US07836514B2
An apparatus, method and a computer program for processing multimedia data is described, where the apparatus may include an input switch which may receive a plurality of transport stream packets corresponding to a plurality of digital multimedia data signals input thereto, and a packet identification (PID) filter unit which may selectively output a given set of TS packets to be demultiplexed from the received plurality of TS packets. A buffer and/or an external memory device may store at least some of the TS packets of the output given set. A conditional access/content protection (CA/CP) unit may read and decrypt the TS packets stored in the buffer, and may encrypt at least some of the decrypted TS packets for storage in the external memory device if the buffer becomes full, to prevent the TS packets to be stored in the external memory device from being copied.
US07836496B2
A method for protecting a network from an attack includes measuring a property of traffic entering the network, and analyzing the property using at least one fuzzy logic algorithm in order to detect the attack.
US07836493B2
A management server manufactures a secure, tamper-resistant token for a particular user specifying the permissions and authorizations that user possesses. The token may be in the form of a digitally-signed message specifying, for example, a particular computer and associated port number that the user is permitted to access. The management server delivers the token to the user, preferably over a secure communications session. When challenged, the user presents the secure token to the security proxy server. The security proxy server examines the token to be sure it is authentic and has not be tampered with, and then extracts information contained in the token to determine the user's authorization to access a particular computer, particular port number and/or other resource. The security proxy server then establishes authorized communication with the authorized computing resource based on the information contained in the user's token, and thereafter may act in one embodiment as essentially a passthrough or proxy for permitting the user to access and communicate with the resource.
US07836490B2
A method and apparatus for providing network security using security labeling is disclosed. The method includes comparing first security level information and second security level information, and indicating processing to be performed on the packet based on the comparing. The first security level information is stored in a security label of a packet received at a network node, while the second security level information is stored at the network node.
US07836476B2
A disc drive, camera and a server are in communication with one another via a communication network. The disc drive plays back a disc in order to reproduce a recorded picture, whereby the picture and a real-time world view supplied from the camera are combined based on an address table managed by the server to produce a synthetic picture data. For example, a recorded picture reproduced from the disc and real-time world view taken by the camera are combined to synthesize a picture. Thus, content recorded in a recording medium can be used to produce the synthetic picture data.
US07836475B2
A media content instance is provided for display. A plurality of first images are identified associated with locations within a first segment of a media content instance according to a first offset that is one of: a time interval and a number of frames. The first images are retrieved from the media content instance. At least some of the first images are provided for display.
US07836464B2
A disk holder, disk alignment mechanism and disk drive employing same that for permitting accurate alignment of a disk are provided.The disk drive comprises a disk holder 10 that comprises a plurality of holder plates 11 that individually hold disks D, a drive unit 62 that plays back disks D, disk selectors 41A and 41B that form a space above and below a desired disk D by raising and lowering the holder plates 11, and a drive base 60 that moves the drive unit 62 into the space that is formed as a result of raising and lowering the holder plates 11. Disk hold links 17 and 18 comprising catches 17a and 18a respectively that engage with and disengage from the center hole of disk D are provided on the holder plates 11 such that the disk hold links 17 and 18 are able to turn, and a disk hold arm 16 that allows the disk hold links 17 and 18 to turn is provided so as to be able to perform a sliding movement.
US07836457B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for hybrid contextual floor plans for object instances. A method for providing a user interface for running business entities wherein data related to a process instance and data related to an object instance are managed in a uniform way, includes enabling a generalized meta model to unify process data and object data where there is a direct relationship between process and object instance, enabling an interface generator for directly generating a user interface from the generalized meta model, that allows the user to manipulate data either directly by manipulating the object data or indirectly by performing a process step, and enabling the user interface by the interface generator, the user interface providing a hybrid view of a process view representing phase data of an instantiated process instance and an object view representing object data of an instantiated object instance.
US07836456B1
In a smart card system in which applications executing in different execution contexts are allowed to communicate with each other only through shareable interface objects (SIO's), a registry mechanism is provided to mediate in inter-application communication between legacy applets, extended applets and servlets. A request by a client application for a SIO of a server application in a different execution context is routed to the registry mechanism by the system. Dependent on what types the client and server applications are, the registry mechanism provides call interfaces as would be expected by the applications to enable passing the SIO from the server application to the client application. In one embodiment, servlets and extended applets may also register and unregister their SIOs dynamically with the registration mechanism.
US07836449B2
A task infrastructure that allows for the decoupling of the task launch code from the task client code and from the task execution code is provided. The task infrastructure allows the relationship between the task display and launch logic and the task client logic to be defined in a declarative manner, allowing for the segregation of the task display and launch logic from the task client logic. The task infrastructure comprises a manifest that contains a specification of the relationship between the task display and launch logic and the task client logic. The manifest may also define which task clients expose which tasks, the context under which each task is displayed, the arguments that the task needs in order to start execution, the task description to display, and the method in which the task can be launched. At run-time, a task client can read the manifest and decide which task or tasks to expose to an end user under a current context.
US07836444B2
Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal having an embedded system for software download and a method for software download. The embedded system comprises a first memory including a code area for storing operation code of the mobile communication terminal, a data area for storing user data, and an area for storing a file system for managing the data area, a second memory for storing the least amount of code required for software download when software is upgraded, the operation code and the file system, and a control unit for booting the embedded system on the basis of the second memory when the software is upgraded, and then storing a downloaded current version of the software module in the data area of the first memory using the file system.
US07836432B2
Systems, methods and media for testing computer programs in response to a program upgrade or installation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer executes software to detect when an upgrade or an installation occurs. When an upgrade or installation occurs the computer initiates a test of one or more applications and/or operating systems. The results of these tests are logged in one or more error logs that can be displayed to a program developer or operating system administrator for diagnosis.
US07836430B2
A method can include receiving navigational debug input from a debugger interface including input to traverse input code in a plurality of modes; in response to receiving the navigational debug input, a) saving state of a program being executed in a corresponding debugger, including creating a child process from a currently executing process, and b) executing a portion of the program, wherein executing the portion of the program comprises suspending the created child process, and continuing to execute the currently executing process; receiving input to reverse execution of the portion of the program; and restoring the saved state of the program, wherein restoring the saved state of the program comprises suspending the currently executing process and activating the suspended child process. The navigation input can include input to single-step, step over a function, step into a function or set a breakpoint in programming code running within the corresponding debugger.
US07836427B1
A system, method and user interface facilitating hierarchical (e.g., tree-based) rule composition with natural language inline editing. For example, the system can combine a familiar hierarchical structure, such as a computer tree, and inline editing of natural language based logical expression(s) to provide a general purpose logical expression builder. In one example, the system facilitates construction and/or editing of business rule(s) based, at least in part, upon parameterized format string definition(s) and composable vocabulary definition(s).The system includes a rule composer and a display component. The rule composer facilitates creation, modification and/or viewing of a rule, for example, based upon a user input. The display component displays hierarchical information associated with the rule.
US07836419B1
Method and system for partitioning integrated circuits are disclosed. The method includes receiving a netlist representation of the circuit comprising circuit components, partitioning the circuit to form one or more circuit partitions according to a predefined partitioning method, where each circuit partition includes one or more circuit components. The method further includes, for each circuit partition, identifying substantial correlations between the circuit partition and one or more other circuit partitions to form a spanning tree, where the spanning tree connects the circuit partition to the one or more other circuit partitions via a graph, and merging the circuit partition and the one or more other circuit partitions in the spanning tree to form a new circuit partition.
US07836414B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that formally proves the functional equivalence of pipelined designs. First, the system receives a specification for a first pipelined design, which includes a first memory system, and a specification for a second pipelined design, which includes a second memory system. Next, the system determines a correspondence between operations on the first memory system and corresponding operations on the second memory system. This correspondence enables memory operations to be represented in a combinational form based on design inputs, thereby allowing both memory systems to be logically abstracted out of their respective designs. After the memory systems have been abstracted out, the system compares the combinational outputs of the first pipelined design and the combinational outputs of the second pipelined design to verify that the designs are functionally equivalent.
US07836411B2
A user selectable evaluation indicia associated with a displayed unit of information within an application is provided. Responsive to a user interaction with the evaluation indicia, an evaluation opportunity is presented to the user. At least a portion of a user's activities comprising the user participation is transformed, responsive to the user's participation with the evaluation opportunity, into search framework metadata for the unit of information. The search framework metadata may facilitate ranking search results comprising the unit of information.
US07836406B1
A method for displaying a user interface that includes displaying a plurality of tabs, wherein each of the plurality of tabs is associated with a selected item, receiving a selection of a first tab of the plurality of tabs, and displaying a selected page associated with the selected item based on the selection of the first tab, wherein the selected page and the plurality of tabs are visible on a single screen in the user interface, and wherein the selected item is selected from a plurality of items listed in a page of the user interface.
US07836404B2
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing streaming media data. A graphical user interface having a set of controls for use in managing a media data stream is presented. User input is received for use in managing the media data stream in which the user input includes an identification of a source of the media data stream, a start time, and a desired format. The media data stream is requested using the start time and the identification of the source. The media data stream is converted into the desired format to form a formatted media data stream. The formatted media data stream is then stored on a storage media.
US07836401B2
Certain exemplary embodiments provide a system for providing help information supporting at least one executable application. The system can comprise an interface processor for receiving user-entered data representing a help message conveying help information, a creation time indicator identifying a creation time of the help message, and an identifier for identifying a help information repository associated with the help message. A data processor can store the help message in the help information repository in order of creation by using the creation time indicator.
US07836394B2
A software application which allows for the structured access, customizable display and analysis of financial data in XML or other formats retrieved from either local files or internet databases or internet file directories. The application displays text-based electronically-tagged financial data as interactive documents using a multiple document interface and interactive display settings. The application retrieves information specific to the file, its financial content, and publisher to both create a customized presentation and perform both content-specific and comparative financial analysis of data from a variety of sources.
US07836386B2
Method and system of adjusting a first phase shift between a first data signal and a clock signal at a sending device. First and second test signals representing first and second test data, respectively, are transmitted to a receiving device. The test signals have respective phase shifts relative to the clock signal. An error detection code is calculated from first and second received data carried by the transmitted signals. The error detection code is transmitted from the receiving device to the sending device. An estimated first received data is calculated from the error detection code, wherein the estimated first received data are calculated under the assumption that the second received data are identical to the second test data. The first phase shift is adjusted on the basis of a comparison of the estimated first received data and the first test data.
US07836380B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for a destination indication to aid in posted write buffer loading. In some embodiments, a memory device includes a posted write buffer having a first element and a second element. The memory device may also include logic to detect a destination indication associated with received write data. In some embodiments, the logic determines whether to store the received write data in the first element or the second element based, at least in part, on the destination indication. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07836378B2
An integrated circuit, such as an integrated circuit memory or buffer device, method and system, among other embodiments, generate a plurality of error codes, such as CRC codes, corresponding to control information, write data and read data transactions, respectively. The plurality of separately generated CRC codes is logged or stored in respective storage circuits, such as circular buffers. The stored plurality of CRC codes corresponding to each transaction then may be used to determine whether an error occurred during a particular transaction and thus whether a retry of the particular transaction is issued. The integrated circuit includes a compare circuit to compare a CRC code generated by the integrated circuit with a CRC code provided by a controller device. A CRC code corresponding to read data is transferred to a controller device using a data mask signal line that is not being used during a read transaction. The CRC code generated by the integrated circuit then may be compared to a CRC code generated by the controller device to determine whether an error occurred. The controller device generates and stores a plurality of CRC codes, corresponding to control information, write data and read data. The controller device then compares the CRC codes generated by the controller device with CRC codes generated and stored in the integrated circuit to determine whether an error has occurred during a particular transaction.
US07836360B2
A system and method for intrusion prevention high availability fail over. The system includes a network infrastructure which comprises a first sensor and at least one back-up sensor. The first sensor and the at least one back-up sensor are in line with a network path. The first sensor and the at least one back-up sensor are configured to share connection and session information via a communication link.
US07836358B2
A method for identifying an error cause affecting the configuration of a network element controlled by a network manager is described. The method includes the step of transmitting from the network element to the network manager a message including a first field for indicating if a configuration error occurs in the network element. The message further includes a second field for indicating the configuration error cause, wherein the configuration error cause is dynamically selected out from a configuration information stored into the network element.
US07836354B2
An approach is provided for automatic disabling of network debugging. A debugging command is received for initiating debugging of a router that includes a processor configured to execute a debugging procedure. Utilization of the processor is monitored. A determination is made whether the utilization exceeds a utilization threshold. The debugging procedure is disabled based on the determination that the utilization threshold is exceeded.
US07836353B2
A system for reducing an impact of hot spot pulsing of a semiconductor device including: first generating means for generating a plurality of local op-codes; a sequencer for augmenting customer op-codes with the plurality of local op-codes; selecting means for selecting one or more of the randomly arriving customer op-codes awaiting execution; monitoring means for tracking which of the one or more randomly arriving customer op-codes have been selected; separating means for separating the plurality of local op-codes from the one or more customer op-codes; storing means for storing one or more data related to the processing of the plurality of local op-codes and the customer op-codes; and second generating means for generating an output for a customer corresponding to that customer op-code while gainfully employing an output generated by local op-codes for system health monitoring purpose.
US07836351B2
The present invention is a system and method for supporting an alternative peer-to-peer communication over a network in a SAS cluster when a node cannot communicate with another node through a normal I/O bus (Serial SCSI bus). At startup, driver may establish the alternative path for communication but may not use it as long as there is an I/O Path available. In the present invention, two types of P2P calls, such as event notification calls and cluster operation calls may be supported.
US07836349B2
The storage control device of the present invention switch-connects each of enclosures and individually stops the transmission of power to the enclosures that are not being accessed in order to reduce the power consumption amount. A plurality of additional enclosures are switch-connected via an inter-device switch to a base enclosure. Drives that have not been accessed for a predetermined period of time or more undergo spindown. If all the drives in the enclosure then assume the spindown state, the supply of power to each of the drives from the intra-enclosure power supply is stopped. In cases where all the drives in a certain enclosure have undergone spindown, the base enclosure turns OFF the switch in the power distribution circuit connected to this enclosure. As a result, the transmission of power to this enclosure is stopped. The fault diagnosis section detects a fault that has occurred with communications that employ the inter-device switch and specifies the point of the fault occurrence.
US07836343B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for use in a system that includes one or more processors, and multiple threads that are respectively associated with the one or more processors. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method that includes the steps of generating one or more test cases, wherein each test case comprises a specified set of instructions in a specified order, and defining a plurality of thread hardware allocations, each corresponding to a different one of the threads. The thread hardware allocation corresponding to a given thread comprises a set of processor hardware resources that are allocated to the given thread for use in executing test cases. The method further includes executing a particular one of the test cases on a first thread hardware allocation, in order to provide a first set of test data, and thereafter executing the particular test case using a second thread hardware allocation, in order to provide a second set of test data.
US07836342B2
This invention relates to a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, a system, and a computer program product for selecting at least one component out of at least one maintenance component and at least one non-maintenance component, wherein said at least one maintenance component and said at least one non-maintenance component represent electronic components arranged in an apparatus; and switching an external connector of said apparatus to said at least one selected component.
US07836339B2
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for computer memory power backup are described. According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory; a second memory coupled to the first memory and to a host, the second memory to transfer data between the first memory and the host; and a backup power source, the backup power source providing power to the first memory and the second memory if a main power source fails.
US07836336B2
A method and apparatus for redundant power and data over a wired data telecommunications network permits power to be received at a local powered device (PD) from remote power sourcing equipment (PSE) via at least one conductor at a first time and power and/or data to be obtained by the local device from another port of the remote device or another remote device at a second different time. Power levels obtained may be adjusted from time to time in response to circumstances.
US07836328B1
A method and apparatus for recovering from errors occurring during system bus transactions. An input/output device such as a network interface unit (NIU) issues read and write operations across a meta interface coupling the device to host bus (glue) logic. The host bus logic translates the operations into system bus transactions. The device maintains a set of reusable identifiers for identifying the operations, and a table maintained by the device or the host bus logic maps the operation identifiers to transaction identifiers identifying the system bus transactions spawned to perform the operations. If a bus transaction encounters an unrecoverable error, the host bus logic reports the error to the device and drops any further data received from other bus transactions performed for the same operation. The device marks the operation's identifier as dirty, to prevent its reuse. The operation identifier may be reused after software clears the error condition.
US07836325B2
An information processing device having low power consumption without affecting interruption request response speed. The device specifies a waiting time until execution of a given event and makes a system call and includes a first timer circuit for a first cycle; a second timer circuit for a second cycle shorter than the first cycle; a timeout supervisor which stores the waiting time; and a first cycle supervisor which stores waiting time until the next interruption request. The timeout supervisor stores the time calculated by subtraction of the waiting time stored in the first cycle supervisor from that in the timeout supervisor upon an interruption request from the first timer; and if the waiting time stored in the timeout supervisor is shorter than the first cycle, the second cycle time is subtracted from the time stored in the timeout supervisor upon an interruption request from the second timer circuit.
US07836323B2
There is disclosed a clock regeneration circuit having a PCR buffer including a register which buffers a PCR extracted from a transmission signal, a counter which counts a reception side reference clock CKr, an STC buffer including a register which buffers a counted value of the counter, and a CPU which generates a signal indicating a difference between a transmission side reference clock and the reception side reference clock CKr based on values held in the PCR buffer and the STC buffer. If, at this point, a new PCR is input before the values held in the PCR buffer and the STC buffer are read by the CPU, the PCR buffer and the STC buffer are not updated.
US07836320B2
A data processing apparatus and method are provided for performing power management. The data processing apparatus has a plurality of domains in which devices of the data processing apparatus can operate, and comprises at least one master device for performing operations and at least one slave device for use by such master devices when performing those operations. Each master device is arranged to issue a domain ID signal identifying the domain in which that master device is currently operating. Further, power control logic is provided for determining, based on the domain ID signal issued by the various master devices, whether any portion of a slave device is not currently useable, and if so to cause any such portion to enter a power saving state. This provides a particularly efficient technique for power management in such a data processing apparatus.
US07836318B1
Circuits, methods, and apparatus for slowing clock circuits on a graphics processor integrated circuit in order to reduce power dissipation. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a graphics processor having two memory clocks, specifically, a switched memory clock and an unswitched memory clock. The switched memory clock frequency is reduced under specific conditions, while the unswitched memory clock frequency remains fixed. In a specific embodiment, the switched memory clock frequency is reduced when related graphics, display, scaler, and frame buffer circuits are not requesting data, or are such data requests can be delayed. Further refinements to the present invention provide circuits, methods, and apparatus for ensuring that the switched and unswitched memory clock signals remain in-phase and aligned with each other.
US07836316B2
A network device may comprise an auxiliary processor to conserve the power of the network device. The auxiliary processor may modify one or more definition parameters of the programmable processing unit based on determining that the load value of the programmable processing unit is lower than a threshold value. The modifying of the definition parameters may comprise reducing an operating frequency of the programmable processing unit, reducing a number of a micro-programmable units resident on the programmable processing unit, or both.
US07836315B2
System and method for communication are disclosed and may include, in a single chip that includes one or more on-chip devices, where the one or more on-chip devices are enabled to receive wireless signals and transmit wireless signals, receiving at a first of the one or more on-chip devices, a wireless signal that queries power information for the first of the one or more on-chip devices. The power information for the first of the one or more on-chip devices may be acquired and communicated to an off-chip device. The acquired power information may be wirelessly communicated to the off-chip device via an antenna and/or an infrared transmitter on the single chip. The acquired power information may also be communicated to an off-chip device via a wired connection on the single chip and/or via a general purpose input/output (GPIO) connection on the single chip.
US07836313B2
In a data storage system, content-containing objects to be stored are added to a storage hierarchy that is based on content relationships. The content of each stored object is encrypted and a stub is associated with that object. For each stored object other than a root object, the stub comprises a function of a decryption key for the content of that object and the stubs of all of the ancestors of that object. The stubs can be used to calculate a new stub for a data object to be inserted into the storage hierarchy and to generate a decryption key for an existing object. Since these latter calculations for an object involve the stubs of all ancestors of that object, deleting a stub for an object securely deletes that object and all its descendants. An object can be moved by recalculating its stub.
US07836308B2
Apparatus and method for authentication is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for performing authentication using removeably coupled external authentication module comprises a module configured to receive the authentication module. The authentication module is configured to generate authentication information. The module may comprises an input unit configured to receive and couple the authentication module, and an output unit configured to receive the authentication information from the authentication module and to transmit the authentication information.
US07836305B2
A temporary-identity-storage method for user equipment includes receiving authentication challenge information and at least one temporary identity, processing the authentication challenge information, and determining whether the processing step results in successful authentication. The user equipment includes mobile equipment and a subscriber identity module. Responsive to a determination that the authentication was successful, the received at least one temporary identity is considered to be valid. If the received at least one temporary identity is at least one pseudonym and an appropriate data file to the store the at least one pseudonym is available in the subscriber identity module, the at least one pseudonym is stored and any previously-stored pseudonym is over-written in the subscriber identity module. If the received at least one temporary identity is at least one pseudonym and an appropriate data file to the store the at least one pseudonym is not available in the subscriber identity module, the at least one pseudonym is stored and any previously-stored pseudonym is over-written in the mobile equipment. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
US07836299B2
A virtual PCR (VPCR) construct is provided that can be cryptographically tagged as optionally resettable or as enduring for the life of a client (process, virtual machine, and the like) and that can be loaded into a resettable hardware PCR to make use of the functionality of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The VPCRs may cryptographically reflect their characteristics (resettable or not) in their stored values. Also, since the PCRs are virtualized, they are (effectively) unlimited in number and may be given general names (UUIDs) that are less likely to collide. The VPCRs can be loaded into a physical PCR as needed, but in a way that stops one piece of software from impersonating another piece of software. The VPCRs thus enable all software using the TPM to be given access to TPM functionality (sealing, quoting, etc.) without security concerns.
US07836297B2
Secure communication of information in a communication network may comprise acquiring a security code from a second communication device by a first communication device and receiving media containing the security code such as a pin code from the first communication device. The security code may be translated into an IP address corresponding to the second communication device. The received media may be routed to the second communication device based on the IP address of the second communication device. In this regard, the IP address of the second communication device remains anonymous or unknown to the first communication device. A duration for which the security code is valid may be limited to a specific time period and/or for a particular number of uses. Notwithstanding, the security code may be acquired out-of-band.
US07836296B2
A method is provided for blocking attacks on a private network (12). The method is implemented by a routing device (10) interconnecting the private network (12) to a public network (14). The method includes analyzing an incoming data packet from the public network (14). The incoming data packet is then matched against known patterns where the known patterns are associated with known forms of attack on the private network (12). A source of the data packet is then identified as malicious or non-malicious based upon the matching. In one embodiment, one of the known forms of attack is a denial of service attack and an associated known pattern is unacknowledged data packets. In another embodiment, one of the known forms of attack is an address spoofing attack and an associated known pattern is a data packet having a source address matching an internal address of the private network (12).
US07836294B2
A security mode method (200) receives (210) a layer 3 message in a first domain from a network, determines (220) if the layer 3 message has integrity protection information, ascertains (240) if a security mode has been initiated in the first domain, and forwards (260) the layer 3 message to an upper layer, if the layer 3 message lacks integrity protection information and a security mode has not been initiated in the first domain even if security mode has been initiated in a second domain. This method allows a mobile station to process a non-integrity-protected layer 3 message from one domain even if integrity protection has been initiated in another domain. When packet-switched and circuit-switched connections are being concurrently set up, a non-integrity-protected message in one domain may arrive at a mobile station after an integrity protection initiation message in another domain.
US07836284B2
Automatic selective power and energy control of one or more processing elements matches a degree of parallelism to a monitored condition, in a highly parallel programmable data processor. For example, logic of the parallel processor detects when program operations (e.g. for a particular task or due to a detected temperature) require less than the full width of the data path. In response, the control logic automatically sets a mode of operation requiring a subset of the parallel processing capacity. At least one parallel processing element, that is not needed, can be shut down, to conserve energy and/or to reduce heating (i.e., power consumption). At a later time, when operation of the added capacity is appropriate, the logic detects the change in processing conditions and automatically sets the mode of operation to that of the wider data path, typically the full width. The mode change reactivates the previously shut-down processing element.
US07836274B2
Method and system for combining page buffer list entries to optimize caching of translated addresses
Certain aspects of a method and system for combining page buffer list entries (PBLEs) to optimize caching of translated addresses are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include encoding at least two page buffer list entries in a remote direct memory access (RDMA) memory map into at least two contiguous memory locations by utilizing a remainder of a physical address corresponding to the two page buffer list entries. The first memory location of the two contiguous memory locations may comprise a base address and a contiguous length of the first page buffer list entry. The second memory location of the two contiguous memory locations may comprise a virtual address and a contiguous length of the second page buffer list entry.
US07836268B2
When taking a back up of data stored on a disk in a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) device to a plurality of tape devices, writing of the data is first started on all the tape devices. Once writing of the data is completed on the tape device having the highest data writing speed, writing of the data on other tape devices is stopped, and the data is set as clearing target data to be cleared from the disk of the RAID device. The data stored on the tape device, which has the highest data writing speed, is backed up to the other tape devices at a later timing.
US07836264B2
Where a first computing device is given responsibility for determining whether data that is time stamped by a second computing device is replicated or not, then the first device can compare a time stamp from the second device against a time signal from its own internal clock to determine a delta and use that delta to deduce the correct delta to apply to time stamps associated with later data from the second computing device.
US07836255B2
A method and system for cache injection using clustering are provided. The method includes receiving an input/output (I/O) transaction at an input/output device that includes a system chipset or input/output (I/O) hub. The I/O transaction includes an address. The method also includes looking up the address in a cache block indirection table. The cache block indirection table includes fields and entries for addresses and cluster identifiers (IDs). In response to a match resulting from the lookup, the method includes multicasting an injection operation to processor units identified by the cluster ID.
US07836254B2
A method, system, and computer program product for cache injection using speculation are provided. The method includes creating a cache line indirection table at an input/output (I/O) hub, which includes fields and entries for addresses, processor ID, and cache type and includes cache level line limit fields. The method also includes setting cache line limits to the CLL fields and receiving a stream of contiguous addresses at the table. For each address in the stream, the method includes: looking up the address in the table; if the address is present in the table, inject the cache line corresponding to the address in the processor complex; if the address is not present in the table, search limit values from the lowest level cache to the highest level cache; and inject addresses not present in the table to the cache hierarchy of the processor last injected from the contiguous address stream.
US07836244B2
A method of providing block state information in a semiconductor memory device including a flash memory comprises storing block state information on at least one bad block of the flash memory and a plurality of reserved blocks which replace the at least one bad block, and providing the stored block state information to a user in response to a command provided by the user.
US07836243B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus is disclosed which includes: a nonvolatile memory configured to be electrically rewritable; and a controller configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory based on information about access to the nonvolatile memory; wherein the controller selects one of a plurality of trade-offs between access reliability and performance and carries out access control in accordance with the selected trade-off.
US07836234B2
A communication apparatus for communication according to a master-slave communication protocol is formed as a slave instance communicating with a master instance via a bus. The master instance is operative to switch the bus into a bus suspend state if no bus activity is present during a predetermined interval. In response to a bus suspend state, the slave instance makes a transition to a slave suspend state. The communication apparatus includes a monitor configured to monitor the bus activity and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal via the bus if the monitor does not recognize any bus activity during part of the predetermined interval and a transition of the slave instance to the slave suspend state is undesirable, wherein the signal is operative to prevent the master instance from switching the bus into the bus suspend state.
US07836229B1
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining if control and data portions of a data transaction are ready to be sent from an interface coupled to a processor core. If so, the data portion may be sent from an entry of a data buffer of the interface, and the entry deallocated. Furthermore, a value corresponding to the deallocated entry may be written in multiple buffers of the interface. In this way, independent paths of the interface may be synchronized. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07836228B1
A scalable first-in-first-out queue implementation adjusts to load on a host system. The scalable FIFO queue implementation is lock-free and linearizable, and scales to large numbers of threads. The FIFO queue implementation includes a central queue and an elimination structure for eliminating enqueue-dequeue operation pairs. The elimination mechanism tracks enqueue operations and/or dequeue operations and eliminates without synchronizing on the FIFO queue implementation.
US07836227B2
A communication program causes a computer to perform communication processing of received packets in response to reception of interrupt processing, the interruption processing being a packet reception notification after the lapse of a predetermined holding time. The communication program causes the computer to perform a packet counting process of counting the number of received packets received per unit time, and a parameter value changing process of changing, based on a counting result of the packet counting process, a timer parameter value for determining the time packets are held before processing.
US07836226B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for coordinating storage requests in a multi-processor/multi-thread environment. A append/invalidate module generates a first append data storage command from a first storage request and a second append data storage command from a second storage request. The storage requests overwrite existing data with first and second data including where the first and second data have at least a portion of overlapping data. The second storage request is received after the first storage request. The append/invalidate module updates an index by marking data being overwritten as invalid. A restructure module updates the index based on the first data and updates the index based on the second data. The updated index is organized to indicate that the second data is more current than the first data regardless of processing order. The modules prevent access to the index until the modules have completed updating the index.
US07836225B2
The present invention provides an improved method and system of improving the efficiency, and ensuring the integrity, of a data transfer in a serverless backup, or third party copy, system having one or more physical storage devices. The present invention provides improvements to the processing of serverless copy, or EXTENDED COPY, commands, and transfers of data associated with such commands. These improvements increase the speed at which such commands are executed and completed, and increase the capabilities of copy managers in serverless backup systems. The improvements also make better use of the storage devices involved in the data backup process. The method broadly includes determining a desired manner of execution of segment descriptors, or instructions, as a function of components of those instructions. Other aspects of the invention allow for execution of data segments of any size, and validation of segment descriptors and target descriptors prior to data transfer.
US07836213B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method including receiving a read request at a first buffer from a first one of multiple interfaces and forwarding the read request from the first buffer to a first memory controller of multiple memory controllers, where the first buffer is dedicated to the first memory controller. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07836212B2
A method for processing a first input/output (I/O) request on a network attached storage (NAS) device that includes receiving the first I/O request from a source by the NAS device, placing the first I/O request in an I/O queue associated with the NAS device, wherein the first I/O request is placed in the I/O queue based on a priority of the first I/O request using a remote storage access protocol, and when the first I/O request is associated with the highest priority in the I/O queue, determining whether a bandwidth associated with the source of the first I/O request is exceeded, processing the first I/O request if the bandwidth associated with the source of the first I/O request is not exceeded, and placing the first I/O request in sleep mode if the bandwidth associated with the source of the first I/O request is exceeded.
