schizophrenia, by exerting an antipsychotic effect without motor side effects.
US08791115B2
The present invention relates to combinations of triazine derivatives and of insulin sensitizers.
US08791111B2
Compounds of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, D, G, Q and W have the meanings indicated in Claim (1), can and be employed for the treatment of tumors.
US08791108B2
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection.
US08791105B2
Methods of improving performance, increasing weight gain, and decreasing incidence of disease in ruminant and pre-ruminant animals, such as cattle, after undergoing painful processing procedures, such as castration and dehorning, are provided. Veterinary formulations for use in methods of the invention are also provided. The formulations comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of meloxicam, gabapentin, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and combinations thereof. Methods of treating pathological pain in cattle are also provided.
US08791104B2
The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides novel 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione compounds, and methods of using novel 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with the faulty regulation of the processes of programmed cell death, autoimmunity, inflammation, hyperproliferation, and the like.
US08791103B2
The present invention relates to new substituted carboxylic acid amides of general formula wherein A, B and R1 to R5 are defined as in claim 1, the tautomers, the enantiomers, the diastereomers, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable properties.
US08791102B2
This disclosure relates to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor antagonists, compositions comprising the S1P receptor antagonists and methods for using and processes for making the S1P receptor antagonists. In particular, this disclosure relates to sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1) receptor antagonists, compositions comprising the S1P1 receptor antagonist and methods for using the S1P1 receptor antagonist, such as in the treatment of cancer, and processes for making the S1P1 receptor antagonists.
US08791093B2
Disclosed are injectable pharmaceutical compositions that contain a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-addictive agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, and a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier, methods of making the compositions, and uses thereof for treating addictions including substance abuse (or addiction to an abused substance) and addictive or compulsive behavior, by administering the composition to a subject in need thereof.
US08791084B2
A method of treating a pathophysiological condition caused by the production of growth-inhibiting proteoglycans is provided. It is based on the finding that down-regulation of SOX9 results in decreased production of growth-inhibiting factors such as proteoglycans, and increased production of growth-promoting factors such as a laminin and fibronectin. The method of the present invention comprises the inhibition of SOX9 expression and function with an inhibitor such as an antisense oligonucleotide or a siRNA.
US08791082B2
Double-stranded and single-stranded RNA molecules, and their use in methods for inducing interferon are provided. The interferon induction provides anti-viral and other medically useful effects, such as anti-cancer effects. Also provided are methods for reducing or inhibiting interferon induction exhibited by such molecules, particularly siRNA and shRNA molecules produced in vitro.
US08791081B2
A method of treating a neoplastic disease in a subject includes administering to neoplastic cells of the subject an MGMT inhibitor and at least one of an antimitotic agent or a DNA damaging agent.
US08791078B2
The invention relates to a dialysis solution for haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, said solution having a theoretical osmolarity within the range of from 250 to 550 mosm/L and a pH value within the range of from 4.9 to 8.0, said solution comprising a creatine compound and one or more electrolytes, wherein the concentration of the creatine compound is not more than 50 mM.
US08791064B2
The present invention provides colloidally stable dispersions of nanoparticles comprising beta-lactoglobulin and a polysaccharide which are transparent when diluted in aqueous media. In particular these colloidally stable dispersions of nanoparticles are useful as delivery vehicles of hydrophobic nutraceuticals and fat-soluble vitamins, for enrichment of food products, especially of transparent beverages and other non-fat or low fat foods and drinks. The present invention further provides methods for the preparation of said colloidally stable dispersions.
US08791063B2
Herein is reported a shortened tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I fusion protein and a lipid particle comprising the shortened tetranectin-apolipoprotein A-I fusion protein as well as uses thereof.
US08791062B2
The present disclosure provides peptides and peptide compositions, which facilitate the delivery of an active agent or an active agent carrier wherein the compositions are capable of penetrating the stratum corneum (SC) and/or the cellular membranes of viable cells.
US08791036B2
The present invention relates to a glass plate for a substrate contains, as a glass matrix composition, in mol % on the oxide basis, SiO2: 67 to 72, Al2O3: 1 to 7, B2O3: 0 to 4, MgO: 11 to 15, CaO: 0 to 3, SrO: 0 to 3, BaO: 0 to 4, ZrO2: 0 to 4, Na2O: 8 to 15, and K2O: 0 to 7, with SiO2+Al2O3: 71 to 77, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO: 11 to 17, Na2O+K2O: 8 to 17, and satisfying K2O/(Na2O+K2O)≦0.13×(SiO2+Al2O3+0.5B2O3+0.3BaO)−9.4, in which the glass plate has a β-OH value (mm−1) of 0.05 to 0.5, and a heat shrinkage ratio (C) of 16 ppm or less.
