公开(公告)号：US20110102413A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-05

申请号：US12608049

申请日：2009-10-29

申请人： John W. Hamer ,  Michael E. Miller

发明人： John W. Hamer ,  Michael E. Miller

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： H01L27/3246 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0842 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  H01L51/5221 ,  H01L51/5275

摘要： An active-matrix electroluminescent display including a display substrate; a first electrode disposed over the display substrate; two second electrodes disposed over the first electrode; an electroluminescent light-emitting layer formed between and in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes, so that first and second active areas are defined where the first electrode and each respective second electrode overlap, the light-emitting layer emitting light from each active area in response to current between the first and each respective second electrode; a drive circuit including a drive transistor electrically connected to the first electrode for controlling the flow of current through the electroluminescent light-emitting layer; two power supply circuits connected to respective second electrodes for selectively providing respective voltages to the respective second electrodes; and a controller for sequentially or simultaneously causing the power supply circuits to provide the voltages to the respective second electrodes.

摘要翻译： 一种包括显示基板的有源矩阵电致发光显示器; 设置在所述显示基板上的第一电极; 设置在第一电极上方的两个第二电极; 形成在与第一和第二电极之间并与之电接触的电致发光发光层，使得第一和第二有源区被限定在第一电极和每个相应的第二电极重叠的地方，发光层从每个有源区域发射光 响应于所述第一和每个相应的第二电极之间的电流; 驱动电路，包括电连接到所述第一电极的驱动晶体管，用于控制通过所述电致发光层的电流; 两个电源电路连接到相应的第二电极，用于选择性地向相应的第二电极提供相应的电压; 以及用于顺序地或同时地使电源电路向各个第二电极提供电压的控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20100286627A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-11

申请号：US12839127

申请日：2010-07-19

申请人： Terry D. Hardin ,  Zachary R. Nicoson ,  Brian Zimmer ,  Michael E. Miller

发明人： Terry D. Hardin ,  Zachary R. Nicoson ,  Brian Zimmer ,  Michael E. Miller

IPC分类号： A61M25/00

CPC分类号： A61B90/39 ,  A61B2090/3987

摘要： A biopsy marker deployment device adapted to selectively deposit a marker in a target location, such as a biopsy site. In one embodiment, the device includes a deployment assembly comprising a cannula adapted to house at least one marker, an outlet aperture defined by a portion of the cannula, and an actuatable pushrod slidably disposed and movable within the cannula. The deployment assembly further comprises a selectively opening outlet door movable between an open position and a closed position. The outlet door is biased in the closed position and at least partially obstructs the aperture in the closed position to prevent a marker from reentering the cannula upon deployment.

摘要翻译： 活检标记物展开装置，其适于选择性地将标记物沉积在目标位置，例如活检部位。 在一个实施例中，该装置包括展开组件，其包括适于容纳至少一个标记的套管，由套管的一部分限定的出口孔以及可滑动地设置并可在套管内移动的致动推杆。 展开组件还包括可在打开位置和关闭位置之间移动的选择性地打开的出口门。 出口门被偏置在关闭位置，并且在关闭位置中至少部分地阻塞孔，以防止标记在展开时重新进入套管。

公开(公告)号：US20100231800A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-16

申请号：US12402577

申请日：2009-03-12

申请人： Christopher J. White ,  Michael E. Miller ,  John N. Border

发明人： Christopher J. White ,  Michael E. Miller ,  John N. Border

IPC分类号： H04N9/77 ,  H04N5/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/14 ,  G09G3/2022 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G2300/0876 ,  G09G2310/0267 ,  G09G2310/04 ,  G09G2320/0261 ,  G09G2320/10 ,  G09G2320/106 ,  G09G2340/0435

摘要： A method of displaying a video of a scene on a display with reduced motion blur includes: providing the video of a scene having first subframes that have a first input rate and second subframes that have a second input rate, wherein the first subframes correspond to a first region of the display and the second subframes correspond to a second region of the display; and selectively providing the first and second subframes to corresponding regions in the display, and providing the first region of the display with a first update rate and the second region of the display with a second update rate, wherein the first update rate is greater than the second update rate, so that the displayed image has reduced motion blur.