US07836209B2
An inventive system and method for a buddy security system is presented. The system and method enable the buddy security system in which messages can be exchanged between two distinct security systems. The inventive system is operable on a network having dynamic IP addresses using a centralized database of real time IP addresses. An MSO maintains the centralized database including basic information for connecting the control panels of the security systems to each other. The first and second security systems each have a control panel having a dynamic IP address; the control panel of the second system provides information to and can be controlled by the control panel of the first system. The dynamically IP address of each control panel is obtained from the centralized database.
US07836205B2
A computer system for interconnecting nodes in a virtual network includes a first network device configured to receive an information packet including a destination address and a virtual network identifier from a source node. The first network device includes a first translation table for use in translating the destination address and the virtual network identifier into an address indicator which is used in the computer network system to replace the destination address in the information packet and to denote a destination node specified by the destination address. The computer network system includes a second network device configured to receive the information packet including the address indicator. The second network device includes a second translation table for use in translating the address indicator into the destination address and the virtual network identifier.
US07836198B2
A method of Ethernet virtualization using hardware control flow override. The method comprises providing, at a first logical entity of a first programmable logic device, control signals used for performing control-flow, selectively routing the control signals to a second programmable logic device that is external to the first programmable logic device, receiving processed control signals from the second programmable logic device, and forwarding the processed control signals to a second logic entity of the first programmable logic device.
US07836196B2
Systems having a user interface comprising a filtered view of media available for consumption are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a first user with a view that enables consumption of only the available media that matches characteristics of a media filter. The characteristics of the media filter may be specified by a second user, and the second user may define the characteristics of the media filter remotely, via a communication network. The user interface may support separate media filters for each of a number of different users. Filter characteristics such as type of media channel, the language of any dialogue, an industry rating, an overall viewer rating, and the media format may be supported. The media filter characteristics may be applied not only to what is displayed on the user interface, but also the media available for selection via a remote control.
US07836194B2
Latency in a real-time electronic communication is dynamically managed. A communication delay arising from a receiving data buffer is measured and a latency adjustment necessary to adjust the size of the communication delay to within a predetermined range and an optimal range for a size of the communication delay are determined. Using these parameters, the number of samples for an audio playback data block passing through the receiving data buffer is modified.
US07836185B2
A system for assigned resource management, including multiple computer servers, each identifiable by an identifier, and a resource table stored on a computer-readable data storage medium and accessible to any of the servers, where any of the servers is configured to establish itself as manager for a resource, if no record in the resource table indicates that a manager exists for the resource, by including its identifier in a record in the resource table for the resource in a manner that indicates that the server is manager for the resource, where any of the servers is configured to include its identifier in a list of servers in the record for the resource that wish to participate in the performance by the manager of at least one action regarding the resource, and where the manager is configured to perform the action regarding the resource.
US07836184B2
A method for managing the allocation of resources to channel swarms in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The method is based on a distributed algorithm in which resource-nodes occasionally join and leave channel-swarms. Each resource-node independently decides whether or not to stay in the channel-swarm that it has joined to. These decisions are based on values of a transience parameter set by a transience mechanism.
US07836178B1
A technique for limiting access to the resources of a system is disclosed. In one embodiment, wherein the system has a server for processing requests, and wherein the server supports a plurality of projects, the technique includes receiving a request to access the resources of the system. The request is denied based upon an application level and a setting level, wherein the application level is associated with one of a plurality of functional layers within the system that is affected by the request, and wherein the setting level is a limiting value associated with one of the server alone and the server with one or more of the plurality of projects. The limiting value limits an operation on one of the plurality of functional layers, thereby limiting access to the resources of the system.
US07836176B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring electronic commerce transactions. A network delay agent, coupled to the access point for the electronic commerce provider's system is operable to send and receive communications to a designated customer's site for measuring network transport latency. Application test latency is also determined. An application monitor agent that is coupled to the electronic commerce provider's access point sends application tests that correspond to tasks performed during a typical electronic commerce transaction, to the electronic commerce provider's system. The time required for the electronic commerce provider's system to perform the indicated tasks and return a response to the application monitor agent is recorded as application test latency. Network transport latency and application test latency are displayed to indicate the delays that are experienced by a user in executing an electronic commerce order.
US07836172B2
Selectively modifying a message delivery requirement of a datagram message at an intermediary network node between an origin and a destination. A message delivery requirement is defined for a particular message. The message delivery guarantee defines how to transmit the particular message. A downgrading intent of the particular message is provided for the message at the origin. The downgrading intent of the particular message indicates that the message delivery requirement can be bypassed. The defined message delivery guarantee, the network delivery requirement, and the provided downgrading intent of the particular message are processed at the intermediate network node. The message delivery requirement of the particular message is ignored based on the provided downgrading intent. The message is delivered via a network protocol according to the provided downgrading intent.
US07836169B2
A method to identify and report over-utilized, under-utilized, and bad quality trunks and gateways in an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony network includes collecting information associated with a plurality of gateways and trunks on the gateways, as well as correlating the information with network topology and configuration data obtained from a network management system. The collected information may be used to compute traffic statistics associated with the gateways and trunks on the gateways. The method further includes identifying over-utilized, under-utilized, and/or bad quality trunks or gateways, if any; and generating a report to display the over-utilized, under-utilized, and/or bad quality trunks or gateways, e.g., a report to display a subset of the plurality of gateways or trunks for potential upgrade or downgrade.A system to identify and report over-utilized, under-utilized, and bad quality trunks and gateways in an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony network is also claimed and described herein.
US07836163B2
An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream.
US07836145B2
To manage the configuration of a data archiving system without increasing the load on the data archiving system while keeping the performance of computers and the load on storage subsystems balanced, there is provided a computer system, including: a plurality of data archiving servers; a storage subsystem which provides storage extents to the plurality of data archiving servers; and a management computer. The management computer manages data archiving server performance management information, which holds information about performance of the plurality of data archiving servers, and storage utilization information, which holds information about load on the storage extents. The management computer changes the association between the data archiving storage extents and the storage extents based on a data archiving server performance management information and a storage utilization information.
US07836144B2
A system and method for implementing a cache coherency protocol are described. The system includes a first caching agent to send a first cache request to a home agent. The system also includes the home agent including a queue to store the first cache request.
US07836143B2
Message communications of particular message types between compute nodes using DMA shadow buffers includes: receiving a buffer identifier specifying an application buffer having a message of a particular type for transmission to a target compute node through a network; selecting one of a plurality of shadow buffers for a DMA engine on the compute node for storing the message, each shadow buffer corresponding to a slot of an injection FIFO buffer maintained by the DMA engine; storing the message in the selected shadow buffer; creating a data descriptor for the message stored in the selected shadow buffer; injecting the data descriptor into the slot of the injection FIFO buffer corresponding to the selected shadow buffer; selecting the data descriptor from the injection FIFO buffer; and transmitting the message specified by the selected data descriptor through the data communications network to the target compute node.
US07836140B2
A method for managing invitations to one or more events includes identifying an attribute required to perform an event. An invitation may be created so that invitees are selected according to the identified attribute required to perform the event. At least one person associated with a attribute may then be invited to attend the event. An invitation is sent to one or more persons associated with the attribute.
US07836138B2
Redirecting a notification to a wireless user device includes registering for notification of incoming messages for an account on a message server, the incoming messages being directed to an account on the message server. The redirecting also includes receiving at least one notification and redirecting the at least one notification through a firewall to a wireless user device associated with the account. The remote message server is in communication with a network protected by the firewall. According to one aspect, a cradle is configured to perform the redirection. According to another aspect, the cradle is associated with a remote desktop computer in communication with the network.
US07836135B2
A method and apparatus for filtering messages comprising determining a first semantic anchor corresponding to a first group of messages, for example, legitimate messages and a second semantic anchor corresponding to a second group of messages, for example, unsolicited messages. Determining a vector corresponding to an incoming message; comparing the vector corresponding to the incoming message with at least one of the first semantic anchor and the second semantic anchor to obtain a first comparison value and a second comparison value; and filtering the incoming message based on the first comparison value and the second comparison value.
US07836131B2
Redirecting a notification to a wireless user device includes registering for notification of incoming messages for an account on a message server, the incoming messages being directed to an account on the message server. The redirecting also includes receiving at least one notification and redirecting the at least one notification through a firewall to a wireless user device associated with the account. The remote message server is in communication with a network protected by the firewall. According to one aspect, a cradle is configured to perform the redirection. According to another aspect, the cradle is associated with a remote desktop computer in communication with the network.
US07836128B2
Reducing the amount of input required by a user to enter an electronic message. When an electronic message is received, one or more language expressions associated with the electronic message are displayed to a user. The user may select one or more of the language expressions and have the full text of all the selected language expressions included in a reply electronic message. Icons, which represent a user's capability to engage in an electronic messaging session, may also be displayed. When a user changes their capability to engage in an electronic messaging session, for instance when they go offline, a command may be sent to other users. This command may take the form of a character sequence not normally occurring in written language, which is interpreted by network devices and changes the display of the icon associated with a the user who went offline.
US07836124B2
Following initial call establishment negotiation to build a call context between a network and a remote unit, the base processes the header of the data packets. The base acts as an intermediate nodal point to establish call contexts with the endpoints on the traffic channels, wherein the processing of the header of the data packets is terminated at the base. The base processes only the header field that needs to be transmitted along the payload, and transfers the processed portion along with the payload. A session is then established between the remote unit and the network, and the traffic resumes from both ends.
US07836121B2
A system to identify and/or authenticate an entity includes a. client-side executable and an associated server-side executable, each of which may be dynamically generated. The server-side executable may be executed on a server to generate a first result. The client-side executable may be executed on an entity to generate a second result. The first result and the second result are compared to identify and/or to authenticate the entity.
US07836118B1
The present invention enables efficient matrix multiplication operations on parallel processing devices. One embodiment is a method for mapping CTAs to result matrix tiles for matrix multiplication operations. Another embodiment is a second method for mapping CTAs to result tiles. Yet other embodiments are methods for mapping the individual threads of a CTA to the elements of a tile for result tile computations, source tile copy operations, and source tile copy and transpose operations. The present invention advantageously enables result matrix elements to be computed on a tile-by-tile basis using multiple CTAs executing concurrently on different streaming multiprocessors, enables source tiles to be copied to local memory to reduce the number accesses from the global memory when computing a result tile, and enables coalesced read operations from the global memory as well as write operations to the local memory without bank conflicts.
US07836115B1
Systems and methods that facilitate dimensional transformations of data points are disclosed. In particular, the subject invention provides for a system and methodology that simplifies dimensional transformations while mitigating variations of a distance property between pairs of points. A set of n data points in d dimensional space is represented as an n×d input matrix, where d also corresponds to the number of attributes per data point. A transformed matrix represents the n data points in a lower dimensionality k after being mapped. The transformed matrix is an n×k matrix, where k is the number of attributes per data point and is less than d. The transformed matrix is obtained by multiplying the input matrix by a suitable projection matrix. The projection matrix is generated by randomly populating the entries of the matrix with binary or ternary values according to a probability distribution. Unlike previous methods, the projection matrix is formed without obtaining an independent sample from a Gaussian distribution for each entry in the projection matrix, without applying a linear algebraic technique to generate the projection matrix and without employing arbitrary floating point numbers. Processes and/or algorithms can utilize the reduced transformed matrix instead of the larger input matrix to facilitate computational efficiency and data compression.
US07836111B1
To detect a change in data produced by a system, predicted data values for plural time points are computed. Actual data values for the plural time points are received, and residual values are derived from differences between the predicted data values and actual data values. Based on the computed residual values, a time point at which the change in data occurred is determined.
US07836109B2
A data structure having at least content data and reproduction control information with which reproduction of the content data is controlled is disclosed. The data structure includes an index table, an object, a play list, and clip information. With the index table, reproduction of content data is managed. The object is called to the index table and represents a method of reproducing at least the content data. The play list is called from the object. The clip information is called based on the play list and represents attribute information of at least the content data. At least the index table, the play list, and the clip information each are capable of containing extension data. The extension data contain main identification information and sub identification information as identification information which identities the extension data.
US07836107B2
A disk-seek optimized file system is provided that may be advantageously deployed in a computer system that supports simultaneous Digital Video Recorder (DVR) functionality and user interaction, such as recording several television (TV) shows while simultaneously supporting a video game played by a user. A computing device hard drive is logically divided into “chunks,”—a first chunk comprising volume metadata, and subsequent chunks comprising equal size “blocks.” A first block of a subsequent chunk comprises block bitmaps and a stream identifier table. The block bitmaps indicate subsequent blocks in the chunk that contain stream data for particular streams, which are identified in corresponding entries in the stream identifier table.
US07836104B2
According to some embodiments, demonstration data is received via a front-end application associated with a business information enterprise system. The demonstration data may then be interpreted in accordance with at least one rule to generate business data. A query may be received at a back-end application associated with the business information enterprise system. At least a portion of the business data may then be presented in accordance with the received query.
US07836103B2
Techniques are described for exchanging data between software applications, such as project-related data between a project management software application (“PMSA”) and an unaffiliated organizational project tracking software application (“OPTSA”). A mapping and other related information may be defined for the data exchange, such as by defining data fields of the OPTSA database and PMSA data file that correspond, and optionally specifying related information such as additional processing to be performed for various data fields during the data exchange, conditions when a mapping is to be used, ordering information for data fields during import and/or export, preferred data formats for stored values, etc. Also, in some situations round-trip data import/export is performed for a single PMSA data file, which may include tracking whether data entity instances previously existed in the destination in order to support changes to stored inter-relationships between data entity instances.
US07836097B2
A system includes a metadata model arranged to express concepts in a domain as a domain model. The domain model includes domain elements and at least one hierarchical relationship between domain elements. The system also includes at least one given instance representation of the domain model, which includes instance data stored in a repository. A user interface is associated with the domain model and configured to at least create, view and modify at least one given instance representation of the domain model.
US07836092B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for accessing information regarding a communication system from a plurality of information sources and providing a consolidated view of the information are provided. A first request to access information regarding the communication system is received. In response to receiving the first request, the information regarding the communication system is retrieved from a plurality of information systems, and a portion of the information retrieved from a first information system of the plurality of information systems is displayed. A second request is received to access a portion of the information retrieved from a second information system of the plurality of information systems including promotional information associated with the communication system. In response to receiving the second request, the portion of the information retrieved from the second information system of the plurality of information systems is displayed.
US07836085B2
Data is identified from one or more data sources, where the data is associated with at least one structured document. Data sets contained within the at least one structured document are extracted, and one or more record items are added to a searchable database, where the one or more record items correspond to the extracted data sets.
US07836083B2
An intelligent search and retrieval system and method is provided to allow an end-user effortless access yet most relevant, meaningful, up-to-date, and precise search results as quickly and efficiently as possible. The method may include providing a query profiler having a taxonomy database; receiving a query from a user; accessing the taxonomy database of the query profiler to identify a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query; augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user; presenting the feedback information to the user; receiving one of the query terms from the user; and identifying a source of the query term and presenting to the user. The system may include a query profiler having a taxonomy database to be accessed upon receiving a query from a user, which identifies a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query; means for augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user; and means for identifying a source of the query term, upon receiving one of the query terms from the user.
US07836075B2
A communication system includes a host device and a network storage device interconnected via a network. The host device includes a data file request command issuing unit issuing a data file request command a data file receiving unit receiving a requested data file, a data file storing unit storing the requested data file, an attribute file request command issuing unit issuing an attribute file request command, an attribute file receiving unit receiving a requested attribute file, and an attribute updating unit updating attribute information of the requested data file with an original attribute information included in the attribute file. The network storage device includes a data file sending unit sending the data file to the host device, an attribute file creating unit creating the attribute file, and an attribute file sending unit sending the created attribute file to the host device.
US07836057B1
A search engine for databases, data streams, and other data sources allows user preferences as to the relative importance of search criteria to be used to rank the output of the search engine. A weighted preference generator generates weighted preference information including at least a plurality of weights corresponding to a plurality of search criteria. A weighted preference data search engine uses the weighted preference information to search a data source and to provide an ordered result list based upon the weighted preference information. A method for weighted preference data searching further includes allowing a user to re-rank the ordered result list and determine newly updated weighted preferences based on the re-ranking process. A plurality of weights signifying the relative importance of the search criteria may also be generated by the user inputting an ordered list. This ordered list may be a single alternative or a plurality of alternatives.
US07836054B2
A system and method for processing a message store for near duplicate messages is provided. Metadata, content, and each attachment associated with messages are extracted. Near duplicate messages in the message store are identified. Compound digests taken of the metadata for, of the content contained in, and of the each attachment associated with each of the messages in the message store are compared. Each message having a compound digest not matching the compound digest of any other message is marked as unique and each message having a compound digest matching the compound digest of at least one other message is marked as an exact duplicate. Messages remaining unmarked and having similar content are grouped into sets that each includes one or more near duplicate messages. One of the near duplicate messages is designated as unique and each remaining near duplicate message in the set is designated as a near duplicate.
US07836053B2
Apparatus and methods of identifying potentially similar content include utilizing workflow metadata to identify potential similarities in content to be processed, or between content to be processed and known content. As a result, a subset of potentially similar content is identified, and the subset can be used in data reduction operations to reduce data in the content to be processed.
US07836046B2
A method, system and computer program product for facilitating verification of an entity against a reference database. The entity is characterized by corresponding attributes. The method obtains a set of attributes from the attributes based on a set of predefined parameters. Further, the method selects a set of algorithms corresponding to each attribute belonging to the set of attributes. Thereafter, the method executes one or more algorithms belonging to a set of algorithms corresponding to each attribute.
US07836045B2
A method for improving web search results based on analysis of users' offline activities that are related to their online search. Web search results, including local search results, for a user may be improved by monitoring the actions of users when not interacting with the web search engine. By monitoring “offline” activities (e.g., telephone calls) and matching a person participating in an activity (e.g., the person making a telephone call) to a search engine user, a set of preferences for a given user may be determined, which may be used to select and sort web search results for that user. Preference data for one user may be used to select and sort web search results for other users, including those for which the search engine does not have preference data.
US07836040B2
A method and system for creating a search result list, which can simplify a system configuration by searching a single database for search information, and also can display search information on a plurality of display areas with only one keyword purchase. According to the present invention, there may be provided a method and system for creating a search result list, which can differ from a conventional method and system of providing an individual database for each of display areas and thereby effectively managing search information, and can enroll a keyword in a single database according to one keyword purchase and thereby display search information on a plurality of display areas.
US07836034B2
A flag and a wait period are used to guarantee that readers of two data values see the updated first value before they see the updated second value, where the second value has to be updated after the first value is updated and thus is dependent on the first value. The first value is updated, and a flag associated with the first data value is set. The flag effectively prevents further updating of the first data value until it has been cleared. A length of time is waited for, such that any reading of the first data value and the second data value is guaranteed to not see the second data value as updated unless the first data value is also seen as updated. The flag is then cleared, such that further updating of the first data value can again occur. The second data value is finally updated.
US07836026B2
A method, apparatus or software are disclosed for verifying a parameter value against a predetermined threshold function in which a sequence of reference values is retrieved, each reference value being associated with a respective sampling point N, said reference values representing a threshold function at said respective sampling points N; a profile type is associated with said threshold function, said profile type being arranged, when combined with said sequence of reference values, to provide an approximation to said threshold function for a region of said threshold function between said reference values; a parameter value is received for verification against said threshold function, said parameter value being associated with a discrete time P; said sequence of reference values is combined with said profile type to provide an approximation of said threshold function; and said parameter value is verified against said approximation of said threshold function.
US07836020B1
A system is provided to improve storage server performance. The system comprises a receiving component of a storage server to receive a partner server's file system metadata while the partner server operates in a normal mode. The partner server's file system metadata is stored in the storage servers metadata cache and is used to mount the partner server's file system when the first server transitions into a takeover mode of operation.
US07836013B2
A data transmission system in which a registration server on which recipient information is registered is connected over a network to a data transmission apparatus that transmits data to a recipient, comprising: the registration server, comprising, a database in which information including recipient information is registered, a search portion that searches the registered information using search parameter, and a communication portion that outputs the recipient information resulting from the search by the search portion to the data transmission apparatus; the data transmission apparatus, comprising; a storage portion that deems recipient information sent from the registration server to represent a recipient and stores the recipient information in association with a recipient designation key, a display portion that displays a recipient setting screen that displays the recipient designation keys stored in the storage portion, and a transmission portion that transmits data to the recipient corresponding to a selected recipient designation key; wherein the registration server or the data transmission apparatus has a search parameter value storage portion that stores the search parameter.
US07836005B2
The present invention discloses a system and a method for automatic generation of a user-oriented homepage, said system comprises an active real-time artificial intelligence network server working with a traditional network server and a fast relational data processing method to track and determine from a webpage browsing log server a user behavior for webpage browsing, and then to compile user browsing characteristics to design the webpage automatically into a user-oriented homepage. Therefore, every time when a user connects to a same URL, said user-oriented homepage presents information that said user requires or prefers.
US07836004B2
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using a data mining algorithm to discover data rules. A data set including multiple records is processed to generate data rules for the data set. Each record has a record format including a plurality of fields and each rule provides a predicted condition for one field based on at least one predictor condition in at least one other field. The generated data rules are provided to a user interface to enable a user to edit the generated data rules. The data rules are stored in a rule repository to be available to use to validate data sets having the record format.
US07836000B2
An improved system and method is provided for training a multi-class support vector machine to select a common subset of features for classifying objects. A multi-class support vector machine generator may be provided for learning classification functions to classify sets of objects into classes and may include a sparse support vector machine modeling engine for training a multi-class support vector machine using scaling factors by simultaneously selecting a common subset of features iteratively for all classes from sets of features representing each of the classes. An objective function using scaling factors to ensure sparsity of features may be iteratively minimized, and features may be retained and added until a small set of features stabilizes. Alternatively, a common subset of features may be found by iteratively removing at least one feature simultaneously for all classes from an active set of features initialized to represent the entire set of training features.
US07835994B1
A flow-through transaction is effectuated with regard to a deposit account at a financial institution by an intermediary between a customer and the financial institution. The customer is received at a site of the intermediary and a type of the flow-through transaction is determined therefrom. An identification of the financial institution, the account thereat, and an amount of funds involved are received, and a request to a clearinghouse is initiated for the transaction. The clearinghouse establishes that the request is satisfactory and returns an approval of same to guarantee that the transaction is to be performed. A confirmation is provided to the customer upon receiving the approval. Thus, the customer need not visit a site of the financial institution to perform thereat a transaction equivalent to the flow-through transaction.
US07835989B1
The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, distributes electronic text and graphics to subscribers. The system contains an operations center, a video distribution system or a variety of alternative distribution systems, a home subsystem, and a billing and collection system. The operations center and/or distribution points perform the functions of manipulation of text data, security and coding of text, cataloging of books, message center, and uplink functions. The home subsystem connects to a video distribution system or variety of alternative distribution systems, generates menus and stores text, and transacts through communicating mechanisms. A portable book-shaped viewer is used for viewing the text. The billing system performs the transaction, management, authorization, collection and payments utilizing the telephone system or a variety of alternative communication systems.
US07835980B2
In a computer-implemented method for finding a high quality allocation of one or more bids in a combinatorial auction, a number of bids is electronically received. Each bid includes a number of sub bids and a Boolean operator logically connecting each pair of sub bids. Each sub bid is either (1) a good and an associated price or (2) one of the Boolean operators associated with a price and at least two other sub bids. From a number of allocations of goods to sub bids, wherein each allocation of the goods is to a different set of sub bids, an allocation is output that has the greatest value. The value of each allocation includes of a sum of prices of bids that have at least one satisfied sub bid. The price of each bid includes a sum of the prices associated with each satisfied sub bid of the bid.
US07835977B2
A seller may define a template using an internal auction application in an integrated internal auction system that may then be used to generate an auction. The template information may be used to provide auction parameter values and/or product information. The template may be created by copying an existing auction or template which may then be modified or the template may be created by a seller providing specific values for the template information. Template information may consist of specific data and rules that may be used to generate a value for an auction parameter when an auction is, for example, created or published. One or more auction templates may be associated with a seller. The seller may select a template to use when creating an auction in order to expedite the auction creation process. The seller may then modify the auction parameters and/or product information before saving the auction.
US07835972B2
A graphical user interface centralizes Level I quote information in the center of a circular display while Level II (or regional) data appears in peripheral bands layered on the outside of the Level I information. The interface is also split into two main sections, a “bid” quote information section and an “ask” quote information section. The bid quote information appears on the left of the interface while the ask quote information appears on the right side of the interface. Through clicking in any one of the peripheral bands, an order can be placed at that price point.
US07835959B1
A Life-Time Value (LTV) system is a data-driven computer-facilitated financial model that provides accurate and consistent profitability projections using current period account level profitability data stored in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). The Life-Time Value system performs Net Present Value (NPV) and Future Value (FV) processing using business-rule and data-driven applications that embrace the current period profit components, defines forecast periods, parameters and methodologies, and applies appropriate growth values, attrition values and propensity values to an object of future value interest.
US07835957B1
A method and system for conducting online auctions in a Dutch format is disclosed. Isolation of bidders in the online Dutch auction is exploited by creating unique views into the Dutch auction. In one embodiment, posted prices are originally defined in the context of the originator of the auction. These posted prices are transformed into the individual contexts of potential bidders prior to display at the bidder computer system. Multiple views into the Dutch auction are thereby supported. In another embodiment, feedback formats are specified for one or more of the potential bidders. The specified feedback formats enable the originator of the auction to control the types of market clearing information that will be withheld from the various potential bidders.
US07835952B2
In a build-to-order (BTO) management system, domestic production orders are incorporated into a production plan before overseas production orders. When incorporating the production orders into the production plan, an ideal number of products is set for various equalizing factors, and several kinds of the production plans are made on the basis of an achievement ratio of the number of products for the equalizing factors actually incorporated into the production plan to the ideal production number of products and the dates of receiving the production orders. The resulting production plans are compared to choose an optimal production plan.
US07835949B2
A universal shopping cart is provided that obtains and orders products and services from different merchants located on the Internet. The consumer completes all of their shopping on the shopping site and is not directed to another merchant's site to complete an order. The universal shopping cart provides a monitoring service that allows the consumer to monitor a product for specified criteria. The order injection system places orders for products contained within the universal shopping cart from affiliated and non-affiliated merchants. Specific ordering details required from merchants external to the shopping site are hidden from the consumer. For external merchant sites that require a consumer account before allowing the product to be purchased, the shopping site creates a new consumer account without intervention from the consumer. Once the products are ordered, the consumer may keep track of the ordered products from the shopping site.
US07835944B2
Disclosed herein is a real-time auction method that is based on an auction server for performing a process of an auction and wired and wireless terminals of participants. The method includes the auction screen providing step of providing an auction screen, on which auction information is displayed, to wired and wireless terminals of participants participating in the auction, the ranking displaying step of displaying bidding prices on the auction screen in order of ranking in the case where the participants present the bidding prices, the bidding extending step of extending a bidding time if a highest bidding price is lower than a predetermined desired bidding price or a difference between a highest bidding price and a next highest bidding price is less than a predetermined difference when a first set bidding time ends, and allowing only bidders presenting the highest bidding price and the next highest bidding price to participate in the extended auction, and the successful bid determining step of displaying a successful bidding price and a successful bidder when a finally set bidding time ends.
US07835943B2
A method and apparatus for managing search listings in a search database include storing one or more search listings for an advertiser. Each search listing includes an associated search term. The system receives from the advertiser identification information for a search listing and a desired rank for the identified search listing, a maximum cost per click for the search listing, or both. The system stores the desired rank and/or maximum cost per click for the search listing. The system then determines a cost per click for the identified search listing based on the desired rank and other search listings which include the search term associated with the identified search listing.
US07835933B2
An event management method for a computer implemented business process system. The method includes the step of executing a plurality of events for representing a business process, the business process implemented by progressing through the events. A plurality of event nodes are executed for the business process, the event nodes defining points in the progress of the business process for communicating with an external process to exchange information. The business process is executed by sequentially executing the events, wherein the execution proceeds in accordance with the event nodes.
US07835927B2
A system and method for confirming that a medication administration device has been programmed with the correct medication administration parameters. A medical database carrier is used compare medication delivery parameters entered into a medication administration device to institutionally established guidelines or more widely accepted protocols to ensure that the medication is delivered in accordance to those guidelines. The medical database carrier may also be configured to communicate information regarding medication delivery and other patient information between a control system in communication with the care-giving facility's other information systems and a patient specific asset such as an infusion pump. The medical database carrier may be a smartcard, a PDA such as a Palm™ Pilot, laptop computer, pager, mobile phone, or other device capable of storing, processing and communicating information. The system may use either wired or wireless connections to communicate information between the components of the system.
US07835923B1
A method for providing personalized medical care is described herein. The non-profit membership provider provides access to qualified members to highly qualified healthcare facilities. A dedicated staff person is available for the members, along with a selection of preferred services to make the healthcare facility visit more pleasant. The membership provider will then facilitate a meeting between the healthcare facility and the member to encourage and solicit a donation by the member to the healthcare facility.
US07835920B2
A director control interface is provided to extract production information from a newsroom information management system and populate a production control system. The director control interface enables the director to build a show, but mitigate errors and check for conflicts during the building process. In an embodiment, the director control interface automatically selects macro elements, which are executed on the production control system. The director can override the selection process and choose the macro elements. The director control interface monitors the newsroom information management system for rundown changes, evaluates the changes, and updates the production control system either automatically or with approval from the director. The director control interface is compatible with any type of newsroom information management system as long as it can extract the requisite information.
US07835916B2
A parametric model is used for error concealment. The model filter allows for recovering signal components of original audio channel signals that now are lost or erroneous from signal components of at least one other audio channel. During error-free reception of valid frames, the parameters of that model will be derived and stored. In case of frame loss or frame error affecting the multi-channel information, a conjecture of the missing information is recovered by applying the model, using the stored parameters. In case of several subsequent lost or erroneous frames, it is possible either to use the parameters derived during the last valid frame or to use parameters derived from the recovered multi-channel information of the respective previous invalid frame. Furthermore, if there are long sequences of lost frames, it can be beneficial to apply some gradual muting of the model parameters, which essentially results in a gradual attenuation of the recovered multi-channel information.
US07835911B2
The invention disclosed herein concerns a system (100) and method (600) for building a language model representation of an NLU application. The method 500 can include categorizing an NLU application domain (602), classifying a corpus in view of the categorization (604), and training at least one language model in view of the classification (606). The categorization produces a hierarchical tree of categories, sub-categories and end targets across one or more features for interpreting one or more natural language input requests. During development of an NLU application, a developer assigns sentences of the NLU application to categories, sub-categories or end targets across one or more features for associating each sentence with desire interpretations. A language model builder (140) iteratively builds multiple language models for this sentence data, and iteratively evaluating them against a test corpus, partitioning the data based on the categorization and rebuilding models, so as to produce an optimal configuration of language models to interpret and respond to language input requests for the NLU application.