US08791032B2
A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), a TFT manufactured by the method, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus that includes the TFT, a display including the TFT. By including a buffer layer below and an insulating layer above a silicon layer for the TFT, the silicon layer can be crystallized without being exposed to air, so that contamination can be prevented. Also, due to the overlying insulating layer, the silicon layer can be patterned without directly contacting photoresist. The result is a TFT with uniform and improved electrical characteristics, and an improved display apparatus.
US08791024B1
The present disclosure provides a method that includes forming a first photoresist layer on a substrate; forming a second photoresist layer over the first photoresist layer; and performing a lithography exposure process to the first photoresist layer and the second photoresist layer, thereby forming a first latent feature in the first photoresist layer and a second latent feature in the second photoresist layer.
US08791007B2
Wire bonds are formed at an integrated circuit device so that multiple wires are bonded to a single bond pad. In a particular embodiment, the multiple wires are bonded by first applying a stud bump to the pad and successively bonding each of the wires to the stud bump. Another stud bump can be placed over the bonded wires to provide additional connection security.
US08791006B2
A semiconductor device has a first insulating layer formed over a first surface of a polymer matrix composite substrate. A first conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer and first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed over the second insulating layer and first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is wound to exhibit inductive properties. A third conductive layer is formed between the first conductive layer and second conductive layer. A third insulating layer is formed over the second insulating layer and second conductive layer. A bump is formed over the second conductive layer. A fourth insulating layer can be formed over a second surface of the polymer matrix composite substrate. Alternatively, the fourth insulating layer can be formed over the first insulating layer prior to forming the first conductive layer.
US08790995B2
According to one embodiment, a substrate processing method is disclosed. The above method includes: grinding an outer edge portion on a back surface of a semiconductor wafer with a semiconductor element formed on its front surface with a first grindstone or blade to thereby form an annular groove; grinding a projecting portion on an inner side of the groove with a second grindstone to thereby form a recessed portion integrally with the groove on the back surface of the semiconductor wafer; and grinding a bottom surface of the recessed portion including a ground surface made by the second grindstone with a third grindstone.
US08790985B2
The disclosed invention provides a structure and method for providing a high lateral voltage resistance between the electrical networks, sharing a lateral plane, of conductive elements (e.g., having different high voltage potentials) comprising a coupler. In one embodiment, an integrated coupler providing a high lateral voltage resistance comprises a primary conductive element and a secondary conductive element. An isolating material is laterally configured between the electrical network of the primary conductive element and an electrical network of the secondary conductive element. The isolating material may comprise a low-k dielectric layer and prevents any lateral barrier layers (e.g., etch stop layers, diffusion barrier layers, etc.) from extending between the first conductive element and the electrical network of the second conductive element. The structure therefore provides a galvanically isolated integrated coupler which avoids electrical shorting between circuits (e.g., at barrier layers) resulting in an improved high voltage resistance.
US08790980B2
Some example embodiments of the invention comprise methods for and semiconductor structures comprised of: a MOS transistor comprised of source/drain regions, a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, channel region; a carbon doped SiGe region that applies a stress on the channel region whereby the carbon doped SiGe region retains stress/strain on the channel region after subsequent heat processing.
US08790976B2
A conductive pattern on a substrate is formed. An insulating layer having an opening exposing the conductive pattern is formed. A bottom electrode is formed on the conductive pattern and a first sidewall of the opening. A spacer is formed on the bottom electrode and a second sidewall of the opening. The spacer and the bottom electrode are formed to be lower than a top surface of the insulating layer. A data storage plug is formed on the bottom electrode and the spacer. The data storage plug has a first sidewall aligned with a sidewall of the bottom electrode and a second sidewall aligned with a sidewall of the spacer. A bit line is formed on the data storage plug.