摘要翻译： 一种在具有减少的运动模糊的显示器上显示场景的视频的方法包括：提供具有具有第一输入速率的第一子帧的场景的视频和具有第二输入速率的第二子帧，其中第一子帧对应于 显示器的第一区域和第二子帧对应于显示器的第二区域; 以及选择性地将所述第一和第二子帧提供给所述显示器中的对应区域，以及以第二更新速率向所述显示器的所述第一区域提供第一更新速率和所述第二显示区域，其中所述第一更新速率大于 第二更新率，使得显示的图像具有减少的运动模糊。

公开(公告)号：US20090085808A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-02

申请号：US11904986

申请日：2007-09-28

申请人： Matthew R. Walsh ,  Deepukumar M. Nair ,  David W. Zimmerman ,  Benjamen E. Haffke ,  Scott D. Brandenburg ,  Charles I. Delheimer ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Bruce Wayne Butler

发明人： Matthew R. Walsh ,  Deepukumar M. Nair ,  David W. Zimmerman ,  Benjamen E. Haffke ,  Scott D. Brandenburg ,  Charles I. Delheimer ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Bruce Wayne Butler

IPC分类号： H01Q1/38

CPC分类号： H01L23/66 ,  H01L2223/6627 ,  H01L2223/6633 ,  H01L2223/6677 ,  H01L2924/1617 ,  H01L2924/19032 ,  H01L2924/19039 ,  H01P5/107

摘要： A microwave communication package is constructed on an electrically conducting base plate having a first side defining a base plate cavity, with an antenna apparatus mounted on an opposite, second side. A dielectric substrate on the first side of the base plate covers the base plate cavity; and sealing apparatus contacting the dielectric substrate and the base plate completely around the base plate cavity hermetically seals the cavity. Circuitry mounted on a surface of the substrate within the base plate cavity includes one or more microstrip lines communicating components to one or more waveguides comprising openings extending through the base plate; and the waveguides are coupled at their opposite ends to the antenna apparatus.

摘要翻译： 微波通信封装构造在具有限定基板空腔的第一侧的导电基板上，天线装置安装在相对的第二侧上。 基板的第一侧的电介质基板覆盖基板空腔; 并且密封装置使绝缘基板和基板完全围绕底板腔体密封，从而密封空腔。 安装在基板腔内的基板表面上的电路包括一个或多个微带线，其将部件传送到一个或多个包括穿过基板的开口的波导; 并且波导在其相对端耦合到天线装置。

公开(公告)号：US06903762B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-07

申请号：US09736050

申请日：2000-12-13

申请人： Girish V. Prabhu ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Su Y. Akyuz ,  John L. Wasula ,  Anthony L. Tintera ,  Kenneth A. Parulski

发明人： Girish V. Prabhu ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Su Y. Akyuz ,  John L. Wasula ,  Anthony L. Tintera ,  Kenneth A. Parulski

IPC分类号： G03B19/02 ,  G06F9/445 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/21 ,  H04N1/32 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N101/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/222

CPC分类号： H04N5/23225 ,  G06F8/60 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00244 ,  H04N1/00503 ,  H04N1/00509 ,  H04N1/0097 ,  H04N1/00973 ,  H04N1/2112 ,  H04N1/2158 ,  H04N1/32122 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N2101/00 ,  H04N2201/0074 ,  H04N2201/0084

摘要： A method for customizing a digital camera for at least one particular user is disclosed. The digital camera includes a reprogrammable memory for storing firmware which controls the operation of the digital camera and a camera graphical user interface responsive to the firmware stored in the reprogrammable memory. The method includes providing customization software executed external to the digital camera which can access a plurality of firmware components having different camera features. A user selects desired camera features to cause the customization software to access the corresponding firmware component(s). The selected corresponding firmware component(s) are provided to the digital camera and the reprogrammable memory is reprogrammed to store the corresponding firmware component(s) to thereby customize the digital camera.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于为至少一个特定用户定制数字照相机的方法。 该数字照相机包括可再编程存储器，用于存储控制数字照相机的操作的固件以及响应于存储在可再编程存储器中的固件的照相机图形用户接口。 该方法包括提供可以访问具有不同相机特征的多个固件组件的数字照相机外部执行的定制软件。 用户选择所需的相机特征以使定制软件访问相应的固件组件。 所选择的对应的固件组件被提供给数字照相机，并且重编程存储器被重新编程以存储对应的固件组件，从而定制数字照相机。

公开(公告)号：US06758824B1

公开(公告)日：2004-07-06

申请号：US09707022

申请日：2000-11-06

申请人： Michael E. Miller ,  Joseph L. Mark ,  Charles Butcher ,  John P. Hancock

发明人： Michael E. Miller ,  Joseph L. Mark ,  Charles Butcher ,  John P. Hancock

IPC分类号： A61B1000

CPC分类号： A61B10/025 ,  A61B10/0283 ,  A61B17/3498 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2017/00973 ,  A61B2217/005 ,  A61B2217/007

