US07831112B2
A sports video retrieval method involves segregation of the video into multiple segments of different indexing conditions based on audience cheers recorded; the exciting intensity of the cheers being scored as the audio level of the cheers being in proportion of the wonderful performance of the athletes; cheer segments being retrieved and given rank depending on the score to each segment to provide the sports video segmental indexing with simple audio even including contents of video features.
US07831105B2
The invention is directed to a method for determining the image quality of an optical imaging system and to the use of the method according to the invention for determining the influence of samples on the amplitude distribution and phase front distribution of the illumination light, of which the amplitude distribution is known in particular. The invention comprises the following steps: adjusting the subassemblies relative to one another in such a way that it is possible to project images of a sample on the detection device; recording a plurality of images of the sample from different reference planes near the focus plane; improving the image quality by image processing, particularly to reduce noise, to compensate for local variations in sensitivity of the detection device, and to center the intensity centroids respectively on a predetermined location in the images; computational linking of the spatially resolved image information, of adjustment values and system variables relating to the optical imaging system, and of information concerning the sample with the aim of determining characteristic numbers that are characteristic of the wavefront deformation caused by the imaging system; and outputting the characteristic numbers and associating them with the imaging system for describing the image quality.
US07831104B2
Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for using geometric wavelets based on active contours for signal processing. Certain embodiments may allow image processing. A system includes providing an image processing circuitry that computes a segmentation tree using active contours for an input image data; creates a geometric wavelets representation using the segmentation tree; and then generate an image based on geometric wavelet sparse representation extracted from the geometric wavelets representation. The geometric wavelet sparse representation may comprise M most active geometric wavelets from a set of N geometric wavelets in the geometric wavelets representation. The image processing circuitry may recursively find sub-domains and multivariate polynomials for each domain at each stage in the computing of the segmentation tree. Each of the sub-domains is a domain for a succeeding stage for the segmentation tree. The recursively finding may be terminated, for example, when each domain at a stage comprises less than a determined number of pixels.
US07831102B2
Decoding a video signal comprises receiving a bitstream comprising the video signal encoded according to a first profile that represents a selection from a set of multiple profiles that includes at least one profile for a multiview video signal, and profile information that identifies the first profile. The profile information is extracted from the bitstream. The video signal is decoded according to the determined profile using illumination compensation between segments of pictures in respective views when the determined profile corresponds to a multiview video signal. Each of multiple views comprise multiple pictures segmented into multiple segments.
US07831101B2
The invention relates to a method for determining where a next data unit of a bit stream of an image starts. The method comprises analyzing a first part of a bit stream entry, the bit stream entry being included in a data unit, determining from said analysis of the first part of the bit stream entry the number of bits used by the bit stream entry, skipping the number of bits determined to be used by the bit stream entry, and determining if an end of block symbol has been reached, if an end of block symbol has not been reached then a new bit stream entry starting at the end of the previous is analyzed.
US07831097B2
A system and method for image reconstruction is disclosed. The method divides iterative image reconstruction into two stages, in the image and Radon space, respectively. In the first stage, filtered back projection and adaptive filtering in the image space are combined to generate a refined reconstructed image of a sinogram residue. This reconstructed image represents an update direction in the image space. In the second stage, the update direction is transformed to the Radon space, and a step size is determined to minimize a difference between the sinogram residue and a Radon transform of the refined reconstructed image of the sinogram residue in the Radon space. These stages are repeated iteratively until the solution converges.
US07831084B2
Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, the sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces, based on the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation, such as burning of the char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces, is controlled with help of the image, wherein the sensors are arranged to produce sensor signals for 3D (three-dimensional) imaging, wherein the sensor signals are conducted to the image processing unit for forming a 3D image, such as an image of the bed and/or the char and/or the chemicals, and/or its shape describing derivatives, and/or temperature chart of the bed surface, and wherein the image processing further comprises a filtering phase wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is filtered in order to avoid the thermal radiation emission of hot gases, liquids and/or particles in the furnace, wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is conducted to a filter unit filtering the signals/images to several relatively narrow bands (BAND1 to BANDn), whereby the final 3D image is obtained by comparative analysis of the sensor signals or the 3D images from the chosen different frequency bands.
US07831075B2
Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with episcopic, histological, autoradiographic, and/or other imaging are described. One exemplary system includes a cryomicrotome, an episcopic imaging device and a histological imaging device, logic for registering episcopic images with histological images, and logic for manipulating images acquired from the episcopic imaging device and the histological imaging device.
US07831070B1
The present invention discloses an apparatus for determining the presence of a patterned object on the surface of a sensor. The apparatus comprises a sensor system coupled to a means for generating a control signal. The sensor system is configured to sense an image corresponding to the patterned object and to translate the image into image data. The means for generating a control signal generates a control signal if statistics of the image data exceed a pre-determined number of threshold levels. In a preferred embodiment, the patterned object is finger with a fingerprint on its surface and the sensor is fingerprint swipe sensor. Preferably, the threshold levels are software programmable.
US07831069B2
A method and system for matching an unknown facial image of an individual with an image of an unknown twin using facial recognition techniques and human perception is disclosed herein. The invention provides a internet hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar characteristics among two or more individuals using a digital camera, cellular telephone camera, wireless device for the purpose of returning information regarding similar faces to the user The system features classification of unknown facial images from a variety of internet accessible sources, including mobile phones, wireless camera-enabled devices, images obtained from digital cameras or scanners that are uploaded from PCs, third-party applications and databases. The method and system uses human perception techniques to weight the feature vectors.
US07831061B1
A system and method for unobtrusively and noninvasively subjecting a living subject to tests for the purpose of determining whether that subject is truthful or is under stress, or both. A series of radiation pulses, preferably infrared laser pulses, is directed by a lidar transceiver toward the subject—which returns (e.g. reflects or scatters) the pulses back to the transceiver, which time-resolves that return to segregate and isolate phenomena at, within or in front of the subject's skin. The transceiver is connected to an information processing device capable of determining various physiological characteristics exhibited by the subject in these several regions, respectively. A display associated with the processor visually indicates these physiological characteristics.
US07831059B1
An electro-magnetic audio transducer that is self-cooling by inhaling and exhausting an area that is separated from the reminder of the transducer by an instantaneous decrease or increase, respectively, of the pressure within that area by the movement of a coil when electrically excited. The coil being wound on a bobbin that defines an interior cavity that changes in size as the coil is excited causing that size to increase or decrease thus inhaling or exhausting, respectfully, air into or out of the cavity by the pressure change. That movement of air resulting in convective cooling of the coil and transducer. The bobbin encircling a magnetic pole piece with a cooling cap on top thereof with slots therethrough through which air is drawn in opposite directions as the size of the cavity within the bobbin changes size as the coil is electrically excited.
US07831051B2
A group of sets is provided, each including a secret and an assigned identifier. The sets are stored in a hardware device that can retrieve the secret of any of the sets using the secret's corresponding identifier. A set is stored in an application, and the application is delivered to a user who runs it on a computer coupled to the device. The application defines a session key, generates session data including the stored set's identifier and the session key encrypted with the stored set's corresponding secret, and sends the session data to the device. The device retrieves from the session data the encrypted session key and the identifier, retrieves from its storage the secret corresponding to the identifier, and uses the secret to decrypt the session key. The session key is then used as a shared key for secure communications between the hardware device and the computer.
US07831038B1
The present invention overcomes interface problems between proprietary handset ports on telephone base units and voice/data accessory products by allowing a user to automatically calibrate the telephone accessory product for an optimal interface match with the intended telephone base unit. This is accomplished through the use of a “Smart Interface Technology” (SIT) integrated chip set consisting of a full custom analog and semi-custom digital integrated circuit. The SIT incorporates three different methods for “learning” the characteristics of 4-wire port modular interfaces found in all telephone station sets. Basically, these methods determine the appropriate 4-wire terminal configurations, the transmit and receive channels of the intended telephone base unit, and adjust the channel sensitivities until an optimal and clear signal is provided for the user.
US07831017B2
A treatment planning, simulation, and verification system is described. According to one embodiment, a treatment plan and a fluoroscopy data image of a treatment volume are received and the treatment plan is automatically adjusted based on the movement of the fluoroscopy data image. According another embodiment, a system includes a treatment planning component to generate a treatment plan and a simulation component to simulate the execution of the treatment plan.
US07831008B2
A system for fueling a plasma includes a gyrotron for radiating microwave energy into a waveguide. Also included is a module having a deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel pellet, a diamond, quartz or sapphire window, and a pusher medium located between the pellet and window that is made of frozen deuterium (D2) and metallic particles. With the module in the waveguide, the gyrotron is activated. Radiation from the gyrotron is then directed into the waveguide and through the window to cause the inducement of current in the metal particles, causing the particles to become hot. The absorbed microwave energy is then transferred to the pusher medium by conduction resulting in a gaseous expansion of the pusher medium. This ejects the pellet from the waveguide and into the plasma.
US07831005B2
In a circuit suppressing jitters without a synchronizing clock signal and an increase of a circuit scale, input data is regenerated by a data regeneration circuit in a broadband, a predetermined signal pattern which generates phase deviations exceeding a predetermined value is detected from the data regenerated by the data regeneration circuit by a pattern detection circuit, a reverse phase deviation signal having reverse phase deviations of phase deviations corresponding to the predetermined signal pattern is generated by a reverse phase deviation generating circuit, and an output signal of the data regeneration circuit is canceled by a phase deviation correcting circuit with the reverse phase deviation signal.
US07831002B2
A system for synchronizing a spreading sequence transmitted during a plurality of time slots includes a plurality of communication stations. Each communication station includes: (a) a control unit; (b) a spreading sequence unit for originating the spreading sequence; (c) at least one of a transmitter and a receiver; (d) at least one delay unit responding to the control unit for imparting a first delay to the spreading sequence presented to the transmitter unit and responding to the receiver unit for imparting a second delay to the spreading sequence presented to the receiver unit; and (e) a synchronizing sequence generator coupled with the transmitter unit. The synchronizing sequence unit in a first station presents a synchronizing sequence for transmission accompanying spread information transmitted during selected time slots. A receiver unit in a second station employs the synchronizing sequence in cooperation with the spreading sequence for despreading received spread information.
US07831001B2
A digital audio processing system and method is disclosed. In an embodiment, the digital audio processing system can include a phase detector to sample an input signal and provide an output to adjust a decimation rate of an input signal. In another embodiment, the digital audio processing system can include symbol recognition logic to determine a symbol using a difference between a nearest predetermined phase value to a sample and a nearest predetermined phase value to a prior sample.
US07830998B2
A communications system permits bandwidth configurability using a linear frequency modulated (LFM) waveform for transmitter/receiver synchronization. The system permits enhancement of MIL-STD-1553 data buses, and is likewise applicable to any bandwidth-configurable modem.
US07830997B2
A diversity receiving device includes a processing circuit in which receiving units, AFC and synchronizing units, and demodulating units for a plurality of systems are connected, received signal intensity detecting units 104 and 105 that detect the intensities of output signals of the respective receiving units so as to output reception intensity detection signals, a control unit that determines to select one system as a synthesis pattern of demodulation signals based on a predetermined judgment criterion according to the respective reception intensity detection signals or to select a plurality of systems so as to add demodulation signals and outputs a plurality of clock interruption control signals requesting the interruption of a clock supply to unselected systems and synthesis pattern selection signals designating a synthesis pattern of demodulation signals of the selected system, a plurality of clock supply units that interrupt the clock supply to the AFC and synchronizing units and the demodulating units of the unselected systems according to the clock interruption control signal, and a synthesizing unit that synthesizes demodulation signals of the selected system according to the synthesis pattern selection signals.
US07830992B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for providing an AGC circuit for maintaining a constant output power level from an amplifier. More specifically, the AGC circuit includes a circuitry for determining whether an input signal is a QAM or a CW signal. A QAM/CW gain switch is then controlled depending upon the input signal. Depending upon the mode of the QAM/CW gain switch, the AGC circuit either attenuates the power level of the signal or bypasses the signal. The bypassed or attenuated signal is then compared to a reference signal so that the AGC circuit produces an adjusting voltage accordingly. The amplifier finally receives the adjusting voltage and attenuates the output power level of the signal.
US07830984B2
Systems and methods which introduce a variable shift with respect to pilot symbols in providing a data subcarrier channel estimation are shown. Use of pilot symbol shifts may be useful, for example, when path delay is long and/or when non-consecutive, non-uniformly distributed pilot subcarriers are used. The foregoing shift may be introduced in the time or frequency domains according to embodiments of the invention. For example, a shift of a particular number of samples may be introduced with respect to the symbols of the pilot subcarriers in the measured pilot subcarrier channel response for use in data subcarrier channel estimation.
US07830977B2
Methods and apparatuses for providing CQI feedback with common code rate to a transmitter station are described herein. In one implementation, the methods may include a receiver station that is communicatively linked to a transmitter station via k spatial channels transmitting a first CQI to the transmitter station that indicates a modulation level for use by the transmitter station to transmit (i.e., to configure for transmission) a first of k streams of signals to be transmitted to the receiver station. The first CQI may further include a common code rate to be used by the transmitter station for transmitting the first of the k streams of signals as well as for transmitting the rest of the k−1 additional streams of signals to the receiver station. The receiver station may further transmit to the transmitter station k−1 additional CQIs to indicate to the transmitter station the k−1 modulation levels to be used by the transmitter station for transmitting the k−1 additional streams of signals to the receiver station.
US07830976B2
Estimation of channel characteristics and interference level in a time-varying multi-carrier multi-user systems is carried out concurrently. To perform the estimation, a multitude of data symbols and dedicated pilot symbols are transmitted over the channel. Next, an initial estimate value is selected for the interference level. The initial estimate value for the interference level is used together with the received pilot symbols to provide a first estimate of the channel. The first estimate of the channel is used to determine a new updated value for the interference level, which in turn, is used to update the value of the first estimate of the channel iteratively. The iterations continue until the iteratively updated values of the interference level and channel satisfy predefined limits. The data symbols and the final updated value of the channel are subsequently used to provide a second estimate for the channel.
US07830975B2
An I/Q MIMO detection framework is a practical means to realize interference cancellation (IC) gains when GMSK, 8PSK signals interfere with each other in synchronous GSM/EDGE networks, thereby providing coverage, capacity, and throughput gain. Further, the presented algorithm applies to a high data rate system concept, in which multiple signals are transmitted from the base station (BTS) through multiple antennas.
US07830973B2
There is provided an apparatus for detecting a preamble packet in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system, including: a cross-correlation calculating means for calculating a cross-correlation value between a received signal and previously stored preamble pattern values for an OFDM symbol region (N-point); a delay means for delaying the calculate cross-correlation value as much as a M-point interval; a receiving power measuring means for measuring a receiving power for the guard interval; and a dividing means for calculating a final cross-correlation value by dividing the delayed cross correlation value by the measured power.
US07830970B2
A receiver for a multi-carrier communication system receives training pilot carriers (TRPC) during a training symbol (T1, T2) which precedes data symbols (DS) which have data carriers (DC) and data pilot carriers (PC). The receiver has a correction unit (171) which supplies, under control of a control signal (CEC), a corrected signal (CDC1) which has the data carriers (DC) which are corrected for a common amplitude error and/or common phase error. A quality determination unit (174) determines which ones of the training pilot carriers (TRPC) which occur at positions of the data pilot carriers (PC) fulfill a predetermined quality criterion A control unit (175) supplies the control signal (CEC) which is dependent on an amplitude and/or phase of the data pilot carriers (PC) of which corresponding training pilot carriers (TRPC) fulfill the predetermined quality criterion, and not on the data pilot carriers (PC) of which corresponding training pilot carriers (TRPC) do not fulfill the predetermined quality criterion.
US07830967B1
Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to highly compress video data in a visually lossless manner. The camera can be configured to transform blue and red image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The data can then be compressed and stored in this form. This allows a user to reconstruct the red and blue data to obtain the original raw data for a modified version of the original raw data that is visually lossless when demosacied. Additionally, the data can be processed in a manner in which the green image elements are demosaiced first and then the red and blue elements are reconstructed based on values of the demosaiced green image elements.
US07830953B2
The present invention conducts the initial synchronization acquisition of the rapid and high precision ultra-wideband signal without complicatedness of hardware and increase in power consumption. For this purpose, a communication apparatus for exchanging information with an intermittent pulse train signal searches all phases among the pulses in the predetermined search resolution in the process to acquire initial synchronization of the input pulse, estimates the region where the peak phase of the largest output value exists, narrows the region where the peak phase exists up to the predetermined range by repeating the search for all phases in the estimated region in the next step, and conducts acquisition of detailed synchronization in the estimated region. In every step, the threshold value for judging existence of signal or a gain in the analog circuit is controlled for each step. Moreover, the search resolution is set coarse for estimation of the peak phase and set fine for acquisition of detailed synchronization.
US07830944B2
A surface-emitting laser has an active layer between a first distributed Bragg reflector and a second distributed Bragg reflector. The first distributed Bragg reflector is formed so as to have a resonant mode and a first longitudinal mode different from the resonant mode included in the reflectivity stop band and a second longitudinal mode different from the resonant mode and the first longitudinal mode excluded from the reflectivity stop band. Oscillation is suppressed in the first longitudinal mode and in the second longitudinal mode. As a result, the surface-emitting laser can oscillate in a single longitudinal mode, suppressing longitudinal mode hopping.
US07830943B2
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes an active layer between a first reflector and a second reflector and at least either the first reflector or the second reflector includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal. The two-dimensional photonic crystal has a structure 106 showing an ununiform effective refractive index distribution in the plane of the reflector to realize both a high reflectivity and transverse mode control at the same time.
US07830931B2
A semiconductor laser excitation solid laser control device 1A according to the present invention is a control device for stabilizing a light quantity of an output light LO of a semiconductor laser excitation solid laser 2. The control device 1A comprises: a beam splitter 11A for branching a laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser excitation solid laser 2 into the output light LO and a control light LC; a light reception element 12 for detecting the light quantity of the control light LC branched by the beam splitter 11A; and control means 13 for controlling the light quantity of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser excitation solid laser 2 so that the light quantity detected by the light reception element 12 will be constant. The beam splitter 11A has a transmittance and a reflectivity not depending on the polarization characteristic of the laser light.
US07830929B2
A laser beam source device includes: a light source which emits light having fundamental wavelength; a wavelength conversion element which converts the light having fundamental wavelength into light having conversion wavelength; a resonance element which transmits first light converted into the conversion wavelength light and reflects light not converted; an optical path conversion element which releases second light contained in the light reflected by the resonance element and converted into the conversion wavelength light in the same direction as the direction of the first light, and releases the light not converted toward the light source; and a supporting member. The resonance element is disposed in such a position that one end surface of the resonance element on the second light side is shifted to the supporting member from one end surface of the wavelength conversion element on the second light side.
US07830925B1
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc.
US07830922B2
A receiving unit receiving packets of a packet stream having an evaluating unit for comparing the arrival times of the packets to a generated clock signal. The generated clock signal is used in transmitting information carried in the packets from the receiving unit. From the delays, a signal producing unit determines a characteristic delay value, which is characteristic of or typical of the statistical distribution of the delays. This characteristic delay value may be an average of the smallest delays of the distribution of delays for the latest received packets, and is used for adjusting the frequency of the generated clock signal. The average may be calculated or derived from all of the smallest delays of the distribution obtained for a predetermined share of the latest received packets.
US07830916B2
A method is described which includes allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets. The allocation of transmission resources includes a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to a plurality of frames. The allocation of transmission resources includes an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission of each HARQ process during the plurality of frames. The method includes receiving an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames. Receiving and/or transmitting packets during the plurality of frames using the allocation of transmission resources is also included in the method. The frames in the plurality of frames may include a compressed MAC header. Apparatus and computer programs are also described.
US07830905B2
A system and method for speculative forwarding of packets received by a router, wherein each packet includes phits and wherein one or more phits include a cyclic redundancy code (CRC). A packet is received and phits of the packet are forwarded to router logic. A cyclic redundancy code for the packet is calculated and compared to the packet's cyclic redundancy code. An error is generated if the cyclic redundancy codes don't match. If the cyclic redundancy codes don't match, a phit of the packet is modified to reflect the error, the CRC is corrected and the corrected CRC is forwarded to the router logic along with the phit reflecting the CRC error. At the router logic, a check is made to see if the packet is still within the router logic. If the packet is still within the router logic and there was a CRC error, the packet is discarded. If, however, the packet is no longer within the router logic and there was a CRC error, the packet is modified so that the next router discards the packet.
US07830903B2
A system and method of switching data using a switch device that includes a plurality of input ports, a plurality of switch units, and a plurality of output ports. Each input port storing data to be sent may generate a request to output data to each of the output ports to which stored data is to be sent, wherein each request identifies a specific one of the plurality of switch units to be used to transfer the data from the corresponding input port to the corresponding output port. Grants may be generated per output port per switch unit. Grants may be accepted per input port per switch unit. Data may be outputted from the respective input ports to the respective output ports, based on the accepted grants, utilizing the switch units identified in the requests corresponding to the accepted grants.
US07830899B2
A buffer circuit for use in a node in a network-based data transport system is configurable for providing channel status information of all channels associated with a given signal in the network-based data transport system. The buffer circuit includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is operative: (i) to receive channel status information from a plurality of different channel status sources; (ii) to select one of the channel status sources for supplying the channel status information at a given point in time; and (iii) to store the channel status information corresponding to the selected channel status source in the memory.
US07830898B2
A method for inspecting packets is disclosed. The method includes processing a packet by determining if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet and inspecting the packet, if the packet is an inter-layer binding protocol packet. The inter-layer binding protocol packet indicating a binding between a first network layer address and a second network layer address.
US07830892B2
A network device for implementing VLAN translation on a packet. The network device includes a user network interface port for receiving and transmitting packets to customers of a network. The network device also includes a network to network interface port for communicating with a second network device in the network. A packet received at the user network interface port is classified, translated based on a predefined provider field associated with the packet, and encapsulated with a tag that is removed when the packet is transmitted from the user network interface port to a customer.
US07830885B2
A communication network apparatus and method for routing communication signals from a source device to a receiving device. The apparatus performs only local processing on communication signals to thereby increase the speed of processing the signals. A plurality of the processing nodes are combined into a plurality of sub-networks that comprise the network apparatus. Each processing node of a sub-network need only process address information pertaining, to the node's current layer, one layer above it, if any, and one layer below it, if any.
US07830884B2
According to an embodiment of the invention, a network device such as a router or switch provides efficient data packet handling capability. The network device includes one or more input ports for receiving data packets to be routed, as well as one or more output ports for transmitting data packets. The network device includes an integrated port controller integrated circuit for routing packets. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit, a received packets circuit, a buffer manager circuit for receiving data packets from the received packets circuit and transmitting data packets in one or more buffers and reading data packets from the one or more buffers. The integrated circuit also includes a rate shaper counter for storing credit for a traffic class, so that the integrated circuit can support input and/or output rate shaping. The integrated circuit may be associated with an IRAM, a CAM, a parameter memory configured to hold routing and/or switching parameters, which may be implemented as a PRAM, and an aging RAM, which stores aging information. The aging information may be used by a CPU coupled to the integrated circuit via a system interface circuit to remove entries from the CAM and/or the PRAM when an age count exceeds an age limit threshold for the entries.
US07830883B1
This invention includes methods and packet switches that modify duplicate packets to have different transport formats. A packet switch receives a plurality of duplicate packets from a switching fabric and modifies two or more of the duplicate packets so that the modified duplicate packets have different transport identifiers. The packet switch then transmits one of the duplicate packets on each of a plurality of ports of the packet switch.
US07830881B2
A transmitting party adds reproduction time information to each transport packet to form an extended transport packet, encapsulates the extended transport packet, adds capsule counter information, and transmits the capsule. A receiving party has a storage means, and transmits a re-send request including the capsule count information to the transmitting party when a packet loss occurs. At the receiving party, the re-sent data received overwrites data in its original storage region. At reproduction, the receiving party decodes the data after compensating for jitter referring to reproduction time information. Accordingly, a packet loss or jitter is compensated for at both transmitting and receiving parties in a communications network such as the Internet so as to prevent the occurrence of a decoding error at the receiving party.
US07830880B2
In one embodiment, detecting an initialization of a synchronization phase of a network device in a fiber channel fabric, performing synchronization phase optimization of the network device to select a predetermined number of interfaces, and transmitting a synchronization request on the predetermined number of interfaces, are provided.
US07830873B1
A method of processing packets and a network device are disclosed. Packets are received from separate ingress processing pipelines during a processing cycle. Control information for each packet is retrieved from one or more databases serving each pipeline and used to perform operations representative of different processing outcomes. Results of the operations are selected and used to update the databases, in some cases, based upon whether a relationship is detected between the packets.
US07830864B2
An apparatus including a sub-element processing (SEP) module configured to perform sub-element and/or per-session processing for each of a plurality of data elements included in data being switched between ones of a plurality of transmission links. The data can include wireless packet data, wireless non-packet data, wireline packet data, wireline non-packet data, and combinations thereof. The sub-element and/or per-session processing includes at least one of extracting and bundling at least one of voice data, encoding data and signaling data corresponding to one of a plurality of channels or sessions bundled within individual ones of the plurality of data elements.
US07830859B1
A first network element receives a call and transfers the telephone number. A route manager processes the number to select a second network element. The route manager transfers a query to the HLR to determine if the home MSC is serving the number. If the home MSC is serving the number, the route manager selects a first route from the second network element to the home MSC. If the home MSC is not serving the number, the route manager transfers a second query to the VLR to determine if the visiting MSC is serving the number. If the visiting MSC is serving the number, the route manager selects a second route from the second network element to the visiting MSC. The first network element routes the call to the second network element, and the second network element routes the call over the selected one of the first and second routes.
US07830856B2
A data transmission system transmits first data bursts from a base station to mobile stations. The first data bursts at least in some cases contain two or more data blocks that are intended for different mobile stations. The data transmission system furthermore transmits second data bursts from at least one of the mobile stations to the base station and produces guard time intervals between successive data bursts.
US07830841B1
There is disclosed a packet switched network architecture comprising a location area connected by a radio access network to at least two core networks having the same functionality, wherein the radio access network switches packet transmissions from each terminal in the location area to one of the at least two core networks in dependence on the capacity of the respective core networks.
US07830840B2
An apparatus and method for implementing SDMA in a multi-user multi-antenna system are provided, in which SDMA users are selected from among total users according to channel state information of the total users, and the number of transmission streams to be allocated to each of the SDMA users is determined by a tree search method.
US07830833B2
A method for improved presentation of media information for wireless communication is described herein. Media services and program packages are ranked and ranking information is delivered to a mobile device along with the media information. The ranking information is then used by the mobile device to arrange the media services in a ranked order. The ranking information can also be used to assign a default service that is displayed whenever the mobile device is activated or whenever a selection is made to view media content. The ranking information can also be used to arrange program packages in a ranked order for subscription purposes.
US07830832B2
A distributed Internet Protocol (IP) voting system and method for use in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems having a central send-and-receive site and one or more receive-only sites. In the distributed voting system, receive-only sites are directly linked to the control point using a network and associated packet transmission protocol. This may be a high-speed asynchronous data link such as a standard IP network link. Each remote site receiving digital data, calculates a bit error for that data. This error calculation is incorporated into the data header information. The data header information and data are placed in an IP packet and transmitted as a User Data Protocol (UDP) message to the control point. The control point selects the lowest bit rate data message, or the first control message, and retransmits it using a standard radio air interface protocol, such as the APCO Project 25 air interface protocol.
US07830827B2
The present invention discloses a method of handling multi-user/multi-service in a wireless communication system comprising an access point, characterized in that the method includes the steps of: converging, by the access point, data packets of multi-user/multi-service and encapsulating the data packets of multi-user/multi-service into a container in the access point; coding and modulating, by the access point, the data encapsulated in the container; and mapping, by the access point, the coded and modulated data in the container to physical resources and emitting via a traffic channel the coded and modulated data in the container. According to the present invention, efficiency of a wireless communication system can be enhanced while delay can be reduced.
US07830823B2
A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) enabled device sends feature information about remotely configurable features that are offered by the SIP enabled device to a central server. The central server uses the feature information to determine if the features that are offered by the SIP enabled device are compatible with features that are offered by the central server. The central server remotely configures the features that are offered by the SIP enabled device to ensure interoperability with the features that are offered by the central server. The SIP enabled device notifies the central server if a feature button associated with a feature, which has been disabled by the central server, has been pressed by a user of the SIP enabled device. The central server seamlessly provides a comparable feature to the user, including the setting of a Light Emitting Diode, which is associated with the feature button, to an appropriate state.
US07830820B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product to managing links in a network. A directional link management system comprises a network manager, a router, a situational awareness database, a neighbor discovery module, a topology manager, and a data link manager. The network manager provides performance parameters for a wireless network. The router routes information to neighbor nodes provides information about links between nodes in the wireless network environment. The situational awareness database stores information about the nodes. The neighbor discovery module detects a presence of a new node. The topology manager identifies a set of links for a node using the set of performance parameters, information about the links, and information about the nodes. The data link manager manages the identified links.
US07830817B1
Methods and systems for selecting data rates are described in a wireless network. The distance between a client and a base station serving the client device is determined. Based on that distance, a minimum threshold data rate is selected such that a larger distance corresponds to a higher minimum threshold data rate and a smaller distance corresponds to a smaller minimum threshold data rate. An actual data rate, not less than the minimum threshold data rate, is then selected, and signals are transmitted between the client device and the base station at the actual data rate. The actual data rate may be increased if there exists unused available bandwidth in the network. Events such as a change in distance or a timer expiring may result in a recalculation of the minimum threshold data rate.
US07830814B1
Network conference application software measures communication latency between itself and an endpoint in a conference. Endpoints with excessive latency are identified as having a delay. Information about endpoints with delays is displayed by the network conference application during a network conference. The displayed information may include the ratio of endpoints with delays to total endpoints, and a representation of data previously transmitted by the conference application that an endpoint with a delay is currently viewing. A graphical user interface may be used for displaying information about endpoints with delays.
US07830812B2
This invention relates to systems, methods and computer program code for testing, troubleshooting and evaluation of mobile phone network. We describe a method of processing network data which includes a plurality of session related parameters. The method comprises inputting one or more queries, a query defining a statistic relating to said parameters and to be computed from said network data, formatting a query to define said statistic in terms of one or more intermediate statistics from which said statistic is computable, operating with said formatted query to determine said one or more intermediate statistics, and storing these in a data store for analysis, preferably indexed by said parameters. Preferably entries for the parameters are stored at time positions in a data pipe.