US08790975B2
When forming capacitive structures in a metallization system, such as in a dynamic RAM area, placeholder metal regions may be formed together with “regular” metal features, thereby achieving a very efficient overall process flow. At a certain manufacturing stage, the metal of the placeholder metal region may be removed on the basis of a wet chemical etch recipe followed by the deposition of the electrode materials and the dielectric materials for the capacitive structure without unduly affecting other portions of the metallization system. In this manner, very high capacitance values may be realized on the basis of a very efficient overall manufacturing flow.
US08790949B2
Solid state imaging device, method of producing solid state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
A solid state imaging device includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit that is formed on the substrate to generate and accumulate signal charges according to light quantity of incident light; a vertical transmission gate electrode that is formed to be embedded in a groove portion formed in a depth direction from one side face of the substrate according to a depth of the photoelectric conversion unit; and an overflow path that is formed on a bottom portion of the transmission gate to overflow the signal charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit.
US08790942B2
One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device in which shift of the threshold voltage of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can be suppressed even when ultraviolet light irradiation is performed in the process for manufacturing the display device. In the method for manufacturing a display device, ultraviolet light irradiation is performed at least once, a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a switching element, and heat treatment for repairing damage to the oxide semiconductor layer caused by the ultraviolet light irradiation is performed after all the steps of ultraviolet light irradiation are completed.
US08790934B2
Materials and methods for studying and modulating the interaction of carbohydrate-containing moieties with other species are described, in particular, small particles, e.g. clusters of metal or semiconductor atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilising a plurality of ligands comprising carbohydrate groups. These “nanoparticles” can then be used to study carbohydrate mediated interactions, e.g. with other carbohydrates or proteins, and as therapeutics and diagnostic reagents.
US08790926B2
The present disclosure relates to supports and scaffolds for cell and tissue engineering. The supports disclosed herein are composed of a thermally responsive material, containing pillars, that is coated with an acrylic polymer, thereby imparting an amphipathic matrix foundation. When exposed to a change in temperature, the coated support reacts by facilitating or repelling hydromolecular interactions. Further disclosed herein are methods for making hydrogels that can support tissue growth.
US08790925B2
A method of generating a hyper iNOS expressing cell includes administering to a myeloid derived cell an amount of a PPARγ agonist and an IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway antagonist effective to substantially inhibit STAT3 activation in the cell and administering an inflammatory insult to the cell to stimulate hyper iNOS expression from the cell.
US08790923B2
Viable progenitor cells are extracted from frozen umbilical cord tissue. In embodiments, the umbilical cord tissue is a blood vessel bearing perivascular Wharton's jelly, and the extracted progenitor cells are HUCPVCs.
US08790917B2
A device for biochemical processing and analysis of a measured sample volume of a sample is described. The device is characterized in that it consists of a sealed vessel (1) and that it comprises at least one thin pierceable membrane (2) through which a capillary tube (3) containing said measured sample volume of a sample can pass into said sealed vessel (1). Said sealed vessel (1) further contains at least one biochemically reactive substance (4) and a liquid (6). A method, wherein the device according to the invention is used for analysis, is also described.
US08790916B2
The invention relates to a system and method for isolating particles from a biological fluid, including: obtaining a sample of biological fluid from a source (e.g. a patient) in which the sample contains particles of multiple sample particle types; tagging particles in the sample with tagging agents, including mixing the sample with a solution of magnetic tagging agents that selectively bind to particles of at least one of the sample particle types, thereby forming a group of tagged particles in the sample; passing the sample through a magnetic conduit having a magnetic field that interacts with at least some of the tagged particles; sorting the particles of the sample into multiple groups based on the interaction between the tagged particles and the magnetic field; and optionally returning selected portions of the processed fluid back to its source with or without the addition of appropriate therapeutic agents.
US08790912B2
The composition comprises, by mass, about: 52% Lactose, 15.2% B12-fortified Brewer's Yeast, 12% Sodium Proponate, 0.8% Sodium carbonate, 0.12% Nitrate Nitrogen, 2.1% Ammoniacal Nitrogen, 3.78% Urea Nitrogen, 1% Available Phosphoric Acid, 0.4% Soluble Potash (K2O), 2% Sulphur (S), 0.0064% Iron, 0.0066% Manganese, 0.0036% Zinc, 0.00068% Copper, 0.003% Boron and about 0.0068% Molybdenum.
