US07966661B2
An improved network protocol for mitigating network amplification attacks is provided. The absolute network load that any transient distributed attack can cause is bounded based on a resource crediting scheme. The protocol accumulates “credit” upon reception and detection of candidate attack request packets, and draws against that credit when transmitting responsive packets. In some implementations, the time frame of such an attack is also bounded using time limits applied to a resource crediting scheme. Other resources may also be bounded by the resource crediting scheme, including without limitation CPU utilization, storage capacity, power, etc.
US07966636B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed for receiving a plurality of video signals using a single video signal transmitted using a point-to-multipoint connection; the plurality of video signals originate from various locations of an event. Information received using a reception unit comprises at least one of the plurality of video signals, at least one of the plurality of sound track signals related to the at least one of the plurality of video signals, data transmitted using the vertical blanking interval (VBI) of the single video signal and graphics.
US07966632B1
A system, method and various user interfaces enable visually browsing multiple groups of video recommendations. A group of video recommendations includes a central video and a set of related videos displayed at its corresponding display distance from the central video and from each other. The corresponding display distance of a video is calculated as a function of the video's recommendation score and correlation with other videos of the group. The recommendation score is generated based on a weighted covisitation measure. Visually presenting recommended videos to a user provides a quick and intuitive way to find videos of interest and visualize the browsing of the recommended videos.
US07966628B2
A disk transfer includes: a transfer arm rotatably supported by an apparatus body to/from which a disk-shaped recording medium is inserted and removed, when the disk-shaped recording medium is inserted, rotated in an insertion direction by being pressed by the disk-shaped recording medium, and when the disk-shaped recording medium is ejected, rotated in an ejection direction to eject the disk-shaped recording medium; and a lift section provided with a rotation axis supported at a tip end portion of the transfer arm rotatably in a direction substantially orthogonal to a main surface of the disk-shaped recording medium, and from the rotation axis, an abutting piece abuts against the disk-shaped recording medium on a front side surface in the insertion direction inserted in the apparatus body. A support piece supports a lower surface portion of the disk-shape recording medium.
US07966622B1
In one embodiment, a test and measurement application executing on a computing device is interfaced with one or more external device coupled to the computing device. A device driver is selected for use with one of the external device from two or more available device drivers that are each compatible with the external device. The device driver is coupled to a virtual driver interface that provides the test and measurement application with a standardized interface to any of the two or more available device drivers. The test and measurement application communicates with the external device through the virtual driver interface.
US07966620B2
Techniques are disclosed for increasing the security of a system where incoming network packets are directly placed into the memory space of a virtual machine (VM) operating system (OS) running on the system via direct memory access (DMA). In an embodiment, each packet is split into a first portion, which requires further processing, and a second portion, which may be immediately placed into the VM OS's memory address space. When the host OS running on the system completes processing the first portion, it places it directly before the second portion in the VM OS memory space and indicates to the VM OS that a packet is available. Techniques are further disclosed that mitigate the security risk in such systems related to VLAN ID configuration.
US07966615B2
A backup VM is allowed to enter live execution mode at instruction boundaries but not in the middle of emulation of a single instruction. This is accomplished by having the last log entry of multiple entries generated during emulation of an instruction to have an indication of a “go-live” point and by having the backup VM not replay log entries provided by the primary VM beyond the log entry that indicates the “go-live” point.
US07966613B2
Systems and methods that support splitting a compute resource from its input/output and sharing among one or more users are provided. In one embodiment, a system that supports one or more user devices may include, for example, a compute engine, a first user device and a second user device. The compute engine may be adapted to provide virtualization. The virtualization may provide, for example, a first instance of a particular operating system and a second instance of the particular operating system. The first user device may be coupled to the compute engine and may access the first instance of the particular operating system. The second user device may be coupled to the compute engine and may access the second instance of the particular operating system. In one example, the user devices are input/output devices that do not run applications or operating systems.
US07966599B1
This specification describes technologies relating to a runtime library including a virtual file system. In general, a method can include interfacing with an operating system of a computer; and providing runtime services, including a virtual file system, to programs running on the computer. Providing runtime services can include receiving first information and second information through a single file access routine of an API for the virtual file system; determining a selected one of multiple file storage areas to access based on the first information, the multiple file storage areas including a first local area accessible by a first program and inaccessible by a second program, and a second area accessible by the first program and the second program; mapping the second information to file resource(s) in the selected file storage area in the virtual file system; and accessing the one or more file resources for the first program.
US07966591B2
Embodiments include a system and method for generating RTL description of an electronic device provided for a design test and a test bench environment to drive stimulus into the electronic device, identifying at least one register to be verified during the design test, authoring a property list including a plurality of properties, wherein each property includes a cause and an effect, creating a new property instance upon receiving an enqueue cause, transitioning a property instance from a waiting state to a pending state based on a dequeue cause, advancing property instances from the pending state to an active state and then to an expired state based on a defined time window, creating a current solution space including a plurality of solutions, wherein each of the plurality of solutions includes a list of unused active effects, inserting property instances into each of the plurality of solutions when the property instance enters to active state, pruning solutions from the current solutions space which have not used a property instance entering the expired state, and computing a new solution space based on the current solution space and target transition.
US07966590B2
A single module includes a shared combinational circuit, a multiplexed sequential circuit, and a common I/F and is substituted for a multiplexed module formed of plural modules of an identical category and type and including plural CPUs. Specifically, the shared combinational circuit is substituted for n combinational circuits, the multiplexed sequential circuit is substituted for n sequential circuits, and the common I/F is substituted for n input pins and n output pins.
US07966589B2
The invention comprises a design structure for a dynamic voltage state-saving latch electrical circuit comprising a charge device adapted as a storage element, an integrated recovery mechanism, a supply voltage rail connected to the charge device, a hold signal allocated to the integrated recovery mechanism, a data signal input allocated to said charge device, a data signal output distributed from the charge device, and a clock signal allotted to the charge device, wherein said integrated recovery mechanism maintains a state of the charge device independent of the charge device.
US07966562B1
A help facility for a graphical modeling environment that determines the domain of a multi-domain graphical object and provides the correct documentation for that object in that domain is discussed. The help facility determines the identity of the multi-domain graphical object and the domain in which the multi-domain graphical object is instantiated. Once the domain and the graphical object identity are determined, the help facility triggers a help callback restricted to that domain that provides domain appropriate help for the object.
US07966561B1
System and method for accessing and displaying information related to information flow and relationships among various electronic tax or financial documents presented by tax programs or other types of financial return preparation programs. A mechanism or mechanisms may enable users to view information related to the flow of information among electronic documents in a tax program starting at the level of a field or a document, or alternatively starting at a high-level outline view or summary of the tax preparation process or a portion thereof. These mechanism(s) may enable a preparer or other user to access graphical and/or textual displays of information related to values in fields of electronic tax or financial documents presented by tax programs and in other types of financial return preparation programs and of the relationships among fields and documents in the tax or financial return preparation process.
US07966539B2
A method of operating an integrated circuit which includes an input module, an output module, and a processing module coupled to the input module and the output module. The method includes, in the input module, receiving a first data segment; in the processing module, reading a hard coded identifier from an identifier module coupled to the processing module, processing the first data segment with the hard coded identifier to generate a first encoded data segment; and in the output module, transferring the first encoded data segment for storage on a storage system.
US07966538B2
A method for detecting microprocessor hardware faults includes sending at least one input signal to a logic block within the microprocessor, collecting an output response to the input signal from the logic block, and determining whether the output response matches an expected output response of the logic block.
US07966537B2
A circuit for preventing failure in an integrated circuit. The circuit including: an original circuit; one or more redundant circuits; and a repair processor, including a clock cycle counter configured to count pulses of a pulsed signal, the repair processor configured to (a) replace the original circuit with a first redundant circuit or (b) configured to select another redundant circuit, the selection in sequence from a second redundant circuit to a last redundant circuit, and to replace a previously selected redundant circuit with the selected redundant circuit each time the cycle counter reaches a predetermined count of a set of pre-determined cycle counts.
US07966531B2
A memory diagnosis apparatus include an intra-word testing unit that tests for a coupling fault in each bit in each word in a memory, an inter-word testing unit that tests for a coupling fault between words in each sub-array each being plural words in the memory, and an inter-block testing unit that tests for a coupling fault between sub-arrays in the memory.
US07966528B2
A method for handling watchdog events of an electronic device includes detecting a watchdog fault in a normal mode, which is a watchdog event in which a watchdog trigger is not correctly serviced; entering from the normal mode into a first escalation level of nx escalation levels upon detection of the watchdog fault, wherein nx is an integer equal to or greater than 1; detecting correct watchdog events, which are watchdog events in which a watchdog trigger is correctly serviced; and concurrently detecting watchdog faults, leaving the first escalation level if a first escalation condition is met. An electronic device embodiment includes a CPU and program instructions for carrying out the method.
US07966527B2
A method for handling watchdog events of an electronic device includes detecting a watchdog fault in a normal mode, which is a watchdog event in which a watchdog trigger is not correctly serviced; entering from the normal mode into a first escalation level of nx escalation levels upon detection of the watchdog fault, wherein nx is an integer equal to or greater than 1; detecting correct watchdog events, which are watchdog events in which a watchdog trigger is correctly serviced; and concurrently detecting watchdog faults, leaving the first escalation level if a first escalation condition is met, and recovering in a recovering step back from any of the nx escalation levels to a previous level or mode, if a de-escalation condition is met. An electronic device embodiment includes a CPU and program instructions for carrying out the method.
US07966515B2
In a network computer system, recovery may be impossible from a fault when the fault occurs in a network switch in a network or a device such as an external disk device. Provided is a computer system that includes a plurality of servers, a plurality of network, a plurality of external disk devices, and a management computer, in which the management computer detects a fault which is occurred, retrieves an application stop server inaccessible to the used disk due to the fault, retrieves the disk for storing the same contents as contents stored in the disk used by the retrieved application stop server and the external disk device including the disk, retrieves an application resuming server capable of accessing the retrieved external disk device, and transmits an instruction to boot by using the retrieved disk to the retrieved application resuming server.
US07966514B2
A fault tolerant system for a highly scalable distributed processing system in which fault tolerant groups (hereafter referred to as “FT groups”) are formed based on the functionalities of applications. A given FT group includes instances of the same applications and also different applications that perform the same function. The instances within the FT group are ranked as a primary and mirrors, which descend in rank. When the primary instance in the FT group crashes, that is, fails or becomes otherwise unavailable, the system utilizes the next ranking available (running) instance in the FT group as the primary instance. The change over to the next ranking mirror application is performed quickly and without loss of functionality through an exchange of “FT messages” under the control of a central monitoring and change-over control sub-system.
US07966512B2
A microcomputer is provided having a memory card interface capable of correctly latching data even when a card such as an MMC card is connected thereto. In the microcomputer having an interface with an external device such as a memory card, the interface unit is provided with an output driver connected to an external terminal for outputting a clock signal to output the clock signal and with an equivalent load circuit capable of imparting, to the clock signal extracted from an arbitrary position in a stage previous to the output driver in a clock signal path, delay equivalent to delay resulting from an external load connected to the external terminal in order to generate a clock signal for latching data inputted from the memory card.
US07966509B2
A system and method for performing dynamic trimming. Specifically, the system comprises a clock for generating a reference clock signal. The reference clock signal comprises a first frequency that is a factor of a second frequency of a signal (e.g., data clock signal from DDR memory). A counter is coupled to the clock and generates a plurality of clock pulses based on pulses of the reference clock signal. The plurality of clock pulses is generated at a slower frequency from the first frequency for low power operation. A phase length detector is coupled to the counter and comprises a trimmer chain for detecting an average length of at least one of the generated plurality of clock pulses. A transformation module is coupled to the phase length detector for transforming the average length to a phase delay of the signal.
US07966505B2
There are provided a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for reducing power consumption in an iterative decoder. The apparatus includes a memory device and an iteration termination device. The memory device is for storing a bit number difference indicating a number of bits that are different between a decoded codeword for a current iteration and a decoded codeword for a previous iteration, for each iteration of the iterative decoder prior to a maximum number of iterations. The iteration termination device is for comparing the bit number difference to a pre-specified bit number difference threshold value, incrementing a confidence value when the bit number difference exceeds the pre-specified bit number difference threshold value, and terminating further iterations of the iterative decoder when the confidence value exceeds a pre-specified confidence threshold value.
US07966503B2
Clients and server are interconnected through a gateway card of a personal computer. The clients and the servers have different communication protocols. When a client makes a request to access a server, the gateway card executes this access request even if the personal computer is in a power-save mode. When a client makes a request to access the personal computer and if the personal computer is in power-save mode, the gateway card changes the mode of the personal computer to a normal mode, executes the access request, and changes the mode of the personal computer to the power-save mode.
US07966501B2
A digital multi-function peripheral includes a multi-function peripheral unit that has plural functions, a switching power supply unit connected to a commercial power supply as a main power supply for the multi-function peripheral unit, and an electrical storage device charged in advance as an auxiliary power supply for the multi-function peripheral unit. The digital multi-function peripheral further includes a control circuit that monitors a load current flowing to the multi-function peripheral unit, supplies electric power from the electrical storage device to the multi-function peripheral unit instead of electric power from the switching power supply unit when the load current is smaller than a threshold set as an allowable lower limit of power efficiency of the switching power supply unit, and supplies the electric power from the switching power supply unit to the multi-function peripheral unit when the load current increases to be equal to or larger than the threshold.
US07966497B2
A hand-held token can be operated to generate an acoustic or other wireless signal representing a digital signature produced from the private key of a public key/private key pair, with the public key being confidential in that it is known only to authorized entities, such as bank computers. The signal from the token can be received by, e.g., a receiver at a bank ATM that also requires a PIN for account access. The user enters the PIN into the ATM, and the ATM encrypts the signal from the token with the PIN and sends it on to the bank computer over a link that need not be secure, since even if the PIN is guessed there is no way to verify that it is the correct PIN without also knowing the confidential public key held by the bank computer.
US07966496B2
A system and method for integrating the Internet front end-sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution.During the initial sign up for the online access to its accounts, a customer creates his/her User ID and password online during the same session. Once the customer has signed on (password) and verified ownership of at least one account, the system displays all of the customer's accounts that are available for access via the Internet website. The online ownership verification uses only a single account of the customer and the ownership verification criteria associated with the account. The account used for verifying a customer is first determined based on the accounts selected by the customer for accessing online. From the selected accounts, the system of the present invention creates a verification hierarchy with respect to the accounts. When determining the verification to use for the single ownership verification, the present invention selects the account from the hierarchy with the most stringent requirements.
US07966488B2
Methods and systems thereof for streaming media data are described. Media data comprising a plurality of data packets is accessed. The media data includes encrypted data. Information that quantifies a characteristic of each data packet in the plurality of data packets is also accessed. That information is used to determine an order for sending the data packets over a network. The order is determined without decrypting the encrypted data.
US07966482B2
An apparatus includes an instruction decoder, first and second source registers and a circuit coupled to the decoder to receive packed data from the source registers and to pack the packed data responsive to a pack instruction received by the decoder. A first packed data element and a second packed data element are received from the first source register. A third packed data element and a fourth packed data element are received from the second source register. The circuit packs packing a portion of each of the packed data elements into a destination register resulting with the portion from second packed data element adjacent to the portion from the first packed data element, and the portion from the fourth packed data element adjacent to the portion from the third packed data element.
US07966481B2
A microprocessor system in which an array of processors communicates more efficiently through the use of a worker mode function. Processors that are not currently executing code remain in an inactive but alert state until a task is sent to them by an adjacent processor. Processors can also be programmed to temporarily suspend a task to check for incoming tasks or messages.
US07966480B2
Trap flags and a pointer trap are associated with registers in a processor. Each trap flag indicates whether a corresponding register has been written with valid data. If not, the trap flag is set to indicate that the register corresponding to the trap flag contains invalid data. During instruction processing, the pointer trap receives control signals from instruction fetch/decode logic on the processor indicating an instruction being processed calls for a register to be used as a pointer. If the specified pointer register has its corresponding trap flag set, then the pointer trap indicates that a processing exception has occurred. The interrupt logic/exception processing logic then causes a trap interrupt service routine (ISR) to be executed in response to the exception. The ISR prevents errors from being introduced in the instruction processing due to invalid pointer values.
US07966473B2
The invention concerns a method for read-addressing a site among a plurality of storage units using a coded address derived from an instruction. The method comprises the following steps: a) predicting (104) the storage unit corresponding to the site to be addressed; b) decoding (108) the address of the site to be addressed and determining (109) the storage unit to be addressed; c) managing (105) a potential read and rewrite conflict assuming that the predicted storage unit is the storage unit to be addressed; d) controlling (111) the addressing of the predicted storage unit at the end of the managing step (105); e) at the end of step b), determining (110) whether the storage unit to be addressed corresponds to the predicted storage unit; and f) if the storage unit to be addressed does not correspond to the predicted storage unit, managing (115) a possible read and rewrite conflict in the storage unit to be addressed and addressing the site of the storage unit to be addressed.
US07966468B1
A speculative transfer mechanism transfers a source synchronous read request from a first clock domain to a second clock domain. The address portion having address information is transferred to the second clock domain in response to detecting a source synchronous address strobe latching signal. A pointer is generated in response to detecting the address strobe latching signal and passed into the second clock domain. In one embodiment, a pointer is retimed to be stable for a timing window for which a crossover of the address portion may be performed in the second clock domain. Request logic in the second clock domain generates a read command based on the address portion and the pointer.
US07966467B1
A secure memory access system and method for providing secure access to Hyper Management Mode memory ranges is presented.
US07966465B2
A PC-slave device may securely load and decrypt an execution code and/or data, which may be stored, encrypted, in a PC hard-drive. The PC-slave device may utilize a dedicated memory, which may be partitioned into an accessible region and a restricted region that may only be accessible by the PC-slave device. The encrypted execution code and/or may be loaded into the accessible region of the dedicated memory; the PC-slave device may decrypt the execution code and/or data, internally, and store the decrypted execution code and/or data into the restricted region of the dedicated memory. The decrypted execution code and/or data may be validated, and may be utilized from the restricted region. The partitioning of the dedicated memory, into accessible and restricted regions, may be performed dynamically during secure code loading. The PC-slave device may comprise a dedicated secure processor that may perform and/or manage secure code loading.
US07966457B2
A cache module for a central processing unit has a cache control unit coupled with a memory, and a cache memory coupled with the control unit and the memory wherein the cache memory has a plurality of cache lines, each cache line having a storage area for storing instructions to be issued sequentially and associated control bits, wherein at least one cache line of the plurality of cache lines has at least one branch trail control bit which when set provides for an automatic locking function of the cache line in case a predefined branch instruction has been issued.
US07966447B2
Systems and methods for determining a refresh rate of volatile memory are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a radio frequency (RF) device; a computing device that communicates with the RF device, the computing device including a refresh manager that monitors activities of the RF device; and volatile memory that communicates with the refresh manager of the computing device, wherein the refresh manager determines a refresh rate of the volatile memory based on the monitored activities of the RF device. A representative method, among others, for determining the refresh rate of volatile memory, includes monitoring activities of a radio frequency (RF) device; and adjusting a refresh rate of volatile memory based on the monitored activities of the RF device.
US07966444B2
A computer system includes a controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub and a plurality of memory devices divided into a plurality of ranks. The memory hub is operable to configure the memory module to simultaneously address any number of ranks to operate in a high bandwidth mode, a high memory depth mode, or any combination of such modes.
US07966439B1
A system controller includes a memory controller and a host interface residing in different clock domains. There is a time delay between the time when the memory controller issues a read command to a memory and the data becoming present and available at the host interface. The memory controller generates an alarm message at or near the time that it issues the read command. The alarm message indicates to the host interface the time that the data is available for transfer to a host.
US07966438B2
A low-cost, two-wire, half-duplex high speed powered communications bus having a master/controller and one or more slave/sensor/interface units. The master/controller may have a current-limited power supply, and receive/transmit circuitry. Each slave/sensor/interface may have polarity protection and also have receive/transmit circuitry. The power supply may provide high/low voltage levels on the bus and over-current protection, and have one or more diodes for mis-wire protection. Each transmit circuit may have a tunable R-C network for limiting RF emissions. Each slave/sensor/interface may receive data and power over the two-wire bus.
US07966434B2
Disclosed is a printing apparatus including a priority identifier establishment unit. More particularly, the printing apparatus, processing an instruction designated by a priority identifier before another instruction, includes the priority identifier establishment unit that allows a priority identifier to be designated in various forms and methods. Since the priority identifier can be established in various forms and methods, the printing apparatus can achieve enhanced flexibility and effect in priority processing.
US07966430B2
A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one of the memory devices of the system memory, and further including a memory device interface for coupling to the memory devices, the memory device interface coupling memory requests to the memory devices for access to at least one of the memory devices. A switch for selectively coupling the link interface and the memory device interface is further included in the memory hub. Additionally, a direct memory access (DMA) engine is coupled through the switch to the memory device interface to generate memory requests for access to at least one of the memory devices to perform DMA operations.
US07966425B2
Compression of message headers. A message including an uncompressed header, a message including a compressed header or a request to support header compression is received. In response, a determination of the impact of header compression on performance is determined. If the determination is favorable, then header compression is supported for subsequent communications. However, if the determination is not favorable, then header compression is not supported for subsequent communications. If the impact of header compression on performance is determined to be favorable, then an identifier for a reference header is returned. The identifier is for use in a subsequent compressed header. The subsequent compressed header comprises the identifier and changes relative to the reference header. A server receives a message including a compressed header. The server determines whether it has sufficient memory or storage to support header compression. If so, the server handles the message, but if not, the server refuses to handle the message or notifies a sender of the message that it will not support header compression for subsequent messages.
US07966420B2
Techniques for providing connectivity fault management (CFM) for a multi-tiered network are described herein. In one embodiment, a link trace message (LTM) is received at a provider edge (PE) router and originated from a first Ethernet node and destined to a second Ethernet node, where the PE router interfaces an Ethernet and a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network. In response, the PE router initiates an MPLS trace session, including generating an MPLS trace message based on the LTM message to one or more MPLS nodes along a path between the first and second Ethernet nodes within the MPLS network. Subsequently, in response to one or more MPLS trace reply messages from the MPLS nodes of the MPLS network, the PE router generates a first link trace reply (LTR) message and sends the first LTR message to the first Ethernet node over the Ethernet. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US07966417B2
Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent TCP offload with a user space library are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include collecting TCP segments in a network interface card (NIC) without transferring state information to a host system. When an event occurs that terminates the collection of TCP segments, a single aggregated TCP segment based on the collected TCP segments may be generated. The aggregated TCP segment may be posted directly to a user space library, bypassing kernel processing of the aggregated TCP segment.
US07966414B2
A computer-implemented method for tunneling content across a network in which the content has been configured into a digital format compatible with a player. Prior to starting a broadcast session, an announcement is transmitted across the network which contains control information concerning the broadcast session. The control information permits controlled reception of the configured content and includes a start-time. The configured content is encapsulated into a format that supports multicast distribution and controlled reception at particular machines. The configured content is multicast across the network in the encapsulated format to a multiplicity of machines in accordance with the start-time included in the announcement. The control information is used to selectively permit reception at particular ones of the multiplicity of machines, and the encapsulation is stripped from the multicast transmission at the particular machines. As a result, the multicast of the encapsulated data is compatible with the players on the particular machines. A system for implementing UDP tunneling multicasting method is also disclosed.
US07966413B2
A method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol is provided. The method includes providing an extensible markup language (XML) schema for the protocol of the PLC. In another aspect, a method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol includes utilizing the schema to validate at least one XML file parsed from a comma separated variable (CSV) file created by a configuration tool for a protocol different than the protocol of the PLC. In another aspect, a method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol includes utilizing the schema to validate at least one XML file parsed from a comma separated variable (CSV) file created by a configuration tool.
US07966409B1
A protection CMTS is available to immediately service a cable modem should that modem's service from a working CMTS fail for any reason. To speed the service transfer (cutover) from the working CMTS to the protection CMTS, the cable modem may preregister with the protection CMTS well before the cutover becomes necessary. The cable modem's registration with both the working CMTS and the protection CMTS preferably employs a single IP address, so that the cable modem need not obtain a new IP address during cutover. While the cable modem may register with both the working CMTS and the protection CMTS, the devices are designed or configured so that only the working CMTS injects a host route for the cable modem into the appropriate routing protocol. Only after cutover to the protection CMTS does the protection CMTS inject its host route.
US07966398B2
Systems and methods for recording and replaying client-server transactions on selected clients in order to gauge the performance of the client-server system from the perspective of the client. In one embodiment, a method comprises playing back a set of recorded transactions on a client, monitoring selected performance-related parameters at the client, and transmitting monitored data to the server for analysis or for viewing by a system administrator. The set of transactions is recorded on a first client by replacing a standard Internet transaction driver (e.g., WinInet.DLL) with a modified driver that is configured to intercept function calls. The function calls and corresponding parameters are recorded in a file which is later transmitted to a client, where the recorded transaction information is used to reproduce the transactions on the client. As the transactions are played back, performance data may be monitored and forwarded to a management server for analysis, display, etc.
US07966394B1
A system for coordinating information between management entities includes a CIMOM registry broker storing registration information for CIMOMs in the system. The CIMOM registry broker is operable to extract objects from at least some of the CIMOMs in response to a request from an entity external to the system. The CIMOM registry broker is also operable to correlate information in the extracted objects into a single response table, and send the single response table to the entity external to the system. The system also includes a plurality of agents, wherein each agent is associated with one of the CIMOMs and is operable to communicate information from the CIMOMs to the CIMOM registry broker. The system also includes at least one management channel providing bidirectional communication between the CIMOM registry broker and the agents in the system.
US07966392B2
This invention aims to provide a technique that, in wireless network environments, enables the Manager to collect network management information (MIB data in the case of SNMP based network management), which the Agent has stored during periods of disconnection, after connectivity to the mobile nodes has recovered. In a wireless network environment, the Agent (201) has a unit for storing the management information related to network devices with appropriate label information, while the Manager (101) has a unit for sending the Agent a request for a label-specified data, and getting the data which the Agent has stored in Management Information Store 207. The above unit enables the Manager (101) to seamlessly collect the information pertaining to the period of disconnection, which the Agent (201) has stored in Management Information Store 207, after detecting recovery of the connectivity.
US07966387B1
The present disclosure provides a system that comprises a proxy server configured to receive a first service request message, to keep a message count based on an Internet protocol (IP) address, to drop the first service request message if the message count reaches a threshold, to build one or more executable, complex objects using more than one data items from the first service request message and an object definition schema, and to produce a second service request message by executing the one or more executable, complex objects. The system also provides a mobile device that includes an application manager, wherein the proxy server is configured to send the second service request message to a designated port on the mobile device, wherein the application manager is configured to listen on the designated port and in response to receiving the second service request message on the designated port, to wake up a provisioning application associated with the designated port, and wherein the provisioning application is configured to initiate provisioning one or more personalized data items into the mobile device.