US07830810B2
A communications interface between an end-user and an edge node of a communication network for establishing, prior to data transmission, the differentiated service code points supported by the network. The end-user first issues a service request message (42) to an edge node of the communication network. The edge node responds with an acknowledgment message (44) carrying information as to which DSCP's the network is able to support. Finally, the application at the end-user can decide how to mark the relevant packets during data transmission depending on the levels of differentiated service supported by the network.
US07830806B2
The present invention relates to the monitoring of paths along which signals are carried in a telecommunications network, in particular to determine if a path has been altered. Each path has a transit time associated therewith for data transport along that path. The method comprises the steps of: monitoring the difference between the transit time of a first signal path and the transit time of a second signal path, such that a change in the difference between the transit times of the two paths can be detected; and, in dependence at least in part on any such detected change, generating an alarm signal. The alarm signal can be used to indicate to a customer that one of the paths has been re-routed.
US07830805B2
A method may include and/or involve collecting readings from a number of mote sensors of a mote network, the mote sensors at a number of mote sensor locations, and emulating, as a source or sources of the readings, a number of sensors at a number of sensor locations.
US07830803B2
Networks (8) for setting up connections between nodes (1,2) via request messages (R1) and allocation messages (A1) are made more efficient by providing the request messages (R1) with indications for indicating the first node's capabilities with respect to different signalling procedures and by providing the allocation messages (A1) with instructions for instructing the first nodes (1) to use one of the signalling procedures. Only one round trip is needed. The indications comprise first preference values for the first signalling procedure (wavelength switching) and second preference values for the second signalling procedure (waveband switching). The instructions comprise signalling information and signalling procedure assignments. The second nodes (2) run label assignment algorithms for making the signalling procedure assignment in dependence of the preference values. The first nodes (1) derive further signalling information from the signalling information, which signalling information is related to the first signalling procedure and which further signalling information is related to the second signalling procedure.
US07830801B2
An intelligent fabric congestion control apparatus and method are provided to receive data packets from source endpoints and output the data packets to destination endpoints. The apparatus and method include a counter, a timer, and a controller. The counter increments from a preset value when a data packet is received at an egress queue and decrements when the data packet is output from the egress queue. The timer starts timing in response to the incrementing of the counter from the preset value. The controller performs one of resetting the timer when the counter is decremented to the preset value prior to the timer reaching a first threshold, and detecting a persistent congestion when the timer reaches the first threshold.
US07830799B2
In one embodiment, data is received from a plurality of token devices and the rate of transmission is adjusted to match a lowest reception rate of the plurality of token devices using the data.
US07830798B2
Described is a method for determining a telegram length in an operating apparatus for communicating between the operating apparatus and a field device via a network. The method comprises composing a first telegram in the operating apparatus. The first telegram comprises a predeterminable first telegram length, and the composed first telegram is despatched via the network to the field device. After the first telegram has been despatched, the operating apparatus waits for the receipt of a second telegram, which second telegram is received by the operating apparatus via the network. After successful receipt of the second telegram, the first telegram length is increased by a predeterminable value. Increasing the value takes place until receiving the second telegram fails. After the receipt of the second telegram has failed, the first telegram length that has resulted in successfully receiving the second telegram is provided.
US07830792B1
The invention provides a call center communication system to handle calls to a call center by obtaining absolute address for a call center resource from a call center resource processor prior to directing the call to the call center resource. The invention includes a first communication system that receives and processes the initial signal to select a call center resource processor and generates and transmits an address query for the call center resource processor. After receiving an address response including an absolute address for the call, the first communication system processes the address response to generate route information to cause a second communication system to route the call to a call center resource in call packets containing the absolute address. The first communication system transmits the route information including the absolute address for the second communication system. After receiving the call through the first communication system, the second communication system routes the call packets including the absolute address for the call center resource. At the call center resource, no translation of the call is needed to direct the call to the call's final destination. Therefore, complex routing equipment at the call center resource can be eliminated. Because the absolute address is identified at the call center resource processor, the invention may also transmit service data over the same communications equipment as the call from the network element system to the call center resource. Separate communications equipment at the call center resource for service data can be eliminated.
US07830790B2
A method for selection by a downstream device of data packets of connections of a network transmitted by at least one upstream device according to a predetermined threshold for quantities of data transmitted by the connections includes: for each connection, initialization by each upstream device of a counter for packets transmitted according to a set of predetermined initial values, with the difference between two initial consecutive values greater than the threshold, then incrementation by a predetermined value for each transmitted packet, defining the current counting value of the packet; reception by the downstream device of each IP packet of each connection, and comparison of the threshold with the difference between the current counting value and the initial value immediately lower than the set of initial values, enabling selection of packets for connections that have transmitted less data than the threshold, compared to packets for connections that have transmitted more.
US07830781B2
A radio is disclosed. The radio system includes radio system nodes that are configured with a transceiver to transmit and receive information over more than one frequency. Each radio system node also includes a processor, the processor being any of a variety of processing elements, including but not limited to general purpose processors, coders, decoders, and the like. The processor is configured to gather a block of information and configured to format the block of information into a plurality of sub blocks. Each sub block of information includes message synchronization information. The sub blocks are dispersed in time and over the more than one frequency and substantially simultaneous transmission and reception of multiple transmissions in the same frequency band is enabled.
US07830779B2
Because conditions for recording identification data of a medium vary in accordance with the structure of different media, such as a single-layer or a multiple-layer structure, stable data recording has been a difficult task. To solve this problem, an incident side of the laser beam for recording identification data on a single-layer optical disk 5 and a double-layer optical disk 6 is the opposite side of a substrate 1 upon which user data is recorded. From this structure, even in a double-layer optical disk 6, the recording is not affected by the recording layer of a second layer 12b and the like. Therefore, in the double-layer optical disk 6, identification data of the medium can be recorded under the same conditions as the single-layer optical disk 5.
US07830776B2
An IC recording device includes a material feeding portion, a material receiving portion, a recording portion and a transferring portion. The material feeding portion serves to suck ICs by vacuum technology to take ICs from a transfer belt and place them upon the material receiving portion. The material receiving portion can correct the positions of the ICs. The inner side of a seat of the material receiving portion has an inclined surface for guiding the ICs. The seat can rotate the IC to a correct direction according to the transferring angle of the IC in the feeding process. One of two ends of the material feeding portion has a suction opening for transferring the IC from the material receiving portion to a burner and the suction opening at another end serves to take out a recorded IC and place the IC on a transfer belt.
US07830773B2
An optical pickup device in which a hologram element has a plurality of different diffraction directions. In the tracking standard state, the hologram element is divided into six areas by a straight line connecting two strength center points of two light beams, and by two straight lines that are perpendicular to the straight line. By adding the amount of light received by an area demarcated by two straight lines that pass the two strength center points, to the amount of light received by one of two outer areas sandwiching the area depending on the type of the light beam, it is possible to obtain a well-balanced tracking error signal for each of the two light beams.
US07830772B2
There is provided an objective optical system for an optical information recording/reproducing device. The objective optical system includes an optical element having an annular zone structure on at least one surface. The annular zone structure includes annular zones configured to have at least one step formed, at a boundary between adjacent ones of the annular zones, to extend in a direction of an optical axis. The at least one step is provided to cause a predetermined optical path length difference between a light beam passing through an outside of the boundary and a light beam passing through an inside of the boundary. The predetermined optical path length difference given to a first light beam by the at least one step is approximately equal to an odd multiple of a first wavelength λa. Abbe number of material of the optical element satisfies a condition of 15<νd<35.
US07830771B2
An optical information recording medium in which a inner layer is sandwiched between supporting plates and a number of recording portions formed of a recording material capable of recording information in the form of a hologram are rotatably arranged in the inner layer. The recording portion is rotated by electrifying its surface and an information beam and a reference beam are directed onto it from different angles to carry out angle multiplex recording. The surface of the recording portion is color coded with at least two colors. The color coding and rotation of the recording portions allow characters or images to be displayed. Electronic equipment using such an optical information recording medium is provided.
US07830757B2
In a tracking control method for use in an optical disk drive to read/write an optical disk, an open-loop tracking control operation of the optical disk drive is first performed according to an input tracking error signal and a predetermined periodical offset to generate a dynamic offset. Afterwards, a closed-loop tracking control operation of the optical disk drive is performed according to the input tracking error signal calibrated with the dynamic offset.
US07830756B2
A method for demodulating a tracking error signal comprising the steps of (A) demodulating the tracking error signal when starting motion, (B) demodulating the tracking error signal after motion has started, and (C) demodulating the tracking error signal before and after lens motion stops.
US07830754B2
A method for playing a fast rolling music disc is provided. A music disc is read at an accelerated rate and played at a standard rate by discretely buffering data blocks into a ping pong buffer. Playing of a first data block stored in the first buffer, and buffering of a second data block into the second buffer are concurrently executed. When the playing of the first data block is concluded, the playing order of the first buffer and the second buffer are interchanged, and the concurrent playing and buffering step is repeated. Such that the second data block is played in the second buffer while a third data block is buffered into the first buffer. Discreteness between the second data block and the first data block is dependent on a skipping ratio, and the skipping ratio is dependent on the accelerated rate.
US07830753B2
In an optical disc, a track on which data is recordable is divided into a plurality of blocks, and each block includes L pieces of sub blocks. On each sub block, M-bit first digital information specifying a block address of a block including the each sub block and N-bit second digital information capable of representing a numerical value equal to or larger than L are recorded.
US07830748B2
A method for seismic surveying includes disposing a plurality of seismic sensors in a selected pattern above an area of the Earth's subsurface to be evaluated. A seismic energy source is repeatedly actuated proximate the seismic sensors. Signals generated by the seismic sensors, indexed in time with respect to each actuation of the seismic energy source are recorded. The recorded signals are processed to generate an image corresponding to at least one point in the subsurface. The processing includes stacking recordings from each sensor for a plurality of actuations of the source and beam steering a response of the seismic sensors such that the at least one point is equivalent to a focal point of a response of the plurality of sensors.
US07830746B2
Method for processing seismic data sets corresponding to the same zone, some of which are acquired by means of receivers at the ocean bottom, while others are acquired by means of surface receivers, characterized in that at least one seismic data set that is an estimation of the component common to at least two seismic data sets corresponding respectively to one and to the other of these two acquisition modes is determined.
US07830733B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for independently configurable data and strobe drivers within a memory device. A memory device may include at least one data driver and at least one strobe driver. The memory device may further include at least one mode register adapted to program a drive strength of the at least one data driver with a first plurality of control bits and a drive strength of the at least one strobe driver with a second plurality of control bits.
US07830732B2
A memory device for use with a primary power source includes: volatile memory including a plurality of memory portions each of which has a normal operating state and a low-power state; an interface for connecting to a backup power source arranged to temporarily power the volatile memory upon a loss of power from the primary power source; a non-volatile memory; and a controller in communication with the volatile memory and the non-volatile memory programmed to detect a loss of power of the primary power source and in response to move data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory at least one memory portion at a time, and while moving data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory place the memory portions from which data is being moved into a normal operating state and the memory portions from which data is not being moved into a low-power state.
US07830728B2
Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device includes a selector for selectively loading read inversion information and write inversion information on an inversion bus, the inversion bus for transferring the inversion information loaded by the selector, a plurality of read inversion units for reflecting the inversion information from the inversion bus to output data, and a plurality of write inversion units for reflecting the inversion information from the inversion bus to input data.
US07830725B2
A page buffer includes a first ground voltage supply unit for applying a ground voltage to first and second registers according to a level of a sense node, and a second ground voltage supply unit for applying the ground voltage to the first and second registers irrespective of a level of the sense node. A method of programming a non-volatile memory device includes storing a high-level data in a first node of a first register of a plurality of page buffers, precharging a sense node with a high level, resetting the data stored in the first node of the first register according to a voltage level of the sense node, precharging the sense node with a high level, storing external data in the first node according to a voltage level of the sense node, and performing a program operation according to the data stored in the first node.
US07830718B2
In one of the disclosed embodiments, a write algorithm is used to remove errors due to back pattern effects, cell-to-cell capacitive coupling, and program disturb in memory cells. Original data to be programmed is adjusted prior to an initial programming operation of the memory cells. The original data is then programmed into the memory cells in another programming operation. In an alternate embodiment, a read adjustment weight data value is associated with each series string of memory cells. The weight data value is used to compensate data read during an initial word line read. The weight data value is updated after each read and read adjustment such that the adjusted weight data value is used on the subsequent read operations.
US07830713B2
A nonvolatile memory structure with pairs of serially connected select transistors connected to the top and optionally to the bottom of NAND series strings of groups of the dual-sided charge-trapping nonvolatile memory cells for controlling connection of the NAND series string to an associated bit line. A first of the serially connected select transistors has an implant to make a threshold voltage of the implanted first serially connected select transistor different from a non-implanted second serially connected select transistor. The pair of serially connected top select transistors is connected to a first of two associated bit lines. Optionally, the NAND nonvolatile memory strings further is connected a pair of serially connected bottom select transistors that is connected to the second associated bit line.
US07830709B2
A memory device comprises a plurality of memory cells, each of which comprising a first electrode, a second electrode and an active material arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the memory cells are grouped into memory cell groups, each memory cell group defining a memory cell group area and being configured such that corresponding first electrodes are individually addressable, and corresponding second electrodes are commonly addressable via a common select device provided within the memory cell group area of the memory cell group.
US07830691B2
A low power content addressable memory (CAM) device. The CAM device receives an N-bit comparand value and, in response, activates less than N compare lines within the CAM device to compare each of the N bits of the comparand value with contents of CAM cells coupled to the N compare lines.
US07830687B2
An adaptive hybrid energy system is provided. The system includes a first DC energy source that generates a first DC output by converting a first type of energy into an electrical output. Additionally, the system includes at least a second DC energy source that generates a second DC electrical output by converting a second type of energy into an electrical output. The system further includes a cascaded multilevel converter electrically connected to the first and second DC energy sources to convert a DC electrical output into a sinusoidal electrical output when at least one of the first and second DC energy sources is operable.
US07830685B2
A power supply power supply (30) comprising a DC voltage supply, a control unit and a plurality of high voltage channels (33a-33d) is suggested. Each high voltage channel (33) includes an inverter (IKTV), a resonance circuit, a transformer (TR), and a rectifier (RECT). The resonance circuit cooperates with the inverter (INV). The inverter (INV) is formed by a first switching unit and a second switching unit whereby a voltage of a first polarity can be applied to the resonance circuit in a first switching state, whereas a voltage of a second polarity can be applied to the resonance circuit in a second switching state. The switching states can be switched by the control unit in such a manner that in a first mode of an operation for high output power, the output power can be adjusted by changing the switching frequency in the range of the resonance frequency. In a second mode of operation for low output power, the output power can be adjusted by changing the duration of the switching state at an essentially constant switching frequency.
US07830674B2
A single-stage switching power supply includes a transformer, a voltage level generation circuit, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a rectifying and filtering circuit, a feedback circuit and a control circuit. The rectifying and filtering circuit is connected to the secondary winding assembly and the system circuit for generating an output voltage. The feedback circuit generates a feedback signal in response to the output voltage. In response to the feedback signal and an operating-status signal issued by the system circuit, the first and second switching circuits are alternately enabled under control of the control circuit such that electric energy of a first DC voltage is transmitted from the first primary winding assembly to the secondary winding assembly. The first switching circuit is disabled but the second switching circuit is enabled under control of the control circuit when the operating-status signal is at a standby operating status.
US07830667B2
Disclosed is a flexible wiring substrate which does not form anomalous deposition of tin-bismuth alloy plating, through prevention of exfoliation, during the process of plating with tin-bismuth alloy, of a solder resist layer. A method for producing the flexible wiring substrate is also disclosed.
US07830661B2
An article for supporting a computer on a user's lap that cools the computer and isolates the user from heat, and methods of manufacture. Some embodiments include a body, a top surface, a bottom surface, a hollow area in between, an aperture through the top surface to the hollow area, and either a fan to move air through the aperture or an indentation in the top surface to allow air to circulate by the computer. Embodiments include a foam portion, a plastic portion that provides stiffness, a fabric covering and one or more side or rear openings to allow airflow. The fan may be powered from a USB port on the computer.
US07830637B2
In a hydrodynamic bearing device in which a radial bearing face having a dynamic pressure generating groove on a shaft or an inner periphery of a sleeve is provided and a clearance between the shaft and the sleeve is filled with lubricant, an annular depression is provided on one end face of the sleeve adjacent to a rotor hub and a cover plate for covering the depression is attached to the sleeve so as to define a reservoir for the lubricant or air for the purpose of preventing such a risk that absence of an oil film occurs in clearances of a bearing of the hydrodynamic bearing device due to outflow of oil upon forcing of the oil by air received into the bearing. A step portion is provided on the other end face of the sleeve such that the step portion and the reservoir are communicated with each other by a communication hole. During operation of the hydrodynamic bearing device, air in the hydrodynamic bearing device reaches the reservoir via the communication hole so as to be discharged from the reservoir.
US07830634B2
In a method of head-disk contact detection in a hard disk drive, a Radio Frequency (RF) carrier signal is injected into a slider which is flying above a surface of a disk in a hard disk drive. A modulated version of the RF carrier signal is received from the slider. The modulated version of the RF carrier signal is demodulated to achieve a demodulated signal. A signal spectrum of a range of frequencies in the demodulated signal is monitored for activity indicative of a contact between a head of the slider and the surface of the disk. An occurrence of the contact is determined based upon an occurrence of the activity.
US07830620B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens having a negative power and including a concave surface facing an image side, a second lens having a positive power, a third lens having a positive power, an aperture diaphragm, a fourth lens, which is a biconvex lens having a negative power, a fifth lens having a positive power and including a convex surface facing the image side, and a sixth lens having a positive power and including a convex surface facing an object side, which are arranged in this order from the object side. The Abbe number of a material forming the fourth lens with respect to the d-line is 30 or less. When the focal length of the entire lens system is f and a composite focal length from the fourth lens to the sixth lens is f456, the imaging lens satisfies following conditional expression: 1.00
US07830619B2
An imaging lens of which optical performance does not deteriorate even in a high temperature environment, various aberrations are well corrected, optical length is short, and back focus is sufficiently secured; the imaging lens comprising: an aperture stop S; and a junction type compound lens 14 having a positive refractive power, characterized in that the aperture stop and the compound lens are arranged in this sequence from an object side to an image side. The junction type compound lens comprises a first lens L1, a second lens L2 and a third lens L3, arranged in this sequence from the object side to the image side. The first lens and the third lens are formed of a curable resin material, and the second lens is formed of a high softening temperature optical glass material. The first lens and the second lens are bonded with adhesive, and the second lens and the third lens are bonded with adhesive. The object side face of the first lens and the image side face of the third lens are aspherical.
US07830617B2
An optical component including lens having at least one aspherical refractive surface capable of satisfying desired performance and characteristics is disclosed.
US07830613B2
The first lens group comprises a positive lens and a negative lens, and the total number of lenses in the first lens group is 2. The second lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a front unit of negative refracting power and a rear unit of positive refracting power. The third lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a front unit of positive refracting power and a rear unit of negative refracting power. The fourth lens group comprises a positive lens component, and the total number of lens components in the fourth lens group is 1. The front unit of the second lens group comprises a negative lens component, and the total number of lens components in the front unit of the second lens group is 1. The rear unit of the second lens group comprises, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens, and the total number of lenses in the rear unit of the second lens group is 2. The negative lens component in the front unit of the second lens group and the negative lens in the rear unit of the second lens group satisfy the following condition (1A): 2.9
US07830609B2
Plural collimator lenses are arranged corresponding to plural laser light sources to collimate light beams emitted from the laser light sources into substantially parallel light beams, respectively. A condenser lens focuses the substantially parallel light beams. A coupling optical element, on which light beams focused by the condenser lens are incident, couples the light beams into a single light beam. The laser light sources are arranged such that a longitudinal direction of an emitting region of each of the laser light sources is coincident with a radial direction of the condenser lens.
US07830604B2
The projection lens that projects a light flux from an object onto a projection surface. The projection lens includes a negative lens unit having a negative optical power, and a correction mechanism that tilts the negative lens unit with respect to an optical axis of the projection lens such that field tilt is generated in a direction opposite to a direction of field curvature generated at the projection surface. The projection lens reduces the generation of field curvature and its variation using a simple configuration.
US07830601B2
The embodiment is to make it possible to increase a resolution obtained when a character or a two-dimensional image is displayed. A stereoscopic image display device is provided with a two-dimensional image display device having a plurality of pixels arranged within a display plane; and a ray control section which is provided in front of or behind the display plane and has a plurality of opening portions or a plurality of lenses arranged side by side, for controlling rays from the pixels, a distance z from the ray control section to a two-dimensional character or a two-dimensional image display position satisfying relationships of 0
US07830589B2
By varying the spacing between a partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface and a highly reflective surface positioned behind the partially-reflective, partially-transmissive surface, an interferometric modulator selectively creates constructive and/or destructive interference between light waves reflecting off the two surfaces. The spacing can be varied by applying a voltage to create electrostatic attraction between the two surfaces, which causes one or both surfaces to deform and move closer together. In the absence of such attraction, the surfaces are in a relaxed position, where they are farther apart from one another. A actuation voltage is needed to create sufficient electrostatic attraction to cause a surface to deform. The actuation voltage can be modified by implanting ions in a dielectric layer attached to one or both surfaces. Upon the application of a voltage, the ions create a baseline level of repulsion or attraction between the two surfaces, which thus require more or less voltage, respectively, to cause a surface to deform. The degree of ion implantation can be chosen to set the actuation voltage as desired, or the surfaces can be made to deform at a given voltage by appropriately selecting the degree of ion implantation.
US07830577B2
A micromechanical device described has an oscillation system with an oscillation body and an elastic suspension, by which the oscillation body is oscillatorily suspended. The elastic suspension has at least two spring beams. An adjuster for adjusting a resonant frequency of the oscillation system by changing the position of the at least two spring beams of the elastic suspension towards each other is provided.
US07830575B2
A method and apparatus is provided for scanning an object, featuring scanning an incident beam in a substantially curved scan pattern; and moving an object at a predetermined rate along an axis substantially orthogonal to a plane of the curved scan pattern so that a two dimensional image can be formed by successive passes of a circularly scanned spot. In particular, a laser beam scans around an objective lens at a fixed radius RL with a fixed input angle θd. When scanned in this manner, the laser beam before the objective lens forms a “cone” of directions (so herein it is referred to as a “conical scan”). Scanning in this fashion produces the curved scan pattern at the object (substrate). By moving the object (substrate) at the predetermined rate along the axis orthogonal to the plane of the curved scan pattern, the two dimensional image can be formed by successive passes of the circularly scanned spot.
US07830559B2
An information processing device may include a first frame provided with a scanner for reading information recorded on a medium, a second frame which faces the first frame across a traveling path and is provided with a pressing member for pressing the medium toward a reading face of the scanner, a support plate which supports the pressing member and whose one end is axially supported with the second frame to be movable between a locked position where the pressing member is protruded in the traveling path and an open position where a reading face of the scanner is exposed, a locking part for locking the support plate to the second frame at the locked position, and a half lock preventing mechanism for preventing a half-lock state when the support plate is locked to the second frame.
US07830557B2
A method for testing a printing system for printing information-embedded regions includes transmitting a test sheet data file to a print service provider. The test sheet data file includes a plurality of complete or incomplete information-embedded regions. A sample printed using the test sheet data file is received from the print service provider. The printed sample is evaluated, and a record of the evaluation is created. The evaluation record is stored.
US07830556B2
The information providing system according to the present invention comprises: a code transmission unit that can transmit an image acquired by reading the image that is printed on the print medium and in which the code is embedded, or can transmit the code extracted from the acquired image; an information providing unit that receives the acquired image, or the code extracted from the acquired image, and transmits information corresponding to the image or information used for acquiring the information corresponding to the image; an image receiving/acquiring unit that receives the information corresponding to the image, or receives the information used for acquiring the information corresponding to the image and can acquire the information corresponding to the image; and an information changing unit that can change the information corresponding to the image in the information providing unit.
US07830555B2
An image formation apparatus includes a visible image data generation section that acquires content data of a print object and generates image data of a visible image containing the content, an invisible image data generation section that generates image data of a code image describing predetermined code information, the code image being an invisible image that can be hardly recognized by eyes of a human being, and a print image data generation section that generates print image data by superposing the invisible image data onto the visible image data, a part of the invisible image data being changed to be printed as a visible image.
US07830549B2
To perform a method for identifying color measuring strips having measuring areas on printed products, the color measuring strips are scanned with a color measuring instrument. The measured color values acquired by the color measuring instrument are stored in a computer and that the measured color values acquired are each assigned to a printing ink. A sequence formed in this way of printing inks is stored in the computer and then compared with color measuring strip types stored in the computer. The stored color measuring strip type having the greatest probability is then selected.
US07830547B2
A diagnostic system provides help to a user utilizing a data store that stores one or more solutions to at least one error. A storage component logs error data and associates errors, responses to the errors, and information indicative of whether each of the error responses was successful or unsuccessful. A linking component receives the error data from a source and identifies an appropriate solution to the error data from the information logged in the storage component. A presentation component presents the appropriate solution to a user.
US07830546B2
The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data in a network having nodes (or sites). The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides data structures in the network. The system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices.
US07830542B2
The printing data processing system searches for reference indication (i.e., link sources) in the received ML source data, and adds the page information for the linked objects to the ML source data. The page number on which the linked object is printed is printed after the printing of each link source term included when a ML source file, such as a home page. Consequently, when a home page is printed, for example, the user can easily arrive at the linked object from the link source in the printed document while the home page layout on the personal computer is kept intact.
US07830532B2
The invention proposes a sensor array having a plurality of sensor devices comprising a source of electromagnetic radiation, a receiver for the electromagnetic radiation and a control device, the control device being designed to use the source to emit electromagnetic radiation and being designed to determine a distance covered by electromagnetic radiation, which is emitted by the source, from a reflection surface of an object to the receiver by evaluating the reflected radiation. According to the invention, the sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices operate at different frequencies or using time-division multiplexing. The invention also proposes a sensor device for a sensor array, the control device being designed to measure the distance at different frequencies or using time-division multiplexing.
US07830523B2
Nondestructive inspection (NDI) on a structure having a cavity includes exciting the structure with electromagnetic radiation and analyzing the cavity's electromagnetic field response to detect a state change of the structure.
US07830521B2
Provided are a detection apparatus, a detection method and an optically transparent member, which can detect a decrease in a precision. A convolution is performed by a convolution portion 80 contained in an image processing portion 38, to acquire the distribution information indicating the light intensity distribution of a light beam, which is totally reflected at the interface and which is incident at a plurality of angles to an dielectric block 52 so as to be totally reflected at the interface of the dielectric block 52. A spatial frequency resolution is performed on the light intensity distribution indicated by the distribution information acquired, by a detection precision evaluating portion 86 contained in the image processing portion 38, to thereby derive the light intensity distribution of each spatial frequency of the light beam. The precision is detected by comparing the light intensity distribution derived, with a threshold value predetermined for each spatial frequency.
US07830520B2
In a spectrophotometer for measuring transmitted light of a trace liquid sample, four sample holders 12 are provided on a disk-like sample plate 11 while spaced apart by 90 degrees. The sample plate 11 is driven to rotate so that each of the sample holders 12 is sequentially moved to a sample supply position U1, a measuring position U2, a wiping position U3 and a waiting position U4. At the sample supply position U1, a trace amount of the liquid sample is dropped into a groove of the sample holder 12. Then at the measuring position U2, a window plate 22 is lowered onto the groove so as to determine the optical path length. Next, measurement of the transmitted light is performed. Further, while the sample holder 12 moves from the measuring position U2 to the waiting position U4, the liquid sample is absorbed and removed by contact with a cleaning pad 26. The liquid sample attached to the window plate 22 is wiped out by another pad. Since the operation to wipe off the measured sample is automatically performed, it is possible to improve the throughput of the measurement.
US07830516B2
An automated seed sampler includes a sampling station, a sampler for removing material from a seed in the sampling station; a seed conveyer for conveying the seed from the sampling station to a compartment in a seed tray, and a conveyor for conveying the material removed from the seed to a corresponding compartment in a sample tray. And a method for bulking up a quantity of plant seed having a desired characteristic generally includes testing each seed for the desired characteristic, cultivating plants only from seeds which tested positive for the desired characteristic, recovering seed from the cultivated plants, and repeating the processes of testing, cultivating, and recovering seed for one or multiple generations.
US07830512B2
An ellipsometer or polarimeter system and method for controlling intensity of an electromagnetic beam over a spectrum of wavelengths by applying control (P2) and beam (P) polarizers, optionally in combination with an intervening and control compensator (C).
US07830505B2
The present invention relates to a spectroscopy analyzer for real-time diagnostics of process, and more particularly, to a spectroscopy analyzer for real-time diagnostics of process, in which a beam is injected to a reaction byproduct or a reactant and then an output beam is measured, thereby performing quantitative and qualitative analysis of the reaction byproduct or the reactant.
US07830504B2
Methods and assemblies are provided for evaluating plants for presence of pests. Methods may include separating pests from a plant to produce a sample of pests for analysis, illuminating the sample to produce emitted light from the sample, and comparing the emitted light from the sample to a model to discriminate pests within the sample. Assemblies may include a separating unit operable to separate pests from a plant to produce a sample comprising pests, a light source for illuminating at least part of the sample, and an imaging device adjacent the light source for receiving light from the illuminated sample and creating an image of the sample.
US07830475B1
A liquid crystal display device including two liquid crystal display panels located back to back is made thinner. A liquid crystal display device includes first and second liquid crystal display panels located back to back. The liquid crystal display device further includes a light source provided to a side of a rear substrate of the first liquid crystal display panel, a light source provided to a side of a rear substrate of the second liquid crystal display panel, and a polarizing element provided between the first and second liquid crystal display panels. The rear substrate of the first liquid crystal display panel includes a light guide layer for directing light, incident on the rear substrate from the light source and propagating inside the rear substrate, toward the second liquid crystal display panel. The rear substrate of the second liquid crystal display panel includes a light guide layer for directing light, incident on the rear substrate from the light source and propagating inside the rear substrate, toward the first liquid crystal display panel.