US08790910B2
A strain of Francisella species wherein a gene which encodes for part of the glutamate metabolic pathway has been inactivated, and which is able to produce a protective immune response in an animal, for use as live prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against infection by said Francisella species. Particularly effective strains include those where the capB gene is deleted. Other embodiments of the invention describe strains which compromise a further genetic mutation wherein a gene which encodes for another component of the cell is also inactivated. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said strains, together with methods which utilize such strains are also described and claimed.
US08790909B2
The present invention relates to strains of Helicobacter pylori useful for the delivery of biologically active agents. In particular, the present invention provides an isolated strain of H. pylori having: (a) low pathogenicity; (b) ability to naturally transform; and (c) ability to colonise mouse stomach mucosa without host adaptation.
US08790907B2
A method for immobilizing living microorganisms includes a step (1) of disposing a solution containing microorganisms as an electrolyte on the surface of a substrate at least one portion of which is an electrode, and applying a constant potential to the electrode to cause at least a portion of the microorganisms to attach to the surface of the substrate. The constant potential in step (1) is greater than −0.5 V but not greater than −0.2 V (vs Ag/AgCl) or greater than +0.2 V but not greater than +0.4 V (vs Ag/AgCl). The electrolyte in step (1) does not contain a source of nutrition for the microorganisms.
US08790901B2
Methods of producing an unsaturated free fatty acid comprising at least 18 carbon atoms are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise culturing an engineered microorganism in a culture medium, wherein the engineered microorganism comprises at least one recombinant enzyme selected from acyl-lipid desaturase delta-9 (EC:1.14.19.1), acyl-lipid desaturase delta-12 (EC:1.14.19.6), acyl-lipid desaturase delta-15 (EC:1.14.19.-), and thioesterase (EC:3.1.2.14). Engineered microorganisms comprising at least one of those recombinant enzymes are also provided. The methods and organisms can be used to produce at least one free fatty acid selected from oleic acid, linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid.
US08790898B2
The present invention relates to chimeric peptides having a caveolin-1 binding domain of an HIV-1 gp41 (CBD1) peptide or a variant of said CBD1, fused to a T helper epitope. In one aspect, the T epitope is from a peptide selected from the group consisting of a tetanus toxin, an HIV-1 Gag p24 and an HIV-1 Env-gp120. Compositions containing these chimeric peptides and pharmaceutical and immunogenic compositions as well as vaccines comprising these chimeric peptides also are part of the present invention. Methods to induce neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 activity and uses of the chimeric peptides to treat or to prevent HIV-1 infection are also disclosed.
US08790891B2
Certain isolated motile cells spontaneously migrate unidirectionally through a mechanically confined space, such as a microcapillary channel, in the absence of an external gradient (e.g., a chemical gradient). Assays and methods for detecting motile cells, and identifying chemical agents that inhibit cell migration, can include detecting the movement of motile cancer cells through a microcapillary channel.
US08790883B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides that inhibit the NF-κB signaling pathway and polynucleotides encoding the same. The present invention further provides methods for the modulation of and/or treatment of inflammatory responses, oncogenesis, viral infection; the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis; and regulation of B or T lymphocytes in antigenic stimulation, by administering the polypeptides of the present invention to a subject in need thereof. Finally, the present invention provides a method of identifying polypeptides that modulate oligomerization of NEMO.
US08790881B2
A method for measuring immunoglobulin G-mediated complement activation, includes the following steps: a) preparing a sample A of immunoglobulin G and a sample B including natural serum, the natural serum optionally being diluted in a dilution buffer; b) mixing sample A with sample B at a ratio (amount of IgG in A in grams):(volume of natural serum in B in liters) of between and 75, at a temperature of between 2° C. and 6° C., and subsequently incubating the resulting reaction mixture at a temperature of between 35° C. and 40° C. for a period of between 30 minutes and 2 hours; c) cooling the reaction mixture obtained at the end of step b) to a temperature of between 0° C. and 4° C. in the presence of EDTA; and d) measuring the amount of C5a fragment in the cooled reaction mixture obtained in c).
US08790875B2
Single nucleotide polymorphic sites of the bovine HSP genes are associated with improved fertilization rate and/or improved embryo survival rate in cattle. Nucleic acid molecules, kits, methods of genotyping and marker assisted bovine breeding methods based on these SNPs are disclosed.