US07835908B2
A method and apparatus for robust speaker localization and a camera control system employing the same are provided. The apparatus for speaker localization includes: a difference spectrum obtaining section which obtains a difference spectrum of a first pseudo-power spectrum for a speech section and a second pseudo-power spectrum for a non-speech section detected in a voice signal output from a microphone array; and a speaker direction estimation section which detects a peak value in any one of the difference spectrum and the first pseudo-power spectrum, and estimates the direction of a speaker based on the direction angle corresponding to the detected peak value.
US07835899B2
According to a method of simulation processing, a collection of files including one or more HDL source files describing design entities collectively representing a digital design to be simulated is received. The HDL source file(s) include a statement specifying inclusion of an instrumentation entity not forming a portion of the digital design but enabling observation of its operation during simulation. The instrumentation entity includes sequential logic containing at least one storage element, where the instrumentation entity has an output signal indicative of occurrence of a simulation event. The collection of files is processed to obtain an instrumented simulation executable model. The processing includes instantiating at least one instance of each of the plurality of design entities and instantiating the instrumentation entity. The processing further includes instantiating external instrumentation logic, logically coupled to each instance of the instrumentation entity, to record occurrences of the event.
US07835890B2
The present invention is directed to a number of improvements in methods for reliability simulations in aged circuits whose operation has been degraded through hot-carrier or other effects. A plurality of different circuit stress times can be simulated within a single run. Different aging criteria may be used for different circuit blocks, circuit block types, devices, device models and device types. The user may specify the degradation of selected circuit blocks, circuit block types, devices, device models and device types independently of the simulation. Device degradation can be characterized in tables. Continuous degradation levels can be quantized. Techniques are also described for representing the aged device in the netlist as the fresh device augmented with a plurality of independent current sources connected between its terminals to mimic the effects of aging in the device. The use of device model cards with age parameters is also described. To further improve the circuit reliability simulation, a gradual or multi-step aging is used instead of the standard one step aging process. Many of these features can be embedded within the circuit simulator. A user data interface is also presented to implement these techniques and further allow users to enter their device models not presented in the simulator. For example, a proprietary model of, say, the substrate current in an NMOS could used be with a SPICE simulator employing a different model to simulate the aging of the circuit.
US07835888B2
A method for efficiently extracting a variation distribution of a characteristic for a semiconductor integrated circuit. The method extracts a characteristic distribution of a semiconductor integrated circuit by performing a mathematical analysis using a polynomial expression based on a variation distribution of a process sensitivity parameter.
US07835885B2
A system for monitoring parameters of produce including at least one sensor assembly for sensing at least one parameter of packaged produce at a plurality of times and locations of the packaged produce; a communications network operative to receive information from the at least one sensor assembly at the plurality of times and locations and to transmit the information to at least one information receiving location; and at least one computer at the at least one information receiving location for receiving the information transmitted via the communications network and for providing an information output representing the at least one parameter at the plurality of times.
US07835884B2
A device and method for estimating a side-slip angle (βe) of an aircraft moving in the air includes a receiving unit which receives a measured side-slip angle (βl) presented locally by the air relative to the aircraft, and a determining unit which determines the side-slip angle (βe) of the aircraft as a function of the measured angle (βl) and of an information item about the incidence (α) of the aircraft.
US07835882B2
The present invention provides a method of online analysis of mineral waste content of a slurry in a mineral separation process, said method including the steps of: measuring the density of said slurry (10); measuring the concentration of solids in said slurry (12); calculating the density of solids in said slurry from said slurry density and said solids concentration (20); and calculating said mineral waste content from said solids density (22). The present invention also provides an online analyzer for mineral waste content of a slurry in a mineral separation process.
US07835873B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a sample or a sample flow associated with a process or an environment are disclosed. The systems and methods are used detect one or more chemical or biological agents present in a sample or detect changes in the chemical/biological composition of a sample flow. The systems and methods transmit light at the sample, perform spectral analysis of the resulting spectral response, and display a result or choose a course of action. The analysis compares the sample's response to known spectrums to determine composition or to determine if the composition of the sample has deviated from “normal”. In one embodiment, the systems and methods uses deep ultraviolet light to produce both a Raman and a fluorescence response, separated in frequency, which are simultaneously discerned and analyzed. In this embodiment the analysis is used to determine sample composition or to discern or warn of changes, or to choose a course of action.
US07835869B2
A computer controlled method for detecting and diagnosing a rare cell type in a tissue sample is provided, said method comprising treating the tissue sample such that it generates a first signal indicative of the presence at a location of a rare cell, detecting the first signal, treating the location at which the first signal is detected to generate a second signal indicative of a diagnostically useful cellular characteristic and detecting the second signal. The first signal can be morphological or a color present in a sought cell either before or after staining. The second signal can be generated by in situ PCR or PCR in situ hybridization. In one preferred embodiment, the rare cell type is a fetal cell in a maternal blood tissue sample, said sample consisting of a smear of unenriched maternal blood. In another embodiment, the method is used to diagnose or genotype cancer cells in a blood or tissue biopsy sample.
US07835864B1
Multiple vehicles are each equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and a plurality of accelerometers to provide information related to vehicle's current state. A controller is provided to predict concurrent presence of at least two of the vehicles at a location at some future time. At least one of the vehicles further includes an indicator to indicate the potential for concurrent presence at the location in adequate time for the operator of the at least one of the vehicles to take appropriate evasive action to avoid concurrent presence at the location.
US07835861B2
Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs set a reference point on a route, set at least one point on the route on the basis of the reference point, and set a region along the route, the region being set on the basis of the set at least one point and the region including the at least one point. The navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs obtain 3D map data corresponding to the region, generate a 3D movie which has a predetermined viewpoint on the basis of the obtained 3D map data, and display the generated 3D movie.
US07835860B2
A control information output device assumes not only a destination but also a travel route based on accumulated travel route information. Moreover, after a travel is started, if it is found that an assumed travel route is incorrect, assumption of the destination and assumption of the travel route are performed again. Therefore, accuracy of the control information outputted to a driving force control unit is high, and accordingly, it is possible for the driving force control unit to perform control of charging/discharging with an improved energy utilization factor.
US07835858B2
A computer-implemented method of creating a virtual traffic network includes inputting map data representing a road system, inputting flow data related to traffic flow on the road system and integrating the map data and the flow data to produce a virtual traffic network representing traffic conditions on the road system.
US07835855B2
A navigation apparatus acquires weather information along a navigation route to a destination from an information center and calculates an importance that is assigned to the weather information based on a predetermined criterion as well as a determination mode and a travel purpose inputted from a user. The importance of the weather information may be calculated by employing an importance calculation table that defines importance of the weather information itself or the importance of the weather information relative to the navigation route. The importance of the weather information is used to extract a required part of the weather information for providing the user with the information. The weather information extraction may be performed according to a criterion such as extracting the weather information with a certain importance level or higher, extracting the weather information of top n th importance, or the like.
US07835854B2
In a condition detection and display system (100), an omnidirectional camera (1), internal condition sensors (3), external condition sensors (4), and others detect a condition of a vehicle and surroundings around the vehicle, image data which is a detection result obtained by the aforesaid members and contains an image of the vehicle is selected from an image database (6), and the selected image data is displayed on a liquid crystal panel (7) at a position close to a display of a speedometer.
US07835846B2
A command interpreter for a vehicle stability enhancement system that uses a three degree-of-freedom vehicle model employing non-linear suspension and tire characteristics to calculate stability commands. The command interpreter includes a calculator that calculates a front tire lateral force, a calculator that calculates a rear tire lateral force and a command calculator that calculates a yaw-rate command signal, a lateral velocity command signal and a roll angle command signal. The front tire lateral force calculator and the rear tire lateral force calculator calculate the front and rear side-slip angles. The side-slip angles are then converted to a lateral force, where the conversion is selected based on the tire vertical load. The rear tire lateral force is modified for high side-slip angles so that the rear tire lateral force does not become saturated.
US07835841B2
A control system for a hybrid powertrain which determines engine crank angle position based upon signal inputs from electric machines of the powertrain is provided. The hybrid powertrain comprises an internal combustion engine and electric machines and an electro-mechanical transmission selectively operative to transmit torque therebetween. The electric machines are rotatably fixedly coupled to the internal combustion engine via a transmission input shaft. Control modules are adapted to execute a control scheme to determine engine crank angle position. The control scheme comprises code to determine an input shaft angle based upon rotational positions of the electric machines. An offset angle of the input shaft and an angular twist between the engine and the transmission are determined. An engine crank angle offset is determined based upon the offset angle and the angular twist of the input shaft.
US07835837B2
A vehicle stability control device is capable of steering wheels independently of the driver's handling operation, in which a suitable steering angle parameter in determining a target value for a turning state parameter is selected. The control device calculates a provisional target steering angle for wheels based upon an amount of an operation of a driver and a predetermined steering characteristic; a target value for the turning state parameter; and a target steering angle for wheels for reducing a magnitude of a deviation of the actual turning state parameter from its target value when the magnitude of the deviation is at a reference value or above, and thereby controlling a steering angle based upon the target steering angle. During execution of controlling the steering angle based upon the target steering angle, the target value of the turning state parameter is calculated based upon the provisional target steering angle.
US07835836B2
A method, system, and computer program product for calculating a torque overlay command in a steering control system is provided. The method includes receiving a current hand wheel angle, receiving a change in vehicle yaw moment command, and calculating a lateral force in response to the change in vehicle yaw moment command. The method also includes determining a new tire side slip angle from the lateral force and calculating a commanded hand wheel angle from the new tire side slip angle. The method further includes calculating an error signal as a difference between the commanded hand wheel angle and the current hand wheel angle, and generating a torque overlay command from the error signal.
US07835833B2
To detect a failure of a position contact outputting a contact signal, a change of a shift pattern defined by a combination of contact signals is monitored. Upon detection of the shift patterns belonging to a plurality of regions bridging a shift position corresponding to a selected position during an off period of the contact signal, a failure of the position contact is detected. As such, in a shift position sensor selecting a shift position by a combination of the contact signals from a plurality of position contacts, abnormality of the position contact can be detected reliably.
US07835827B2
Systems, methods, and computer-program products for communicating auditory alerts about runway hazards to aircraft. A conflict on at least one arrival runway is identified using information received from an existing conflict detection system. An auditory alert associated with the conflict is generated and then modulated onto a carrier frequency. The carrier frequency may be a 75 MHz marker beacon carrier frequency, and further, the carrier frequency may be slightly offset from the 75 MHz marker beacon carrier frequency. The modulated alert is transmitted to an aircraft approaching the arrival runway through a directional antenna, which receives the transmitted auditory alert through a marker beacon receiver without requiring additional flight deck equipment. The transmitted alert does not interfere with transmissions from both an outer marker beacon associated with the arrival runway and marker beacons associated with adjacent runways due to transmitted power levels and antenna directivity. Also, with the transmitted carrier frequency shifted slightly from the marker beacon carrier frequency, the transmitted alert would not interfere with the inner or outer marker on the arrival runway.
US07835825B2
The subject of the present invention is a method for improving route and 4D prediction calculations by FMS in the framework of ATC tactical flight instructions, which method enables the FMS of an aircraft to carry out its usual predictions as precisely as possible when it has left or anticipates leaving its initial flight plan following an instruction from the air traffic controller, and has no instructions telling it where and when to return to the initial flight plan, and the invention is characterized in that it consists in transmitting to the aircraft, from an air traffic control centre, information enabling the FMS system to be aware of traffic crossing points (X1) and control sector changes, and to use this information to predict the coordinates of a point (X2) at which it is supposed to rejoin its initial flight plan at the earliest opportunity after the crossing point that required an alteration of trajectory and at the latest opportunity on the last point of the current sector.
US07835824B2
A method for policing and managing the operation of a flying, unmanned aircraft in the event of usurpation of control of, malfunction of, or ill-intentioned use of, this aircraft includes the steps of (a) detecting inappropriate operation of the aircraft; (b) transmitting a takeover command to the aircraft to interrupt control of the operation of this aircraft by a first pilot and relinquish control of the aircraft to a second pilot; and (c) transmitting control commands to the aircraft to control its operation by the second pilot, until the need for alternate pilot control of the aircraft has ended or until the aircraft has landed safely.
US07835814B2
Disclosed are embodiments that provide near real-time monitoring of a control application in a manufacturing environment to detect and determine the root cause of faults within the control application. The embodiments monitor the flow of data within the control application during events (i.e., transactions, stages, process steps, etc.). By comparing a dataflow path for a near real-time event with historical dataflow path records, dataflow interruptions (i.e., fails) within the control application can be detected. By determining the location of such a dataflow interruption, the root cause of the control application fail can be determined. Additionally, the invention can generate summary reports indicating the status of the control application. For example, the summary reports can quantify the performance and/or the effectiveness of the control application. These summary reports can further be generated with drill downs to provide a user with direct access to the records upon which the reports were based.
US07835811B2
A method is set forth for making a computer model of patient's jaws on the basis of digital information. Digital data about the jaws, teeth, soft tissues and artificial teeth is joined in computer space to create aesthetic and functional plans for the removal of teeth, shaping of supporting bone and placement of dental implants. Artificial teeth and pre-manufactured prosthetic devices are made and attached to the dental implants at the time of surgery. The aesthetic and functional position of artificial teeth is determined prior to surgical removal of natural teeth and the ideal position of implants and the proper form of the remaining bone are determined prior to surgery. Surgical guides used to shape bone, record occlusal orientation and position dental implants are manufactured using computer milling or layered manufacturing.
US07835808B2
A system, including apparatus and method, for processing material includes a computer connected to a saw. A pusher is used to convey material along a processing path. The computer is programmed to control optimal processing of material to satisfy a cut list. The system for processing material may further include a printer configured to print labels for application to work pieces processed by the system.
US07835807B2
A system and method of monitoring assets of an enterprise using a stand-alone software system and a process automation software system are provided. The stand-alone system is operable to generate a web page about a condition of the asset and to transmit data items for the condition in a single data string. The data items include a status of the condition and a URL of the web page. The process automation system includes a human system interface (HSI). An asset monitor in the process automation system is operable to monitor the status of the condition and the HSI is operable to display the data items and the web page from the stand-alone system.
US07835804B2
The accuracy of neural response recordings in neural stimulators, e.g., cochlear implants, is often degraded by a recording artifact. An idealized electrical-equivalent model of a neural stimulator is created to study, measure and compensate for artifact evoked compound action potential (eCAP). Using this model, the artifact is shown to occur even when the electrical components that make-up the neural stimulator are ideal. The model contains parasitic capacitances between the electrode wires. The model demonstrates that these small parasitic capacitances provide a current path during stimulation which can deposit charge on the electrode-tissue interfaces of the recording electrodes. The dissipation of this residual charge and the charge stored across the stimulating electrode is seen as the recording artifact. The proposed solution for eliminating the artifact problem is realized by utilizing a capacitive electrode material, e.g., TiO2, Ta2O5, or other dielectric coatings or films, instead of Faradaic electrode material, e.g., Platinum (Pt), Pt—Ir alloy or similar alloys, on the neural stimulator electrode lead.
US07835802B2
This document discusses, among other things, a lead assembly including a lead body, at least one conductor extending through the lead body, and a covering having varied material properties. In an example, the covering is made by forming pieces of material having varied material properties. In another example, the covering is made by varying parameters such as heat or tension during wrapping of a piece of material onto a lead assembly.
US07835787B2
An EEG cap (8) having 64 or 128 electrodes (10) is placed on the head of the subject (11) who is viewing CRT monitor (14). The signals on each channel are amplified by amplifier (17) and sent to an analog-to-digital converter (20). PC (23) captures and records the amplified signals and the signals are processed by signal processing PC (26) performing linear signal processing. The resulting signal is sent back to a feedback/display PC (29) having monitor (14).
US07835785B2
Miniaturized, five and six degrees-of-freedom magnetic sensors, responsive to pulsed DC magnetic fields waveforms generated by multiple transmitter options, provide an improved and cost-effective means of guiding medical instruments to targets inside the human body. The end result is achieved by integrating DC tracking, 3D reconstructions of pre-acquired patient scans and imaging software into a system enabling a physician to internally guide an instrument with real-time 3D vision for diagnostic and interventional purposes. The integration allows physicians to navigate within the human body by following 3D sensor tip locations superimposed on anatomical images reconstructed into 3D volumetric computer models. Sensor data can also be integrated with real-time imaging modalities, such as endoscopes, for intrabody navigation of instruments with instantaneous feedback through critical anatomy to locate and remove tissue. To meet stringent medical requirements, the system generates and senses pulsed DC magnetic fields embodied in an assemblage of miniaturized, disposable and reposable sensors functional with both dipole and co-planar transmitters.
US07835783B1
Image contributions produced by an untagged specimen magnetization component in magnetic resonance imaging are controlled by applying one or more radiofrequency (RF) pulses that invert at least a portion of the untagged specimen magnetization. In an example, a specimen is tagged with a spatially modulated magnetization that is used to produce an image signal that includes a contribution associated with the tagged magnetization and an untagged magnetization. The untagged magnetization is substantially along an axial direction defined by an applied axial magnetic field. The untagged magnetization increases in magnitude because of so-called T1 relaxation. A contribution to the image signal increases for a predetermined time or to a predetermined magnitude, and a 180-degree pulse is applied to invert at least a portion of the untagged magnetization. The untagged magnetization is then antiparallel with respect to the applied axial magnetic field. Additional inversion recovery causes the untagged magnetization to increase from a negative value to zero and then becomes positive. As a result, signal contributions associated with the untagged magnetization are reduced. Additional 180-degree pulses can be applied whenever the untagged magnetization becomes larger than a predetermined value so that image contrast can be maintained. When the tagged magnetization decreases to a predetermined level, an initial specimen magnetization is reestablished for subsequent imaging.
US07835781B2
A device is disclosed for superposed MRI and PET imaging and includes an MRI tube that has a first field of view along its longitudinal direction, and a multiplicity of PET detection units arranged opposite one another in pairs about the longitudinal direction. In at least one embodiment the many PET detection units define a second field of view along the longitudinal direction, and their arrangement density along the longitudinal direction is optimized such that the second field of view substantially corresponds to the first field of view.
US07835778B2
A method and apparatus for percutaneous and/or minimally invasive implantation of a construct. The construct may be implanted using a navigation system for planning and execution of a procedure. A plurality of portions of the construct may be interconnected using locations and paths determined and navigated with the navigation system.
US07835776B2
A wireless terminal comprises a ground conductor (1102) and a transceiver coupled to an antenna feed, the antenna feed being coupled directly to the ground conductor (1102). In one embodiment the ground conductor is a conducting case (1102). The coupling may be via a parallel plate capacitor (504) formed by a plate (506) and a surface (1108) of the case (1102). The case (1102) acts as an efficient, wideband radiator, eliminating the need for a separate antenna. In a modification of this embodiment a slot (1112) is provided to increase the resistance of the case (1102) as seen by the transceiver, thereby increasing the radiating bandwidth of the terminal.
US07835775B2
A cellular phone includes a first case and a second case, which are connected in a foldable manner through a hinge. When the cellular phone is in a folded state, a second display unit displays an image with the side (upper side) closer to the hinge as the upper side. Accordingly, the user can hold the second case of the cellular phone in his/her hand regardless of whether the cellular phone is in a folded state or in an open state. The user can easily switch between a folded state and an open state with respect to the first case and the second case.
US07835770B2
A portable device such as a mobile phone, comprising a display screen, an input interface having a plurality of activable elements and processing means in connection with the display screen and the input interface, wherein the value of at least one parameter of the device can be changed by means of the input interface, characterized in that the device is arranged for displaying on the display screen a plurality of parameters representations, each one of these parameters representations including: an identification of the parameter; and an indication of what particular activable element or elements are to be used for changing the value of the parameter.
US07835768B2
The radiation characteristics of an antenna are made configurable including in the antenna a plurality of radiating elements and associating to each of said radiating elements a respective chain for processing the signal in transmission and/or reception with a module for weighting digital signals capable of applying to a digital signal at least a respective weighting coefficient and an antenna conversion set interposed between the module for weighting digital signals and one of the radiating elements of the antenna. The antenna conversion set operates on a digital signal on the side of the signal weighting module and on an analogue signal distributed on the processing chains associated to each radiating element of the antenna propagates (in transmission and/or reception), while respective weight coefficients are applied to said digital signal weighting modules. The weighting coefficients determine the radiation diagram of the antenna.
US07835766B2
In a situation where a plurality of “telephone numbers” as subscriber numbers and “fixed IDs” fixedly assigned to the “telephone numbers” in association with each other are stored and managed in a telephone number table, in a case where an arbitrary site is accessed using one of the “fixed IDs” as information on an accessing party, when registration of an “URL” of this site in a favorites table is instructed, a CPU registers one of the “fixed IDs”, which is stored and managed in the telephone number table, in association with the “URL”. When an access to the registered site is instructed thereafter, the CPU accesses the site using the “URL” associated with the registered site and the “fixed ID”.
US07835762B2
A method and apparatus are provided for determining adjustments to be made to a transmitter based on the velocity or location of a wireless communication device in relation to a wireless network infrastructure. The transmitter to be adjusted can be located in either the wireless communication device, or in a device in the wireless communication infrastructure, or both.
US07835760B2
A node may include a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from a gateway and a logic device coupled to the receiver. The node may also include a memory configured to store label information identifying a data packet stored in the node. The logic device may be configured to receive a message from the gateway, where the message includes label information, and access the memory to identify a data packet based on the label information included in the message. The node may also include a transmitter configured to transmit the data packet to the gateway over a channel shared with a number of other nodes.
US07835754B2
A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals transmitted by Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi enabled device, and using the signals to estimate the speed of and/or direction of travel of the Wi-Fi enabled device.
US07835750B2
A base station for use in a wireless network capable of communicating according to a multi-carrier protocol. The base station communicates with subscriber stations using a first pre-defined set of subcarriers. If the base station determines that no additional subcarriers are available in the first pre-defined set to communicate with a first subscriber station, the base station borrows subcarrier resources by selecting a first subcarrier in a second pre-defined set of subcarriers used by a first neighboring base station and allocates the first subcarrier in the second pre-defined set to communicate with the first subscriber station.
US07835733B1
A transmit-receive system on board a satellite for a telecommunication system within a region covered by the system. The region includes isolated areas. The system receives calls from any area and transmits them to the same area or another area using routing devices. The system combines the signals from the isolated areas into groups. Routing is effected between groups and each group is allocated all of the communication resources of the region. The routing systems are hardwired, for example.
US07835727B2
An application that runs on a User Equipment (UE) in one of three main modes: (1) listener, (2) proxy, or (3) controller, and defaults to listener mode. A UE is placed by a user into controller mode, which causes the application to scan the area covered by its Bluetooth radio and identify other Bluetooth enabled devices. For all the Bluetooth devices found, the controller attempts to contact the UEs in listener mode to form a group of interested listeners. The UE in controller mode then sends a message to all group members. The message alerts the user of each UE in listening mode to prepare to take a photograph or video. The UE in listener mode provides the users with audio and visual cues and after a time period each UE in the group takes a photograph or a video.
US07835721B2
A method and apparatus for implementing at least first and second security levels in a mobile telecommunications device for use within a telecommunications network. The location of the mobile device is determined, and one of the first and second security levels is selected on the basis of that location. A security procedure is implemented within the mobile device on the basis of the selected security level.
US07835719B1
In a radio network that includes at least one base station and at least one remote station, signals are modulated for transmission from the remote stations by embedding known information throughout the signal in a predetermined pattern and a group of sample vectors of a signal received by at least one base station of the network are collected and processed to detect a said received signal that resulted from propagation of a signal from a remote station of the network. The group of sample vectors is collected from (a) signals that are received by more than one base station of the network; and/or (b) signals that are received simultaneously at different frequencies by at least one base station of the network.
US07835718B2
A constant voltage source supplies a bias current to a wireless receiver circuit. A bias current detector circuit detects the bias current, and outputs a detection result to a current controller circuit. The current controller circuit outputs the detection result of the bias current to a memory circuit. The current controller circuit controls the bias current detector circuit to stop operating thereof, and then controls the bias current to decrease when the detected bias current is larger than a predetermined first threshold value and controls the bias current to increase when the detected bias current is smaller than a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, based on the detection result stored in the memory circuit.
US07835716B2
An RF receiver and an RF receiving method are provided using a baseband signal in which a DC offset is removed. In the RF receiver, a noise phase removing unit generates a phase controlled local signal PLOQ in which a phase of a Q signal of a local signal LOQ is controlled, by synthesizing a received RF signal RXIN and the Q signal of the local signal LOQ. A down converter generates a signal in which a DC offset from noise introduced into the received RF signal RXIN is removed, when synthesizing the received RF signal RXIN and the phase controlled local signal PLOQ for frequency-down conversion.
US07835712B1
Various embodiments for providing multi-band operation in a mobile computing device are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may be arranged to support quad-band GSM communication in the GSM-850, GSM-900, GSM-1800, and GSM-1900 frequency bands. The mobile computing device may be arranged to determine a starting frequency band based on the home country and home network. By using the determined starting frequency band associated with the home country and home network of the user, fewer and/or shorter delays may be experienced when searching for and acquiring an available frequency. Once a network search is completed, the mobile computing device may be arranged to determine whether a network can be found in current frequency band pair for normal service, to disconnect from the acquired network if normal service is not supported, and to intelligently search for an available frequency in a different frequency band. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07835709B2
Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency, and/or amplitude characteristics of the desired time-varying complex envelope signal. In another embodiment, a time-varying complex envelope signal is decomposed into a plurality of constant envelope constituent signals. The constituent signals are amplified equally or substantially equally, and then summed to construct an amplified version of the original time-varying envelope signal. Embodiments also perform frequency up-conversion.
US07835707B2
Disclosed is a multi-band antenna unit of a mobile terminal that includes an antenna, switch, sensor, first matching circuit, second matching circuit, diplexer, first signal processing unit, and second signal processing unit. The antenna is movably installed between first and second contacts, and transmits and receives first and second signals of different frequency bands. The switch connects the first contact to the first matching circuit or the second contact through the second matching circuit. The sensor detects an antenna position, and allowing selective connection of first or second matching circuits. Transmission and reception of multiple signals of various frequency bands is enabled using a single antenna unit, reducing the number of components, cost, and size of a mobile terminal. Additionally, performance of an antenna is improved by connecting to a proper matching circuit according to the position of the antenna.
US07835697B2
This invention provides a method for improved frequency agility and preferably includes transmitting and receiving data on a primary channel; finding a secondary channel substantially free from interference during a period between data transmissions on the primary channel; and transmitting and receiving data on the secondary channel when an unacceptable level of interference is detected on the primary channel. In an alternate embodiment, data is preferably transmitted on a primary and a secondary channel during separate periods of a transmission interval. If an unacceptable level of interference is detected on either the primary or secondary channels, then the other channel is used for data transmission during one of the periods while another one of the periods is used to identify a new channel substantially free from interference to replace the bad channel.
US07835694B2
An apparatus and method for repeater-based cellular coverage switching across cellular donor sites in a wireless network is disclosed. The method involves measuring capacity load levels of cellular donor sites, determining cellular switching schemed based on the capacity loads establishing cellular switching configurations based on the cellular switching schemes, and performing cellular coverage switching to cellular donor sits.
US07835693B2
A base station (26) provides service in a satellite communications (SATCOM) system (22) to a terminal (24). The SATCOM system (22) operates in accordance with a first standard (43), and the terminal (24) is unable to communicate in accordance with the first standard (43). Methodology entails receiving, at a SATCOM resource controller (32), a request (62) for a satellite resource (46) from the base station (26). The satellite resource (46) is allocated to the base station (26) and the controller (32) sends a message (58) with the allocated satellite resource (46). The base station (26) applies a second standard (48), defining a specific set of functional and performance characteristics, to the satellite resource (46). The terminal (24) is enabled to perform satellite communications in accordance with the second standard (48) using the satellite resource (46).
US07835683B2
A cleaning unit includes a cleaning member, an ejection member, a delivering member, and a flicker. The cleaning member contacts an object to be cleaned moving in a given direction, and removes waste material from the object to be cleaned. The ejection member, disposed in an area distanced from the object to be cleaned, transports the waste material removed from the object to be cleaned to outside of the cleaning unit. The delivering member delivers the waste material to a transport-effective area of the ejection member. The delivering member includes a vane rotating device including a rotation axis and a vane attached on the rotation axis. The vane rotating device rotates to deliver the waste material to the ejection member. The flicker contacts a free end of the vane to cause a flicker movement to the vane at a position over the transport-effective area of the ejection member.
US07835670B2
An image forming device includes a plurality of image forming units provided in parallel comprising a black image forming unit to form a black toner image and a plurality of color image forming units to form color toner images, an intermediate transfer device to primarily transfer color toner images formed by superimposing the toner images formed at each image forming unit, and a secondary transfer unit to transfer the color toner image to a transfer paper. The color image forming unit employs a non-magnetic-contact-type single-component development device to develop each color toner image with a single-component developer, and the black image forming unit is provided closest to the secondary transfer unit and employs a contact-type two-component development device to develop a black toner image with a two-component developer.
US07835669B2
The present invention provides a charging roller having a stable chargeability and capable of preventing occurrence of “fogging” on an electrophotographic image. The invention relates to a contact-charging type charging roller which includes a conductive support and a surface layer. The surface layer contains a binder, resin particles containing a carbon black dispersed in the binder, and graphitized particles dispersed in the binder; and the surface layer has, on its surface, convex portions derived from the resin particles, and convex portions derived from the graphitized particles. These convex portions have a specific relationship.
US07835665B2
A photosensitive unit is described. The photosensitive unit may include a developer cartridge including a developing agent carrier and a casing, a photosensitive member, and a side wall. The casing is provided with a pivoting member including a pressuring portion applied with an external pressing force and a fitting projection fitted to the side wall. The pivoting member is configured to be pivoted along a pressing direction for pressing the developing agent carrier toward the photosensitive member when a pressing force is applied to the pressuring portion, or along a pressure releasing direction opposite to the pressing direction. The side wall is formed with a fit portion to which the fitting projection is loosely fitted so that a movement of the fitting projection along a pivoting direction of the pivoting member is allowed.
US07835662B2
An apparatus for applying an electrical charge to a charge retentive surface, wherein a bias charge roll member is situated proximately to a surface to be charged such as, a photoreceptor having a cleaning system which includes a web material in contact with the bias charge roll to remove containments thereform.