US07966384B2
A real-time interactive system and method for updating infrastructure information, and using the same to implement new changes to the infrastructure, can utilize a wireless enabled portable data collection device for capturing infrastructure information in the field at an access interface; an infrastructure information database containing previously recorded infrastructure information, if any; a remote server communicating with the portable data collection device and the infrastructure information database; wherein infrastructure information is wirelessly communicated to the remote server and the remote server controls a real-time interactive session with the portable data collection device to verify previously recorded infrastructure information, update the infrastructure information database with the current infrastructure information, and facilitate making the new changes using updated infrastructure information. The portable data collection device can be a cell phone having a camera, for capturing the images, and a GPS receiver, for obtaining GPS data associated with the access interface.
US07966378B2
A system and method for scheduling, and reminding people receiving care (PRC) about upcoming events uses a remote computer-based interface that allows a Caregiver at a remote location to schedule the events for the PRC. The PRC has in their residence (or other location) a device that prompts the PRC, by an audio and/or video prompt, so as to “nudge” the PRC, asking whether they intend to participate in a pre-scheduled event. A man-machine interface, such as a two input keypad containing one button labeled “yes” and another button labeled “no”, the remote Caregiver is able to monitor the responses of the electronic “nudges” offered by the system to the PRC. In turn, the device used by the remote Caregiver accumulates the responses and creates a history of the level of activity the person has indicated in which they wish to participate.
US07966372B1
In order to provide third party verification of the content and delivery of an electronic message such as an e-mail, a server receives the e-mail intended to be sent or forwarded to a specified addressee, and “tags” the message to indicate that it is “registered” with the provider of the service. The server then establishes a direct telnet connection with the addressee's Mail User Agent (MUA), and transmits the tagged e-mail to the addressee's MUA, as well as to the MUA's of any other addressees. After receiving responses from the receiving MUA's that the message was successfully received, the server then creates and forwards to the message originator an electronic receipt. The receipt includes one or more, and preferably all of, the following: the original message including any original attachments; a delivery success/failure table listing which addressee's MUA's successfully received the message and at what time, and for which MUA's there was a delivery failure; and a digital signature corresponding to the message and attachments. By receiving the receipt at a later date and verifying that the digital signature matches the message and related information, the operators of the system can provide independent third party verification that the receipt is a genuine product of their system and that the information pertaining to content and delivery of the message is accurate, without the need to archive either the original message or the receipt.
US07966370B1
Various embodiments herein include one or more of systems, methods, software, and/or data structures to create collaboration enabled client applications. In some embodiments, web services are provided on one or more servers that may be called by processes within client applications to facilitate collaboration within a workspace, such as directly within a computer application. Some such web services may be application and data-agnostic, meaning that such web services are not aware of or do not care where application collaboration service calls come from, what their destination application is, or what data is being communicated. These web services, in some such embodiments, may be properly called by an authorized user. Virtual meeting places referred to as rooms may be created dynamically and may each include one or more collaborative services. To facilitate the dynamic creation of new rooms, room templates may be provided which allow new rooms to be easily and automatically created. The room templates may store state information for the pre-existing rooms from which they are based. Such state information may include collaboration services, configurations of the collaboration services, data messages that have been saved by the pre-existing room, as well as other features.
US07966364B2
A first virtual server is moved from a first network location to a second network location without interrupting service to users of the first virtual server. The state and data of the first virtual server are copied and transmitted to the second network location to create a copy of the first virtual server. The first virtual server copy is then updated to duplicate the first virtual server and all connections or packets directed to the first virtual server are intercepted and directed to the first virtual server copy at the second network location. A DNS entry for the symbolic name of the first virtual server is updated to reflect a shortened TTL value and then the address field of the DNS entry is set to the address of the first virtual server copy after the changeover and subsequent connections are directed to the first virtual server copy.
US07966350B2
An evidence repository application system provides a centralized repository of implementation evidence data for a project and to provide a method for collecting, storing and tracking the implementation evidence data for the project. The evidence repository application system receives and stores evaluation data regarding the implementation evidence data. The evidence repository application system generates interactive reports summarizing the evaluation data for a project. The evidence repository application system implements a consistent approval process for a project with identified accountable managers and evidence providers. The evidence repository application system also implements an accountability process that notifies accountable managers and evidence providers of their roles and responsibilities for a project.
US07966343B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide one or more hardware-friendly data structures that enable efficient hardware acceleration of database operations. In particular, the present invention employs a column-store format for the database. In the database, column-groups are stored with implicit row ids (RIDs) and a RID-to-primary key column having both column-store and row-store benefits via column hopping and a heap structure for adding new data. Fixed-width column compression allow for easy hardware database processing directly on the compressed data. A global database virtual address space is utilized that allows for arithmetic derivation of any physical address of the data regardless of its location. A word compression dictionary with token compare and sort index is also provided to allow for efficient hardware-based searching of text. A tuple reconstruction process is provided as well that allows hardware to reconstruct a row by stitching together data from multiple column groups.
US07966339B2
A method and system for globally distributing a service containing digital content are provided. The method includes receiving original content existing in each local area from at least one content provider, generating metadata in a first local language using the received original content, converting the metadata into a universal language, and transmitting the converted metadata and at least a portion of the original content to the global MSP.
US07966338B2
The present invention outlines a novel approach to utilizing the results of genomic sequence information by computer-directed polynucleotide assembly based upon information available in databases such as the human genome database. Specifically, the present invention may be used to select, synthesize and assemble a novel, synthetic target polynucleotide sequence encoding a target polypeptide. The target polynucleotide may encode a target polypeptide that exhibits enhanced or altered biological activity as compared to a model polypeptide encoded by a natural (wild-type) or model polynucleotide sequence.
US07966333B1
A facility for populating a segment from a population of individuals is described. The facility accesses two or more fact tables, each containing data about attributes of a number of users who are members of a number of arbitrary user groups. The facility generates a number of column chunks from each fact table. Each column chunk contains data about a single attribute of users that are members of a single arbitrary user group. The facility applies a segment membership test that tests particular user attributes to each arbitrary user groups in turn. In doing so, the facility collects the generated column chunks that contain data about attributes of users that are members of the current arbitrary user group tested by the segment membership test. The facility applies the segment membership test to the collected column chunks to identify individuals within the arbitrary user group that satisfy the segment membership test.
US07966332B2
The present invention relates to a method of generating a distributed text index for parallel query processing by a number of nodes. A set of node indices is generated for text indexing a set of documents, each node text index covering a subset of the documents. For each node text index, a local frequency measure for each term of the node text index is calculated on the basis of a frequency of documents containing the term in the subset of the documents of the node. A global frequency measure for each term is calculated on the basis of a frequency of documents containing the term in the set of documents. A quality measure for each node text index is calculated on the basis of the local frequency measures of the terms of the node and the global frequency measure of the terms of the node.
US07966325B2
An improved system and method for ranking search results using social information is provided. A social information ranking engine may be provided to rerank a list of URLs of web pages in search results from a search engine using social information. To do so, the search query may be applied to a social information domain and a second list of references to web pages may be obtained as search results. A dimensional vector of users with the plurality of terms may be constructed using search results from social information domain, and a similarity measure may be computed between the references to web pages obtained from search results by the search engine and the references to web pages obtained from search results by the social information ranking engine. The score from the similarity measure may then be used to rerank the list of references to web pages.
US07966316B2
In a question answering system, the system identifies a type of question input by a user. The system then generates answer summaries that summarize answers to the input question in a format that is determined based on the type of question asked by the user. The answer summaries are output, in the corresponding format, in answer to the input question.
US07966315B2
A database query optimization method is provided for database queries that include predicates, the queries being directed to at least one database table having data in rows and columns. The method includes associating a lineage bit set with each row of the database table, the lineage bit set providing a binary predicate state indication whether each predicate is met or are not met by data in the row. A dependency bit set is established to provide a binary indication of the predicates that are included in each query. Queries are applied against the database table by a logical operation between the lineage bit set and the dependency bit set. A database query optimization data structure includes a lineage bit set associated with each row in the database table. The lineage bit set provides a binary predicate state indication whether each predicate is met or are not met by data in the row. The data structure further includes a dependency bit set that provides a binary indication of the predicates included in each query.
US07966314B2
A system for use with an information retrieval system, in which system is used for transforming a database statement containing a first subquery and a second subquery joined together, the first subquery including a group by operation over a child subquery, the information retrieval system comprising means for removing the first subquery from the database statement thereby eliminating the join between the first subquery and the second subquery.
US07966306B2
Performing location-aware search involves intercepting a network request targeted for an Internet-based search engine. The network request includes a location-dependent query containing a location term, and the location term cannot be used by the search engine to positively determine a target location. A location descriptor that can be used by the search engine to positively determine a target location is determined via a location database. The location database may include a location sensor such as GPS. The network request is modified to replace the location term with the location descriptor, and the modified network request is sent to the search engine.
US07966305B2
In a method for information access, search, and retrieval over a data communication system generally, wherein a query is applied to a set of documents, a result set of the matching documents and query-dependent subsections of the matching documents are identified. The method comprises computing summary information on document scopes, values and associated weights across the result sets and weighting the values with a summary value metric which provides a measure of the probability of a value. In a search engine (100) capable of supporting and implementing the above method, the search engine comprises as per se known subsystems for performing search and retrieval in the form of one or more core search engines (101), a content application programming interface (102), a content analysis stage (103) and a client application programming interface (106) connected to the core search engine (101) via query analysis and result analysis stages (105; 106). In addition the search engine (100) for supporting the above method comprises a first module (108) for specifying summary value metrics (SVMs), second and third modules (109; 110) for creating scopes and for assigning summary value metrics (SVMs) to the created scopes, and a fourth module (111) for indexing scopes, values and SVMs.
US07966303B2
A data processing apparatus includes a setting part for setting a combination including location data indicating the location of a data source located in a target data item and a designated process corresponding to the location data, an acquiring part for acquiring the target data item and a data processing part for obtaining data from the data source located at the location indicated by the location data by referring to the combination set by the setting part and performing the designated process corresponding to the location data on the target data item in accordance with the combination by using the data obtained from the data source.
US07966302B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing resource locks and provide method, system and computer program product for managing long-lived resource locks. In a first embodiment, a data processing system for managing long-lived resource locks can include one or more work items disposed in a database of work items, each of the work items including a lock time and a lock flag. The system also can include one or more worker tasks in a work system enabled to access the work items and to assert locks on the work items. Notably, the system can include a stale lock detection task in an administration system enabled to detect and release stale locks in the work items. Finally, the system can include a lock assertion task in the work system enabled to maintain locks on the work items on behalf of corresponding ones of the worker tasks utilizing the work items.
US07966295B2
A system and method for updating a plurality of subscribers served by a server. The system includes a server and a database coupled to the server. The database has link elements organized into a linked list. The link elements include a plurality of data link elements associated with data entries. Additionally, the link elements include at least one marker link element not associated with any data entry. The subscriber communicates with the server. The server steps through the plurality of link elements for updated entries, determines if each stepped link element is a data link element, formats the updated data associated with the data link element and appends the formatted data to an update message. The update message, at a specified time, is sent to at least one subscriber. In addition, a marker link element is inserted at a specified position in the linked list to indicate update of the linked list.
US07966286B2
A method of reusing an object type in a computing environment, the method comprising accepting modifications made to an object type at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type, the object type comprising schema and behaviors, wherein the modifications are made to at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site; applying the modifications made to the at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site to an object type schema and behavior at a destination data site in a second computing environment, the object type at the destination data site corresponding to the object type at the source data site; and applying the modifications to an existing object created based on the object type at the destination data site in the second computing environment.
US07966285B2
A method of synchronizing databases between multiple users in a peer-to-peer network is disclosed. The method comprises extracting changes from a source database of one of the users. Next, the changes are compressed and sent to the other users in the peer-to-peer network in parallel. Finally, the changes are decompressed and replicated on the database of each of the other users. In this respect, the databases of the other users will contain all changes from the source database.
US07966276B2
A controller is provided, operable to control a system on the basis of measurement data received from a plurality of sensors indicative of a state of the system, with at least partial autonomy, but in environments in which it is not possible to fully determine the state of the system on the basis of such sensor measurement data. The controller, includes: a system model, defining at least a set of probabilities for the dynamical evolution of the system and corresponding measurement models for the plurality of sensors of the system; a stochastic estimator operable to receive measurement data from the sensors and, with reference to the system model, to generate a plurality of samples each representative of the state of the system; a rule set corresponding to the system model, defining, for each of a plurality of possible samples representing possible states of the system, information defining an action to be carried out in the system; and an action selector, operable to receive an output of the stochastic estimator and to select, with reference to the rule set, information defining one or more corresponding actions to be performed in the system.
US07966275B2
A method and system for controlling a card game artificial intelligence (AI), which plays in a set pattern by a game designer, and enables a play pattern reflecting a recent game trend of garners to be played by a game AI. Also, a method and system which can execute the card game AI in a pattern where a play trend of the gamer is reflected with respect to a particular game situation.
US07966273B2
Apparatus and methods to perform downhole fluid analysis using an artificial neural network are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves obtaining a first formation fluid property value of a formation fluid sample from a downhole fluid analysis process. The first formation fluid property value is provided to an artificial neural network, and a second formation fluid property value of the formation fluid sample is generated by means of the artificial neural network.
US07966268B2
A method of assessing a signal to identify particular signal characteristics comprises application of machine learning to multi-dimensional histograms derived from multi-tap sampling of the signal. The signal is sampled from at least two tap points to retrieve a sample set, and the at least two tap points are adapted to retrieve distinct samples from the signal, such as time spaced samples or spectrally distinct samples. Multiple sample sets are retrieved from the signal over time. The at least two dimensional histogram is built from the joint probability distribution of the plurality of sample sets. A machine learning algorithm then processes the multi-dimensional histogram, and is trained to predict a value of at least one characteristic of the signal.
US07966263B2
A mobile communications device is described which includes an input sensor, a memory unit, processing unit, and an antenna configured to wirelessly transmit and receive financial account data for a transaction. The antenna is configured to receive a request for data stored on the memory unit, and may also be configured to induce a voltage from a magnetic field to power certain components of the device. The input sensor may control whether the components can be so powered from the magnetic field. Alternatively, input from the input sensor may otherwise control the functionality of the device. By way of example, data representative of an input received by the input sensor may be transmitted in addition to the requested data.
US07966259B1
Customers make purchases from online merchants using personal information, such as payment and shipping information, stored with an online information service. The merchants may optionally report information about each customer's purchases back to the information service, which may incorporate the information into a history page that is accessible to the customer. The information service may also use the aggregated purchase history data to generate an “interests” profile for the customer, which may be disseminated to the merchants and used to customize their web sites. The web pages of the merchants may include a reference to an object, such as a graphic, that is served by the information service. For customers that are registered with the information service, this object may be customized with the name of the customer, and may be selectable by the customer to make single-action purchases.
US07966258B2
A system for expediting the deposit, settlement and submission into the payment system for collection of funds represented of commingled paper and electronic financial instruments that are received by a payee at a location remote from the payee's collecting and clearing bank in which the instruments are separated at a payer's location where and the separated instruments accompanied by cash letters are delivered into the payment system and the payments' deposit with the collecting and clearing bank is coordinated with the timing of a settlement of accounts in the payment system.
US07966248B2
In one aspect, the invention comprises a method comprising: (1) selling a note to an investor for a specified amount; and (2) using proceeds from selling the note to purchase (a) one or more zero coupon municipal bonds, and (b) an option on at least one of the group comprising: a hedge fund, a fund of funds, and a hedge fund index; wherein the note entitles the investor to substantially all of the returns on the one or more bonds and on the option, wherein the one or more bonds are configured to provide a return substantially equal to the specified amount, and wherein the option is a European option. This option can be a variable option.
US07966244B1
A data feed from an electronic exchange carries certain pieces of market information. Software at the trading station receives the data feed and computes an effective bid price and/or an effective ask price based on a particular quantity to trade. Then, the effective bid price and/or effective ask price are indicated to the user. An effective bid price is an average price at which a certain quantity could be sold based on current market conditions. An effective ask price is an average price at which a certain quantity could be bought based on current market conditions. Depending on the available quantities in the market, the effective prices may represent spreads different from the actual spread of the inside market. Additionally, a derivative of price, such as yield, may be used to compute other types of effective bid and/or ask information.
US07966239B2
Disclosed herein are systems that permit players of a video game to secure contracts in-game using, e.g., credit systems such as credit cards or other financial instruments. Virtual and/or real world financial penalties can be applied to players and/or player characters who default on agreements.
US07966238B2
An investment structure for multiple classes of investors that combines the advantages of both the master feeder structure and the reverse master feeder structure with segregated accounts. In particular, an investment structure is formed in which investors invest in a common fund. The common fund, in turn, opens a common prime brokerage account, having at least three sub-accounts, for example: an unlevered account; one or more levered accounts and a general trading account. The prime broker provides class loans to the levered account and margin loans to the general trading account. To the extent class loans are provided to the levered account, levered investors will participate in the returns on the general account as if the levered investors invested capital plus the amount of any class loans to that levered account. The unlevered investors will participate in the returns on the general trading account on the basis of their capital contributions alone. The prime broker will have no recourse against any assets of any account other than the levered account as a result of a default or margin call of the levered account. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the investment structure is structured as a fund of funds, in which multiple classes of investors invest, which, in turn, invests in multiple investment funds, or a fund that employs alternative investment strategies that overlay the basic trading strategies. In this embodiment, a credit facility is established with the equivalent of three sub-accounts as discussed above.
US07966232B2
With the computer-aided performance of a work process in response to an order, in which billing information is prepared as a function of the urgency of the performance of the work process, automatically amended billing information is provided as a function of the urgency information supplied in the event of a change to the order of urgency after the placing of the order for the work process and the corresponding adaptation of the performance of the work process.
US07966219B1
A recommendation appliance, system and method are provided for generating and deploying additional web page content or functionality (e.g., retail recommendations) to an existing web page server system. For example, the present invention may be embodied as a reverse proxy server that is inserted as an intermediate network node between a web server and the end users accessing the web server. In this position, the recommendation appliance can introduce recommendation messages to web pages generated by the web server without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server. In addition, the appliance may separately track the transaction activities of end users who receive recommendation messages and the transaction activities of end users who do not receive recommendation messages, so that a comparison of the effectiveness of the recommendations may efficiently be demonstrated without requiring any modification to the code or architecture of the web server.
US07966211B2
Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias.
US07966210B2
A method for distributing data among automotive dealers, including selecting the data from the dealers, processing the data, and providing the processed data to the dealers while maintaining confidentiality of individual data of each dealer. The selecting of the data further includes collecting data indicating which vehicles are in demand. The data includes at least one of a number of a vehicle's make a dealer has in stock, a vehicle identification number, a vehicle's year, a vehicle's make, a vehicle's model, a vehicle's body style, a vehicle's exterior color, a vehicle's interior color, a vehicle's mileage, a vehicle's retail asking price, a vehicle's transactions cost, a vehicle's reconditioning cost, a vehicle's age, a vehicle's selling price, a vehicle's gross profit, an acquisition need of a vehicle, a selling need of a vehicle, a vehicle's image, a vehicle's turnover rate, or an aggregate of any of the above-listed data. The distributed data may provide optimization on return on investments to the dealers.
US07966200B1
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the modeling of insurance coverage. Coverage parameters of a policy are displayed as graphical elements within a user interface (UI) of a computing device along with a plurality of claim scenario parameters for selection by a user. Once selected, the claim scenario parameters are applied to relevant claim data and a claim scenario is generated. The claim scenario is then applied to the policy coverage parameters of the policy to determine and graphically display coverage parameter disparities, which are then graphically modified to offset any coverage parameter disparities. As coverage parameters are modified, corresponding adjustments to the premium of the current policy are made and displayed within the UI. A resulting policy is generated, using the modified coverage parameters of the current policy and adjusted premiums, and then fulfilled, electronically or physically.
US07966199B1
A method for identifying a geographic condition zone, involving receiving a request for claim data, obtaining the claim data associated with a plurality of users, wherein the claim data comprises location data, filtering the claim data using a predefined condition to obtain filtered claim data, mapping the filtered claim data and the location data to appropriate locations in a geographic context to obtain mapped filtered claim data, and transmitting the geographic context comprising the mapped filtered claim data.
US07966193B2
Closed-loop control is applied to the field of automated on-line business bandwidth planning tools by comparing measured business bandwidth with a baseline for providing a difference indication, changing the baseline according to the difference, and reporting the change as an event relating to a service level agreement.
US07966192B2
One embodiment of the invention allows a merchant to obtain a request sent by an investigator for supporting documentation or information and reply with a scanned document in reply to the investigator's request. The investigator can then process the scanned document and/or merchant response and quickly and efficiently resolve a disputed payment transaction.
US07966184B2
Systems and methods for an audio-based content management, navigation and retrieval system are provided. The system translates and organizes content, for example text, Podcasts, RSS, pictures, video, into audio output, and provides intelligent access to the content for use on the internet, mobile phones, MP3 devices, or other digital devices. A user may listen to and navigate content by listening to streaming audio and performing simple keystroke or audio commands from an Internet enabled or other digital device.
US07966177B2
The invention relates to a method for recognizing a phonetic sound sequence or a character sequence, e.g. according to the ASCII standards, comprising the following steps: a) the sequence is fed to a neural network, b) in said neural network, a sequence of characteristics is formed from the phonetic sequence or character sequence, by taking into consideration phonetic and/or lexical stored information and/or based on a character string sequence (blank characters), c) the character sequence thus formed is compared with a characteristic combination that has a defined statement content, said combination being formed from stored lexical and semantic information, based on the characteristic sequence, d) step c is repeated using new character combinations until, by the reduction of contradictions, a character combination is found that at least largely corresponds with the character sequence, e) the statement content of the character combination with the least number of contradictions is output as the result and/or an action assigned to the statement content is carried out.
US07966175B2
Methods, devices, and systems for coding and decoding audio are disclosed. Digital samples of an audio signal are transformed from the time domain to the frequency domain. The resulting transform coefficients are coded with a fast lattice vector quantizer. The quantizer has a high rate quantizer and a low rate quantizer. The high rate quantizer includes a scheme to truncate the lattice. The low rate quantizer includes a table based searching method. The low rate quantizer may also include a table based indexing scheme. The high rate quantizer may further include Huffman coding for the quantization indices of transform coefficients to improve the quantizing/coding efficiency.
US07966173B2
A system and method for restoration of diacritics includes making classification decisions regarding an utterance in accordance with an aggregate of a plurality of information sources in a diacritization model for diacritic restoration. A best diacritic representation is determined for graphemes in the utterance based upon a best match with the diacritization model. A diacritically restored representation of the utterance is output.
US07966171B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer-readable media for using a local communication network to generate a speech model. The method includes retrieving for an individual a list of numbers in a calling history, identifying a local neighborhood associated with each number in the calling history, truncating the local neighborhood associated with each number based on the at least one parameter, retrieving a local communication network associated with each number in the calling history and each phone number in the local neighborhood, and creating a language model for the individual based on the retrieved local communication network. The generated language model may be used for improved automatic speech recognition for audible searches as well as other modules in a spoken dialog system.
US07966168B2
A method for sizing components of a motor control system powered by a power supply includes receiving an upper nominal line voltage parameter for the power supply. A lower nominal line voltage parameter for the power supply is received. A first performance measure of the motor control system is determined based on the upper nominal line voltage parameter. A second performance measure of the motor control system is determined based on the lower nominal line voltage parameter. Components suitable for use in the motor control system are identified based on at least the first and second performance measures.
US07966167B2
A design support method of inspecting control on an image forming apparatus based on a simulation result of operation control on a virtual device which is modeled to simulate operation of the image forming apparatus includes the steps of referring to control definition information for determining whether an operation request is proper with respect to a virtual device for which the operation request is input, in accordance with an operating state of the virtual device, and determining, based on the control definition information referred to in the referring step whether operation of the virtual device can be performed.
US07966165B2
The soil-water coupled analysis program of the invention computes a global L matrix and a modified global L matrix regarding a volume change rate of a soil skeleton over time, a global H matrix regarding a water permeability of soil, a global M matrix regarding a mass, and a global K matrix regarding a tangent stiffness of the soil skeleton, based on input settings of soils, such as clay, intermediate soil, and sand, to respective elements of a soil foundation, input settings of a solid soil model, and input settings of analysis conditions (steps S140 to S165). The soil-water coupled analysis program formulates a global tangent stiffness equation (simultaneous linear equations) using all these computed matrixes and determines an unknown ‘jerk field’ and a ‘pore water pressure field’ under given boundary conditions, for example, a given deformation condition and a given stress rate condition (step S170). This enables highly-accurate dynamic and static analyses in soil foundations of various soils from sand to intermediate soils and clay.
US07966161B1
A mechanism for processing events in a modeling environment is discussed. Embodiments of the invention identify multiple entities in a model, at least one of which includes an associated event. A combination entity is created from the identified entities with the combination entity including at least one event derived from the associated events. The combination entity is processed based upon the occurrence of at least one derived event.
US07966160B2
An improved user modeling server for use in media delivery networks, wherein a plurality of applications exchange usage data via at least one user modeling server. The user modeling server has an associated function for regulating exchange of usage data between any of a first application and a second application in the set, wherein the function defines: whether the usage data are provided by the first application to the second application, and a degree of trust acknowledged by the second application to the provided usage data. The function is in the form of a bi-directional relationship, wherein any of the first and second applications is configured for accepting, refusing or negotiating the relationship. The function is preferably configured for valuating the usage data, and defining debit and credit values each application has in respect to usage data exchanged with other applications in the set.
US07966142B2
A method for assessing metrology tool accuracy is described. Multi-variable regression is used to define the accuracy of a metrology tool such that the interaction between different measurement parameters is taken into account. A metrology tool under test (MTUT) and a reference metrology tool (RMT) are used to measure a set of test profiles. The MTUT measures the test profiles to generate a MTUT data set for a first measurement parameter. The RMT measures the test profiles to generate RMT data sets for the first measurement parameter, and at least a second measurement parameter. Multi-variable regression is then performed to generate a best-fit plane for the data sets. The coefficient of determination (R2 value) represents the accuracy index of the MTUT.