US07830474B2
A lighting device for emitting light in a planar manner comprises a backlight section having non-uniformity in light emission in a plane and an optical film having an in-plane transmittance distribution compensating for the non-uniformity in light emission. The optical film has a plurality of slits allowing light to pass through and controls the in-plane transmittance distribution by varying the shapes of slit openings. Widths of the slits are fixed, closed portions are provided in a longitudinal direction, and the in-plane transmittance distribution is controlled by the ratio of the closed portions to the slits. A part of the optical film other than the slits is a light shielding layer, and a surface on the light source side of the light shielding layer scatters and reflects light. Each value in the in-plane transmittance distribution of the optical film is smaller than the reciprocal of a corresponding value in a light intensity distribution of the backlight section. A surface opposite to a surface on the light source side of the optical film has a cylindrical lens structure focused on the slits. Non-uniformity in light emission in the lighting device such as a backlight used in a liquid crystal display is eliminated at a low cost.
US07830468B2
A mounting frame combination structure is disclosed, for decreasing a profile thickness of an LCD device, which includes a main support accommodating an LCD panel which may display a picture image or other information, and a backlight provided below the LCD panel; a sash provided above the main support, for retaining the LCD panel and the main support from a front side; a bottom cover provided below the main support and supporting the backlight; and, a mounting frame positioned between the side surfaces of the bottom cover and joined thereto by a fastener. In case a step-difference portion is formed in an outer surface of the sash, the mounting frame is fastened to the main support.
US07830465B2
An electro-optical device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a gate electrode. The first insulating film is formed in an island shape so as to cover a first junction region of the semiconductor layer. The second insulating film is formed in an island shape so as to cover a second junction region of the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode faces the channel region through a gate insulating film and extends onto the first and second insulating films.
US07830460B2
An electronic device includes a movable unit, a turn support member, a rotation support member, and a stopper. The turn support member is housed in a casing to be freely taken in and out, and used at a regular standing position and an opposite standing position. The turn support member turnably supports the movable unit. The rotation support member rotatably supports the movable unit. The stopper positions the movable unit when the movable unit turns from the regular standing position or the opposite standing position to a reference position. The stopper positions the movable unit in a predetermined state when the movable unit rotates at the reference position.
US07830453B2
A method of converting digital broadcast contents and digital broadcast terminal having a function of the same are disclosed, by which music in compliance with a user's taste can be inserted as a background music by separating an audio signal of digital broadcast contents and by which a text can be displayed as a caption on a screen of the terminal in a manner of converting a voice recognized from a separated audio signal to the text. In converting digital broadcast contents including a video signal and an audio signal received via a digital broadcast network in a digital broadcast terminal, the present invention includes a step (a) of extracting the audio signal and the video signal for a specific section of the digital broadcast contents and a step (b) of synthesizing the extracted video signal with prescribed audio data.
US07830451B2
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided for enhancing the picture quality of images by extracting additional information from non-standard signals without an error. A signal determination unit receives an image signal including an image interval containing an image and an additional information interval containing additional information regarding the image. A determination is made as to whether the additional information exists in the additional information interval. An additional information extractor extracts and outputs the additional information from the additional information interval, if the signal determination unit determines that the additional information exists in the additional information interval.
US07830450B2
A frame synchronization method includes: temporarily storing input data of at least one source frame in a frame buffer according to an input time sequence; generating an output time sequence according to the input time sequence and a delay time; generating output data of a destination frame according to the input data of the source frame; and outputting the output data of the destination frame according to an output time sequence; wherein an average frame rate of the source frame is substantially the same as that of the destination frame.
US07830448B2
An imaging apparatus is provided with a power source, a power supply circuit connected to the power source and having power supply lines for supplying a positive voltage and a negative voltage, an image pickup element, plural drivers for generating multi-phase driving signals and applying the generated multi-phase driving signals to the image pickup element, a discharging circuit connected in parallel with the plural drivers, and a conducting circuit for allowing unnecessary charge accumulated in the power source to discharge through the power supply circuit for a negative voltage to the discharging circuit at the time when the power source is turned off, wherein the power supply circuit for a negative voltage is connected to the plural drivers.
US07830446B2
An object of this invention is to limit a correction amount for correcting the exposure error of a photographed image so as to prevent an excessively corrected image sensing result, and obtain a desired image sensing result by changing the correction width of the correction amount in accordance with the setting state and operation state of an image sensing apparatus and the object brightness in image sensing. To achieve this object, an exposure error value is calculated from the exposure level of an image signal and an exposure level obtained by photometry. The correction amount of the exposure error value is calculated on the basis of at least one of the setting state of the image sensing apparatus, the operation state of the image sensing apparatus, and the object brightness state in image sensing. The exposure error of the sensed image is corrected using the correction amount.
US07830443B2
An image reader capable of operating in two modes for imaging a target is described. It includes an image sensor, a free-space objective lens system and an optically encoded lens system each adapted to direct light reflected from the target onto the image sensor, and a processor for processing signals from the image sensor. In one mode, the processor processes signals produced by light from the free-space objective lens system and in the other mode, the processor processes signals produced by light from the optically encoded lens system. To achieve this, the two lens systems may direct light to two different areas on the image sensor, or the lens systems may be selectively controlled to direct light from one or other of the systems onto the image sensor.
US07830439B2
There is disclosed an image sensing apparatus including at least one pixel, a signal read unit, and a saturation detector. The pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a semiconductor region, and a transfer controller which transfers a charge generated in the photoelectric converter to the semiconductor region. The signal read unit is configured to output a signal from the semiconductor region. The saturation detector includes a reset controller which detects a signal generated in the semiconductor region during an exposure period of the photoelectric converter, and resets the photoelectric converter based on the detection result.
US07830438B2
A frame shutter apparatus comprising a controller for controlling multiple groups of pixels and for reading out values corresponding to the charge collected by different groups of pixels at different times. A method of reading out multiple groups of pixels is provided wherein values corresponding to the charge collected by one group of pixels is readout at a different time than the values corresponding to the charge collected by another group of pixels.
US07830431B2
A new method of reading an imager is achieved. The method comprises providing an imager array comprising n rows and m columns where a pair of rows can be read during a single row access time. A first image field is completed by sequentially reading and storing pixel values of pairs of adjacent rows of the imager array. The reading begins at a first row, and the reading stops when less than three rows are unread. Thereafter pixel values of the next row are read and not stored. Thereafter pixel values of the first row of the imager array are read and not stored. A second image field is completed by sequentially reading and storing pixel values of pairs of adjacent rows. The reading begins at the second row, the reading stops when less than two rows are unread.
US07830430B2
A method for forming a final digital color image, includes: capturing an image using an image sensor having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the captured image a digital high resolution panchromatic image and a digital high resolution color differences image; and using the digital high resolution panchromatic image and the digital high resolution color differences image to produce the final digital high resolution full color image.
US07830429B1
In a method for identifying substantially optimized characterization values of one or more components in an image capture apparatus a set of characterization values for the components is selected and responses and noise distributions of the sensor are modeled based upon the values contained in the set of the characterization values. The modeled responses and noise distributions are propagated through the image processing pipeline and a risk number associated with the selected set of characterization values from the propagated responses and noise distributions is obtained. In addition, substantially optimized characterization values of the one or more components are identified by substantially minimizing the risk number.
US07830417B2
Embodiments of the present invention enable an image based controller to control and manipulate objects with simple point-and-capture operations via images captured by a camera enhanced mobile device. Powered by this technology, a user is able to complete many complicated control tasks via guided control of objects without utilizing laser pointers, IR transmitters, mini-projectors, or bar code tagging and/or customized wall paper are not needed for the environment control. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.
US07830409B2
A method is described for encoding video. A video sequence is captured at a full frame resolution. Boundaries for an inner region are identified within frames of the video sequence. The video sequence is encoded at the full frame resolution into a bitstream. The bitstream includes a sub-bitstream which encodes for the inner region. Data is embedded within the bitstream. The data identifies the sub-bitstream within the bitstream. In one aspect, the data is a header specifying the inner region. In another aspect, the encoding estimates motion for pixels within the inner region based on pixels within the inner region.
US07830403B2
An image-forming device includes a conveying unit and a pattern data generating unit. The conveying unit conveys a target in a conveying direction, the target having a target light reflectance. The pattern data generating unit generates pattern data indicating a pattern in which a plurality of marks is arranged in the conveying direction. The plurality of marks includes a first mark having a first color and a first light reflectance and a plurality of second marks having a plurality of second colors and a plurality of second light reflectance. The plurality of second colors is equal to or different from one another. The plurality of second light reflectance is equal to or different from one another. A first difference between the target light reflectance and the first light reflectance is greater than a second difference between the target light reflectance and any of the plurality of second light reflectance. At least one of first distances between the first mark and the marks adjacent to the first mark is greater than a minimum distance between the adjacent second marks.
US07830394B2
Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients.
US07830391B2
Methods and apparatus for storing and retrieving data using two-dimensional arrays. In one implementation, a checkerboard buffer page system includes: a data source, providing data elements in a first order; a data destination, receiving data elements in a second order; memory devices having memory pages, data elements stored and retrieved in parallel to and from the memory devices; each buffer page having entries along a first dimension corresponding to the first order and along a second dimension corresponding to the second order, data elements stored in the first order and retrieved in the second order, at least one memory page stores data elements in multiple locations according to the first and second orders, at least two data elements consecutive in the first order are stored in parallel to the memory devices, and where at least two data elements consecutive in the second order are retrieved in parallel from the memories.
US07830382B2
A method and apparatus for leveraging the inherent massiveness of real-world data sets to solve the problems typically associated with graphing the data is provided. Three particular areas of concern are as follows: a high likelihood of containing instances of bad or corrupted data that could distort the graph; little or no documentation about the type of each variable; and the presence of arbitrarily encoded missing or special values. One embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically selecting a graphing range with minimal scale distortion. Another embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically choosing an appropriate graphing style. Another embodiment of the invention provides a methodology for automatically detecting and filtering special values in data.
US07830381B2
Visualization systems for rendering images from a multi-dimensional data set, include an interactive visualization system configured to accept user input to define at least one explicit prioritized feature in an image rendered from a multi-dimensional image data set. The at least one prioritized feature is automatically electronically rendered with high or full quality in different interactively requested rendered images of the image data while other non-prioritized features are rendered at lower quality. The visualization system may optionally include a rendering system configured to render images by electronically assigning a level of detail for different tiles associated with an image, each level of detail having a number of pixel samples to be calculated to thereby accelerate image processing.
US07830380B2
A method, apparatus, and medium for transforming a graphic data of an object and a computer readable recording medium storing a program for executing the method are provided. The method includes; determining at least one triangle to be collapsed among one or more triangles comprised in the object, determining a collapsing vertex to be created by collapsing the at least one triangle, and transforming the graphic data of the object based on information regarding the at least one triangle determined to be collapsed and information regarding the determined collapsing vertex. Thus, a large three-dimensional object can be efficiently rendered with a small amount of resources.
US07830371B2
A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same is capable of for preventing a difference in brightness from occurring between horizontal line blocks. A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix pattern; at least one integrated circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel; a supply line commonly connected to the at least one integrated circuit for applying drive signals to the at least one integrated circuit; and a signal-limiting part formed at an input terminal of the supply line, wherein the supply line has a higher resistance than the sum of the line resistances of the entire supply line.
US07830370B2
There is provided a display device capable of automatically controlling a luminance in response to a brightness of a surrounding. The display device has a gamma correction circuit for converting an image signal voltage into a drive voltage for gray scale display and a photosensor for controlling an input and output voltage characteristic of the gamma correction circuit in response to the brightness of the surrounding. In this case, the gamma correction circuit for converting the image signal voltage into the driver voltage for gray scale display is formed on a first substrate. The photosensor for controlling the input and output voltage characteristic of the gamma correction circuit in response to the brightness of the surrounding is formed on a second substrate. The second substrate is fixed to the first substrate.
US07830369B2
A video signal processing apparatus, for achieving high resolution of a video signal, in particular, the video signal of moving pictures, preferably, comprises a motion estimation portion (101) for estimating a sampling phase difference with using video data on an input video frame as a reference and each video data on other input video frame, a motion compensation/up-rate portion (115) for compensating motion of the video data of the each input video frame with using information of said sampling phase difference, as well as, to increase the number of pixels to n times, a phase shift portion (116) for shifting the video data of each of the video frames, the pixel number of which is increased, by a predetermined amount, a coefficient determining portion, which is configured to determine a coefficient with using information of said sampling phase difference; and an aliasing component removal portion (117) for removing (n−1) pieces of aliasing components, by adding each of video data in front and back of said phase shifting after multiplying them by said coefficient, thereby to provide an output.
US07830365B2
A sensor includes a rectangular conductive sheet. Electrical connectors are connected at each corner of the sheet. A number of non-conductive features, e.g. apertures, are formed in this sheet. In one embodiment, V-shaped features extend from near the corners of the sheet towards the centre of the sheet and then turn towards an adjacent corner. Smaller V-shaped features reside in the area between the larger features and the closest edge of the sheet. In another embodiment, a spider web formation of conductive tracks or paths is provided. This provides hardware correction of pincushion error. It reduces or eliminates the need for software correction of pincushion error.
US07830363B2
A shape-changeable mouse includes a first housing, a second housing and a connecting member. Via the connecting member, the first housing is connected with the second housing. The second housing is rotated with respect to the first housing to change the shape of the mouse.
US07830362B2
The present invention defines a system wherein a computer with an attached image capture camera can receive control signals from a user based on analysis of the captured images. Specifically, the user is interacting with the standard display output of the computer via a LASER pointer and these interactions are detected by analysis software modules operating on the captured images. These analysis modules use a series of algorithms to determine the intention of the user's LASER position and motion such as the intent to perform the equivalent of a standard mouse pointer device click, trace out a standard glyph representing a letter, or a custom input as determined by independent application software.
US07830349B2
A gate driving apparatus for driving a pixel array on a panel. The apparatus includes a driver chip having a first transistor with a gate coupled to receive a Nth gate driving signal, a source coupled to receive a first voltage and a drain coupled to a Nth scan line of the pixel array, and a driving circuit formed on the panel, providing a second voltage to the Nth scan line when the first transistor in the driver chip is turned off by the Nth gate driving signal and providing the first voltage to the Nth scan line when the first transistor is turned on by the Nth gate driving signal.
US07830343B2
An output stage circuit of a data driver for an display is provided. The circuit includes a current mirror having a first transistor and a current source on a reference current path, having a second transistor on an output current path, wherein the reference and output current paths are commonly coupled to a power line, a capacitor having a first end coupled to the power line and a second end coupled to a gate of the second transistor, a first switch cutting off the output current path during a first period, and a second switch coupling the second end of the capacitor to the current source during the first period.
US07830342B2
A pixel circuit is disclosed. The pixel circuit includes, at least a drive transistor; an input transistor; a first switching transistor; a second switching transistor; a retention capacity; and an electro-optic device. The retention capacity is connected, at both ends, to a gate node and a source node, respectively, of the drive transistor. The electro-optic device has rectification properties, and is determined in intensity by a value of a drive current coming from the drive transistor whose source node is connected to an anode thereof. The input transistor is connected, at one current end, to the gate node of the drive transistor, and samples a video signal to the retention capacity during a predetermined sampling period. The first switching transistor is turned on before the sampling period, and connects the gate node of the drive transistor at a predetermined reference voltage.
US07830323B2
An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes an antenna element including a first portion and a second portion formed almost parallel to each other, and a plane-shaped piece of magnetic material provided between the first portion and the second portion, the magnetic material arranged almost parallel to the first portion and the second portion. A wireless mobile terminal is provided. The wireless mobile terminal includes a printed circuit board, an antenna element including a first portion and a second portion formed almost parallel to each other, the first portion and the second portion arranged almost parallel to the printed circuit board each, and a plane-shaped piece of magnetic material provided between the first portion and the second portion, the magnetic material arranged almost parallel to the printed circuit board, the magnetic material arranged almost parallel to the first portion and the second portion.
US07830321B2
An antenna for an ultra wide band telecommunications, provided with a rectangular conductive plate where a bow tie slot is formed, an auxiliary element extended from said rectangular conductive plate above one of two vertical angle parts opposed at a center part of the bow tie slot, a feeding part formed at one of the vertical angle parts, and a grounding part formed at the other vertical angle part.
US07830320B2
A multi-frequency antenna comprising an IMD element, active tuning elements and parasitic elements. The IMD element is used in combination with the active tuning and parasitic elements for enabling a variable frequency at which the antenna operates, wherein, when excited, the parasitic elements may couple with the IMD element to change an operating characteristic of the IMD element.
US07830316B2
A foldable electronic device with an antenna including a first body, a second body, a pivotal mechanism, an antenna and a driving element is provided. The first body has a holding recess on one side thereof. The second body is located on the other side of the first body. The pivotal mechanism is used to pivotally connect the first body to the second body. Two sides of the driving element are connected to the pivotal mechanism and the antenna, respectively. When the first body is opened relatively to the second body, the pivotal mechanism drives the driving element to generate a first linear displacement. The first linear displacement drives the antenna to have a second rotation displacement to allow the antenna to extend out of the receiving groove.
US07830310B1
An artificial impedance structure and a method for manufacturing same. The structure contains a dielectric layer having generally opposed first and second surfaces, a conductive layer disposed on the first surface, and a plurality of conductive structures disposed on the second surface to provide a preselected impedance profile along the second surface.
US07830306B2
A positioning apparatus for positioning a current position based on satellite signals from positioning satellites includes: satellite signal receiving means, correlation information generating means, tentative code peak position information generating means, statistical processing range information generating means, statistical information generating means for generating statistical information by performing a statistical processing of the correlation values within the statistical processing range for each partial range specified as a limited range rather than the statistical processing range, beginning position information generating means, and direct wave code peak corresponding position information generating means for generating direct wave code peak corresponding position information which indicates a direct wave code peak corresponding position corresponding to a direct wave code peak, which is the maximum correlation value between the direct wave and the replica satellite signal, based on the beginning position information.
US07830305B2
The invention provides an emergency communication device capable of transmitting an emergency alert signal using more than one wireless communication system. When a commercial wireless carrier network is available, the device transmits the emergency alert signal to a central monitoring service via the wireless carrier network. When no wireless carrier network is available, the device transmits the emergency alert signal to an emergency search and rescue (SAR) satellite system. The device includes a first transmitter for transmitting the emergency alert signal to the SAR satellite system, a receiver for receiving location determination signals from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and a second transmitter for transmitting the emergency alert signal by way of the wireless carrier network. In preferred embodiments, the first transmitter is a personal locator beacon transmitter compatible with the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system and the second transmitter is a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) transmitter.
US07830300B2
A detection system and method. The inventive system includes an arrangement for receiving a frame of image data; an arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation with respect to at least one pixel in said frame of image data; and an arrangement for comparing said calculated rate of change of variance with a predetermined threshold to provide output data. In the illustrative embodiment, the frame of image data includes a range/Doppler matrix of N down range samples and M cross range samples. In this embodiment, the arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation includes an arrangement for calculating a rate of change of variance over an N×M window within the range/Doppler matrix. The arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation includes an arrangement for identifying a change in a standard deviation of a small, localized sampling of cells. In accordance with the invention, the arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation outputs a rate of change of variance pixel map.
US07830298B2
A communication system for use with a motorcycle includes a main unit that has a detector and a transmitter that transmits an alert signal upon the detection of a radar or laser by the detector. The system further includes either a visual indicator or an audio indicator. The visual indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a display which provides a visual display of the alert signal. The audio indicator has a receiver that receives the alert signal from the transmitter, and a speaker which emits an auditory response of the alert signal. The system can further include a mounting assembly having a connector that is removably connected to a part of a motorcycle, a support bracket to which the main unit is removably coupled, and a link that pivotably couples the support bracket and the connector.
US07830294B2
Measurement amplification methods and devices for detecting the detuning of a measurement bridge (10) to which a bipolar, rectangular supply voltage (Us) is supplied. The methods and devices use integrating A/D conversion and are characterized in that a reference voltage (Uref) used for the A/D conversion undergoes polarity changes synchronized with the polarity changes of the supply voltage (Us). Offset and drift are eliminated by totaling an even number of individual measurements.
US07830285B2
In an embodiment, a circuit is disclosed comprising a circuit portion coupled to a terminal and a calibration circuit portion coupled to said terminal.
US07830284B2
An entropy encoding apparatus comprises: a binarization unit configured to convert an input syntax element into binarized data; a context calculation unit configured to generate a context index; a context memory unit configured to hold context information; and an arithmetic coding unit configured to perform arithmetic coding using context information output corresponding to the generated context index, and the binarized data, is provided. The context memory unit comprises: a storage unit, an initial value generation unit configured to generate an initial value of context information, a control unit configured to output a control signal specifying which to select between the initial value and the context information which corresponds to the generated context index, a selection unit configured to select either of the initial value or the context information which corresponds to the generated context index, an updating unit configured to generate updated context information.
US07830281B2
Disclosed herein is a variable-length code decoding apparatus including: a code buffer that holds a variable-length code in which the same bit value continues for a given number of bits from the most significant bit; code word detectors each of which reads the variable-length code from the code buffer to detect whether the variable-length code matches a specified code word; a decoded code word determination block that determines a code word decoded; and a configuration information holding section that holds configuration information containing the specified code words and code lengths of the specified code words as arranged in an ascending order of code length.
US07830278B2
A sensor arrangement and a method for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor, including an encoder, which has an incremental scale having a plurality of scale subdivisions (λ), and a sensor which is magnetically coupled to the encoder via an air gap and includes at least two magnetic field sensor elements (SE1, SE2) which are arranged offset with respect to one another by a defined distance (Δx) in the direction of the relative movement, the magnetic field sensor element output signals (V1, V2) having been shifted relative to one another by a relative-speed-dependent time difference with regard to the detection of a scale subdivision (λ) or a defined part of a scale subdivision (N,S), the sensor having a signal processing circuit which comprises an interface module which generates a sensor output signal (IS3,IS4) including at least one speed signal based upon the time difference.
US07830270B1
A vehicle alarm system for notifying a caregiver when a child is seated inside an existing vehicle may include a portable controller carried by the caregiver and a stationary controlled situated within the vehicle. The stationary controller may include a fluctuating threshold operating parameter updating mechanism as well as an emergency signal emitting mechanism. The updating mechanism compares the occupant's body temperature with the maximum and minimum temperature thresholds. Such threshold depends on the air temperature inside the vehicle. If the body temperature is above or below such save limits, the updating mechanism notifies the emergency signal emitting mechanism which relays the information to the portable controller. The emergency signal emitting mechanism also includes sensors that activate the system when the vehicle ignition is turned off. Further, emergency signal emitting mechanism produces an alert signal if the seatbelts remain locked, signifying a remaining occupant in a parked vehicle.
US07830269B2
A method for detecting a performance degradation of a capacitor in a power converter is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a voltage across the capacitor, detecting the performance degradation of the capacitor based on the monitored voltage, and generating a warning signal after detecting the performance degradation of the capacitor. A power converter is including at least one capacitor and a processor operably coupled to the at least one capacitor for monitoring a voltage across the at least one capacitor is also disclosed. The processor is configured for detecting a performance degradation of the capacitor based, at least in part, on the monitored voltage, and for generating a warning signal after detecting the performance degradation of the at least one capacitor.
US07830256B2
A method of configuring a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) middleware server is provided. The method includes calling a server form, using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, from an ERP server. The method also includes identifying at least one RFID middleware server using the server form, and configuring one or more processes, using the server form, to run on the at least one identified RFID server. The one or more configured processes are transmitted from the ERP server to the RFID middleware server in order to configure the RFID middleware server.
US07830253B2
Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising sensing an intruder within a predetermined vicinity of a Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) system; and reducing an emitted power of the FSOC system. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a system comprising a Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC) subsystem; a sensor adapted to detect an intruder within a predetermined vicinity of the FSOC subsystem; and a switch adapted to reduce an emitted power of the FSOC subsystem, said switch coupled to said sensor.
US07830245B2
Systems and methods for placing a vehicle operator into an performance driving position for a particular vehicle by adjusting equipment on the vehicle based on various combinations of biometric parameters of the vehicle operator. In one embodiment, the performance driving position for a particular vehicle is first determined and is stored in a processing device or associated memory. The vehicle operator may enter required biometric parameters into an input device operably connected to the processing device, which in turn calculates the vehicle operator's present location and any movement of the seating elements, controls, and set forth necessary to place the vehicle operator in an performance driving position. The processing device then sends one or more output signals to one or more motors associated with one or more seating elements or controls to adjust such equipment and place the operator in the performance driving position.
US07830244B2
A back warning system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system includes an electronic system and a plurality of sensor units. When the vehicle is backed, the electronic system transmits a sensor drive message and then generates a warning based on a received warning level. The sensor units are driven when receiving the sensor drive message, sense a distance from a rear obstacle, and transmit a warning level corresponding to the sensed distance to the electronic system.
US07830243B2
A proximity sensor system for a vehicle in reverse includes a zone detection module. The zone detection module switches a first remote sensor from a first mode corresponding to a near zone rearward of the vehicle to a second mode corresponding to a far zone rearward of the vehicle. The near zone includes an area of coverage wider and shorter in range than an area of coverage of the far zone. A response module responds to first objects in the near zone and selectively responds to second objects in the far zone when the second objects are in motion.
US07830239B2
A device to protect against a surge voltage includes a body having a hexahedron shape and filled with a varistor material, a pair of input signal electrodes attached to a first side surface of the body along upward and downward directions, a pair of output signal electrodes attached to a second side surface of the body that faces the first side surface of the body in the upward and downward directions, a ground electrode attached to an upper surface of the body, at least one pair of signal connection electrode plates to connect the input signal electrodes and the output signal electrodes, and a ground plate to be connected to the ground electrode. Thus, the device can protect an electronic circuit from a surge voltage and match an impedance of a transmission line.
US07830238B2
An electromagnetic current limiter device comprising at least one ferromagnetic core having a central opening; at least one winding of electric conducting material wound on the core; a portion of said winding passing through said opening; an input terminal for receiving alternating current for supplying said alternating current to said winding; an output terminal for supplying current limited current to an external load; and a plurality of predetermined aligned magnetic domains defined in said core for limiting the current to said output terminal.
US07830225B2
The present invention is an electronic signal continuity device comprising an electrically conductive case having a volume, an input port and at least two output ports. The continuity device further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) in electrical communication with the input port and the output ports. The PCB is operably configured to split an electronic signal received at the input port to the output ports. Additionally, the PCB is disposed within the volume of the electrically conductive case. Further, the PCB includes an orifice and a plurality of electronic components, wherein one of the plurality of electronic components is disposed in the orifice. The case further includes a first portion and a second portion opposing the first major portion, wherein one of the two output ports and the input port are disposed on the first portion, and one of the two output ports is disposed on the second portion.
US07830219B2
Pulse-width modulation (PWM) finds wide use in many applications including motor control, communication systems, music synthesizers, power supplies, class-D and digital amplifiers, among others. The Fourier series expansion of each period of a pulse waveform includes an additive term that is a function of the pulse width in that period. As the pulse width is varied, this additive term varies, which can be problematic in many applications. In an embodiment, a single-pulse per period pulse width modulated waveform comprising a zero d.c. term in each period regardless of pulse width is generated. In various realizations these waveforms may be generated by electronic circuitry without the use of capacitive coupling or may be generated by algorithms. Further aspects include “through-zero” pulse width modulation and zero-centered asymmetric triangle waveforms and use in instrumentation for measurement of a phase angle of an exogenous system or phenomena.
US07830217B1
A vector signal generator with direct RF signal synthesis is disclosed. The vector signal generator comprises an RF signal synthesizer, a switch, and a memory. The RF signal synthesizer is configured for converting baseband IQ signals into a modulated digital RF signal. The RF signal synthesizer is connected to an I input, a Q input, a clock input, a control input, and an output, where the clock input is a clock input of the vector signal generator, the control input is a control input of the vector signal generator, and the output is an RF signal output of the vector signal generator. The switch is configured for selecting a source of IQ signals and is connected to an external I input, an external Q input, a stored signal I input, a stored signal Q input, the control input, an I output, and a Q output. The external I input and external Q input are external IQ inputs to the vector signal generator and the I output and the Q output are connected to the I input and the Q input of the RF signal synthesizer. The memory is configured for storing IQ signals samples, said memory being connected to the control input and having a stored I output, connected to the stored signal I input, and a stored Q output connected to the stored signal Q input.
US07830213B2
A signal generator, a signal generation method, and a communication system using the same are provided. The signal generator includes a plurality of nonlinear elements which are connected in a ring; and a signal distributor which is arranged in the ring to form a closed loop, feeds part of a signal to one of the plurality of the nonlinear elements, and outputs signal generated by one of the plurality of nonlinear elements. The method includes arranging a plurality of nonlinear elements connected in a ring; inputting a signal to one of the nonlinear elements; amplifying the signal; receiving the amplified signal and generating a harmonic component of a frequency; clipping the signal; and feeding part of the signal back to one of the nonlinear elements and outputting a remainder of the signal. The system includes a chaotic signal generator; a signal distributor; a modulator; and a transmission circuit.
US07830209B1
A charge pump power supply for a consumer device audio power stage has an efficiency selected according to signal level. The frequency of operation of the charge pump and/or the effective size of a switching transistor bank is adjusted based upon a volume (gain) setting, or a detected signal level, so that internal power consumption of the charge pump is reduced when high output current is not required from the audio power stage and consequently from the charge pump. Operating modes of the charge pump are selected by the signal level indication and include at least a high power and a high efficiency mode selected by setting the charge pump operating frequency and/or enabling or disabling switching of one or more of multiple parallel transistors used to implement each switching element of the charge pump, thereby setting the level of gate capacitance being charged/discharged by the gate driver circuit(s).
US07830207B2
A differential amplifier circuit 110 composed of an inverter is connected to the power supply voltage VCC and the ground voltage GND through a NMOS transistor 142 and a PMOS transistor 144 respectively. The NMOS transistor 142 is connected to the control signal terminal PS, and the PMOS transistor 144 is connected to control signal terminal PS through an inverter 150. The NMOS transistor 142 and the PMOS transistor 144 are controlled such that they can be simultaneously cut off by a control signal from the control signal terminal PS. In this way, the power consumption of the amplifier is reduced.
US07830205B2
A fuse circuit of a semiconductor integrated apparatus includes first and second fuse blocks. The first fuse block includes a first up fuse block where a first plurality of fuses are arranged and a first down fuse block where a second plurality of fuses are arranged. The second plurality of fuses comprises fewer fuses than the first plurality of fuses. The second fuse block includes a second up fuse block where a third plurality of fuses are arranged, the third plurality of fuses comprising the same number of fuses as the second plurality of fuses, and a second down fuse block that includes a fourth plurality of fuses, the fourth plurality of fuses comprising the same number of fuses as the first plurality of fuses. The first up fuse block is opposite the second up fuse block and the first down fuse block is opposite the second down fuse block.