US07835658B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus in which when printing is performed based on an electrophotographic process, counting is performed by a counter for each print operation, and billing corresponding to the kind of the print operation is performed based on the count value of the counter, and which includes, as counters, a number-of-sheet counter to count the number of sheets for each print operation, an integrating counter to integrate the counter value of the number-of-sheet counter, and a billing counter to determine billing from the counter values of the number-of-sheet counter and the integrating counter, and a multiplication rate previously stored in a data table.
US07835654B2
A belt-nip system fixing apparatus reduces the frequency of replacing a pressure belt or a sliding sheet. In accordance with a sheet measurement in a roller axis direction, the fixing apparatus switches a pressure distribution in the roller axis direction between a low-pressure load distribution in which pressure is greatest at a center pressure switching projection of a hard pad, and pressure gradually lessens towards pressure switching projections near the ends of the hard pad, and the pressure in a range of 216 [mm] in a center in the roller axis direction is greater than or equal to a necessary pressure for fixing (a predetermined value Nm) while the pressure in other projections near the ends is below the predetermined value Nm, and a high-pressure load distribution in which the pressure throughout the total area in the roller axis direction equals or exceeds the predetermined value Nm.
US07835651B2
An image forming apparatus includes a development portion holder that is mounted with a plurality of development portions having a memory storing information on the corresponding development portion and that selectively positions the development portions at development positions by holding and moving the mounted development portions; a controller that controls the development portion holder and that performs an image forming process of forming an image using the development portion positions at the development position; and an access unit that access the memory of the development portion positioned at an access position, which is a position at which one of the other development portions mounted on the development portion holder is located, to read and record the information when one of the development portions mounted on the development portion holder is positioned at the development position.
US07835638B2
An image recording apparatus includes an image sensing part for converting an optical image imaged by a photograph lens to an electric signal, a distance measuring part for measuring a distance between a target object and the image recording apparatus, an illumination part for generating an illumination light and a pre-illumination light, a first illumination controlling part for controlling the amount of the illumination light of the illumination part based on the measured distance of the distance measuring part and a F number of the photograph lens, a second illumination controlling part for controlling the amount of the illumination light of the illumination part based on the electric signal output from the image sensing part in correspondence with the pre-illumination light, and a selecting part for selecting one of the first illumination controlling part and the second illumination controlling part.
US07835636B2
A camera apparatus comprises an auto focus controller configured to control a focus lens to move to a focal position, a moving distance acquiring unit configured to acquire a moving distance of a main body of the camera apparatus after the focus lens is moved to the focal position by the auto focus controller, and a focus correction unit configured to correct a position of the focus lens based on the moving distance acquired by the moving distance acquiring unit.
US07835619B2
An apparatus and method for reproducing multi-angle data in a seamless manner, even during a change of angle, and an information storage medium on which the multi-angle data is recorded. AV data divided into clips, which are recording units, is recorded on the information storage medium. Additional information regarding jump points is recorded on a space of the information storage medium other than where the clips are recorded. The apparatus for reproducing the multi-angle data includes a reading unit which reads data from the information storage medium, and a reproducing unit which reproduces the data read by the reading unit by searching for and reproducing clips corresponding to the read data when the read data is multi-angle data, and, if there is an angle change command, reproducing clips for a new angle from a jump point of the clip for the new angle.
US07835616B2
An information presentation system for supporting interactions based on presentation of various pieces of information in a scene where persons face each other, the information presentation system includes: a plurality of display record media, each having a unique identifier, where display information can be rewritten; an information selection section that selects information to be displayed on the display record medium; an information rewrite section that is detachably attached to the display record medium, and that rewritably writes the information selected by the information selection section to the display record medium in a state where the display record medium is attached to the information rewrite section; a history storage section that records a history of the information in association with the unique identifier of the display record medium; and a manipulation detection section that detects a selective manipulation of a user on the display record medium.
US07835605B1
An optical fiber 200 with a high thermal resistance fiber Bragg grating (FBG) 130. Compared to existing FBG's, the invention provides greatly enhanced thermal stability, being stable up to 1200° C. The grating reflectivity and resonant wavelength are maintained for extended duration at high temperatures. The FBG is thus suitable in high temperature sensors. The high thermal resistance of the FBG is obtained in a method of pre-annealing the optical fiber 105 at high temperature prior to inscribing the FBG. The high thermal resistance is optionally enhanced in a post-FBG creation step of heat treating the optical fiber 105 and FBG.
US07835596B2
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for componentized application sharing. The system can include a multiplicity of different pluggable image processing modules. Each of the different pluggable image processing modules can conform to a single interface expected by the application sharing module. Additionally, a communicative coupling can be provided between the application sharing module and a selected one of the different image compression modules.
US07835591B2
Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a first image database, the first image database to store at least one first image file, wherein the at least one first image file includes a product image file including a digital photograph of a physical product and a header including a size and an imprint area for the physical product, a second image database, the second image database to store at least one second image file, and a server to receive a user selection of the at least one first image file and the at least one second image file, and to generate a composite image of a first image and a second image, wherein the first image includes the digital photograph of the physical product and the second image is positioned relative to the first image based on the size and the imprint area included in the header of the first product image file.
US07835583B2
A method of separating an image is provided. The method comprises: running a bitmap image of at least one polygon comprising a plurality of pixels through a distance filter; skeletonizing the polygon formed after filtering by modulo arithmetic; logically ANDing the skeletonized image with two masks separately consisting of horizontal and vertical lines of 1 bit thickness at a particular frequency to form an image of the horizontal edges and an image of the vertical edges; and filtering the resulting image through a particle filter eliminating particles of size greater than 2.
US07835573B2
A color interpolation method and apparatus for interpolating missing color signals for each pixel of an image sensor. The color interpolation method includes forming a difference image channel by subtracting an R or B color value from a G color value in pixels adjacent to a pixel to be interpolated, detecting the direction of an edge to which the pixel to be interpolated belongs and selecting adjacent pixels to be used for color interpolation. By calculating a weight value indicating the direction of the edge and providing the weight value to the adjacent pixels to be used for color interpolation, and using the difference image values of the adjacent pixels and the weight values, a color component missing in the pixel to be interpolated can be calculated.
US07835559B1
A system for determining image intensity of a radiograph includes an illuminator for providing lighting to the radiograph, an image reference standard having a predetermined color, a digital imaging device for obtaining a digital image of the radiograph and the image reference standard, a computer for receiving and storing the digital image and for executing programs, and an image analysis program being executed on the computer for providing a first image intensity value of a target area in the radiograph and a second image intensity value of the image reference standard and for computing a normalized image intensity value of the target area using the first and second image intensity values. In one embodiment, the image reference standard is an image reference standard of a black color or a white color.
US07835557B2
A system for detecting a status of an imaging device for use with a surgical navigation system is provided. The system can comprise a source of at least one image and a mask module that generates a mask array for each received image. The system can also include a background check module that determines a content of the image defined by the mask array and a radiation status module that determines a status of the imaging device based on the content of the image.
US07835547B2
An average face-image is created from images belonging to a face-image group and sample points are specified on the average face-image. Sample points are detected on images in the face-image group corresponding to sample points on the average face-image thereby creating recognition subspaces of feature vectors. Sample points are detected on registered images and an input image corresponding to the sample points on the average face-image by using the recognition subspaces. A degree of similarity between the feature vectors in the recognition subspaces of the registered images and the input image is calculated at the detected sample points. Finally, a person is verified based on the degree of similarity.
US07835546B2
The present invention allows a device to easily generate pseudorandom numbers using information about a living body. An imaging element outputs an image signal equivalent to imaging light reflecting a target of identification inside a certain part of a living body. The device extracts data from the image signal output from the imaging element. This data reflects a change arising from the living body and a change of the imaging element. The device then generates a pseudorandom number using the data as a seed. Specifically, to produce the seed, the device sequentially selects two image signals output from the imaging element as a pair, sequentially detects difference between the pair of image signals, recognizes one of the detected differences as criterion, and then calculates a degree of difference between the criterion and the rest of differences.
US07835543B2
An object detection method which rapidly detects one or more objects existing in an image includes: a primary search step which judges whether an object exists at a predetermined interval by using a simple judgment device requiring a small number of calculation amounts; a range estimation step which estimates a range where an object actually exists from a spatial relationship obtained as a result of the primary search; a secondary search step which performs an object judgment process by using a secondary judgment device capable of performing more detailed judgment than the object judgment device used in the primary search; an object position estimation step which estimates a position where the similarity is maximum in a certain object existing range as an object existing position; and a final search step which judges a final object position.
US07835533B2
A circuit board forming member, a case forming member, a spacer forming member, a diaphragm sheet and a diaphragm plate forming member are laminated to form a portion, as excepting a back plate and a contact spring, of a condenser microphone, in plurality in a laminate. Moreover, the back plate and the contact spring are arranged in the air chamber, which is defined by the individual forming members, to form a plurality of condenser microphone constituents in the laminate. Next, the laminate is cut to separate the individual condenser microphone constituents thereby to manufacture the condenser microphones.
US07835527B2
One illustrative method involves the steps of receiving a ciphering mode information message from a wireless network; identifying and processing valid radio bearer downlink ciphering activation time information in the ciphering mode information message when it is part of a security mode command message; and refraining from processing any valid radio bearer downlink ciphering activation time information in the ciphering mode information message when it is part of a message that is different from the security mode command message (i.e. when it is part of a radio network subsystem relocation procedure). The method may include the additional steps of producing valid radio bearer uplink ciphering activation time information for inclusion within a response message when the ciphering mode information message is part of the security mode command message; refraining from producing any valid radio bearer uplink ciphering activation time information when the ciphering mode information message is part of a message that is different from the security mode command message; and causing the response message to be sent to the wireless network.
US07835522B2
An apparatus and method for transmission security is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a receiver communicatively coupleable to an identifiable replaceable conditional access module (CAM) identified by an identification to enable reception of the service, and an authenticator controlling the operability of the receiver according to a comparison between the identification and a list comprising an identification of a plurality of CAMs, wherein the authenticator renders the receiver inoperable according to the comparison.
US07835521B1
A secure keyboard combines a human interface device (HID), application programs stored in nonvolatile memory, and encryption technologies into a single package. Like any other keyboard, the secure keyboard communicates with a computer via a communications port. A computer can load and execute an application stored in the secure keyboard. The application, however, expects encrypted inputs. The HID inputs are encrypted before being passed to the computer and thence the application. Therefore, a secure link exists from the HID to the application. Choosing strong encryption and unique encryption/decryption keys allows applications to be keyed to a specific secure keyboard. No other keyboard can supply keyboard input to the application. The secure keyboard can be implemented as a security device that does not include a keyboard. The security device can accept HID inputs from HID devices, encrypts them, and passes them to the computer and thence the application.
US07835516B2
A direct access arrangement (DAA) device configured to interface a security alarm modem with a phone network. The DAA device comprises a receive optical isolator (OI) module and first and second transmit OI modules. The transmit OI modules are joined in parallel with one another to receive signals from the security alarm modem and convey the signals to the phone network. The receive IO and first and second transmit OI modules may each be interconnected to at least partially cancel distortion generated by the first and second transmit IO modules.
US07835496B2
The invention relates to an user interface comprising: a read only memory for an operating parameter of an X-ray system with each one section for contrast medium injection, for data acquisition, for reconstruction of data, for image storage and for displaying of an image; a write-read-memory for the operating parameter which has to be transferred to the corresponding section of the X-ray system; and a control unit for copying the operating parameter from the read only memory into the write-read-memory. The copied operating parameter is graphically supported within the write-read-memory alterable.
US07835491B2
To generate a tomosynthetic 3D x-ray image composed of a number of slice images, a tomosynthetic 3D intermediate image composed of a number of slice images is reconstructed from 2D projection images that have not been noise-filtered. The microcalcium regions contained in these slice images are segmented, and one or more subject slice images relevant to these microcalcium voxels are determined for each microcalcium region. The microcalcium voxels belonging to the segmented microcalcium region in this subject slice image or in these subject slice images are projected forwards in the 2D projection images, and the microcalcium pixels associated with these microcalcium voxels are marked in the 2D projection images. Noise-filtered 2D projection images are subsequently generated by subjecting the microcalcium pixels of the 2D projection images to no noise filtering or a noise filtering that leads to a noise reduction reduced relative to the remaining image regions. The tomosynthetic 3D x-ray image is then calculated from the 2D projection images that have been noise-filtered in this manner.
US07835486B2
Systems and methods are provided for acquiring and reconstructing projection data that is mathematically complete or sufficient using a computed tomography (CT) system having stationary distributed X-ray sources and detector arrays. In one embodiment, a distributed source is provided as arcuate segments offset in the X-Y plane and along the Z-axis.
US07835485B2
A method is disclosed for scattered radiation correction in x-ray imaging devices having a number of x-ray sources that can be moved around an examination object in at least one scanning plane during a measurement pass. During the measurement pass, a number of x-ray projections are recorded at different projection angles with simultaneous use of the x-ray sources. In at least one embodiment of the present method, parameters characterizing an outer object contour are determined in the scanning plane from measured data of different x-ray projections. In at least one embodiment, on the basis of one object contour section whose characterizing parameters have been determined from x-ray projections that lie in front of and/or behind the respective x-ray projection by a defined projection angle range, for each x-ray projection an assigned scattered radiation distribution is then retrieved or is interpolated in a database from scattered radiation distributions for object contour sections with similar characterizing parameters. This scattered radiation distribution is then used for the correction of the measured data for the respective x-ray projection. In at least one embodiment, the method enables scattered radiation correction in conjunction with operation of the x-ray sources.
US07835475B2
A tuner selects a channel in a designated frequency band. An FFT circuit converts a received signal in the selected channel into a plurality of carrier signals. A carrier shift detection circuit calculates the correlation between the phase information of each carrier signal and reference phase information prepared in advance. If the correlation is larger than a given threshold, it is determined that an OFDM signal is present in the search target channel. A TMCC extraction circuit analyzes the TMCC of the received signal and determines whether or not digital broadcasts of the search target channel can be received.
US07835474B2
A method of improving noise immunity in a signal is provided. The method comprises receiving a multi-bit symbol comprised of pulses and absences of pulses, incrementing a correlation count if a pulse is present when a pulse is expected, and decrementing the correlation count if a pulse is present when a pulse is not expected.
US07835472B1
Methods to test the operation of the pick-up coil without having to de-energize the power line serving as the power line carrier in order to perform testing on the pick-up coil. A sweep wave is introduced and parameters of the pick-up coil can be measured to detect the presence or absence of resonant behavior indicative of the health of the pick-up coil. Testing capabilities may be incorporated into a power line carrier receiver and use the connections between the pick-up coils and the receiver to perform the pick-up coil test. Several methods for evaluating the pick-up coil response to a series of test inputs of different frequencies are presented. These methods could be incorporated in a pick-up coil testing device that is independent of a receiver.
US07835461B2
A low power radio transmitter includes an intermediate frequency stage, signal-to-pulse conversion module, and a power amplifier. The intermediate frequency stage up-converts the frequency of a base-band digital signal into an N-bit signal at the intermediate frequency. The signal-to-pulse conversion module converts the N-bit signal at the intermediate frequency into a pulse signal of M-bits at the radio frequency. As such, the signal-to-pulse conversion module is taking an N-bit signal (e.g., an 8-bit digital signal) and converting it into an M-bit pulse signal (e.g., a 1-bit pulse stream). Accordingly, the M-bit signal at the radio frequency is essentially a square-wave, which has a peak to average ratio of zero, is subsequently amplified by the power amplifier.
US07835458B2
An embodiment of a method for decoding a received signal function of at least a channel matrix B, and of a first and second symbols S1, and S2 belonging to a signal constellation. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a set of values of the first symbol S1 in the signal constellation; for each selected value of the first symbol S1: estimating the value of the second symbol S2 to generate an estimated value of the second symbol; calculating an Euclidean distance between the received signal and a noiseless signal defined by the first symbol with said selected value and by the second symbol with said estimated value; selecting the minimal Euclidean distance among the Euclidean distances respectively calculated for the different selected values of the set of possible values of the first symbol; and selecting decoded first and second symbols corresponding to the selected minimum Euclidean distance.
US07835455B2
An optical processor for controlling a phased antenna array uses a frequency-shifted feedback cavity (FSFC), which includes a traveling-wave cavity. The FSFC incrementally delays and incrementally frequency shifts optical signals circulating in the traveling-wave cavity. Optical signals coupled out of the FSFC are separated by frequency, hence by delay, and processed to control either or both transmit and receive beam-forming operations. The FSFC provides a receiver with multiple receive signals which have incremental values of frequency. Each frequency corresponds to an incremental time sampling of optical signals input into the FSFC. Transmit signals coupled out of the FSFC have frequency and phase relationships that result in short time-domain pulses when combined. Controlling modulation and frequency of the transmit signals achieves carrier interference multiple access, a new type of spread-spectrum communications.
US07835451B2
In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a reference picture list including multiple reference pictures, and obtaining a field reference picture index associated with the current field macroblock. A frame reference picture index is determined based on the field reference picture index, and a field reference picture having a parity equal to a parity of the field macroblock is selected if the field reference picture index is an even value.
US07835444B2
In one embodiment, the method includes determining reference picture index numbers in a reference picture list. The reference picture index numbers increase for reference pictures having a decreasing display order with respect to a picture including the macroblock. The reference picture index numbers increase for reference pictures having an increasing display order with respect to the picture including the macroblock, and the reference picture index numbers of the reference pictures having a decreasing display order are less than the reference picture index numbers of the reference pictures having an increasing display order. The embodiment further includes reordering the reference picture index number allocated to each reference picture in the reference picture list, obtaining a field reference picture index associated with the current field macroblock, determining a frame reference picture index based on the field reference picture index and the reference picture index numbers, and selecting a field reference picture having a parity equal to a parity of the field macroblock if the field reference picture index is an even value.
US07835443B2
In one embodiment, the method includes determining reference picture index numbers in a reference picture list. The reference picture index numbers increase for reference pictures having a decreasing display order with respect to a picture including the macroblock, and the reference picture index numbers increase for reference pictures having an increasing display order with respect to the picture including the macroblock. The reference picture index numbers of the reference pictures having a decreasing display order are greater than the reference picture index numbers of the reference pictures having an increasing display order. The method further includes reordering the reference picture index number allocated to each reference picture in the reference picture list, obtaining a field reference picture index associated with the current field macroblock, determining a frame reference picture index based on the field reference picture index and the reference picture index numbers, and selecting a field reference picture having a parity different from a parity of the field macroblock when the field reference picture index is odd value.
US07835440B2
The present invention seeks to provide a solution to the problem that motion compensation in an encoding method of the prior art involves decimal point picture element interpolation by means of fixed filters and therefore cannot realize interpolation of decimal point picture elements that accords with the nature and bit rate of a moving picture. A filter/interpolated image memory (101) interpolates picture elements of decimal point positions in a reference image by means of a plurality of sets of filters, a motion vector/filter detector (102) detects the combination of filter and motion vector that realizes the highest encoding efficiency, a prediction value generator (103) uses the detected combination of filter and motion vector to generate a prediction value, and motion vector/filter detector (102) supplies as output the information of the filter and information of the motion vector that generated the prediction value; whereby decimal point picture element interpolation that corresponds to the nature and bit rate of the moving picture can be realized and encoding of a moving picture can be improved.
US07835439B2
A system involves encoding key frames within a data stream as both key frames and delta frames. A data stream including all encoded key and delta frames is formed and upon receipt of a request signal, the formed data stream is transmitted with the first key frame occurring in the stream after receipt of the request signal and the subsequent delta frames. Key frames are inserted in the transmitted data stream if positioned within the stream immediately after receipt of a signal requesting the data stream.
US07835435B2
Techniques and technologies are provided for compressing differential samples of bandwidth-limited data and coding the compressed differential samples to reduce bandwidth and power consumption when communicating bandwidth-limited data over a serial interface which couples one integrated circuit to another integrated circuit.
US07835433B2
A receiver apparatus is disclosed. The receiver apparatus includes a plurality of signal receiving devices and a plurality of channel signal outputting devices for sampling signals received by the signal receiving devices at sampling rates switched within a predetermined range or between multiple values and outputting channel signals. The receiver apparatus also includes control devices for controlling the sampling rates in the channel signal outputting devices. The receiver apparatus also includes response estimating devices for estimating responses on the basis of the channel signals output from the channel signal outputting devices. The receiver apparatus also includes evaluating devices for evaluating reception characteristics on the basis of the responses estimated by the response estimating devices. The receiver apparatus further includes determining devices for determining the sampling rates in the channel signal outputting devices on the basis of the reception characteristics at the multiple sampling rates evaluated by the evaluating devices.
US07835422B2
In a semiconductor device having a large-scale arithmetic circuit, when there is delay in clock signals, a malfunction occurs in a circuit. In particular, in an environment where supply voltage varies as in a wireless chip, it is very difficult to precisely estimate delays in clock signals in designing. Further, in order to keep supply voltage stable, a large-scale power supply circuit is required, which increases the area of a chip, and the cost thereof. A semiconductor device provided with a power control circuit and a clock generation circuit is used to detect variation in supply voltage using the power control circuit and changing frequency and duty ratio of a clock circuit using the clock generation circuit, thereby operating an arithmetic circuit stably. A high performance semiconductor device provided with such a large-scale arithmetic circuit can be provided at low cost.
US07835418B2
An active layer (18) is formed over a semiconductor substrate having a pair of facets (15A, 15B) mutually facing opposite directions. An upper cladding layer (19) is formed on the active layer, having a refractive index lower than that of the active layer. A diffraction grating (25) is disposed in the upper cladding layer on both sides of a distributed feedback region in a waveguide region (22), the waveguide region extending from one facet to the other of the semiconductor substrate. End regions (22B) are defined at both ends of the waveguide region and the distributed feedback region (22A) is disposed between the end regions. Low refractive index regions (26) are disposed in the upper cladding layer on both sides of each of the end regions of the waveguide region, the low refractive index regions having a refractive index lower than that of the upper cladding layer.
US07835413B2
A semiconductor laser comprises: a ridge structure including a p-type cladding layer, an active layer, and an n-type cladding layer stacked on one another; and a burying layer burying sides of the ridge structure. The burying layer includes a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer that form a pn junction; and one of the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer has a carrier concentration of 5×1017 cm−3 or less near the pn junction.
US07835411B2
A laser frequency stabilizing device comprises a laser light producer operative to produce and emit a laser light containing a first and a second longitudinal mode light having different wavelengths; a spectrometer operative to spectrally decompose the laser light into the first longitudinal mode light and the second longitudinal mode light; a first detector operative to detect the light output signal from a absorption cell; a second and third detector operative to detect the signal intensity of the first and second longitudinal mode light; an actuator operative to change the resonant cavity length; a first drive controller operative to detect the saturated absorption signal from the light output signal detected at the first detector and control driving the actuator based on the saturated absorption signal; a second drive controller operative to control driving the actuator such that the signal intensity of the first longitudinal mode light detected at the second detector and the signal intensity of the second longitudinal mode light detected at the third detector have a ratio of a certain value; and a switcher operative to switch the control of the detector between the control by the first drive controller and the control by the second drive controller.
US07835407B2
A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange.
US07835402B2
A synchronization module for providing synchronization messages to be sent with a time stamp in accordance with the PTP protocol of standard IEEE 1588 is provided. The synchronization module comprises a program module for generating a synchronization message to be sent and for providing the synchronization message with a first time stamp, and a hardware-implemented time stamp module which receives synchronization messages from the program module and forwards them in accordance with the PTP protocol. The time stamp module comprises a real time clock, a message detector for recognizing a synchronization message by its difference in relation to other messages and a message manipulator for overwriting the first time stamp in a synchronization message recognized by the message detector with a second time stamp actually retrieved from the real time clock.
US07835396B2
In inter-vehicle communication, a communication apparatus may not normally receive a packet having a sufficient reception power level. Under such circumstances, a control circuit in the apparatus determines that the received packet has collided with other packet if a condition is met that a time period for a receiver circuit to receive a packet having a reception power level of equal to or more than a set value is longer than a time period required for the receiver circuit to receive a packet having a predetermined packet length.
US07835395B2
A router with a server incorporated to provide services has a problem in that the server's resource cannot be allocated dynamically according to user requests. Service request packets received at a plurality of network interfaces are controlled such that the total bandwidth of the service request packets does not exceed a preset threshold. This makes it possible to process as many service requests from users as possible while limiting a server resource occupied by one service to a fixed amount. The network interfaces are notified of how much of a server resource is occupied by each service. In the case where one service consumes less than its allocated resource amount, the resultant surplus resource is made available to other services by easing the bandwidth control on other services. The above problem is thus solved.
US07835393B2
A system and method are provided for converting multichannel serial data streams into packets. The method accepts a plurality of serial data streams in a corresponding plurality of channels. In a time domain multiplexed (TDM) fashion, groups with an undetermined number of data bits are packed from each data stream, into an associated channel segment queue, where each segment includes a predetermined number of bits. In a TDM fashion, segments are loaded into an associated channel payload queue, where each payload includes a predetermined number of segments. Once a payload is filled, an associated pointer is created in a pointer queue. The method selects a pointer from the pointer queue, creates a packet from the payload associated with the selected pointer, and transmits the packet via a packet interface. The packet overhead may include information stored in the pointer, a packet header, or a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum.
US07835391B2
Apparatus and method for accelerating data handling in the protocol stack of a networked device. Embodiments of the disclosed invention may be used to increase the throughput rate of a networked device while offloading processing from the device's host processor. A method includes building a set of descriptors that describe the operations to be performed by a Protocol DMA Engine. A host processor builds the set of descriptors in lieu of performing the operations described by the descriptors. The set of descriptors is provided to the Protocol DMA Engine. The Protocol DMA Engine executes the operations described in the set of descriptors to produce a protocol layer output data unit from a protocol layer input data unit. The protocol layer output data unit is provided to a next layer of a network protocol stack.
US07835385B2
The invention discloses an arrangement (100) in a base station in a cellular mobile telephony system, comprising a first plurality (120-160) of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB:s) and a second plurality of switches (110,190). Each of the PCB:s (120-160) in said first plurality is connected to each of the switches (110,190) in said second plurality. Each of the switches (110,190) is equipped with means for communicating with and polling each of the PCB:s (120-160) at predetermined intervals, said polling being with regard to the status of the PCB. The switches are equipped with means for distributing status information to the individual PCB:s as an outcome of said polling, and the PCB:s are equipped with means for communicating with each other via one, several, or all of the switches, and said communicating means in the PCB:s are arranged to choose routes of communication based on said status information received from the switches.
US07835384B2
In a wireless network using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme is provided a method, system, devices and instruction sets for detecting transmission levels and adjusting the transmission levels for both a connection point and mobile stations within the network in order to reduce power consumption in network devices and minimize interference problems while keeping hidden node problems on a controlled level.
US07835381B1
Providing point to multi-point communication includes associating channels to endpoint nodes of a digital subscriber line, where each channel is associated with an endpoint node, and associating channel criteria to the endpoint nodes, where each channel criterion is associated with an endpoint node. Downstream packets are broadcast from a headend node to the endpoint nodes using the channels. Upstream packets transmitted from the endpoint nodes are received, where the upstream packets are multiplexed according to the channel criteria.
US07835372B2
Systems and methods for transparent wireless bridging of communication channels are provided. A plurality of wireless bridge devices are each deployed on a wired communication channel segment and listen for traffic to build a table of MAC addresses for the network devices on each respective segment. The bridges also collectively form a wireless mesh network and publish the MAC addresses on the wireless mesh network so each bridge receives MAC address information for every segment. Accordingly, a sending device on a first segment sends a communication to a target device on a second segment. The respective first bridge passes the communication along through the wireless mesh network to the respective second bridge and the first bridge also sends an acknowledgement to the sending device on behalf of the target device. This proxy acknowledgement allows the wireless bridge system to account for potential latency over the wireless mesh network while at the same time complying with latency requirements and meeting or exceeding the overall round-trip time for network communications.
US07835363B2
A blade server with an improved method and apparatus for controlling the capacity utilization of the servers is disclosed. Capacity utilization information is obtained from blade servers mounted on a common backplane. The servers provide information concerning capacity utilization using spare link bandwidth without polling or the use of special messages. The blade manager then allocates network traffic based on a utilization algorithm in order to balance the capacity of the server in an efficient manner.
US07835361B1
A method and apparatus for identifying data patterns of a file are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary process includes, but is not limited to, receiving a data packet of a data stream containing a file segment of a file originated from an external host and destined to a protected host of a local area network (LAN), the file being transmitted via multiple file segments contained in multiple data packets of the data stream, and performing a data pattern analysis on the received data packet to determine whether the received data packet contains a predetermined data pattern, without waiting for a remainder of the data stream to arrive. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US07835359B2
A method, an apparatus and a recording medium are provided for communicating message payload data, especially noncontiguous message data, from a first node of a network to a second node of the network in response to a request to transmit a message. Such method includes dividing the length of a data payload to be transmitted into a plurality of submessage payload lengths, i.e., into at least a first submessage payload length and a second submessage payload length. Then, a first ordered submessage is transmitted from the first node for delivery to the second node, the first ordered submessage having the first submessage payload length. A first state of an environment is then determined in the first node as if the step of transmitting the first ordered submessage were already completed. Without having to complete the step of transmitting the first ordered submessage, a second ordered submessage is then transmitted from the first node for delivery to the second node, the second submessage having the second submessage payload length, the second submessage being transmitted in a way that takes into account the first state of the environment in the first node.
US07835358B2
The present invention relates to a packet switch and a packet switching method. An example embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three network ports, at least one instrument port, a mux-switch, a packet switch fabric, and an address table. The embodiment updates the address table to include the source address of each ingress packet of each network port and associate the source address with that network port. The mux-switch routes the ingress packet traffic of each network port according to the identity of the network port so that at least a copy of the packet traffic of one of the network ports is routed to an instrument port. The packet switch fabric routes the packets from the instrument ports to the network ports according the destination address of the packet and the identity of the network port that is associated with the destination address as recorded in the address table.
US07835344B1
A voice call is transported through diverse network paths including a switched telephone network and a wide area data internetwork, for example, the Internet. In routing the call, common channel signalling is used to provide data identifying a calling subscriber line from a calling PSTN, which information can then be transported through the separate data internetwork to the destination PSTN, at which the data is then extracted and sent to the called subscriber line while completing routing of the call. A route for the call is established at gateways connected to the data internetwork at the interface points with the calling and destination PSTNs, calling subscriber line information and dialed digit information being conveyed to the gateways. The destination end gateway initiates a call connection to the calling subscriber line via the destination PSTN to complete routing of the call, while supplying identification of the calling subscriber line in a form recognized as such by the called PSTN. The called party central office can then provide caller ID services.