摘要： A tissue cutting device is provided that includes an outer cannula defining an outer lumen and a tissue-receiving opening adjacent a distal end of the outer cannula in communication with the outer lumen. An inner cannula is slidably disposed within the outer lumen and defines an inner lumen from an open distal end to an open opposite proximal end. The inner cannula includes a cutting edge at the open distal end operable to sever tissue projecting through the tissue receiving opening. A first hydraulic rotary motor is operably coupled to the inner cannula to rotate the inner cannula within the outer cannula. A second hydraulic reciprocating motor is operably coupled to the inner cannula to translate the inner cannula within the outer cannula while the inner cannula rotates. A hydraulic system provides the first and second hydraulic motors in communication with a source of pressurized fluid.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种组织切割装置，其包括限定外腔的外套管和邻近外套管远端与外腔连通的组织接收开口。 内套管可滑动地设置在外腔内并且限定从开放的远端到开放的相对近端的内腔。 内套管包括在开口远端处的切割边缘，其可操作以切断穿过组织接收开口突出的组织。 第一液压旋转马达可操作地联接到内套管以使内插管在外插管内旋转。 第二液压往复马达可操作地联接到内套管，以在内套管旋转的同时在内套管内平移内插管。 液压系统提供与加压流体源连通的第一和第二液压马达。

公开(公告)号：US06419641B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-16

申请号：US09723845

申请日：2000-11-28

申请人： Joseph L. Mark ,  Michael E. Miller

发明人： Joseph L. Mark ,  Michael E. Miller

IPC分类号： A61B1000

CPC分类号： A61B10/0275 ,  A61B2010/0208 ,  A61B2010/045

摘要： A biopsy device includes a flexible distal portion for obtaining a biopsy sample from a biopsy site. The device includes a coring cannula with a wall defined between a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therebetween. The wall of the cannula defines a coring relief notch adjacent the distal end that has a length along a longitudinal axis of the cannula longer than a diameter of the coring cannula. A wire is slidably disposable within the lumen of the coring cannula and has a proximal end and a distal end and defines a sampling cavity adjacent the distal end. A wire relief notch is positioned adjacent the sampling cavity. The wire relief notch has a length along a longitudinal axis of the wire longer than a width of the wire relief notch. A firing mechanism is engaged to the proximal ends of the coring cannula and the wire and the firing mechanism is operable to move the coring cannula relative to the wire from a second position to a first position to trap tissue from the biopsy site in the sampling cavity. The wire is slidable relative to the coring cannula between the first position retracted within the lumen so that the coring cannula covers the sampling cavity and a second position wherein the distal end of the wire is extended away from the coring cannula to expose the cavity to tissue in the biopsy site.

摘要翻译： 活检装置包括用于从活检部位获得活检样本的柔性远端部分。 该装置包括取芯插管，其具有限定在近端和远端之间并在其间限定内腔的壁。 套管的壁限定了邻近远端的取芯凹口凹口，其具有比套管的直径更长的套管的纵向轴线的长度。 电线在取芯插管的内腔内是可滑动地一次性的，并且具有近端和远端，并限定与远端相邻的取样腔。 线取出槽位于采样腔附近。 线切口具有沿着导线的纵向轴线的长度比导线释放槽口的宽度长。 击发机构接合到取心插管和线的近端，并且击发机构可操作以将取芯插管相对于线从第二位置移动到第一位置，以将组织从采样腔中的活检部位捕获 。 导线相对于取芯套管在第一位置缩回内腔之间可滑动，使得取芯套管覆盖采样腔，而第二位置，其中导线的远端从取心套管延伸以将空腔暴露于组织 在活检部位。

公开(公告)号：US06411306B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US08970327

申请日：1997-11-14

申请人： Michael E. Miller ,  James R. Niederbaumer

发明人： Michael E. Miller ,  James R. Niederbaumer

IPC分类号： G09G510

CPC分类号： G09G5/10 ,  B60K2350/2069 ,  G09G2320/0606 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2320/066 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  G09G2360/145