US07830203B2
A system-on-a-chip and a power gating circuit thereof are provided. The power gating circuit includes a first transistor, a charge pump circuit, and a hold circuit. A gate terminal of the first transistor is controlled by a first input signal. A first source/drain terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a first voltage. A second source/drain terminal of the first transistor outputs an output voltage. The charge pump circuit is coupled to a bulk terminal of the first transistor for changing a bulk voltage of the first transistor according to a second input signal. The hold circuit is coupled to the bulk terminal of the first transistor for holding the bulk voltage of the first transistor.
US07830202B2
The present invention discloses a current mirror circuit generating an output current flowing through an output current path according to an input current flowing through an input current path. The current mirror circuit comprises a P type transistor in the output current path, an operational amplifier, and a basic circuit. The operational amplifier has a negative input coupled to a node receiving the input current, a positive input coupled to a drain of the P type transistor, and an output coupled to a gate of the P type transistor. The basic circuit comprises a first transistor in the input current path and a second transistor in the output current path. The first transistor has a gate and a drain coupled together. The second transistor has a gate coupled to the gate of the first transistor.
US07830194B2
A system and method to establish the lock point of a digital synchronous circuit (e.g., a DLL) at the center of or close to the center of its delay line is disclosed. The synchronous circuit is configured to selectively use either a reference clock or its inverted version as the clock signal input to the delay line based on a relationship among the phases of the reference clock, the inverted reference clock, and a feedback clock (generated at the output of the delay line). A delayed version of the feedback clock may be used during determination of the phase relationship. The selective use of the opposite phase of the reference clock for the input of the delay line results in centralization of the lock point for most cases as well as improvement in the tuning range and the time to establish the initial lock, without requiring an additional delay line.
US07830184B2
A frequency multiplier is disclosed. A plurality of voltage regulators each regulate levels of voltages at first and second common nodes in response to a corresponding one of input signals from a voltage-controlled delay line. An input buffer charges the first node or discharges the second node in response to a feedback signal. An output buffer regulates a level of a voltage at an output node and outputs a frequency-multiplied clock signal and the feedback signal corresponding to the voltage level of the output node. A discharge circuit discharges the first node before a rising edge of each of the input signals from the voltage-controlled delay line is inputted. A charge circuit charges the second node before the rising edge of each of the input signals from the voltage-controlled delay line is inputted.
US07830172B1
Access is provided to user registers of a user design implemented on an integrated circuit (IC). A memory of the IC is initialized with instructions, and a portion of the programmable logic and interconnect resources of the IC is configured to implement an access interface, multiplexer logic, and the user design. A processor is coupled to the programmable logic and interconnect resources and executes the instructions from the memory. The processor receives from an external user interface, via the access interface, an access command. For a read command, the processor reads a value from an identified user register and transmits the value to the external user interface. For a write command, the processor writes a write value specified by the access command to the specified user register via the multiplexer logic. The processor and the user design are both coupled to write to the user registers via the multiplexer logic.
US07830167B2
A pre-emphasis circuit which can improve a communication quality of a data transmission at low cost is provided. A current switch circuit, a current adder circuit, and transition detection circuits are provided in a transmitter of a data transmission system. The transition detection circuits detect transitions of transmission data signals which are a differential pair. The current switch circuit receives the transmission data signals, carries driving currents in accordance with the transmission data signals, and outputs output data signals which are a differential pair. The current adder circuit receives detection signals from the transition detection circuits, and adds driving currents in accordance with the detection signals to load resistors. By this means, output data signals in which the transitions are emphasized are inputted to a transmission line.
US07830164B2
A ducted test socket for thermally testing a device under test (DUT) is provided that can accommodate a large DUT and will improve the thermal transfer efficiency between a precision temperature forcing system (PTFS) and the DUT. The ducted test socket comprises a carrier and a base with opposing, mated cavities and holes. These cavities and holes channel airflow around the entire DUT body and out outlet ports.
US07830158B2
Time-sloped capacitance measuring circuits use the time to ramp voltage signals between reference levels to determine an unknown capacitance, where the ramping time is determined by the cumulative whole number of clock cycles counted during voltage signal ramping over multiple ramp cycles. Measurement resolution can be improved by adjusting a starting voltage level for subsequent voltage signal ramps by an amount that compensates for incremental voltage ramping during a terminal clock cycle of a previous voltage signal ramp.
US07830155B2
A two-wire active sensor interface circuit includes a constant current circuit adapted to be coupled to a two-wire active sensor for receipt of a sensor current signal indicating one of two sensor states. The constant current circuit provides a preselected constant current amount positioned between the two sensor states that vary the sensor current signal thereby generating a current level indicator signal. Additionally, the two-wire active sensor interface circuit includes a digital interface circuit operably coupled to the constant current circuit for receipt of the current level indicator signal and produces an interface output indicating which of the two sensor states is present.
US07830147B2
A radio frequency coil assembly is provided. The radio frequency coil assembly includes: a first radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from a tested body; a second radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from the tested body; and a third radio frequency coil for receiving a magnetic resonance signal from the tested body and having a shape which is different from that of at least one of the first and second radio frequency coils so as to increase a local sensitivity in an image-picked-up region.
US07830142B2
Apparatus comprises a tuning fork having first and second tines, a first magnet disposed on the first tine, and a second magnet disposed on the second tine. In one embodiment the magnets comprise permanent magnets; in another they comprise electromagnets. In a preferred embodiment the magnets have magnetic moments oriented essentially parallel to the axis of the tines and anti-parallel to one another. In operation, the apparatus is made to oscillate at or near its resonant frequency, and in the presence of a magnetic field a parameter of the oscillation (e.g., its frequency, phase or amplitude) is altered in a fashion that allows the magnitude or direction of the magnetic field to be determined. In a preferred embodiment, the tuning fork is disposed within a vacuum enclosure, which increases the Q of the apparatus.
US07830141B2
Coil is made to be disposed with gap opposed to the surface of wafer, and wafer stage is made to move in X and Y direction and R and θ direction. When supplying an alternating current to coil with the frequency swept by impedance analyzer, the magnetic field made to be induced in coil will operate on the conductive film of wafer. By changing a parameter (a frequency or an angle) influencing the skin effect of the conductive film and giving the parameter to coil, the state where a magnetic field is not made to penetrate relatively the film of wafer and the state where the magnetic field is made to penetrate relatively the film can be formed. From the variation of various values corresponding to the eddy current induced based on the change of state influenced by the skin effect of the conductive film, the film thickness of wafer can be measured with sufficient accuracy.
US07830140B2
A method of inspecting a test part is provided. The method includes positioning an eddy current probe on a surface of the test part and scanning the test part using the eddy current probe to generate a first signal corresponding to a no lift-off condition of the test part. The method further includes positioning the eddy current probe at a pre-determined distance from the surface of the test part and scanning the test part using the eddy current probe positioned at the pre-determined distance from the test part to generate a second signal corresponding to a lift-off condition of the test part. The method also includes processing the first and second signals to estimate an electrical conductivity of the test part.
US07830138B2
An indicator element for a magnetic rotation angle sensor having a field probe for generating a sensor signal in response to a geometric position of the indicator element relative to the field probe is disclosed. The indicator element has a permanent magnet with an annular cross-section having a plurality of segments, magnetization of the segments being in different directions so that a homogeneous magnetic field is formed in an inner region of the indicator element into which the field probe is arranged. At least two segments exhibit radial or diametrical magnetization and at least two segments exhibit lateral magnetization.
US07830137B2
A position detecting sensor is equipped with a holder capable of accommodating a sensor member therein on which a magnetic sensor is disposed. A connector formed on an end of the holder is connected to a fitting through a connecting bolt. The fitting is disposed by insertion into a sensor groove of a cylinder apparatus, and after insertion of the fitting into the sensor groove, the holder and the fitting are fastened by the connecting bolt, thereby fixing the holder with respect to the cylinder apparatus.
US07830133B2
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting occupancy in an area using multiple detection technologies (e.g., ultrasound and infrared sensing) to intelligently control switching of plural load circuits whereby one of the circuits is affected by photocell control. A programmable controller implements auto-on, manual-on, reversion to auto-on and override operations with respect to the separately controlled load circuits based on sensor outputs and user inputs. An improved power supply for an occupancy sensor and load control device employs a DC voltage derived from leakage AC voltage between line and ground to drive the sensors and other circuits, and a switching regulator with a switching cycle controlled by a pulse width modulated (PWM) subsystem of the apparatus, allowing synchronous, delayed or exclusive operation relative to the sensing technology such as the US transmitter.
US07830132B2
An output ripple control circuit and method for a PWM system uses a hysteresis threshold to clamp the output ripple of the PWM system such that the output ripple will not vary with the dc level of the output voltage, and therefore the output ripple control may be combined into any main loop technologies.
US07830122B2
A control signal generating circuit used in a battery management system may stably generate a control signal. The control signal generating circuit includes a first signal line transmitting a first control signal having an on-level or an off-level, a second signal line transmitting a second control signal having an on-level or an off-level, and a third signal line transmitting a third control signal having an on-level or an off-level. In addition, the control signal generating circuit includes a transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first signal line and a second electrode applied with the off-level. The transistor electrically connects the first and second electrodes and converts the first control signal into a fourth control signal by being turned on based on the second and third control signals. Finally, the control signal generating circuit includes a circuit unit generating a fifth control signal having the on-level when the second and third control signals are input and have the off-level.
US07830117B2
A distributed charging system for electric and hybrid electric vehicles includes multiple battery packs of different voltages including high voltage battery packs and one or more low voltage battery packs, each having separate and independent charging systems and multiple sources of electric power. Electric power is distributed from the sources of electric power separately to each of the independent charging systems. A drive system for the electric or hybrid electric vehicle includes a stored energy system made up of these multiple battery packs and a master events controller controlling at least one of a) a traction drive system including a motor and controller for receiving driving electric energy from a stored energy system for propulsion of the vehicle, b), an auxiliary power system for recharging the battery packs and c) a vehicle monitoring and control network for controlling the operation of, and monitoring all bus systems in the vehicle.
US07830107B2
A safety device for power window comprises a storage unit for storing the pulse width change rate of continuous pulses detected by a pulse width detector during a window glass raising operation at a reference timing, a calculation unit for calculating the pulse width change rate of continuous pulses detected by the pulse width detector during a window glass raising operation at an operational timing and a control unit for comparing the stored value of a pulse width change rate with the calculated value of a pulse width change rate and driving a motor for raising/lowering window glass in a window opening direction when a total of differences between the both pulse change rates exceeds an allowable value.
US07830105B2
Embedding electrical machines in gas turbine engines has particular advantages by avoiding the need to provide mechanical connections. However, electrical machines such as switched reluctance electrical machines require relatively large electrical capacitors to accommodate and filter voltage variations in the phases of the electrical machine. Generally, the electrical machine will have a motoring period or generating period with a spacer period between. By injecting electrical current as electrical power in the spacer period, there is limited effect upon net torque within the electrical machine or electrical power generation. However, such stored electrical power in an inductive winding element of the electrical machine augments power pulses provided by a power source incorporating an electrical capacitor. In such circumstances, a smaller sized electrical capacitor can be used.
US07830099B2
A system for driving a plurality of lamps comprises a lamp module, an inverter circuit providing currents to the lamp module, an interface for conveying the currents, a splitter, a balance unit, and a fault detecting circuit. The splitter receives the currents provided by the inverter circuit through the interface and distributing the currents to the plurality of lamps. The balance unit balances the currents provided to the plurality of lamps in the lamp module. The fault detecting circuit detects and reports a condition of at least one of the lamps by detecting signals generated from the inverter circuit. The fault detecting circuit receives the signal from a point in the system, such that the fault detecting circuit can detects the signals before the signal undergoes the distributing by the splitter.
US07830097B2
A light emitting diode drives a semiconductor circuit in order to drive a light emitting diode that emits light by applying the output voltage of the rectifier circuit. The light emitting diode includes a switching element connected between the light emitting diode and the ground potential. An input voltage detection circuit detects the output voltage of the rectifier circuit to output a light emitting signal or a extinction signal. A current detection circuit detects the current flowing into the switching element. A control circuit intermittently controls on/off of the switching element at a predetermined oscillating frequency based on the output signal of the current detection circuit while the input voltage detection circuit is outputting the light emitting signal.
US07830094B2
A driver arrangement for LED light sources includes a transformer having primary and secondary winding connections. A first electronic switch (SW1) controls current flow through the primary winding, and a sensing resistor is coupled to the primary winding to produce a current sensing signal. A second electronic switch (SW2) is sensitive to the sensing signal to switch off SW1 as current flow through the primary winding reaches a given threshold. SW1 is thus alternatively turned-on and off in alternating turn-on and switch-off phases to power the LED light source via the secondary winding. SW1 is a field effect transistor, preferably a MOSFET. The transformer is SELV-rated. The sensing resistor may be a variable resistor to adjust the duration of the on/off phases to permit controlled dimming.
US07830093B2
System and method for reducing flicker of compact gas discharge lamps at low lamp light output level
A method for assembling a lamp fixture incorporates a ballast and a compact gas discharge lamp into the fixture. A comparator circuit, clamp circuit, and control circuit are assembled into the ballast such that the comparator circuit compares a measured value of a lamp parameter to a threshold value and provides a signal indicative of the comparison; the clamp circuit receives the clamp signal and provides a clamp signal in accordance therewith; and the control circuit, in accordance with the clamp signal, controls the lamp such that the light level of the lamp can be lowered without perceptible flicker.
US07830089B2
The invention relates to an electronic device comprising a layer structure of organic layers, wherein said layer structure comprises a p-n-junction between an n-type doped organic layer provided as an organic matrix material doped with an n-type dopant and a p-type doped organic layer provided as a further organic matrix material doped with a p-type dopant, and wherein the n-type dopant and the p-type dopant both are molecular dopants, a reduction potential of the p-type dopant is equal or larger than about 0 V vs. Fc/Fc+, and an oxidation potential of the n-type dopant is equal or smaller than about −1.5 V vs. Fc/Fc+.
US07830085B2
White light-emitting electrophosphorescent polymeric light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) are demonstrated using semiconducting polymers blended with organometallic emitters as emissive materials in a common region. These materials may be cast from solution. The CIE coordinates, the color temperatures and the color rendering indices of the white emission are insensitive to the brightness, applied voltage and applied current density.
US07830071B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus system and method for power harvesting on roads and highways using piezoelectric generator. The invention is to provide a system and a method for power harvesting comprising a plurality of piezoelectric devices embedded in a road and configured to produce electrical power when a vehicle traverses their locations. The system includes a power conditioning unit and electrical conductors connecting said piezoelectric to said power conditioning unit. Harvested energy may be used locally in proximity to the energy generation location, stored for later use or transferred to be used in remote location.
US07830069B2
An ultrasonic transducer comprises a stack having a first face, an opposed second face and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The stack comprises a plurality of layers, each layer having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, wherein the plurality of layers of the stack comprises a piezoelectric layer and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is connected to the piezoelectric layer and defines an opening extending a second predetermined length in a direction substantially parallel to the axis of the stack. A plurality of first kerf slots are defined therein the stack, each first kerf slot extending a predetermined depth therein the stack and a first predetermined length in a direction substantially parallel to the axis. The first predetermined length of each first kerf slot is at least as long as the second predetermined length of the opening defined by the dielectric layer and is shorter than the longitudinal distance between the first face and the opposed second face of the stack in a lengthwise direction substantially parallel to the axis.
US07830053B2
A motor includes a stator core that forms a magnetic path and has a plurality of tooth parts along a circumferential direction; a tooth provided in each tooth part to wind a coil there around; and an extension part alternated with the tooth part along a circumferential direction of the stator core, convexly extending to an inner radial direction.
US07830048B2
The present invention relates to a micro motor including a hub, a rib structure, an inner ring, an outer ring and at least two micro actuators, in which a top edge of the hub is projected outwardly to form a top lid, a plurality of bumps are provided between the rib structure and the top lid, and protruded limiting parts are disposed between the wall of the inner hole of the rib structure and the outer periphery of the hub so that the rib structure is in point contact with the hub and the top lid. Therefore, when the micro actuators drive the rib structure, the inner ring and the outer ring to rotate, mutual abrasion among those parts can be reduced to prolong the lifespan of the micro motor.
US07830044B2
A power switch circuit includes a connector connected to a power supply, a detecting circuit, a first switch circuit, and a first conversion circuit. The connector is connected to the detecting circuit and connected to a first power terminal of a motherboard. The connector is connected to a second power terminal of the motherboard via the first conversion circuit and the first switch circuit, the detecting circuit outputs a corresponding control signal according to a type of the power supply to turn the first switch circuit and the first conversion circuit on or off to supply power for the motherboard.
US07830040B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for fabricating and constructing solid dielectric “Coiled Transmission Line” pulse generators in radial or axial coiled geometries. The pour and cure fabrication process enables a wide variety of geometries and form factors. The volume between the conductors is filled with liquid blends of monomers, polymers, oligomers, and/or cross-linkers and dielectric powders; and then cured to form high field strength and high dielectric constant solid dielectric transmission lines that intrinsically produce ideal rectangular high voltage pulses when charged and switched into matched impedance loads. Voltage levels may be increased by Marx and/or Blumlein principles incorporating spark gap or, preferentially, solid state switches (such as optically triggered thyristors) which produce reliable, high repetition rate operation. Moreover, these Marxed pulse generators can be DC charged and do not require additional pulse forming circuitry, pulse forming lines, transformers, or an a high voltage spark gap output switch. The apparatus accommodates a wide range of voltages, impedances, pulse durations, pulse repetition rates, and duty cycles. The resulting mobile or flight platform friendly cylindrical geometric configuration is much more compact, light-weight, and robust than conventional linear geometries, or pulse generators constructed from conventional components. Installing additional circuitry may accommodate optional pulse shape improvements. The Coiled Transmission Lines can also be connected in parallel to decrease the impedance, or in series to increase the pulse length.
US07830039B2
Methods and systems for automatically and/or locally adjusting power-valid detection. In one class of embodiments, local power-on-reset circuits are included in individual power islands; in another class of embodiments, the power-on-reset circuit is automatically reprogrammed, depending on the detected interface voltage level, to use the same circuitry for power-valid detection in either case.
US07830036B2
A power electronics device with an improved pre-charge circuit configuration is provided. More specifically, the input of the motor drive module may accept an AC or DC source voltage. In this way, the pre-charge circuit of the motor drive module may be utilized whether the motor drive is coupled to an AC or DC source.
US07830019B2
A method of fabricating a device includes depositing a electromigration (EM) resistive material in an etched trench formed in a substrate and a wiring layer. The EM resistive material is formed in electrical contact with an underlying diffusion barrier layer and wiring layer. The method further includes forming a via structure in electrical contact with the EM resistive material and the wiring layer. The method results in a structure which prevents an open circuit.
US07830015B2
The present memory device include first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes, and an active layer between the first and second electrodes and into which ions from the passive layer may be provided, and from which the ions may be provided into the passive layer. The active layer is made up of a base material and an impurity therein. The combined the material and impurity have a lower diffusion coefficient than the base material alone.
US07830009B2
A semiconductor package is disclosed that includes a semiconductor device; a circuit board; and a connection mechanism including a first conductive terminal provided on the semiconductor device, and a second conductive terminal provided on the circuit board side, the connection mechanism electrically connecting the semiconductor device and the circuit board via the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal. At least one of the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal of the connection mechanism includes one or more carbon nanotubes each having one end thereof fixed to the surface of the at least one of the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal, and extending in a direction away from the surface. The first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal engage each other through the carbon nanotubes.
US07830007B2
A semiconductor device includes n1 first interconnects (n is an integer larger than one) respectively formed on first electrodes and extending over a first resin protrusion, and n2 second interconnects (n2
US07830005B2
An integrated circuit includes: a substrate; and a bond pad array on the substrate. The bond pad array includes: a row of inner bond pads, each inner bond pad positioned with respect to a plurality of inner pad openings; a plurality of first inner metal layers respectively coupled to the inner bond pads for transmitting signals between the inner pads and an internal circuit, where at least one first inner metal layer has a width less than a width of a corresponding inner bond pad; a row of outer bond pads, staggered with respect to the row of inner bond pads; and a plurality of first outer metal layers respectively coupled to the outer bond pads for transmitting signals between the outer pads and the internal circuit, where at least one inner bond pad overlaps adjacent first outer metal layers.
US07829995B2
A semiconductor device includes a first die pad, a first semiconductor chip provided on the first die pad, a second die pad, a second semiconductor chip provided on the second die pad, and a sealing resin made of a first resin material, sealing the first die pad, the first semiconductor chip, the second die pad and the second semiconductor chip. A lower surface of the first semiconductor chip is connected to the first die pad. A first portion of a lower surface of the second semiconductor chip is connected to the second die pad, and a second portion not connected to the second die pad of the lower surface of the second semiconductor chip is connected to an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip via a second resin material different from the first resin material.
US07829992B2
A semiconductor device (100) comprises a first resin substrate (101) on which a first semiconductor chip (125) is mounted a surface thereof; a second resin substrate (111) on which a second semiconductor chip (131) is mounted on a surface thereof; and a resin base material (109), joined to a front surface of the first resin substrate (101) and to a back surface of the second resin substrate (111), so that these surfaces are electrically connected. The resin base material (109) is disposed in a circumference of the first resin substrate (101) in the surface of the first resin substrate (101). Further, the first semiconductor chip (125) is disposed in a space section provided among the first resin substrate (101), the second resin substrate (111) and the resin base material (109) in the surface of the first resin substrate (101).
US07829988B2
Pre-molded component packages that may be as thin as a leadframe for a semiconductor die, systems using the same, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The leads of an exemplary package are exposed at both surfaces at the leadframe. The packages may be stacked upon one another and electrically coupled at the exposed portions of their leads.
US07829984B2
An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a finger lead having a side with an outward exposed area and an inward exposed area separated by a lead cavity; positioning a chip adjacent the finger lead and connected to the finger lead; and a stack encapsulant encapsulating the chip and the finger lead with the outward exposed area and the inward exposed area of the finger lead substantially exposed.
US07829981B2
Described herein are semiconductor device packages with EMI shielding and related methods. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device package includes: (1) a substrate unit defining a cut-out portion disposed adjacent to a periphery of the substrate unit; (2) a grounding element disposed in the cut-out portion and at least partially extending between an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate unit; (3) a semiconductor device disposed adjacent to the upper surface of the substrate unit and electrically connected to the substrate unit; (4) a package body disposed adjacent to the upper surface of the substrate unit and covering the semiconductor device and the grounding element; and (5) an EMI shield disposed adjacent to exterior surfaces of the package body. The EMI shield is electrically connected to a connection surface of the grounding element, such that the grounding element provides an electrical pathway to ground electromagnetic emissions incident upon the EMI shield.
US07829978B2
An N-MOS and/or P-MOS device having enhanced performance such as an FET suitable for use in a CMOS circuit. The device comprises both an “L-like” shaped layer or spacer on the side walls of a gate structure as well as a CESL (contact-etch stop layer) that covers the gate structure and surrounding substrate to induce increase tensile stresses in the N-MOS device and increased compressive stresses in the P-MOS device.
US07829962B2
A method for manufacturing magnetic field detection devices comprises the operations of manufacturing a magneto-resistive element comprising regions with metallic conduction and regions with semi-conductive conduction. The method comprises the following operations: forming metallic nano-particles to obtain regions with metallic conduction; providing a semiconductor substrate; and applying metallic nano-particles to the porous semiconductor substrate to obtain a disordered mesoscopic structure. A magnetic device comprises a spin valve, which comprises a plurality of layers arranged in a stack which in turn comprises at least one free magnetic layer able to be associated to a temporary magnetisation (MT), a spacer layer and a permanent magnetic layer associated to a permanent magnetisation (MP). The spacer element is obtained by means of a mesoscopic structure of nanoparticles in a metallic matrix produced in accordance with the inventive method for manufacturing magneto-resistive elements.
US07829960B2
A semiconductor pressure sensor includes: a first substrate; a buried insulating film laminated on the first substrate; a second substrate laminated on the buried insulating film; a plurality of electrodes including a lower electrode and at least two upper electrodes, the lower electrode being formed on the second substrate; and a piezoelectric film laminated on the lower electrode and having the upper electrodes formed thereon. In the sensor, there is removed at least a portion of a region of the first substrate corresponding to a region of the second substrate including the piezoelectric film and the electrodes.
US07829957B2
A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET and can facilitate control of the Vth in an E-FET and suppress a decrease in the Vf, and a manufacturing method of the same are provided. A semiconductor device which includes both an E-FET and a D-FET on the same semiconductor substrate includes: a first threshold adjustment layer for adjusting threshold of the E-FET; a first etching stopper layer formed on the first threshold adjustment layer; the second threshold adjustment layer formed on the first etching stopper layer for adjusting threshold of the D-FET; a second etching stopper layer formed on the second threshold adjustment layer; a first gate electrode penetrating through the first etching stopper layer, the second threshold adjustment layer, and the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the first threshold adjustment layer; and the second gate electrode penetrating through the second etching stopper layer, which is in contact with the second threshold adjustment layer.
US07829946B2
A semiconductor device including a MOSFET has a plurality of transistor cell regions disposed on a semiconductor substrate and a Schottky cell region disposed between the plurality of transistor cell regions. Each transistor cell region has a plurality of first trenches disposed in a main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a well region between the plurality of first trenches, a first gate insulating film and a first gate electrode of the MOSFET in each first trench, and a source region of the MOSFET in each well region. The Schottky cell region has a plurality of second trenches disposed in the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second gate insulating film and a second gate electrode of the MOSFET in each second trench, gate lead-out wiring connected to each second gate electrode, and a plurality of guard ring regions enclosing the respective second trenches.
US07829941B2
A novel integration scheme for forming power MOSFET, particularly forming salicides for both gate and mesa contact regions, as well as using multiple energy contact implants through the salicided layer to form conductive body contacts which short to the source region by the salicides.
US07829938B2
Non-volatile memory devices and arrays are described that utilize dual gate (or back-side gate) non-volatile memory cells with band engineered gate-stacks that are placed above or below the channel region in front-side or back-side charge trapping gate-stack configurations in NAND memory array architectures. The band-gap engineered gate-stacks with asymmetric or direct tunnel barriers of the floating node memory cells of embodiments of the present invention allow for low voltage tunneling programming and efficient erase with electrons and holes, while maintaining high charge blocking barriers and deep carrier trapping sites for good charge retention. The memory cell architecture also allows for improved high density memory devices or arrays with the utilization of reduced feature word lines and vertical select gates.
US07829934B2
A flash memory device has a resistivity measurement pattern and method of forming the same. A trench is formed in an isolation film in a Self-Aligned Floating Gate (SAFG) scheme. The trench is buried to form a resistivity measurement floating gate. This allows the resistivity of the floating gate to be measured even in the SAFG scheme. Contacts for resistivity measurement are directly connected to the resistivity measurement floating gate. Therefore, variation in resistivity measurement values, which is incurred by the parasitic interface, can be reduced.
US07829933B2
A write and erase method of a semiconductor memory device includes a floating gate type transistor having a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a floating gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a control gate electrode opposing the floating gate electrode with a hollow portion being sandwiched therebetween. A capacitance between the semiconductor substrate and the control gate electrode is controlled by one of an operation of forming, in the hollow portion, an electrical path which electrically connects the floating gate electrode and the control gate electrode, and an operation of eliminating the electrical path.
US07829931B2
Non-volatile memory devices include a substrate with first and second semiconductor active regions therein. These active regions are separated from each other by a trench isolation region, which has a recess therein that extends along its length. First and second floating gate electrodes are provided. These first and second floating gate electrodes extend on the first and second semiconductor active regions, respectively. A control electrode is provided that extends between the first and second floating gate electrodes and into the recess in the trench isolation region. The recess in the trench isolation region is sufficiently deep so that the control electrode, which extends into the recess, operates to reduce (e.g., block) a parasitic coupling capacitance between the first and second floating gate electrodes.
US07829929B2
A non-volatile memory device has improved operating characteristics. The non-volatile memory device includes an active region; a wordline formed on the active region to cross the active region; and a charge trapping layer interposed between the active region and the wordline, wherein a cross region of the active region and the wordline includes an overlap region in which the charge trapping layer is disposed and a non-overlap region in which the charge trapping layer is not disposed.
US07829926B2
A demultiplexer using transistors for accessing memory cell arrays. The demultiplexer includes (a) a substrate; (b) 2N semiconductor regions which are parallel to one another and run in a first direction; (c) first N gate electrode lines, which (i) run in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, (ii) are electrically insulated from the 2N semiconductor regions, and (iii) are disposed between the first plurality of memory cells and the contact region; (d) a contact region; (e) a first plurality of memory cells. An intersection transistor exists at each of intersections between the first N gate electrode lines and the 2N semiconductor regions. In response to pre-specified voltage potentials being applied to the contact region and the first N gate electrode lines, memory cells of the first plurality of memory cells disposed on only one of the 2N semiconductor regions are selected.
US07829925B2
In a conventional semiconductor device, an excessive etching occurs in a section where an opening for contact plug is formed, causing a damage to a diffusion layer located under the opening.A semiconductor device 1 includes a region D1 for forming an electric circuit, and a seal ring 30 (guard ring) that surrounds the region D1 for forming the electric circuit. A DRAM 40 is formed in the region D1 for forming the electric circuit. Interlayer insulating films 22, 24, 26 and 28 are formed on a semiconductor substrate 10. The seal ring 30 is formed in the interlayer insulating films 22, 24, 26 and 28, and at least a portion there of is located spaced apart from the semiconductor substrate 10.
US07829924B2
A trench isolation surrounding the lateral sides of an active region of a P-channel MIS transistor PTr and a trench isolation surrounding the lateral sides of an active region of an N-channel MIS transistor NTr have different film qualities.
US07829917B1
The present invention provides a layout for a self-aligned semiconductor device, comprising an emitter mesa structure having an emitter electrode, and a base region that is comprised of a base electrode, with the base electrode deposited along crystal planes of the emitter mesa structure that undercut when the emitter mesa structure is etched, while avoiding depositing of the base electrode along crystal planes of the emitter mesa structure that do not undercut when the emitter mesa structure is etched. This allows the emitter electrode and the base electrode to self-align along the crystal planes that the emitter mesa structure undercuts when etched, and be isolated along the crystal planes that the emitter mesa structure does not undercut when etched. The present invention further provides dual interconnects mechanism and for connecting external circuitry to various semiconductor layers.