US07835341B2
A packet communication apparatus sends an authentication request packet received from a user terminal to an authentication server. If a packet received from the authentication server is an authentication packet for the user terminal, an authentication controller executes authentication processing of the authentication packet. If the authentication packet includes connection limit information for the user terminal, a connection limit controller sets the connection limit information to the user terminal. According to the connection limit information, the packet communication apparatus sends the packet received from the user terminal to a quarantine server disposed to quarantine the user terminal.
US07835339B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing dynamic channel assignment in wireless ad hoc networks (wireless mesh and infrastructure BSSs) is presented. A fixed channel assignment order is determined for each link of the network, the fixed channel assignment order enabling simultaneous transmission without co-channel interference. A preference order is loaded for a node, the preference order derived from the fixed channel assignment order. A channel is selected in accordance with the preference order when a node is ready for transmission. A determination is made whether the selected channel is available, and when the selected channel is available then the node transmits on the channel and when the selected channel is not available then a next channel in the preference order is selected for the node and the determination regarding whether the selected channel is available is repeated.
US07835328B2
A system and method for providing access to a communication network includes providing a radio node comprising a first set of access point components including a radio component, and providing a physically separated controller node in communication with the radio node. The access point controller comprises a second set of access point components distinct from the first set of access point components, creating a distributed access point. A system controller may also be used to control at least one of the radio node and the controller node. The radio node, the controller node, and the system controller communicate over a communication link, such as a wireless or wired link.
US07835327B2
A wireless terminal is operable to receive a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal from a base station and includes clock circuitry, a wireless interface, and a Primary Synchronization (PSYNC) module. The clock circuitry generates a wireless terminal clock using a wireless terminal oscillator. The wireless interface receives the WCDMA signal, which is produced by the base station using a base station clock that is produced using a base station oscillator that is more accurate than the wireless terminal oscillator. The PSYNC module includes a plurality of PSYNC correlation branches. Each PSYNC correlation branch phase rotates the WCDMA signal based upon a respective frequency offset, correlates the phase rotated WCDMA signal with a Primary Synchronization Channel (PSCH) code over a plurality of sampling positions, and produces PSYNC correlation energies based upon the correlations for each of the plurality of sampling positions.
US07835320B2
The present invention relates to communications. More especially it relates to multiple access communications over diverse access technologies. Particularly it relates to multiple radio access technologies and heterogeneous networks and admission control for multi-technology access, the admission control serving one or more communication sessions over more than one access technology at the same time.
US07835312B2
A method of updating a label-switched path for forwarding data in a data communications network in response to a change in a network comprises the step, performed at an updating node of receiving notification of a network change, of constructing a post-change label-switched path in the changed network. The method further comprises, after termination of a first period, forwarding data using the post-change label-switched path.
US07835309B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for multiplexed communication for duplex applications. Embodiments of the invention facilitate a multiplexed variant of long polling over a request/reply communication medium that (potentially significantly) reduces the resources utilized when exchanging messages. The lightweight address generation mechanism facilitates polling and routing for a pool of many clients and many services while minimizing allocated resources to each established session. Further, the benefits of a lower latency bidirectional communication medium between clients and services can be utilized.
US07835301B1
A system and methods for wireless computing devices to become mesh member nodes within a self-configuring mesh network includes mechanisms for neighbor discovery and sharing of a common topology database including mesh topology and mesh network information. Each mesh node may use the topology database to determine optimized routing paths within the mesh network. Mesh member nodes are configured to detect and communicate topology changes and measured mesh network attributes to other members of the self-configuring wireless network.
US07835299B2
A method and system may provide power consumption reduction by a network device. A device on a network and its components each may capable of operating in a low-power state and a high power state. The device may include a host to run an application and a network controller to interface with the network. The network controller may include a host interface logic to interface with host, a micro-engine or other logic to process network maintenance data packets, and a filter to classify data packets. The filter may classify a received data packet having an associated data type and an associated destination by data type and destination. The data packet may be sent to the micro-engine if the data type and destination of the packet may be processed by the micro-engine.
US07835295B2
An interface module for use in a process monitoring and control system has an Ethernet port, a controller, and at least one segment I/O module. The Ethernet port is adapted to send and receive signals in an Ethernet protocol over a cable comprising a plurality of wires and to receive a voltage potential from at least one pair of the plurality of wires. The controller is coupled to the Ethernet port and powered from the received voltage potential. The at least one segment I/O module is coupled to the controller and is adapted to couple to an associated field device segment with at least one attached field device. The at least one segment I/O module is adapted to interact with the at least one attached field device on the associated field device segment.
US07835294B2
A message filtering method makes use of a database in which domain names of a network, such as the Internet, are associated with IP addresses, or with geographic locations. Electronic messages are tested for authenticity by comparing domain names and IP addresses for a message being tested with information in the database. If the sender information in the message does not have the same associations as information in the database, the message may be blocked, flagged as spam, or subjected to further filtering.
US07835288B2
The network switch is configured to enable monitoring of switched data. The network switch includes a housing and one or more port cards. Each port card has one or more physical ports and includes switching circuitry to selectively create a communication path between two physical ports. The network switch also includes packet analyzer circuitry, situated within the housing, to monitor data packets switched via a communication path between two physical ports without substantially degrading signal integrity of the data packets.
US07835285B2
According to an embodiment, a method includes a Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) software overlay residing in a first plane of a node of the network is used to define hierarchical forwarding behavior for data being generated in the first plane. In a second plane of the network, local buffering and data retransmission is performed in response to at least one intermittent network outage. Communication between the first and second planes is performed to manage the transmission of data between the first and second planes as needed in the event of at network outage that is longer in duration than the at least one intermittent network outage, to thus prevent the loss of data.
US07835278B2
A switching system for routing information packets that can simultaneously receive a variety of packet formats. The packet formats include electronic packet transmissions, optical wave division multiplexed data (WDM) with a single frame consisting of a plurality of packets to be sent to a common output line, with each packet traveling on a separate wavelength, WDM packets where the header of an individual packet travels on a wavelength different from the remainder of the packet (i.e. the payload) and the payload either travels on a single wavelength or is subdivided into a plurality of sub-packets with each sub-packet carried on a separate wavelength, and the like. The system includes input devices, a scheduling unit, a switching unit; and variable delay line units. A deconcentrator in the packet switching system creates a minimum gap between packets.
US07835260B2
This document is related to a method for receiving signals in multi-user system, the method comprising: receiving signals form 2 or more mobile stations using ‘k’-th radio resource and ‘k+m’-th radio resource; estimating a channel matrix using the received signals; calculating a weight matrix so that the channel matrix have an orthogonality to the signals from each of the mobile stations; transmitting the weight matrix to each of the mobile stations; and receiving signals that the weight matrix is applied by each of the mobile stations. By doing so, we can increase the transmission efficiency through obtaining both orthogonality and diversity gain in the multi-user MIMO system.
US07835257B2
An optical information recording medium includes a disk-like substrate having a hole in a central portion thereof, and a light-reflective layer, a dye recording layer containing an organic dye, an intermediate layer composed of an inorganic substance, and a light-transmissive layer composed of a resin disposed in that order on one principal surface of the substrate, in which information is recorded/reproduced by irradiation of laser light from the light-transmissive layer side. In the optical information recording medium, the light-transmissive layer covers a surface of the intermediate layer from an inner peripheral edge of the intermediate layer to an outer peripheral edge of the intermediate layer, and a vicinity of an outer peripheral edge of the light-transmissive layer is in contact with the substrate in an annular region extending around an outer peripheral side of the substrate.
US07835251B2
An optical device diffracts incident light with a hologram element and receives the diffracted light with light receiving faces 20A to 29 on a light receiving element. Reflected sub-beams used for a tracking operation are received with different ones of the light receiving faces depending on the wavelengths of the reflected sub-beams. When first light receiving faces 22, 23, 26, and 27 are receiving an incident beam of a first wavelength, output signals from the first light receiving faces and output signals from the other light receiving faces 24, 25, 28, and 29 are processed to detect an unnecessary light component. The optical device can record and/or reproduce information signals to and/or from optical discs such as DVDs and CDs which need light sources of different wavelengths, without the influence of unnecessary reflected light from the optical discs or without complicating operation of output signals.
US07835244B2
An ADIP decoder for decoding address in pre-groove (ADIP) of a wobble of an optical disc, has: a band pass filter that filters a wobble signal having a period corresponding to the wobble; a wobble PLL circuit that divides a frequency of a phase-locked clock signal in response to an input of the filtered wobble signal, and outputs a locked wobble signal; a timing generating circuit that generates a sampling timing signal based on the clock signal; an analog to digital converter that converts the filtered wobble signal into a digital signal in synchronization with the sampling timing signal; and an ADIP decoding circuit that counts a clock of the locked wobble signal with a counter, holds an address and one of a minimum amplitude value and a maximum amplitude value of the digital signal for each counter period, the address corresponding to a wobble clock count value where the digital signal has one of the minimum amplitude value and the maximum amplitude value, and that decodes the ADIP based on a distribution of the held address.
US07835242B2
A system controller of an optical disk recording and reproducing device makes a display portion display a precaution message for recommending a user to back up data recorded on the optical disk when it is determined that one or more values including a jitter value, a variation quantity of the jitter value, a block error rate and a block error rate at a particular position have exceeded precaution reference values. In addition, it makes a display portion display an urgent message for instructing a user to back up data recorded on the optical disk quickly when it is determined that one or more of the values have exceeded limit reference values.
US07835232B2
A method to erase data stored on an erasable optical recording system is provided. The optical recording system includes a laser IO head having a blue-light laser, a red-light laser, and an infrared-light laser writing data on the blu-ray disc, the DVD disc, and CD disc, respectively. The method includes indexing the infrared-light laser of the laser IO head one track of the blu-ray disc every 0.4 revolutions after first 0.8 revolutions, to erase the data stored on the blu-ray disc.
US07835231B1
A linear clock that contains a main body, twelve one hour indicators located on the main body, eleven five minute indicators interposed between the twelve one hour indicators, and four one minute indicators evenly spaced on the main body such that each indicator may be activated at an appropriate time to accurately represent the time.
US07835228B2
A method for transmitting data is disclosed having the following steps: emitting packets of at least two types: pure data (long packets) and acknowledgments of receipt (acknowledgment) (short packets). Each packet is formed of three components: a—an acquisition preamble, (1) for presence detection and the joint determination of the initial values of the time shift and of the frequency shift, and b—the data proper, (2) and c—a set of unmodulated fixed carriers (3) making it possible to permanently estimate the frequency shift.
US07835226B2
A system or corresponding method provides for communicating data in confined waveguides containing a fluid. The system includes processing and transmitter/receiver operations at nodes in or alone the confined waveguides and transducers to produce a propagation signal that transmits modulated data via the fluid in the confined waveguide. Applications include sensing information about the fluid, such as the pressure, pH, or other parameter(s), and transmitting that data via the fluid in the confined waveguide. For example, the system may be distributed about an oil pipeline or network of oil pipelines. Nodes in the system may include turbines that generate power for use by the nodes at levels sufficient to support the node for its activities. Signal processing and multiple transducers at each node may be employed to extend distances up to kilometers between nodes for low-cost operation of the system.
US07835220B2
A PLL circuit includes a phase comparator for outputting a frequency control signal based on a result of comparison between phases of an input reference clock signal and a fed-back oscillation signal; an oscillation circuit, connected to the phase comparator, for outputting an oscillation signal having a frequency in accordance with the frequency control signal, a power source voltage, and a predetermined reference voltage; and a bias control circuit, connected to the oscillation circuit, for increasing either the potential difference between the reference voltage of the oscillation circuit and a ground voltage or the potential difference between the power source voltage of the oscillation circuit and the ground voltage. A transistor in the oscillation circuit can operate in a saturation area, thereby operating the PLL circuit at a high speed with a low power source voltage, without being easily affected by a variation in the temperature or other process conditions.
US07835216B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a MOS transistor configured to be supplied with a first voltage through a bulk terminal thereof. The semiconductor memory apparatus also includes a current control unit configured to be connected to a source terminal of the MOS transistor, receive a power down mode enable signal and a self refresh mode enable signal, apply a second voltage to the source terminal during a power down mode or a self refresh mode, and apply the first voltage to the source terminal during modes other than the power down mode and the self refresh mode.
US07835213B2
A semiconductor memory device with low power consumption and improved transfer rate of an input/output buffer at reduced manufacturing cost is provided. Thick-film transistors are used for a memory cell array 33, a row decoder 30, and a sense amplifier 32, surrounded by a bold broken line. Thick-film transistors having a threshold voltage lower than the aforementioned transistors are used for input buffers 11 to 13 and an input/output buffer 26, surrounded by a bold line. Thin-film transistors are used for a clock generator 16, a command decoder 17, a mode register 18, a controller 20, a row address buffer and refresh counter 21, a column address buffer and burst counter 22, a data control circuit 23, a latch circuit 24, a DLL 25, and a column decoder 31.
US07835211B2
A semiconductor device is provided including a first fuse link having a copper-containing metal film, a second fuse link having a polysilicon film, a semiconductor substrate, and a field insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate. The second fuse link is formed on the field insulating film. An interlayer insulating film is provided between the first fuse link and the second fuse link. The first fuse link is electrically connected to the second fuse link via a first plug formed in the interlayer insulating film.
US07835210B2
A magnetic random access memory includes a memory element having a first fixed layer, a first recording layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer, a first reference element having a second fixed layer, a second recording layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer, antiparallel data being written in the first reference element, a second reference element making a pair with the first reference element, and having a third fixed layer, a third recording layer, and a third nonmagnetic layer, parallel data being written in the second reference element, and a current source which, when a read operation is performed, supplies a current from the second fixed layer to the second recording layer in the first reference element, and supplies the current from the third recording layer to the third fixed layer in the second reference element.
US07835191B2
A NAND EEPROM having a shielded bit line architecture reduces supply voltage and ground noise resulting from charging or discharging bit lines. The EEPROM has a PMOS pull-up transistor and an NMOS pull down transistor connected to a virtual power node. A control circuit for charging or discharging bit lines controls the gate voltage of the PMOS or NMOS transistor to limit peak current when charging or discharging bit lines via the virtual power node. In particular, the control circuit operates the PMOS or NMOS transistor in a non-saturation mode to limit current. One such control circuit creates a current mirror or applies a reference voltage to control gate voltages. A programming method sets up bit lines by pre-charging unselected bit lines via the PMOS pull-up transistor having controlled gate voltage while latches in the programming circuitry charge or discharge selected bit lines according to respective data bits being stored. Another bit line setup includes two stages. A first stage pre-charges all bit lines via PMOS pull-up, and the second stage uses the latches to discharge or leave charged the selected bit lines depending on respective data bits being stored. The gate voltages of NMOS transistors in the programming circuitry can be controlled to reduce noise caused by discharging selected bit lines through the latches.
US07835189B2
Flash memory devices have a plurality of memory cells that can be erased and programmed. Performing a voltage verification check allows a for an appropriate state-change voltage to be applied to the flash memory device. The appropriate state-change voltage is determined though accessing a look-up table. Using an appropriate state-change voltage allows a cell to operate with more overall programming cycles.
US07835183B2
A nonvolatile memory device that responds to a decrease in electric charge stored in memory cells attributed to the charge loss phenomenon occurring during program operation by adjusting the level of a program verify operation according to the degree of the charge loss so that the program operation can be performed with little (if any) interruption.
US07835180B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of banks, each configured to receive a bank operation control signal and perform predetermined operations in response to the received bank operation control signal, a plurality of bank control blocks, each configured to receive a bank sequential signal and generate the plurality of bank operation control signals in response to enable periods of the received bank sequential signal, and a bank sequential signal generating block configured to generate the plurality of bank sequential signals each having a multiplicity of enable periods that are sequential in response to a command signal.
US07835168B2
A device having a dipolar ring surrounding an interior region that is disposed asymmetrically on the ring. The dipolar ring generates a toroidal moment switchable between at least two stable states by a homogeneous field applied to the dipolar ring in the plane of the ring. The ring may be made of ferroelectric or magnetic material. In the former case, the homogeneous field is an electric field and in the latter case, the homogeneous field is a magnetic field.
US07835166B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a power converter comprising at least two phase modules, each of which is provided with an upper and a lower valve leg that is equipped with at least two serially connected bipolar subsystems, respectively. According to the invention, the switching actions in the two valve legs (T1, T2; T3, T4; T5, T6) of each phase module (100) of the multiphase power converter having distributed energy stores are performed at a freely selected interval (ΔTZ) rather than synchronously. The inventive control method for a multiphase power converter having distributed energy stores thus makes it possible to dynamically regulate valve leg currents (i11, i12, i21, i31, i32).
US07835164B2
An AC power supply system modulates a high frequency switching signal with a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to produce a composite signal. The duty cycle of the PWM component of the composite signal is used to control the brightness of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp for backlighting a liquid crystal display.
US07835162B2
A power converter and a PWM controller for compensating a maximum output power includes a power switch, an oscillator, a control circuit and a delay modulator. The oscillator generates a pulse signal. The control circuit is coupled to the oscillator for generating a PWM signal and an over current signal in response to the pulse signal and a current sense signal of the power converter. The delay modulator is coupled to the control circuit for generating a delay control signal in response to the PWM signal and the over current signal, wherein the delay control signal is used to prolong a propagation delay time of the control circuit in response to the on-time of the PWM signal, and the propagation delay time can be compensated by the on-time of the PWM signal to limit the maximum output power under a high-line input voltage and a heavy-load condition.
US07835157B2
An interconnect module and a method of manufacturing the same. The method of making an interconnect module on a substrate comprises forming an interconnect section on the substrate. The interconnect section comprises at least two metal interconnect layers separated by a dielectric layer. The method further comprises forming a passive device on the substrate at a location laterally adjacent to the interconnect section. The passive device comprises at least one moveable element comprising a metal layer. The method further comprises forming the metal layer and one of the at least two metal interconnect layers from substantially the same material.
US07835150B2
A portable computer is provided that has a housing. A battery may be contained within the housing. The housing may have panels such as a fixed housing panel and a removable access panel. A lever actuated latching mechanism may be used to lock the removable access panel and the battery within the portable computer. A lock may be used to block movement of the lever and thereby prevent access to the interior of the computer. Magnetic elements may be used to facilitate operation of the lever and to hold the access panel in place. The latch mechanism may provide mechanical advantage when disengaging the magnets that hold the access panel.
US07835140B2
The present invention provides a gas-insulated electric apparatus which includes: a vertically-arranged gas insulation main tank; a first gas insulation branch pipe connected to and making right angle with the gas insulation main tank; a second gas insulation branch pipe connected to and making right angle with the gas insulation main tank; a breaker manipulator which is arranged on an upper side of the main tank, a feeder-side current transformer which is incorporated in the first gas insulation branch pipe; a voltage transformer arranged on the first gas insulation branch pipe; and an arrestor arranged on the first gas insulation branch pipe and connected with the feeder.
US07835137B2
A supercapacitor which includes a cathode, an anode, a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, and an electrolyte interposed between the cathode and the anode to allow current to flow. The cathode includes a catalyst having characteristics of a pseudo capacitor and a binder, and an electrochemical apparatus for water purification including the same.
US07835135B2
There is a provided a magnetic and dielectric composite electronic device, comprising: a first region with a plurality of magnetic material sheets being layered; a second region with a plurality of dielectric material sheets being layered; and a third region as a middle layer interposed between the first region and the second region, including a Zn—Ti based material to prevent diffusion of the materials during co-firing of the first region and the second region, and the first region, the second region and the third region are integrally formed in a single body. In accordance with the present invention, the low pass filter including the function of the varistor is realized to obtain the EMI function and the ESD control effect. Furthermore, the one chip electronic device having the composite functions is manufactured by a simple process, and the interdiffusion between the different materials forming the magnetic and the dielectric parts is prevented to secure the durability and electrical characteristics of the product.
US07835134B2
A capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric structure over the lower electrode, the dielectric structure including at least one crystallized zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer and at least one amorphous aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer, and an upper electrode formed over the dielectric structure. A method for fabricating a capacitor includes forming a lower electrode over a certain structure, forming a dielectric structure including at least one crystallized zirconium oxide (ZrO2) layer and at least one amorphous aluminum oxide (Al2O3) layer over the lower electrode, and forming an upper electrode over the dielectric structure.
US07835125B2
In a circuit for safe forwarding of a physical or technical variable between at least two systems in communication with one another, which variable is represented by the value of a loop current (Is), which is adjusted by a control unit (11) by means of a current output circuit (13) in a current loop (20, 60), the current output circuit (13) has at least two parallel-connected final control elements (131, 132), controllable by the control circuit (11), as current sources for mutually independent adjustment of a value of the loop current (Is). The final control elements (131, 132) are in series with at least two likewise series-connected measurement resistors (133a, 133b). The voltage, proportional to the loop current (Is), dropping via at least one but not all of the at least two measurement resistors is fed back to the control unit (11), which compares the value of this voltage with the corresponding value of the loop current, which value is specified to at least one of the final control elements, and in the event of deviations, via a predeterminable threshold, allocates an fault value corresponding to the NAMUR recommendation NE043 to the loop current via the first final control element (131), and in the case of failure of the first final control element (131) via the second final control element (132). A monitoring circuit (17) is provided, which in the event of failure of the control unit (11) allocates an fault value that likewise corresponds to the NAMUR recommendation NE043 to the loop current via the second final control element (132).
US07835115B2
A recording head for use in magnetic storage devices is disclosed. The recording head includes flexure assemblies that can be selectively and electrically charged to provide a motional force to selectively move the flexure assemblies and to cause corresponding movement of a transducer with to a surface of a magnetic medium.
US07835114B2
A disc drive apparatus has a base, a disc, and a carriage. The base has a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode as reference vibration modes with respect to frequency response characteristics observed when the disc drive apparatus is shaken. The second vibration mode has a low-frequency second vibration mode (Base 2nd-1), in which a waveform peak is created on the low-frequency side, and a high-frequency second vibration mode (Base 2nd-2), in which a waveform peak is created on the high-frequency side. The two second vibration modes (Base 2nd-1 and Base 2nd-2) have a relationship such that the phase of a pivot position is inverted between them. A frequency of a first bending mode of an arm of the carriage is set in a frequency domain in a trough between the two second vibration modes.
US07835113B1
Head suspension offset structures and methods of manufacture. The offset structure includes an offset extending out of a plane of a surface on which it is formed and a plurality of elongated voids and elongated links surrounding the offset. The links extend between the offset and the surface in both radial and circumferential direction. At least a portion of the elongated links and voids extend out of the plane of the surface, minimizing stretching and thinning of the material on and around the offset, and enhancing the integrity of the structure. The offset structure can be formed using conventional manufacturing processes.
US07835105B1
A controller for a self-servo writer includes a wedge writer that writes a first set of wedges of servo data and a second set of wedges of servo data between wedges of the first set. A wedge entender writes first extensions to the first set of wedges using at least one of a position reference and a timing reference from a corresponding wedge of the second set.
US07835097B1
A magnetic storage circuit comprises a preamplifier writer that selectively generates a write current that has a boost stage and a settling stage. An impedance changing circuit communicates with the preamplifier writer and provides a lower resistance value during the boost stage and a higher resistance value during the settling stage.
US07835091B2
A protective shell for an electronic device is adapted to accommodate the electronic device. The electronic device includes a camera lens. The protective shell includes a shell body and a lens device. The shell body is adapted to accommodate the electronic device. The lens device is mounted on the shell body, and includes a plurality of lenses. The lens device is operable to move relative to the shell body such that a selected one of the lenses correspondingly overlaps one side of the camera lens of the electronic device to permit switching among different modes of use, thereby enabling the camera lens to have different functions, such as close-up, filtering, wide-angle, and polarizing functions.
US07835087B2
A method of producing a lens that includes shifting a first die relative to a second die, and pressing an optical material shaped in a preliminary form between the first die and the second die so as to form a lens having a configuration corresponding to a hollow portion formed by the first die and the second die while shifting the first die relative to the second die. The produced lens includes an effective optical surface configured to converge a light flux. The effective optical surface includes a light entrance side, a light exit side, and an optical axis. The effective optical surface is a convex surface shaped such that when a maximum normal line angle is defined as an angle formed between the optical axis and a normal line at the outermost circumference of the effective optical surface, the maximum normal angle is 60° to 90°.
US07835084B2
A zoom lens system includes a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, the lens units being arranged in that order from an object side towards an image side. The second and fourth lens units are configured to move when the zoom lens system performs zooming. In this zoom lens system, the second lens unit consists of a negative lens element, a negative lens element, a negative lens element, and a positive lens element that are arranged in that order from the object side towards the image side. The focal lengths of the third and fourth lens units are set at appropriate values so that the zoom lens system can have a high zoom ratio while exhibiting high optical performance over the entire zoom range.
US07835083B2
A disk structure is disposed in an optical tweezers device including a light source for producing incident laser light. The disk structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a reflective layer. The second substrate is disposed with respect to the first substrate. One of the first substrate and the second substrate has at least one flow path. The reflective layer, which is adhered to the second substrate, is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. After the incident laser light passes through the first substrate and then reaches the reflective layer, the incident laser light is reflected back as reflective laser light by the reflective layer to form reflective laser light. A tweezers light field is formed in the flow path by both the reflective laser light and the incident laser light.
US07835076B2
A system of optics used to provide illumination through an objective at a precise inclination angle and with uniform intensity across an illuminated field. The system provides annular illumination with a continuously variable diameter at the back aperture of an objective. The resultant illumination field at the imaging plane of the objective includes rays with a single inclination angle with respect to the optical axis of the objective. This incidence angle is determined by the position of an axicon lens. The imaging plane is illuminated from 360 degrees rotation about optical axis of the objective.
US07835070B2
An exposure apparatus includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a mask with a laser beam having a wavelength shorter than 250 nm, and a projection optical system configured to project and expose a pattern image of the mask onto an exposed substrate, in which an optical element made of a synthetic quartz member is disposed in the illumination optical system and/or the projection optical system. The synthetic quartz member satisfies the following conditions of initial transmittance relative to light having a wavelength of 150 nm being equal to or above 60% per centimeter, striae satisfying either grade 1 or grade 2 (Japan Optical Glass Industry Society Standard), an absorption coefficient α at 3585 cm−1 equal to or below 0.035/cm, and the content of aluminum and lithium being equal to or below 1 and 0.5 ppm, respectively.
US07835064B2
In a method of manufacturing an information display panel, in which at least one group of display media having light reflectance and charge characteristics, constituted by at least one group of particles, are sealed in a cell formed by partition walls between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display information such as an image, a display media filling process for filling the display media in the cell includes: a display media charging and supporting process for supporting charged display media; a display media aligning process for aligning the supported display media corresponding to an electrostatic latent image; and a display media transferring and filling process for transferring and filling the aligned display media in the cell.
US07835056B2
An image projector comprises a plurality of flexible reflective analog modulators (FRAMs), an illumination optics for focusing at least one light source thereon, a conversion optics for converting the variations in divergence of the beams reflected therefrom into variations in intensity, and a scanning mechanism coupled to a projection optics for displaying an image, constructed of intensity modulated light dots or pixels, on a screen. FRAM curvatures, responsible for determining the divergence of the reflected beams, and ultimately the intensity of each pixel, are varied by an actuation voltage that can be modulated using waveforms that minimize the FRAM response times. For multicolor images, three laser light sources operating at different wavelengths are used in conjunction with three linear FRAM arrays.
US07835050B2
A hologram optical element is formed on a substrate so as to make an optical device. The hologram optical element is formed in an area smaller than an irradiation area of a beam for reproduction such as image light or object light on the substrate. Supposing that the beam for reproduction is made of a center beam having intensity higher than 50% of center intensity and other peripheral beam, the hologram optical element is formed on the substrate in a size for diffracting only the center beam so that a flare or a ghost can be relieved without using additional optical elements such as a shading plate.
US07835044B2
A system and method for tetrahedral interpolation computations using data-level parallelism that takes advantage of data-level parallelism in media processors. If the tetrahedron points in a 3D lookup table are packed together in a memory, the interpolation computation can be implemented without extra instructions to unpack them. An algebraic manipulation of the interpolation equation allows computing the difference on the fraction coefficients instead of the tetrahedron node values. Not only will this technique preserve the full precision without over or underflow, but the packed data from the 3D lookup can be used directly, thereby allowing a faster implementation of the color space transformation overall and implementing as part of a direct-copy image path on a media processor. Such a system and method allows the implementation of the direct copy pipeline to function at the required performance rate as requested by a customer specification while obtaining the required product design speed.
US07835039B2
An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a rod lens array, a light module and a sensor board. The housing accommodates the rod lens array, the light module and the sensor board. The sensor board includes a plurality of light sensor chips. The light module includes a light guide, a light source and guide terminals extending from the light source. The guide terminals are electrically connected to the sensor board with resilient contacts.
US07835036B2
Identifying the substrate type of a target substrate before patterning by a marking engine produces an opportunity to adjust the marking engine. The adjustments can enable the marking engine to produce higher quality work. The target substrate's substrate type can be automatically identified by obtaining its characteristics and submitting them to a classifier. A spectrophotometer can measure a substrates reflectance spectrum, which is a good characteristic for use in classifying. Classifiers can be based on known distance or correlation measures.
US07835033B2
This disclosure provides a method and system to generate device dependent color space representations for an image output device. The method and system are particularly applicable to a printing device, where gamut boundary separated profile methods are executed to map device in-gamut and device out-of-gamut colors.
US07835032B2
A spectral reflectance, corresponding to multiple quantities of coloring materials, is obtained, and a target spectral reflectance, corresponding to data of a color of interest, calculated based on the spectral reflectance. The target spectral reflectance is calculated in a manner that makes the spectral reflectance change contiguously, across an interval of multiple colors that are reproduced by the quantities of coloring materials in question. A decision of the quantities of coloring materials in question is thus made that corresponds to the target spectral reflectance.
US07835030B2
Methods for processing print jobs include flagging, or not, to-be-printed objects having PDL-specified math or logic functions requiring hard processing operations, such as two or more inputs. The math or logic functions preferably reside in ink attributes of display list objects corresponding to the to-be-printed objects. To-be-printed pages of the print job become divided into bands. Bands with to-be-printed objects therein have band display lists constructed in the event the to-be-printed objects become flagged. On a band-by-band basis, if bands have band display lists flagged with hard processing operations, contone bands become constructed. The contone bands result from color information blending between overlapping pixels of to-be-printed objects or an object and a contone page. A contone page includes color information of the to-be-printed page in a first color space. To-be-printed objects are rendered in a second color space in device specific page(s) of memory.