US07966138B2
The method for creating a test pattern and calculating a fault coverage or the like of the present invention is characterized by creating bridging fault voltage information indicating a voltage of a bridging assumed on the wire derived from an output terminal of a cell, calculating a logical threshold of an input terminal of the cell, extracting bridging fault information on an adjacent wire pair, calculating a detection limit resistance value using the logical threshold, adding the detection limit resistance value to bridging fault voltage information, creating extended bridging fault voltage information, creating a bridging fault list including a bridging fault type based on the extended bridging fault voltage information, creating a test pattern based on the bridging fault list, judging whether or not a bridging fault can be detected through this test pattern, creating fault detection information and calculating a weighted fault coverage based on the fault detection information and bridging fault generation information.
US07966137B2
The present invention provides a method for monitoring a condition of an electrical cable, the method including: providing a reference signal CH0 and a signal CH1, the signal CH1 being the reference signal CH0 after amplitude and phase modulation by a cable impedance ZDUT of the electrical cable; calculating the cable impedance ZDUT as a function of the applied signal frequency based on the reference signal CH0 and the signal CH1; and analyzing the cable impedance providing an assessment of the cable condition. A system performing the method is also disclosed.
US07966135B2
Techniques and devices are described to use spatially-varying curvature information of a layered structure to determine stresses at each location with non-local contributions from other locations of the structure. For example, a local contribution to stresses at a selected location on a layered structure formed on a substrate is determined from curvature changes at the selected location and a non-local contribution to the stresses at the selected location is also determined from curvature changes at all locations across the layered structure. Next, the local contribution and the non-local contribution are combined to determine the total stresses at the selected location.
US07966129B2
A vehicular control object determination system includes: a radar device for detecting an object that is present in the direction of travel of a vehicle; a travel locus estimator for estimating a future travel locus of the vehicle; a control object determiner for determining a control object based on a detection result obtained by the radar device, a future travel locus of the vehicle estimated by the travel locus estimator based on a vehicle speed and a yaw rate and predetermined control object determination conditions; and a swing rate detector for detecting a swing rate of side-to-side swing of the estimated travel locus. When the detected swing rate is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the control object determiner excludes from determination of a control object an object that is further than a predetermined distance. Therefore, when the swing rate is large and the estimation accuracy is lowered, an object that is farther than a predetermined distance is excluded from determination of a control object, thereby avoiding erroneous determination of a control object.
US07966126B2
A system includes a global positioning system receiver to determine position of a railroad vehicle, a predetermined track map of possible coordinates of the vehicle, motion sensors providing a positive bias error to determine change in location of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor to determine acceleration of the vehicle, and a processor to vitally determine the location and the location uncertainty of the vehicle on the track map. The processor verifies one motion sensor with another motion sensor, determines a slip or slide condition of the vehicle from one of the motion sensors, determines speed and position of the vehicle from the acceleration sensor during the slip or slide condition, verifies the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver based upon the track map, and corrects the positive bias error of the motion sensors using the position of the vehicle from the global positioning system receiver.
US07966123B2
A display device for a vehicle has a display unit that has a meter display area and a navigation display area. The meter display area displays vehicle operation condition, and the navigation display area displays travel route guidance. When a display color changes in the travel route guidance in the navigation display area, color of the vehicle operation condition in the meter display area is also changed so that the color of the travel route guidance becomes more eye-catching than the vehicle operation condition.
US07966112B1
Mileage tracking devices track a vehicle's mileage. A top is hingedly attached to a bottom in a “clamshell” design. The front of the top has an LCD touchscreen, and the front of the bottom has a keypad. The rear of the top has a solar panel, and the rear of the bottom has a battery compartment enclosing a rechargeable battery. One side of the bottom has a USB port, and the opposing side of the bottom has a power port that receives one end of a car charger. Voice recognition software and data are stored in memory accessed by a microprocessor. The mileage tracking device provides calculator, calendar, address book, mileage log, and car maintenance functions. The LCD touchscreen displays the current date and time and the level of charge of the rechargeable battery.
US07966110B2
A method includes detecting high-voltage faults, such as welded contactors or disconnected components, in a vehicle by measuring the total electrical impedance between positive and negative rails of a high-voltage bus and a ground or chassis, comparing the impedance before and after opening the contactors, and executing a maintenance response. The response includes setting an error code when the open impedance level is less than a threshold multiple of the closed impedance level. A vehicle includes a chassis, energy storage system (ESS), motor/generator, and a high-voltage bus conducting electrical current from the ESS to the motor/generator. Contactors are positioned along each of the rails of the bus, a device for measuring a total electrical impedance level between the chassis and each of the rails, and a controller for determining a welded contactor condition of at least one of the contactors based on the measured total electrical impedance level.
US07966109B2
A reminder device for alerting or triggering the memory of a vehicular occupant includes one or more visual, auditory and tactile indicators which the occupant associates with the presence of a person, pet, plant or inanimate object located in the vehicle.
US07966108B2
A method of checking the operating characteristics of an electronic unit (1) fitted on a wheel (2) of a vehicle (3) and adapted to transmit, to a central processing unit (7), data frames representative of operating parameters of the wheel according to a procedure for transmitting streams (A) of frames (a) consisting in ordering n successive transmissions of each data frame. This checking method consists in analyzing, on the transmission of each stream of data frames, the number m of data frames actually acquired by the central processing unit (7), so as to deduce from the successive analyses a reception ratio Tr representative of the ratios Σm/Σn, and in ordering the transmission, by the central processing unit (7), of a preventive indication when the reception ratio Tr becomes less than a predetermined reception threshold.
US07966103B2
A wind turbine and an associated method for controlling the output current from the wind turbine to an electric power grid and including the wind turbine and the method for controlling the current under conditions of grid voltage variations due to changing grid conditions as in the case when the wind turbine experiences and recovers from a fault.
US07966085B2
A system and method for providing an audio source to an audio hardware device is disclosed. The system includes a detection module to detect a first audio input and a selection module to selectively provide the first audio input at an audio output to an audio device after the first audio input has been detected. The system also includes an emulation module to provide hardware emulation information corresponding to feedback data of the audio device after the first audio input has been detected.
US07966083B2
A process of operating an automation system with an internet protocol based network includes receiving a user input to a client having a user interface implemented with Web Service for Devices (WSD) to initiate a series of scripted automation commands, executing the scripted automation commands by communicating the commands to at least one device implemented with WSD, and performing, with the at least one device, the scripted automation commands. The client is one of a personal computer, a television, a personal digital assistant, and a controller. The device is one of an audio system, a video system, an intercom system, a lighting system, a security system, and a HVAC system.
US07966081B2
Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a telemetry device. The remote monitoring center makes information concerning the individual system available through a website.
US07966077B2
An electrode assembly comprising a low-profile, low-volume elongate electrode carrier and a corresponding guide tube for introducing the carrier into the cochlea to place electrodes disposed at the distal end of the carrier at desired locations along the tonotopically-mapped cochlea. The electrode assembly facilitates intra- and extra-cochlea atraumatic implantation of the unobtrusive electrode carrier of the present invention thereby minimizing adverse impact to natural auditory functioning. For example, the electrode assembly may be utilized to implant the low-profile, low-volume elongate electrode carrier into the scala tympani without damaging the delicate structures of the cochlea and without interfering with the natural hydrodynamic nature of the cochlea such as the natural flow of perilymph in the cochlea canals. In one particular embodiment, the carrier is pre-curved to attain a perimodiolar position in the scala tympani to facilitate accurate delivery of electrical stimulation with a minimum stimulation current and power consumption.
US07966060B2
For determining autofluorescence of a clinically normal skin issue (7) of a patient, the tissue (7) is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation. An amount of fluorescent radiation emitted by the tissue (7) in response to the irradiation is measured and, in response thereto, a signal is generated which represents a determined autofluorescence in agreement with the measured amount of electromagnetic radiation. Because the tissue (7) is skin tissue (7) in vivo and irradiation is performed noninvasively, a method which is very simple to apply for determining autofluorescence is obtained. An apparatus especially adapted for use in this method is also described.
US07966056B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, in particular to a MRI method enabling early detection of myocardial ischemia and to compounds for use as MR contrast agents in the method.
US07966053B2
A method for performing spectroscopy using an interleaved readout for at least two species. A B0 field is applied. A first spatial-spectral (SPSP) position resolved spectroscopy sequence (PRESS) excitation with a sufficiently narrow band to excite a first species without exciting a second species is applied. A first readout that measures the first species is performed. A second SPSP PRESS excitation with a sufficiently narrow band to excite the second species without exciting the first species is applied. A second readout that measures the second species is performed.
US07966050B2
In a portable communication terminal capable of assuming a state where a first casing 1 and a second casing 2 connected rotatably overlap substantially and a state where they are rotated relative to each other by 90° from the former state, the second casing 2 including a display unit 3 is rotated by about 90°, so that the display unit 3 is made horizontally long, thus enabling the displaying with good visibility. At the same time, the rotation causes the first casing 1 at an upper edge thereof not to overlap with the second casing 2, and an antenna 5 is disposed at the not-overlapping portion, thus increasing an electrical volume of the antenna to provide broad-band and good antenna characteristics. Since the antenna 5 overlaps with the second casing 2 when in normal use, the antenna does not protrude, thus keeping the terminal compact and slim to provide excellent portability. In the portable communication unit provided with a rotatable casing including a display unit, the terminal as a whole can be kept compact so as not to let an antenna protrude therefrom both when in normal use and during standby, the display with a high level of visibility is enabled depending on the contents, and good antenna characteristics can be achieved.
US07966034B2
A mobile communications device has a wireless transceiver to facilitate communications, memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to analyze an audio file stored in the memory, and extract or generate synchronizing information from the audio file. The processor synchronizes one or more complementary multi-media effects, such as lights, a camera, or a tactile feedback generator, with the audio file based on the synchronizing information. Alternatively, a user may input synchronizing information about the audio file via an interface on the communications device. The processor may then control the complementary multi-media effects in synchronization with the input synchronizing information.
US07966029B2
Push-to-talk private call pre-emption may be applied in an application-to-person context or on a person-to-person context. A PTT subscriber may send a PTT server a pre-emption request indicating a desire to interrupt the application voice stream or another PTT subscriber, respectively. In an application-to-person context, the PTT server may revoke the floor from the application server and grant the floor to the requesting device. In a person-to-person context, the PTT server may send the other PTT subscriber a floor release request. Once the subscriber with the PTT floor releases it in response to the floor release request, the PTT server will be able to send an open floor signal back to the requesting subscriber.
US07966028B2
The throughput of communication is enhanced in a wireless base station device communicating with each of a plurality of terminal devices according to a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes by using any one channel of a plurality of channels. The wireless base station device communicating with each of a plurality of terminal devices according to a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes by using any one channel of a plurality of channels includes a modulation scheme selection unit (42) for selecting a modulation scheme that can be employed in a channel for at least some of unused channels among the plurality of channels; a communication speed comparison unit (44) for comparing a communication speed of the selected modulation scheme, and a communication speed of a modulation scheme of a currently communicating channel; and a channel switching unit (46) for switching the any one channel of the plurality of channels for performing communication from the currently communicating channel to any one channel of the at least some of unused channels according to the comparison results.
US07966025B1
Restrictions on use of a cellular telephone in a vehicle, such as an automobile, are imposed using a global position system (GPS) device to determine the location of a vehicle in relation to geographic regions in which legal or customer restrictions on cellular telephone use are to be imposed. Network or local short-range wireless transmitters supply information to a cellular telephone describing potentially applicable restriction information retrieved from network databases. In response, a cellular telephone determines applicability of such restrictions and applies them to further use of the cellular telephone while such restrictions continue to apply. Alternative arrangements allow vehicle-based or network based processing of region and restrictions information to yield command messages to cellular telephones to control their further use.
US07966023B2
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a telecommunication system to generate Interception Related Information IRI related to positioning activities involving a mobile subscriber/equipment MSA. The system provides information to an Intercept configuration unit ICU, collected from an Intercept Access Point IAP; MSC, GMLC that is associated to the monitored subscriber/equipment. The method comprises the following steps: receiving to the Intercept Access Point IAP; MSC, GMLC from the Intercept configuration unit ICU, a request to monitor the mobile subscriber/equipment MSA. Registration in the Intercept Access Point IAP; MSC, GMLC, of a positioning activity involving the monitored subscriber/equipment. Delivering information related to the positioning activity, from the Intercept Access Point IAP; MSC, GMLC to the Law Enforcement Agency LEA.
US07966009B2
The present invention discloses a method for determining the working status of a wireless network communication device. The method includes determining the probe request or broadcast packet or any wireless packet with its destination address equal to this AP address, and then determining whether extending the time interval of signal transmission based on the detection result. Next, when the device does not receive the probe requests or broadcast packet or any wireless packet with its destination address equal to this AP address within the first predetermined interval, the wireless network communication device will switch to the idle mode. Further, the step of the present invention includes determining whether awakening or shutdown the wireless network communication device based on the result of the detection of the probe request or broadcast packet or any wireless packet with its destination address equal to this AP address within the second predetermined interval.
US07966006B2
The present invention is a mobile phone having a non-telephone function (e.g. a radio function) that is different from a telephone function, and comprising: a non-telephone function unit (a radio functioning unit) operable to execute the non-telephone function; an auto-power-off control unit operable to cause a timer to operate during execution of the non-telephone function, and automatically stop the execution of the non-telephone function when the timer indicates an elapse of a predetermined time period; a telephone function unit operable to execute the telephone function; and a reset unit operable to reset the timer to an initial state each time a predetermined operation relating to the telephone function is executed. The present invention successfully reduces occurrences of unwanted auto power off during the time when the non-telephone function is in execution—for example, the auto power off of the radio function during the time when the user is listening to the radio.
US07966003B2
In one general sense, information may be presented to a user by receiving one or more ambiguous characters that may be resolved to one of at least two disambiguated characters, exchanging at least one of the ambiguous characters with a host, receiving, from the host, results that reflect disambiguated terms related to the ambiguous characters exchanged with the host, rendering the results in a manner enabling the user to perceive which of the disambiguated terms will be used upon user selection of an aspect of the results, and enabling the user to select an aspect of the results to effect use of a corresponding one of the disambiguated terms.
US07966002B2
Techniques are described for providing users of client devices with coordinated access to information and/or functionality of multiple types, such as by using multiple types of connections to multiple information services of distinct types that exchange context information related to activities of the users and/or clients. The client devices can be, for example, wireless devices with multiple distinct modes (e.g., voice and data modes) for different types of connections with different types of servers (e.g., voice servers and data servers). In some situations, coordination between different servers allows multiple distinct interaction sessions of different types with different servers to remain synchronized or otherwise coordinated over time as the user performs interactions via the different sessions. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and is not intended to be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US07966001B2
A system including a handheld mobile computing device and an external storage medium in communication with the mobile computing device, the storage medium having stored thereon preconfigured user information and security information.
US07965998B2
An apparatus in one example has: a telecommunication network operatively coupled to at least one mobile terminal; a handset data transfer module in the at least one mobile terminal; a mobile handset protection application server in the telecommunication network; and an emergency storage location operatively coupled to the mobile handset protection application server; wherein, if the mobile terminal is identified as being lost/stolen, the mobile handset protection application server communicates with the handset data transfer module to upload the handset data to the emergency storage location in the telecommunication network.
US07965991B2
A method, wireless communication device, and a base station calibrate relative phase of a plurality of output signals from respectively combined plurality of transmitters (302, 204) in the wireless device (102, 108). An output of a combiner (346) is disconnected (504) from an antenna port (306) of a wireless device (102, 108). A phase position of an output signal from one of the at least two transmitters is set to an initial phase position value (506). The phase position of the output signal is incremented by a given phase increment value until a final phase position value is reached (510). Occurrences of reverse power alarm events are monitored at the initial phase position value, at each incremental phase position value, and at the final phase position value (512). A phase position value for the output signal is selected (516).
US07965985B2
A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device may include a first station and a second station. The first station is coupled with the second station. The first and second stations are within a first cluster. The stations within the first cluster are configured to operate cooperatively to transmit or receive signals corresponding to the cluster over at least one channel. One of the stations transmits only data signals without transmitting a preamble or a MAP message.
US07965977B2
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described in which a WAP is coupled to an antenna unit and provides a wireless LAN. In one embodiment, the antenna unit includes at least one remote antenna circuit having one or more ports to receive a control signal and a transmit signal transmitted from the WAP located in a multi-tone transmitter-receiver. Each remote antenna circuit includes a transmit amplifier unit that amplifies the transmit signal, a receive amplifier unit that amplifies a receive signal, and control unit that receives the control signal. The control unit controls an operation of the transmit and the receive amplifier units to extend a range of the wireless WAP with the at least one remote antenna circuit.
US07965974B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image; plural developing devices that store respective developers of different colors and visualize the electrostatic latent image with the developers; a developing device switching mechanism that switches among the developing devices; a transfer unit that transfers a developer image visualized by the one of the developing devices to a recording medium; a fixing device that fixes the developer image transferred by the transfer unit onto the recording medium; a first transporter that transports in a first direction the recording medium with the developer image fixed thereon; a second transporter that transports in a second direction the recording medium with the developer image fixed thereon; and a transporter switching mechanism that switches between the first transporter and the second transporter in conjunction with an operation of the developing device switching mechanism for switching among the developing devices.
US07965971B2
Blades, printing apparatuses, replaceable cartridges and methods of treating substances on surfaces are disclosed. An embodiment of a blade for treating a substance on a surface of a component includes a body having a free end portion with a surface, and which is comprised of an elastomeric material. A bi-material spring is adapted to apply a load to the body such that the surface of the body treats the substance on the surface of the component.
US07965970B2
The fixing device includes: a fixing member including a conductive layer and fixing toner onto a recording medium with the conductive layer self-heated by electromagnetic induction; a drive unit rotationally driving the fixing member; a magnetic field generating member generating an alternate-current magnetic field intersecting with the conductive layer; a magnetic path forming member being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member, forming a magnetic path of the alternate-current magnetic field, and transmitting heat to the fixing member by being self-heated by electromagnetic induction; an induction member that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic path forming member, that induces magnetic field lines and that diffuses heat; and an elastic member having force in a direction to press the magnetic path forming member and the induction member against the inner peripheral surface of the fixing member.
US07965966B2
Disclosed are a transfer unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The apparatus can include multiple members configured to carry developer associated with color images. The transfer unit can include multiple rollers each disposed to opposingly face a respective corresponding one of the members, a belt interposed between the rollers and the members, and a device configured to support the rollers. The rollers can include a first roller at one end of the transfer unit, a second roller at an opposite end and one or more middle rollers arranged between the first and second rollers. The device can be configured such that a rotation center of the first roller and a rotation center of the second roller define a first plane and a rotation center of the one or more middle rollers defines a second plane parallel to but not co-planar with the first plane.
US07965965B2
Provided is a development device including: a development roller in which continuous spiraling inclined grooves having different inclinations with respect to an axial direction are formed so as to cross each other; and a feed roller which is in contact with the development roller and feeds toner to the development roller, wherein transportation force, which is used for transporting the toner on the development roller from one side to the other side of the axial direction of the development roller, is generated by the rotation of the feed roller.
US07965962B2
A developing device includes a developing housing that supports a developer carrier, and a developer cartridge. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is configured to accommodate developer, an agitator that is provided in the cartridge housing and is configured to agitate the developer by a driving force, and a transmission gear that is configured to transmit the driving force to the agitator. The developing housing comprises a moving gear that is movable between a meshing position in which the moving gear meshes with the transmission gear and a spaced-apart position in which the moving gear is spaced apart from the meshing position. The moving gear is configured to transmit the driving force from the transmission gear to the agitator.
US07965961B2
Electrographic printing of raised multidimensional toner shapes having a particular profile by electrographic techniques. Such electrographic printing comprises the steps of forming a desired print image, electrographically, on a receiver member utilizing predetermined sized marking particles; and, where desired, forming a final predetermined multidimensional shape utilizing marking particles of a predetermined size or size distribution.
US07965959B2
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer belt that conveys a toner image which has been transferred to an outer periphery face thereof; a transfer member that, at a contact portion, causes the toner image to be transferred from the outer periphery face of the transfer belt to a recording medium; an opposing roller that is disposed to oppose the transfer member at an inner periphery side of the transfer belt; an opposing belt that is wound round the opposing roller; and a tension member that is disposed at an upstream side of a conveyance direction of the transfer belt relative to the opposing roller, the opposing belt being wound round the tension member, and the tension member causing the opposing belt to touch against the inner side of the transfer belt at the upstream side relative to the contact portion.
US07965958B2
A developing device that supplies developer to an image carrier. In a developing device having a developer carrier that is driven in rotation by drive force applied to a gear provided on the shaft section thereof, the developer carrier being pressed in the direction of the image carrier, the effect of the gear drive force on the pressing force of the developer carrier onto the image carrier can be eliminated. The bearing that supports the shaft section is made slidable and the sliding direction of the bearing with respect to the direction of the drive force is set at about 90°.
US07965956B2
An image forming apparatus is provided with: a fusing unit which fuses an image transferred to a printing medium; a power supply which supplies power to the fusing unit; a switching unit which switches the power supplied to the fusing unit; and a controller which controls the switching unit to prevent the power from being supplied to the fusing unit in at least a section during initialization of the image forming apparatus.
US07965952B2
A disclosed remaining amount of developer detection device includes a remaining amount of developer detection section detecting a remaining amount of developer in a development device, an operation amount computation section computing an operation amount of the development device corresponding to a developer consumption amount, and a remaining amount detection control section accumulating the operation amount and detecting the remaining amount of developer based on the accumulated operation amount. In this device, when the remaining amount of developer detection section has detected the remaining amount of developer that has been reduced to a first threshold, the remaining amount detection control section initializes the accumulated operation amount and starts accumulating a new operation amount of the development device corresponding to a developer consumption amount, and determines whether the remaining amount of developer in the development device is in a toner-end status based on the new operation amount.
US07965951B2
An image recording apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a print engine; a fixing unit; a medium sensor that outputs a detection signal when a recording medium passes said medium sensor; and a controller that determines from the detection signal whether an abnormal transportation of the recording medium has occurred or not, wherein when said controller determines from the detection signal during continuous printing that a following one of two consecutive pages of recording medium remains in said print engine after removing a preceding one of the two consecutive pages that has been abnormally transported, said controller controls said fixing unit to a predetermined temperature and subsequently allows the following one of the two pages to pass through said fixing unit at a first speed so that the following one of the two pages is discharged from the image recording apparatus.
US07965946B2
A system and method are provided for calibrating skew in a multichannel optical transport network (OTN) transmission device. The method accepts a pair of 2n-phase shift keying (2nPSK) modulated signals via Ix and Qx electrical signal paths, where n>1. Likewise, a pair of 2p-PSK modulated signals are accepted via Iy and Qy electrical signal paths where p>1. The Ix, Qx, Iy, and Qy signals are correlated to a preamble/header portion of an OTN frame. A voltage on the Ix signal path is compared with Qx, and VO12 voltage is generated. A voltage on the Iy signal path is compared with Qy, and VO34 is generated. One of the Ix or Qx voltages is compared with one of Iy or Qy voltages to generate VOxy. Then, the VO voltages are minimized in response to adjusting time delay modules in the Ix, Qx, Iy, and Qy signals paths.
US07965941B2
A system and method are provided for controlling time delay in a multichannel optical transport network (OTN) transmission device using time domain reflectometry (TDR) measurements. The method accepts a pair of 2n-phase shift keying (2n-PSK) modulated signals via Ix and Qx electrical signal paths, where n>1. Likewise, a pair of 2p-PSK modulated signals are accepted via Iy and Qy electrical signal paths where p>1. Using TDR modules, signal reflections are measured from an output port for each signal path. The method minimizes time delay differences in the signal reflections for the Ix, Qx, Iy, and Qy signals paths by using the signal reflection measurements to adjust time delay modules in each signal path.
US07965932B2
An actuator includes a first barrel, a second barrel, a first magnetic portion, a second magnetic portion and a plurality of springs. The second barrel is received in the first barrel. The first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion are arranged between the first barrel and the second barrel. The first magnetic portion is fixed to the first barrel. The second magnetic portion is fixed to the second barrel. The first magnetic portion is opposite to the second magnetic portion. The first and second magnetic portions cooperatively drive the second barrel to move in the first barrel on the plane perpendicular to a central axis of the first barrel. The springs are elastically connected to the first barrel and to the second barrel, to provide a restoring force between the first barrel and the second barrel when the first barrel is not coaxial with the second barrel.
US07965927B2
In a heat treatment apparatus, a holding part moves upwardly to receive a semiconductor wafer transported into a chamber and placed on support pins. The semiconductor wafer held in close proximity to a light-transmittable plate by the holding part is preheated by a hot plate, and is then flash-heated by a flash of light emitted from flash lamps. Thereafter, the holding part moves downwardly to transfer the semiconductor wafer to the support pins, and the semiconductor wafer is transported out of the chamber. Then, a new semiconductor wafer is transported into the chamber. The holding part is adapted to perform such a series of operations of moving upwardly and downwardly also when in a standby condition pending the transport of the first semiconductor wafer in a lot into the chamber.
US07965924B2
A storage medium for recording subtitle information based on text corresponding to moving picture data having a plurality of playback routes and an apparatus for and a method of reproducing an image including subtitles corresponding to the data. The storage medium includes moving picture data having a plurality of playback routes; a plurality of subtitle data items corresponding to the playback routes and supporting random search for a subtitle; and mapping information linking the moving picture data and the subtitle data. Accordingly, compatibility with a bitmap image method that is a subtitle processing method of a DVD or a bluray disc can be maintained, and multiple story playback is enabled. When random search or playback is performed, the search time for subtitle data is reduced such that search efficiency is enhanced.
US07965923B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for indexing digital video content maintained on a storage media item. The method of the present invention comprises extracting caption and subtitle content from one or more video object (“VOB”) files maintained on the storage media item. The extracted caption and subtitle content are segmented into one or more segments and video and audio content corresponding to the one or more segments are extracted. Descriptions of the video and audio content corresponding to the segmented caption and subtitle content are generated. The captions, subtitles, descriptions, and corresponding video and audio content associated with the one or more segments of the one or more VOB files are indexed.
US07965915B2
An integrated optical waveguide circuit apparatus having an optical processing area, waveguide ports for optical processing, and at least one waveguide structure, the at least one waveguide structure going around the optical processing area. Methods for making the integrated optical waveguide circuit apparatus are also disclosed.
US07965909B2
A fiber-optic surveillance system (10) includes a fiber-optic sensor (15) comprising a serial array (15) of fiber-optic point-sensors (16), successive point-sensors being linked by a distributed fiber-optic sensor (18). The system allows the location of intruder events along the sensor to be determined, and provides a reduction in the incidence of false-alarms compared to prior art systems.
US07965907B2
A medical image handling system includes a monitor for displaying a medical image, an input device for inputting an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and a processor. The processor judges the presence or absence of an image reading report corresponding to the medical image displayed on the monitor, and restricts a change of the medical image in a case where the image reading report is judged as being absent.