US07829914B2
There are provided a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a buffer layer on a sapphire substrate, wherein the buffer layer includes a plurality of layers having different lattice constants, a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an active layer on the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer on the active layer.
US07829911B2
At an upper part of au AIGaInP based compound semiconductor layer including an active layer 14 sandwiched by a lower cladding layer 13 and an upper cladding layer 15, a circular electrode 19 for wire bonding and cross-shaped branch electrodes 18 for current spreading connected to the circular electrode 19 arc formed. A contact electrode 17 for current injection is connected to the branch electrodes 18 for current spreading. An interface contact electrode 12 for current injection is provided under the AIGaInP based compound semiconductor layer. A light reflection mirror layer 10 is provided under the interface contact electrode 12 for current injection. The interface contact electrode 12 for current injection is provided right under an outer periphery of the electrode 19 for wire bonding or under a region in vicinity of the outer periphery of the electrode 19 for wire bonding.
US07829909B2
A light emitting diode (LED) may be disclosed. The LED may include a light-emitting side. The LED may also include a first electrode disposed on the light-emitting side. The LED may also include a second electrode. The LED may also include a semiconductor element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The LED may also include a metal support element disposed between the semiconductor element and the second electrode. The metal support element may be configured to provide structural support for the LED.
US07829908B2
Solid-state image sensors are disclosed that include an optical unit which separates incident light into a plurality of color elements, an optical receiving unit which converts each of the color elements separated by the optical unit to an electrical signal and an anti-reflection film having a high-refractive-index layer with a refractive index of 1.7 or higher and a low-refractive-index layer with a refractive index of less than 1.7. The anti-reflection film is between the optical unit for each of color elements and the optical receiving unit, on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the high-refractive-index layer and the low-refractive-index layer corresponds to at least one color element of the plurality of color elements and includes two or more layers. With such sensors it is possible to suppress the variation in sensitivity for each color.
US07829899B2
In one embodiment, a single light emitting diode lamp package includes at least two light emitting devices that can be switched independently of one another and thus may be useful in vehicular lighting applications, for example low and high beam headlights. In another embodiment, a LED device includes a first LED die and at least one additional LED die disposed at different positions within a common reflector cup. Multiple LED sub-assemblies may be mounted to a common lead frame along non-coincident principal axes. Methods for varying intensity or color from multi-LED lamps are further provided.
US07829892B2
An integrated circuit including a gate electrode is disclosed. One embodiment provides a transistor including a first source/drain electrode and a second source/drain electrode. A channel is arranged between the first and the second source/drain electrode in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is arranged adjacent the channel layer and is electrically insulated from the channel layer. A semiconductor substrate electrode is provided on a rear side. The gate electrode encloses the channel layer at least two opposite sides.
US07829887B2
An OLED display device includes a plurality of pixels including sub-pixels arranged along a first direction, the sub-pixels being arranged in an order emitting red, green, and blue lights along the first direction or in a reverse order, wherein an arrangement of colors of light emitted from sub-pixels of one pixel is symmetrical to an arrangement of colors of light emitted from sub-pixels of an adjacent pixel, and wherein a light emitting layer of the sub-pixel emitting red light includes a light emitting layer emitting red light and a light emitting layer emitting green light, a light emitting layer of the sub-pixel emitting green light includes a light emitting layer emitting green light, and a light emitting layer of the sub-pixel emitting blue light includes a light emitting layer emitting blue light and a light emitting layer emitting green light.
US07829881B2
A semiconductor light emitting device including a first electrode contact layer, an active layer formed on the first electrode contact layer, a second electrode contact layer formed on the active layer, and a first roughness layer formed on at least one of the first and second electrode contact layers.
US07829878B2
A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate to cover a lower electrode, a side-wall insulating film formed on a side wall of a contact hole formed through the interlayer insulating film to a depth reaching the lower electrode, a heater formed in the interior of the contact hole defined by the side-wall insulating film, and a phase-change film in contact with the top surface of the heater. The heater is in contact with the lower electrode at the bottom surface within the contact hole, and the top surface thereof is located at a lower level than that of the top surface of the side-wall insulating film. The top surface of the heater is located at a lower level than the top surface of the side-wall insulating film by an extent equal to or greater than a thickness of the phase-change film.
US07829874B2
A universal self-contained proximity sensor for attachment to any night-vision device that does not have such a sensor or for replacement of the existing sensor. The proposed sensor has a cable with a connection cap that connects terminal contacts of the sensor with the master battery of the night-vision device and can be mechanically connected to the master-battery compartment of the night-vision device by replacing the existing cap of mastery-battery compartment. The sensor can be attached to any selected area on the surface of the night-vision device by means of tiny hooks and loops known under trademark Velcro®. This attachment is carried out with the use of two parts, one of which is adhesively attached to the substrate of the sensor and the other to the housing of the night-vision device, while both parts engage through the aforementioned tiny hooks and loops.
US07829872B2
An analyte for atomic spectrometry detection is prepared by introducing an aerosol of the analyte into a chamber, and irradiating the aerosol with ultraviolet light in the presence of a low molecular weight organic acid or other suitable photoactivatable ligand donor species to create vapor containing the analyte. The vapor containing the analyte is extracted from the chamber and used for atomic spectrometry detection.
US07829869B2
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing forged documents of value, wherein the documents of value are illuminated with clocked excitation light of a light source. Within the bright phase of the excitation light a first luminescence intensity is detected, within the dark phase a second luminescence intensity. Because of the afterglow of the light pulses there is a residual fluorescence, which distorts the luminescence intensity in the dark phase. By linking the second luminescence intensity with the first luminescence intensity, e.g. by subtracting a scaled first luminescence intensity, a corrected second luminescence intensity is determined, which substantially corresponds to the phosphorescence signal of the document of value.
US07829865B2
An electrostatic deflector that can be manufactured easily and very accurately without using a member for positioning is provided. After multiple slits 81d to 88d have been formed in the same direction as that of the bus bar of an approximately conical electrode material 100 whose large-diameter section is formed with flange portions 81a to 88a for installation on an insulator 90, each of the flange portions is coupled with the insulator 90, then the electrode material 100 is cut along extension lines of the slits 81d to 88d, and thus, multiple electrode members electrically isolated from one another are formed.
US07829859B2
Power supply switches are disposed on respective side walls of a casing of a radiation detecting cassette, which are held out of contact with a patient when a radiation image of the patient is captured. When a surgeon or a radiological technician turns one of the power supply switches on or off, a battery starts or stops supplying electric power to a radiation detector, a cassette controller, and a transceiver.
US07829849B2
A device (6) for separating ions according to differences in their ion mobility as a function of electric field strength is disclosed. The device (6) comprises an upper electrode (7a), a lower electrode (7b) and a plurality of intermediate electrodes (8). An asymmetric voltage waveform is applied to the upper electrode (7a) and a DC compensating voltage is applied to the lower electrode (7b).
US07829847B2
The present invention relates to electrospray emitters that have a rigid substrate layer, a second layer, a channel formed in one of the rigid substrate layer and an exit orifice in flow communication with the channel. The second layer is attached to the first layer. The exit orifice is capable of holding an electric charge. The electrospray emitter may be used with such devices as a mass spectrometer, a colloidal thruster or an ion mobility device. Additionally, it may be used to coat a surface.
US07829843B2
A method of selecting ions includes generating a group of ions, accelerating the group of ions through a flight region towards an electronic mass selector grid, and selectively varying a voltage applied to the electronic mass selector grid, such that only a selected subset of the group of ions passes through the grid. An apparatus for selecting ions includes an ion generator, an ion accelerator for accelerating ions into a flight region, and an electronic mass selector grid responsive to an applied voltage to pass a subset of the ions from the flight region. An apparatus for detecting a threat molecule includes an ion generator for generating ions from a mixed gas stream, an ion accelerator for accelerating the ions into a flight region, and an electronic mass selector grid. The grid passes only a subset of the ions, such as ions and/or ionized fragments of the threat molecule.
US07829834B2
Provided are a low-voltage image sensor and a method of driving a transfer transistor thereof, which are obtained by changing the structure and driving method of a typical transfer transistor of a 4-transistor CMOS transistor, and can eliminate the influence of a voltage or physical structure of a diffusion node on a reset or transfer operation of a photodiode. The image sensor includes a light receiving device for detecting light and a signal conversion unit for reading photocharge generated by the light receiving device to an external circuit. The signal conversion unit includes a transfer transistor including at least two gate electrodes. When the photocharge is transferred to a channel of a transfer gate electrode disposed closest to a photodiode, a transfer gate electrode disposed adjacent to a diffusion node remains turned off.
US07829829B2
A grid fin control system for a fluid-borne body includes a nozzle extension, an optional stabilization device, and a plurality of grid fins. The grid fins are stowable folded against the nozzle extension and deployable to extend radially outwardly.
US07829827B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating.
US07829819B2
A method for securing a component to a tank includes forming the tank having a wall of multiple layers of polymer material with an opening in the wall, outer layers of polymer, and an inner layer of polymer having an inner surface whose color is dark relative to a natural color of the outer layers. The component is formed with a mounting surface of polymer. The tube wall opening is used to install the component in the tank such that the mounting surface contacts the inner surface. Energy is transmitted onto an area of a surface of the tank wall where the mounting surface contacts the inner surface. The transmitted energy is use to produce a weld between the mounting surface and the tank wall.
US07829815B2
A adjustable upper coil or electrode for a reaction chamber apparatus useable in semiconductor processing, is constructed so that its shape may be selectively changed or so at least two portions thereof may be selectively driven at different power and/or frequencies. The adjustable upper coil or electrode, therefore, enables the plasma density distribution in the reaction chamber apparatus to be selectively controlled.
US07829808B2
An accessory assembly is provided for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes a housing. The accessory assembly includes at least one accessory and a mounting member structured to mount such accessory within the housing of the circuit breaker. The mounting member includes at least one mounting portion. Such mounting portion receives and secures a corresponding one of the at least one accessory, without a number of separate fasteners. The corresponding accessory is removable from such mounting portion, without a number of separate tools. The at least one mounting portion may be a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, and the at least one accessory may be a plurality of primary accessories coupled to the first mounting portion, and a number of secondary accessories coupled to the second mounting portion.
US07829806B2
The present invention provides a flowswitch for installing in piping, featuring a flowswitch base having an inner cavity; a pivot rod being arranged for rotating in the flowswitch base, the pivot rod having a pair of O-ring grooves; a paddle arm being coupled to the pivot rod inside the cavity, for moving in response to fluid flowing in the piping and rotating the pivot arm; lubricating O-rings being installed onto the pivot rod with each O-ring arranged in a respective O-ring groove for providing a respective seal between fluid being sensed and the outside environment and acting as a bearing on which the pivot rod rotates when the paddle arm moves, the grooves acting to holding the O-rings in place on the pivot arm in response to pressurized fluid flowing in the piping; and an actuating arm being coupled between the pivot arm and the pivot rod for actuating a switch when the pivot arm rotates.
US07829804B2
A rolling-ball switch is adapted to be fixed on a circuit board, and includes a conductive housing defining a receiving space and having two opposite open ends, two conductive balls disposed movably in the receiving space, two insulation caps covering respectively the open ends to confine the conductive balls in the receiving space, and two terminals connected fixedly and respectively to the insulation caps. The receiving space has first and second widths along first and second directions that are perpendicular to each other. The first width is larger than the sum of diameters of the conductive balls, the second width is larger than the diameter of each conductive ball, and the diameter of each conductive ball is larger than a distance between an inner section of the respective terminal that extends into the receiving space and an inner wall of the conductive housing.
US07829799B2
Manufacturing of miniaturised three-dimensional electric components are presented, as well as components manufactured by the methods. The manufacturing methods comprise micro-replication of at least one master structure, e.g. via a mould structure, in at least one polymer layer onto which layer at least one conductive path is provided.
US07829793B2
An additive process disk drive suspension interconnect, and method therefor is provided. The interconnect has a metal grounding layer of typically stainless steel or copper metallized stainless steel, a metal conductive layer and an insulative layer between the metal grounding layer and the conductive metal layer. A circuit component such as a slider is electrically connected to the conductive layer along a grounding path from the circuit component and the conductive layer to the metal grounding layer through an aperture in the insulative layer. For improved electrical connection a tie layer is provided through the insulative layer onto the grounding layer in bonding relation with the ground layer. A conductor is deposited onto both the conductive metal layer and the tie layer in conductive metal layer and tie layer bonding relation, and the circuit component is thus bonded to the grounding layer by the conductor.
US07829792B2
A fire-resistant safety cable may include at least two electrical conductors separated from each other by at least one space. The cable may include a common insulating layer surrounding the at least two electrical conductors, the common insulating layer being formed from at least one polymeric material that is adapted to be converted, at least on a surface of the at least one polymeric material, to a ceramic state at high temperatures in a fire. The cable may include an outer jacket. The outer jacket may surround the common insulating layer. The cable may have, in cross-section, at least two substantially plane faces that are substantially parallel to a plane in which axes of the at least two electrical conductors lie. A process for manufacturing the cable may include feeding the at least two electrical conductors into an extrusion head and extruding the at least one polymeric material over them.
US07829784B2
A fabrication method of a solar battery includes at least an aluminum electrode formation step of applying, drying and baking aluminum paste on at least a portion of the back side of a solar cell to form an aluminum electrode, and a cooling step of cooling the solar cell having an aluminum electrode formed at an atmosphere temperature of not more than 10° C., after the aluminum electrode formation step. Accordingly, a solar battery having warping reduced without degrading the electric characteristics, reliability and appearance, and a fabrication method thereof are provided.
US07829782B2
To provide an easy-to-manufacture, high-quality photovoltaic conversion device and an optical power generator and also to provide a manufacturing method with high production efficiency.To realize these, a photovoltaic conversion device is manufactured by a manufacturing method of a photovoltaic conversion device comprising steps of: (1) joining a lot of semiconductor particles 10 to a substrate 1; (2) forming a protective film 6 comprised of an oxide film, nitriding film, or oxynitriding film of a semiconductor constituting the semiconductor particle 10 on the surface of the semiconductor particle 10 except the junction where the semiconductor article 10 is joined to the substrate1; (3) forming an insulator 4 in a lower part between the adjoining semiconductor particles 10 on the substrate 1; (4) removing an upper part of the protective film 6 to allow an upper part of the semiconductor particle 10 to be exposed; and (5) forming an upper electrode 5 on the surface of the exposed upper part (connection area S) of the semiconductor particle 10 and the surface of the insulator 4.
US07829777B2
A music displaying apparatus stores in advance music piece related information concerning a music piece, and a plurality of comparison parameters which is associated with the music piece related information. The music displaying apparatus obtains voice data concerning singing of a user, analyzes the voice data to calculate a plurality of singing characteristic parameters which indicate a characteristic of the singing of the user. Next, the music displaying apparatus compares the plurality of singing characteristic parameters with the plurality of comparison parameters to calculate a similarity between the plurality of singing characteristic parameters and the plurality of comparison parameters. Then, the music displaying apparatus selects at least one piece of the music piece related information which is associated with a comparison parameter which has a high similarity with the singing characteristic parameter, and shows certain information based on the music piece related information.
US07829775B2
A novel display and storage hanger for a musical instrument, and particularly, a guitar which provides for user unobtrusive, secure mounting at a selected angular rotation to achieve a desired display or storage position.
US07829774B2
A musical instrument slide including a body portion and a light source. The light source includes a switch for selective activation, enabling the slide body to emit light when activated. As the musician moves the slide across the strings as the instrument, such as a guitar, is played, a visual effect is created by the movement of the light. The body portion preferably is constructed of a material to pass light therethrough, and can be either wholly or partially clear or translucent, or a combination of both. Alternatively or in addition to the light source, the slide body can include an eccentric motor that causes the slide body to vibrate. This vibration, in turn, causes vibration of the guitar strings, or other string instrument, as the slide is positioned on the strings, or moved along the strings, by the musician.
US07829766B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated PM 2141 B2RF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety PM 2141 B2RF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety PM 2141 B2RF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety PM 2141 B2RF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07829763B2
Heat tolerant broccoli plants and seed produced therefrom are described. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are capable of producing a commercially acceptable broccoli head under heat stress growth conditions. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are exemplified by seeds deposited with the American Type Culture Collection and having ATCC Accession numbers: 203530, 203531, 203532, and 203533.
US07829756B2
An apparatus for cleansing wounds, in which wound exudate is removed from a wound bed and selectively cleansed and returned to the wound. The cleansing means removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The associated wound dressing and cleansing means are conformable to the wound, and may have irrigant fluid circulated from a reservoir by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing.
US07829746B2
A process for the preparation of calcipotriol at least including: (a) reacting a C-22 phenylsulfonyl derivative of cholecalciferol of Formula 2, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydroxyl protecting groups, with a silyl derivative of alfa-hydroxy aldehyde of Formula 3, wherein R3 represents silyl group of formula Si(R4)(R5)(R6), where R4-R6 are the same or different and represent C1-6 alkyl or phenyl groups, in the presence of a strong organic base in an aprotic solvent, followed by reductive desulfonation of the obtained diastereomeric mixture of alfa-hydroxysulfones with sodium amalgam, removal of the hydroxyl protecting groups, and purification of the product. The process leads to the formation of calcipotriol containing less than 0.3% of the (22Z)-isomer. The obtained calcipotriol is free of mercury traces.
US07829737B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) that are useful for modulating the biological activity of the protein tyrosine phosphatase-1b (PTP1B) enzyme. Compounds of this invention can be used to treat diseases and/or conditions in which the PTP1B enzyme is a factor. Such diseases and/or conditions include, but are not limited to, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, inadequate glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, low HDL levels, atherosclerosis, vascular restenosis, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, adipose cell tumors, adipose cell carcinoma, liposarcoma, dyslipidemia, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US07829734B2
An asymmetric siloxane is made by reacting a silicone having the formula MHDxM′H where MH is R1R2HSiO1/2, M′H is R4R5HSiO1/2 and x is an integer 0≦x≦10 under selective hydrosilylation conditions in the presence of a precious metal hydrosilylation catalyst, with a first olefinic compound an in a second step, a monohydridosiloxane produced in the first step is reacted under hydrosilylating conditions with another olefinic compound different from the first olefinic compound.
US07829730B2
The present invention provides a process for producing a methylene disulfonate compound in a simple manner at low cost.The present invention provides a process for producing a methylene disulfonate compound represented by General Formula (2) comprising: reacting, in the presence of a dehydrating agent, a formaldehyde compound with a sulfonic acid compound represented by General Formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group whose hydrogen atom may be substituted with halogen atom; n is an integer from 1 to 4; and when n is an integer from 2 to 4, n R1s and n R2s may be the same or different: wherein, R1, R2, and n are the same as those described above for General Formula (1).
US07829728B2
This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, Ar1, Ar2, E, a, b, c and z are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate or stereoisomer thereof. The compounds of this invention possess both β2 adrenergic receptor agonist and muscarinic receptor antagonist activity and therefore, such compounds are useful for treating pulmonary disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
US07829726B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing sertaconazole mononitrate. The invention also relates teserta-conazole mononitrate that is characterized by it: particle size and to sertaconazole mononitrate monohydrate.
US07829719B2
N-Substituted sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US07829717B2
Compounds represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein A, Q, Y, R5, m and J are defined herein, are useful in the treatment of tumors and cancers such as mastocytosis/mast cell leukemia, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), germ cell tumors, small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), sinonasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, testicular cancer (seminoma), thyroid carcinoma, malignant melanoma, ovarian carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), breast carcinoma, pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, neuroblastoma, mast cell leukemia, angiosarcoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, endometrial carcinoma, and prostate carcinoma.
US07829711B2
The instant invention provides crystalline materials of 1-(4-benzoyl-piperazin-1-yl)-2-[4-methoxy-7-(3-methyl-[1,2,4]triazol-1-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-3-yl]-ethane-1,2-dione; processes for the production of such crystalline materials; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline materials; and methods of treating HIV or AIDS with such crystalline materials or such pharmaceutical compositions.
US07829707B2
There are disclosed novel compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R12, L, X and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them and their use in therapy. The compounds are inhibitors of the enzyme MPO and are thereby particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of neuroinflammatory disorders, cardiovascular disorders and respiratory disorders.
US07829687B2
The present invention provides artificial enzymes comprising, e.g., an N-terminal domain derived from E. coli FkpA that allows for dimerization and provides a substrate binding region, and a C-terminal thioredoxin domain derived from E. coli DsbA. Similar to DsbC, such de novo designed chimeric (hybrid) FkpA-DsbA enzymes function, as disulfide reductases, oxidases, or isomerases, and chaperones in vivo and in vitro, despite lacking similarity to DsbC-related polypeptide sequence.
US07829682B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide human kinases and phosphatases (KPP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode KPP. Embodiments of the invention also provide expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. Other embodiments provide methods for diagnosing, treating, or preventing disorders associated with aberrant expression of KPP.
US07829679B2
Provided is a novel mucin-type glycoprotein and a method for producing the same. Specifically, a mucin-type glycoprotein having a repeat structure including 3 to 2000 repeating units each having an amino acid sequence represented by the formula I: Val-Xaa-Glu-Thr-Thr-Ala-Ala-Pro [wherein Xaa represents Val or Ile] (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein one or more amino acid residues in the structure are bound to a sugar chain of one or more monosaccharides. Also provided is a composition containing the novel mucin-type glycoprotein. Further provided is a molecular weight marker containing the novel mucin-type glycoprotein.
US07829676B2
The present invention relates to a novel isolated whitefly ecdysone receptor polypeptide. The invention also relates to an isolated nucleic acid encoding the whitefly ecdysone receptor polypeptide, to vectors comprising them and to their uses, in particular in methods for modulating gene expression in an ecdysone receptor-based gene expression modulation system and methods for identifying molecules that modulate whitefly ecdysone receptor activity.
US07829670B2
The present invention relates to proteins which have a role in controlling neuronal cell migration and cell death as well as to the DNA which encode those proteins. It is an object of the present invention to provide control of cell migration and/or cell death by providing a method for screening for promoters or inhibitors of proteins which affect the control of cell migration and/or cell death of neurons by interacting with an actin-binding protein, Filamin 1, through promoting the degradation of Filamin 1 or the DNA encoding Filamin 1. The cDNAs of S-FILIP, L-FILIP and h-FILIP cDNAs, which interact with Filamin 1, thereby negatively affecting cell migration and cell death by promoting the degradation of the Filamin 1, were isolated and the full nucleotide and amino acid sequences thereof were determined.
US07829662B2
Disclosed herein are novel polypeptides and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them. Also disclosed are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the novel polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody specific to the polypeptide. Vectors, host cells, antibodies and recombinant methods for producing the polypeptides and polynucleotides, as well as methods for using same are also included. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of apoptosis associated disorders involving these novel human nucleic acids and proteins.
US07829661B2
The present invention provides a family of peptides based upon the M2GlyR sequence. These peptides are derivatives of the M2GlyR sequence and can be modified at their ends to include a plurality of polar amino acid residues to enhance their solubility. Particularly preferred derivatives include portions of the M2GlyR sequence which are palindromic to another portion of the peptide or to the M2GlyR sequence itself. Preferably these portions are at least 7 amino acid residues in length. Peptides embraced by the present invention are characterized by having greater effects on the transepithelial electrical resistance of cells at lower concentrations. Peptides of the present invention have been shown to increase Isc in MDCK epithelial cell monolayers with half maximal effects observed at or below 30 μM, a nearly 10-fold improvement over any peptide previously characterized in the M2GlyR family. Additionally, peptides of the invention have been shown to increase transepithelial electrical conductance and modulate the permeability of tight junctions in epithelial cells.
US07829660B1
The present invention demonstrates the synthesis of a new pyrazole-containing monomer by means of an easily implemented two-step process. This monomer can be electropolymerized to yield a stable n-doping polymer that may easily be electrochemically characterized. It is demonstrated that the electrochemical behavior of the polymer films produced is dependent upon the conditions applied during electrodeposition. Films deposited by cycling only at relatively positive potentials (0 to 2000 mV) show less intense n-doping responses than those films obtained by scanning the applied potential throughout a wider range (−2000 mV to 2000 mV).
US07829648B2
Provided is a silicone gel composition including (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least one alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom within each molecule, represented by an average composition formula: RaR1bSiO(4-a-b)/2 (wherein, each R group represents, independently, an alkenyl group, each R1 group represents, independently, an unsubstituted or substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group that contains no aliphatic unsaturated bonds, a represents a positive number from 0.0001 to 0.2, b represents a positive number from 1.7 to 2.2, and a+b represents a number within a range from 1.9 to 2.4), (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, and (C) a platinum-based catalyst. Also provided is the silicone gel composition stated above, in which a penetration value of a cured product of this composition, as defined in JIS K2220, is within a range from 20 to 200. The silicone gel composition generates a silicone gel cured product which displays a low elastic modulus and low stress, and suffers no oil bleeding over time.
US07829641B2
A two-stage cascade polymerization process for the production of multimodal polyethylene film resins with improved bubble stability is provided. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene or a mixture of ethylene and a C4-8 α-olefin in two reactors arranged in series using a mixed single-site catalyst comprised of a bridged and a non-bridged indenoindolyl transition metal complex to form a multimodal polyethylene resin comprised of a lower molecular weight, higher density component and a higher molecular weight, lower density component.
US07829637B2
A molding composition is provided that includes a thermoset cross-linkable polymeric resin, a fibrous filler and a thickener system. The thickener system includes an amine and an isocyanate that are reactive to form a polyurea. The polyurea is operative to thicken the molding composition formulation prior to polymeric resin thermoset with superior properties relative to conventional thickener systems. A molded article produced from a cross-linked thermoset polymeric resin containing fibrous filler and a polyurea present from 1 to 5 total weight percent of the article either forms an interpenetrating network between the resin and the polyurea or the resin and polyurea crosslink upon resin thermoset to further strengthen the resulting article. An alkali earth oxide or hydroxide simultaneously thickens through interaction with carboxylate functionality of the cross-linkable resin to provide a superior viscosity build and humidity tolerance.
US07829636B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method of synthesizing new improved reactive terpolymer, S-MMA-X (styrene/modified maleic anhydride/X) wherein X is any type of polymers. The method involves synthesizing styrene-modified maleic anhydride complex (SMMA) with the ability to react with all kinds of polymers to produce new reactive terpolymer with formation of nano particles inside them. The nanoparticle formations improve the physio-chemical, thermal and mechanical properties of the newly formed reactive terpolymer when compared to natural rubber, their derivatives, EPDM or other known polymer etc. Depending on the property of the end product polymers produced by the invention, the end use can be varied. In one embodiment, the polymer X is natural rubber (NR) and the end product terpolymer is used as bitumen modifier. In another embodiment, the polymer X is ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and the end product terpolymer behaves like a smart particle and absorbs oil and water contaminants.
US07829635B2
The present invention relates to a polyolefin-based resin composition for the calendering process which can be directly printed without applying an adhesive since the surface printability is improved.The present invention provides a polyolefin-based resin composition for the calendering process comprising: 3 to 95 weight percent, based on total weight of said polyolefin-based resin composition, of a high impact polyolefin resin; 1 to 50 weight percent, based on total weight of said polyolefin-based resin composition, of an acrylate functional polymer; 1 to 30 weight percent, based on total weight of said polyolefin-based resin composition, of a polyolefin-based thermoplastic elastomer; 1 to 50 weight percent, based on total weight of said polyolefin-based resin composition, of a mineral filler; and 0.1 to 5.0 weight percent, based on total weight of said polyolefin-based resin composition, of a lubricant.By the present invention, it is possible to remarkably improve the surface printability of the polyolefin-based sheet or film and thereby, to achieve direct printing without need of an adhesive. Also, since a production line for applying an adhesive is not needed, it is possible to reduce the production cost and to increase productivity. Further, the present invention can substitute for decoration sheets, printing papers, labels and the like which have been composed of PVC and thus, is environmentally friendly.
US07829633B2
A process for producing packaging composed of thermoformable film composed of thermoplastic polyolefins provides the thermoforming of the film at temperatures in the range from 70 to 170° C., thus giving packaging which has a high heat distortion temperature in the range from 60 to 200° C. and which has a high water-vapor barrier. The thermoformable film comprises an amount in the range from 5 to 100% by weight of COC with a glass transition temperature Tg in the range from 65 to 200° C.
US07829632B2
A composition comprises a polyester-polycarbonate polymer comprising isophthalate-terephthalate-resorcinol ester units and carbonate units, a poly(C4-alkylene) ester, and a polyester comprising cyclohexanedimethylene terephthalate units, or a combination of cyclohexanedimethylene terephthalate and ethylene terephthalate. The composition can be extruded into pellets that are clear and colorless. The composition can further be molded into articles having a percent haze value less than or equal to 10 percent, and total luminous transmittance value of greater than or equal to 70 percent, measured in accordance with ASTM D1003-00. Also disclosed is a method for forming the compositions, and articles prepared therefrom.
US07829631B2
The present invention provides a crosslinkable waterborne coating composition useful for providing protective coating to wood and other substrates. The coating composition includes a vinyl addition latex polymer having a first crosslinkable functional group and a polyurethane dispersion having a second crosslinkable functional end group. The coating composition is preferably essentially formaldehyde free.
US07829630B2
The present invention relates to styrenated terpene resin, as well as methods of making an using the same.
US07829620B2
A suite of polymer/zeolite nanocomposite membranes. The polymer backbone is preferably a film forming fluorinated sulfonic acid containing copolymer, such as a Teflon type polymer, a perfluorinated polymer, or a perfluorinated polymer with sulfonic groups. The zeolites formed in accordance with the present invention and which are used in the membranes are plain, phenethyl functionalized and acid functionalized zeolite FAU(Y) and BEA nanocrystals. The zeolite nanocrystals are incorporated into polymer matrices for membrane separation applications like gas separations, and in polymer-exchange-membrane fuel cells. For the purpose of developing zeolite-polymer nanocomposite membranes, the zeolite nanocrystals are size-adjustable to match the polymer-network dimensions.
US07829617B2
There is provided an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition having excellent flame retardancy, mechanical properties and fluidity and affording a thin-walled molded article.The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition includes a resin component containing (A) 90 to 99.5% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 10 to 0.5% by mass of a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, and, compounded in 100 parts by mass of the resin component, (C) 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of a bisphenol type epoxy compound and (D) 0.05 to 2 parts by mass of polytetrafluoroethylene capable of forming fibrils, wherein the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer in the resin composition has a dispersion average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 μm. The molded article has a section with a thickness of 1 mm or less and is obtainable by molding the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition.