US07835028B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a toner image forming unit, a color forming information applying unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit and a color forming unit, the color forming information applying unit exposing a toner image formed on a surface of the image holding member from a back surface side of the image holding member, light transmitted through the image holding member applying color forming information to the toner image.
US07835027B2
In a case where the remaining capacity of a RAM 12 is small, the resolution of a rendering processing is made smaller than usual. By this, even if the remaining capacity of the RAM 12 is small, banner printing using a long size print sheet P becomes possible.
US07835022B2
When distributed processing is to be performed in a computer system, a processing node subjected to the distributed processing is properly selected. For this purpose, when distributed processing is to be performed between a plurality of computer apparatuses which are connected via a network and include a management node (501) for requesting distributed processing of a job, and processing nodes (502a to 502d) for executing the requested distributed processing and transmitting processing results to the management node, the management node requests test processing of the processing nodes (1), receives the processing results from the processing nodes (2), updates status information in a database (503) in accordance with the received processing results of the test processing (3), and refers to the status information to select a processing node of which distributed processing is to be requested (4).
US07835021B2
Systems, methods, and media for managing the print speed of a variable speed printer are disclosed. Embodiments include a print controller system having a raster image processor for rasterizing a print job to create a plurality of rasterized pages and a printer controller buffer for storing one or more of the rasterized pages. The printer controller buffer may also transmit at a print engine feed rate the one or more rasterized pages to a print engine. Embodiments may also include a speed control module in communication with the printer controller buffer for determining the print engine feed rate. Further embodiments may include the speed control module determining the print engine feed rate based on one or more of page processing times, page arrival rates, estimated print completion rates, and the number of pages in a print engine buffer.
US07835019B2
An image forming apparatus having a hardware resource used in image forming processing and an application executing the image forming processing, and performing authentication relating to the execution of the image forming processing is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a character string display part and a type character string display part. The character string display part displays a character string that does not include the type of the image forming processing, and prompts the authentication. The type character string display part displays the type of the image forming processing.
US07835016B2
A position detecting device, including: a movable section which has an axial section and moves in a direction of an axial line of the axial section; and a supporting section which supports the movable section and allows the movable section to move through the axial section; wherein the movable section includes a basic position section which is arranged on a virtual surface which includes the axial line of the axial section, and the virtual surface is vertically positioned on the supporting section toward the axial section, wherein the supporting section includes a position detecting section to detect a positional change of the basic position section; and wherein the position detecting device detects the position of the movable section relative to the supporting section, based on the change of position of the basic position section, detected by the position detecting section.
US07835014B2
A method for absolute position measuring that includes scanning a code having code elements arranged one behind the other in a measuring direction, wherein the code elements include sequential first and second code elements which define a code word containing absolute position information. The method including generating scanning signals within the first code elements and the second code elements. The method further including forming information regarding the sequential first and second code elements from the scanning signals via a reference value and determining the reference value as a function of at least one of the scanning signals within the first code elements and the scanning signals within the second code elements.
US07835009B2
A method of and system for correcting mode hop wavelength error in data obtained measuring optical characteristics over a number of wavelengths, includes at a location where mode hop wavelength error occurs in an assemblage of data, representing optical characteristics with respect to wavelength of incident electromagnetic energy of a device under test, compensating or correcting the data to overcome errors due to mode hop occurring in the measurement process.
US07835008B2
A semiconductor laser gyro including a photodetector and a semiconductor laser 10 that emits first and second laser lights. The photodetector is disposed in a position where interference fringes are formed by the first and second laser lights. The semiconductor laser 10 includes an active layer as well as first and second electrodes 13 and 14 for injecting carriers into the active layer. The first laser light is one obtained through emission of a part of laser light (L1) that circulates on a polygonal path in the active layer. The second laser light is one obtained through emission of a part of laser light (L2) that circulates on the polygonal path in the opposite direction to the laser light (L1).
US07835006B2
The present invention relates to a new fluorescence detection platform based on the integration of grating-assisted surface plasmon coupled emission (GASPCE). This innovation builds upon the traditional SPCE technique by adding a grating to the metal surface which thereby provides additional emission confinement. The original conical emission pattern associated with the traditional SPCE technique is “squeezed” into a “two-beam” emission pattern that is more readily interrogated and collected by a waveguiding structure. With the GASPCE method and system of the present invention, a fluorescence emission can be coupled into optical waveguide with greater efficiency. As such, the integration of the GASPCE and existing optical fiber networking offers distributed real-time sensing capabilities. Also, the integration with an integrated optical chip may enable multi-channel array sensing or high-throughput florescence sensing.
US07835005B2
A gas analyzer system includes an optical source, an optical filter assembly, a controller, and an analyzer. The optical source generates an optical signal. The optical filter assembly includes different optical filters in which to filter the optical signal. During operation, the controller selects sequential application of each of the different optical filters in a path of the optical signal to modulate the optical signal using different frequency bands of optical energy. The modulated optical signal passes through an unknown sample. Based on absorption of the optical signal by the sample gas at different frequencies, the optical analyzer detects which types of multiple different gases are present in the sample.
US07835004B2
A gas sensor includes a light source, a power source in operative connection with the light source and a control system in operative connection with the light source and the power supply. The control system is adapted to control power input from the power source to the light source such that the time period of the control frequency is shorter than the thermal time constant of at least one of (i) the infrared light source, (ii) the gas within the sensor, or (iii) a detector of the sensor. The time period of the control frequency can, for example, be no greater than ⅓ of the thermal time constant, no greater than 1/10 of the thermal time constant, or even no greater than 1/20 of the thermal time constant. A feedback signal can be provided to the control system assist in achieving control.
US07835000B2
A system and method for analyzing a particle in a sample stream of a flow cytometer or the like. The system has a light source, such as a laser pointer module, for generating a low powered light beam and a fluidics apparatus which is configured to transport particles in the sample stream at substantially low velocity through the light beam for interrogation. Detectors, such as photomultiplier tubes, are configured to detect optical signals generated in response to the light beam impinging the particles. Signal conditioning circuitry is connected to each of the detectors to condition each detector output into electronic signals for processing and is designed to have a limited frequency response to filter high frequency noise from the detector output signals.
US07834996B2
An optical plate having an exit pupil array or a lens array aligned at a predetermined pitch is disposed at the front of a display. A test pattern is supplied to the display to light a pixel corresponding to the predetermined pitch. A first optical element transmits a light from an inspection position of the optical plate. A second optical element coaxially disposed on the first optical element, focuses the light from the first optical element. An image from the light focused at the second optical element is obtained. A three-dimensional position at the inspection position of the optical plate relative to the display or a predetermined period of the optical plate is calculated from a position and a period of luminance distribution of the image, and a distance between the optical plate and the first optical element. Whether the three-dimensional position or the predetermined period is within a threshold is inspected.
US07834987B2
Of the “four C's,” cut has historically been the most complex to understand and assess. This application presents a three-dimensional mathematical model o study the interaction of light with a fully faceted, colorless, symmetrical round-brilliant-cut diamond. With this model, one can analyze how various appearance factors (brilliance, fire, and scintillation) depend on proportions. The model generates images and a numerical measurement of the optical efficiency of the round brilliant-called DCLR—which approximates overall fire. DCLR values change with variations in cut proportions, in particular crown angle, pavilion angle, table size, star facet length, culet size, and lower girdle facet length. The invention describes many combinations of proportions with equal or higher DCLR than “Ideal” cuts, and these DCLR ratings may be balanced with other factors such as brilliance and scintillation to provide a cut grade for an existing diamond or a cut analysis for prospective cut of diamond rough.
US07834986B2
A velocimeter is disclosed that includes a plurality of photodetectors detecting scattered light in different directions, the light being emitted from a laser source and reflected on a moving object. The velocimeter includes an analog-to-digital conversion unit converting detection signals of the photodetectors, a velocity calculator calculating velocities of the moving object, an amplitude calculator calculating the amplitudes of the detection signals, a dropout detector detecting dropouts of the detection signals, a time keeper keeping detection times of the dropouts, a switching-time calculator calculating signal switching times, a storage memory storing the velocities, the amplitudes, and the signal switching times, and an output selector selecting one of the velocities stored in the storage memory based on the amplitudes and the signal switching times and outputting the selected velocity.
US07834983B2
A three-dimensional measurement system using an IGPS includes a rescale bar having linear scales thereon, a linear encoder for measuring an absolute length within which the linear encoder moves on the rescale bar, a plurality of optical transmitters that radiates pan beams, and a vector bar having one end attached to the linear encoder, and having a receiver to detect the pan beams radiated from the optical transmitters, the vector bar acquiring coordinates of two points where the vector bar moves by using the receiver, and measuring a relative length from the coordinates. A ratio between the absolute length and the relative length is applied in rescaling an actual distance between two positions to be measured.
US07834959B2
A liquid crystal display device includes at least a liquid crystal display panel, which uses a pair of transparent substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal disposed therebetween as an envelope, and a light guide plate, which guides light from a light source, being sequentially arranged from a viewer side. The liquid crystal display panel forms light reflection layers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the light-guide-plate side transparent substrate using portions of respective pixels and forms color filters which face the light reflection layers on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one transparent substrate or a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other transparent substrate which faces the one transparent substrate. Light from the light source is irradiated such that respective colors thereof, which constitute three primary colors, are sequentially changed over.
US07834949B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided with first and second TFTs each having a gate electrode connected to an nth gate bus line and a drain electrode connected to a drain bus line; a first pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the first TFT; a second pixel electrode connected to a source electrode of the second TFT; a third TFT having a gate electrode connected to an (n+1)th gate bus line and a source electrode connected to the second pixel electrode; and a buffer capacitance portion having a buffer capacitance electrode which is formed in the same layer as the first and second pixel electrodes and is connected to a drain electrode of the third TFT and a buffer capacitance electrode connected to a storage capacitance bus line. The buffer capacitance portion establishes capacitive coupling.
US07834943B2
A display device for displaying a first view and a second view incorporates: a color generating layer; a barrier layer (SB3); and a light source; the color generating layer includes a plurality of color elements arranged as pixel elements, the pixel elements being arranged in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction; each color element having a pitch (Py) in the vertical direction; the light source being arranged such that, during use, light generated by the light source passes through the barrier layer and the plurality of color elements of the color generating layer; the barrier layer, comprising a stepped barrier pattern of blocking structures and openings extending in the horizontal and the vertical directions, being arranged for defining a viewing angle of the first view and a viewing angle of the second view; and the light source being arranged for generating collimated light.
US07834941B2
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image display device which includes a first TN liquid crystal modulator for modulating the polarization state of first colored light; a second TN liquid crystal modulator for modulating the polarization state of second colored light; a third TN liquid crystal modulator for modulating the polarization state of third colored light; and an optical system for synthesizing the image light emitted from the three liquid crystal modulators; where a first voltage is applied to the first liquid crystal modulator for providing the first colored light with about half-wavelength phase difference; second voltage higher than the first voltage is applied to the second liquid crystal modulator for providing the second colored light with about half-wavelength phase difference; and third voltage higher than the second voltage is applied to the third liquid crystal modulator for providing the third colored light with about half-wavelength phase difference.
US07834931B2
When flash photography is performed, an exposure time at a time of a preliminary light emission of a flash is set as short as possible so that the appropriate amount of light required for a main light emission of the flash can be accurately computed. Before the main light emission of the flash, an exposure operation prior to preliminary light emission and an exposure operation at the time of preliminary light emission are performed. After each of these exposures, the pixel signals of individual pixels are intermittently read out at predetermined pixel intervals. The brightness levels of images captured in the exposure operation prior to preliminary light emission and the exposure operation at the time of preliminary light emission are individually detected based on the signals. The amount of light required for the main light emission of the flash is computed based on a difference between the brightness levels.
US07834925B2
Provided is a lens shading correction device and method in an image sensor. The device comprises a brightness weight storage unit, an input image divider, and an input image brightness correction unit. The brightness weight storage unit stores a brightness weight for allowing one of representative brightness values to be a representative brightness value of a reference image block having a maximal representative brightness value. The input image divider blocks and divides an input image into input image blocks. The input image brightness correction unit corrects a brightness of the input image by multiplying brightness of input pixels by brightness weights.
US07834924B2
A photographic apparatus comprises an imaging sensor, an image-processing unit, and a display unit. The imaging sensor obtains image data. The image-processing unit performs an image-processing operation on the image data. The display unit displays an image-processing setting picture having a setting-status indication area that shows a setting status of the image-processing operation, and having a color status indication area that displays a diagrammatic representation of a color status in the image-processing operation corresponding to the setting status. The setting-status indication area shows hue in the image-processing operation, as the setting status. The color status indication area has a figure that shows saturations of a plurality of color components in the image-processing operation in order to display the diagrammatic representation of the color status. The figure is rotated according to said hue. A shape of the figure and a size of the figure change in accordance with the saturations.
US07834912B2
An attention level measuring apparatus, including: an eye direction measurement unit, which is configured to input image data and to measure an eye direction of a person photographed; an attention position information calculate unit, which is configured to calculate attention position information of a person, from the eye direction measured by an eye direction measurement unit; a person-attention-level calculate unit, which is configured to calculate person-attention-level information regarding a person-attention-level parameter about an attention target of a person, with using the attention position information calculated by the attention position information calculate unit; and an output control unit, which is configured to display graphic information produced upon basis of the calculated attention level information and a picture of the attention target, putting one upon the other.
US07834910B2
Camera system and methods to capture panoramic imagery from a camera mounted on a moving platform, using low-cost digital image sensors. The panoramic imagery appears seamless and natural to the eye. The panoramic imaging system and methods are specifically designed to accommodate the long acquisition times of low-cost digital image sensors, despite the motion of the camera during image capture. Pairs of cameras are arranged about an axis and a pairwise firing sequence enables capturing a series of adjacent images without gap or overlap. Additionally, when combined with suitable supplemental sensors, the image data provide location information about objects in the image for use in elementary photogrammetry.
US07834908B2
An imaging device is provided that predicts before still image photographing, whether alignment of a plurality of images obtained by the still image photographing mode should be performed based on the divided exposures and automatically switches photographing modes depending on the predicted result. The imaging device has a first movement computation unit that calculates image movement from input images when still image photograph is not performed, and a photographing mode switching unit that switches between a first still image photographing mode and a second still image photographing mode when starting photographing, based on image movement calculated by the first movement computation unit right before the photographing begins.
US07834903B2
It is made possible to satisfy such a condition that moire or color moire is suppressed and a fast image processing is made easy and such a condition that sufficient image quality can be obtained both at a flat image display time and at a stereoscopic image display time simultaneously. A vertical period of pixel rows having the pixels arranged in one row in a lateral direction is three times a lateral period of the pixels, the pixels developing red, green and blue are alternately arranged in a lateral direction in the same row, the pixels in one row of two rows adjacent in a vertical direction are arranged such that lateral positions thereof are shifted to the pixels in the other row by ½ of the lateral period of the pixels, the pixels in rows adjacent in the same column through one row interposed therebetween are the pixels developing different colors of red, green and blue, and a pitch of the elemental images is equal to a width of 18n (n=1, 2, 3 . . .) pieces of the pixels, and a lateral pitch of the beam control element is smaller than the width of the 18n pieces of the pixels.
US07834897B2
An optical scanning apparatus in which an exposing signal is generated from pattern data indicating a position to be exposed by a light beam on a surface-to-be-scanned. A corrected exposing signal is generated by varying the width of pulses of the exposing signal in accordance with a distance between an exposing area corresponding to the pulse and an optical axis of the scanning optical system. The light beam is emitted and modulated by the corrected exposing signal. The pulse width and/or the light quantity of the light beam is/are varied in accordance with the distance between the exposing area and the optical axis of the scanning optical system.
US07834892B2
Control unit executes automatic scrolling display processing of allowing an explanation of an item corresponding to a focus, of listed items displayed in a list display area of display unit, to be automatically scrolled in a scrolling display area of the display unit. When the control unit repeats this processing at predetermined number of times N, the control unit stops the processing.
US07834891B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using medical perspectives to improve medical workflow. Certain embodiments of a system for using medical perspectives for improved screening analysis include a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation capable of being used for reviewing images and at least one display capable of displaying images for review. The system also includes a default perspective including a first plurality of images organized according to a default criterion, wherein the default perspective is used to review the first plurality of images via the PACS workstation. The system includes one or more additional perspectives organizing image sets according to certain criteria. A user may select one or more of the additional perspectives for reviewing image sets or subsets via the PACS workstation. The system may also include tools and reporting templates for use with images within the perspectives.
US07834890B2
An image processing method includes an object level acquisition step of acquiring an object level set for each computer graphics object, a display step of displaying a slide bar with a movable cursor to allow a user to set a user level by manipulating the cursor, and a user level acquisition step of acquiring a user level set by the user, based on a position of the cursor of the slide bar. In addition, a rendering step renders a virtual space including each computer graphics object by rendering each computer graphics object to have its visibility attribute depending on its object level acquired in the object level acquisition step and the user level. The rendering step renders a computer graphics object with an object level less than the user level as a visible object and renders a computer graphics object with an object level equal to or larger than the user level as an invisible object, and the rendering step is repeatedly performed in response to the position of the cursor being changed by the user.
US07834886B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamic correction of data for non-uniformity are disclosed. Feature data are extracted from input video data that include a subject shot against a backing area in a solid color. The feature data may describe characteristics of non-uniformity in input video data. A curve is generated based on the extracted feature data, and correction factors are formed based on the generated curve. At least one of the input video data and alpha data associated with the input video data is corrected based on the correction factors.
US07834873B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for display processing line buffers incorporating pipeline overlap are disclosed. For example, an apparatus is disclosed including processing logic to use pixel processing algorithms to process a pixel value of a first portion of an image, and line buffers coupled to the processing logic. The line buffers to hold at least some pixel values of other portions of the image adjacent to the first portion. Where the pixel values of the other portions of the image held by the line buffers correspond to pixel values of the adjacent portions of the image that are to be convolved by the pixel processing algorithms with the pixel value of the first portion. Other implementations are also disclosed.
US07834869B2
A display panel driver has two driver circuits that drive separate halves of a display panel. Each driver circuit occupies a separate integrated circuit chip. The driver has a screen saving mode in which each driver circuit displays an independent screen saving image that moves in synchronization with a timing signal. The timing signal is generated in one driver circuit and transmitted by a chip-to-chip interface to the other driver circuit. The two screen saving images are thereby coordinated to create what appears to be a single screen saving display.
US07834868B2
Systems for displaying images and control methods are provided. In this regard, a representative control method for a display panel comprising a first source line, a second source line, a third source line, a first gate line and a second gate line, comprises: asserting the first gate line; and sequentially providing a data signal of a first polarity from a first data driver to the first source line and the third source line, and then providing a data signal of a second polarity from the data driver to the second source line.
US07834865B2
A rotary actuator includes a shaft with a knob which are rotatable about a shaft axis. The actuator includes a haptic effect device connected to the knob via the shaft. The haptic device is rotatable about the axis and includes a detent ring and a bolt fixed to the shaft. The haptic device and gearing engage one another such that haptic device is fixed in place unless the gearing is driven and the haptic device rotates when the gearing is driven. The bolt engages the detent ring to act as a mechanical catch for producing a haptic effect when the haptic device is fixed in place and the knob is manually rotated. The bolt engages the detent ring such that the haptic device together with the knob rotate when the gearing is being driven by a motor whereby the knob is rotated without manual intervention.
US07834854B2
A keypad backlighting device includes a light source having an emission chip and a fluorescent material applied to the emission chip. The emission chip and the fluorescent material interact with each other and generate white light. The light source can realize white light by means of interaction between the emission chip and the fluorescent material applied thereto. This improves the reproduction properties of the backlight color of the keypad. In addition, the device has an elastic pad configured for guiding light from the light source to key tops attached to the pad. This reduces the number of light sources and saves on the cost of manufacturing.
US07834851B1
A new computer mouse is disclosed to prevent strain injuries to the hand and wrist and prevent or alleviate the symptoms associated with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) for those who are repetitive users of computer mouse devices. The mouse is designed to leave the carpal tunnel of a user of the mouse substantially open, thus precluding tunnel narrowing and the symptoms resulting therefrom. The mouse is also designed to maximize comfort of the user, alleviate wrist bend associated with use of the mouse, and is adaptable to different size hands.
US07834842B2
A particle movement-type display apparatus is constituted by a pixel portion, a peripheral area around the pixel portion, and particles. At least a part of the peripheral area around the pixel portion is provided with a recess portion capable of accommodating a part of the particles therein.
US07834841B2
A display drive device which drives a display panel based on display data, the display panel including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of signal lines, the signal lines being divided into a plurality of signal line groups, each of the signal line groups including a predetermined number of signal lines, a display signal generation circuit section which sequentially outputs display signal voltages based on the display data in a time sharing manner within each horizontal scanning period, and a selection circuit section which sequentially selects the signal line group corresponding to the display signal voltages output from the display signal generation circuit section in synchronization with an output timing of the display signal voltages, and applies the display signal voltages to the plurality of signal lines constituting the selected signal line group. The selection circuit section applies the display signal voltages to each signal line group plural times within each horizontal scanning period.
US07834829B2
A circuit and method for controlling a micro-electromechanical system is herein disclosed. In one embodiment of a micro-electromechanical system having top and bottom capacitor plates with a pixel plate movably positioned therebetween, a release voltage sufficient to overcome stiction forces adhering the pixel plate to one of the capacitor plates is applied to the pixel plate to cause the pixel plate to be attracted to the pixel plate opposite the capacitor plate to with which the pixel plate is in contact. After the pixel plate has moved a predetermined distance away from the capacitor plate to which it had been adhered by stiction forces, the release voltage is removed. Thereafter, an positional voltage is applied to the pixel plate to move the pixel plate to a desired location between the capacitor plates. Release and positional voltages are coupled to and decoupled from the pixel plate by one or more switching mechanisms.
US07834828B2
The LED driving semiconductor apparatus for driving at least one LED includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a switching element block and a controller. The input terminal is connected to a high voltage side of a rectifying circuit for rectifying an alternating current voltage, and inputs the voltage from the rectifying circuit. The output terminal is provided for supplying a current to the LED. The switching element block is connected between the input terminal and the output terminal, and has a first switching element. The controller includes a regulator for generating a power source voltage for driving and controlling the switching element block, and a drain current detector for detecting a drain current of the switching element block, and performs on/off control of the first switching element to block the drain current of the switching element block when the drain current reaches a predetermined threshold.
US07834814B2
An antenna arrangement for radio communication in a first radio communication band and for communication in a second radio communication band including a multiple-resonance antenna element having a feed for connection to radio frequency circuitry; and a load connected to the feed and comprising a plurality of reactive components including a first reactive component that controls the impedance of the load for the first radio communication band and a second reactive component, separate from the first reactive component, that controls the impedance of the load for the second radio communication band wherein the plurality of reactive components of the load are configured to provide an impedance that changes between being inductive at a first frequency in the first radio communication band to being capacitive at a second frequency in the first radio communication band and that changes between being inductive at a third frequency in the second radio communication band to being capacitive at a fourth frequency in the second radio communication band.
US07834808B2
Multilayer electronic component systems and methods of manufacture are provided. In this regard, an exemplary system comprises a first layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP), first electronic components supported by the first layer, and a second layer of LCP. The first layer is attached to the second layer by thermal bonds. Additionally, at least a portion of the first electronic components are located between the first layer and the second layer.
US07834798B2
The A/D converting circuit 20 is provided with a differential amplifying portion 21, a first variable capacitance portion 22A, a second variable capacitance portion 22B, a comparing portion 23, a connection controlling portion 24, a first feedback portion 25A and a second feedback portion 25B. Voltage values output as a differential signal from the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the differential amplifying portion 21 are converted to 6-bit digital values by a successive approximation type A/D converting circuit (made up of a first variable capacitance portion 22A, a second variable capacitance portion 22B, a comparing portion 23 and a connection controlling portion 24) and output. A difference in potential between the first common point P1 and the second common point P2 is fed back to the differential amplifying portion 21 by the first feedback portion 25A and the second feedback portion 25B, and again converted to a 6-bit digital value by the successive approximation type A/D converting circuit and output.
US07834790B1
A communication device includes a communication port that includes a digital to analog converter (DAC) that may be configured to output for transmission an analog signal that corresponds to a digital input such as link data that is to be transmitted on a physical link. The communication port further includes a control unit coupled to the DAC and may be configured to provide a bias current to the DAC during operation. In addition, the control unit may further be configured to reduce the bias current to the DAC dependent upon a mode of operation of the communication port and whether there is data to transmit.
US07834789B2
Techniques for reducing sampling error in electronic components are described herein.
US07834787B2
A technique for implementing compensatory feedback in a continuous-time sigma-delta modulator includes providing, based on an analog input signal, a digital output signal at an output of a quantizer circuit of the continuous-time sigma-delta modulator. A functionality of the quantizer circuit is then controlled based on the digital output signal.
US07834786B2
A sample hold circuit is provided for use in a time-interleaved A/D converter apparatus including a plurality of low-speed pipeline A/D converters which are parallelized. The sample hold circuit includes a sampling capacitor and a sample hold amplifier, and operates to sample and hold an input signal by using a switched capacitor. An adder circuit of the sample hold circuit adds a ramp calibration signal to the input signal, by inputting the ramp calibration signal generated to have a frequency identical to that of a sampling clock signal and a predetermined slope based on the sampling clock signal, into a sample hold amplifier via a calibration capacitor having a capacitance smaller than that of the sampling capacitor.
US07834783B2
Converting a mask constraint into a bitset constraint. For example, a method of converting a mask constraint into a bitset constraint may include determining an intermediate bitset based on a variable-bit component of the mask constraint; and generating the bitset constraint based on the intermediate bitset and on a fixed-bit component of the mask constraint. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07834775B2
The present invention provides an automatic detecting device for radio frequency environment used to detect radio frequency noise. The device uses an antenna to receive radio frequency noise and the radio frequency noise is passing a radio frequency comparator and transformed into a voltage signal. Then, the voltage signal passes through an amplifier and is amplified to be an output voltage. If the output voltage exceeds a threshold voltage, it drives a post stage circuit to warn when the radio frequency noise is beyond a normal value.
US07834764B2
In an RFID system having an edge controller and a tag reader that is operably connected to the edge controller, a manifest of items having RFID tags tracked by the RFID system is identified, and data from the manifest is downloaded to the edge controller in anticipation of reading the RFID tags, i.e., the manifest data is prefetched. An RFID edge controller that may be operably connected to a tag reader receives, in anticipation of the tag reader reading RFID tags associated with items, manifest data prefetched from a database that stores manifests of items, and compares the manifest data with data read from the RFID tags to determine whether the items comply with the manifest.
US07834762B2
A method, wireless communication device, and radio frequency ID reader are provided for monitoring radio-frequency identification enabled items. The method includes receiving a set of radio frequency IDs (1104) representing a set of radio frequency ID enabled items (110) to be monitored. An identifier representing a user activity and its relationship with at least one radio frequency ID in the set of radio frequency IDs and at least one radio frequency ID reader is received (1106). The method also includes determining if at least one condition associated with the user activity has occurred indicating that the user activity is occurring (1108). The set of radio frequency IDs representing a set of radio frequency ID enabled items (110) to be monitored by the at least one radio frequency ID reader are monitored (1110) in response to the determining that the at least one condition is occurring.
US07834761B2
A method and an apparatus and system are disclosed for activating, deactivating or reactivating an electronic article surveillance (EAS) label by way of a coil antenna in an H-bridge circuit which generates from the antenna: a positive increasing magnetic field; a positive decreasing magnetic field; a negative increasing magnetic field; and a negative decreasing magnetic field. The positive and negative magnetic fields are created by positive and negative currents directed through the antenna by four switches connected to the antenna in an H-bridge configuration. The method and apparatus enable low voltage activation, deactivation or reactivation of an EAS tag, e.g., at voltage levels of 12 to 24VDC, ensure uninterruptible power in case of loss of external power, and portability without a high voltage capacitor which is normally required in large deactivation designs. Activation and reactivation is by an increasing magnetic field followed by a decreasing magnetic field without altering polarity.
US07834753B2
Both RF communication and contact serial communication can be performed with the use of: communication protocol storage unit for storing a communication protocol for performing communication with an external communication apparatus; a coil terminal section provided with two coil terminals for performing communication with the external communication apparatus with an RF signal; a contact communication terminal section provided with a first communication terminal, a second communication terminal, a power supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal as contact communication terminals for performing contact communication with the external communication apparatus; and connection control unit for causing the power supply voltage terminal and a power supply of an internal switch circuit to be in contact or non-contact with each other depending on the level of voltage applied to the first and second communication terminals.
US07834752B2
A brake-actuated message device. An illustrative embodiment of the brake-actuated message device includes a device casing having a front panel, a plurality of lights carried by the front panel, a message panel carried by the front panel generally adjacent to the plurality of lights, a message provided in the message panel, a lighting module connected to the plurality of lights and brake circuit wiring connected to the lighting module.
US07834751B2
A method for controlling the brake lights of a vehicle includes determining vehicle deceleration potential and modulating brake light activation based upon the vehicle deceleration potential, the modulating comprising changing at least one of brake light intensity and flashing of the brake lights.
US07834750B1
A safety light system is incorporated into the tailgate of a pickup truck. The safety light is incorporated into the tailgate and is illuminated when the tailgate is in a lowered or horizontal position and when either the ignition switch is in the on position, the parking lights are turned on, or both. The safety light can be positioned either on the top edge-rail of the tailgate, as a slide-out unit placed in a pocket with the top edge-rail of the tailgate, or as a rotating assembly incorporated into the outer sheet metal of the tailgate. Additional safety lights can be incorporated into the sides of the tailgate assembly. An optional feature includes the ability to pull the safety light out from the tailgate and secure the safety light to an object that extends beyond the length of the pickup bed. Alternatively, the safety lights can be installed in or on a bed extension apparatus. The safety light can additionally include the features of a standard taillight, comprising brake lights and or turn signal indicators. Alternates include reflective tape and a pullout feature from other locations. A pullout section can also provide a step for accessing the bed.
US07834745B2
Disclosed is a key-less ignition system for a vehicle. The system allows a user to automatically start the engine of a vehicle via a push button and a remote passive transponder. The system finds particular application in conjunction with smaller vehicles such as motorcycles. In one specific embodiment of the invention, the system is used in connection with an anti-theft device, such as a wheel lock. In yet another embodiment of the invention, the key-less ignition system is used in connection with a records management system, whereby service technicians can remotely retrieve maintenance records relating to the vehicle.