US07965906B2
An image suitable for an image acquisition client device which accesses an image registration/transmission server 10 is displayed relatively quickly. Image data representing images suitable for display on the image acquisition client device which accesses the image registration/transmission server 10 are previously generated and stored in an image database 25. When a request to transmit the image data is issued to the image registration/transmission server 10 from the image acquisition client device, the image database 25 is searched for the image data representing the image suitable for the display on the image acquisition client device. The image data searched for is transmitted to the image acquisition client device. Since the image data suitable for the display on the image acquisition client device are previously generated, and the image data suitable for the display is transmitted when the image acquisition client device accesses the image registration/transmission server 10, the suitable image can be quickly displayed.
US07965904B2
A position and orientation measuring apparatus comprising, a storage unit adapted to store character region specifying information and position information in association with a character region place in a physical space, a detection unit adapted to detect the character region from first captured image data obtained by capturing an image of the physical space by an image sensing apparatus, using the character region specifying information stored in the storage unit, and an estimation unit adapted to estimate a position and orientation of the image sensing apparatus upon capturing the captured image data based on image position information of the character region, detected by the detection unit, in the first captured image data, and the position information which is stored in the storage unit and corresponds to the detected region.
US07965885B2
The invention aims at separating a background area of an image using a plurality of cameras by utilizing a method of estimating a background in combination with a stereo method. Data on input images, synchronous with one another, which are obtained by photographing images of a subject from different points of sight using at least two cameras is stored in a frame memory. A background area estimation processing unit performs global image superimposition for the input images, synchronous with one another, the data on which is stored in the frame memory on the assumption that a background area is in the distance and has a flat surface. Then, the background area estimation processing unit estimates the background area based on a degree of local similarity. A distance image generation processing unit performs distance measurement with respect to points other than those in the estimated background area by utilizing a stereo method to generate distance images. A background separated image generation processing unit removes the image of an area in a predetermined distance or more from the input images by referring to resulting distance images to generate a background removed image.
US07965882B2
An image display apparatus and an image display program includes image acquiring section which acquires cross-section image groups which include cross-section images on cut positions arranged in a predetermined direction of a subject, a place setting section which sets places on the cross-section images in the cross-section image groups, an image group extracting section which extracts a series of image groups which continue along the cross-section images and include the image on the places from the cross-section image groups, a cut position calculating section which calculates cut positions whose positional feature in the respective image groups is common among the image groups, on the image groups, and an image display section which arranges to display cross-section images in the cross-section image groups.
US07965880B2
A lumen tracking method and system automatically extracts a colon from CT image data by locating landmarks in the image data, based on known anatomic features or other predictable features. If the colon is segmented, the method and system may use the landmarks to evaluate candidate segments for inclusion in the extracted colon.
US07965877B2
A fingerprint sensing device that measures the capacitance between an array of electrode plates and finger skin using pulse processing, in which pulse width rather than voltage level, is used for capacitance measurement and digital signal conversion. A pulse, the width of which is compared and adjusted with that of a reference pulse, is generated when voltage at sensing electrodes in discharging is compared with a reference voltage. The comparison results are then digitalized in a grade image sensor or output directly in a binary image sensor. The sensor can communicate with a CPU using serial communication, parallel communication, or memory map scheme. Since no A/D is used, there is no extra time and hardware cost for the conversion from analog signals to digital signals. Due to the pulse processing nature, the circuits can be configured insensitive to the change or fluctuation in voltage supply. This feature enables the sensing device work with a variety of voltages, and thus it can be better used in portable, battery powered or passive devices.
US07965872B2
A multifunction apparatus that includes: a read unit; a storage unit storing a fingerprint in association with at least one of a function of the multifunction apparatus, a set item and a set value; a call unit that reads from the storage unit at least one of the function, set item and set value associated with the fingerprint read by the read unit; an instruct unit that instructs execution of an operation based on at least one of the function, set item and set value read by the call unit; and an execute unit. When fingerprints are read sequentially by the read unit, the call unit sequentially reads at least one of the function, set item and set value associated with each of the fingerprints, and when the instruct unit instructs the execution, the execute unit executes the operation based on at least one of the thus read function, set item and set value.
US07965865B2
The invention provides a method, system, and program product for presenting electronic surveillance data. One method according to the invention includes identifying a point to be surveyed; establishing a schedule at which the point will be surveyed; capturing a first image of the point; storing the first image; capturing a second image of the point; storing the second image; highlighting a difference between the first and second images; and presenting the first and second images to a user.
US07965864B2
The present invention relates to data transmission, and more particularly relates to use of extracted or calculated identifying data as proxies in transmission. One claim recites a method including: receiving identifying data and information from a handheld device, the identifying data having been calculated from audible portions or video portions of first content utilizing at least a programmed electronic processor housed within the handheld device, in which the handheld device comprises a media player for rendering audio or video content to a user of the handheld device, and the information comprises capabilities associated with the handheld device; with reference to a database, determining additional content, enhanced or improved relative to the first content, that is associated with: i) the identifying data, and ii) the information; and providing metadata associated with the additional content to the handheld device. These techniques could be advantageously applied to cell phones. Of course, other combinations and claims are also provided.
US07965862B2
The present application aims to propose a solution for embedding invisible mark suitable for very large production volumes. This is achieved by a method for applying an invisible mark on a media based on a pattern, and comprising the following steps: determining an area to apply this mark, applying a transparent or semi-transparent substance, on the media, said substance being modulated with the active dots to form the pattern by modifying the quantity of the substance at each active dot.
US07965856B2
A speaker unit of the present invention includes a frame made of a synthetic resin, inside which a voice coil is disposed in a space between a pole piece and a yoke. A diaphragm is coupled to the voice coil. A pair of lead wires extending from the voice coil are passed between the yoke and the diaphragm, and led out of the frame. The frame has a receiving surface for receiving collisions of the lead wires due to vibrations of the diaphragm, which is formed outer than an end face of the yoke opposed to the diaphragm, and closer to the diaphragm than the end face.
US07965852B2
In case of carrying out a correction process with respect to a signal of a specific frequency band in an inputted audio signal, an output level is raised approximately uniformly with respect to a signal component equal to a predetermined level or less in the signal of the specific frequency band and the output level is not changed with respect to signals other than the signal of the specific frequency band. In this manner, correction of a specific frequency band of an audio signal is carried out favorably.
US07965849B2
A method and circuit for deriving a set of multichannel audio signals from a conventional monaural or stereo audio signal uses an auxiliary multichannel spectral mapping data stream. Audio can be played back in stereo and multichannel formats from a conventional stereo signal on compact discs, FM radio, or other stereo or monaural delivery systems. The invention reduces the data rate needed for the transmission of multichannel digital audio.
US07965846B2
When an SIP interface unit of a server apparatus receives an SIP message for call connection from a client apparatus and an SIP message analyzing unit can confirm that the SIP message is normal, a call controller recognizes that an RTP communication is carried out between the client apparatus and another client apparatus and instructs an encrypting capability management unit to determine RTP encrypting information which is used between the client apparatuses. The encrypting capability management unit determines the RTP encrypting information between these client apparatuses based on the instruction. With this arrangement, there can be provided a client-server distributed system that can realize an encrypting security function without requiring a certificate authentification function at a low cost in order to deliver an encrypting key as well as without necessity of holding or managing a certificate and preparing an authenticating server in a system.
US07965833B2
A device and method for detecting febrile convulsions, the device including a detector for detecting motion of the device and providing an output corresponding thereto, a capacitor coupled to the detector and charged by the output of the detector, a resistor coupled to the capacitor to provide discharge of the capacitor, a comparator for comparing a voltage level of the capacitor to a reference voltage and providing a signal when the voltage level of the capacitor is greater than the reference voltage, and an indicator driven by the signal from the comparator to provide an indication of febrile convulsions.
US07965826B2
An apparatus and method for collaborating over a short-range communication path between a video output device, such as a television, and a telephonic device which is also configured for simultaneous communication over a long-range communication path. Call progress of the telephonic device is annunciated by the video output device whose functions can be controlled through the telephonic device. Embodiments of the invention describe utilizing the telephonic device in a hands-free mode as well as tracking the relative position of the user based on the position of the telephone. The short-range communications can comprise a Bluetooth™ communications protocol, or similar short-range communications mechanism, which preferably provides a mechanism for identifying the telephonic device as well as its range and/or position.
US07965823B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to activate or deactivate a web interface to a voicemail system through a telephone user interface to the voicemail system. During a setup procedure that runs on the first use of the telephone user interface, the method and apparatus asks the subscriber if the subscriber wants the web interface activated. The method and apparatus then activates the web interface and allows the subscriber to specify a sequence of both digits and letters as the subscriber's initial web password and username. The present invention also provides the capability to activate or deactivate the web interface via the telephone user interface at any time after the initialization. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US07965818B2
Disclosed herein is an x-ray field emission apparatus, system and method, the apparatus having a hollow probe held at vacuum; a cathode enclosed within the probe, the cathode producing an electron stream when connected to a high negative potential; an anode enclosed within the probe and separated from the cathode by a gap, said the providing a target for the electron stream; and a shield assembly comprising a hollow shield electrode positioned within the probe and about the cathode.
US07965817B2
A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a first driving circuit unit to drive a first switching element connected to a conversion element, wherein the conversion element converting radiation into charges, a second driving circuit unit to drive a second switching element connected to the conversion element, and a control unit to control the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit independently at different timing.
US07965816B2
X-ray radiation is transmitted through and scattered from an object under inspection to detect weapons, narcotics, explosives or other contraband. Relatively fast scintillators are employed for faster X-ray detection efficiency and significantly improved image resolution. Scatter and transmission images of the object are displayed, at least one being colorized in accordance with the effective atomic number of constituents of the object. Soft switching between photon-counting and photon integration modes reduces noise and significantly increases overall image quality.
US07965815B2
In a device and method for processing and presenting x-ray images, an x-ray image of a subject is acquired with an x-ray acquisition cone simultaneously with the acquisition of an optical exposure of the examination subject with an optical acquisition cone that is congruent with the x-ray acquisition cone. The subject in the optical exposure is subjected to segmentation and/or edge extraction, and the extracted optical exposure and the x-ray image are additively combined so that the subject edges from the optical exposure are inserted into the x-ray image.
US07965812B2
A mammography system has an x-ray source, a detector and a compression plate arranged in the beam path between the source and the detector. The x-ray source, the detector and the compression plate are mounted on a vertical column such that they respectively pivot around separate pivot axes. The three pivot axes are spaced apart from one another and oriented substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to a surface normal of the detector. The x-ray source and the compression plate are held on the vertical column such that they can be displaced in a plane oriented approximately vertical to their pivot axes. The mammography system is operable to obtain two sets of tomosynthesis data respectively with different tube-to-detector distances.
US07965809B2
A counter circuit adding a first value indicated by a plurality of bits and a second value in response to a clock signal, a first part of the plurality of bits being lower order than a second part of the plurality of bits, the counter circuit including a first counter configured to add the first part of the plurality of bits and the second value in response to the clock signal to output a third value regarding a result of adding the first and the second values, a second counter configured to add the second part of the plurality of bits and a fourth value in response to the clock signal, and a clock transmission control circuit coupled to the first and second counters to receive the clock signal and the third value, and to control whether or not to supply the clock signal to the second counter in accordance with the received third value.
US07965807B2
An instrument removal system for removing detector cables from a nuclear reactor includes a removal cart and a disposal cask. in an exemplary embodiment, the removal cart includes a base including a plurality of wheels coupled thereto, a motor mounted on the base, and a drive shaft operatively coupled to the motor. A disposal spool is removably mounted on the drive shaft, and the disposal spool includes a notch sized to receive the detector cable. A housing is mounted on the base, with the housing enclosing the disposal spool. Also, an entrance port is located in the housing to permit the detector cable to enter the housing.
US07965801B1
Data recovery, as well as associated circuitry and system, is described. An input word stream having a word width of at least one word is obtained and a sliding window is applied to it to resolve phases. Scores for phases are determined at least in part by: subdividing the sliding window into sample portions; applying a homogeneity function to each of the sample portions to determine respective values therefor; and summing sets of the values respectively associated with the phases to provide the scores. A score is selected from the scores according to at least one criterion to select a phase from the phases. A portion of a delayed version of the input word stream is sampled by application of the sliding window thereto using the phase selected to output sampled bits.
US07965800B2
A clock recovery apparatus for generating a recovery clock from received data may include, but is not limited to, first and second oscillators. The first oscillator generates a first signal having a first frequency. The first signal synchronizes with the received data when the received data has a first level. The second oscillator is connected in series to the first oscillator. The second oscillator generates a second signal as the recovery clock when the first signal has a second level. The second signal has a second frequency. The second signal synchronizes with the first signal.
US07965798B2
A method. The method includes producing a first signal match indication based on at least one match indication indicative of a match between at least one signal received in at least one band and a reference signal. The method also includes producing a first signal multipath combined signal based upon the first signal match indication, and detecting a first peak in the first multipath combined signal.
US07965797B2
A method, system and apparatus for generating a constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequence to be transmitted on a wireless communication channel between a user equipment and a base station within a cellular communication network includes iteratively calculating elements of the CAZAC sequence according to a CAZAC sequence formula until a number of iterations has reached a predetermined iteration value determined in accordance with a number of subcarriers associated with the channel; obtaining a value of particular elements of the CAZAC sequence from a table of stored values at predetermined reset iteration values in order to limit error propagation; and generating the reference signal based upon the elements of the CAZAC sequence. The CAZAC sequence formula is one of a Chu sequence, Frank-Zadoff sequence, Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence, and Generalized Chirp-Like (GCL) Sequence.
US07965796B2
A channel estimation method suitable for use in a CDMA communications system employs a high order interpolation using four interpolation points per slot. Four FIR interpolation filters (18-21) produce a channel estimate for each quarter of a slot by weighting the summed pilots of four slots by amounts related to pre-computed polynomial co-efficients. The invention has been shown wot mobiles and has the advantage of low computional complexity.
US07965794B2
A transmitter broadcasts a signal having a different code characteristic for each of several directions. A receiver receives the broadcast signal from one of the directions and generates an expected signal for that direction based on the code characteristic for that direction. The receiver detects the broadcast signal from the direction based on the expected signal for that direction.
US07965791B2
A method of transmitting data including controlling generation of bit sequences to adjust an occupation rate occupied with predetermined bits included in a first data block, which is obtained by encoding first data, to be closer to an occupation rate occupied with predetermined bits included in a second data block, which is obtained by encoding second data. With regard to first bit positions of the predetermined bits, the first bit positions being distinguished from second bit positions based on an error tolerance resulting from a correspondence to a signal point on a phase plane. Wherein a sum of a number of the predetermined bits included in the first data block and the predetermined bits included in the second data block is less than a total number of the first bit positions. Also including performing multi-level modulation for transmission based on the generated bit sequences.
US07965789B2
Techniques for performing power control of multiple channels sent using multiple radio technologies are described. The transmit power of a reference channel, sent using a first radio technology (e.g., CDMA), is adjusted to achieve a target level of performance (e.g., a target erasure rate) for the reference channel. The transmit power of a data channel, sent using a second radio technology (e.g., OFDMA), is adjusted based on the transmit power of the reference channel. In one power control scheme, a reference power spectral density (PSD) level is determined based on the transmit power of the reference channel. A transmit PSD delta for the data channel is adjusted based on interference estimates. A transmit PSD of the data channel is determined based on the reference PSD level and the transmit PSD delta. The transmit power of the data channel is then set to achieve the transmit PSD for the data channel.
US07965772B2
Real-time video content is segmented into a series of processing cubes that are comprised of a predetermined number of frames, wherein the first frame is a reference frame, followed by a plurality of delta frames. In one embodiment, the video data which defines the reference frame is converted into command-and-control data usable to re-create the reference frame at a destination location. For the delta frames, only that data which is actually different than the preceding frame is transmitted and used to re-create corresponding frames at the destination location.
US07965771B2
In a packet based multicast video streaming network, a method for minimizing delay in displaying video on a TV set in response to a viewer changing the channel is disclosed. For each live multicast video stream, one or more reference frames and corresponding compressed frames are temporarily stored in a memory in anticipation of the viewer switching to that particular program. When the viewer changes channels, the previously stored reference and compressed frames are immediately read from the memory and rendered for display on the TV. This eliminates the need to wait for the next available reference frame. In other words, this eliminates a temporary blank TV screen each time the channel is changed. Certain compressed frames are dropped and blank frames can be inserted in order to catch up to and synchronize with the live video broadcast. The particular frames to be dropped and the number of blank frames to be inserted is a function of the bandwidth limitation imposed by the last mile of the network.
US07965770B2
One embodiment includes a method that includes receiving a compressed video stream. The method also includes decoding a number of blocks of the compressed video stream to output a number of blocks of decoded video data. The decoding is based on at least one motion compensation vector. The method also includes deinterlacing the number of blocks of the decoded video data to output deinterlaced video data. The deinterlacing of one of the blocks of the number of blocks is based on the at least one motion compensation vector if a prediction error energy for the at least one motion compensation vector for the block is less than a threshold.
US07965768B2
The present invention provides an image coding apparatus and an image coding program that execute quantization control so that a generating bit is made close to a target bit. The image coding apparatus according to the present invention includes a generated bit measurement unit, a target bit setting unit, a residual bit computing unit for computing a residual value between the generated bit and the target bit, a remaining video buffer capacity measurement unit, and a quantization parameter computing unit for computing a quantization parameter to set the same to the quantization unit. The quantization parameter computing unit computes a quantization parameter for next image data to be encoded on the basis of at least one of the residual value computed and the remaining video buffer capacity measured.
US07965762B2
Unassigned finger processors are used to process and measure the arrival times of transmissions from base stations not in the active set. A first set of one or more base stations in active communication with the remote terminal is identified and each base station in the first set is assigned at least one finger processor. A second set of one or more base stations not in active communication with the remote terminal is also identified and an available finger processor is assigned to each of at least one base station in the second set. A (signal arrival) time measurement is then performed for each base station, and outputs indicative of the measurements are provided for further processing.
US07965761B2
Carrier Interferometry (CI) provides wideband transmission protocols with frequency-band selectivity to improve interference rejection, reduce multipath fading, and enable operation across non-continuous frequency bands. Direct-sequence protocols, such as DS-CDMA, are provided with CI to greatly improve performance and reduce transceiver complexity. CI introduces families of orthogonal polyphase codes that can be used for channel coding, spreading, and/or multiple access. Unlike conventional DS-CDMA, CI coding is not necessary for energy spreading because a set of CI carriers has an inherently wide aggregate bandwidth. Instead, CI codes are used for channelization, energy smoothing in the frequency domain, and interference suppression. CI-based ultra-wideband protocols are implemented via frequency-domain processing to reduce synchronization problems, transceiver complexity, and poor multipath performance of conventional ultra-wideband systems. CI allows wideband protocols to be implemented with space-frequency processing and other array-processing techniques to provide either or both diversity combining and sub-space processing. CI also enables spatial processing without antenna arrays. Even the bandwidth efficiency of multicarrier protocols is greatly enhanced with CI. CI-based wavelets avoid time and frequency resolution trade-offs associated with conventional wavelet processing. CI-based Fourier transforms eliminate all multiplications, which greatly simplifies multi-frequency processing. The quantum-wave principles of CI improve all types of baseband and radio processing.
US07965759B2
Techniques for supporting synchronization in wireless communication are described. A Node B generates a primary synchronization code (PSC) having a length of L chips based on a first inner sequence and a first outer sequence, where L is less than 256. The Node B also generates a sequence of secondary synchronization codes (SSCs) based on a second inner sequence and a second outer sequence, with each SSC having a length of L chips. L may be equal to 64, and the PSC and SSCs may have lengths of 64 chips. The Node B sends the PSC in each slot of each frame and sends the sequence of SSCs in each frame, one SSC in each slot. A user equipment (UE) detects for the PSC and then detects for the sequence of SSCs using slot timing from the PSC detection. The UE may perform PSC detection using correlation results for the SSCs.
US07965749B2
Provided is a laser diode which realizes NFP with a stable and uniform shape. The laser diode includes, on a semiconductor substrate, an active layer, one or a plurality of strip-shaped current confinement structures confining a current which is injected into the active layer, and a stacked structure including one or a plurality of strip-shaped convex portions extending in an extending direction of the current confinement structure.
US07965746B2
A method for controlling laser power of an optical disk drive is provided. Firstly, a power-controlling curve of a first loop circuit is formed according to a real test. Next, two test points are selected from the power-controlling curve. Then, the voltage outputted from a second loop circuit is adjusted. After that, whether the generated internal power signal is equal to the internal power signal of the two test points is checked. Afterwards, the voltage outputted from the second loop circuit is recorded. Then, the gain of the two loop circuits under the same change of the internal power signal is calculated. Lastly, a gained power-controlling curve of the first loop circuit is used as a power-controlling curve of the second loop circuit, such that the power-controlling curve is quickly obtained.
US07965742B2
A data network telephony (DNT) wireless communication system has a base station connected to a DNT-capable data network and to a plurality of wireless transceivers, each transceiver transmitting to a distinct area, the base station adapted to operate the transceivers by a two-way, narrow-band, multiple-channel, real-time duplex radio protocol, and a plurality of portable computer-enhanced client communicator units, including microphone and speaker apparatus, each assigned a unique address and adapted to communicate with the base station via the transceivers by the two-way real-time radio protocol and to process DNT calls. The wireless system operates as a carrier-sense multiple access system with collision detection (CSMA/CD).
US07965738B2
A system and method for adaptively managing frame size in a wireless multihop network (100) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a packet is transmitted from a source to a destination (420). A acknowledgement packet (422) is received and a successful acknowledgement packet counter is incremented if the acknowledgement packet arrives prior to a time-out of a timer (444). A frame size is increased if the successful acknowledgement packet counter reaches a specified value (446, 448). If the acknowledgement packet arrives after the time-out of the timer, the successful acknowledgement packet counter (460) is reset and the frame size (462) is decreased. These procedures can be repeated until the frame size is greater than or equal to a maximum frame size (450) or less than or equal to a minimum frame size (464).
US07965722B2
Multiplexing of information from a plurality of information flows into fixed-length packets such as, but not limited to, MPEG packets allows efficient utilization of bandwidth and also can be used to reduce transmission latency. In addition, utilizing MPEG packets and transport streams for octet multiplexing allows the packets carrying octet-multiplexed data to easily be integrated with other MPEG packets for other services that are commonly found in cable transmission networks of all coax, hybrid fiber coax, and/or all fiber. The multiplexing/demultiplexing of octets using MPEG packets generally is described by mappings that specify the use of octets in MPEG packets. Changes to allocations in a map generally should be propagated in a way that reliably ensures that both the transmitter and receiver have a consistent view of the octet mappings.
US07965720B2
A method of selecting a network path for a network coding communication includes initializing a length of each of links; searching for an independent path from a source node to one of target nodes based on the length of each of the links; multiplying a predetermined factor to the length of each of the links used in the independent path; repeating the searching and the multiplying for all the target nodes; extracting the links and the nodes used in the independent path; generating a subgraph with the links and the nodes extracted at the extracting; and selecting the network path based on the subgraph.
US07965715B2
In the first power mode: each packet processor of the second group maintains own operating mode in a first operating mode of relatively low power consumption; and the distributor selects the handling packet processor from the first group for the first priority, and selects the handling packet processor from at least one group excluding the second group for the second priority.In the second power mode: each packet processor of the second group maintains the own operating mode in a second operating mode of relatively high power consumption; and the distributor selects the handling packet processor from the first group for the first priority, and selects the handling packet processor from at least one group including the second group for the second priority.
US07965705B2
Embodiments of a circuit, a buffered crosspoint switch that includes the circuit and a computer system that includes the switch are described. In this circuit and switch, deep crosspoint buffers are replaced with smaller distributed buffers. This modification reduces the cost of the switch and improves the scaling properties of the architecture.
US07965700B1
The present invention enables the CCE to store intelligence about the services the subscribers use as companion data to the IP route to reach the desired user. The present invention introduces a service indicator to allow the CCE to distinguish whether a call requires advanced application processing. If no advanced application processing is needed, the CCE uses its companion data of IP route to setup a call without communicating with an application server. This would enable the CCE to direct calls to advance application servers only when subscribers required advanced application processing, thereby reducing the overall processing time required to setup a call to avoid the problem of signaling timers expiring unnecessarily.
US07965695B2
The system includes a mobile node (101) communicating with a correspondent node (102), a home agent node (131) managing the mobile node (101), a proxy node (121) being located closer to the mobile node (101) than the home agent node (131) and relaying the packets from the mobile node (101) to the home agent node (131), and a routing manager (141) managing a route of the packets. The proxy node (121) detects a trigger of a packet route optimization and notifies the routing manager (141). The proxy node (121) establishes the optimized routing path according to a command received from the routing manager (141) and routes the packets through the established routing path using a secure method.
US07965693B2
Interconnection and integration of a WWAN and a WLAN to provide continuous packet data services to mobile users where each mobile access terminal is configured to support both air links with the WWAN and WLAN. The WWAN may be a CDMA2000 system and the WLAN may be an IEEE 802.11 system.
US07965692B1
Systems and methods for handoff of a mobile node between first and second points of attachment are provided. A communication between a first and second mobile node is optimized and conducted independent of a home agent. During the handoff process the communications directed to the mobile node performing the handoff are routed to the mobile node's home agent. Once the handoff process is complete the communication is again optimized and conducted independent of home agents.
US07965689B2
A method and apparatus for fast cell search based on a chirp reference signal transmission is disclosed herein. A primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) and two secondary synchronization channels (S-SCH1 and S-SCH2) will be utilized. S- SCH1 will comprise a reference sequence having a first index value and S-SCH2 will comprise a reference sequence having a second index value. S-SCH1 and S- SCH2 will be scrambled with a first and a second scrambling code, respectively. The second scrambling code will be based on the first index value.
US07965688B2
The invention is a method for limiting the peak transmit power in a CDMA communication system. At least one of first and second high transmit power regions are separated into a plurality of high transmit power subregions. The high transmit power subregions of the plurality of high subregions are shifted by time offsets of differing durations to provide a plurality of time offset subregions. First and second low transmit power regions are also provided. At least one of the first and second low transmit power regions is also separated into a plurality of transmit power subregions and the low transmit power subregions are shifted by time offsets of differing time durations. The subregions can be time offset by a predetermined time duration or by a random time duration.
US07965687B2
A method and a system for Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication in a wireless network are provided. According to the method, streams of the data of a user-equipment are communicated to a group of user-equipments that act as antennas for the user-equipment. The communication between the various user-equipments is through an Interlink. The data of the user-equipment is communicated with base stations by the user-equipment and the group of user-equipments in a single slot.