US08790854B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a substrate and a photosensitive layer, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor has a surface layer containing fluorine resin particles, and the fluorine resin particles exposed on a surface satisfy the following Expression (1): 0.5≦(A)/(B)≦10 Expression (1) wherein, (A) represents a number of aggregated particles in which 5 to 20 fluorine resin particles are connected and aggregated, and (B) represents a total number of fluorine resin particles that are isolated without being aggregated and aggregated particles in which 2 to 4 fluorine resin particles are connected and aggregated.
US08790849B2
A manufacturing method for an electrode catalyst layer includes: containing a conductive carrier on which a catalyst is supported, a substrate, an electrolyte resin and a supercritical fluid inside a closed container (S102 to S106); and cooling the substrate to form an electrode catalyst layer, having the conductive carrier on which the catalyst is supported and the electrolyte resin, on the substrate (S 108).
US08790842B2
Fuel cell systems and methods having reduced volumetric requirements are described. The systems include, among other things, an enclosed region formed by the bonding of a fuel cell layer with a fluid manifold. The enclosed region transforms into a fluid plenum when, for example, a fluid exiting a manifold outlet pressurizes the enclosed region causing one or more portions of the fuel cell layer and/or the fluid manifold to deform away from each other.
US08790841B2
A metal alloy catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells is disclosed. The catalyst contains the metals Pd, M1 and M2. M1 and M2 are different metals selected from Co, Fe, Au, Cr and W, excluding the combination PdCoAu.
US08790828B2
A primary electrochemical cell having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide (FeS2) and carbon particles. The cell is balanced so that the anode is in theoretical capacity excess (mAmp-hrs) compared to the theoretical capacity of the cathode. The anode and cathode can be spirally wound with separator therebetween and inserted into the cell casing with electrolyte then added. The electrolyte comprises a lithium salt dissolved in organic solvent.
US08790824B2
By a method that includes coking a residue resulting from distillation of crude oil under reduced pressure and having API gravity of 1 to 5, an asphaltene content of 10 to 50%, a resin content of 5 to 30%, and a sulfur content of 1 to 12% to obtain coke, pulverizing the coke to obtain a carbon powder, and heating the carbon powder at 1000 to 3500 deg C., a graphite anode active material for use in a lithium secondary battery is obtained that has, in X-ray powder diffraction, d002 of not smaller than 0.3354 nm and not greater than 0.337 nm, Lc(004) of smaller than 100 nm, La(110) of not smaller than 100 nm, and a half width of the peak of a plane (101) at a diffraction angle (2θ) of 44 degrees to 45 degrees of not smaller than 0.65 degree.
US08790823B2
A battery unit and a battery pack including the battery unit having reduced resistance along the leads. The battery unit includes a battery unit including an electrode assembly arranged within a pouch and lead tabs extending to an outside of the pouch and being electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a frame to support the battery unit, the frame including a first portion to accommodate the pouch of the battery unit and a second portion to accommodate the lead tabs, lead members arranged between the lead tabs and the second portion of the frame and a plurality of coupling members to mechanically couple together the lead tabs, the lead member and the second portion of the frame.
US08790808B2
A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electrical storage elements, and a cooling element having ducts for a fluid to flow through, wherein the electrical storage elements are in thermal contact with the cooling elements and heat can be transmitted from the storage elements to the fluid, and wherein the cooling element which comprises the ducts is embodied as at least one extruded profile.
US08790806B2
In an alkaline battery in which an opening of a battery case 1 containing a power-generating element is sealed via a sealing plate 7 with a gasket 5 interposed between the battery case 1 and the sealing plate 7, the sealing plate 7 has a vent 7a, the gasket 5 has an explosion-proof valve 5a, an electrolyte filter 9 made of a porous membrane is disposed in a space defined by the sealing plate 7 and the gasket 5, a volume of a space defined by the sealing plate 7 and the electrolyte filter 9 is greater than or equal to 0.25 cm3, and a tensile stress of the electrolyte filter 9 at 100% tensile elongation in at least one direction is in a range of 60-4000 N/m.
US08790805B2
A battery unit with a stack of flat cells, with cooling sheets between adjacent cells. The cooling sheets at an upper end thereof have at least one bended edge, with the edges of adjacent cooling sheets being aligned spatially in the same direction. The bended edges of adjacent cooling sheets partially overlap in order to form die gaps which are also aligned spatially in the same direction.