US07834744B2
The circuit monitoring device is disclosed. The device is for monitoring circuit resistance. At configurable thresholds digital flags are triggered, the device can be used as a Security/Building management system. The device uses open technology is fully scaleable and allows programmable logic controllers to be used as security management systems. Using a soft logic option a PC could take the place of the PLC.
US07834743B2
It is possible to prevent an unauthorized read-out from both active tags and passive tags. Antenna emission is turned on and off by using a switch, or attenuated by using a resistor. A part of the antenna may be chipped. With these configurations, it is possible to lower the emission level of the antenna thus preventing an unauthorized read-out of important information from a remote reader.
US07834730B2
A mounting device includes a base plate for supporting an electrical coil and includes two or more legs that are substantially L-shaped. Each leg has a first end and a second end and the first end is secured to the base plate and the second end is in a direction away from the base plate. A contact pin extends through the second end of each leg and the legs are capable of resilient movement relative to the base plate.
US07834727B2
This is a magnetic actuator including a mobile magnetic portion (20), a fixed magnetic portion (10) provided with at least two attraction areas (11, 12) for the mobile magnetic portion (20), and means (30) for triggering the displacement of the mobile magnetic portion (20), the mobile magnetic portion (20) being in levitation when it is not in contact with an attraction area (11, 12). The mobile magnetic portion (20) includes a magnet-based part (200) with reduced magnet weight, this part (200) having an overall volume, and a mass which is less than the one it would have if its overall volume was totally occupied by the magnet.
US07834723B2
The actuation microsystem is produced on a flat substrate and comprises a pivoting arm mounted in rotation around a hinge, a stationary contact pad arranged on the substrate, and an end of opening travel stop of the pivoting arm. The end of travel stop comprises a top part, for example a head, arranged above and at a distance from the pivoting arm between an articulation end and a free end of the pivoting arm. The stop comprises a bottom part arranged laterally with respect to the pivoting arm, between the hinge and the stationary contact pad, and formed for example by a foot comprising a support pad formed on the substrate, a pedestal extending the support pad and a support portion of the head.
US07834718B2
Signal modules and methods for electrically interfacing with an electronic device are provided. The signal module includes a dielectric and a conductor extending through a surface of the dielectric. The surface of the dielectric is located away from perpendicular relative to an axis of the conductor and is located based on an electromagnetic field produced as a result of a signal flowing through the conductor.
US07834716B2
A nonreciprocal circuit device (2-port isolator) includes a ferrite-magnet assembly including a ferrite, a first center electrode, and a second center electrode. The ferrite is sandwiched between a pair of permanent magnets and receives a direct-current magnetic field applied thereto. The first and second center electrodes are arranged on the ferrite. The ferrite includes a center layer and an outer layer ensuring an insulation state of the first and second center electrodes. The saturation magnetization of the outer layer is larger than the saturation magnetization of the center layer.
US07834715B2
A circuit system includes: a master node; and a slave portion including a plurality of non-grounded slave nodes, each of which couples with the master node through a pair of communication lines. The master node and the slave portion provide a differential transmission system for differentially transmitting a signal among the master node and the slave nodes. The slave portion has a predetermined impedance. The differential transmission system has a good signal condition and a sufficient low common mode noise.
US07834707B2
A charge pump provides charge based on a phase difference between a reference signal and a feedback signal. The relationship between the charge and the phase difference is referred to as the charge phase relationship. Charge pumps typically have a non-linear charge phase relationship. A non-linear portion of the charge phase relationship occurs about a point at which the charge and the phase difference are substantially zero. Points along charge phase relationship that represent the performance of charge pump are referred to as the charge phase characteristic of the charge pump. The charge pump includes an offset current circuit, which biases the charge pump to have a linear charge phase characteristic. For example, the charge pump is biased to have a charge phase characteristic that does not overlap with the non-linear portion of the charge phase relationship.
US07834701B2
A plurality of analog signals are input to input terminals of an analog signal processing circuit ANA2 via respective capacitors C. In a bias circuit Bias for supplying a bias voltage such as a signal ground of the analog signals to the analog signal processing circuit ANA2, in an operational amplifier OpAS, a bias voltage VIr is input from a non-inverting input VIP of a built-in differentiate amplifier circuit, an output terminal of the built-in output amplifier circuit OA1 is connected to an inverting input terminal VIM of the differentiate amplifier circuit DA, and thereby a voltage follower is obtained. Furthermore, a plurality of output amplifier circuits OA2 through OAn are provided so that input terminals thereof are connected to output terminals of the differential amplifier circuit DA, and the output terminals are connected to input terminals IN1 through INn of the analog signal processing circuit ANA2.
US07834692B2
A peak detector circuit that responds rapidly to power transients, and yet is able to avoid interpreting data fluctuations as power transients by generating dual peak signals from an amplifier's differential output signal, where the dual peak signals have data ripple components that tend to cancel one another. The system and methods permit the peak detectors to be much more responsive to power transients by expanding their bandwidth (shortening the time constants) to the point that low frequency data components affect the individual peak detector signals, but the effects are cancelled out when the individual components are added together. The peak detector described herein may be used in an AGC system to provide ripple-free gain control signals, while rapidly following any power transients in transmitted signals.
US07834687B2
Aspects of a method and system for polar modulation with discontinuous phase for RF Transmitters with power control may include performing by one or more circuits comprising a plurality of amplifiers, configuring one or more of the plurality of amplifiers to provide a coarse amplitude gain and a power level gain. One or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers may be configured to provide an amplitude offset gain, and a signal may be amplified utilizing a combined gain provided by the one or more of the plurality of amplifiers and by the one or more remaining ones of the plurality of amplifiers. The signal may comprise modulated RF signal, and/or a phase modulated RF signal. An RF carrier signal may be modulated to generate the signal.
US07834684B2
In one embodiment, a circuit includes a first row of circuit blocks that are each connected to a supply directly and to ground via a first sleep transistor. A connection between the first circuit block and the first sleep transistor is a virtual ground node. The circuit includes a second row of circuit blocks that are each connected to ground directly and to the supply via a second sleep transistor. A connection between the second circuit block and the second sleep transistor is a virtual supply node. The circuit includes a transmission gate (TG) or pass transistor connecting the virtual ground nodes to the virtual supply nodes to enable charge recycling between circuit blocks in the first row and circuit blocks in the second row during transitions by the circuit from active mode to sleep mode, from sleep mode to active mode, or both.
US07834683B2
Controlled voltage circuit for compensating the performance variations in integrate circuits caused by voltage supply, temperature, and process variations is proposed. The controlled voltage circuit includes several MOSFET transistors connected in series, a unity gain operational amplifier, and a constant current source with an input terminal and an output terminal. The input source terminal of the first MOSFET is connected to a constant current source and to the unity gain operational amplifier. The output terminal of the circuit is connected to the CMOS delay block. To compensate for the performance variation, the output voltage node at or before the unity gain operational amplifier is shifted higher as the operating process state is slowed down or as the temperature is increased. Conversely, the output voltage node is shifted lower as the process becomes faster or the temperature is reduced.
US07834670B2
An input circuit, includes a first buffer circuit having an output signal terminal connected to an output; a capacitor having one end connected to an input signal terminal, and the other end connected to an input of the first buffer circuit; a first differential amplification circuit receiving a voltage of a first external power source terminal and an output of a second buffer circuit; a second differential amplification circuit receiving a voltage of a second external power source terminal and an output of a third buffer circuit; a first resistance having one end connected to an output of the first differential amplification circuit, and the other end connected between the capacitor and the first buffer circuit; and a second resistance having one end connected to an output of the second differential amplification circuit, and the other end connected between the capacitor and the first buffer circuit.
US07834664B2
A semiconductor, which includes a first phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of a second clock on the basis of a phase of a first clock, and generate a first detection signal corresponding to a result of the detection, a second phase detecting unit configured to detect a phase of a delayed clock, which is generated by delaying the second clock by a predetermined time, on the basis of the phase of the first clock, and generate a second detection signal corresponding to a result of the detection, and a logic level determining unit configured to determine a logic level of a feedback output signal according to the first detection signal, the second detection signal and the feedback output signal.
US07834660B2
State machines using resistivity-sensitive memory elements are disclosed. The state machine includes a next state logic comprising a non-volatile memory including a resistivity-sensitive memory element and receiving an input, a state storage device connected to the next state logic including a connection to provide a state of the state machine to the next state logic, and an output connect to the state register to output the state of the state machine. The resistivity-sensitive memory elements may be two-terminal resistivity-sensitive memory elements. The two-terminal resistivity-sensitive memory elements may store data as a plurality of conductivity profiles that can be non-destructively read by applying a read voltage across the terminals of the memory elements, and new data can be written by applying a write voltage across the terminals. The two-terminal resistivity-sensitive memory elements retain stored data in the absence of power and may be configured into a two-terminal cross-point memory array.
US07834659B1
E-fuses in an E-fuse memory array are programmed by applying a first programming pulse to a plurality of E-fuses to program the plurality of E-fuses to a first state; and then applying a second programming pulse to at least a selected E-fuse in the plurality of E-fuses to program the selected E-fuse to a second state.
US07834654B2
A system and method of performing off chip drive (OCD) and on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A common pull-up network composed of transistors and a common pull-down network composed of transistors are employed to implement both of these functions. In drive mode, the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “on” output is to be generated, and the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “off” output is to be generated. In termination mode, the pull-up network and the pull-down network are configured to produce a calibrated pull-up resistance and pull-down resistance respectively such that together, they form a split termination.
US07834653B1
A method includes controllably utilizing a control signal generated by an Input/Output (IO) core to isolate a current path from an external voltage supplied through an IO pad to a supply voltage by transmitting a same voltage at an input terminal of a transistor, configured to be part of a number of cascaded transistors of an IO driver of an interface circuit, to an output terminal thereof during a failsafe mode of operation and a tolerant mode of operation. The method also includes feeding back an appropriate voltage to a floating node created by the isolation of the current path, and controlling a voltage across each transistor of the number of cascaded transistors to be within an upper tolerable limit thereof through an application of a gate voltage to each transistor derived from the supply voltage or the external voltage supplied through the IO pad.
US07834648B1
Systems and methods for reducing temperature dissipation during burn-in testing are described. Devices under test are each subject to a body bias voltage. The body bias voltage can be used to control junction temperature (e.g., temperature measured at the device under test). The body bias voltage applied to each device under test can be adjusted device-by-device to achieve essentially the same junction temperature at each device.
US07834640B2
An electrical connection testing system for testing existence of an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided between the first and second electronic devices. The testing system includes a comparator having a first input connected to a power for output of the first electronic device and a second input connected to an output signal from the first electronic device. The output signal is adapted to be sent to the second electronic device through the ESD protection circuit. The testing system also includes a system for determining if a comparator output from the comparator is indicative of the first and second inputs being different or if the comparator output is indicative of the first and second inputs being substantially the same.
US07834630B2
In one example, a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system comprises a magnetic resonance imaging assembly defining a gap region, a transmitting coil proximate the gap region, and at least one test coil separate from the transmitting coil. The at least one coil is mechanically coupled to the assembly during imaging and the at least one test coil is selectively electrically coupled to the assembly to collect test data. The at least one coil may be coupled to a test fixture coupled to the assembly. The test fixture may be deployable from a first position to a second position for collection of test data. The at least one coil may comprise a first test coil and a second test coil. Methods are also disclosed.
US07834612B2
A system and the method are provided for supplying power to a remote device. In one embodiment, the method involves regulating voltage for at least one device remote from a power source. The regulating includes monitoring a current response of the remote device and adjusting a voltage of the power source until the current response reaches an operating range of the remote device.
US07834610B2
A bandgap reference circuit includes a reference current generator for respectively generating a first reference current on a first current path and a second reference current on a second current path, a current mirror for generating a third reference current on a third current path based on the first and second reference currents, an operation amplifier for rendering the first reference current substantially identical to the second reference current and a feedback circuit for rendering a node voltage on the first current path substantially identical to another node voltage on the third current path, so as to eliminate possible errors caused by a channel length modulation effect in the current mirror.
US07834599B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for a system including an integrated circuit coupled to a node to receive a supply voltage and having bypass capacitors coupled in parallel with the integrated circuit to the node. The apparatus comprises a first capacitor, a switch coupled to the first capacitor, and a voltage source configured to charge the first capacitor. The switch is coupled to receive a control signal that is asserted, during use, if the supply voltage to an integrated circuit is to be increased. The switch is configured to electrically couple the first capacitor to the node in response to an assertion of the control signal. When electrically coupled to the node, the first capacitor supplies charge to the bypass capacitors. A system comprising the apparatus, the node, the integrated circuit, and the bypass capacitors is also contemplated in some embodiments.
US07834590B2
An electronic system for a battery comprises a charging circuit (20) for the battery connected to a connector powering the charging circuit (15), a control and monitoring circuit (30) for the operation of the battery, and a discharge circuit connected to power connectors (2) of the battery. The control and monitoring circuit (30) interrupts battery charging when there is a call for current via the power connectors (2) of the battery. The electronic system has application to rechargeable batteries used to provide back up power.
US07834589B2
An apparatus and method for discharging a voltage in a battery pack. The apparatus includes a discharge resistance connected to a discharge target battery of plural batteries in the battery pack and discharging a voltage of the discharge target battery, a switching section for connecting the discharge target battery and the discharge resistance, a voltage measuring section for measuring a voltage of the discharge target battery, and a control section for controlling the switching section depending on the measured voltage value of the battery. The method includes measuring a voltage of the discharge target battery, calculating a PWM duty rate of a switching section connecting the discharge target battery and a discharge resistance using the measured voltage value and a value of the discharge resistance, and controlling the switching section based on the duty rate to maintain an energy consumed in the discharge resistance to be constant.
US07834575B2
An automotive drive system for a high voltage electric motor comprises a microcontroller and ECU powered by a low voltage (12 volt) bus net which controls the drives of a high voltage inverter powered by a 100 volt or higher source, which, in turn, drives the motor. To provide good electrical insulation between the low voltage and high voltage systems, the low voltage control signals are produced by a low voltage signal input chip which has a bottom electrode which produces a control potential responsive to the ECU output and a high voltage driver IC which drives the power devices of the high voltage inverter. The high voltage driver IC has a top electrode which drives the high voltage IC function. The bottom electrode of the LV input chip is coupled to the top electrode of the high voltage driver IC through an insulation layer, defining a capacitive coupler which defines an isolation barrier between the low voltage net and the high voltage system insulation. The two ICs may be bare chips, individually packaged chips or co-packed chips. Plural control IC chips and driver IC chips can communicate with one another for diverse control functions, including “smart” functions.
US07834574B2
In various embodiments, a phase current sampling apparatus (300, 600, FIGS. 3, 6), an electric motor drive system (100, FIG. 1), and a motor vehicle (1200, FIG. 12) include switching circuitry adapted to receive first and second phase current waveforms. The switching circuitry provides the first phase current waveform during at least two offset sampling instants, and provides the second phase current waveform during a reference sampling instant. An analog-to-digital converter is adapted to sample the first phase current waveform at the offset sampling instants, and to sample the second phase current waveform at the reference sampling instant. An embodiment of a method for regulating phase current waveforms includes an analog-to-digital converter generating samples of a first phase current waveform at sampling instants that occur before and after a reference sampling instant, and generating a sample of a second phase current waveform at the reference sampling instant.
US07834570B2
A method for operating an actuating element (30) comprises the following method steps: controlling the rotational frequency of an electric motor (1) to a constant value, calculating an estimate (FE) for the actuating force (F) acting on the actuating element, comparing the estimate (FE) with a predetermined limiting value, and detecting a current position of the actuating element (30) for the predetermined limiting value and assigning the detected position to a final position stored in a travel model. An actuating drive under the control of force and operating according to this method is low in noise and energy-efficient and can therefore be used, in particular, even to operate a battery-fed radiator valve driven in a wireless fashion.
US07834567B2
A motor drive device for alternately driving a plurality of motors includes a position detection signal processing circuit for processing position detection signals of the plurality of motors, a pre-drive circuit for generating an excitation switching signal of the motors, a plurality of power switching circuits for supplying an electric current to the motors in response to an output from the pre-drive circuit, and a motor switching circuit for instructing a switchover of driving the motors. The position detection signal processing circuit, in response to an input signal to the motor switching circuit, selects a position detection signal of a motor to be driven out of the position detection signals of the plurality of motors, and inputs a position detection processed signal to the pre-drive circuit for selecting one of the plurality of power switching circuits.
US07834565B2
A method of controlling a brushless DC motor of the type having a stator, comprising a stator winding excitable to generate a stator magnetic field, and a rotor, arranged to rotate with respect to the stator and comprising permanently magnetized material arranged to generate a rotor magnetic field to interact with the stator magnetic field to produce rotation of the rotor. The method comprises the steps of driving current through the stator winding to generate a stator magnetic field to interact with the rotor magnetic field, detecting rotor position with respect to the stator, and cyclically commutating the stator winding current according to rotor position as the rotor rotates. Each commutation cycle includes a drive portion during which current is driven through the stator winding in one sense and at the end of which the driving of current in said sense is ceased. The method further comprises the steps of during an initial portion of each drive portion, driving current through the winding such that the magnitude of the winding current increases and during an end portion of each drive portion, actively reducing the magnitude of the winding current.
US07834539B2
The electroluminescent device successively comprises a cathode, an electroluminescent layer, a transparent electrode layer, an evanescent light-scattering layer comprising a matrix composed of a low-refractive material containing light-scattering particles, and a transparent sheet/plate. Such an electroluminescent device is decreased in total reflection not only at a boundary surface between a transparent substrate and an outside air layer but also at a boundary surface of the transparent electrode layer on its light extraction side, and therefore, is considerably improved in light extraction efficiency. In addition, in the electroluminescent device provided with a barrier layer, the transparent electrode layer and the electroluminescent layer can be well protected so that deterioration of electroluminescent pigments and occurrence of dark spots can be effectively prevented, resulting in enhanced-life of the device.
US07834538B2
To provide an aspect of a novel display device using a light emitting element which is composed of a cathode, an EL layer and an anode, and a manufacturing device of the display device. According to the present invention, dual-sided emission display can be performed in one sheet white color light emitting panel 1001 in which, for example, different images can be displayed on a topside screen and backside screen (full color display, monochrome display or area color display). Two polarizing plates 1002, 1003 are formed by shifting the position thereof with an angular deviation of 90 degrees each other so as to prevent outside light from passing through the pane, thereby realizing a black display when not displayed.
US07834537B2
A foldable display device is designed so that a junction between at least two display panels connected to each other is not visibly seen. The display device displays an image on a plurality of display panels that are connected together. Pixels near the junction between every two adjacent display panels of the at least two display panels are smaller and have a higher brightness than the other pixels.
US07834523B2
An ultrasonic actuator includes: an actuator body using a piezoelectric element and generating a plurality of vibrations of different vibration directions; a driver element provided in the actuator body and operated in accordance with the vibration of the actuator body to output a driving force in a predetermined driving direction; a case containing the actuator body; at least one support rubber provided between the actuator body and the case to elastically support the actuator body along the driving direction with respect to the case; and at least one stopper provided between the actuator body and the case which comes into contact with at least one of the actuator body and the case when the actuator body is displaced in a direction opposite the driving direction such that the displacement of the actuator body in the direction opposite the driving direction is limited.
US07834522B2
An ultrasound transducer includes an array of PZT elements mounted on a non-recessed distal surface of a backing block. Between each element and the backing block is a conductive region formed as a portion of a metallic layer sputtered onto the distal surface. Traces on a longitudinally extending circuit board—preferably, a substantially rigid printed circuit board, which may be embedded within the block—connect the conductive region, and thus the PZT element, with any conventional external ultrasound imaging system. A substantially “T” or “inverted-L” shaped electrode is thereby formed for each element, with no need for soldering. At least one longitudinally extending metallic member mounted on a respective lateral surface of the backing block forms a heat sink and a common electrical ground. A thermally and electrically conductive layer, such as of foil, transfers heat from at least one matching layer mounted on the elements to the metallic member.
US07834518B2
The invention relates to a linear ultrasound piezoelectric motor comprising a mobile element that is in frictional contact with a plate-like rectangular resonance plate, wherein the frictional surface is embodied by means of at least one of the longitudinal narrow sides of the resonance plate, and electrodes for producing acoustic vibrations which are arranged on the longitudinal wide sides of the resonance plate. According to the invention, the generator for producing acoustic vibrations is asymmetrically arranged in relation to a plane which symmetrically cross-cuts the resonance plate, and comprises two opposing electrodes generating a stationary asymmetrical space wave when excited.
US07834515B2
A drive apparatus includes an ultrasonic motor that rotates by an electromechanical transducer element, and generates an intermittent signal that outputs an alternating signal without change only during ON times of a pulse signal as a driving signal for the ultrasonic motor. A voltage is applied to the ultrasonic motor based on the driving signal to intermittently drive the ultrasonic motor, thereby reducing (adjusting) the speed of the ultrasonic motor. By setting the frequency of the intermittent signal (the inverse of a period of the intermittent signal) to a frequency outside the audible frequency range during the intermittent drive, noise can be easily lowered.
US07834511B2
The invention relates to a claw pole generator comprising a claw pole rotor, two magnet wheel halves (21, 23) which are mounted on a drive shaft (15) and are provided with claw-shaped magnet poles (22, 24) that mesh with each other, and an annular closing member (10) located between adjacent magnet poles (21, 23). The magnet wheel halves (21, 23) can be inserted into pockets (11) of the closing member (10) along with the magnet poles (22, 24) thereof such that the closing member (10) overlaps the magnet poles (22, 24) on the edge in at least some areas. Also disclosed is a closing member (10).
US07834507B2
Rotational electric machine stator winding arrangement characterized, inter alia, by at least one coil of each parallel circuit being discontinuous with the other coils of the corresponding circuit, and by coils configured to accept phase voltage not being adjacent coils having a point at the lowest potential of a corresponding circuit.
US07834506B2
In a stator winding, series coils are connected in parallel. One series coil includes series-connected U phase coils that are wound oppositely in direction by turns in the order in which the coils are series-connected and that are arranged in the manner that one and the other coil sets of the U phase coils are separated in the circumferential direction of a stator core and are opposite to each other in the radial direction thereof. The other series coil includes series-connected U phase coils that are wound oppositely in direction by turns in the order in which the coils are series-connected and that are arranged in the manner that one and the other coil sets of the U phase coils are separated in the circumferential direction of the stator core and are opposite to each other in the radial direction thereof.
US07834505B2
Disclosed is a rotary device of a generator or motor which includes: a stator having a hollow portion formed at the inside thereof and a plurality of slots formed to wind coils therearound, each of the plurality of slots being skewed at a predetermined angle; a rotor shaft formed of a nonmagnetic material; a cylindrical rotor body adapted to axially rotate together with the rotor shaft; a plurality of N-polar and S-polar permanent magnet groups insertedly coupled radially along the outside of the center portion of the rotor body in an alternating arrangement; a plurality of magnetic flux-increasing magnets insertedly coupled along the inside of the rotor body and arranged on the lines of magnetic force formed by the N-polar and S-polar permanent magnet groups, for increasing magnetic flux; and a rotor adapted to be rotatably inserted into the hollow portion of the stator.
US07834504B2
A motor rotor (22) includes a motor shaft (30), a permanent magnet (319) surrounding the motor shaft (30) around an axis, a pair of end rings (32, 32) surrounding the motor shaft (30) around the axis and sandwiching the permanent magnet (32) from both sides in an axial direction, and a hollow cylindrical outer sleeve (33) fitted to the permanent magnet (31) and a pair of end rings (32) in accordance with a stationary fit. A longitudinal elastic modulus of the end ring (32) is larger than a longitudinal elastic modulus of the permanent magnet (32). A thickness of the outer sleeve (33) is different in correspondence to a position in the axial direction in such a manner as to make uniform a circumferential stress applied to the outer sleeve (33) fitted to the permanent magnet (32) and a pair of end rings (32) in the axial direction.
US07834491B2
A small size permanent magnet direct current motor has a housing accommodating a permanent magnet stator and a wound rotor. The rotor has a rotor core with a diameter of 23 mm±3 mm and 12 poles and a cylindrical commutator. The motor has an output power of more than 25 watts.
US07834486B1
An electrical distribution system is designed to automatically connect a dedicated group of circuits, which are normally powered by a primary power source, to an auxiliary power source upon detection that there has been a disruption or failure in the primary power source. The system includes a switching arrangement that allows an operator to manually connect the auxiliary power source with other circuits that are not generally powered during disruption of the primary power source. The switching arrangement includes an interlinked switch or breaker arrangement that prevents any of the other circuits that are normally powered by the primary source from being automatically connected to the primary power source when primary power source is restored if those other circuits are connected to the auxiliary power source when the primary power source is restored.
US07834482B2
An apparatus for generating a pulse at a particular time dictated by an input. The apparatus may comprise an offset voltage generator for generating an offset voltage that is a function of the input, a current generator for generating a current, a ramp voltage generator for generating a ramp voltage having an initial value as a function of the offset voltage and a slope as a function of the current, and a pulse generator for generating a pulse in response to the ramp voltage reaching a threshold voltage. With this configuration, the time the pulse is generated is controlled by the input. This may be used in transceivers to control the time of transmission and the time of reception. Such times may be used to set up communication channels, such as ultra-wide band (UWB) channels, for communicating with other devices.
US07834480B2
A distributed generation system is connected to an AC power line that provides AC electrical power from a source to a load. The distributed generation system includes a DC electrical power source, a capacitor for storing DC electrical power, a converter for converting electrical power stored in the DC electrical power source at a first voltage to a second, greater voltage for storage in the capacitor. The system includes an inverter for inverting the electrical power stored in the capacitor at the second voltage into AC electrical power having a peak voltage less than the second voltage. A controller is provided and operative for controlling the operation of the converter and the inverter to deliver electrical power stored in the DC electrical power source to the capacitor for delivery as AC electrical power to the AC power line.
US07834479B2
A method and system for operating a mini-grid including one or more power generation sources and one or more loads independently from a utility grid is provided, where the mini-grid is disconnected from the utility grid in response to a power disruption over the utility grid. A universal interconnect device forms a connection between the mini-grid and the utility grid. In the disconnected state, the mini-grid operates independently from the utility grid, such that the power generation sources of the mini-grid supply the loads. Frequency and voltage regulation are provided by the universal interconnect device through a monitoring function performed by a controller in conjunction with at least an energy storage device, which can absorb or generate power as needed.
US07834470B2
The present invention include a semiconductor device and a method therefore, the method includes disposing a sheet-shaped resin at a side opposite to the chip mounting portion mounting semiconductor chips to be mounted on the chip mounting portion, and forming a resin sealing portion between the sheet-shaped resin and the chip mounting portion, to seal the semiconductor chips. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a semiconductor device and a fabrication method therefore, by which it is possible to reduce the size of the package and to prevent the generation of an unfilled portion in a resin sealing portion or a filler-removed portion or to prevent the exposure of wire from the resin sealing portion.
US07834457B2
The invention provides semiconductor interconnect structures that have improved reliability and technology extendibility. In the present invention, a second metallic capping layer is located on a surface of a first metallic cap layer which is, in turn, located on a surface of the conductive feature embedded within a first dielectric material. Both the first and second metallic capping layers are located beneath an opening, e.g., a via opening, the is present within an overlying second dielectric material. The second metallic capping layer protects the first dielectric capping layer from being removed (either completely or partially) during subsequent processing steps. Interconnect structures including via gouging features as well as non-via gouging features are disclosed. The present invention provides methods of fabricating such semiconductor interconnect structures.
US07834446B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device including: a substrate board; a semiconductor device mounted on the substrate board; a heat sink configured to radiate heat from the semiconductor device; a first conductive portion provided on the substrate board; and a second conductive portion provided on the substrate board, the second conductive portion separated from the first conductive portion by a discharge gap, wherein: the heat sink is electrically connected to the first conductive portion; and the second conductive portion is grounded.
US07834435B2
Leadframe with extended pad segments between leads and die pad, and leadframe package using the same
A leadframe package includes a die pad with four unitary, outwardly extending slender bars; a plurality of leads arranged along periphery of the die pad; a separate pad segment separated from the die pad and isolated from the plurality of leads; a semiconductor die mounted on an upper side of the die pad, wherein the semiconductor die contains first bond pads wire-bonded to respective the plurality of leads and a second bond pad wire-bonded to the separate pad segment; and a molding compound encapsulating the semiconductor die, the upper side of the die pad, the first suspended pad segment and inner portions of the plurality of leads.
US07834427B2
An integrated circuit including a semiconductor arrangement, a power semiconductor component and an associated production method is disclosed. One embodiment includes a carrier substrate, a first interconnect layer, formed on the carrier substrate and has at least one cutout, an insulating filling layer, formed on the first interconnect layer and the carrier substrate and fills at least one cutout, an SiON layer, formed on the filling layer, and a second interconnect layer, formed over the SiON layer.
US07834421B2
Various integrated circuit devices, in particular a diode, are formed inside an isolation structure which includes a floor isolation region and a trench extending from the surface of the substrate to the floor isolation region. The trench may be filled with a dielectric material or may have a conductive material in a central portion with a dielectric layer lining the walls of the trench. Various techniques for terminating the isolation structure by extending the floor isolation region beyond the trench, using a guard ring, and a forming a drift region are described.
US07834417B2
An antifuse element (102, 152, 252, 302, 352, 402, 602, 652, 702) includes a substrate material (101) having an active area (106) formed in an upper surface, a gate electrode (104) having at least a portion positioned above the active area (106), and a gate oxide layer (110) disposed between the gate electrode (104) and the active area (106). The gate oxide layer (110) includes one of a gate oxide dip (128) or a gate oxide undercut (614). During operation a voltage applied between the gate electrode (104) and the active area (106) creates a current path through the gate oxide layer (110) and a rupture of the gate oxide layer (110) in a rupture region (130). The rupture region (130) is defined by the oxide structure and the gate oxide dip (128) or the gate oxide undercut (614).
US07834416B2
A semiconductor substrate includes a pair of trenches filled with a dielectric material. Dopant introduced into the mesa between the trenches is limited from diffusing laterally when the substrate is subjected to thermal processing. Therefore, semiconductor devices can be spaced more closely together on the substrate, and the packing density of the devices can be increased. Also trench constrained doped region diffuse faster and deeper than unconstrained diffusions, thereby reducing the time and temperature needed to complete a desired depth diffusion. The technique may be used for semiconductor devices such as bipolar transistors as well as isolation regions that electrically isolate the devices from each other. In one group of embodiments, a buried layer is formed at an interface between an epitaxial layer and a substrate, at a location generally below the dopant in the mesa. When the substrate is subjected to thermal processing, the buried layer diffuses upward, the dopant in the mesa diffuses downward until the two dopants merge to form an isolation region or a sinker extending downward from the surface of the epitaxial layer to the buried layer. In another embodiment, dopant is implanted between dielectrically filled trenches at a high energy up to several MeV, then diffused, combining the benefits of deep implantation and trenched constrained diffusion to achieve deep diffusions with a minimal thermal budget.