US07829616B2
A polymeric material comprised of (i) at least one random copolymer comprised of ethylene oxide and one or more other alkylene oxide(s) and (ii) at least one non-random polymer comprised of one or more poly(alkylene oxide)s has been discovered. Preferably, it is a polymer alloy. Alkylene oxide homopolymers or block copolymers may be the non-random polymer. In a related discovery, an adhesive material can be made by suspending (a) particles in (b) a matrix of at least one poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, or a combination thereof. The handling characteristics may be adjusted for different utilities (e.g., from runny oil to hard wax). Applications include use as adhesive, cohesive, filler, lubricant, surfactant, or any combination thereof. In particular, the hard materials may be used for cleaning or waxing.
US07829613B2
The present invention relates to a splayant, that is, an intercalant/exfoliant, comprising an azinium compound capable of splaying a layered material.
US07829609B2
A composition comprising an organic crystal having a minor axis length of from 3 to 100 nm and a major axis length of from 10 to 2,000 nm and a matrix material, wherein the organic crystal satisfies that (1) a surfactant is adsorbed on the organic crystal, (2) an inorganic ion is adsorbed on the organic crystal, (3) silicon oxide, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, barium oxide or hydroxyapatite is bonded with the organic crystal, or (4) the organic crystal is modified with a group represented by the following formula (1): wherein L1 represents —O—, —S—, —CO— or others, n is 0 to 4, and R1 represents an organic group.
US07829607B2
A water-based heat fixing ink having at least the following 4 compounds, a: pigment; b: water-soluble resin comprising a copolymer, in which a monomer having a carboxyl group and monomer having a hydrophobic group are polymerized, and the resin is dissolved by neutralization with an amine; c: an organic solvent satisfying following Equation (1) which is represented by a hydrogen bonding term and a polar term of a solubility parameter; and d: water; wherein b is contained in an amount of 2.5-7.0 weight % as a free polymer in a water-based heat fixing ink, 8≦(σp2+σh2)1/2≦12 Equation (1).
US07829602B2
The disclosed invention relates to a process and apparatus for converting natural gas to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. The process includes steam reforming to form synthesis gas followed by a Fischer-Tropsch reaction to convert the synthesis gas to the high molecular weight hydrocarbons. The reforming and Fischer-Tropsch reactions are conducted in microchannel reactors. The higher molecular weight hydrocarbons may be further treated to form hydrocarbon products such as middle distillate fuels, lubricating oils, and the like. The apparatus includes vessels containing SMR microchannel reactors and Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactors. A composition comprising a mixture of olefins and paraffins is disclosed.
US07829596B2
A method of treating weight loss due to underlying disease in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of an agent which reduces sympathetic nervous system activity. A method of treating weight loss due to underlying disease in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of any one or more of the following: a compound which inhibits the effect of aldosterone such as an aldosterone antagonist; a chymase inhibitor; a cathepsin B inhibitor; a β receptor blocker; an imidazoline receptor antagonist; a centrally acting α receptor antagonist; a peripherally acting α receptor antagonist; a ganglion blocking agent; a drug that has an effect on cardiovascular reflexes and thereby reduces SNS activity such as an opiate; scopolamine; an endothelin receptor antagonist; and a xanthine oxidize inhibitor. The methods are particularly useful in treating cardiac cachexia.
US07829587B2
Substituted 2-aminotetralin derivatives as selective alpha 2B agonists can be incorporated in a pharmaceutical composition and can be used in methods of treating an alpha 2B receptor mediated diseases or conditions. The compounds are represented by Formula 1: wherein R1=H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, or cyclobutyl; R2=methyl or H; R3=pyridinyl X=C or O.
US07829585B2
The present invention provides an antifungal agent that has superior antifungal action and is also superior in terms of physical properties, safety and metabolic stability. The present invention discloses a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NH—, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, an amino group or a substituent, and R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a substituent, except for a case in which R2 and R3 are both hydrogen atoms), and an antifungal agent containing the above compound.
US07829577B2
The present invention relates to SNS-595 and methods of treating cancer using the same.
US07829576B2
This present disclosure provides methods of treating pain with beloxepin and/or beloxepin analogs.
US07829573B2
The invention concerns the use of a combination of an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a disease state associated with angiogenesis in a warm-blooded mammal, such as a human being. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent, to kits thereof and to a method of treatment of a disease state associated with angiogenesis which comprises the administration of an effective amount of a combination of an anti-angiogenic agent and an anti-hypertensive agent to a warm-blooded animal, such as a human being.
US07829572B2
The present invention is directed to novel pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of structural formula I wherein the variables R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as described herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I as well as methods of treatment employing compounds of formula I to treat a disease or disorder characterized by abnormal bone or mineral homeostasis such as hypoparathyroidism, osteoporosis, osteopenia, periodontal disease, Paget's disease, bone fracture, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy.
US07829568B2
Substituted 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-ylamine compounds corresponding to formula I, methods for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, the use of said compounds for preparing pharmaceutical compositions and related treatment methods.
US07829563B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, n, and R1 to R8 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically suitable acid addition salts, optically pure enantiomers, racemates or diastereomeric mixtures thereof. These compounds are orexin receptor antagonists and may be useful in the treatment of disorders, in which orexin pathways are involved, like sleep disorders.
US07829559B2
The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, and more particularly to pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use therapy and prophylaxis, in particular for the treatment of psychosis or pain.
US07829553B2
This invention relates to compositions comprising carbon-based diazeniumdiolates attached to hydrophobic polymers that releases nitric oxide (NO). The carbon-based diazeniumdiolated polymers release NO spontaneously under physiological conditions without subsequent nitrosamine formation. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing the carbon-based diazeniumdiolated polymers, compositions comprising such polymers, methods of using such compositions, and devices employing such polymer compositions.
US07829533B2
The present invention relates to formulations containing cyclosporin analogs that are structurally similar to cyclosporin A, in particular isomeric mixtures of cyclosporin analogs that are structurally similar to cyclosporin A. The formulations form stable microemulsion preconcentrates and may provide superior drug bioavailability and/or may reduce one or more adverse effects associated with the administration of cyclosporin. Also disclosed are methods for using and preparing the formulations.
US07829532B2
This invention provides reagents and methods for delivering insulin, insulinomimetic agents, and the like to a vertebrate eye via subconjunctival routes, sub-Tenon's routes, or intravitreal routes for treatment of nerve-related vision disorders such as diabetic retinopathy, and formulations useful in the practice of the disclosed methods.
US07829528B2
The present invention relates to a cell permeable peptide to specifically inhibit tyrosine phosphorylation and/or subsequent activation of STAT-6. This peptide is composed of a protein transduction moiety operably linked to a portion of STAT-6 which contains tyrosine residue 641 (Tyr-641) of STAT-6, wherein Tyr-641 is phosphorylated. The chimeric STAT-6 peptide enters cells and binds to the SH2 domain of wild-type STAT-6, and subsequently inhibits dimerization and nuclear translocation of the wild-type STAT-6 protein. Administration of this chimeric peptide inhibits allergen-induced airway inflammation, cytokine production and airway hyperresponsiveness and is useful in methods for preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with STAT-6 activation.
US07829527B2
The invention relates to methods and products for treatment of a neurological defect such as a subarachnoid hemorrhage or cerebral vasospasm. Specifically, R-type voltage-gated calcium channel inhibitors and related compositions and kits are described.
US07829516B2
A warewashing detergent composition is provided according to the invention. The warewashing detergent composition includes a cleaning agent, an alkaline source, and a corrosion inhibitor. The cleaning agent comprises a detersive amount of a surfactant. The alkaline source is provided in an amount effective to provide a use composition having a pH of at least about 8. The corrosion inhibitor includes a source of aluminum ion and a source of zinc ion. The relative amounts of the source of zinc ion and the source of aluminum ion can be controlled to reduce visible filming when the warewashing detergent composition is used in the presence of hard water. Methods for using and manufacturing a warewashing detergent composition are provided.
US07829515B2
The invention relates to method of signaling temperature and/or benefit agent release using bar compositions comprising thermochromatic pigment or dye. In a preferred embodiment, the pigment is introduced in the form of a separate domain (e.g., separate chips) which separate chip or chips is combined with a surfactant-containing chips to form the final bar.
US07829500B2
The present invention provides a plant-activating agent for improving the activity of plants efficiently without a chemical injury onto the plant. The plant-activating agent is selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic acid derivative which is derived from the organic acid having two functional groups and wherein at least one of the above-mentioned functional groups is bonded to a group containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms; (2) a compound represented by the formula (II): RCOO(AO)nX1 (II) wherein R represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 11 to 29 carbon atoms; X1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, or a counter ion; AO represents at least one group selected from oxyethylene, oxyprolylene and oxybutylene groups and may be random or block; and n represents an average number of moles added and is zero to 30; and (3) a glycerol derivative. If necessary, the agent is used together with a surfactant, a fertilizer component or a chelating agent.
US07829487B2
An extensible nonwoven fabric comprises a fiber comprising at least two olefin-based polymers. These olefin-based polymers are of the same kind and have different induction periods of strain-induced crystallization as measured at the same temperature and shear strain rate. A composite nonwoven fabric of the invention comprises at least one layer comprising the extensible nonwoven fabric.
US07829483B2
The invention concerns a fabric useful in apparel and garments comprising an intimate blend of staple fibers, the blend of fibers comprising 55 to 95 parts by weight of a polypyridobisimidazole fiber having an inherent viscosity of greater than 20 dl/g and a tensile modulus of greater than 120 GPa (820 gpd); and 5 to 45 parts by weight of a flexible fiber having a tensile modulus of less than 10 GPa (70 gpd).
US07829478B2
A consumer scrubbing wipe article including a nonwoven substrate and a texture layer. The nonwoven substrate has a dry basis weight of less than about 300 g/m2, and thus promotes easy, comfortable handling by a user. The texture layer is a non-crosslinked, abrasive resin-based material that is printed onto at least one surface of the nonwoven substrate. In this regard, the texture layer covers less than an entirety of the substrate surface and extends at least 50 microns outwardly beyond the substrate surface to which it is printed. This characteristic ensures that the scrubbing wipe article has a distinct scrubbyness attribute.
US07829474B2
A method for arraying nano material includes preparing a substrate coated with a dispersion solution where nano materials are dispersed and arraying the nano materials in the dispersion solution, in a uniform direction using a charged body.
US07829461B2
A semiconductor device fabrication method by which the thermal stability of nickel silicide can be improved. Nickel (or a nickel alloy) is formed over a semiconductor substrate on which a gate region, a source region, and a drain region are formed. Dinickel silicide is formed by performing a first annealing step, followed by a selective etching step. By performing a plasma treatment step, plasma which contains hydrogen ions is generated and the hydrogen ions are implanted in the dinickel silicide or the gate region, the source region, and the drain region under the dinickel silicide. The dinickel silicide is phase-transformed into nickel silicide by performing a second annealing step.
US07829460B2
By forming an aluminum nitride layer by a self-limiting process sequence, the interface characteristics of a copper-based metallization layer may be significantly enhanced while nevertheless maintaining the overall permittivity of the layer stack at a lower level.
US07829455B2
A barrier layer for a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a dielectric layer, an electrically conductive copper containing layer, and a barrier layer separating the dielectric layer from the copper containing layer. The barrier layer comprises a silicon oxide layer and a dopant, where the dopant is a divalent ion, which dopes the silicon oxide layer adjacent to the copper containing layer.A method of forming a barrier layer is provided. A silicon oxide layer with a surface is provided. The surface of the silicon oxide layer is doped with a divalent ion to form a barrier layer extending to the surface of the silicon oxide layer. An electrically conductive copper containing layer is formed on the surface of the barrier layer, where the barrier layer prevents diffusion of copper into the substrate.
US07829451B2
A method of mounting conductive balls on pads on a substrate includes: (a) placing the substrate having the pads coated with an adhesive over a container for containing the conductive balls therein and whose top surface is open such that the pads faces the top surface of the container; and (b) throwing up the conductive balls in the container by moving the container up and down at a given stroke, thereby allowing the conductive balls to adhere to the adhesive coated on the pads. Step (b) is repeatedly performed.
US07829446B2
A method for dividing a wafer into a plurality of chips is provided. The method includes providing recesses in a surface of the wafer at positions along boundaries between regions to become the individual chips, providing fragile portions having a predetermined width inside the wafer at positions along the boundaries by irradiation of the other surface of the wafer with a laser beam whose condensing point is placed inside the wafer, the fragile portions including connected portions at least at one of the surfaces of the wafer, and dividing the wafer at the fragile portions into the individual chips by applying an external force to the wafer.
US07829445B2
Provided may be a method of fabricating a flash memory device having metal nano particles. The method of manufacturing a flash memory device may include forming a metal oxide thin layer on a semiconductor substrate, forming a floating gate of an amorphous metal silicon oxide thin layer by performing a thermal treatment process on the semiconductor substrate where the metal oxide thin layer is formed, and forming metal nano particles in the floating gate by projecting an electron beam on the floating gate, the metal nano particles being surrounded by a silicon oxide layer.
US07829437B2
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first substrate and a second substrate, which include a plurality of memory cells and selection transistors, respectively, are provided. A first insulating interlayer and a second insulating interlayer are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, to cover the memory cells and the selection transistors. A lower surface of the second substrate is partially removed to reduce a thickness of the second substrate. The lower surface of the second substrate is attached to the first insulating interlayer. Plugs are formed through the second insulating interlayer, the second substrate and the first insulating interlayer to electrically connect the selection transistors in the first substrate and the second substrate to the plugs. Thus, impurity ions in the first substrate will not diffuse during a thermal treatment process.
US07829425B1
An apparatus and method for wafer level fabrication of high value inductors directly on top of semiconductor integrated circuits. The apparatus and method includes fabricating a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of dice, each of the dice including power circuitry and a switching node. Once the wafer is fabricated, then a plurality of inductors are fabricated directly onto the plurality of dice on the wafer respectively. Each inductor is fabricated by forming a plurality of magnetic core inductor members on an interconnect dielectric layer formed on the wafer. An insulating layer, and then inductor coils, are then formed over the plurality of magnetic core inductor members over each die. A plated magnetic layer is formed over the plurality of inductors respectively to raise the permeability and inductance of the structure.
US07829414B2
An isolation oxide film whose upper surface is higher than a surface of a substrate is formed in the substrate. A silicon oxide film is formed on the substrate between the isolation oxide films. A self-aligned polysilicon film is formed on the silicon oxide film between the isolation oxide films. After forming a resist pattern covering the peripheral circuitry, the isolation oxide films in the memory cell are etched by a predetermined thickness. An ONO film is formed on the entire surface of the substrate, a second resist pattern covering the memory cell is formed. Then, the ONO film, the polysilicon film 8 and the silicon oxide film 7 are removed from the peripheral circuitry.
US07829411B2
The present invention relates to a method for forming high quality oxide layers of different thickness over a first and a second semiconductor region in one processing step. The method comprises the steps of: doping the first and the second semiconductor region with a different dopant concentration, and oxidising, during the same processing step, both the first and the second semiconductor region under a temperature between 500° C. and 700° C., preferably between 500° C. and 650° C. A corresponding device is also provided.Using a low-temperature oxidation in combination with high doping levels results in an unexpected oxidation rate increase.
US07829404B2
A memory device, and method of making and operating the same, including a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second spaced apart regions in the substrate of a second conductivity type with a channel region therebetween, an electrically conductive floating gate having a first portion disposed over and insulated from the channel region and a second portion disposed over and insulated from the first region and including a sharpened edge, an electrically conductive P/E gate having a first portion disposed over and insulated from the first region and a second portion extending up and over the floating gate second portion and insulated therefrom by a first layer of insulation material, and an electrically conductive select gate having a first portion disposed laterally adjacent to the floating gate and disposed over and insulated from the channel region.
US07829396B2
Instead of forming a semiconductor film by bonding a bond substrate (semiconductor substrate) to a base substrate (supporting substrate) and then separating or cleaving the bond substrate, a bond substrate is separated or cleaved at a plurality of positions to form a plurality of first semiconductor films (mother islands), and then the plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to a base substrate. Subsequently, the plurality of first semiconductor films each are partially etched, whereby one or more second semiconductor films (islands) are formed using one of the first semiconductor films and a semiconductor element is manufactured using the second semiconductor films. The plurality of first semiconductor films are bonded to the base substrate based on a layout of the second semiconductor films so as to cover at least a region in which the second semiconductor films of the semiconductor element are to be formed.
US07829384B2
A method of laser-marking a semiconductor device involves providing a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of solder bumps formed on contact pads disposed on its active surface. The solder bumps have a diameter of about 250-280 μm. A backgrinding tape is applied over the solder bumps. The tape is translucent to optical images. A backside of the semiconductor wafer, opposite the active surface, undergoes grinding to reduce wafer thickness. The backside of the semiconductor wafer is laser-marked while the tape remains applied to the solder bumps. The laser-marking system including an optical recognition device, control system, and laser. The optical recognition device reads patterns on the active surface through the tape to control the laser. The tape reduces wafer warpage during laser-marking to about 0.3-0.5 mm. The tape is removed after laser-marking the backside of the semiconductor wafer.
US07829383B2
A system for dicing substrates to singulate integrated circuit units within in them includes a dicing machine (Z) which operates with a chuck table (4). A lifting assembly (Ax,Ay) deposits substrates to be singulated onto the chuck table (4) at substantially the same time as it removes previously singulated units from the chuck table (4).
US07829379B2
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices by applying a pattern of adhesive pads on an active surface of a semiconductor wafer, the semiconductor wafer product so made and a stacked die package in which an adhesive wall leaves an air gap atop a bottom die. The wall may be in the form of a ring of adhesive about a central hollow area. The wafer carrying the pattern of adhesive pads on its active surface is singulated into individual dies, each die having an adhesive pad thereon. The bottom die is attached to a base with an adhesive which cures without curing the adhesive pad.
US07829370B2
An image sensor and fabricating method thereof which reduces a light intensity differential between a pixel center and a pixel edge and prevents crosstalk. The image sensor can include a plurality of convex lens provided within a passivation layer and in vertical alignment with a corresponding photodiode, each convex lens including a color filter; having a predetermined color array, and a plurality of microlens provided over the passivation layer and in vertical alignment with a corresponding color filer.
US07829367B2
An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. In the method, a photoresist is formed on a substrate including a photodiode region and a gate electrode opposite to the photodiode region on the basis of the gate electrode. An oxide layer is formed to a specific thickness on both the photodiode region and a part of the gate electrode. The photoresist is removed from the substrate and cleaned. A first oxide film is formed on the substrate, the gate electrode, and the oxide layer remaining on the photodiode region. A nitride film is formed on the first oxide film. And a second oxide film is formed on the nitride film. Blank etching is performed on the first oxide film, the nitride film, and the second oxide film to form a spacer at the side of the gate electrode.
US07829365B2
A micro electro-mechanical system, which can be stably formed so as to prevent sticking of a movable part and which has a narrow gap, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The micro electro-mechanical system includes at least one fixed electrode formed above a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate and at least one movable electrode formed on the principal surface. The at least one movable electrode includes the movable part separated from the principal surface and the at least one fixed electrode. The movable part is movable with respect to the principal surface and the at least one fixed electrode. The method of manufacturing the micro electro-mechanical system includes a sacrifical film formation step for forming a sacrifical film above the principal surface, an electrode layer formation step for forming an electrode layer above the principal surface so as to cover over the sacrifical film, an etching step for partially etching the electrode layer via a pattern so as to form the at least one electrode and the at least one fixed electrode, a sacrifical film removal step for removing the sacrifical film, and a conducting film formation step for forming a conducting film on surfaces of the at least one electrode and the at least one fixed electrode.
US07829361B2
The invention relates to an imaging device having a pixel cell with a transparent conductive material interconnect line for focusing incident light onto a photosensor and providing an electrical connection to pixel circuitry, and the method of making the same.
US07829357B2
By forming a large metal pad and removing any excess material thereof, a pronounced recessed surface topography may be obtained, which may also affect the further formation of a metallization layer of a semiconductor device, thereby increasing the probability of maintaining metal residues above the recessed surface topography. Consequently, by providing test metal lines in the area of the recessed surface topography, the performance of a respective CMP process may be estimated with increased efficiency.
US07829355B2
A method for inspecting a semiconductor device includes carrying out a first test for inspecting characteristics of semiconductor devices under a shielded (dark) condition to discriminate non-defective devices; and carrying out a second test on the semiconductor devices which have passed the first test as non-defective devices, for inspecting characteristics of the semiconductor devices. The second test is carried out while a predetermined color of light is applied to the semiconductor devices.
US07829349B2
An element to be used for detecting a target substance by using a capturing body for target substance and using surface plasmon resonance has a structure in which the metal structure having a particular pattern is located on a spherical support. Thus configured element for detecting the target substance can detect the target substance at sufficient detection sensitivity in a short period of time by using the surface plasmon resonance. A method for detecting the target substance by using the element and a detection device therefor is provided.
US07829341B2
The invention relates to a class of glucose-responsive, polyviologen boronic acid quenchers that may be used in combination with fluophores to achieve real-time measurement of glucose levels in vivo.
US07829337B2
A cell-sheet releasing agent of the present invention contains an aminated polyrotaxane. The polyrotaxane constituting the skeleton of the cell-releasing agent of the present invention has a structure in which cavities of a plurality of cyclic molecules are threaded onto a linear molecule and both terminals of the linear molecule have a bulky cap bonded thereto so that the cyclic molecules are not dethreaded from the linear molecule. Furthermore, the aminated polyrotaxane contained in the cell-releasing agent of the present invention is a compound in which at least some of hydroxy groups in the cyclodextrin structure contained in the polyrotaxane are each substituted with a substituent having an amino group. According to this cell-sheet releasing agent, cultured cells anchored to the surface of a container can be released without damaging the cells and without controlling the temperature.
US07829335B2
The invention offers a technique that selectively differentiation-induces mesenchymal stem cells, which can differentiate to cells that constitute various tissues and organs, to osteoblasts. In addition, the invention offers a technique that differentiation-induces mesenchymal stem cells to osteoblasts with a simple operation that needs only short time and that is noninvasive. The inventors have found that the switch for the differentiation induction to osteoblasts is turned on by translocating biological clock-relevant factors existing in mesenchymal stem cells from the cells' cytoplasm to the cells' nucleus. The inventors have also found that the switch can be turned on by irradiating the cells for a short time with a lightwave having a specific wavelength that is noninvasive.
US07829318B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterologous protein or polypeptide having phytase activity in a yeast system. The invention also provides proteins having phytase activity which have increased thermostability. Yeast strains which produce a heterologous phytase and the vectors used to produce the phytase are also provided.
US07829313B2
Disclosed is a system and method conducting real-time PCR. Capture molecules of a specific design are immobilized on a solid support, and contacted with amplicons produced in one or more PCR cycles. Detection of amplicons may take place during or between the PCR cycles while the solid support is in fluidic contact with the PCR solution. In an alternate embodiment detection of the amplicons takes place when the solid support is not in fluidic contact with the PCR solution. The method is suitable for the simultaneous detection and quantification of closely homologous target molecules.
US07829312B2
This invention relates generally to a method for quantifying the number of occurrences of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample in order to circumvent the shortcomings of the methods currently available and to provide reliable quantification of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample. The present invention provides a method of assessing an amount of a known target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising co-amplifying said target nucleic acid sequence and a known amount of a known control nucleic acid sequence to produce respective target and control amplicons, wherein said control nucleic acid sequence is different than said target nucleic acid sequence; and determining relative amounts of said respective amplicons by determining relative quantities of a primer extension reaction using each of said respective amplicons as a template.
US07829308B2
The invention relates to novel neurogenin proteins, nucleic acids and antibodies.
US07829297B2
The truncated ErbB2 receptor (p95ErbB2) is shown to differ from the full-length ErbB2 receptor in its association with other ErbB receptors. The truncated receptor preferentially associated with ErbB3, whereas full length ErbB2 heterodimerizes with either EGFR or ErbB3. Consistent with p95ErbB2 heterodimerization with ErbB3, it is shown that heregulin (an ErbB3 ligand) stimulates p95ErbB2 phosphorylation in breast cancer cell lines. Described herein are methods of identifying patients suitable for treatment with a p95ErbB2 inhibitor, and methods of treating such patients.
US07829295B2
The invention provides a method capable of readily discriminating pathologic conditions and judging selection of a therapeutic drug, the degree of the therapeutic effect, discontinuation of medication, etc., wherein stages quantitatively judged by digitizing substances contained in urine, which is different from conventional methods for judging stages of an ulcerative colitis and an interstitial pneumonitis which are performed by observation of mucous lesions with endoscopy requiring the skill or by analysis of histological samples collected from the living body.The method measures the value of main metabolites of prostaglandin E (PGE-MUM) concentration in urine and judges stages between the pre-remission phase of and the remission phase of ulcerative colitis.The method also measures the value of the PGE-MUM concentration in urine and judges stages between the active phase and the non-active phase of interstitial pneumonitis.
US07829290B2
Methods for performing surface-mediated protein delivery into living cells, and fabricating protein-transfected cell cluster arrays are provided. The method comprises providing a protein-containing mixture; depositing said protein-containing mixture onto a surface at defined locations; affixing the protein-containing mixture to the surface as microspots; and plating cells onto the surface in sufficient density and under conditions for the proteins to be delivered into the cells. The protein-containing mixture comprises any suitable amino acid sequence, including peptides, proteins, protein-domains, antibodies, or protein-nucleic acid conjugates, etc., with a carrier reagent. Protein-transfected cell arrays may be used for rapid and direct, screening of protein or enzymatic functions or any given intracellular protein interaction in the natural environment of a living cell, as well as for high-throughput screening of other biological and chemical analytes, which affect the functions of these proteins.
US07829284B2
Methods and a kit are provided for selectively and exponentially amplifying nucleic acids and include the use of a helicase preparation and a DNA polymerase such that the amplification can be performed isothermally.
US07829282B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for predicting drug responses. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for determining individualized Warfarin dosages based on genotype of DNA polymorphisms and haplotypes derived from them in the VKORC1 gene.
US07829276B2
Screening and diagnostic reagents, kits and methods for stomach or esophageal cancer are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods of treating patients with stomach or esophageal cancer and for imaging stomach or esophageal tumors in vivo are disclosed. Compositions and methods for delivering active compounds such as drugs, gene therapeutics and antisense compounds to stomach or esophageal cells are disclosed. Vaccines compositions and methods of for treating and preventing stomach or esophageal cancer are disclosed.
US07829274B2
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the percentage of concomitant infections in pigs or a herd of pigs caused by pathogens other than PCV2 comprising the step administering to said pig(s) an effective amount of PCV2 antigen or an immunogenic composition comprising PCV2 antigen. It also refers to a method for improving the resistance of pigs against concomitant infections with pathogens other than PCV2, comprising the step administering to said pig(s) an effective amount of PCV2 antigen or an immunogenic composition comprising PCV2 antigen.
US07829266B2
Accurate ultrafine patterns are formed using a multiple exposure technique comprising implementing an OPC procedure to form an exposure reticle to compensate for distortion of an overlying resist pattern caused by an underlying resist pattern. Embodiments include forming a first resist pattern in a first resist layer over a target layer using a first exposure reticle, forming a second exposure reticle by an OPC technique to compensate for distortion of a second resist pattern caused by the underlying first resist pattern, depositing a second resist layer on the first resist pattern, forming the second resist pattern in the second resist layer using the second exposure reticle, the first and second resist patterns constituting a final resist mask, and forming a pattern in the target layer using the final resist mask.
US07829261B2
Process for the posttreatment of an imaged lithographic printing plate comprising (a) providing a lithographic printing plate comprising image areas and non-image areas on a lithographic substrate; (b) bringing the lithographic printing plate of step (a) into contact with a solution comprising a hydrophilic polymer comprising structural units derived from the following compounds: (i) a compound comprising both polyalkylene oxide chains and at least one structural unit which is free-radical polymerizable, and (ii) a monomer capable of copolymerizing with the free-radical polymerizable structural unit of (i) and furthermore comprising at least one acidic functional group with pKs<5, wherein the acidic functional group can be present as a free acid group or in the form of a salt; (c) drying.
US07829237B2
An object of the present invention is to solve the problems with conventional polymer electrolyte fuel cells and provide a proton conducting membrane which exhibits an excellent heat resistance and an excellent protonic conductivity and a high dimensional stability even at high temperatures, a method for producing the same and a fuel cell using the same.The proton conducting membrane of the present invention is a proton conducting membrane having particles 1 comprising a metal-oxygen crosslinked structure and the particles 1 have an acid group such as sulfonic acid group incorporated in the surface thereof and form a continuity. The gap 2 between the particles is communicated from the main surface to the opposite surface of the proton conducting membrane to form a proton conducting channel.
US07829232B2
A fuel cell system allows suppression of the deterioration of a fuel cell even if a part of a membrane configuring the fuel cell is unavailable for power production. The fuel cell is configured with a membrane, and an anode and a cathode provided so as to sandwich the membrane, and produces electric power from reaction of reactive gases via the membrane when the reactive gases are supplied to the anode and the cathode. The fuel cell system is configured with the fuel cell, an MEA power production effective area calculating means for calculating an area of the membrane surface available for power production, an upper limit power producing current calculating means for controlling the total power production of the fuel cell based on the power production effective area calculated by the MEA power production effective area calculating means, and a current controller.
US07829226B2
A non-aqueous secondary battery contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution. The positive electrode contains a layered structure lithium-containing compound oxide, or a spinel lithium-containing compound oxide containing manganese as an active material. The non-aqueous electrolytic solution contains at least one additive selected from a sulfonic acid anhydride, a sulfonate ester derivative, a cyclic sulfate derivative and a cyclic sulfonate ester derivative, and a vinylene carbonate or a derivative of the vinylene carbonate.
US07829225B2
A new anode configuration (20) is proposed for a lithium microbattery (10). The anode (20) preferably consists of nanotubes or of nanowires (24) such that the empty space (26) left between the different components (24) provides compensation for the inherent swelling upon discharging the microbattery (10). With the absence of stresses on the electrolyte (18), the lifetime of the battery (10) may be increased.
US07829223B1
There is provided a process for preparing lithium cobaltate and to lithium-containing cobalt oxides which is used in lithium battery cathodes. Also, there is provided cathodes for lithium batteries.