US08790801B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing an integrated electrochemical and solar cell. In one embodiment of the invention, an electrochemical cell with a self supporting ceramic cathode layer is electrically connected to a solar cell. In another embodiment of the invention, an electrochemical cell with a self supporting anode is provided. The present invention also contemplates methods of manufacturing the integrated electrochemical and solar cell wherein such methods provide weight savings and streamlined manufacturing procedures through the use of self supporting cathodes and anodes.
US08790799B1
A method for forming a glass substrate comprises the steps of forming a glass blank with opposing substantially planar surfaces and at least one edge, coating the glass blank in silica-alumina nanoparticles, the silica-alumina nanoparticles comprising an inner core of silica with an outer shell of alumina, annealing the coated glass blank to form a conformal coating of silica-alumina around the glass blank, and polishing the coated glass blank to remove the conformal coating of silica-alumina from the opposing substantially planar surfaces thereof.
US08790798B2
A magnetoresistive element (and method of fabricating the magnetoresistive element) that includes a free ferromagnetic layer comprising a first reversible magnetization direction directed substantially perpendicular to a film surface, a pinned ferromagnetic layer comprising a second fixed magnetization direction directed substantially perpendicular to the film surface, and a nonmagnetic insulating tunnel barrier layer disposed between the free ferromagnetic layer and the pinned ferromagnetic layer, wherein the free ferromagnetic layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the pinned ferromagnetic layer have a coherent body-centered cubic (bcc) structure with a (001) plane oriented, and a bidirectional spin-polarized current passing through the coherent structure in a direction perpendicular to the film surface reverses the magnetization direction of the free ferromagnetic layer.
US08790797B2
The spin injection source comprises a nonmagnetic conductor, an MgO film, and a ferromagnet, and injects spin from the ferromagnet to the nonmagnetic conductor. The MgO film is annealed at temperature of between 300° C. and 500° C. The annealing duration is preferably between 30 and 60 minutes. By annealing, the oxygen vacancies increases and the electric resistance of MgO film decreases. And thus the spin injection efficiency in the spin injection source improves.
US08790792B2
An organic electroluminescent device includes a light-emitting layer containing at least one host material and at least one luminescent dopant serving as a guest. The host material is a polymer having repeating units linked to each other by non-conjugated bonds and the luminescent dopant is a Π-conjugated oligomer.
US08790784B2
The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass having a monolayer structure comprising only a first layer or a multilayer structure comprising at least two layers including a first layer and a second layer stacked at least on one face of the first layer, wherein the first layer contains a thermoplastic resin and a first plasticizer represented by the formula (1): and the interlayer film has a monolayer structure or a multilayer structure including at least two layers and includes the first layer further containing a second plasticizer that is a diester compound, or the interlayer film has a multilayer structure including at least two layers and includes the second layer containing a plasticizer and a polyvinyl acetal resin with a hydroxyl content of 25 to 40 mol %.
US08790781B2
Two-component polyurethane compositions that are especially suitable for use as structural adhesives
The invention relates to two-component polyurethane compositions that are especially suitable for use as a structural adhesives. Said compositions are constituted of a polyol component K1 and a polyisocyanate component K2, the polyol component K1 comprising at least one alkoxylated aromatic diol A1 and at least one aliphatic triol A2 and the polyisocyanate component K2 comprising at least one polyisocyanate B1.
US08790777B2
A composite article may include a matrix and a plurality of fibers embedded in the matrix. Each one of the fibers has a fiber length and a fiber geometry. The fiber geometry of at least a portion of the fibers may vary along the fiber length.
US08790769B2
The present invention relates to a transparent, laser-inscribable, preferably thermoplastic polyurethane, and to the production and use thereof.
US08790765B2
A pad structure for absorbing vibration and dispersing pressure comprises: an absorbing and dispersing layer, at least one surface of which is a closed surface, at least one connecting hole is disposed on, the one end surface of the connecting hole is an opened surface and the other is a closed surface; at least one positioning member, which has an adhering surface connecting the positioning member into the connecting hole, the one end surface of the positioning member is urged by the connecting hole, adhering agent is coated on the adhering surface; a buffering layer, which has at least one connecting surface connecting with the surface, the adhering surface being on, of the absorbing and dispersing layer, the connecting surface and the adhering surface are tightly combined to fix the absorbing and dispersing layer; and a wrapping member, which covers on the absorbing and dispersing layer and the buffering layer.