US07965679B2
A network schedules a mobile station for an uplink packet transmission on a data channel, receives from a mobile station an uplink message on a control channel, determines from the uplink message a desired power for the mobile station to transmit on the data channel, and thereafter transmits to the mobile station a power control message that commands either a zero power allocation or a full power allocation for the scheduled uplink packet transmission. The mobile station receives from the network the power control message, then determines from the power control message whether zero or full power is allocated. If zero power, then the mobile station suspends its transmissions on the data channel until receiving a new power control command for uplink transmissions on the data channel. If full power, the mobile station transmits user data on the data channel without regard to power on a control channel.
US07965674B2
The invention enables the use of TCP protocol for reliable transport of data over a wireless network, resolving the problems associated with frequent packet loss. Additional benefits include delivery of significant performance improvement, bandwidth saving and backward compatibility compared to the wire-line TCP protocol, and contribution to power savings in wireless handsets and devices. To make the retransmission process more granular, transport layer segments are subdivided into sub-segments. The invention utilizes a split TCP based approach and produces a series of smaller-sized segments that share the same transport layer header. A NACK-based message exchange, a new header format and a special windowing protocol are used to achieve reliability, flow-control, and efficient buffer handling.
US07965671B2
In a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), each node calculates a bandwidth output value representative of data output requirements for the node relative to the transmit time slots available to the node. This value is shared with other nodes in the MANET and may be employed to more efficiently allocate channel usage among nodes as traffic demands and network topology change.
US07965669B1
A first node in a wireless network comprises a transceiver that wirelessly communicates with an access point. A hidden status generator communicates with the transceiver, receives a table comprising a list of nodes in communication with the access point and determines a hidden status of a second node in the table relative to the first node.
US07965667B2
Embodiments of apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for power management in wireless networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07965663B2
Digital Visual Interface (DVI), or High Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI), data is received from a source and sent to a transmitter chip that includes a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) receiver that outputs a 3-data and 1-clock physical signaling stream representing the DVI or HDMI data. This stream is rendered into I and Q data by an ASIC or FPGA and sent to a wireless transmitter for modulation, upconverting, and transmission to, e.g., a nearby display device without ever rendering the data into baseband video on the transmitter chip. The display device has a receiver chip that is essentially the inverse of the transmitter chip.
US07965657B2
A method of wireless communication including a plurality of fixed basestations and a plurality of mobile user equipment with each basestation transmitting to any user equipment within a corresponding cell a sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration indicating sub-frames when sounding is permitted. Each user equipment recognizes the sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration and sounds only at permitted sub-frames. Differing cells may have differing sounding reference signal sub-frame configurations. There are numerous manners to encode the transmitted information.
US07965644B2
Without using additional probing packets, estimates of the narrow link bandwidth and available bandwidth of a network path are computed based on existing traffic. The network can be of different types such as a wireless battlefield network context or a wired or wireless commercial network environment. “Fast packets”, i.e. those packets which do not experience any queuing delay in the network, are identified. Fast packets are identified to resolve end-to-end packet delay into its constituent components (deterministic, transmission and queuing delays), estimate path utilization and eliminate the uncertainty (false alarms) that causes the prior art method to lose its effectiveness. An estimation algorithm computes end-to-end transmission delay and end-to-end deterministic delay of fast packets traveling along a path in a network. Examples of deterministic delay include satellite propagation delays and clock effects. Then, based on the results of the fast packet identifying algorithm, two logic branches are followed. A first branch calculates utilization and a second branch calculates narrow link bandwidth. The narrow link bandwidth is determined from the packet pair dispersion. The available bandwidth is obtained from the narrow link bandwidth and the utilization. Estimation of available bandwidth for an end-to-end network path allows traffic sources to judiciously regulate the volume of application traffic injected into the network.
US07965643B1
A system and method are provided for summarizing dynamic data from distributed sources through the use of histograms. In particular, the method comprises receiving a first data signal at a first location, determining a first array sketch of the first data signal, and constructing a first output histogram from the first array sketch and a first robust histogram via a first hybrid histogram. Array sketches of a number of data signals may be calculated, and added to yield a single vector sum. The histogram is constructed from the vector sum. In that way, the vector sum may be analyzed without revealing the individual data signals that form the basis of the sum.
US07965640B2
A controlling method and a radio base station apparatus capable of variably determining a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length in accordance with a communication environment of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The radio base station apparatus includes a receiving section receiving information via an uplink channel; and a scheduler variably determining a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length for any one of an uplink shared channel and a downlink shared channel or both based on at least any of a moving speed of a mobile terminal, location of the mobile terminal in a cell, a provided throughput value, and a number of retransmissions obtained from the received information. Preferably, the scheduler includes a TTI length allocation table describing relationships between parameter values and the corresponding TTI length, the parameters being used for estimating the location and/or the moving speed of the mobile terminal.
US07965633B2
The present invention provides a method involving at least one base station and at least one mobile unit is provided. The method includes receiving rate control information associated with at least one wireless communication channel between the at least one base station and the at least one mobile unit. The method also includes determining at least one outflow rate to the at least one base station based on the rate control information.
US07965632B2
An information transmission source forms a transmission packet at a predetermined time unit into which a preamble is inserted and transmits it. The information reception target returns an acknowledge (ACK) packet or a not acknowledge (NACK) packet into which a preamble is inserted. A hidden terminal recognizes that the transmission path is used for data retransmission from when the NACK is received to when the next ACK is received to avoid collisions. Further, when there is transmission data at the information transmission source specified by a beacon signal, it is recognized that the transmission path is used until the next ACK is received. For example, in an ultra wide band communication method, access control is executed while avoiding collisions of communications and a retransmission control is executed.
US07965627B2
An apparatus that includes a packet data ingress, a packet data egress, and a packet data switching matrix configured to switch packet data from the packet data ingress to the packet data egress. The apparatus may further include a packet data jitter buffer and a packet data splitter, wherein the packet data splitter interposes the packet data ingress and the packet data switching matrix and is configured to multicast the packet data to the packet data switching matrix and the jitter buffer.
US07965626B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for transferring data on a data network using multiple paths. In one embodiment, data is transferred across a default path of a network. Next, a data loss rate is determined on the default path. When the data loss rate on the default path exceeds a first threshold value, a data loss rate is determined on a first alternate path. Provided the data loss rate on the first alternate path is less than a second threshold value, a first portion of the data is transferred to the first alternate path. Moreover, additional portions of data are transferred to the first alternate path until the data loss rate on the first alternate path meets or exceeds the second threshold value.
US07965616B2
A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for recording and reproducing data to/from the recording medium are disclosed. The recording medium having a data structure for managing a data area of the recording medium includes at least one physical access control (PAC) cluster, the at least one PAC cluster including information for managing logical overwriting to the recording medium, wherein each PAC cluster includes a PAC header, the PAC header being common to each PAC cluster, and a PAC specific information area, the area including information specific to each PAC cluster, wherein the PAC header includes segment information identifying at least one segment area in a user data area of the recording medium.
US07965609B2
The present invention provides an optical pickup device and optical recording medium information reproduction device that are capable of reproducing information that is recorded on a plurality of kinds of optical discs having different track pitches. With the present invention, an optical pickup device generates a main beam and sub beams that are made up from pairs of semi sub beams, such that the distance in the radial direction between center positions of a pair of semi sub spots on an optical disc where a pair of semi sub beams are formed is an odd multiple of half the track pitch of the optical disc, and the distance in the radial direction between center positions of semi sub spots that correspond to another pair of sub semi sub beams is an odd multiple of half the track pitch of another optical disc.
US07965601B2
To provide an optical disk recording/reproducing apparatus capable of immediately suspending recording if a recording inadequate state occurs after start of recording, confirming the recording state by using an error-correction-code word unit and restarting recording after identifying the write continuation position. A recording starting section (1) instructs a recording gate/recording data creating section (5) to create a recording gate corresponding to a desired volume of data and recording data and to perform recording. If an inadequate-recording-state determining section (2) detects a recording inadequate state, a recording suspending section (3) instructs the recording gate/recording data creating section (5) to suspend outputting the recording gate and the recording data. A SYNC detection section (9) detects a SYNC signal from reproduced data, and a PO-error-correction processing section (11) performs PI-error-correction. A recording-suspended-position determining section (13) determines to what extent the recording has been performed. Depending on the result, a recording restart section (4) issues an instruction to restart recording, and the recording gate/recording data creating section (5) creates again the recording gate and recording data and restarts the recording.
US07965598B2
A method of and apparatus for managing disc defects in a disc using a temporary defect management area in the disc, and the disc, where the method includes recording in a data area user data; and recording in a temporary defect management area, which is present in at least one of a lead-in area and a lead-out area, which temporary defect information and temporary defect management information regarding the user data recorded in the data area are recorded. Accordingly, the method and apparatus are applicable to recordable discs and capable of effectively using the defect management area.
US07965594B2
When recording/reproducing an optical disc having a recording layer of multi-layer structure, an unwanted optical beam reflected from a recording layer other than a target layer for recording/reproduction is incident on a photodetector to cause an unwanted disturbance component to leak to a detection signal, giving rise to a degradation in the quality of a tracking control signal. In an optical pickup apparatus, for suppression of the degradation, an optical element is mounted having a diffraction area for diffracting part of the optical beam and light receiving planes for sub-optical beams are provided each of which has a light shielding zone or dead zone of a predetermined width on its central sectioning line.
US07965588B2
An optical disk apparatus includes an I/O port that connects to a port of a drive apparatus, and a storage unit that prestores manufacturing information in correspondence with device drivers. The optical disk apparatus further includes a controller that transmits a command indicating to return manufacturing information, to the drive apparatus via the I/O port. When manufacturing information is returned from the drive apparatus via the I/O port, the controller extracts a device driver corresponding to the returned manufacturing information from the device drivers in the storage unit. The controller then controls a reading operation or a recording operation of the drive apparatus on the optical disk, based on the extracted device driver.
US07965587B2
A recording and reproduction system includes a recording system and a reproduction system. The reproduction system reproduces (simultaneous reproduction) data of content while the data is being recorded by the recording system. The recording system records information on recording process to a management area as management data. The reproduction system reads the management data to control reproduction.
US07965565B2
A method and apparatus for reading data from a non-volatile memory cell. In some embodiments, a cross-point array of non-volatile memory cells is arranged into rows and columns that are each controlled by a line driver. A read circuit is provided that is capable of reading a logical state of a predetermined memory cell by differentiating a non-integrated first reference value from a non-integrated second reference value. Further, each reference value is measured immediately after configuring the column corresponding to the predetermined memory cell to produce a first and second amount of current.
US07965562B2
In a nonvolatile memory having an array of memory cells, wherein the memory cells are individually programmable to one of a range of threshold voltage levels, there is provided a predictive programming mode in which a predetermined function predicts what programming voltage level needs to be applied in order to program a given memory cell to a given target threshold voltage level. In this way, no verify operation needs to be performed, thereby greatly improving the performance of the programming operation. In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined function is linear and is calibrated for each memory cell under programming by one or more checkpoints. The checkpoint is an actual programming voltage that programs the memory cell in question to a verified designated threshold voltage level.
US07965558B2
Methods of generating a program voltage for programming a non-volatile memory device include generating an initial voltage and generating a first ramping voltage in response to the initial voltage. The first ramping voltage has a ramping speed slower than the ramping speed of the initial voltage. A second ramping voltage is generated in response to the first ramping voltage. The second ramping voltage has a lower ripple than the first ramping voltage. The second ramping voltage is output as a program voltage for programming a non-volatile memory device. A program voltage generating circuit includes a program voltage generating unit configured to generate an initial voltage, a ramping circuit configured to generate a first ramping voltage responsive to the initial voltage, and a voltage controlling unit configured to generate a second ramping voltage having relatively low ripple and to output the first ramping voltage or the second ramping voltage responsive to a voltage level of the first ramping voltage. Semiconductor memory devices including program voltage generating circuits are also disclosed.
US07965557B2
A flash memory device includes a memory cell array having a set-up data region configured to store set-up data, wherein the set-up data includes first data and second data. The second data is stored in an empty cell area of the set-up data region. The flash memory also includes a page buffer and decoder configured to read the set-up data from the set-up data region, and a status detector receiving the set-up data from the page buffer and decoder and configured to discriminate the first data from the second data and generate a Pass/Fail status signal.
US07965553B2
A method of verifying a program operation in a non-volatile memory device includes performing a program operation, verifying whether or not each of a plurality of program target memory cells is programmed to a voltage higher than a verifying voltage, counting a number of fail status bits in response to determining that a fail status memory cell is not programmed with a voltage higher than the verifying voltage based on the verified result, and setting data so that a plurality of page buffers each output a pass signal when the number of the fail status bits is smaller than a number of error correction code (ECC) processing bits.
US07965548B2
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices, one such device being a memory device configured to concurrently assert a first pulse pattern through a plurality of conductors disposed on both a source side and a drain side of a floating-gate transistor, wherein a source side of the first pulse pattern has a different median voltage than a drain side of the first pulse pattern.
US07965547B2
The invention concerns an arrangement for controlling a non-volatile memory arrangement for a circuit comprising: a micromechanical element coupled to a substrate; the micromechanical element being responsive to deflection means arranged on the substrate to control the movement of the micromechanical element between one or more stable states. In addition, the invention concerns a method for controlling a non-volatile memory device arrangement comprising: applying one or more signals to a deflection means for moving a micromechanical element between one or more stable states. To enhance the efficacy of the invention there is further provided a shorting circuit for use in the non-volatile memory arrangement.
US07965546B2
Phase-change memory (PCM) cells store data using alloy resistors in high-resistance amorphous and low-resistance crystalline states. The time of the memory cell's set-current pulse can be 100 ns, much longer than read or reset times. The write time thus depends on the write data and is relatively long. A page-mode caching PCM device has a lookup table (LUT) that caches write data that is later written to an array of PCM banks. Host data is latched into a line FIFO and written into the LUT, reducing write delays to the relatively slow PCM. Host read data can be supplied by the LUT or fetched from the PCM banks. A multi-line page buffer between the PCM banks and LUT allows for larger block transfers using the LUT. Error-correction code (ECC) checking and generation is performed for data in the LUT, hiding ECC delays for data writes into the PCM banks.
US07965545B2
A phase change memory in the reset state may be heated to reduce or eliminate electrical drift.
US07965543B2
A method for reducing spin-torque current density needed to switch a magnetoelectronic device (200, 300, 400), includes applying (602) a voltage bias having a predetermined polarity to the magnetoelectronic device (200, 300, 400) that creates a spin-polarized current with spin torque transfer to a synthetic antiferromagnet free layer (206), applying (604) a magnetic field having a predetermined direction to the magnetoelectronic device (200, 300, 400), removing (606) the applied magnetic field; and removing (608) the voltage bias subsequent to removing (606) the applied magnetic field, wherein the polarity of the voltage bias and the direction of the magnetic field leave the synthetic antiferromagnet free layer (206) in a predetermined magnetic state after the voltage bias is removed.
US07965542B2
A magnetic random access memory includes a memory cell element which includes a first fixed layer, a first recording layer in which a magnetization direction reverses on the basis of a first threshold value, and a first nonmagnetic layer formed between the first fixed layer and the first recording layer, a first interconnection connected to one terminal of the memory cell element, a transistor whose current path has one end connected to the other terminal of the memory cell element, a second interconnection connected to the other end of the current path, and a first resistance change element electrically connected to the memory cell element, and having a resistance value which changes on the basis of a second threshold value.
US07965541B2
A non-volatile single-event upset (SEU) tolerant latch is disclosed. The non-volatile SEU tolerant latch includes a first and second inverters connected to each other in a cross-coupled manner. The gates of transistors within the first inverter are connected to the drains of transistors within the second inverter via a first feedback resistor. Similarly, the gates of transistors within the second inverter are connected to the drains of transistors within the first inverter via a second feedback resistor. The non-volatile SEU tolerant latch also includes a pair of chalcogenide memory elements connected to the inverters for storing information.
US07965540B2
A digital logic storage structure includes cross coupled first and second complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) inverters formed on a semiconductor substrate, the CMOS inverters including a first storage node and a second storage node that is the logical complement of the first storage node; both of the first and second storage nodes each selectively coupled to a deep trench capacitor through a switching transistor, with the switching transistors controlled by a common capacitance switch line coupled to gate conductors thereof; wherein, in a first mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered nonconductive so as to isolate the deep trench capacitors from the inverter storage nodes and, in a second mode of operation, the switching transistors are rendered conductive so as to couple the deep trench capacitors to their respective storage nodes, thereby providing increased resistance of the storage nodes to single event upsets (SEUs).
US07965525B2
In a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) direct current (DC) steady-state output circuit, there are included an electrode switch and a resistor-capacitor (RC) integrating filter. The electronic switch has a signal input end, via which a PWM signal is input, and a high-level end. The RC integrating filter includes at least one RC filtering unit and a first protection unit. There can be (1+n) order(s) of the RC filtering unit(s) with a first-order RC filtering unit connected to the electronic switch and the first protection unit and the RC filtering unit(s) at the rest order(s), if any, being sequentially connected to the first-order RC filtering unit one by one. When the electronic switch has signals input thereto, the RC integrating filter makes feedback compensation to enable output of a steady-state DC level.
US07965489B2
Coulomb forces are used to create various metallic shapes within substrates. These shapes are formed by coupling a plurality of substrates together where each substrate contains a metallic pattern. The substrates are assembled together on a mother substrate and the substrates can be positioned either parallel to a planar surface or perpendicular to an edge of the mother substrate. Thus, metallic shapes can be formed that are orthogonal to each other. Such a capability is a desirable feature for antenna construction. The various metal shapes can be used to construct: dipole, patch, Yagi, monopole, bow-tie, meanderline and MIMO antennas. Furthermore, the antenna can be reassembled to adjust the physical dimensions of the antenna while in the consumer product to better match the antenna to a different frequency band.
US07965479B2
An over-current and over-voltage protection assembly apparatus including an over-current protection (OCP) device and an over-voltage protection (OVP) device is provided. One end of the OCP device is electrically connected to a first connection point, and the other end is electrically connected to a second connection point. One end of the OVP device is electrically connected to a third connection point, and the other end is electrically connected to the second connection point. The second connection point is a common point. The OCP device and the OVP device are modularized and integrated to an assembly. The first, second, and third connection points are connected to an external circuit to be protected, such that the OCP device is connected in series to the circuit to be protected, and the OVP device is connected in parallel to the circuit to be protected.
US07965472B2
A transducer for a digital storage apparatus that reads and writes data to a tape as the tape is moved in a tape drive path across the transducer. The transducer comprises a base and a head assembly that is attached to the base and movable relative to the base in a linear path that is perpendicular to the tape drive path. A guide assembly guides the movement of the head assembly that has a track that is partially defined by the head and partially defined by the base. The guide assembly includes at least two balls that are disposed in the track between the base and the head assembly. A magnetic coupling retains the balls within the track. A linear motor operatively engages the head assembly to move the head assembly to follow the tape.
US07965468B2
A magnetic racetrack memory device includes; a magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic domains partitioned by at least one magnetic domain wall, a current source applying current to the magnetic track sufficient to move the at least one magnetic domain wall and the plurality of magnetic domains along the magnetic track, a writing device disposed at a first location along the magnetic track and storing write data to the magnetic domains, a reading device disposed at a second location along the magnetic track and retrieving read data from the magnetic domains, and a write-back loop connecting the reading device and the writing device and communicating read data obtained by the reading device to the writing device.
US07965467B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using data equalization. For example, various embodiments of the present invention provide storage devices that include a semiconductor device having an equalization unit and a digital-to-analog converter, a read/write head assembly located in close proximity to the semiconductor device, and a control unit located less proximate to the read/write head assembly than the semiconductor device.
US07965459B2
A circuit includes a proximity detection component that applies wavelet analysis to a sensed signal from a sensor and responsively provides an output indicative of whether proximity exists between the sensor and an object that causes the sensor to produce the sensed signal.
US07965450B2
A microscope objective includes at least five lens components, which are divided into three groups that are, in order from an object side: a front group having a positive refracting power as a whole and having a meniscus lens component with an object-side surface thereof being concave toward the object side; a middle group having a positive refracting power as a whole and having a plurality of cemented lens components; and a rear group having a pair of concave air-contact surfaces arranged adjacent and opposite to one another, wherein the following conditions are satisfied: 3≦D0/f≦6 and 1≦H2/H1≦1.5, where D0 is an axial distance from an object surface to a rearmost surface of the microscope objective, f is a focal length of the microscope objective, H2 is a height of a marginal ray as emergent from the rearmost surface of the microscope objective, and H1 is a maximum height of the marginal ray as passing through the front group and the middle group.
US07965440B2
A device for generating or receiving electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range from 10 GHz to 100 THz is provided. The device includes a housing and a wave guide fiber leading into the housing. The wave guide fiber is adapted for guiding pulsed laser light with a first central wavelength. Within the housing, a terahertz converter is provided for generating or receiving the electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz range. The device also includes a frequency converter for converting the light exiting from the wave guide fiber to a second central wavelength being arranged between the end of the wave guide fiber and the terahertz converter in such a way that the terahertz converter is impinged by the frequency converted light.
US07965438B2
The invention provides a display method for displaying an image by deposition of metal fine particles. The display method includes at least depositing metal fine particles, from an electrolytic solution that has at least a metal ion of the metal particles and that is provided between a pair of substrates having at least one translucent substrate, onto a surface of any one of the pair of substrates by imparting one stimulus. A concentration of the metal ion of the metal fine particles in the electrolytic solution after imparting the stimulus is about 200 mmol/l or less. The invention further provides a display device which uses the display method.
US07965427B2
When a whole input gamut is mapped into an output gamut, even a gamut range which is not used in practice is mapped into the output gamut. This causes a saturation drop or tone loss. In order to solve this problem, image data obtained by the first device is input and an obtaining condition of the input image data is obtained. On the basis of the obtaining condition, the first gamut information of the input image data is obtained from a table showing the relationship between the output gamut of the first device and the obtaining condition. On the basis of the first gamut information and the second gamut information which indicates the gamut of the second device, the input image data is mapped into the gamut indicated by the second gamut information.
US07965425B2
An image processing apparatus for applying desired effects to a stored image. The apparatus comprises an optical reader; a feed mechanism for feeding a card having an array of dots past the optical reader; an optical reader interface that is connected to the optical reader, the optical reader interface able to control the optical reader to detect a data area on the card, to detect a bit pattern corresponding to the array of dots in the data area, and to produce raw data from the bit pattern while the card is being fed past the optical reader, the raw data used to produce an image processing script; and, a processor that is connected to the optical reader interface to receive and apply the image processing script to the stored image to generate an output image with the desired effects. The array of dots defines a first resolution and the optical reader has a sensor with a second resolution at least twice the first resolution. The optical reader has a length such that an insertion rotation of the card by the feed mechanism of up to 1 degree is accommodated.
US07965424B2
The present invention provides a scanner apparatus provided with both a flatbed-type mechanism and an ADF-type mechanism. The ADF mechanism can be set at an arbitrary position with an arbitrary orientation for use, whereby convenience for the user is improved while ensuring freedom with regard to the setting place of the apparatus. Further, the scanner apparatus is made such that reading with the ADF unit and reading with the flatbed unit can be performed simultaneously. A movable coupling mechanism is provided at a joint portion between the ADF mechanism and the flatbed mechanism. The movable coupling mechanism does not fix the position and orientation of the ADF mechanism and enables the ADF mechanism to be freely moved and rotated. With this movable coupling mechanism, the ADF mechanism can be disposed at either of the left and right ends of the paper-pressing board of the flatbed unit or at an arbitrarily position in consideration of convenience for a user and the setting place of the apparatus. Further, the orientation of the shooter of the ADF mechanism can be freely changed.
US07965419B2
This invention provides a printing apparatus that performs printing on a print medium. The printing apparatus includes: a dot data generator that performs a halftone process on image data, wherein the print image is formed by mutually combining print pixels belonging to each of a plurality of pixel position groups for which a physical difference is assumed at a formation of dots by the print image generator, in a common print area, and the halftone process is configured to determine the status of dot formation on each of the print pixels on an assumption of the physical difference.
US07965416B2
A method of creating a garment. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing an image of a person using a camera; (b) selecting a card having a depiction of a garment and encoded information relating to the garment depicted; (c) optically reading the encoded information on the card; (d) manipulating the captured image in accordance with the encoded information; (e) generating print data for garment pieces using the encoded information and the manipulated image; (f) communicating the print data to a garment fabric printer; and (g) printing outlines of garment pieces and a decorative finish on to a surface of a bolt of fabric.
US07965414B2
An approach for detecting and correcting printing system print quality defects is disclosed that allows defects to be corrected based on an analysis of image data collected over time, across many separate images, under a wide variety of system status and environmental conditions to allow detection of print quality defects that would otherwise be undetectable. The approach supports the detection and correction of defects related to colorant appearance effects that are correlated to colorant interactions. Techniques are described by which allow image data to be efficiently collected and stored to support a wide range of defect processing techniques. Defect processing may be performed in parallel with print job operations using spare processor CPU cycles and/or may be performed off-line by either the printing system processor or a separate defect processing system. Detected print quality defects may be corrected for using one or more interpolation techniques.
US07965412B2
A processing system includes a setting module for capturing Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K data of a foreground and selecting one from the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K data in order to set gray values of remaining three of the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K data as “0”; a coupler module for capturing the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K data of the background and combining the Cyan data of the foreground and background into a Cyan data group, the Magenta data of the foreground and background into a Magenta data group, the Yellow data of the foreground and background into a Yellow data group and the K data of the foreground and background into a K data group; and a print module for printing, out the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and K data groups one above another in an overlapping manner.
US07965409B2
A method and system are proposed in which a moving window based operator is applied to a page of a PDL document that has been decomposed, and the objects within the page flattened and rasterized. The window moves along the raster scan line, and processes rasterized data within the window, detecting any color-to-white or white-to-color interface (edge). The white rasterized portion is then dilated outward across the interface into the color portion, the dilated amount being based on a size of a reverse fine line and/or small text font character to be reproduced. A size of the fine line and/or small text font object is determined and if below a threshold, object dilation may be given effect. A dilation amount may increase as the object size decreases until the size reaches a lower threshold at and beyond which a maximum dilation amount may be applied.