US07829215B2
The present invention is directed to the fabrication of thin aluminum anode batteries using a highly reproducible process that enables high volume manufacturing of the galvanic cells. In the present invention, semiconductor fabrication methods are used to fabricate aluminum galvanic cells, wherein a catalytic material to be used as the cathode is deposited on a substrate and an insulating spacing material is deposited on the cathode and patterned using photolithography. The spacing material can either be used as a sacrificial layer to expose the electrodes or serve as a support for one of the electrodes. Similarly, the aluminum anode may be deposited and patterned on another substrate and bonded to the first substrate, or can be deposited directly on the insulating material prior to patterning. The cell is packaged and connected to a delivery system to provide delivery of the electrolyte when activation of the cell is desired.
US07829201B2
A plain bearing is described having a bearing metal layer, supported by a support shell, made of an aluminum or copper alloy and having a lead-free running layer, possibly applied to the bearing metal layer over an intermediate layer, made of a zinc matrix having at least one further alloy element. To achieve good tribological properties, it is suggested that the zinc matrix of the running layer contains 1 to 49 wt.-% bismuth as an additional alloy element.
US07829197B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising a neutralized acid copolymer or ionomer thereof, an organic acid, and optionally other polymers, having a ratio of wet cup permeance to dry cup permeance greater than 10. The composition is useful as a variable vapor barrier for moisture control of buildings. Also disclosed are articles comprising the variable vapor composition and methods of their use.
US07829195B2
The formation of electronic assemblies including a heat spreader coupled to a die through a thermal interface material formed from an indium preform, is described. One embodiment relates to a method including providing a preform comprising indium, the preform including an indium oxide layer thereon. The method also includes exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride. The method may also include, after the exposing the preform to fluorine so that part of the indium oxide layer is transformed into an indium oxy-fluoride, positioning the preform between a die and a heat sink, and applying pressure to and heating the preform positioned between the die and the heat sink so that reflow occurs and a bond is formed between the die and the heat sink.
US07829181B2
A graphic and/or message display system is described. The graphic and/or message display system functions to develop over a period of time a hidden graphic or message on an indicator panel or display area. The hidden graphic or message is revealed when an obscuring graphic reacts with a solvent to change color become at least substantially transparent. The graphic and/or message display system may be used as a stand-alone device or may be incorporated as part of various articles or products, for instance, as a positive reinforcement or a reminder to perform a task. Methods for using the graphic and/or message display system are also described.
US07829180B2
An adhesive pattern is formed by applying a photocurable and thermosetting adhesive comprising as indispensable ingredients (A) a carboxyl group-containing photosensitive prepolymer having both a carboxyl group and an ethylenically unsaturated bond in its molecule and an acid value in the range of 30 to 160 mg KOH/g, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator onto a surface of a substrate as a member to be bonded to form a coating film; selectively exposing the coating film to an active energy ray through a photomask according to a predetermined pattern, thereafter removing an unexposed portion by development with an aqueous alkaline solution. Then, a sheet member as a joining member is pressed onto the adhesive pattern mentioned above, and the adhesive pattern is thermally cured to obtain a laminated structure.
US07829174B2
Weatherseals are provided by a pair of base members which may be attached to a pile formed by winding fibers around a band as the band travels along an endless path. A section of the pile on one side of the endless band is cut to provide cut pile section and a continuous pile section. The continuous pile section forms the bow, arch or loop by disposing the base members in side-by-side, back-to-back, or perpendicular relationship. The cut pile section may be removed at the base members or halves of the cut pile section maybe left in place. The cut pile section halves and the outside surface of the bow, arch, or ioop may be attached by base members to a member, such as by adhesive or via one or more T-shaped slots, that is in sealing relationship with another member and engagable therewith to provide a resilient seal.
US07829166B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for manufacturing a high-density optical disk having excellent optical properties by suppressing the production of a cloud caused by a release failure and preventing the deterioration of hue and light transmittance.The present invention is a process for manufacturing a high-density optical disk, comprising the steps of: (1) preparing a resin composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin and a predetermined amount of monoglyceride behenate; (2) injecting molding the resin composition to obtain a substrate; and (3) forming an information recording/reproduction layer on the substrate, wherein the aromatic polycarbonate resin has a sodium metal content of 0.0005 to 0.05 ppm and a viscosity average molecular weight of 10,000 to 20,000, and the monoglyceride behenate has a sodium metal content of 1 ppm or less.
US07829165B2
A thermoplastic composite liner for use as an inner wall of a trailer. The thermoplastic composite liner includes a glass reinforced thermoplastic sheet permanently affixed to a glass reinforced thermoplastic scuff panel along a length of the scuff panel by ultrasonic welding. The scuff panel is positioned relative to the thermoplastic sheet such that an edge portion of the thermoplastic sheet overlaps an edge portion of the scuff panel along the length of the scuff panel, the ultrasonic welding forming a weld joint between the overlapping edge portions of the thermoplastic sheet and the scuff panel along the length of the scuff panel. Preferably, the thermoplastic sheet and the scuff panel are fabricated of fiberglass reinforced plastic, such as polypropylene resin reinforced with glass fiber and the glass reinforced thermoplastic scuff panel includes fibrous material on one side of the scuff panel, the scuff panel being positioned such that the fibrous material side of the panel faces the thermoplastic sheet during the ultrasonic welding.
US07829160B2
An inkjet recording element comprising an absorbent support, a porous base layer nearest the support and comprising precipitated calcium carbonate, a porous ink-receiving intermediate layer above the base layer and comprising hydrated alumina, and a porous ink-receiving upper layer above the intermediate layer and comprising a mixture of hydrated and fumed alumina. Also disclosed is an advantageous method of making such inkjet recording materials.
US07829157B2
Methods of making multi-layered, hydrogen-containing thermite structures including at least one metal layer and at least one metal oxide layer adjacent to the metal layer are disclosed. At least one of the metal layers contains hydrogen, which can be introduced by plasma hydrogenation. The thermite structures can have high hydrogen contents and small dimensions, such as micrometer-sized and nanometer-sized dimensions.
US07829149B2
A method of waterproof and floor construction by using thixotropic urethane and fabric sheet includes the steps of applying a primer on a base concrete surface to form a primer layer; disposing waterproof fiber sheets on the primer layer with an interval in the range of 5 to 10 mm and connecting the intervals with tapes to form a fiber sheet layer; applying thixotropic urethane having viscosity in the range of 900,000 to 1,000,000 CP onto the fiber sheet layer; and spraying super high speed hardening type resin onto the thixotropic urethane to form a coating layer.
US07829146B2
Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for neutralizing a stain on a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a composition that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the composition may be substantially removed from the surface to remove a portion or substantially all of the stain before being affixed to the surface. If a user desires to remove the composition from the surface, the composition is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the composition to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the composition may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical. The compositions may also be utilized in the form of a kit or in conjunction with a design device, such as a stencil, to control the application of the composition to create, for example, a pattern on the surface.
US07829144B2
A method of forming a refractory metal film doped with III or V group elements. The first process gas is supplied from a first gas source through a first gas introducing member to and through a gas supply mechanism toward a substrate within a processing vessel. The second process gas is supplied from a second gas source through a second gas introducing member to and through the gas supply mechanism toward the substrate within the processing vessel. The processing vessel is purged by evacuating the processing vessel by an evacuating mechanism, while supplying the inert gas from a third source through a third gas introducing member to and through the gas supply mechanism into the processing vessel. The supplying the first process gas and the supplying the second process gas are repeated with the supplying the purging gas being carried out between supplying the first and second gases performed so that residual gas present in the processing vessel after performing the supplying of the first and second process gases is reduced to a level of 1 to 30% based on the entire capacity of the processing vessel.
US07829118B1
The present application provides compositions comprising hyaluronic acid having low levels of functional group modification, mixtures formed by controlled reaction of such lightly modified hyaluronic acid with suitable difunctional or multi-functional crosslinkers, and hydrogel precursor compositions and the resulting hydrogels. The compositions are lightly cross-linked and possess low pro-inflammatory properties when injected in vivo, and can be used as, for example, medical devices, biomedical adhesives and sealants, and for localized delivery of bioactive agents, among other uses.
US07829113B2
The present disclosure provides lipid-containing compositions, including targeted liposomes encapsulating drug, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, as well as methods for the making and using the lipid-containing compositions, including the use of the targeted liposomes in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
US07829107B2
Novel compositions of matter comprising a foamable delivery system are provided. Novel methods for treating a disease, disorder, or condition using the novel compositions are further provided. Novel methods for making and delivering a foamable pharmaceutical composition are also provided. While the novel compositions and foamable drug delivery system may be utilized for administration of a wide variety of drugs to epithelial tissues, to treat a wide variety of diseases, disorders, or conditions, the inventive compositions and foamable drug delivery systems are particularly useful for the dermatological administration of corticosteroids and antifungal agents.
US07829104B2
Recombinant Mycobacterium strains with improved vaccinal properties for use as vaccinating agents are provided. The parent strains of the recombinant Mycobacterium strains are selected for their potent immunogenicity. The Mycobacterium strains do not display antibiotic resistance, and do not exhibit horizontal transfer to gram-negative bacteria.
US07829097B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed for protecting an organ or tissue from inflammation and organ injury following ischemia, reperfusion, and trauma through the administration of an HMGB1 protein within a time period sufficient to protect the organ or tissue from injury.
US07829093B2
Methods of treating or preventing an IL-1 related disease or condition in a mammal comprising administering an effective amount of an IL-1β binding antibody or IL-1β binding fragment thereof. An IL-1β binding antibody or IL-1β binding fragment thereof is provided comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 and SEQ ID NO: 11, and related nucleic acids, vectors, cells, and compositions, and a method of preparing an affinity matured IL-1β binding polypeptide. IL-1β binding antibodies or IL-1β binding fragments thereof are provided which have desirable affinity and potency.
US07829088B2
The present invention is related to a pharmaceutical composition comprising humanized anti-4-1BB antibody (HBBK4) for treating cancer by inducing increase of CD11+CD8+ T cell and IFN-γ, and inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the use. Accordingly, it can be useful in the prevention or treatment of cancer without adverse response.
US07829085B2
The invention, in general, features a method of treatment and/or prevention of a thrombotic pathological condition, in a mammal, which includes administering to the mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an antibody directed against the C1 domain of Factor VIII, which is a partially inhibitory antibody of Factor VIII.
US07829084B2
The invention relates to novel binding domain-immunoglobulin fusion proteins that feature a binding domain for a cognate structure such as an antigen, a counterreceptor or the like, a wild-type IgG1, IGA or IgE hinge-acting region, i.e., IgE CH2, region polypeptide or a mutant IgG1 hinge region polypeptide having either zero, one or two cysteine residues, and immunoglobulin CH2 and CH3 domains, and that are capable of ADCC and/or CDC while occurring predominantly as polypeptides that are compromised in their ability to form disulfide-linked multimers. The fusion proteins can be recombinantly produced at high expression levels. Also provided are related compositions and methods, including cell surface forms of the fusion proteins and immunotherapeutic applications of the fusion proteins and of polynucleotides encoding such fusion proteins.
US07829082B2
A composition useful for removal of fibrin-bound blood clots from a catheter comprises water, a fibrinolytically effective amount of a plasminogen activator, and a preservatively effective amount of a bacteriostatic organic alcohol. The composition does not comprise a chelating agent.
US07829071B2
The present invention is directed to bimodal polymer compositions and personal care fixatives containing bimodal polymer compositions. The present invention includes a bimodal polymer composition having a first polymer with anionic character and a second polymer with cationic character and wherein the polymers form an interpenetrating polymer network. In one embodiment, the present invention also includes personal care fixatives (e.g., health care, hygiene or cosmetic compositions) containing the bimodal polymer composition. The present invention also includes methods for forming bimodal polymer compositions.
US07829054B2
In an actuator including at least one active electrode disposed in an electrolyte and comprising at least two webs of an electrically conductive material with a plurality of geometrically anisotropic nanoparticles disposed thereon and oriented uni-directionally in a preferential direction with an electrically conductive connection between the nanoparticles and the webs and a potential difference with respect to ground can be applied to the active electrode by a voltage or current source, the nanoparticles are connected in each case to two webs and the connections are material-interlocking.
US07829046B2
Scrubber media for reactive gases, that can include but are not necessarily limited to hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and ammonia (NH3), can include reactive particles, potentially as small as nano-scale, that can optionally be suspended on macro-scale carrier particles. Reactive gases can be converted to non-volatile compounds by being passed through a bed of such scrubber media. Such scrubber media can be used to remove reactive gases from gas mixtures. Potential applications include differential absorption spectroscopy, air pollutant emission controls, and the like. Methods of preparing scrubber media are also described.
US07829041B2
The present invention provides an atomizer for producing finely dispersed spray of slurry/liquid and a process for the preparation of free flowing spray dried alumina powder. The jet-wheel impact atomizer based on the principle of addition of momenta has been invented and developed for spray drying. The atomizer works at significantly low slurry/liquid pressure (1-5 bar) and relatively lower speed (6000-14000 rpm). It saves a considerable amount of energy in view of above two advantages. Suspended solid in liquid is used as the feed slurry which is ejected from a nozzle in the form of a jet to hit against the toothed surface of a rotating wheel to cause atomization. The sprayed droplets are dried inside an associated drying chamber and collected through a screw conveyor at the bottom of the chamber. The feed solid at slurry stage is taken in the form of powder and includes ceramic, inorganic and organic compounds, food, drugs and Ayurvedic products. The liquid carrier includes water, aqueous, non aqueous inorganic and organic liquid, and precursor sol. Spheroidal/rounded grain spray dried powders are produced by the new type of atomization process.
US07829035B2
The present invention generally relates to catalyst systems and methods for oxidation of carbon monoxide. The invention involves catalyst compositions which may be advantageously altered by, for example, modification of the catalyst surface to enhance catalyst performance. Catalyst systems of the present invention may be capable of performing the oxidation of carbon monoxide at relatively lower temperatures (e.g., 200 K and below) and at relatively higher reaction rates than known catalysts. Additionally, catalyst systems disclosed herein may be substantially lower in cost than current commercial catalysts. Such catalyst systems may be useful in, for example, catalytic converters, fuel cells, sensors, and the like.
US07829031B2
Methods and systems for continuous multistage processing of particulate solids that can control the distribution of residence times of processed particles. One disclosed method includes admitting fluidizing gas into transfer tunnels between fluidized bed vessel stages, using gas inlets located in or outputting directly into the transfer tunnel to promote flow of the fluidized solids through the transfer tunnel. A common gas distributor plate can supply gas to the stage vessels and to any transfer tunnels having gas inlets. The distributor plate can be separable from the system or openable to provide access for removal of obstructions and for maintenance. A common base plate can incorporate lower portions of the stage vessels and the sides and roofs of the transfer tunnels, the bottoms of the vessels and tunnels optionally being provided by the gas distributor plate. Some multistage systems and processing methods have from 15 to 200 or more stages.
US07829030B2
The present invention relates to processes for fluidizing a population of catalyst particles that are depleted of catalyst fines. In one embodiment, the process includes providing a plurality of catalyst particles in the reactor, wherein the catalyst particles have a d2 value of greater than about 40 microns. The catalyst particles are contacted with a fluidizing medium under conditions effective to cause the catalyst particles to behave in a fluidized manner and form a fluidized bed. The particles are contacted with one or more primary obstructing members while in the fluidized bed. By fluidizing the catalyst particles in this manner, the catalyst particles can be maintained at an axial gas Peclet number of from about 10 to about 20.
US07829027B2
A sample carrier with a sample receiver for the sample liquid and with preferably several sample chambers which are connected thereto is proposed. In order to avoid refilling with sample liquid when it evaporates or is otherwise lost or used up, there is additionally a reservoir for sample liquid which is covered in the same way as the sample chambers and which has a connecting channel to the environment which can be closed by the sample liquid.
US07829025B2
A microfluidic processing device includes a substrate defining a microfluidic network. The substrate is in thermal communication with a plurality of N independently controllable components and a plurality of input output contacts for connecting the substrate to an external controller. Each component has at least two terminals. Each terminal is in electrical communication with at least one contact. The number of contacts required to independently control the N components is substantially less than the total number of terminals. Upon actuation, the components typically heat a portion of the microfluidic network and/or sense a temperature thereof.
US07829024B2
A urea concentration identification device comprising a concentration identification sensor unit (2) and a support unit (4) attached at the bottom end thereof with this sensor unit and provided at the top end thereof with a mounting unit (4a) to a urea solution tank opening. The concentration identification sensor unit (2) has an indirectly-heated concentration detector and liquid temperature detector provided with metal fins (21c),(22c), respectively, for heat-exchanging with urea solution. The concentration identification sensor unit (2) is provided with a cover member (2d) that forms an opposite-ends-opened urea solution induction passage so as to surround the metal fins (21c),(22c), and an enclosure (2e) that forms communication holes (26),(27) in the top and bottom end plate thereof (2e1),(2e2). A single-pulse voltage is applied to the heating element of the indirectly-heated concentration detector to heat it, and a urea concentration is identified at an identification operation unit based on an output from a concentration detection circuit including the temperature sensing element of the indirectly-heated concentration detector and the liquid temperature detector.
US07829014B2
The invention is a high-strength, pre-coated, titanium or titanium-alloy material component comprising a titanium or titanium-alloy material article having ultra-fine, submicron grain size microstructure and an organic coating of phenolic resin applied to the surface of the article. The article is prepared from a coarse grain titanium or titanium-alloy powder material that is cryomilled into an ultra-fine, submicron grain material, degassed, and densified. The densified material is formed or otherwise processed into a article, and pre-coated with an organic coating containing phenolic resin prior to installation or assembly.
US07829008B2
Disclosed is a method for fabricating a stent, the method comprising: positioning a polymeric tube inside a mold, wherein a high thermally conductive element covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the mold, the high thermally conductive element having a thermal conductivity that is greater than that of the mold; heating at least a portion of the mold; radially expanding the tube against the mold; and fabricating a stent from the radially expanded tube.
US07829006B2
Automotive housings are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are metals or conductive non-metals or metal plated non-metals. The micron conductive fibers may be metal fiber or metal plated fiber. Further, the metal plated fiber may be formed by plating metal onto a metal fiber or by plating metal onto a non-metal fiber. Any platable fiber may be used as the core for a non-metal fiber. Superconductor metals may also be used as micron conductive fibers and/or as metal plating onto fibers in the present invention.
US07829001B2
A gasket assembly (20) and method for forming the gasket assembly (20) for sealing two mating surfaces (46,48) over a complex geometrical contact region. The gasket assembly (20) is formed by a hollow silicone rubber tube (22) having a naturally straight configuration but easily bent into complex configurations without kinking. The tube (22) is filled with a curable liquid rubber compound (30) and then the ends (24,26) of the tube (22) are joined in end-to-end fashion to form a continuous loop. The joined ends (24,26) of the tube (22) can be reinforced with a connector (34,134) and then locally cured on a preliminary operation so that the liquid rubber compound (30) does not escape. The tube (22) is then laid up in a mold (40) having a complex geometrical feature (42) which replicates the complex geometrical contact region of the two mating surfaces (46,48) to be subsequently sealed. With the tube (22) held stationary in the mold form (40), the entrapped liquid rubber compound (30) is cured using a heat source (44) or other suitable curing accelerant. Once fully cured, the core of rubber compound (30′) takes a set in the complex geometrical form, and resists straightening of the tube (22) so as to hold the gasket assembly (20) in the complex geometrical shape required to later seal the mating surfaces (46,48). The tube (22) and core of cured rubber compound (30′) may be selected of materials which possess different durometers.
US07828995B2
The invention relates to novel compositions for fire-protection agents for materials, to a method for treating materials for protection against fire, and to the use of the compositions as fire-protection agents. More precisely, the invention relates to compositions for a fire-protection agent, such as a fire-protection paint, for materials, characterized in that ceramizing additives and volume-builders are contained as ingredients.
US07828994B2
A conductive paint composition includes a solvent, metal powder, a rheology control agent and a water-dispersible polyurethane resin therein. The water-dispersible polyurethane resin has at least one aromatic group and a repeat unit of ether therein.
US07828993B2
A phosphor for converting ultraviolet light or blue light emitted from a light emitting element into a visible white radiation having a high level of color rendering properties, containing a light emitting component prepared from a solid system of an alkaline earth metal antimonate and a system derived from the solid system and exhibiting intrinsic photoemission, such as a fluoroantimonate, a light emitting component prepared from a manganese(IV)-activated antimonate, a titanate, silicate-germanate, and an aluminate, a light emitting component prepared from a europium-activated silicate-germanate or from a system containing a sensitizer selected from a group consisting of europium (II) and manganese (II) as a secondary activator and having an orange color or a dark red color in the spectrum range over 600 nm, or a light emitting component composed of a mixture of eight or less light emitting components having different emission bands and brought to a state of continuous emission of about 380 to 780 nm exhibiting a color temperature of about 10,000 to 6,500 K and a color temperature of about 3,000 to 2,000 K by virtue of the superposition of the light emitting bands.
US07828991B2
This invention relates to novel polyether polyols which are prepared by alkoxylation of renewable resource materials, and particularly cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL), and to a process for the preparation of these novel polyether polyols. This invention also relates to flexible polyurethane foams prepared from these long chain polyether polyols, and to a process for the production of these flexible polyurethane foams.
US07828989B2
The present invention provides a pH stabilizing heat transfer medium composition comprising a main component of water, glycol, alcohol or glycol ether, and a pH buffer agent. The pH buffer agent is comprised of an alicyclic compound where a single ring-constituting carbon atom is bonded to two identical members or two different members selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl and its salts, or where at least two ring-constituting neighboring carbon atoms are each bonded to a single member selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl and its salts.
US07828988B2
An anisotropic rare-earth bonded magnet having a network boundary phase is provided by imparting melt fluidity accompanied by a slip to a composite granule and compressing and molding the composite granule in a magnetic field together with extensible polymer molecules and a chemical contact. In the bonded magnet, the maximum energy product is 147 kJ/m3 in the thickness of 1 mm, or 127 kJ/m3 in the thickness of 300 μm. This bonded magnet contributes to increase in output and decrease in size and weight of a permanent-magnet motor.
US07828985B2
A method of producing a thin film magnetic head includes the steps of: forming a second lower magnetic pole layer in a part on a first lower magnetic pole layer; forming, over the entire wafer surface, an insulating layer so as to be thicker than the thickness of the second lower magnetic pole layer in the stacking direction, the insulating layer being less likely to be etched than the second lower magnetic pole layer; carrying out a planarizing process by CMP on the entire wafer surface until the second lower magnetic pole layer is exposed; forming a concave portion including the second lower magnetic pole layer and the insulating layer by ion beam etching on the entire wafer surface; forming a recording gap layer over the entire wafer surface; and forming a first upper magnetic pole layer in the upper magnetic pole layer so as to fill the concave portion.
US07828973B2
Filtration devices that include filtration cassettes that feature a plurality of stacked subassemblies, wherein at least one of the subassemblies includes a porous membrane having a front side and a back side and a perimeter; and an overmolded frame that encapsulates the membrane around the perimeter of the front side and the back side of the membrane; wherein the overmolded frame forms at least one retentate port, at least one feed port, at least one filtrate port, and a flow channel proximate a perimeter of the frame; and an overmolded plastic jacket that penetrates the flow channels of the subassemblies to seal the stacked subassemblies; and methods for making the filtration device and cassettes.
US07828972B2
Disclosed is a self-reciprocating energy recovery device utilized in driving of a seawater pump by self-reciprocating a piston of a power recovery chamber and recovering energy not using an electronic drive unit but using the hydraulic power of concentrated water. The self-reciprocating energy recovery device including a pair of power recovery chambers having pistons therein respectively, a high-pressure concentrated supply pipe, a low-pressure concentrated discharge pipe, and a high-pressure seawater discharge pipe to enable the power recovery chambers to recover hydraulic power supplied through the high-pressure concentrated water supply pipe and utilize the hydraulic power in driving of a seawater pump.
US07828971B2
A reverse osmosis system that includes a housing having an inlet port, a permeate port and a concentrate port. A membrane element is within the housing. The reverse osmosis system further includes (i) a first connector that is connected to the inlet port; (ii) a second connector that is connected to the permeate port; and (iii) a third connector that is connected to the concentrate port. A key is inserted between each of the first, second and third connectors. The key is configured such that the key cannot be inserted between the first, second and third connectors unless each of the first, second and third connectors is properly connected to the respective inlet, permeate and concentrate ports. In some embodiments, the key is configured such that the key cannot be removed from between each of the first, second and third connectors when there is pressure at the inlet port.
US07828969B2
Provided are filter elements and methods of making and using the same where the filter elements are suitable for liquid filtration and contain particle-loaded meltblown fiber webs. A filter element comprises: a porous article comprising a web of self-supporting nonwoven polymeric fibers and a plurality of sorbent particles enmeshed in the web, the article comprising a first surface and a second surface; a liquid-impermeable housing surrounding the porous article; an inlet in fluid communication with the first surface; and an outlet in fluid communication with the second surface. Spiral-wound webs, web-covered blocks, and stacked disks of webs are also provided.
US07828960B1
A separator for separating F.O.G. from an effluent that contains F.O.G. includes a tank, an inlet to the tank for receiving effluent that contains F.O.G., and an outlet to allow grey water to leave the tank. The tank has a size to enable stratification of a layer of F.O.G. present in the tank on water in the tank, and first and second thermocouples are positioned at differing levels in the tank. Conductors couple the thermocouples to sensors, and differing voltages in the thermocouples can be sensed to determine if the thermocouples are surrounded by F.O.G. or water.
US07828951B2
A multi-layered wafer support apparatus is provided for performing an electroplating process on a semiconductor wafer (“wafer”). The multi-layered wafer support apparatus includes a bottom film layer and a top film layer. The bottom film layer includes a wafer placement area and a sacrificial anode surrounding the wafer placement area. The top film layer is defined to be placed over the bottom film layer. The top film layer includes an open region to be positioned over a surface of the wafer to be processed, i.e., electroplated. The top film layer provides a liquid seal between the top film layer and the wafer, about a periphery of the open region. The top film layer further includes first and second electrical circuits that are each defined to electrically contact a peripheral top surface of the wafer at diametrically opposed locations about the wafer.
US07828949B2
Provided are a biomolecule detection device, a mobile phone for biomolecule detection, and a biomolecule detection method. The biomolecule detection device includes an electrophoresis unit comprising an electrophoretic gel filtering erythrocytes and leukocytes in blood and transferring proteins and DNAs in the blood, and at least one type of a probe biomolecule, immobilized in the electrophoretic gel, reacting with a target biomolecule; a conversion unit converting a result of a reaction between the target biomolecule and the probe biomolecule to an electrical signal; and a lead-out unit receiving, converting, and transmitting the electrical signal.
US07828948B1
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for preconcentrating and separating analytes such as proteins and polynucleotides in microchannels. As disclosed, at least one size-exclusion polymeric element is adjacent to processing area or an assay area in a microchannel which may be porous polymeric element. The size-exclusion polymeric element may be used to manipulate, e.g. concentrate, analytes in a sample prior to assaying in the assay area.
US07828944B2
An electroplating apparatus includes: a wafer holder that is detachable from an engaging hole of a cathode holder and capable of moving in a up and down direction; a spring contact type cathode electrode that is fixed to an electrode housing recess on a top surface of the wafer holder and presses against a backside of a wafer placed on the wafer holder; and a suction pad that is fixed to a pad housing recess on a top surface of the wafer holder and suctions the backside of the wafer placed on the wafer holder.
US07828939B2
A method for concentrating effectively the heavy nitrogen isotope 15N to 50 atom % or more in which 14N15N and/or 15N2, which are molecules containing a heavy nitrogen isotope of 15N, are concentrated by distilling successively nitrogen N2 using plural distillation columns T1 to T4 each of which includes at least one condenser C1 to C4 and at least one reboiler R1 to R4 and is arranged in series, and a part of nitrogen in the distillation is drawn out to be subjected to isotope scrambling in an isotope scrambler S1, and nitrogen after the isotope scrambling is returned to the distillation to produce nitrogen N2 with a 15N concentration of 50 atom % or more.
US07828936B2
A method for dissolving cellulose in which the cellulose based raw material is admixed with a mixture of a dipolar aprotic intercrystalline swelling agent and an ionic liquid at a temperature of 25° C. to 180° C. for a time sufficient to dissolve the cellulose based raw material. The molar ratio of dipolar aprotic intercrystalline swelling agent to ionic liquid is 0.05 to 1.5 moles of dipolar aprotic intercrystalline swelling agent to 1 mole of ionic liquid. Dipolar aprotic intercrystalline swelling agents do not include imidazole based agents or amine based agents.
US07828935B2
The specification discloses papers suitable for liquid electrophotographic printing (“LEP”) and a method for making such papers. According to the method, a papermaking furnish containing cellulosic fibers is formed into a fibrous web on a papermaking machine and at least partially dried. The web is then treated with a sizing composition comprising starch, an acrylic acid polymer, an organic material having an HLB value of from about 2 to about 14 such as a polyglycerol ester, and water. The treated web is dried and calendered to a final desired caliper. Since the sizing composition is an aqueous mixture, it may be applied to the web on-line during production of the paper on the papermaking machine, thereby avoiding the expense and inconvenience of conventional off-line methods used to make existing LEP papers. The resulting paper exhibits at least 80% and preferably above 90% toner adhesion as measured by the tape pull tests used for the assessment of papers printed by LEP.
US07828930B2
A method for Kraft pulping employing a modified cooking process in conjunction with polysulfide pulping technologies to obtain higher pulping yields than obtained in the prior art. The total required alkali charge (polysulfide liquor) is added to the beginning of a cook, and after all polysulfide has essentially reacted with lignocellulosic material at temperature below that at which no significant carbohydrate degradation occurs, a first quantity of the cooking liquor high in effective alkali (EA) concentration is removed from a first point in the pulping process and replaced with a cooking liquor low in EA concentration removed from another process point. The first quantity is then added elsewhere in the pulping process, where the EA concentration is low. This cooking liquor “exchange” obtains the full yield benefit from polysulfide pulping and a more uniform EA concentration profile to retain the major benefits of modified cooking.