摘要： An apparatus and method is provided for dynamically modifying both the luminance and contrast of an image as it is displayed on a display unit in response to changing lighting conditions. Sensors are utilized to continually measure the luminance of the light illuminating the display unit and the display surround luminance. Measurement signals generated by the light sensors are processed to provide display luminance and contrast adjustment control signals that gradually cause the adjustment of the display unit's luminance and contrast in response thereto. Continual adjustment of the luminance and contrast of a display unit according to changing lighting conditions such that the brightness and contrast perception of the displayed image remains constant under the varying conditions. As a result, a number of advantages our obtained including: the brightness and contrast perception of images displayed on a display unit remains constant as the display device illumination changes; the brightness and contrast perception of images displayed on a display unit remains constant as the display unit surround luminance changes; and power consumption is decreased in dim environments.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置和方法，用于响应于不断变化的照明条件，动态地修改在显示单元上显示的图像的亮度和对比度。 传感器用于连续测量照亮显示单元的光的亮度和显示器环绕亮度。 对由光传感器产生的测量信号进行处理，以提供显示亮度和对比度调节控制信号，以逐渐引起显示单元的亮度和对比度的调整。 根据改变的照明条件来持续调节显示单元的亮度和对比度，使得显示图像的亮度和对比度感知在变化条件下保持恒定。 结果，我们获得的许多优点包括：随着显示设备照明的变化，在显示单元上显示的图像的亮度和对比度感知保持不变; 在显示单元围绕亮度变化时，显示单元上显示的图像的亮度和对比度感知保持恒定; 并且在昏暗的环境中功耗降低。

公开(公告)号：US6109119A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-29

申请号：US32188

申请日：1998-02-27

申请人： Yong Jiang ,  Marcia E. Hansen ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Andreas M. Kummerow

发明人： Yong Jiang ,  Marcia E. Hansen ,  Michael E. Miller ,  Andreas M. Kummerow

IPC分类号： B03B5/00 ,  G01N30/00 ,  G01N1/18 ,  B03B5/66 ,  B03C3/017 ,  B03D3/00 ,  G01N15/04

CPC分类号： B03B5/00 ,  G01N30/0005

摘要： Sample focusing method and device for field-flow fractionation techniques that lead to improved detection, improved separation resolution, and a compressed sample plug while permitting a more straightforward quantitation of peaks and reliable large volume injections. The method and technique can be implemented in separations that are performed by a variety of field-flow fractionation techniques, including thermal FFF, electrical FFF, sedimentation FFF, gravitational FFF, dielectric FFF, photophoretic FFF, flow FFF, asymmetric flow FFF, and symmetric flow FFF. The sample focusing device can be integrally built into a separation channel or it can be manufactured as an attachable independent piece.

摘要翻译： 用于现场流分级技术的样品聚焦方法和装置，其导致改进的检测，改进的分离分辨率和压缩样品塞，同时允许更直接地定量峰值和可靠的大体积注射。 该方法和技术可以通过各种场流分级技术进行的分离实现，包括热FFF，电FFF，沉降FFF，重力FFF，介电FFF，光电FFF，流FFF，不对称流FFF和对称 流FFF。 样品聚焦装置可以一体地内置在分离通道中，或者可以制造为可附接的独立件。

公开(公告)号：US5911701A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-15

申请号：US15832

申请日：1998-01-29

申请人： Michael E. Miller ,  Dan C. Ireland

发明人： Michael E. Miller ,  Dan C. Ireland

IPC分类号： A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/28 ,  A61B17/32 ,  A61B17/20

CPC分类号： A61B17/32002 ,  A61B2017/00261 ,  A61B2017/2904

摘要： A surgical cutting instrument for cutting tissue includes a flexible outer tubular assembly or cannula sized for percutaneous insertion into an anatomical space, such as a joint space in the spine. The outer tubular assembly has a cutting opening at its angle-tipped distal end, and the proximal end is supported by a handpiece. A cutting member is slidablv disposed within the outer tubular assembly and includes a tubular cutting head portion defining an end opening and a cutting edge at the end opening. In one specific embodiment, the outer tubular assembly includes a flexible segment connected between two more rigid segments by means of locking grooves. The cutting member includes a flexible drive portion attached to the cutting head portion in order to permit the cutting head portion to flex relative to the remainder of the cutting member and relative to the outer tubular assembly. The flexible segment and drive portion allow the cutting instrument to be pre-configured to navigate through tissue to the cutting site.

摘要翻译： 用于切割组织的外科切割仪器包括柔性外管状组件或插管，其尺寸适于经皮插入解剖空间，例如脊柱中的关节间隙。 外管状组件在其尖角远端具有切割开口，并且近端由手持件支撑。 切割构件被滑动设置在外部管状组件内，并且包括限定端部开口和端部开口处的切割边缘的管状切割头部分。 在一个具体实施例中，外管状组件包括通过锁定凹槽连接在两个更刚性段之间的柔性段。 切割构件包括附接到切割头部分的柔性驱动部分，以便允许切割头部相对于切割构件的其余部分相对于外部管状组件弯曲。 柔性段和驱动部分允许切割仪器被预配置成在组织中导航到切割部位。