US07965404B2
A method is provided for printing and regenerating mailpiece content material in a mailpiece creation system having a controller for modulating the flow of data a printing device. The method comprising the steps of producing an electronic version of the mailpiece content material and generating print stream data indicative of the mailpiece content material. The print stream is then segmented into data sets/packets indicative of a self-contained pages of mailpiece content material. The data packets each include page-based data and an object-data dictionary associated with the page-based data. The data packets are then stored as electronic files in an electronic buffer and, from the electronic buffer, transmitted during a first data transmission to the integrated printer. After the pages are printed, the electronic files of self-contained pages are moved from the electronic buffer to a storage device. Should any pages be identified as having been unsuccessfully printed, the system controller issues a command signal to regenerate the unsuccessfully processed pages in a second data transmission. This final step can be performed automatically or manually.
US07965399B2
In a composite machine provided with a copy mode and a print mode, an operation history of each operation mode is accurately timed and log information concerning an electric power of the composite machine for processing various jobs such as the copy mode and the print mode is prepared based on a timed value.
US07965394B2
A method and apparatus for identifying dynamic characteristics of a vibratory object is provided in the present invention, in which a series of dynamic interference images of the vibratory object is acquired through a frequency sweeping procedure and a two-dimensional image scanning procedure. Thereafter, the acquired images are processed for obtaining the corresponding differential fringe density index by signal processing technique of band-pass filtering method so as to further identify the dynamic characteristics of the vibratory object.
US07965378B2
An illuminator for a lithography system is provided. The illuminator includes a mask positioned along an optical axis and first and second refractive groupings positioned along the axis in cooperative arrangement with the mask. Also included are first and second reflecting devices for reflecting an image output from the first and second refractive groupings and a spatial light modulator (SLM) positioned along the axis in cooperative arrangement with the first and second reflecting devices. The active areas of the mask and the SLM are positioned off-axis.
US07965369B2
A display device is provided which comprises a first conductive layer in which a first electrode film is formed, a first insulating layer provided over the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer provided over the first insulating layer and in which a second electrode film is formed at a position different, in plane, from the first electrode film, and a second insulating layer provided over the second conductive layer. Over a surface of the second insulating layer, a recess having, in its inside, a first region in which the first electrode film is exposed, a second region in which the second electrode film is exposed, and a third region which connects the first region and the second region is formed, and a conductive film is formed at least in the first through the third regions.
US07965367B2
A display device which can prevent a drawback that a positive signal line and a negative signal line are separated to left and right sides of an external connector thus generating impedance mismatching in differential signals is provided. The flexible printed circuit board has a group of differential signal lines including plural pairs of differential signal lines which transmits differential signals, the flexible printed circuit board is constituted of a first portion which includes first connection terminals which are electrically and mechanically connected with electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a second portion which is contiguously formed with the first portion and includes second connection terminals which are connected with the external connector, a pair of GND lines is arranged on both sides of a positive signal line and a negative signal line of each pair of differential signal lines in the first portion and the second portion, and an additional GND line is arranged at least between the positive signal line and the negative signal line of said each pair of differential signal lines in the second portion.
US07965365B2
In an image display device where a lenticular lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in order from a viewer side, when cylindrical lenses of the lenticular lens are arrayed in a horizontal direction, in first-viewpoint pixels and second-viewpoint pixels of the display panel, openings whose sides which intersect with straight lines in the horizontal direction are not parallel to a vertical direction are formed. And, a shape of the openings of a pair of pixels mutually adjacent in the vertical direction is made line-symmetric with respect to edges of the pixels extending in the horizontal direction as an axis.
US07965364B2
An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) (200) includes a first substrate (210); a second substrate (230) opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer (250) sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first common electrode (211), a first insulating layer (212), and pixel electrodes provided at an inner surface of the first substrate in that order; and second common electrodes (231) and floating electrodes (233) provided at the second substrate. The first common electrode and the pixel electrodes, and the second common electrodes and the floating electrodes, respectively produce two electric fields in the liquid crystal layer corresponding to each other. A combined electric field strength is uniformly distributed in the liquid crystal layer, so that all the liquid crystal molecules can be sufficiently twisted. Thus a viewing angle, a degree of chroma, and a transmission ratio of the LCD are improved.
US07965363B2
A liquid crystal display device including a common electrode on a first substrate, a pixel electrode on a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. The device also include first and second alignment control structures formed, respectively, on the first and second substrates, for regulating azimuths of orientations of the liquid crystal when a voltage is applied thereto. The first and second alignment control structures each include a first line portion (extending in a first direction) and a second line portion (extending in a second direction, which is different from the first direction). The pixel electrode includes an edge extending in a direction different from both the first and second directions.
US07965357B2
The invention relates to a transflective LCD incorporating a partial mirror (224) as the transflector. In the transmissive display mode, light from a backlight system (240) passes apertures (226) in the transflector (224). According to the invention, recycling of light to the backlight system (240) is improved by substantially only polarizing light that passes an aperture. This is achieved by means of a patterned polarizer (222) extending over the apertures in the partial mirror.
US07965353B2
A color filter comprising a substrate, a red pixel, green pixel and blue pixel, each being disposed on the substrate, wherein a perpendicular optical retardation RRth of the red pixel, a perpendicular optical retardation GRth of the green pixel, and a perpendicular optical retardation BRth of the blue pixel satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2): |(RRth−BRth)|−|(GRth−BRth)|≧0 (1) |(RRth−BRth)|−|(RRth−GRth)|≧0 (2) wherein RRth, GRth and BRth represent, respectively, a product of a thickness [nm] of a pixel and a value obtained by subtracting a value of thickness-wise refractive index from an average value of an in-plane refractive index of each of these pixels.
US07965352B2
A view angle controlling LCD comprises a first panel part that has a first group of electrodes and a first liquid crystal layer driven by a first vertical electric field. The first group of electrodes includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode to generate the first vertical electric field. The view angle controlling LCD device further comprises a second panel part deposited on the first panel part that has a second group of electrodes and a second liquid crystal layer panel driven to have slope angle from the horizontal alignment condition by a second vertical electric field. The second group of electrodes includes a first electrode and a second electrode to generate the second vertical electric field.
US07965348B2
A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel, a printed wiring board, a rear frame, a plurality of protrusion portions and first and second positioning portions. The rear frame supports the liquid crystal panel. The protrusion portions protrude from a rear face of the rear frame and fixedly support the printed wiring board on upper faces of the protrusion portions. The first and second positioning portions further protrude from at least one of the protrusion portions. The first positioning portion positions the printed wiring board in a first direction. The second positioning portion positions the printed wiring board in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US07965345B2
A pixel electrode and a direction control electrode capacitively coupled to the pixel electrode are provided in a pixel. A pixel thin film transistor is connected to a gate line, a data line, and the pixel electrode. A direction control electrode thin film transistor is connected to a previous gate line, a previous data lines or a next data line, and the direction control electrode. The gate lines are supplied with scanning signals, and each scanning signal includes first and second pulses in a frame. The first pulse of a scanning signal is synchronized with the second pulse of a previous scanning signal.
US07965342B2
A video image display device is provided. The device includes an expansion factor deriving unit deriving and outputting an expansion factor for each frame of the video image data, for use in a luminance range expansion process for expanding a luminance range of the video image data on the basis of an image characterizing quantity related to the luminance of the video image data corresponding to the frame; a luminance range expansion processing unit performing the luminance range expansion process to the video image data on the basis of the expansion factor output from the expansion factor deriving unit; and a scene-change detecting unit detecting a change in a screen state of a present frame into a black screen state on the basis of the video image data and detecting a scene-change indicating that the scene of the video image has changed.
US07965340B2
A LCD apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a circuit board having a mounting surface and circuit elements mounted on the mounting surface to constitute a drive circuit for driving the LCD apparatus, and a case for holding the liquid crystal panel and the circuit board. The circuit board is positioned approximately in a vertical direction during normal use of the LCD apparatus. The circuit elements include a first element having a first projecting length from the mounting surface and a second element having a second projecting length from the mounting surface. The first projecting length is greater than a projecting length of any other element of the circuit elements. The second projecting length is slightly smaller than the first projecting length. The first and the second elements are arranged on the mounting surface approximately in a line in the vertical direction.
US07965339B2
A resolution enhancing method of a video includes reducing a training video, extracting a high-frequency component from the training video, calculating a first feature vector including a feature amount of a first spatio-temporal box in the reduced video, storing pairs of the first feature vectors and second spatio-temporal boxes in the high-frequency component videos at the same positions as those of the first spatio-temporal boxes, expanding an input video, retrieving a first feature vector similar to a second feature vector including a feature amount of a third spatio-temporal box of an object of the input video to be processed, as an element, and adding a second spatio-temporal box making a pair with the retrieved first feature vector to a fourth spatio-temporal box in the expanded video at the same position as that of the third spatio-temporal box in order to generate an output video.
US07965334B2
An auto-focus (AF) camera enables AF operation with high speed and enhanced accuracy. The AF operation encompasses step-scanning the focus lens of the camera from the closest focal position to infinity, or vice versa. In one embodiment, the steps in the step-scanning are made smaller around a position judged to be close to the focus position, and the steps are made larger at other positions.
US07965328B2
Basically, en electronic shutter function of a CMOS solid-state image pickup apparatus is implemented by a rolling shutter of which exposure timing sequentially shifts between pixel rows. The exposure period for one pixel row is from a time point when readout of the pixel row is started to a time point when next readout of the pixel row is started. Thus, in order to achieve exposure similar to that of a global shutter with the same exposure period applied to all of the pixel rows, there is set a blank period where no pixel signal is read out from any one of the pixel rows, and an LED is illuminated over a predetermined portion within the blank period. In this way, the CMOS solid-state image pickup apparatus having a rolling shutter function can achieve similar exposure to a global shutter.
US07965316B2
An intelligent light source for use with the test of a digital camera module provides a plurality of shapes of light. A fast light pulse is created with turn-on and turn-off transitions less than or equal to one microsecond. Other waveform shapes comprise a ramp and a sinusoid, and all shapes can be made to occur once or repetitively. The magnitude of the light has a range from 0.01 LUX to 1000 LUX, and the ramp has a ramp time that has a range from microseconds to 100 ms. The light comprises of a plurality of colors created by serial connected strings of LED devices, where the LED devices in a string emit the same color. The light emanating from the light source is calibrated using a photo diode and the control of a tester by adjusting offset voltages of a DAC controlling a current through the LED strings.
US07965314B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing foveal images. For example, high and low resolution images can be combined to provide foveal images. Parameters other than resolution can vary between the larger and smaller images of the foveal image. Real, artificial, 2D and 3D images can be used in any desired combination to form foveal images. The use of such foveal images can substantially enhance the ability of viewers to accurately and reliably interpret the content of images and provide reduce bandwidth for image transmission.
US07965310B2
A method and digital camera for capturing images to be provided to a service provider. The camera includes a capture device for capturing digital images; a memory for storing the captured digital images; an interface to a communications device for transmitting the stored images to a service provider; wherein the digital interface automatically transfers images to the network service provider during a specified time period. Rechargeable batteries may be provided for powering the digital camera; wherein the communications device recharges the batteries using the interface. The camera may further include a display for displaying digital files stored in the digital memory and displaying the at least one order status confirmation file on the display.
US07965306B2
A thermal transfer printing method for forming a screen on photographic paper without providing a margin between the screen and a screen adjacent thereto. Photographic paper is unwound from a roll and then a screen having an image is formed on the paper, by transferring yellow, magenta, and cyan colorants onto the paper using a first heating means, without providing a margin between the screen and an adjacent screen. The paper is then cut at a rear edge of the screen so as to manufacture an individual photographic paper on which the screen has been formed, which is then conveyed to a second heating means. A screen protective layer is then formed on an overall surface of the screen formed on the individual photographic paper, by thermally transferring the screen protective film onto the overall surface of the screen formed on the individual photographic paper by the second heating means.
US07965302B2
The invention provides a Gamma conversion system applied on a source of image pixel data. Each image pixel data in the source of image pixel data has an M-bit pixel value with a first Gamma exponent. The Gamma conversion system comprises a storage module, a processing module, and a selecting module. The storage module therein stores I look-up tables. The processing module is respectively coupled to the source of image pixel data and the storage module, and the processing module comprises I converting modules, each of the converting modules corresponds to one look-up table. The selecting module is coupled to the source of image pixel data and the processing module respectively, and generates a selection signal according to the M-bit pixel value. In response to the selection signal, the processing module assigns one of the converting modules to convert the M-bit pixel value into an N-bit pixel value with a second Gamma exponent according to the look-up table corresponding to the assigned converting module.
US07965301B1
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for color conversion of a digital image. The digital image comprises a source set of pixels. A perceptual distance may be determined between the source set of pixels and a respective destination set of pixels for each of a plurality of rendering intents. A rendering intent corresponding to the smallest perceptual distance may be selected automatically. The source set of pixels may be converted to an output set of pixels using the selected rendering intent.
US07965300B2
Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for determining device white point and gamma correction curve characteristics.
US07965296B2
Systems and methods for graphics data management are described. One embodiment includes a graphics processing system comprising a texture management unit configured to organize texture map data according to a slice major format, wherein the texture map data spans at least one mip level. Furthermore, the graphics processing system comprises a texture cache, wherein the texture cache is coupled to the texture management unit and configured to receive the organized texture map data from the texture management unit.
US07965291B1
A graphics system utilizes a graphics processing unit to implement marching tetrahedra extraction of an isosurface. In one embodiment locations of tetrahedral grids are represented as groups of four vertices for processing in the graphics processing unit.
US07965281B2
Capacitance sensing apparatuses are described. The apparatus includes capacitance sensor elements that traverse a sensing region. The apparatus also includes sensor circuitry that has multiple inputs. More than one of the capacitance sensor elements are electrically coupled to the same input. A position of an object along an axis of the sensing region is unambiguously identified according to which subset of the inputs senses a change in capacitance that is induced when the object is proximate to the sensing region.
US07965276B1
A method and apparatus for adjusting force output from force feedback devices based on user contact with the device. A degree of user contact with a manipulandum of the device is determined by examining the motion of the manipulandum in at least one degree of freedom. A force is output in the degree of freedom of the manipulandum by an actuator of the force feedback device, where a magnitude of the force is adjusted in accordance with the degree of user contact. The force output can be stopped if the user is not contacting the manipulandum, or the forces can be reduced in magnitude if the user has a light contact or reduced grip on the manipulandum. The device can also continue to monitor manipulandum motion to determine when the user is again interacting with the manipulandum and to reapply or increase the magnitude of the forces.
US07965275B1
A method for contextually representing errors during data entry, including obtaining an expandable and collapsible tree (ECT) having a first node and a second node corresponding to multiple tasks for data entry; displaying a portion of the ECT including the second node, where the first node stems from the second node; presenting a record, corresponding to a task represented by the first node, including a data field for entry of data; receiving a data entry error for input to the data field of the record, where the data entry error is inconsistent with a predetermined range of acceptable data; and displaying, on the ECT and in association with the second node, an error indicium indicative of the data entry error while allowing further progression through the multiple tasks.
US07965266B2
An image display unit and a method of detecting an object which are capable of reliably detecting an object with a simple structure irrespective of use conditions are provided. Invisible light is emitted from a screen of a display portion. The invisible light reflected from a target object which comes in contact with or close to the screen is received on the screen. On the basis of the received invisible light, the target object is detected. Thus, the target object can be reliably detected without influence of the display state of the display portion, and influence of use conditions such as surrounding circumstances (the case where it is bright or dark). Moreover, for example, it is not necessary to separately arrange a component such as a touch panel, so the image display unit can be achieved with a simple structure.
US07965262B2
Device comprising a display panel, preferably organic electroluminescent with passive matrix, comprising an array of columns and an array of rows of electrodes for powering an array of cells and drivers adapted for successively connecting each row electrode to one of the terminals of the power supply of the panel, and during a sequence of connection of a row electrode, for simultaneously connecting one or more column electrodes to the other terminal of the power supply, and for being able to transfer to each cell to thus be powered the charge of the intrinsic capacitors of the cells linked to the same column electrode as the cell to be powered.
US07965257B2
An imaging system, comprising an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that the microtile units may be arranged in multiple geometrical configurations, and each microtile unit including circuitry for communication with the other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of the image.
US07965248B2
A dual-feed and dual-band antenna includes a substrate, a grounding unit disposed on the substrate and having two opposite sides, a first radiating unit disposed on the substrate near the first side of the grounding unit, and a second radiating unit disposed on the substrate near the second side. The second radiating unit has a short-circuit strip electrically connected to the grounding unit. The antenna further includes a first coaxial cable electrically connected to the first radiating unit and the grounding unit, and a second coaxial cable electrically connected to the second radiating unit and the grounding unit.
US07965238B2
An antenna common to a plurality of frequencies in which a wide band of a UWB system can be covered while suppressing interference with other systems. The antenna comprises a plurality of element part conductors, coupling conductors for coupling them electrically, and a feeder for coupling one element part conductor electrically with a feeder part capable of feeding to that element part conductor, wherein respective element part conductors are concatenated sequentially by the coupling conductors. The element part conductor has a shape substantially symmetric to a line connecting the coupling conductors or the parts coupled with the feeder. Each coupling conductor is arranged substantially linearly and the plane part of each planar conductor is arranged substantially vertically.
US07965235B2
A low cost multi-channel thinned transmit/receive (TR) module architecture is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an active antenna assembly including at least one multi-channel TR module for reducing power consumption, the antenna assembly including the at least one TR module including a first phase shifter, a first switch coupled to the first phase shifter, the first switch configured to switch between a transmit circuit and a receive circuit, the transmit circuit including a first power amplifier coupled to the first switch and to a plurality of second phase shifters, and a plurality of second power amplifiers, each second power amplifier coupled to one of the second phase shifters, the receive circuit including a low noise amplifier coupled to the first switch and to a plurality of third phase shifters, and a plurality of second switches, each second switch configured to switch between one of the second power amplifiers and one of the third phase shifters.
US07965224B2
A running control system having a radar device that detects a distance between a subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle. When a vehicle speed sensor detects the subject vehicle has stopped, a transmission output controller sets a transmission output of the radar device to a stopping time transmission output lower than a running time transmission output. When the radar device detects an increase in the distance between the subject vehicle and the preceding vehicle while the subject vehicle is stopped, or when the distance between the subject vehicle and the preceding vehicle detected by the radar device while the subject vehicle has stopped is longer than a predetermined value, a notifying device notifies an occupant of the subject vehicle that following running control is possible.
US07965204B2
The invention relates to a portable radio remote control transmitter with a splash-proof and dust-tight housing, which accommodates a control unit and comprises an operator control panel with a number of buttons for entering control commands. In order to develop the radio remote control transmitter in such a way that the risk of erroneous operation is reduced, it is proposed according to the invention that at least one button has an associated illuminating element for illuminating the button.
US07965196B2
A device for use by a deafblind person is disclosed. The device comprises a first key for manually inputting a series of words in the form of a code, a second key for manually inputting an action to be performed by the device, a third key for manually inputting a user preference, and a fourth key for manually inputting communication instructions. The device further has an internal processor programmed to carry out communication functions and search and guide functions. The device has various safety and security functions for pedestrians or persons in transit. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises an electronic cane known as an eCane. Also disclosed is a system for allowing a deafblind person to enjoy television programs.
US07965190B2
An enhanced object tracking system for tracking and controlling access to a plurality of objects such as keys is disclosed. The object tracking system implements many improvements including automated user identification using biometric data extracted from the user with a minimum of user interaction, tracking of objects both inside and outside their storage units, the locking of objects within slots of their storage unit to guard against illicit removal and return of keys and to insure random slot rotation, image and visual based inventory verification methodologies, and tracking of objects during times when they are checked out of the system. The result is an intelligent object tracking system with automated control functions and high reliability.
US07965175B2
To provide a sounder that outputs alarm sound to notify an abnormality in a monitored region. The sounder includes: a sound source that outputs alarm sound when a pulse signal is applied to the sound source; a pulse signal application unit that applies the pulse signal to the sound source; a storage unit that stores plural combinations of a frequency and a pulse width that the pulse signal can take; and a pulse signal control unit that controls the pulse signal application unit so that the pulse signal corresponding to the combination of the frequency and the pulse width stored in the storage unit is applied to the sound source.
US07965166B2
A multilayered device comprises an insulation sheet 1 having at least two foldable areas 11, 12 which are multilayered by being folded; and a first conductor 21A, 22A which is formed on a first face 11A, 12A and constitutes a first coil 51A, 52A having one turn or more, and a second conductor 21B, 22B which is formed on a second face 11B, 12B and constitutes a second coil 51B, 52B having one turn or more in the same winding direction as that of the first coil in each of the foldable areas, at least four conductors are disposed in parallel with each other by folding the insulation sheet so as to constitute an inductor, and thus, it enables to thin the thickness of the multilayer, to downsize and to lightweight even when it constitutes a coil device having a larger winding number.
US07965165B2
An M phase coupled inductor includes a magnetic core including a first end magnetic element, a second end magnetic element, and M legs disposed between and connecting the first and second end magnetic elements. M is an integer greater than one. The coupled inductor further includes M windings, where each winding has a substantially rectangular cross section. Each one of the M windings is at least partially wound about a respective leg.
US07965156B2
Under one aspect, a resonator 400 includes a nanotube element 410 including a non-woven fabric of unaligned nanotubes and having a thickness, and a support structure 404 defining a gap 406 over which the nanotube element 410 is suspended, the thickness of the nanotube element 410 and the length of the gap 406 being selected to provide a pre-specified resonance frequency for the resonator 400 The resonator 400 also includes a conductive element 412 in electrical contact with the nanotube element 410, a drive electrode 408 in spaced relation to the nanotube element 410, and power logic in electrical contact with die at least one drive electrode 408 The power logic provides a series of electrical pulses at a frequency selected to be about the same as the pre-specified resonance frequency of the resonator 400 to the drive electrode 408 during operation of the resonator 400, such that the nanotube element 410 responds to the series of electrical pulses applied to the drive electrode 408 by making a series of mechanical motions at the resonance frequency of the resonator 400.
US07965155B2
The present invention provides a surface acoustic wave resonator capable of improving a leak of a surface acoustic wave in the transverse direction and reducing the spurious and having superior characteristics. In a surface acoustic wave filter according to the present invention, an interdigital transducer electrode and reflector electrodes are formed on a piezoelectric substrate, and a SiO2 thin film is formed on at least a portion of the interdigital transducer electrode. The interdigital transducer electrode includes a bus-bar electrode region, a dummy electrode region and a finger overlap region, such that the SiO2 thin film is removed from upper sections of the bus-bar electrode regions of the interdigital transducer electrode.
US07965143B2
A digital phase detector is provided that can be easily implemented in gate array or FPGA, to accurately quantize a phase difference of two clocks and convert to a digital value without using delay elements. The digital phase detector includes: a multiplier for, when two clocks have frequencies close to an integer ratio, receiving a first clock and multiplying by M/N; F/F for latching a second clock by an output clock of the multiplier; a differential circuit for differentiating an output of the F/F; a counter for receiving the output clock of the multiplier; a latch circuit for holding an output of the counter according to an output of the differential circuit; a first adder for adding an output of the latch circuit; a second adder for subtracting an output of the first adder from a fixed value; and an accumulator for sequentially integrating an output of the second adder.
US07965141B2
A class D amplifier (1) comprises an input unit (11) for receiving a digital input signal (Vin), a pulse shaping unit (12) for producing pulse shaped signals in dependence of the input signal (Vin), a comparator unit (13) for comparing the pulse shaped signals and producing a comparator signal, a driver unit (14) for producing driver signals in dependence of the comparator signal, a switching output unit (15) for producing a pulse width modulated output signal (Vout) in dependence of the driver signals, and a feedback unit (16) for feeding the output signal (Vout) back to the pulse shaping unit (12). The input unit (11) comprises a clipping control unit (10) for controlling the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated output signal (Vout).
US07965134B2
Exemplary embodiments of the invention disclose signal filtering. In an exemplary embodiment, a filter device may comprise a subtractor operably coupled between an input and an output and configured to receive an input signal comprising a desired component and at least one undesired frequency component. The filter device may further include a feedback loop configured to receive at least one of the input signal and an output signal from the subtractor and convey a feedback signal comprising at least one undesired component to the subtractor. Each undesired component of the feedback signal corresponds to an associated undesired component of the input signal. Furthermore, the subtractor subtracts the feedback signal from the input signal and convey the output signal.
US07965133B2
A compensation circuit for reducing power consumption in at least one digital circuit includes a first sample circuit connected to a first supply voltage, a second sample circuit connected to a second supply voltage, and a controller connected to the first and second sample circuits. The first and second sample circuits are substantially functionally equivalent to one another but optimized for different regions of operation within a specified range of PVT conditions. The controller is operative to receive respective output signals from the first and second sample circuits, to monitor a functionality of the second sample circuit relative to the first sample circuit, and to adjust a level of the second supply voltage to ensure correct operation of the second sample circuit throughout the specified range of PVT conditions. The digital circuit is operative from the second supply voltage.
US07965132B2
A transistor circuit is provided. The transistor circuit includes a first output transistor, a second output transistor, and a switch arrangement. The first and second output transistors are arranged for providing an output signal to a common output of the transistor circuit. The switch arrangement couples an output of the first output transistor and the output of the second output transistor to the common output in sequence. The first and second output transistors are controlled to provide the same steady state output. The switch arrangement is adapted such that when the output of the first output transistor is coupled to the common output, changes in drive conditions voltage of the first output transistor are isolated from the second output transistor.
US07965126B2
A half bridge is described with at least one transistor having a channel that is capable in a first mode of operation of blocking a substantial voltage in at least one direction, in a second mode of operation of conducting substantial current in one direction through the channel and in a third mode of operation of conducting substantial current in an opposite direction through the channel. The half bridge can have two circuits with such a transistor.
US07965115B2
A phase locked loop includes a digital controlled oscillator and a number of phase detectors, each having a first input connected to a reference source and a second input coupled to the output of the digital controlled oscillator, and an output for producing a phase error signal. A loop filter coupled to the output of each phase detector has an output and a feedback input. An adjustment unit for derives an adjustment signal for the digital controlled oscillator from one or more of the loop filters by selecting or combining output signals from the loop filters taking into account the stability of said reference sources. The adjustment signal for the digital controlled oscillator produced by the adjustment unit is coupled to each of the feedback inputs of the loop filters. This arrangement results in hitless reference switching.
US07965111B2
A method an apparatus for synchronizing phases of one or more divider units comprise powering on a master divider unit to provide a reference signal. A phase of a slave divider unit is synchronized to the reference signal from the master divider unit by providing a power on pulse at the slave divider unit, synchronizing the phase of the slave divider unit to the reference signal using a digitally controlled oscillator, and powering on the slave divider unit after a first predetermined delay period following a rising edge of the power on pulse. By synchronizing a slave divider unit to the reference signal from the master divider unit, any number of slave divider units may be powered on and in-phase with each other.
