公开(公告)号：US08516402B1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US13215118

申请日：2011-08-22

申请人： Xiaojun Wang

发明人： Xiaojun Wang

IPC分类号： G06F17/50

CPC分类号： G03F1/70

摘要： A method for automatically decomposing a shape of an IC design layout into two or more shapes in order to resolve a double patterning loop violation involving the shape. The method decomposes the shape by introducing one or more splicing graphs on the shape. These splicing graphs serve as cuts to be made on the shape. By decomposing the shape into several shapes and assigning the shapes to alternating masks for the same layer, the method breaks the double patterning loop. That is, no pair of the shape and other shapes that form the loop will be assigned to the same color for a mask after the shape is decomposed. In some embodiments, the method introduces splicing points to more than one shape of the loop-forming shapes when necessary. Some embodiments minimize the number of splicing points introduced to the shape(s).

摘要翻译： 用于将IC设计布局的形状自动分解为两个或多个形状以便解决涉及形状的双重图案化环路违规的方法。 该方法通过在形状上引入一个或多个拼接图来分解形状。 这些拼接图用作形状上的切割。 通过将形状分解成几种形状并将形状分配给相同层的交替掩模，该方法打破了双重图案化循环。 也就是说，在形状分解后，没有一对形状和其他形状的形状将被分配给与掩模相同的颜色。 在一些实施例中，当需要时，该方法将接合点引入多于一种形状的环形成形状。 一些实施例使引入到形状的拼接点的数量最小化。

公开(公告)号：US08477843B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-02

申请号：US13078922

申请日：2011-04-01

申请人： Xiaochun Nie ,  Thomas Pun ,  Hsi-Jung Wu

发明人： Xiaochun Nie ,  Thomas Pun ,  Hsi-Jung Wu

IPC分类号： H04N7/26 ,  H04N7/30 ,  H04N7/24

CPC分类号： H04N21/23406 ,  H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/152 ,  H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/162 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N21/2401 ,  H04N21/44004

摘要： The rate controller in a digital video encoding system is responsible for allocating a bit budget for video frames to be encoded. The rate controller considers many different factors when determining the frame bit budget. One of the factors considered is the complexity of the frames being compressed. Occasionally there will be a very complex frame that is not representative of the overall video frame sequence. Such a rare complex frame may cause a disproportionate affect on the bit budget allocation. The system of the present invention limits the amount that a very complex frame can change the bit budget allocation. The rate controller of the present invention also includes a relaxation factor. The relaxation factor allows a user to determine if the rate controller should strictly allocate its bit budget or relax its standards such that the rate controller may not be so conservative when allocating bits to frames.

摘要翻译： 数字视频编码系统中的速率控制器负责为要编码的视频帧分配比特预算。 速率控制器在确定帧位预算时会考虑许多不同的因素。 考虑的因素之一是被压缩的帧的复杂性。 偶尔会有一个非常复杂的帧，不能代表整个视频帧序列。 这种罕见的复杂框架可能会对比特预算分配造成不成比例的影响。 本发明的系统限制了非常复杂的帧可以改变比特预算分配的量。 本发明的速率控制器还包括松弛因子。 松弛因子允许用户确定速率控制器是否应严格分配其位预算或放宽其标准，使得速率控制器在将位分配给帧时可能不那么保守。

公开(公告)号：US08472220B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13297247

申请日：2011-11-15

申请人： Paul Garrity ,  Asim Mumtaz

发明人： Paul Garrity ,  Asim Mumtaz

IPC分类号： H02M7/68

CPC分类号： H02J3/385 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02M3/285 ,  H02M5/458 ,  H02M7/46 ,  H02M7/4807 ,  Y02E10/563 ,  Y10T307/511

摘要： We describe a photovoltaic (PV) panel system comprising a PV panel with multiple sub-strings of connected solar cells in combination with a power conditioning unit (microinverter). The power conditioning unit comprises a set of input power converters, one connected to each sub-string, and a common output power conversion stage, to provide power to an ac mains power supply output. Integration of the micro-inverter into the solar PV module in this way provides many advantages, including greater efficiency and reliability. Additionally, embodiments of the invention avoid the need for bypass diodes, a component with a high failure rate in PV panels, providing lower power loss and higher reliability.

摘要翻译： 我们描述了一种光伏（PV）面板系统，其包括具有连接的太阳能电池的多个子串的光伏面板和功率调节单元（微转换器）的组合。 功率调节单元包括一组输入功率转换器，一个连接到每个子串，以及公共输出功率转换级，以向交流主电源输出提供电力。 以这种方式将微逆变器集成到太阳能光伏组件中提供了许多优点，包括更高的效率和可靠性。 此外，本发明的实施例避免了需要旁路二极管，在PV面板中具有高故障率的部件，提供较低的功率损耗和更高的可靠性。

公开(公告)号：US08463836B1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-11

申请号：US11269869

申请日：2005-11-07

申请人： Daniel J. Pugh ,  Jason Redgrave ,  Andrew Caldwell

发明人： Daniel J. Pugh ,  Jason Redgrave ,  Andrew Caldwell

IPC分类号： G06F7/38

CPC分类号： G06F7/57

摘要： Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable IC. This IC includes a set of reconfigurable circuits for performing a mathematical operation in more than one reconfiguration cycle. To perform the mathematical operation when at least one operand has n bits, the reconfigurable circuits performs a first sub-operation on m of n bits in a first reconfiguration cycle, and a second sub-operation on p of n bits in a second reconfiguration cycle. The reconfigurable IC also includes at least one storage element for storing at least a portion of the results of the first sub-operation for use during the second reconfiguration cycle in the second sub-operation.