US07834414B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes an active region having a MOS transistor and a groove surrounding the periphery of the active region, in which the groove is filled with a combination of a first material that produces a tensile strain in the active region and a second material that produces a compressive strain. Thereby, the foregoing object is achieved.
US07834411B2
An active pixel sensor in a p-type semiconductor body includes an n-type common node formed below a pinning region. A plurality of n-type blue detectors more lightly doped than the common node are disposed below pinning regions and are spaced apart from the common node forming channels below blue color-select gates. A buried green photocollector is coupled to the surface through a first deep contact spaced apart from the common node forming a channel below a green color-select gate. A red photocollector buried deeper than the green photocollector is coupled to the surface through a second deep contact spaced apart from the common node forming a channel below a red color-select gate. A reset-transistor has a source disposed over and in contact with the common node. A source-follower transistor has gate coupled to the common node, a drain coupled to a power-supply node, and a source forming a pixel-sensor output.
US07834403B2
This document discusses, among other things, apparatus having at least one CMOS transistor overlying a substrate; and at least one finned bipolar transistor overlying the substrate and methods for making the apparatus.
US07834399B2
A stress-transmitting dielectric layer is formed on the at least one PFET and the at least one NFET. A tensile stress generating film, such as a silicon nitride, is formed on the at least one NFET by blanket deposition and patterning. A compressive stress generating film, which may be a refractive metal nitride film, is formed on the at least one PFET by a blanket deposition and patterning. An encapsulating dielectric film is deposited over the compress stress generating film. The stress is transferred from both the tensile stress generating film and the compressive stress generating film into the underlying semiconductor structures. The magnitude of the transferred compressive stress from the refractory metal nitride film may be from about 5 GPa to about 20 GPa. The stress is memorized during an anneal and remains in the semiconductor devices after the stress generating films are removed.
US07834398B2
There is provided a method of removing trap levels and defects, which are caused by stress, from a single crystal silicon thin film formed by an SOI technique. First, a single crystal silicon film is formed by using a typical bonding SOI technique such as Smart-Cut or ELTRAN. Next, the single crystal silicon thin film is patterned to form an island-like silicon layer, and then, a thermal oxidation treatment is carried out in an oxidizing atmosphere containing a halogen element, so that an island-like silicon layer in which the trap levels and the defects are removed is obtained.
US07834397B2
A thin film transistor (TFT), a method of fabricating the same, and a display device including the TFT, are provided. In the TFT, a channel region is connected to a gate electrode so that the influence of a substrate bias is reduced or eliminated. Thus, the threshold voltage of the TFT is reduced, a subthreshold slope can be improved, and a large drain current can be obtained at a low gate voltage.
US07834395B2
A field-effect transistor includes a source region, a drain region and a channel region between the source and the drain region. A gate electrode is also arranged between them, where a lower edge of the gate electrode is formed below a lower edge of at least one of the source and drain regions. A first insulator structure is provided between the gate electrode and the source region. A second insulator structure is provided between the gate electrode and the drain region. The first and the second insulator structures are formed asymmetric and may be adapted to different requirements. The asymmetric approach may provide longer transistor channels, a lower resistance of the gate electrode and smaller footprints for 3D-channel-transistors of, for example, array and support transistors in memory cells or power applications.
US07834394B2
A semiconductor structure including a substrate, a gate dielectric layer, a gate, a source region and a drain region is provided. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. At least one recess is disposed in the substrate. The gate is disposed on the gate dielectric layer and in the recess. The source and drain regions are respectively disposed in the substrate beside the gate.
US07834393B2
A semiconductor device includes a power MOSFET including a trench formed on a surface of a semiconductor layer forming a drain; a gate electrode formed in the trench via a gate insulation film and made of poly-silicon; a channel diffusion layer formed at a surface side of the semiconductor layer shallower than the trench by neighboring the trench; and a source diffusion layer formed at a surface side of the channel diffusion layer by neighboring the trench; wherein a reverse impurity layer is provided at a bottom part side of the trench of the poly-silicon forming the gate electrode; and an impurity ion that is a conductive type opposite to the conductive type of an impurity ion provided in the poly-silicon at a surface side of the trench is provided in the reverse impurity layer.
US07834392B2
Non-volatile memory cells store a level of charge corresponding to the data being stored in a dielectric material storage element that is sandwiched between a control gate and the semiconductor substrate surface over channel regions of the memory cells. More than two memory states are provided by one of more than two levels of charge being stored in a common region of the dielectric material. More than one such common region may be included in each cell. In one form, two such regions are provided adjacent source and drain diffusions in a cell that also includes a select transistor positioned between them. In another form, NAND arrays of strings of memory cells store charge in regions of a dielectric layer sandwiched between word lines and the semiconductor substrate.
US07834388B2
A memory cell that includes a control gate disposed laterally between two floating gates where each floating gate is capable of holding data. Each floating gate in a memory cell may be erased and programmed by applying a combination of voltages to diffusion regions, the control gate, and a well. A plurality of memory cells creates a memory string, and a memory array is formed from a plurality of memory strings arranged in rows and columns.
US07834383B2
A pixel including a substrate of a first conductivity type and having a surface, a photodetector of a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type, a floating diffusion region of the second conductivity type, a transfer region between the photodetector and the floating diffusion, a gate positioned above the transfer region and partially overlapping the photodetector, and a pinning layer of the first conductivity type extending at least across the photodetector from the gate. A channel implant of the first conductivity type extending from between a midpoint of the transfer gate and the floating diffusion to at least across the photodiode and having a dopant concentration such that a dopant concentration of the transfer region is greater proximate to the photodetector than the floating diffusion, and wherein a peak dopant concentration of the channel implant is at a level and at a depth below the surface such that a partially-buried channel is formed in the transfer region between the photodiode and floating diffusion when the transfer gate is energized.
US07834380B2
A field effect transistor includes a first semiconductor layer made of a multilayer of a plurality of semiconductor films and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the second semiconductor layer to be spaced from each other. An opening having an insulating film on its inner wall is formed in a portion of the second semiconductor layer sandwiched between the source electrode and the drain electrode so as to expose the first semiconductor layer therein. A gate electrode is formed in the opening to be in contact with the insulating film and the first semiconductor layer on the bottom of the opening.
US07834377B2
A finger length a1 of a transistor P11 is longer than a finger length A1 of a transistor P1, and a finger length b1 of a transistor N11 is longer than a finger length B1 of a transistor N1. The finger length b1 of the transistor N11 is shorter than the finger length A1 of the transistor P1, and the relation: a1>A1>b1>B1 is established. In a relation between an I/O section and a logic circuit section, as for MOS transistor of the same conductive type, a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the logic circuit section is set so as to be longer than a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the I/O section.
US07834373B2
A semiconductor device has a current spreading layer between a semiconductor material and an electrode for connecting the semiconductor material to an electrical power supply. The current spreading layer has two or more sub-layers of a first conductive material with patterned regions of a second conductive material distributed between the sub-layers for spreading an electrical current passing between the electrode and the semiconductor material. The second material has an ohmic resistance lower than the first material.
US07834362B2
A method for improving the quality of a SiC layer by effectively reducing or eliminating the carrier trapping centers by high temperature annealing and a SiC semiconductor device fabricated by the method. The method for improving the quality of a SiC layer by eliminating or reducing some carrier trapping centers includes the steps of: (a) carrying out ion implantation of carbon atom interstitials (C), silicon atoms, hydrogen atoms, or helium atoms into a shallow surface layer (A) of the starting SiC crystal layer (E) to introduce excess carbon interstitials into the implanted surface layer, and (b) heating the layer for making the carbon interstitials (C) to diffuse out from the implanted surface layer (A) into a bulk layer (E) and for making the electrically active point defects in the bulk layer inactive. After the above steps, the surface layer (A) can be etched or mechanically removed. The SiC semiconductor device is fabricated by the method.
US07834342B2
A phase change material including a high adhesion phase change material formed on a dielectric material and a low adhesion phase change material formed on the high adhesion phase change material. The high adhesion phase change material includes a greater amount of at least one of nitrogen and oxygen than the low adhesion phase change material. The phase change material is produced by forming a first chalcogenide compound material including an amount of at least one of nitrogen and oxygen on the dielectric material and forming a second chalcogenide compound including a lower percentage of at least one of nitrogen and oxygen on the first chalcogenide compound material. A phase change random access memory device, and a semiconductor structure are also disclosed.
US07834333B2
In the charged particle beam lithography system, a pattern area to be drawn is divided into a plurality of frames, a main deflection positions a charged particle beam to a subfield within the frame, and an auxiliary deflection draws a pattern in units of the subfield. The charged particle beam lithography system includes a beam optical system including a deflector deflecting the beam, a driver driving the deflector, and a deflection control portion controlling the driver according to drawing data indicating a pattern to be drawn. The deflection control portion controls the driver according to a settling time that is determined so that an offset of an irradiation position of the charged particle beam has a certain value irrespective of any changes in deflection amount of the auxiliary deflection in the subfield.
US07834322B2
A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette receives subject ID information from an RFID tag by way of wireless communications. An ID checker checks the subject ID information received by the transceiver against a plurality of subject ID information stored in an RFID memory. If the subject ID information received by the transceiver matches one of the subject ID information stored in the RFID memory, then the ID checker associates the matching subject ID information with a radiation dose that is stored in a dose storage unit and corresponds to the matching subject ID information.
US07834320B2
A distributed detector system is provided for remotely detecting agents indicating the presence of particular biological, explosive, or chemical targets. The distributed detector system may be used for security threat detection, manufacturing or environmental monitoring, or medical assaying. In the detection system, a central server or base station wirelessly communicates with a set of distributed detectors. In this way, the central server or base station is able to aggregate detection information, as well as apply additional processing and analysis to data collected at the detectors. Each detector has a reactive material, such as a silicon-polymer, that changes an optical property in the presence of a target agent. A camera is positioned to take images of the reactive material from time to time, and has local processing to determine when the reactive material has likely changed. In some cases, the detector may have sufficient processing power to classify the change according to its urgency or threat level. The detector wirelessly communications to the central server or base station, and appropriate alerts or notifications can be generated.
US07834317B2
A scanning electron microscope has an electron source for illuminating a primary electron beam on a specimen wafer, an accelerating electrode, a condenser lens, a deflector, an objective lens, a detector for acquiring a digital image by sampling a signal of emissive electrons generated from the specimen wafer, a digitizing means, an image memory for storing, displaying or processing the acquired digital image, an input/output unit, an image creation unit and an image processor. The scanning electron microscope is provided with a sampling unit for sampling the emissive electron signal at intervals each smaller than the pixel size of the digital image to be stored, displayed or processed and an image creation process means for enlarging the pixel size on the basis of the sampled emissive electron signal to create a digital image.
US07834297B1
A golf club grip warning and drying apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall which is attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall has an upper edge defines an access opening extending into the housing. A heating assembly is positioned in the housing. The heating assembly provides warm air for an interior of the housing when the heating assembly is turned on. A securing assembly is attached to the housing. The securing assembly is configured to releasably secure the housing to the golf bag. A golf club grip is removably extendable into the housing and heated by the heating assembly.
US07834295B2
An igniter comprises at least two conductors in the spaced-apart configuration and an electrically conductive layer bridging the at least two conductors, wherein the conductive layer has an electrical resistance greater than an electrical resistance of the at least two conductors. In one embodiment, the at least two conductors and the electrically conductive layer comprise a conductive ink, which may be the same conductive ink having different dimensions. A supplementary initiator composition may be deposited on or incorporated into the conductive layer. In a process for producing the igniter, the electrically conductive layer and the at least two conductors are printed on a non-electrically conducting substrate. Also disclosed are a method for igniting a combustible composition using the igniter, a method for producing an aerosol drug using the igniter, a method for providing a dose of a drug to a human patient using the igniter, a drug delivery device comprising the igniter and a drug supply unit comprising the igniter.
US07834278B1
A laboratory instrument with a housing containing a weighing cell has a working compartment that is connected to the housing. The working compartment has a floor, a top cover, a rear wall, a front wall and two sidewalls. Arranged in the working compartment is a load receiver which is connected to the weighing cell. Also connected to the housing is at least one guiding device which serves to guide a linear movement and simultaneous swivel movement of individual portions of the front wall or the entire front wall.
US07834275B2
A secure electronic entity comprising a support and a microcircuit having an active surface which is at least partially covered by a resin, wherein at least one distinct element masks the active surface in an at least partial manner, characterized in that the element (13) is joined to the resin (16) in a more resistant manner than to the support (11).
US07834272B2
A grommet is attached between a body panel and a trunk lid at a location spaced from a hinge that movably supports the trunk lid. The grommet is located inboard of the hinge and is attached only to the body panel and trunk lid and free from connection to the hinge. The grommet includes a body mounting end attached to the body panel, a trunk lid mounting end, a first flexible section extending from the body mounting end, a second flexible section extending from the trunk lid mounting end and a middle section extending between the first and second flexible sections. The first flexible section and the second flexible section are configured and arranged to bend as the trunk lid moves between the open position and the closed position to prevent contact of the grommet to the hinge.
US07834271B2
Cabling includes a jacket surrounding a core, and a separator positioned in the core. The separator has at least one shield segment defining walls separating the core into a plurality of chambers each configured to receive a plurality of twisted wire pairs. Each shield segment includes a metallic layer and a laminate layer, wherein the laminate layer defines an exposed surface of the wall of the corresponding chamber.
US07834267B1
A reversible one-piece protective cable chute for routing low voltage cables through walls. The protective cable chute includes a one piece cable shield including a cover plate with a cable shield extending therefrom. The protective cable chute includes two-way mounting apertures therein for mounting directly to a conventional electrical box or conventional low voltage frame. The mounting apertures include a pattern and spacing to match the bores of the electrical box or low voltage frame. An opening and passageway in the protective cable chute are capable of receiving low voltage cables for the purpose of routing them through the wall and into an adjacent room. The cable chute is capable of being mounted to an electrical box or low voltage frame in any of four orientations selectable by the installer.
US07834259B2
An adjustable, foldable support leg for a bass drum has a cylindrical leg member movable longitudinally within a tubular leg member. A threaded portion of the tubular member includes apertures in which ball bearings are located. The bearings are retained in the apertures by an annular locking collar which is also threaded to allow the collar to move longitudinally on the tubular member as the collar is turned. The locking collar has an interior frustoconical surface. When the collar moves downwardly on the tubular member, this surface presses the ball bearings against the cylindrical member, locking the leg members in place. A mounting bracket includes a pin about which the folding leg pivots and a channel which receives the inner end of the leg. The leg is biased against the floor of the channel which includes detents to receive the end of the leg in the folded and extended positions.
US07834257B1
A novel maize variety designated PH128S and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH128S with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH128S through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH128S or a locus conversion of PH128S with another maize variety.
US07834242B2
A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.
US07834231B2
A chest seal for treating an open pneumothorax that is low profile and thus unobtrusive so that the chest seal can be effectively maintained in position to seal a chest wound while allowing the pleural cavity to vent.
US07834218B2
A process for producing phenol and methyl ethyl ketone comprises contacting benzene and a C4 alkylating agent under alkylation conditions and in the presence of an alkylation catalyst comprising at least one molecular sieve of the MCM-22 family to produce an alkylation effluent comprising secbutylbenzene; wherein the contacting is conducted in a plurality of reaction zones and the C4 alkylating agent secbutylbenzene fraction is recovered from the alkylation effluent and comprises at least 95 wt % sec-butylbenzene, less than 100 wt ppm of C8+ olefins, and less than 0.5 wt % of isobutylbenzene and tert-butylbenzene. The sec-butylbenzene fraction is then oxidized to produce sec-butylbenzene hydroperoxide and the hydroperoxide is cleaved to produce phenol and methyl ethyl ketene.
US07834213B2
The present invention provides (I) a method of manufacturing a triphenylmethane colorant that can suppress the sub-reactions in conversion to a sulfonamide and is industrially advantageous, (II) a colorant compound that has both excellent spectral characteristics and a high solubility relative to organic solvents or polymers as a coloring agent to be used in color filters and (III) a blue resist composition for use in a color filter that shows a high lightness and an excellent hue particularly for blue color and can be used to display an image that is excellent in terms of spectral characteristics and contrast.
US07834211B2
A process for preparing tetracarboxylic acids of the general formula I or salts thereof, wherein at least one compound of the general formula II a or II b (a) is first reacted with at least one epoxidation reagent and (b) then oxidized with nitric acid or at least one nitrogen oxide, where the variables are defined as follows: R1, R2 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, phenyl and C1-C10-alkyl.
US07834201B2
The present invention relates to the crystalline base of the well known antidepressant drug escitalopram, S-1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-5-isobenzofurancarbonitrile, formulations of said base, a process for the preparation of purified salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the base, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts, and a process for the preparation of purified escitalopram free base or salts of escitalopram, such as the oxalate, using the hydrobromide, the salts obtained by said process and formulations containing such salts. Finally the present invention relates to an orodispersible tablet having a hardness of at least 22 N and an oral-disintegration time of less than 120 s and comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient adsorbed onto a water soluble filler wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient has a melting point in the range of 40-100° C., as well as a method for making such an orodispersible tablet.
US07834200B2
The invention relates to processes and compounds useful for producing modified aspartic acid derivatives, such as aspartic acid aldehyde moieties. Aspartic acid derivatives are useful for preparing caspase inhibitors and/or prodrugs thereof.
US07834189B2
The present invention relates to compositions of matter that are ionic liquids, the compositions comprising any of eleven cations combined with any of three fluorinated sulfonated anions. Compositions of the invention should be useful as solvents and, perhaps, as catalysts for many reactions, including aromatic electrophilic substitution, nitration, acylation, esterification, etherification, oligomerization, transesterification, isomerization and hydration.
US07834188B2
N-Substituted sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US07834174B2
The invention relates to new compounds of type hexakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)α-cyclodextrin and heptakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)-(β-cyclodextrin, and octakis(6-deoxy-6-NH(CH2)n—R1)-γ-cyclodextrin, where n=2-6 when R1=NH2 and n=0 when R1=C(═NH)NH2 and n=2-6 when R1=NH—C(═NH)NH2 and their use in the compaction of DNA and in cell permeation. The invention also relates to methods of synthesis of the above compounds.
US07834171B2
Methods and compositions for performing RNA interference with decreased off-target effects are provided. The methods and compositions permit effective and efficient applications of RNA interference to applications such as diagnostics and therapeutics through the use of modifications to the siRNA. Uniquely modified siRNAs have been developed that reduce off-target effects incurred in gene-silencing. The modifications comprise 2′-O-alkyl or mismatch modification(s) at specific positions on the sense and/or antisense strands.
US07834166B2
The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from Streptococcus pneumoniae that are useful in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions; antibodies against the polypeptides; and methods for the production of the polypeptides. The invention also provides methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of pathological conditions resulting from bacterial infection.
US07834163B2
Genes that are upregulated in human prostate tumor tissues and the corresponding proteins are identified. These genes and the corresponding antigens are suitable targets for the treatment, diagnosis or prophylaxis of prostate cancer.
US07834160B2
An object of the present invention is to obtain a zinc oxide-protein complex which can be a source of nanoparticles of zinc oxide utilizing a protein having a cavity inside thereof. The process for producing a zinc oxide-protein complex according to the present invention includes a hydrogen peroxide addition step for adding hydrogen peroxide so that the concentration would be 60 mM or greater and 150 mM or less to a buffer containing a protein having a cavity inside thereof such as ferritin, zinc ion, and ammonia.
US07834155B2
Cytotoxic conjugates comprising a cell binding agent and a cytotoxic agent, therapeutic compositions comprising the conjugate, methods for using the conjugates in the inhibition of cell growth and the treatment of disease, and a kit comprising the cytotoxic conjugate are disclosed are all embodiments of the invention. In particular, the cell binding agent is a monoclonal antibody, and epitope-binding fragments thereof, that recognizes and binds the CA6 glycotope. The present invention is also directed to humanized or resurfaced versions of DS6, an anti-CA6 murine monoclonal antibody, and epitope-binding fragments thereof.
US07834153B2
Provided is a method of stimulating collagen synthesis and proteoglycan (lumican and keratocan) accumulation. Collagenase isolated keratocytes were cultured with or without insulin with or without ascorbate. Insulin stimulates the synthesis of collagen but does not affect the accumulation of lumican and keratocan. Insulin plus ascorbate, however, stimulates the synthesis of collagen and increased the accumulation of these proteoglycans. The accumulation of PGDS, a KSPG that does not interact with collagen, is not affected by ascorbate. Only the collagen made in the presence of ascorbate was pepsin resistant. EDB overrode the effects of ascorbate on pepsin resistance and proteoglycan accumulation.
US07834150B2
The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. The invention further relates to methods for identifying and using agents that modulate cold responses and pain responses stimulated by cold via modulation of CMR1 and CMR1-related signal transduction.
US07834146B2
Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.
US07834143B2
Nucleic acid molecules encoding the C140 cell surface receptor have been cloned and sequenced. The availability of C140 receptor DNA permits the recombinant production of the C140 receptor which can be produced on the surface of a cell, including an oocyte. The nucleic acid molecules are useful in an assay for detecting a substance which affects C140 receptor activity, either receptor agonists or antagonists. Further, the elucidation of the structure of the C140 receptor permits the design of agonist and antagonist compounds which are useful in such assays. The availability of the C140 receptor also permits production of antibodies specifically immunoreactive with one or more antigenic epitopes of the C140 receptor.
US07834140B2
This invention relates generally to compositions and methods which utilization nuclear receptors for regulating adipogenesis in cells. Specifically, the invention is directed to compositions which regulate transcription factor PPARγ. and enhance or inhibit the transcription of genes responsible for directing cell differentiation towards a pathway of adipogenesis. More specifically, disclosed herein is a novel polypeptide coactivator of PPARγ, and fragments thereof, which possess coactivator or corepressor activity. Also related are nucleotide sequences which express these polypeptides. Also disclosed is an interfering RNA that may be used to inhibit adipogenesis.
US07834138B2
Segmented water soluble polymers, containing a higher molecular weight segment linked to a lower molecular weight segment, are described. In one embodiment, the polymer segments are poly(ethylene glycol) segments. The segmented polymers are functionalized and are useful for conjugation to various moieties such as pharmacologically active substances. Also described are conjugates of such polymers and methods of their preparation.
US07834126B2
The invention relates to amide-containing polymers of the general formula (I) A-X—CO—(CH2)2—NR1—R2—[Y—R3—Y—R4)a—B (I) and also their salts with carboxylic acids, phosphoric esters and sulphonic acids. The invention further relates to processes for preparing the amide-containing polymers and to their use as rheology control agents.
US07834123B2
A two component polyurethane adhesive composition having one or more polyols as a first component and one or more isocyanates as a second component. The composition also comprises one or more catalysts and one or more blocking agents to delay the curing reaction. The composition provides long open time, improved wet out of the substrates to be bonded, a rapid cure rate and excellent final bond performance at room and elevated temperatures. Optional ingredients, such as fillers, chain extenders and plasticizers may be added as desired. In one embodiment, the catalyst is a tin catalyst such as dibutyl tin dilaurate which may optionally be combined with other catalysts such as tertiary amines. The blocking agent in one embodiment is 8-hydroxyquinoline.
US07834121B2
Disclosed are coating compositions that include both (a) an alkoxy-functional and/or silanol-functional silicone; and (b) an epoxy-functional silicone. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such a composition and methods for coating substrates with such compositions.
US07834118B2
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 and 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.
US07834112B2
A process for the polymerization of olefins using a metal complex of group 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table comprising at least one group C═NR1, C═PR1, C═O, C═S or a heteroaromatic ring system containing at least one atom from the group consisting of N, P, O and S, can be used for controlling the width of the molar mass distribution of the resulting polymers.
US07834111B2
A terminating agent and a method for preparing an anionic polymer are provided. The terminating agent includes a carbohydrate, which is a solid substantially insoluble in a solvent and is used for terminating an anionic polymerization of a polymer. Another aspect of the method includes steps which provide an initiator for initiating an anionic polymerization, adding a terminating agent for terminating the anionic polymerization and forming a complex, wherein the terminating agent is a carbohydrate, and an alkali metal ion is removed by a solid-liquid separation process.
US07834110B2
The invention pertains to a process to polymerize one or more monomers wherein one or more initiators and optionally one or more surfactants are added to a polymerization mixture when the pressure in the polymerization reactor is dropping. This process allows a shorter polymerization time due to a higher pressure drop rate at the end of the polymerization reaction. Moreover, the cooling capacity of the polymerization reactor is used more efficiently.
US07834108B2
The present invention provides a powder transfer device that has a simple construction, yet enables the powder discharge rate to be easily controlled, as well as a polyolefin powder production process using such a powder transfer device. A powder transfer device includes a downcomer which extends downward, and a gas slider situated below the downcomer. The gas slider has, on a side thereof facing an opening at a bottom end of the downcomer, a gas dispersion plate in which a plurality of gas outlets are formed.
US07834101B2
The invention is a composition comprising a blend of two or more epoxide containing compositions selected from epoxidized vegetable oils, epoxidized alkyl esters or cycloaliphatic epoxides. In another embodiment, the invention is a blend of one or more epoxidized vegetable oils, epoxidized alkyl esters, or cycloaliphatic epoxides with one or more aromatic epoxides or epoxy functionalized polyoxyalkylene polyols.
US07834099B2
An imide-naphthoxazine copolymer comprising a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1) below: (wherein X and Y independently represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, or an organic group which may be substituted by a heteroatom; R represents CH3 or H, n represents an integer from 1 to 10; and m represents an integer from 1 to 20).
US07834098B2
The invention relates to new compositions having good binder, wetting, and dispersing properties for virtually foam-free aqueous and also solventborne and solvent-free pigment preparations.
US07834097B2
VDF-based curable fluorelastomers, having a glass transition temperature from −10° C. to −35° C., comprising: B) monomer of formula: CF2═CFOCF2OCF3 (a), C) one or more comonomers selected from: tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), per-fluoromethylvinylether (PMVE), perfluoropropene (HFP), and an amount of —COF end groups in the polymer lower than the sensitivity limit of the method which uses the FT-IR spectroscopy described in the present application.
US07834096B2
The present invention provides a perfluoroelastomer seal material in which adhesive strength, contamination, corrosion and color change of a contacted surface with a seal material are improved, and an amount of an uncrosslinked polymer component is at most 1% by weight, measured under specific conditions, and a process for preparing the same. The present invention relates to a perfluoroelastomer seal material, wherein a rate of weight decrease is at most 1% by weight when the seal material is immersed into perfluoro(tri-n-butyl)amine at 60° C. for 70 hours and is dried at 90° C. for 5 hours, 125° C. for 5 hours and 200° C. for 10 hours after taken out of the emersion. And, the present invention also relates to a process for preparing a perfluoroelastomer seal material comprising a step of treating with a solvent having at least 50 % of a swelling rate based on said molded article, when said molded article is immersed at 60° C. for 70 hours.
US07834087B2
Ionically-modified saccharide siloxane copolymers that comprises a reaction product between an ionic monomer or oligomer and a saccharide-siloxane copolymer, wherein the saccharide-siloxane copolymer has a specified formula, are provided. Dispersions, including emulsions, comprising the ionic saccharide-siloxane copolymers, and methods for manufacturing these compositions, dispersions, and emulsions are also provided.
US07834085B2
A self-reversible invert latex having a crosslinked cationic polyelectrolyte, formed by the copolymerization of at least one cationic monomer with at least one neutral monomer and at least one nonionic surfactant monomer.
US07834082B2
A method of making a polyether-polydialkylsiloxane block copolymer is provided. The method comprises providing a mixture comprising at least one alkylene oxide and at least one silanol-terminated polydialkylsiloxane; and polymerizing the mixture in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst, and optionally in the presence of an aprotic solvent and/or an antioxidant. A polyether-polydialkylsiloxane block copolymer having a molecular weight of 150-50,000 g/mole and having a polydispersity index of 1.0 to 1.5 made by the above method is also provided.
US07834076B2
A dispersion containing aluminum oxide of pyrogenic origin and water, where the aluminum oxide is present in the form of aggregated primary particles with a BET surface area of 20 to 200 m2/g and has a mean, volume-based aggregate diameter in the dispersion of less than 100 nm, and is surface-modified with (i) organophosphonic acids, or salts thereof, and (ii) at least one hydroxycarboxylic acids or salts thereof.
US07834072B2
Non-aqueous disperson compositions, such as ink compositions, contain a polymeric dispersant, a polymeric resin, an organic liquid, and a nanoscale pigment particle composition including an organic monoazo laked pigment including at least one functional moiety, and a sterically bulky stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety of the pigment associates non-covalently with the functional group of the stabilizer; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized pigment particles.
US07834071B2
Disclosed is a flame-retardant resin processed article having excellent flame retardance while being free from bleed-out. Specifically, a resin composition containing a cyclic phosphorus compound flame retardant, a hydrophilic silica powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 15 m, and a resin with the total content of the cyclic phosphorus compound and the hydrophilic silica powder being 10-45% by mass is molded into a certain shape or formed into a coating film. The hydrophilic silica powder is preferably composed of porous structures having a pore volume of not more than 1.8 ml/g and a pH of 4-7. More preferably, the hydrophilic silica powder has an oil absorption of not less than 50 ml/100 g in accordance with JIS K5101.
US07834060B2
Dermatological disorders having an inflammatory or proliferative component are treated with pharmaceutical compositions containing on the order of 0.3% by weight of 6-[3-(1-adamantyl)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2-naphthanoic acid (adapalene) or salt thereof, formulated into pharmaceutically acceptable media therefor, advantageously topically applicable gels, creams or lotions.
US07834038B2
The present invention relates to nonpeptidic oligomers. Methods for preparing nonpeptidic oligomers from amino acids by replacing the amide bond with heterocyclic rings are also disclosed.
US07834033B2
Isoindolin-1-one and Isoindoline-1,3-dione substituted in the 2-position with a 2,6-dioxo-3-hydroxypiperidin-5-yl group, which may be further substituted in the 5-position with alkyl or halogeno, and in the 4-position with alkyl or a nitrogen-containing group are inhibitors of, and thus useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by, TNFα. A typical embodiment is 2-(2,6-dioxo-3-hydroxy-5-fluoro-piperidin-5-yl)4-aminoisoindolin-1-one.