US07965110B2
The invention relates to sample-and hold modules, and notably those which are intended to be placed upstream of an analog-digital converter. The sample-and-hold module conventionally comprises a differential pair of transistors, a follower transistor and a storage capacitor. The follower transistor is turned on during a sampling phase by the application of an emitter current by means of a first current switch and can be disabled during a hold phase by the application of a disabling voltage to its base. The sample-and-hold module operates according to the invention with a hold phase beginning at the same time as the end of a sampling phase and terminating before the start of a new sampling phase. Switching spikes are thus avoided at the transition between the end of a hold phase and the start of a new sampling phase.
US07965105B2
A method and circuit of a biased input buffer is described to maximize the quality in the output signals. The input buffer includes a first stage for receiving differential input signals and generating differential internal signals as biased in response to an averaging of the differential internal signals. The input buffer further includes a second stage coupled to the differential internal signals and configured to generate differential output signals. A memory device includes a memory array with the respective input buffer. Differential input signals are received and differential internal signals are generated as biased in response to an averaging of the differential internal signals. Differential output signals are generated in a second stage from the differential internal signals.
US07965104B2
A data transmission system includes a transmitter including a drive unit outputting complementary signals to first and second transmission lines according to data for transmission, and a receptor including first and second termination resistors, and a receiver circuit. One ends of the first and second termination resistors are respectively connected to first and second nodes that are connected to first and second transmission lines and other ends of the first and second termination resistors are connected in common to a third node. The receiver circuit supplies a current to the third node and outputs received data corresponding to data for transmission, in accordance with a potential difference between the first and second nodes.
US07965094B2
A heater for heating packaged die for burn-in and heat testing is described. The heater may be a ceramic-type heater with a metal filament. The heater may be incorporated into the integrated circuit package as an additional ceramic layer of the package, or may be an external heater placed in contact with the package to heat the die. Many different types of integrated circuit packages may be accommodated. The method provides increased energy efficiency for heating the die while reducing temperature stresses on testing equipment. The method allows the use of multiple heaters to heat die to different temperatures. Faulty die may be heated to weaken die attach material to facilitate removal of the die. The heater filament or a separate temperature thermistor located in the package may be used to accurately measure die temperature.
US07965091B2
A gap set device for an electronic component handler is provided. The electronic component handler includes a test module operative to load, test and unload electronic components. The electronic components are received in test pockets provided on a test plate. The test pockets include at least one corner relief to improve loading efficiency.
US07965087B2
A method for ascertaining and monitoring the fill level of a medium in a container the method utilizes a fill-level measuring device, wherein, according to the technique of time-domain reflectometry, high-frequency measuring signals are guided via at least one measuring probe in the direction of the medium, reflected on at least one interface of the medium as wanted echo signals or on disturbance locations as disturbance echo signals, and received. A current echo curve is formed from a produced, reference echo signal, wanted echo signals and disturbance echo signals, wherein, at least from a first disturbance echo signal and the reference echo signal, which are caused in a measurement-inactive region of the fill-level measuring device, a base point is located in the current echo curve, and wherein the fill level is ascertained from the distance between the base point and the wanted echo signal formed in a measurement-active region of the fill-level measuring device.
US07965078B2
Viscosity of heavy oil is determined in situ in a formation by making nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in the formation, and then calculating viscosity according to an equation of the form T 2 LM = a + b ( η T ) c , where T is the temperature of the heavy oil sample, η is the viscosity, T2LM is the logarithmic mean of the T2 distribution spectrum of the sample, and a, b, and c are non-zero constants. Typically, constant b has a value between 5 and 7 and constant c has a value between −0.7 and −0.5.
US07965077B2
A fabrication process and apparatus provide a high-performance magnetic field sensor (200) from two differential sensor configurations (201, 211) which require only two distinct pinning axes (206, 216) which are formed from a single reference layer (60) that is etched into high aspect ratio shapes (62, 63) with their long axes drawn with different orientations so that, upon treating the reference layers with a properly aligned saturating field (90) and then removing the saturating field, the high aspect ratio patterns provide a shape anisotropy that forces the magnetization of each patterned shape (62, 63) to relax along its respective desired axis. Upon heating and cooling, the ferromagnetic film is pinned in the different desired directions.
US07965076B2
A magnetic angle sensor 100 comprises a bulk substrate; a circular well 101 provided upon the bulk substrate; an even numbered plurality of electrodes 102a-102x spaced at regular intervals in a ring formation over the circular well; and a pair of biasing electrodes for selectively applying a progressive succession of differently directed bias currents 104 to and/or using the said ring of electrodes 102 to provide a succession of Hall potentials indicative of the relative magnitude of successive differently oriented magnetic field components B in the plane of the magnetic angle sensor 100. The sensor 100 operates cyclically and the full progressive succession cycle involves applying and/or using each electrode 102 in the ring at least once for applying a bias current and/or sensing a Hall potential. In such a manner, the full cycle comprises the progressive succession of the axis of measurement of the sensor 100 through a complete rotation within the plane of the sensor. By monitoring the phase of the generated signal or monitoring the zero crossings of the generated signal the orientation of the magnetic field coin the plane of the sensor can be determined.
US07965069B2
The DC/DC converter is that which is constituted so as to have a failure detecting circuit in which a first capacitor and a second capacitor are connected in series, a plurality of switches are switched according to a predetermined operating mode to select an inductor, the first capacitor and the second capacitor, allowing them to function, thereby performing any one of the boost, buck, and conducting operations of input voltage.
US07965065B2
A trimming circuit which comprises a shunt circuit having two shunt resistors and two shunt ON/OFF switches and connected in parallel with a series resistor circuit. The middle point of the shunt circuit is connected to a connection point of the series resistor circuit, the resistance ratio thereof with respect to the connection point being equal to the resistance ratio of the shunt resistors.
US07965064B2
A power-conversion regulator comprising an inductive reactor, an output filter reactor, and a switch for admitting energy to the inductive reactor, additionally comprises computation circuitry responsive to the flux in the inductive reactor, to a reference signal, to an output voltage, and sometimes to an output load current, for computing the quantity of energy that must be supplied to a load and to the output filter reactor to regulate the output voltage or current to a desired relationship with the reference signal during each chopping waveform cycle driving the switch. As the inductive reactor is charged from an input energy source, the computation circuitry predicts whether the energy in the inductive reactor has become adequate for the regulation.
US07965063B2
In an inverter generator having an engine generator unit, a converter that converts generated alternating current to direct current, an inverter that converts the direct current to alternating current with switching elements to supply to an electrical load, an inverter driver that drives the switching elements with a PWM signal and makes the alternating current of a predetermined frequency, the alternating current supplied to the electrical and voltages of the direct and alternating currents are detected, the detected voltage of the alternating current is corrected as a predetermined value based on a coefficient (DCgainA) set based on the detected voltage of the direct current, when the detected alternating current is greater than a threshold value, and the PWM signal is corrected by the predetermined, thereby limiting overcurrent.
US07965057B2
A method and apparatus are provided for operation of a three-phase rotating electrical machine which has at least two stator winding sets and each stator winding set has three phase windings connected in star, and the star circuits of the stator winding sets have a phase shift of 30 degrees electrical with respect to one another, and an associated converting unit is respectively provided for each stator winding set, in which method the respective stator winding set is fed by the associated converter unit, and a respectively associated regulation device is provided for each converter unit, and each converter unit is driven by means of a drive signal from the associated regulation device independently of regulation devices of the respective other converter units.
US07965055B2
A control device of a work positioning apparatus includes an operating limit line storage unit for storing position coordinates of an operating limit line, a speed reduction zone storage unit for storing a width of a speed reduction zone ranging from a reduction start position to the operating limit line, a check point storage unit for storing position coordinates of check points set in the work, a check point updating unit for determining position coordinates of the check points moved in accordance with an operation of the work positioning apparatus by calculation, an in-speed-reduction-zone determining unit for determining whether the check points enter the speed reduction zone in accordance with the updated position coordinates of the check points, and a work positioning apparatus control unit for instructing a work positioning apparatus motor to reduce a speed if the check points are determined to enter the speed reduction zone.
US07965053B2
A method for determining the speed of rotation of an unpowered, coasting electric motor, driven, when powered, by an electronic inverter, and without activating switches of the inverter. The steps include determining an electrical frequency of a back emf signal generated at a terminal of the motor or switching node of the inverter when the motor is coasting and determining the mechanical motor frequency and thus speed of rotation by dividing the electrical frequency by the number of motor pole pairs.
US07965052B2
A method and system is provided for starting a motor which is useful, among other things, is useful for motors under unknown or variable load/inertia conditions. If a first attempt to start the motor using a first frequency ramp-up rate fails, a subsequent start attempt may be performed at a decreased frequency ramp-up rate. Iteration may be performed until starting of the motor is successfully achieved.
US07965049B2
The present invention discloses an electric energy control circuit for a solar power illumination system. The solar power illumination system has at least one solar panel coupled to a charging controller, and the solar panel charges at least one battery via the charging controller. An electric energy control circuit according to the present invention controls a driving unit to acquire electric energy from the battery and turn on at least one lamp set. The electric energy control circuit comprises: a power detection loop and an output control loop. The power detection loop is coupled to the solar panel and the battery and detects the power generation of the solar panel and the remaining capacity of the battery. The output control loop is coupled to the power detection loop and determines the power output to the lamp set according to the power generation and the remaining capacity. Thereby, the present invention can modulate the power for the solar power illumination system according to the weather, prolong the power supply time of the battery, and reduce the bad weather-induced attrition of the solar power illumination system.
US07965046B2
A driver circuit or controller flexibly drives either a half-bridge or a full-bridge switching network in a backlight inverter without modification, redundant circuitry or additional components. The driver circuit includes four outputs to provide four respective driving signals that establish a periodic timing sequence using a zero-voltage switching technique for semiconductor switches in the switching network.
US07965042B2
A metal halide lamp according to the present invention includes: an outer tube 2; an inner tube 3 that is provided in the outer tube 2, has a sealing portion 10 in at least one end portion, and is made of quartz glass; an inner tube 3 provided in the outer tube 2; and an arc tube 4 provided in the inner tube 3, wherein assuming that the outer tube 2 has a maximum outer diameter A (mm), the inner tube 3 has a maximum outer diameter B (mm), and the metal halide lamp 1 consumes P (W) of power, the following relationships are satisfied: 0.06P+15.8≦A≦25, 0.05P+9.0≦B, and 1.14≦A/B, where P satisfies 20 W≦P≦130 W.
US07965033B2
An organic light emitting device includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel to display different colors from each other, wherein the organic light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a light emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a translucent member disposed on or under the first electrode and forming a micro-cavity along with the second electrode. The translucent member has the same thickness in the first pixel as in the second pixel.
US07965028B2
A white-light emitting device comprises a substrate, a short wavelength light source, a protective layer, a first structure, and a second structure. The short wavelength light source is disposed on the substrate for generating a first light, and the protective layer covering the short wavelength light source is pervious to the first light. The first structure is disposed on the protective layer for generating a second light, in which the first structure includes a first quantum well and a transmission layer. The second structure is disposed on the first structure for generating a third light. Finally, the first light, the second light, and the third light are mixed to generate a white light.
US07965012B2
There is provided an electronic motor in which a stator core is thinned to obtain an increased diameter of a rotor is to produce a high power output, and a stator can be positioned with high accuracy at the time when a coil is wound on the stator. The outside peripheral surface of a yoke part 31 is substantially the same as the outside peripheral surface of a flange 42 of an insulator 4, and in a part of the flange 42, a cut-away part 43 is provided to expose a part of the end face of a stator core 30.
US07965004B2
An electric motor has a stator (12) as well as a rotor (14) rotatable about a rotation axis (85) and a sensor magnet (82) having an even number of sensor poles (71, 72, 73, 74). The sensor magnet (82) is configured to generate a magnetic flux having a magnetic flux density that changes sinusoidally with respect to the rotation angle. Two analog rotor position sensors (460, 465) are arranged on a support structure (468) at a distance from one another such that, during operation, they generate two sinusoidal signals (B_S1, B_S2) having a phase shift of 90° to each other. A signal generator (90) serves to generate at least one pulse-shaped signal (A, B) from the two sinusoidal rotor position signals (B_S1, B_S2) that are phase-shifted by 90°. The instantaneous rotation speed can be accurately determined from this pulse-shaped signal.
US07964982B2
A turbomachine has a housing defining an axis and having an axially outwardly directed first end wall. A shaft rotatable about the axis inside the housing has a first end projecting axially from the housing. An electric rotor is provided on the shaft, and an electric stator is provided on the housing juxtaposed with the electric rotor. A radial impeller fixed on the first shaft end outside the housing has an inner face directed axially toward the housing end wall. A magnetic bearing half is fixed on the housing end wall immediately adjacent and directed at the impeller inner face.
US07964979B2
A method of controlling a wind turbine, where a control signal for a controllable parameter of the wind turbine is determined, and the rotor power coefficient, the torque coefficient, and/or a thrust coefficient of the wind turbine are estimated at time intervals. From this is determined a variation parameter reflecting the variation of the estimated rotor power, torque or thrust coefficient over time. The wind turbine is then controlled according to the control signal only if the variation parameter is below an alert threshold, and otherwise according to a modified control strategy. The control signal may have a power or torque reference signal for controlling the rotational speed of the turbine or a blade pitch reference signal. The modified control method may for instance entail stopping or de-rating the wind turbine. A control system configured to perform the above control method, and a wind turbine comprising such system are also disclosed.
US07964975B2
A fabrication method for a metal-base/polymer-resin bonded structured body according to the present invention includes the steps of: (1) applying, to a surface of the metal base, a solution containing an organometallic compound decomposable at 350° C. or lower; (2) baking the applied solution in an oxidizing atmosphere to form, on the surface of the metal base, a coating containing an oxide of the metal of the organometallic compound; (3) providing the polymer resin on the coating; and (4) hardening the polymer resin to provide the metal-base/polymer-resin bonded structured body.
US07964973B2
A method for fabricating a metallization structure comprises depositing a first metal layer; depositing a first pattern-defining layer over said first metal layer, a first opening in said first pattern-defining layer exposes said first metal layer; depositing a second metal layer over said first metal layer exposed by said first opening; depositing a second pattern-defining layer over said second metal layer, a second opening in said second pattern-defining layer exposes said second metal layer; depositing a third metal layer over said second metal layer exposed by said second opening; removing said second pattern-defining layer; removing said first pattern-defining layer; and removing said first metal layer not under said second metal layer.
US07964963B2
A semiconductor package of this invention includes external electrode pad 5 which is formed by a conductive member that is made either of conductive resin or conductive ink, which is connected to an internal circuit of a semiconductor device, and which is to be electrically connected to an external portion, plating layer 6 which is provided on an entire surface of external electrode pad 5, and insulating resin layer 7 which covers plating layer 6 on a peripheral edge of external electrode pad 5, and which exposes a portion of plating layer 6 on external electrode pad 5.
US07964957B2
A semiconductor device that includes a metal substrate including a top surface, a bottom surface and four side surfaces, a conductive pattern insulated from the metal substrate, and a semiconductor element mounted on and electrically connected to the conductive pattern. The top surface is insulated. Each of the side surfaces of the metal substrate includes a first inclining side surface and a second inclining side surface so as to form a convex shape protruding outwardly between the top surface and the bottom surface of the metal substrate, and the first inclining side surfaces of a pair of two opposing side surfaces are smaller than corresponding first inclining side surfaces of another pair of two opposing side surfaces.
US07964944B2
The present invention is to implement a SOP of a mobile RFID interrogator. The substrate has external connection terminal patterns on a first surface of a substrate and circuit wiring patterns on a second surface of the substrate. a high frequency front-end part, a power amplifier IC, an analog-digital signal processing chip and the like are mounted on the second surface. The high frequency front-end part is to transmit and receive a RFID signal. The power amplifier IC is to output an amplified high frequency transmission signal to the high frequency front-end part. The analog-digital signal processing chip is to output a high frequency transmission signal to the power amplifier IC and process the RFID signal received through the high frequency front-end part, a mold resin is to cover the second surface and components mounted on the second surface for electrical insulation from outside and physical protection from outside.
US07964939B2
A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor chip; a first frame; a solder layer which bonds the solder bonding metal layer of the semiconductor chip and the first frame; and a second frame bonded to the rear face of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first metal layer provided on a major surface of the semiconductor substrate and forming a Schottky junction with the semiconductor substrate; a second metal layer provided on the first metal layer and primarily composed of aluminum; a third metal layer provided on the second metal layer and primarily composed of molybdenum or titanium; and a solder bonding metal layer provided on the third metal layer and including at least a fourth metal layer which is primarily composed of nickel, iron or cobalt.
US07964931B2
A semiconductor device 1 includes a square substrate 2, first RESURF structures 3 in the shape of planar stripes on an element area 10 of a main surface of the substrate 2, a transistor T arranged between the first RESURF structures 3, a first high withstand voltage section 11 constituted by second RESURF structures 3a in the shape of planar strips on a periphery of the main surface of the substrate 2, and a second high withstand voltage section 12 constituted by third RESURF structures 3b which are symmetrically arranged at corners of the substrate 2 with respect to a diagonal line D of the main surface of the substrate 2.
US07964929B2
The disclosed embodiments employ shared pixel component architectures that arrange the shared pixel components for a group of pixels within different pixels of the group.
US07964928B2
A photodetector made in monolithic form in a lightly-doped substrate of a first conductivity type. This photodetector includes at least two photodiodes and includes a first region of the first conductivity type more heavily doped than the substrate extending at least between the two photodiodes; and a second region of the first conductivity type more heavily doped than the substrate and extending under the first region and under one of the two photodiodes, the first region or the second region, with the first region, delimiting a substrate portion at the level of said one of the two photodiodes, and the second region, with the first region, delimiting an additional substrate portion at the level of the other one of the two photodiodes.
US07964922B2
A structure, design structure and method of manufacturing is provided for a dual metal gate Vt roll-up structure, e.g., multi-work function metal gate. The multi-work function metal gate structure comprises a first type of metal with a first work function in a central region and a second type of metal with a second work function in at least one edge region adjacent the central region. The first work-function is different from the second work function.
US07964919B2
An integrated circuit includes a first thin film resistor on a first dielectric layer. A first layer of interconnect conductors on the first dielectric layer includes a first and second interconnect conductors electrically contacting the first thin film resistor. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. A second thin film resistor is formed on the second dielectric layer. A third dielectric layer is formed on the second dielectric layer. A second layer of interconnect conductors on the third dielectric layer includes a third interconnect conductor extending through an opening in the second and third dielectric layers to contact the first interconnect conductor, a fourth interconnect conductor extending through an opening in the second and third dielectric layers to contact the second interconnect conductor, and two interconnect conductors extending through openings in the third dielectric layer of the second thin film resistor. A fifth interconnect conductor extends through an opening in the first dielectric layer to contact a circuit element.
US07964912B2
In one embodiment, a vertical HVFET includes a pillar of semiconductor material a pillar of semiconductor material arranged in a loop layout having at least two substantially parallel and substantially linear fillet sections each having a first width, and at least two rounded sections, the rounded sections having a second width narrower than the first width, a source region of a first conductivity type being disposed at or near a top surface of the pillar, and a body region of a second conductivity type being disposed in the pillar beneath the source region. First and second dielectric regions are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the pillar, the first dielectric region being laterally surrounded by the pillar, and the second dielectric region laterally surrounding the pillar. First and second field plates are respectively disposed in the first and second dielectric regions.
US07964911B2
In a semiconductor element (20) including a field effect transistor (90), a schottky electrode (9a) and a plurality of bonding pads (12S, 12G), at least one of the plurality of bonding pads (12S, 12G) is disposed so as to be located above the schottky electrode (9a).
US07964910B2
Disclosed is a transistor that incorporates epitaxially deposited source/drain semiconductor films and a method for forming the transistor. A crystallographic etch is used to form recesses between a channel region and trench isolation regions in a silicon substrate. Each recess has a first side, having a first profile, adjacent to the channel region and a second side, having a second profile, adjacent to a trench isolation region. The crystallographic etch ensures that the second profile is angled so that all of the exposed recess surfaces comprise silicon. Thus, the recesses can be filled by epitaxial deposition without divot formation. Additional process steps can be used to ensure that the first side of the recess is formed with a different profile that enhances the desired stress in the channel region.
US07964909B2
A plurality of mesas are formed in the substrate. Each pair of mesas forms a trench. A plurality of diffusion areas are formed in the substrate. A mesa diffusion area is formed in each mesa top and a trench diffusion area is formed under each trench. A vertical, non-volatile memory cell is formed on each sidewall of the trench. Each memory cell is comprised of a fixed threshold element located vertically between a pair of non-volatile gate insulator stacks. In one embodiment, each gate insulator stack is comprised of a tunnel insulator formed over the sidewall, a deep trapping layer, and a charge blocking layer. In another embodiment, an injector silicon rich nitride layer is formed between the deep trapping layer and the charge blocking layer.
US07964908B2
In one aspect, a memory cell includes a plurality of dielectric layers located within a charge storage gate structure. At least one of the dielectric layers includes an dielectric material including oxygen, and nano regions including oxygen embedded in the dielectric material, where an oxygen concentration of the dielectric material is the greater than an oxygen concentration of the nano regions. In another aspect, at least one of the dielectric layers includes a dielectric material and nano regions embedded in the dielectric material, where an atomic composition of the dielectric material is the same as the atomic composition of the nano regions, and a density of the dielectric material is the greater than a density of the nano regions.
US07964898B2
The present invention provides a back illuminated photodetector having a sufficiently small package as well as being capable of suppressing the scattering of to-be-detected light and method for manufacturing the same. A back illuminated photodiode 1 comprises an N-type semiconductor substrate 10, a P+-type impurity semiconductor region 11, a recessed portion 12, and a window plate 13. In the surface layer on the upper surface S1 side of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 is formed the P+-type impurity semiconductor region 11. In the rear surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10 and in an area opposite the P+-type impurity semiconductor region 11 is formed the recessed portion 12 that functions as an incident part for to-be-detected light. Also, the window plate 13 is bonded to the outer edge portion 14 of the recessed portion 12. The window plate 13 covers the recessed portion 12 and seals the rear surface S2 of the N-type semiconductor substrate 10.
US07964890B2
Proposed is an epitaxial substrate, particularly for making thin-film semiconductor chips based on III-V semiconductors, comprising a sacrificial layer that is applied to a wafer substrate and whose band gap is smaller than the band gap of the surrounding substrate, and a method of making the epitaxial substrate. Further described is a method of making a thin-film semiconductor chip, particularly an LED, wherein an epitaxial substrate is prepared, wherein at least one LED structure is grown on said epitaxial substrate and the LED structure is bonded to an acceptor substrate, and wherein the semiconductor wafer is released by at least partially destroying the sacrificial layer, and the at least one LED structure is singulated.
US07964886B2
A light-emitting diode includes a substrate having a main surface, a light-emitting diode device arranged on the main surface, a translucent sealing resin portion sealing the light-emitting diode device so that the light-emitting diode device is implemented as an independent convex portion projecting from the main surface, and a reflector arranged on the main surface so as to surround an outer perimeter of the sealing resin portion with an inclined surface at a distance from the outer perimeter.
US07964885B2
A white light emitting device including: a blue light emitting diode chip having a dominant wavelength of 443 to 455 nm; a red phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the red phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit red light; and a green phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the green phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit green light, wherein the red light emitted from the red phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.5448, 0.4544), (0.7079, 0.2920), (0.6427, 0.2905) and (0.4794, 0.4633) based on the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, and the green light emitted from the green phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.1270, 0.8037), (0.4117, 0.5861), (0.4197, 0.5316) and (0.2555, 0.5030) based on the CIE 1931 color chromaticity diagram.
US07964883B2
In accordance with the invention, a light emitting diode package assembly is provided to emulate the pattern of light produced by an incandescent filament bulb. The package assembly is composed of a substrate for LEDs comprising a heat-sinking base having a pair of opposing major surfaces. Each major surface has an overlying of thermally conducting ceramic and an outer surface layer of light reflective material. Disposed on each surface layer is a plurality of LEDs. Advantageously, the LEDs are arranged on the surface in a configuration of low mutual obstruction. Advantageously, reflecting elements transverse to each surface layer are positioned and shaped to reflect a substantial portion of the light emitted from the LEDs that would otherwise enter neighboring LEDs. In a preferred embodiment, the LEDs are arranged in the general form of a closed curve, and a transverse reflector is disposed in the interior of the curve. Alternatively, the LEDs can be arranged in a linear array. The assembly can be efficiently fabricated by back-to-back assembly of two similar subassemblies.
US07964882B2
A nitride semiconductor-based light emitting device is provided. The nitride semiconductor-based light emitting device is formed of a nitride semiconductor having a wurtzite lattice structure with the Ga face. The device has a substrate, a buffer layer, a first p-type contact layer, a second p-type contact layer, a first hole diffusion layer, a second hole diffusion layer, a light emitting active region, a second electron diffusion layer, a first electron diffusion layer, a second n-type contact layer and a first n-type contact layer, which are sequentially stacked. Such a structure may effectively employ quasi-two-dimensional free electron and free hole gases formed at heterojunction interfaces due to the spontaneous polarization and the piezoelectric polarization in the wurtzite lattice structure with the Ga face, and thus enhances the emission uniformity and emission efficiency of the light emitting device.
US07964881B2
There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor light emitting device package using the same. A semiconductor light emitting device having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second electrode layer, and insulating layer, a first electrode layer, and a conductive substrate sequentially laminated, wherein the second electrode layer has an exposed area at the interface between the second electrode layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and the first electrode layer comprises at least one contact hole electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, electrically insulated from the second conductivity type semiconductor layer and the active layer, and extending from one surface of the first electrode layer to at least part of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
US07964880B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting element with arrayed cells, a method of manufacturing the same, and a light emitting device using the same. The present invention provides a light emitting element including a light emitting cell block with a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series or parallel on a single substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting cells includes an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer, and the N-type semiconductor layer of one light emitting cell is electrically connected to the P-type semiconductor layer of another adjacent light emitting cell. Further, the present invention provides a light emitting device including a light emitting element with a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify a manufacturing process of a light emitting device for illumination capable of being used with a household AC power source, to decrease a fraction defective occurring in manufacturing a light emitting device for illumination, and to mass-produce the light emitting device for illumination. Further, there is an advantage in that DC driving efficiency can be enhanced in an AC operation by installing a predetermined rectifying circuit outside the light emitting element.
US07964879B2
According to the present invention, a material having a light-shielding property is used for a bank layer surrounding the edge of a light-emitting element. Accordingly, light which is not reflected by an object to be read out can be prevented from entering an image pick-up element, and information on the object to be read out can be correctly read out. The display device mounted with a read function according to the present invention includes a thin film transistor and an image pick-up element over a substrate having an insulating surface, an insulating layer covering a thin film transistor and an image pick-up element, a light-emitting element provided over the insulating layer, and a bank layer having a light-shielding property surrounding the edge of the light-emitting element. The bank layer has an opening portion in a position overlapping with the image pick-up element.