摘要翻译： 一些实施例提供可重新配置的IC。 该IC包括用于在多于一个重新配置周期中执行数学运算的一组可重构电路。 为了在至少一个操作数具有n位时执行数学运算，可重新配置电路在第一重新配置周期中对n位的m执行第一子操作，并且在第二重新配置周期中对n位的p执行第二子操作 。 可重构IC还包括至少一个存储元件，用于存储在第二子操作中的第二重新配置周期期间使用的第一子操作的结果的至少一部分。

公开(公告)号：US08463789B1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-11

申请号：US12870689

申请日：2010-08-27

申请人： Ashutosh Joshi ,  Aparna Gupta ,  Binay Mohanty ,  Jalvin Upadhyay ,  Rajiv Arora ,  Martin Betz ,  Michael Prospero ,  David Cooke ,  Prashant Rao

发明人： Ashutosh Joshi ,  Aparna Gupta ,  Binay Mohanty ,  Jalvin Upadhyay ,  Rajiv Arora ,  Martin Betz ,  Michael Prospero ,  David Cooke ,  Prashant Rao

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30011

摘要： Some embodiments provide a method for identifying an event for a particular category. The method classifies several documents as relevant to several different categories. The method identifies a number of documents relevant to the particular category for a current time period and a background time period. Based on a comparison of the number of documents from the current time period relevant to the particular category and the number of documents from the background time period relevant to the particular category, the method identifies an event for the category for the current time period. Some embodiments calculated a score for the event, and normalize the score based on an average number of documents relevant to each of a set of related categories including the particular category.

摘要翻译： 一些实施例提供用于识别特定类别的事件的方法。 该方法将几个文档分类为与几个不同类别相关。 该方法识别与当前时间段和背景时间段的特定类别相关的文档的数量。 基于与特定类别相关的当前时间段的文档数量和与特定类别相关的背景时间段的文档数量的比较，该方法识别当前时间段的类别的事件。 一些实施例计算出事件的得分，并且基于与包括特定类别的一组相关类别中的每一个相关的文档的平均数量来归一化分数。

公开(公告)号：US08433717B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-30

申请号：US13419406

申请日：2012-03-13

申请人： Dmitri Korablev ,  Gregory Danforth

发明人： Dmitri Korablev ,  Gregory Danforth

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/6218 ,  G06F21/604

摘要： Some embodiments provide a system and method that secures access to data objects of an enterprise that includes multiple data objects and multiple user applications that access data attributes of the data objects. In some embodiments, secure access is provided via a secure resource that secures access to data attributes of at least two objects by defining access control permissions for the secure resource and applying the defined access control permissions to the data attributes of the secure resource.

摘要翻译： 一些实施例提供一种确保对包括多个数据对象的企业的数据对象的访问以及访问数据对象的数据属性的多个用户应用程序的系统和方法。 在一些实施例中，通过安全资源提供安全访问，安全资源通过为安全资源定义访问控制权限并将所定义的访问控制权限应用于安全资源的数据属性来确保对至少两个对象的数据属性的访问。

公开(公告)号：US08427492B2

公开(公告)日：2013-04-23

申请号：US12496640

申请日：2009-07-01

申请人： Arnaud Hervas ,  Benoit Sévigny

发明人： Arnaud Hervas ,  Benoit Sévigny

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T15/00 ,  G09G5/36

CPC分类号： G06T1/20 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06T15/005

摘要： An automated method of rendering image data using a multithread central processing unit (“CPU”) is described. The method retrieves a set of image processing instructions. The method determines an image section size to be processed by the CPU using the set of image processing instructions. The method iteratively: (i) retrieves a section of the image data that matches the image section size, and (ii) sends the section of the image data to a particular thread of the multithread CPU for processing using the processing instructions.