US07828924B2
An intermediate material which is adapted to manufacture a circuit board includes a prepreg sheet having a through-hole provided therein, a first film provided on a surface of the prepreg sheet and having a first hole communicating with the through-hole, a second film provided on another surface of the prepreg sheet and having a second hole communicating with the through-hole, and a conductive paste filling the though-hole, the first hole, and the second hole. The thickness t1 of the prepreg sheet, the minimum diameter rmin of the through-hole, the thickness tf1 of the first film, the diameter rf1 of the first hole, the thickness tf2 of the second film, the diameter rf2 of the second hole satisfy a relation: rf1/tf1≧3, rf2/tf2≧3, and rmin/(t1+tf1+tf2)≦1.5. This intermediate material provides a circuit board having a fine via-conductor connected to a metal foil securely and stably.
US07828920B2
A method of making a multiconductor cable assembly is disclosed. The method comprises arranging two or more coated wires and at least partially bonding the wires, wherein one or more of the coated wires comprises a conductor and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer, and may further comprise a flame retardant.
US07828911B2
A method for producing coloured layers on zinc, aluminium, magnesium or alloy surfaces. The surfaces are brought into contact with an aqueous treatment solution which is devoid of chrome, said solution containing, in total, 3-35 g/l persulfate ions and/or peroxodisulfate ions and not more than 10 g/l ammonia or ammonium ions, it has a pH value in the region of between 10-12 and a temperature in the range of between 30-80 ° C. The surfaces are brought into contact with the treatment solution for a period in the region of 0.5-5 minutes and optionally, they are covered with a coating based on organic polymers. The invention further relates to metal parts treated according to said method.
US07828910B2
High toughness, high strength alloys are thermochemically processed by performing concurrent bulk alloy heat treatment and surface engineering processing. The concurrent steps can include high temperature solutionizing together with carburizing and tempering together with nitriding.
US07828906B2
Depending on the actual operating situation and the composition of the fuels used for driving the internal combustion engine, contamination of the moving blades, of the guide device and of the turbine casing parts occurs sooner or later in the exhaust gas turbine. According to the invention, a small quantity of cleaning fluid is fed continuously or cyclically into the exhaust gas flow of an exhaust gas turbine and is directed onto the components to be cleaned. The small quantity of cleaning fluid can be fed in with unchanged operation of the internal combustion engine, such that the exhaust gas turbine can be cleaned or kept clean within the entire operating range of the internal combustion engine. Fluctuations in the power output of the internal combustion engine on account of requisite cleaning of the exhaust gas turbine therefore do not occur. Furthermore, the formation of thermostress cracks in the critical turbine casing parts is largely avoided.
US07828905B2
The present invention relates to cleaning compositions and methods employing a water soluble magnesium compound. Such compositions can be used for reducing scale, rinsing, hard surface cleaning, ware washing, and corrosion inhibition.
US07828899B2
An apparatus for performing simultaneous pass-by vapor deposition of a uniform thickness thin film of a lubricant on at least one surface of each of a plurality of substrates. The apparatus includes a (a) chamber member having an interior space adapted to be maintained at a reduced pressure below atmospheric pressure; (b) at least one linearly extending vapor source member for supplying the interior space of the chamber with at least one linearly extending stream of lubricant vapor; (c) a substrate/workpiece mounting/supporting member adapted for supporting thereon a plurality of substrates/workpieces; and (d) a transporter/conveyor member for continuously moving the substrate/workpiece mounting/supporting member transversely past the at least one linearly extending stream of lubricant vapor for depositing a uniform thickness thin film of lubricant on the surfaces of each of a plurality of substrates/workpieces carried by the substrate/workpiece mounting/supporting member.
US07828898B2
A CVD apparatus includes a vertical boat extending in a vertical direction and capable of holding plural substrates in a horizontal state such that the substrates are aligned in the vertical direction, an inner tube extending in the vertical direction and provided so as to surround the boat laterally, an outer tube surrounding the inner tube laterally from outside, the outer tube further covering a top part of the inner tube, a flange holding the inner tube and outer tube at respective bottom ends thereof, gas introducing nozzles provided on a flange sidewall at two locations thereof, the gas introducing nozzles introducing gases from outside to an interior of the inner tube at respective gas ejection ports, and a gas evacuation part evacuating a gas in the outer tube to outside thereof, wherein there is provided a guide part in the vicinity of the gas ejection ports of the gas introducing nozzles such that the gases ejected from the respective gas ejection ports are caused to flow generally parallel to a bottom surface of the flange along an inner surface of the flange sidewall.
US07828886B2
Anthrapyridone dyes of general formula (III) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, M and n are as defined in the specification, are excellent magenta dyes for dying and printing cellulose containing materials and textile materials and, in particular, for the preparation of recording liquids for ink jet printing.
US07828883B2
A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramatically increases the concentration of dissolved carbonate ion in solution. This increases the overlying vapor pressure of carbon dioxide gas, permitting carbon dioxide to be removed from the downstream side of the ion pump as a pure gas. The ion pumping may be obtained from reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, thermal desalination methods, or an ion pump system having an oscillating flow in synchronization with an induced electric field.
US07828882B2
An illuminating air purifier is disclosed. In an embodiment, the illuminating air purifier includes an air ionizer, a back plate, and a light.
US07828875B2
The present invention provides modified molecular sieve membranes with improved CO2/CH4 separation selectivity and methods for making such membranes. The molecular sieve membranes are modified by adsorption of a modifying agent, such as ammonia, within and/or on the membrane.
US07828873B2
A direct smelting vessel (3) for operating a molten bath-based direct smelting process under pressure conditions in the vessel is disclosed. The vessel includes a forehearth (67) for tapping molten metal continuously from the vessel. The forehearth includes an open connection (97) that extends through a side wall of the vessel into the interior of the vessel. The open connection is formed to dampen the impact of sudden changes in pressure in the vessel on molten metal flow in the forehearth that could result in an undesirable surge of molten metal from the forehearth. The open connection is also formed so that molten metal does not freeze in the connection for at least 6 hours when molten metal is not being discharged from the vessel into the forehearth via the open connection.
US07828859B2
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a battery in which an A/S label is disposed in a plastic member of the battery and a battery made by the method. In the battery made by the method according to the present invention, the A/S label is prevented from being separated and disappeared and from being exchanged or modified arbitrarily by a battery user.
US07828858B2
Disclosed are mixtures of sulfide dyes and dyeing compositions comprising mixtures of sulfide dyes. The dye mixtures are useful for the dyeing of organic materials, such as keratin fibers, preferably human hair.
US07828854B2
An implantable prosthesis for repairing or reinforcing a tissue or muscle wall defect including a first composite structure including at least one layer of a non-absorbable material is disclosed. The first composite structure has a central portion sized and shaped to cover at least a portion of the tissue or muscle wall defect, and has an outer periphery. The prosthesis further includes a second structure having a reinforced central region and an outer peripheral edge, a reinforcing element positioned between the first and second structures, and having an outer periphery and a stiffness greater than that of the first and second structures, and at least one pulling element coupled to the reinforced central region of the second structure. The second structure is coupled to the first structure substantially only at their respective peripheries.
US07828844B2
Methods of correcting vision are described. The methods include inserting a lens into a corneal epithelial pocket or a pocket created between a corneal epithelium of an eye of a patient and Bowman's membrane of the eye. A lens is inserted into the pocket to correct vision. Certain methods include one or more steps of cooling the corneal epithelium, and applying an aqueous liquid to the eye. The lenses that are inserted into the pocket can include collagen, including recombinant collagen, synthetic polymeric materials, and combinations thereof.
US07828838B2
Devices, systems, and methods for implanting radially expandable prostheses in the body lumens rely on tacking or anchoring the prostheses with separately introduced fasteners. The prostheses may be self-expanding or balloon expandable, and may include a single lumen or more than one lumen. After initial placement, a fastener applier system is introduced within the expanded prostheses to deploy a plurality of fasteners to at least one prosthesis end. The fasteners are usually helical fasteners which are releasably restrained on the fastener driver, and are delivered by rotation of the fastener driver. The fasteners may be applied singly, typically in circumferentially spaced-apart patterns about the interior of at least one end of the prosthesis. A lumen extension or lumens may be coupled to the prosthesis to extend the reach of the prosthesis within the implantation site. Fasteners may also be applied to the lumen extensions.
US07828834B2
A device for connection between previously intubed ends of a corporeal duct and a substantially tubular prosthesis. The device can be a meshed structure, such as a mesh sleeve, that is deformable by means of a balloon catheter and capable of radial expansion between a stable configuration of minimum diameter and a final configuration after expansion that is likewise stable. A series of teeth for transfixing overlapping parts of the sleeve, uniformly aligned in a ring formation and radially oriented, can be found at each end of the mesh structure. The teeth are of a hemostatic profile including a base part with a circular cross-section extended by a trihedral terminal portion.
US07828831B1
A temperature controlled fluid therapy system includes a reservoir for containing hot or cold fluid, a pump with a submersible motor disposed within the reservoir, a watertight blanket for containing the hot or cold fluid, and output and intake conduits for circulating the fluid between the reservoir and the blanket. The system includes a first temperature sensor disposed within the reservoir for measuring the temperature of the fluid in the reservoir, and a second temperature sensor disposed adjacent the blanket for measuring the temperature of the fluid in the blanket. A power supply provides power to the pump motor. A controller controls the power provided to the motor based upon the first and second temperature signals, thereby controlling the fluid flow rate through the blanket and hence the temperature of the fluid in the blanket. When the temperature of the fluid in the reservoir is within a hot temperature range, such as 90° F. to 120° F., the controller maintains the temperature of the fluid in the blanket within the hot temperature range. When the temperature of the fluid in the reservoir is within a cold temperature range, such as 45° F. to 65° F., the controller maintains the temperature of the fluid in the blanket within the cold temperature range.
US07828830B2
A dynamic spinal stabilization apparatus comprises a stabilization device such as a rod or a plate. Elongated bores, interfaces, or terminations packed with elastic material provides relative movement between the devices to allow spinal flexion and extension. Initially, relative movement may be constrained by a degradable materials, such as a resorbable material, to allow and screws to fuse to the associated bone.
US07828829B2
An exemplary tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a head of a bone fixation device includes an inner tulip member including a lower portion configured to couple the head of the bone fixation device and an upper portion including a plurality of flexible protrusions extending from the lower portion. According to one exemplary embodiment the plurality of flexible protrusions are configured to provisionally couple a rod. The exemplary tulip assembly also includes an outer tulip member including a first position and a second position, the first position being configured to enable an expansion of the lower portion of the inner tulip member and the second position being configured to compressibly lock the lower portion of the inner member on the bone fixation device. Moreover, the present exemplary tulip assembly also includes a cap having a generally planar top and at least one locking member extending from the top. Wherein the at least one locking member is configured to compress the flexible protrusions to securely lock the rod within the tulip assembly.
US07828819B2
A locking device that can be used to adjust a cord of a small system or a medical device. The locking device includes an outer housing having a first lumen. A cord is disposed within the first lumen where the cord is freely moveable through the first lumen. A locking mechanism is disposed within the first lumen and over the cord. The locking mechanism is configured to lock or unlock the cord relative to the outer housing. An actuator is configured to move the locking mechanism to lock or unlock the cord relative to the outer housing.
US07828817B2
An apparatus for delivering a clip to close an opening through tissue includes a sheath and a carrier assembly including a clip therein that is slidable on the sheath. An actuator assembly is connectable to the sheath, and telescoping actuator members extend from the handle that are connectable to the carrier assembly for advancing the carrier assembly along the sheath. An obturator on the actuator assembly includes splines that may be deployed beyond a distal end of the sheath, and expanded to a transverse expanded configuration for positioning the sheath before deploying the clip. The actuator members include cooperating detents that selectively release the actuator members as the carrier assembly reaches predetermined positions along the sheath for deploying the clip from the carrier assembly, and that collapse the splines to allow removal of the apparatus after deploying the clip.
US07828805B2
A hip stem centralizer datum guide and method are provided for positioning a proximal portion of a hip stem component within bone cement in an intramedullary canal of a femur. The datum guide is positionable in a predetermined position relative to the intramedullary canal and is able to create a datum that records the predetermined hip stem component position relative to the intramedullary canal. The datum is able to be referenced to position the hip stem component in the predetermined hip stem component position in the bone cement in the intramedullary canal.
US07828791B2
A first medical instrument includes a flexible catheter and a medical guidewire extendable beyond a distal end of the catheter. The catheter has an articulated section. The medical guidewire has first and second segments, wherein the bending moment of inertia of the first segment is less than the bending moment of inertia of the second segment. A second medical instrument includes a flexible catheter, a mechanized guidewire assembly, and a medical guidewire extendable beyond a distal end of the catheter. The catheter has an articulated section. The medical guidewire has an exterior surface including a repetitive series of spaced-apart surface elevation features. One example of surface elevation features is external threads. The spaced-apart surface elevation features are adapted for operable engagement with the mechanized guidewire drive assembly.
US07828790B2
Catheter assembly including an elongate shaft comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as a thermoplastic shape memory polymer having a pre-selected glass transition temperature (Tg) and a means for heating the thermoplastic polymer, wherein the thermoplastic polymer is in a rubbery state at temperatures above the glass transition temperature and is in a glassy state at temperatures below the glass transition temperature. The elongate shaft may be selectively heated and cooled to provide sufficient flexibility and retention during a medical procedure.
US07828789B2
The invention provides methods and devices for creating a localized pleurodesis between the thoracic wall and the lung such that a ventilation bypass conduit may be introduced into the lung through the thoracic wall and visceral membrane without causing a pneumothorax. A medical device such as a catheter is used to enter the pleural cavity and deliver a pleurodesis agent to a localized area between the visceral and parietal membranes.
US07828788B2
A connector for connecting a container with a fluid preparation device for preparing a fluid, in particular a container with a concentrate for the preparation of dialysis fluid, as well as the combination of the connector, the corresponding container and the fluid preparation device. In order to simplify the handling during both the manufacturing process of such containers and the connection of such containers to the fluid preparation devices, the connector connects a first and second fluid line of the container with a third and fourth fluid line of the fluid preparation device with two laterally spaced-apart mounting elements which each incorporate one of two orifices terminating the first and second fluid lines.
US07828769B2
A vent system for an infusion drip chamber is provided according to the invention. The vent system includes an automatic air eliminator communicating with an interior and an exterior of the infusion drip chamber. The automatic air eliminator is capable of automatically venting air from the infusion drip chamber in a substantially continuous manner. The vent system further includes a mechanical air eliminator communicating with the interior and the exterior of the infusion drip chamber. The manual air eliminator is capable of mechanically venting air from the infusion drip chamber at discrete time intervals.
US07828768B2
A disposable syringe after one time usage includes an outer tube having an inner teeth set formed on the inner wall of the outer tube and an inner tube having an outer teeth set formed on the outer wall of the inner tube and a safety guide. The inner teeth set of the outer tube meshes with the outer teeth set of the inner tube. The single direction design of the teeth sets allows the outer tube to be pulled away from the inner tube, but not to be pushed back. The pulling force of the outer tube will pull the safety guide to form a damaged groove and the outer tube is adapted to enclose a needle so that the needle is not exposed outwardly, which prevents the needle from poking people accidentally. The syringe is unable to be reused.
US07828763B2
A microdialysis probe with a probe body, a probe needle for introduction into a tissue, an inlet line and an outlet line for a perfusion solution and a dialysis membrane, wherein at least one hollow channel forms the outlet line and extends at least partly spirally about the probe needle on an external surface of the probe needle. The inlet for the perfusion solution may also be in the form of spiral about the external surface of the probe needle.
US07828762B2
A catheter for delivering ultrasonic energy and therapeutic compounds to a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises a tubular body. The tubular body has a proximal region and a distal region opposite the proximal region. The catheter further comprises a plurality of fluid delivery lumens formed into the tubular body. The catheter further comprises an inner core configured for insertion into the tubular body. The inner core comprises an elongate electrical conductor having a plurality of flattened regions, each flattened region having a first flat side and a second flat side opposite the first flat side. The inner core further comprises a plurality of ultrasound radiating members mounted in pairs to the flattened regions of the elongate electrical conductor. A first ultrasound radiating member is mounted to the first flat side of the elongate electrical conductor, and a second ultrasound radiating member is mounted to the second flat side of the elongate electrical conductor. The catheter further comprises control electronics configured to apply a driving signal to at least two, but fewer than all, of the ultrasound radiating members.
US07828758B2
A foot support having straps which receive the calcaneous and wrap around the midfoot in a tensioned state for stabilizing the rearfoot and the midfoot to avoid excessive inversion and eversion of the foot.
US07828752B2
A device for indicating the location of the anteroposterior femoral axis has a spike or needle that engages the anterior-most point in the intercondylar notch and a rounded or spherical surface is placed on the trochlear groove of the femur and urged in a posterior direction. That is, the rounded surface or ball is urged toward the bottom of the trochlear groove. This causes the rounded surface or ball to self-locate into the deepest point of the trochlear groove. The anterior-most point in the intercondylar notch and the deepest part of the trochlear groove anteriorly are points that accurately determine the anteroposterior femoral axis, and the device includes a marking device or guide member that is fixed perpendicular to this axis. A surgeon, therefore, has an accurate indication of the correct femoral component rotation for proper implant position in a knee replacement or other surgical procedure.
US07828748B2
A biopsy device and method are provided for obtaining a tissue sample, such as a breast tissue biopsy sample. The biopsy device includes a disposable probe assembly with an outer cannula having a distal piercing tip, a cutter lumen, and a cutter tube that rotates and translates past a side aperture in the outer cannula to sever a tissue sample. The biopsy device also includes a reusable handpiece with an integral motor and power source to make a convenient, untethered control for use with ultrasonic imaging. The reusable handpiece incorporates a probe oscillation mode to assist when inserting the distal piercing tip into tissue. The motor also actuates a vacuum syringe in coordination with movement of the cutter tube to provide vacuum assistance in prolapsing tissue and retracting tissue samples.
US07828746B2
A device with a sampling portion configured to engage, sever, and remove tissue from a body can be used to obtain one or more tissue samples from the body. The device can be used to obtain multiple tissue samples simultaneously.
US07828745B2
An endoluminal biopsy device is provided with a proximal actuation mechanism attached to a distal sampler by at least one elongate member. The distal sampler includes a distal inner portion defining a plurality of chambers, each configured to receive a tissue sample, and a distal outer portion defining a cutting mechanism opening having a cutting edge adjacent the cutting mechanism opening. The distal outer portion is configured so that, when the cutting mechanism opening aligns with one of the plurality of chambers, the distal outer portion covers the remaining chambers. A related method for the use of such an endoluminal biopsy device also is provided.
US07828742B2
A method and system is provided for monitoring a respiratory signal by radio. The method includes the steps of: converting a change in electric resistance, which is caused by a change in abdominal circumference measured through a rubber waistband that is made of conductive rubber and is mounted on a lower garment of a testee during respiration, into a voltage signal, performing A/D conversion on the voltage signal, and transmitting the converted digital signal to a short distance by radio using a wireless communication protocol for ZigBee; and receiving the respiratory signal transmitted by radio, transmitting it to a computer unit by wire through an RS-232 port that is a serial communication port, and enabling a tester to monitor the respiratory signal through a screen.
US07828738B2
Steered continuous wave doppler methods and systems for two-dimensional ultrasound transducer arrays
Methods and systems for acquiring spectral and velocity information with a multi-dimensional array are provided. For example, a dedicated receive aperture is formed at a multi-dimensional array for steered continuous wave imaging. Other elements not within the dedicated receive aperture are used for transmitting continuous waves or transmitting and receiving pulsed waveforms in other modes of imaging. As another example, switches or other structures are provided for selecting between a plurality of possible apertures for a steered continuous wave aperture. The selection is performed in response to a configuration of an ultrasound system, such as selection of a focal location or steer direction. The aperture is then used for either transmit or receive operations of steered continuous wave imaging. As yet another example, at least part of the steered continuous wave beamformer is provided within a transducer assembly. The transducer assembly includes a probe housing and a connector housing electrically connected by a cable. In yet another example, at least one angle of a three-dimensional indication of flow direction is input from a user. Velocity values in either steered continuous wave imaging or pulsed wave imaging are corrected as a function of a three-dimensional indication of flow direction.
US07828736B2
An electronic scan type ultrasound diagnostic instrument employing an ultrasound transducer which is constituted by an array of transducer elements in a predetermined direction and adapted to drive a plural number of adjacent located transducer elements in simultaneous or delayed action mode. Arrayed transducer elements are divided into a plural number of transducer assembly units in the arrayed direction. Each one of the transducer elements is provided with a separate electrode which is connected with a signal line separately from other transducer elements, and a common electrode which is connected commonly with one or a plural number of transducer elements. A signal line from a separate electrode of a transducer element is short circuited with a signal line from a transducer element in a different transducer assembly unit and connected together to a single wiring cable.
US07828735B2
Methods for providing diagnostic information using endocardial surface data for a patient's heart are described herein. In some embodiments, endocardial surface data for the left ventricle of a heart is received. The endocardial surface data represents the endocardial surface of the left ventricle at multiple times over a heartbeat and is obtained using a volumetric imaging application. A representation in prolate spheroidal coordinates of the endocardial surface of the left ventricle at least a portion of the multiple times is generated using the endocardial surface data. The prolate spheroidal coordinates include a longitudinal angular coordinate μ, a circumferential angular coordinate θ, and a coordinate λ as a function of longitudinal angular coordinate μ and circumferential angular coordinate θ. A measure that provides diagnostic information related to the left ventricle is computed based at least on part on the value of coordinate λ.
US07828730B2
A device for hemorrhage detection comprising a detector for detecting the presence of blood, the detector being connected to a fixing, apparatus. The fixing apparatus is fixed to the inner wall of a hollow organ. The device further has a transmitting unit by which data transmitted by the detector are adapted to be transmitted to a receiving unit disposed outside the body.
US07828712B2
Methods and devices treat treating non-stuttering pathologies having impaired or decreased communication skills by administering a frequency altered auditory feedback signal to a subject having a non-stuttering pathology while the subject is speaking or talking to thereby improve the subject's communication skills.Certain methods for treating subjects having non-stuttering pathologies or disorders presenting with an impairment or dysfunction in communication skills using frequency altered auditory feedback, comprise: (a) positioning a ear-supported device (devoid of external cabling during normal operation) for receiving auditory signals associated with a subject's speech in close proximity to at least one ear of an individual, the device being adapted to be in communication with at least one of the ear canals of the individual; (b) receiving in the device an audio signal associated with the subject's speech; (c) generating from the device a frequency altered auditory feedback signal having an associated frequency shift between about +/−2 octaves relative to the received audio signal; and (d) transmitting the frequency altered auditory feedback signal to at least one ear canal of the subject.
US07828711B2
Method and apparatus for modulating cellular growth and regeneration using ventricular assist device
A system delivers combined ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy and chemical and/or biological therapy to modulate myocardial tissue growth in a heart after myocardial infarction (MI). The system includes an agent delivery device to release one or more agents to an MI region to modulate myocardial tissue growth in that region, and a VAD to enhance the effects of the one or more agents by reducing myocardial wall stress and the overall cardiac workload. In one embodiment, the system is an implantable system including an implantable agent delivery device and an implantable VAD for long-term use in a patient.
US07828708B2
An automated case erecting apparatus for use in erecting case blanks includes a case blank feeder configured to hold a plurality of upstanding case blanks arranged face-to-face. The case blank feeder includes a path along which the case blanks are directed. A case erecting assembly receives a case blank from the case blank feeder at a case receiving location. The case erecting assembly includes a first arm carrying a first gripper element and a second arm carrying a second gripper element. The first arm and associated first gripper element are arranged and configured such that the first gripper element grips a first flap of the case blank. The second arm and associated second gripper element are arranged and configured such that the second gripper element grips a second flap of the case blank. The case erecting assembly is configured to move in a conveying direction from the case receiving location toward a case bottom fold and seal station to carry the gripped case blank toward the case bottom fold and seal station.
US07828704B1
The combination limb and abdominal exerciser of the present invention has a first torsional spring coupled between two rods of a set of pivotally connected rod members, such that the expansion or compression of the first torsional spring provides an exercise resistance when the two rods are moved outward away from or moved inward closer to each other by an external force, and the two rods return by the resilience of the first torsional spring when the external force is released, so as to help a user to exercise the upper limbs or exercise the lower limbs. Furthermore, a handle can be axially disposed at the end of each of the two rods, and a second torsional spring is disposed between each handle and the corresponding rod. The user can hold the handles and make the rods to rotate with respect to each other for wrist exercise.
US07828696B2
A method for controlling engine torque of a hybrid electric vehicle with an electronic throttle control when an engine is restarted after an idle-stop state includes: transmitting torque restriction information to an engine control unit, outputting a restricted torque from the engine control unit using the torque restriction information, transmitting an input torque of the engine to a continuously variable transmission by a clutch operation according to a control of the engine control unit, and supplying a clutch control hydraulic pressure based on the input torque.
US07828695B2
A control apparatus for a shift-position changing mechanism that changes the shift positions of an automatic transmission mounted in a vehicle using a rotational force of an actuator based on the state of an operation member includes: a detection unit that detects a command to change the shift positions based on a change in the state of the operation member; a control unit that controls the actuator such that the actuator is rotated by a predetermined rotation amount, when a predetermined first condition concerning the state of the vehicle is satisfied in a case the command to change the shift positions is not detected; and a determination unit that determines that a failure has occurred in the shift-position changing mechanism, when a predetermined second condition on the control of the actuator is satisfied.
US07828694B2
In a powertrain that includes an engine driveably connected to a load and an electric machine driveably connected to the load, a method for controlling a vehicle located on an incline against rollback includes determining a magnitude of wheel torque required to prevent the vehicle from rolling back, determining whether the electric machine has a current torque capacity that is equal to or greater than the required wheel torque, using the electric machine to produce the required wheel torque provided the current torque capacity of the electric machine is able to produce the required wheel torque, and using the engine to produce the required wheel torque provided the torque capacity of the electric machine is unable to produce the required wheel torque.
US07828691B2
A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and at least one brake.
US07828684B2
A control system for controlling an axle clutch between two half-axles in a motor vehicle is provided. The control system includes two solenoids and a pressure sensor in communication with a controller and a valve assembly. One of the solenoids provides a flow of fluid to engage the axle clutch. The valve assembly cooperates with another of the solenoids to disengage the axle clutch under certain conditions.
US07828675B2
A putter-type club head (20) having a main body (25) and a removable aft member (30) is disclosed herein. The putter-type club head (20) has a main body (25) that is preferably composed of an aluminum alloy. The removable aft member (30) is preferably composed of stainless steel and preferably has a fang-like shape.
US07828669B1
A golf club head with a body and an asymmetrical visual swing indicator is provided. The asymmetrical visual swing indicator may be formed to represent an apparent backswing path outward of an actual backswing path. In certain configurations the asymmetrical visual swing indicator is positioned such that a portion of the asymmetrical visual swing indicator closest to the hitting surface of the golf club is closer to a heel end plane of the golf club head then a portion of the asymmetrical visual swing indicator closest to a rear surface of the golf club head. A method of fitting a golf club head by determining an initial swing plane using a measuring device, determining a desired swing plane, and applying an asymmetrically shaped visual indicator to a golf club head based upon the determined initial swing plane and the desired swing is also provided.
US07828665B2
A riding device includes a crank device rotatably attached to a base, and a rider support supported on a carrier and movable relative to the base for supporting a rider, the carrier has a front portion pivotally coupled to the base and a rear portion coupled to the cranks for moving cyclically relative to the base and for allowing the carrier to be moved in an elliptical and reciprocating action relative to the base by the crank device, and a motor or motorized rotating device for rotating the crank device relative to the base in the cyclic and reciprocating action to actuate the carrier and the rider support to move relative to the base in an elliptical and reciprocating action.
US07828660B2
In a coordinate detection step, a series of coordinate values each of which indicates a position which is on a display screen and is inputted through a pointing device, are detected at intervals of a unit time. Further, an operation state determination step determines whether or not a player is controlling a first object with the pointing device. When the operation state determination step determines that the player is controlling the first object, the selection determination step determines whether or not an input track of the pointing device forms an enclosed area for enclosing a second object based on the series of coordinate values. When the enclosed area has been formed, the first object and the second object are caused to perform predetermined actions.
US07828659B2
A game device capable of ensuring player's action to be displayed in a judgment area set in a player image is provided. A game device (10) including a player image acquisition unit (60) for sequentially acquiring a player image representing the player, a game processing unit (72) for controlling a game based on an amount of action of the player displayed in the judgment area set in the player image further includes an action range image production unit (62) for producing an action range image representing an action range of the player based on the player image sequentially acquired by the player image acquisition unit (60), and a judgment area setting unit (68) for setting the judgment area in accordance with the content of the action range image produced by the action range image production unit (62).
US07828653B2
A method of preparing memory contents of a gaming machine for subsequent authentication and a method of authenticating the prepared memory contents are disclosed. A first memory stores a game data set and a first authentication code generated from the game data set. The game data set includes game data files and second authentication codes generated from the respective data files. A second memory stores an authentication program for authenticating the first memory's contents, as well as a third authentication code generated from the second memory's contents. To authenticate the memory contents, the second memory's contents are first authenticated and, if deemed authentic, the game data set as a whole and each data file in the first memory are authenticated. The authentication process involves generating fresh authentication codes using the authentication program and comparing the fresh codes with appropriate ones of the stored authentication codes.
US07828645B2
According to some embodiments of the present invention, a gaming device such as a slot machine may be operated in an automated play mode in which the need for player input is reduced or eliminated. Termination of and/or changes in the automated play mode may be related to player input, other types of information about a player (or the player's body), and/or whether a player is directing attention to play of the gaming device.
US07828642B2
A method of operating a game of chance comprising displaying a plurality of groups comprising positions a plurality of selectable objects, each being associated with a hidden value. A player selection of a group and/or a selectable object is received, a group-object association is created and a position from said group is assigned to said object. Upon occurrence of an ending condition, a prize is awarded. A game apparatus and a computer program applying the method are also provided.
US07828641B2
Provided are a program and an information processing apparatus for controlling execution of a ball sports simulation game that can provide for a player sensations similar to those experienced when actually playing the sports. The program executed in the information processing apparatus includes the steps of detecting a ball striking strength and a ball operating angle for hitting a golf ball, which are set by a player using an input device; detecting a ball striking operation value and a ball striking angle for said golf ball at the time of hitting said golf ball, which are set by said player using the input device; performing a correction of a specific distance in accordance with said ball striking operation value at the time of hitting said ball to a traveling distance of said ball corresponding to said detected ball striking strength; and determining a flight mode of said ball based on said ball operating angle and said ball striking angle at the time of hitting said ball, which are set by said player using the input device.