摘要翻译： 描述使用多线程中央处理单元（“CPU”）渲染图像数据的自动化方法。 该方法检索一组图像处理指令。 该方法使用该组图像处理指令来确定要由CPU处理的图像部分大小。 该方法迭代地：（i）检索与图像部分尺寸匹配的图像数据的一部分，以及（ii）将图像数据的部分发送到多线程CPU的特定线程，以使用处理指令进行处理。

公开(公告)号：US08405248B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-26

申请号：US12793068

申请日：2010-06-03

申请人： Asim Mumtaz ,  Lesley Chisenga ,  Gehan Anil Joseph Amaratunga

发明人： Asim Mumtaz ,  Lesley Chisenga ,  Gehan Anil Joseph Amaratunga

IPC分类号： H02J1/00

CPC分类号： H01L27/1203 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02M7/4807 ,  H03K17/6871 ,  Y02B10/14 ,  Y02E10/563 ,  Y10T307/511 ,  Y10T307/527 ,  Y10T307/625

摘要： This invention is generally concerned with power supply circuits, and more particularly, with circuits to supply power to a mains supply, such as domestic grid mains, from a photovoltaic device. A photovoltaic power conditioning circuit for providing power from a photovoltaic device to an alternating current mains power supply line, the circuit comprising: a DC input to receive DC power from said photovoltaic device; an AC output configured for direct connection to said AC mains power supply line; a DC-to-AC converter coupled to said DC input and to said AC output to convert DC power from said photovoltaic device to AC power for output onto said power supply line; and an electronic controller directly coupled to said power supply line to measure a voltage of said power supply line and a current in said supply line and to control said DC-to-AC converter responsive to said measuring.

摘要翻译： 本发明通常涉及电源电路，更具体地说，涉及从光电器件向诸如家用电网供电的电源供电的电路。 一种用于从光伏器件向交流电源电源线提供电力的光伏功率调节电路，所述电路包括：DC输入端，用于从所述光伏器件接收DC电力; AC输出，被配置为直接连接到所述AC主电源线; 耦合到所述DC输入端和所述AC输出端的DC-AC转换器，用于将来自所述光伏器件的DC电力转换成AC电力以输出到所述电源线上; 以及电子控制器，其直接耦合到所述电源线以测量所述电源线的电压和所述电源线中的电流，并响应于所述测量来控制所述DC-AC转换器。

公开(公告)号：US08382839B1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-26

申请号：US12383950

申请日：2009-03-27

申请人： Jeffrey Paris Wensel

发明人： Jeffrey Paris Wensel

IPC分类号： A61F2/44

CPC分类号： A61F2/447 ,  A61B17/70 ,  A61B17/864 ,  A61F2/30723 ,  A61F2/30965 ,  A61F2/44 ,  A61F2/4425 ,  A61F2/4455 ,  A61F2/4611 ,  A61F2002/2817 ,  A61F2002/30062 ,  A61F2002/30092 ,  A61F2002/30261 ,  A61F2002/30271 ,  A61F2002/30331 ,  A61F2002/30354 ,  A61F2002/30357 ,  A61F2002/30448 ,  A61F2002/30553 ,  A61F2002/30578 ,  A61F2002/30779 ,  A61F2002/30784 ,  A61F2002/30787 ,  A61F2002/30818 ,  A61F2002/30827 ,  A61F2002/30833 ,  A61F2002/30841 ,  A61F2002/30881 ,  A61F2002/30904 ,  A61F2002/30976 ,  A61F2002/448 ,  A61F2002/4631 ,  A61F2002/4635 ,  A61F2310/00017 ,  A61F2310/00023

摘要： Some embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus that (1) delivers a fusion member between two vertebral bodies after at least a portion of the fibrocartilaginous disc between the vertebral bodies has been removed, and (2) affixes the fusion member to the vertebral bodies. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes (1) a fusion member that is delivered and positioned between the vertebral bodies, (2) a delivery mechanism that delivers and positions the fusion member between the vertebral bodies, and (3) an anchoring member that affixes the fusion member to the vertebral bodies.

公开(公告)号：US08379039B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-19

申请号：US12479835

申请日：2009-06-07

申请人： Kenneth Greenebaum

发明人： Kenneth Greenebaum

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/02 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N1/46 ,  G03F3/08 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/40 ,  G06K9/36 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/202

CPC分类号： G09G5/02 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/1454 ,  G09G3/006 ,  G09G2340/06 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  H04N1/6033 ,  H04N9/67 ,  H04N17/02 ,  H04N2201/3256

摘要： Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel methods for distributing image content (e.g., picture content, video content, etc.). In some embodiments, the method tags the content with data that specifies an initial target color-region for the content. Some embodiments tag the data when the content is being created, while other embodiments tag the data when the content is being edited. The method uses the tag data to reformat the content for one or more different targets for the content. For instance, during the reformatting, some embodiments use the tags to perform proper color region conversion on the content. In some embodiments, this conversion converts the colors of each pixel in the content from the initial target color region to a subsequent target color region.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一些实施例提供了用于分发图像内容（例如，图片内容，视频内容等）的几种新颖的方法。 在一些实施例中，该方法使用指定内容的初始目标颜色区域的数据来标记内容。 一些实施例在创建内容时标记数据，而其他实施例在正在编辑内容时对数据进行标记。 该方法使用标签数据来重新格式化用于内容的一个或多个不同目标的内容。 例如，在重新格式化期间，一些实施例使用标签对内容执行适当的颜色区域转换。 在一些实施例中，该转换将内容中的每个像素的颜色从初始目标色彩区域转换成后续目标色彩区域。