US07964877B2
A polarized semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor structure having a first conductivity semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity semiconductor layer sequentially stacked. Also, the semiconductor structure further includes a plurality of light guide parts defined by a plurality of grooves arranged along a predetermined direction. The grooves extend from the second conductivity semiconductor layer with a depth reaching at least the active layer, and the light guide parts have a length greater than a width thereof to selectively emit a polarized component in a length direction thereof.
US07964866B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatus, system and method for use of a memory cell having improved power consumption characteristics, using a low-bandgap material quantum well structure together with a floating body cell.
US07964863B2
Memory cells are described along with methods for manufacturing. A memory cell as described herein includes a bottom electrode, a memory element and a side electrode. The bottom electrode contacts the memory element at a first contact surface on the bottom of the memory element. The side electrode contacts the memory element at a second contact surface on the side of the memory element, where the second contact surface on the side faces laterally relative to the first contact surface on the bottom.
US07964861B2
A phase change memory includes a volume of phase change material disposed between, and coupled to, two electrodes, with the composition of a region of at least one of the two electrodes or phase change material having been compositionally altered to reduce the programmed volume of the phase change material.
US07964850B2
A scintillation camera includes a scintillation material which is capable of converting high-energy radiation incident thereon and having a wavelength of X-ray radiation or shorter into optical radiation, at least one position-sensitive detector capable of detecting the optical radiation, and at least one bundle of light guides which is located in front of the detector, characterized in that the bundle of light guides is located between the detector and the scintillation material. As a result of the scintillation material being provided as a separate unit, optionally including non-scintillating light guides, selection of the materials of each of the two parts can be optimized. Thus, for example, the scintillation material is no longer hygroscopic or subject to restrictions because of the need to grow it in parallel bundles.
US07964837B2
A photovoltaic system, method and apparatus are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a first and second inputs adapted to couple to a first and second rails of a photovoltaic array; an inverter configured to convert DC power from the photovoltaic array to AC power; and an interface portion coupled to the first and second inputs and the inverter, the interface portion configured to isolate at least one of the first and second inputs from the inverter and to modulate an application of a voltage from the photovoltaic array to the inverter so as to increase a load on the photovoltaic array and to reduce the voltage applied from the photovoltaic array to the inverter.
US07964834B2
A compact instrument enables placement of the instrument such that the image of the laser beam, as retro reflected and diffracted, forms outside the tracking field of view. The target source and beam camera can be located at the focus of a Cassegrain objective. Embodiments include shared objective and twin objective design. With a shared objective design, both the beam projector and profiling camera can see the same focal length. A two objective design can use two different focal lengths.
US07964827B2
There is provided a laminated sheet heater whose mounting space is small, a lead wire-equipped laminated sheet heater that requires only a small mounting space and provides high reliability of electrical connection between a heater element and a lead wire, a heater-equipped battery structure provided with the laminated sheet heater or the lead wire-equipped laminated sheet heater, and a heater unit. In a first lead wire-equipped laminated sheet heater, a foil heater element includes a heater terminal portion protruding into a film void part in a planar direction of a laminated sheet heater. A lead core wire of a lead wire includes a lead terminal portion crimp-connected to a heater terminal portion by a crimping member so that the lead core wire is placed in contact with the surface of the heater terminal portion within a film void part in the planar direction of the laminated sheet heater.
US07964826B2
A modular heater system is provided that includes a heat trace assembly and a connector assembly. The heat trace assembly has a heat trace section that defines a plurality of fins, an insulation jacket surrounding the heat trace section, and at least one terminating member disposed at an end of the heat trace section. The connector assembly has a shell, including a plurality of outer walls and inner walls defining cavities therebetween, and a fitting heater assembly that includes a fitting adapter, a heat trace section disposed around the fitting adapter, and an outer casing disposed around the fitting adapter.
US07964824B2
A multi-stage cooking method for a counter-top electric oven is provided. The oven may include at least one cooking element and at least one control system coupled to the cooking element, the control system including a processor, a storage device, and an input interface. The multi-stage cooking method may include: receiving the multi-stage cooking recipe for the counter-top electric oven; storing the multi-stage cooking recipe in the storage device of the counter-top electric oven; and executing the multi-stage cooking recipe with the counter-top electric oven.
US07964821B2
A window such as a vehicle window (e.g., windshield) has a de-icing feature. In certain example embodiments, a conductive structure is provided on an interior surface of a substrate of the window, AC tuned to an ice removal frequency is caused to run through the conductive structure, and fields generated by the AC passing through the conductive structure propagate through the substrate to an exterior surface of the window and can be absorbed by ice thereby causing the ice to melt and/or be removed from the window.
US07964818B2
A method of fabricating yttria parts is provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes sintering a yttria sample, machining the sintered sample to form a part, and annealing the part in a three-stage process that includes heating the part at a predetermined heating rate, maintaining the part at a constant annealing temperature, and cooling the part at a predetermined cooling rate.
US07964814B2
A push-push switch includes a housing having a space, a plurality of stationary terminals received in the housing, a button assembled to the housing, a movable terminal assembled to the button, and a spring member located between the housing and the button. The space has a first post defining a protrusion thereon. The stationary terminal defines a contacting portion extending onto a surface of the first post and a soldering portion extending out of the housing. The movable terminal further defines a downwardly-extending contact arm and a downwardly-extending felt-generated spring arm extending from a planar base portion thereof while at different positions. The contact arm is established electrically connection with the contacting portion of the stationary terminal when the button is depressed, and the felt-generated spring arm is engaged with the protrusion of the first post in the meantime.
US07964809B2
Disclosed herein is a method of moving and altering movement of a breaker mounted spring discharge interlock lever during racking and unracking of a breaker with an enclosure. The method includes, rotating a racking screw to rack the breaker into or out of the enclosure, rotating a shaft in operable communication with the racking screw, translationally moving a cam with a link having one end disconnectably connected to the cam and an opposing end disconnectably connected to a crank, that is fixedly attached to the shaft, translationally moving a cam follower that is in operable communication with the cam, moving the breaker mounted spring discharge interlock lever that is in operable communication with the cam follower, and enabling removal and replacement of the cam by disconnecting the cam from the link, thereby enabling the movement of the breaker mounted spring discharge interlock lever to be altered.
US07964804B2
Exterior raceway system includes one or more elongated base members and associated cover members for concealing and protecting one or more cables against the weather when mounted on an exterior wall structure of a building. The cover members are removably attachable to the base members to facilitate mounting of the base members to the exterior wall structure and the attachment of one or more cables to the base member prior to attaching the cover members to the respective base members.
US07964803B2
A magnetic shield structure having openings, the structure comprising a plurality of similar magnetic blind bodies 2, each blind body 2 having an imaginary blind core plane F and a plurality of magnetic material slats 1 being spaced from each other by a distance d required for magnetic shielding, each slat 1 intersecting the blind core plane F at a longitudinal central axis C thereof, the longitudinal central axes of the slats are oriented substantially in parallel to each other on the blind core plane F. The blind bodies 2a, 2b are coupled in a row by serially coupling each slat 1 in each blind body 2a to a corresponding slat 1 of adjacent blind body 2b through overlapping or abutting of slat terminal portions, whereby the blind core planes Fa, Fb of the blind bodies 2a, 2b are so coupled as to define a successive magnetic shield plane, and spaces d between adjacent slats 1 in each blind body 2a, 2b form openings in the magnetic shield structure. Preferably, three or more magnetic blind bodies 2 are coupled in a row so as to form a closed magnetic path. The blind bodies 2a, 2b may be stacked side by side in such a manner that the blind core plane Fa, Fb are parallel to each other and orientation of the slat central axes in each blind body 2a, 2b being selected so as to optimize attenuation of magnetic field across the magnetic shield structure.
US07964801B2
A circuit board structure and fabrication method thereof are disclosed, including: a circuit board with a circuit layer thereon; a reactant formed on the surface of the circuit layer, wherein the reactant is an organic metallic polymer having a polymer end and a metal ion end; and a dielectric layer formed above the reactant and the circuit board, thus forming a metallic bond between the metal ion end of the reactant and the circuit layer and forming a chemical bond between the polymer end of the reactant and the dielectric layer. Owing to enhanced bonding between the dielectric layer and the circuit board, electrical performance of the circuit board structure is improved, and the demand for fine circuits is met.
US07964800B2
A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion.
US07964799B2
A bushing for an electrical device including an insulating core, where at least a part of the insulating core includes a continuous diffusion barrier with firm adhesion to the insulating core. The bushing is manufactured by coating at least a part of the insulating core with the continuous diffusion barrier.
US07964788B2
This invention relates to a front electrode/contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and/or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and/or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode acts as not only a transparent conductive front contact/electrode but also a short pass filter that allows an increased amount of photons having high energy (such as in visible and near infra-red regions of the spectrum) into the active region or absorber of the photovoltaic device.
US07964786B2
A solar battery module capable of assuring the fluid-tight structure of the roof panels adjacent to each other in lateral direction, realizing a weathering between the modules, eliminating a process for providing a seal member between the ends of the modules adjacent to each other, and facilitating an assembly operation, wherein a recessed part extending from the ridge side to the eaves side of the solar battery module is formed at lateral one end thereof, a projected part in the shape of coming into the recessed part is formed at the other end, and a waterproof means for suppressing the rain water invaded onto the upper surface of the projected part from circulating to the lower surface thereof is installed on the projected part in the state of being inserted into the corresponding recessed part of the solar battery module disposed adjacently to the side.
US07964783B2
Systems and methods of evolving music tracks are disclosed. One example method providing a plurality of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Each of the ANNs uses a time signature input. The method also includes producing a rhythm from each of the plurality of ANNs. The method also includes evolving a next generation of ANNs based upon a user selection of one of the plurality of rhythms and upon the previous generation of ANNs. An example system includes a plurality of Compositional Pattern Producing Networks (CPPNs). Each of the CPPNs uses a time signature input to produce a rhythm. The system also includes logic configured to receive a selection of one or more of the CPPN, and logic configured to generate at least one evolved CPPN based upon the selection.
US07964780B2
Each of a plurality of pad devices that can be moved independent of each other includes: a sensor section for detecting a strike; and a transmitting section for transmitting operation information according to an output of the sensor section with wireless communication. A receiving section is provided in connection with a sound generating device to receive the operation information transmitted from each of the pad devices with wireless communication. The sound generating device generates a musical tone signal in accordance with the received operation information. A pad location detecting section detects a location of each of the pad devices. The sound generating device carries out tone generation control, for example, sound image localization control, for the musical tone signal generated in correspondence with each of the pad devices in accordance with the location of each of the pad devices detected by the pad location detecting section.
US07964778B2
A cotton cultivar, designated DP 108 RF, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 108 RF, to the plants of cotton DP 108 RF and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 108 RF with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 108 RF with another cotton cultivar.
US07964774B2
A canola line designated SCV384196 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of canola line SCV384196, to the plants of canola SCV384196, to plant parts of canola line SCV384196 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola line SCV384196 with itself or with another canola line. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola lines or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola line SCV384196, to methods for producing other canola lines, lines or plant parts derived from canola line SCV384196 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the line SCV384196 with another canola line.
US07964771B2
The present invention relates to transplastomic plants free of the selectable marker gene, to a method of obtaining such plants and to the vectors used.
US07964770B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a tissue preferred promoter isolated from the sorghum δ-kafirin coding region. The sequences drive expression preferentially to endosperm tissue. A method for expressing a nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a nucleotide sequence operably linked to one or more of the regulatory sequences of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.
US07964767B2
Membrane proteins that are background antigens were solubilized, and transgenic animals were produced using genes encoding these soluble proteins. Antibodies against the background antigen membrane proteins comprised in the immunogens were not found in these transgenic animals, and even when genes encoding soluble proteins were used, immunotolerance against the full-length membrane proteins could be induced. Moreover, by expressing the background antigen membrane proteins as soluble proteins inside the bodies of transgenic animals, unfavorable phenotypes that appear when the full-length membrane proteins are expressed could be avoided, and such animals were made widely available as immunized animals.
US07964763B2
This invention relates to a process for producing an oligomeric product by the oligomerization of at least one olefinic compound by contacting the at least one olefinic compound with an oligomerization catalyst in an aliphatic liquid medium at a reaction temperature of at least 50° C. The catalyst comprises the combination of a source of a transition metal; and a ligating compound of the formula (R1)m X1 (Y) X2 (R2)m.
US07964761B2
Processes for conversion of lignin to liquid products such as bio-fuels and fuel additives are disclosed and described. A process for conversion of a lignin material to bio-fuels can include subjecting the lignin material to a base catalyzed depolymerization reaction to produce a partially depolymerized lignin. The partially depolymerized lignin can then be subjected to a stabilization/partial hydrodeoxygenation reaction to form a partially hydrodeoxygenated product. Following partial hydrodeoxygenation, the partially hydrodeoxygenated product can be reacted in a hydroprocessing step to form a bio-fuel. Each of these reaction steps can be performed in single or multiple steps, depending on the design of the process. The production of an intermediate partially hydrodeoxygenation product and subsequent reaction thereof can significantly reduce or eliminate reactor plugging and catalyst coking. A variety of useful bio-fuels such as fuels, fuel additives, and the like, including gasoline and jet or rocket fuels are describe which can be readily produced from renewable lignin materials in an improved conversion process.
US07964751B2
Disclosed are enantiomers of amino-phenyl-acetic acid octadec-9-(Z)-enyl ester, and salts thereof, including pharmaceutical compositions, uses and a process for the manufacture thereof.
US07964749B2
The invention provides a method for obtaining the intermediate (II), useful for manufacturing Valsartan and a drug directed to a treatment of arterial hypertension or heart failure. The process comprises a) Imination of the aldehyde group of a compound (VII) by L-Valine (IV) salts with organic or inorganic bases and a polar solvent or water, where X means halogen or an —OSO2R group, where R is CF3, tolyl, methyl or F; to give an imine-type compound (VIII), where B+ is the protonated form of an organic base or an alkaline cation; b) Reduction of the imine group of the compound (VIII) followed by acidification, to give the compound (VI); and c) N-Acylation of the compound (VI) with valeryl chloride to give the compound (II). Steps a) and b) can be performed in a “one pot” reaction.
US07964744B2
Provided is a method for producing a ruthenium complex comprises the step of reacting a ruthenium compound represented by general formula (1): [RuX(L)(PP)]X (1), wherein Ru represents a ruthenium atom; X represents a halogen atom; L represents an arene; and PP represents an optically active bisphosphine, with a carboxylate salt represented by general formula (2): R1CO2M (2), wherein M represents a monovalent cation; and R1 represents a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, haloalkyl groups, phenyl groups optionally having a substituent(s), 1-aminoalkyl groups and 1-amino-1-phenylalkyl groups, to produce a ruthenium complex represented by general formula (3): Ru(OCOR1)2(PP) (3), wherein R1 represents the group selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, haloalkyl groups, phenyl groups optionally having a substituent(s), 1-aminoalkyl groups and 1-amino-1-phenylalkyl groups; and PP represents the optically active bisphosphine.
US07964732B2
This invention provides a compound of the formula These compounds are useful for the treatment of disease conditions caused by overactivation of the VR1 receptor such as pain, or the like in mammal. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above compound.
US07964723B2
A novel and practical process for selectively producing a pyridobenzoxazine carboxylic acid hemihydrate (e.g., (S)-9-fluoro-3-methyl-10-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-7-oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-pyrido-[1,2,3-de] [1,4]benzoxazine-6-carboxylic acid hemihydrate) in high yield via crystallization from an organic solvent or a mixed organic solvent system containing a calculated amount of water released from sodium sulfate decahydrate under gradually heating.
US07964722B2
Compounds of Formula (1) are disclosed. Cb is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having an atom within the cyclic structure selected from C, N, Si, and Cr and singly bound to A. A is CR, COR, CSR, CNR2, CCN, CCONR2, CNO2, CNNAr, CX1, or N. Cr is a chromophore having a substantially planar cyclic structure. The compounds function as nanometer-scale rotary molecular motors powered and controlled by light energy. The design of the molecular motor devices is flexible so that the rotary direction, drive light wavelength, and other physical characteristics can be varied. The compounds can be chemically functionalized to allow it to be integrated into or attached to a variety of structures. The device can be used in applications where mechanical power, positional control, and information encoding are to be generated at the size scale of individual molecules.
US07964714B2
A method is provided for making gene suppression agents to be used in eukaryotic cells by using a recombinant DNA construct containing at least one transcriptional unit compromising a transcriptional promoter, a template sequence for making a RNA molecule, and a transcriptional terminator. Mechanisms of the RNA mediated gene suppression include, but are not limited to, RNA interferences (RNAi). The use of the agents as tools for biomedical research as well as medicinal products is also disclosed.
US07964707B2
The invention relates to a humanized monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof which specifically binds to human interlukin-2 (IL2), whereby said humanized monoclonal antibody neutralizes the activity of human IL2 by binding to the human IL2 prior to, during, and/or subsequent to the binding of the human IL2 to the human IL2-receptor, and wherein the light chain variable region of the humanized monoclonal antibody comprises in its second framework region the contiguous amino acid sequence KAPKA at amino acid positions 42-46.
US07964706B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed for inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a vertebrate cell, and for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient. The compositions comprise, for example, high affinity antibodies that specifically bind HMG1 and antigenic fragments thereof. The high affinity antibodies of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are useful for many purposes, for example, as therapeutics against a wide range of inflammatory diseases and disorders such as sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, peritonitis, Crohn s disease, reperfusion injury, septicemia, endotoxic shock, cystic fibrosis, endocarditis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, arthritis, anaphylactic shock, organ ischemia, reperfusion injury, and allograft rejection. In addition, the high affinity antibodies of the present inventions are useful as diagnostic antibodies.
US07964699B2
Process for heating a polymer-containing stream being transferred from a polymerization reactor to a degassing vessel operating at a pressure between 6 bara and 12 bara. The process includes passing the stream through a heater having a transfer line for the stream and a device for heating the transfer line. The pressure drop in the heater is between 5% and 50% of the total pressure drop between the polymerization reactor and the entry to the degassing vessel. The pressure drop across the length of the heater is less than 0.5 barh per tonne of polymer, and the average Reynolds number across the cross-section of the stream at any point along the length of the transfer line of the heater is greater than 500,000, such that at least 90 mol% of the hydrocarbon fluids withdrawn from the polymerization reactor operation are vaporized before entry into the degassing vessel.
US07964698B2
The benefits of liquid crystal polymers and polyetherimides are combined in an all-aromatic thermoplastic liquid crystalline polyetherimide. Because of the unique molecular structure, all-aromatic thermotropic liquid crystal polymers exhibit outstanding processing properties, excellent barrier properties, low solubilities and low coefficients of thermal expansion in the processing direction. These characteristics are combined with the strength, thermal, and radiation stability of polyetherimides.
US07964695B2
This invention provides chain extender compositions. These compositions comprise (i) an aromatic primary diamine, and (ii) a component selected from the group consisting of: (a) an aliphatic secondary diamine; (b) an aliphatic primary diamine; (c) an aliphatic secondary diamine and an aliphatic primary diamine; (d) a diimine; and (e) a combination of any two or more of (a) through (d). When (ii) is (a), (a) has amino hydrocarbyl groups which are secondary or tertiary hydrocarbyl groups; when (ii) is (d), and (d) is an aromatic diimine, each imino hydrocarbylidene group has at least two carbon atoms. Processes for producing polyurethanes, polyureas, and polyurea-urethanes are also provided.
US07964692B2
A polymer represented by Formula (7): wherein all variables are defined in the specification, including P1 which is a polymer chain obtained by polymerizing an addition-polymerizable monomer, which makes it possible to control the structure of the polymer as a molecular aggregate.
US07964687B2
An oxylamino group-containing compound represented by the following formula: R1—B-A-B—R2, wherein R1 represents a polymerizable group, R2 represents an oxylamino group-containing group or an oxylamino derivative-containing group, B represents an ester linkage or an amide linkage, and A represents an optionally substituted alkylene group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms.
US07964685B2
A polymerizable composition is obtained by mixing a metathesis polymerization catalyst including benzylidene(1,3-dimethyl-4-imidazolidin-2-ylidene)(tricyclohexylphosphine)ruthenium dichloride, a cycloolefin monomer such as 2-norbornene or tetracyclo[6.2.1.13,6.02,7]dodec-4-ene, a chain transfer agent such as allyl methacrylate, and hollow particles such as Shirasu balloons. A crosslinkable resin composite is obtained by coating or impregnating the polymerizable composition onto or into a support medium, and carrying out bulk polymerization of the polymerizable composition. A crosslinked resin composite is obtained by crosslinking the crosslinkable resin composite.
US07964680B2
Disclosed is a method of producing a cyclic olefin polymer having a polar functional group, an olefin polymer produced by using the method, an optical anisotropic film including the olefin polymer, and a catalyst composition for producing the cyclic olefin polymer. In the olefin polymerization method and the catalyst composition for polymerization, since deactivation of the catalyst due to polar functional groups of monomers is capable of being suppressed, it is possible to produce polyolefins having a high molecular weight at high polymerization yield during polyolefin polymerization. Furthermore, the cyclic olefin having the polar functional groups has excellent polymerization reactivity and the activity of the catalyst composition including the same is maintained under a variable polymerization condition. Accordingly, the present invention is very useful for a mass-production process.
US07964672B2
A high strength thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) composition is provided. The TPV includes a dispersed rubber component, a polyolefinic thermoplastic resin component, a propylene copolymer and mineral filler present in the amount of 20 wt % to 70 wt % based on total of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition. Preferably, the propylene copolymer has 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene; includes isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences; and has a heat of fusion less than 45 J/g. Preferably, the mineral filler is halogen free and flame retardant. The high strength TPV can be useful for making a variety of articles for electrical, construction, automotive, and consumer applications, including fuel cell.
US07964666B2
The present invention is a thermoplastic resin composition which is obtained by adding a specific modified vinyl copolymer having a specific intrinsic viscosity to a composition comprising a styrene-based resin and a polyamide resin. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent flowability and has a far better surface appearance than conventional ones while satisfactorily retaining rigidity, heat resistance, chemical resistance, and impact resistance at room and low temperatures.
US07964660B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a water-based pigment dispersion which includes a first step of mixing (A) an emulsion composition including a water-insoluble polymer having a specific weight-average molecular weight and containing a salt-forming group, an organic solvent having a specific solubility in water, a neutralizing agent and water, with (B) a pigment to obtain a preliminary dispersion having a content of non-volatile components of from 5 to 50% by weight and a weight ratio of the organic solvent to water [organic solvent/water] of from 0.1 to 0.9; a second step of continuously dispersing the preliminary dispersion by using a media-type dispersing device and continuously separating the resultant dispersion from media particles; and a third step of further dispersing the resultant dispersion by using a homogenizer, as well as a water-based ink for ink-jet printing containing the water-based pigment dispersion which not only satisfies a high optical density but also exhibits excellent gloss and rubbing resistance.
US07964659B2
To provide an antireflection coating composition having a low surface tension and excellent coating properties and capable of forming an antireflection film with a low refractive index, without use of PFOS nor PFOA having 7 or more carbon atoms.An antireflection coating composition which contains a fluorinated surfactant (A) containing a compound (A1) represented by the following formula (I), a water-soluble polymer (B) and an aqueous medium (C): R1—O—(R2—O)n—R3—X1 (I) wherein R1 is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group of which the terminal fluorine atom may be substituted by a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, each of R2 and R3 which are independent of each other, is a linear or branched perfluoroalkylene group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R1, R2 and R3 is at most 5, n is 0 or an integer of at least 1, X1 is —COOH or —C(CF2Z1)(CF2Z2)OH, which may form a salt, and each of Z1 and Z2 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group.
US07964658B2
A plasticizer capable of fast gelling and capable of imparting storage stability on plastisols contains dialkyl terephthalate, wherein the alkyl radicals of said dialkyl terephthalate have a longest carbon chain of at least 4 carbon atoms and have a total number of carbon atoms per alkyl radical of 5.
US07964657B2
The present invention provides methods of conducting emulsion polymerizations and dispersion resulting therefrom. The present invention additionally provides substrates coated or treated with polymeric dispersions.
US07964656B2
A method for forming a vulcanizable composition of matter, the method comprising providing a polymer cement or latex comprising at least one rubber, adding at least one processing aid to the cement or latex to form a modified rubber cement or latex, isolating the rubber and at least one processing aid to form a premix, and mixing the premix with carbon black.
US07964653B2
A polyol composition contains a polyaminochlorophenylmethane mixture (A) and a polyol (B), in which the component (A) is uniformly dissolved in the component (A) in a weight ratio of 30/70 to 60/40. The component (A) includes 50 to 70% by weight of a specific binuclear polyaminochlorophenylmethane compound, 20 to 40% by weight of a specific trinuclear polyaminochlorophenylmethane compound and 5 to 10% by weight of a specific tetranuclear or higher polyaminochlorophenylmethane compound. The polyol composition exhibits excellent miscibility and dissolution stability, is liquid and enables molding of a foamed article for abrasive in a simple two-component mixing casting machine. According to the present invention, water serving as a foaming agent can be added to the polyol composition containing MBOCA, and the composition for a two-component curable abrasive foam can be held to a temperature equal to or lower than the boiling point of water, thus avoiding water from evaporating upon molding. The resulting abrasive foam has a uniform density distribution and exhibits excellent mechanical properties. A method for satisfactorily producing such an abrasive foam is also provided.
US07964649B2
Hydrindane analogs that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphingosine analogs, which, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.
US07964643B2
The present invention pertains to compounds of the following formula (wherein RP, r, q, RN, Ralk, and Q are as defined herein) and compositions comprising those compounds. The compounds may be used to inhibit osteoclast survival, formation, and/or activity; to inhibit conditions mediated by osteoclasts and/or characterised by bone resorption; in the treatment of bone disorders such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer associated bone disease, Paget's disease; and/or in the treatment of conditions associated with inflammation or activation of the immune system.
US07964641B2
A method is provided for treating a patient in need of therapy for a neurodegenerative disease comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a lipid glyceride comprising a glycerol moiety and a fatty acid moiety, the fatty acid moiety being selected from the group consisting of γ-linolenic acid, dihomo-γ-linolenic acid and arachidonic acid characterized in that the selected fatty acid moiety is attached to the glycerol moiety at its sn-2 position. Preferably the method is that wherein the lipid is administered for a duration and at a dose sufficient to maintain or elevate TGF-β1 levels in the patient to therapeutic levels.
US07964637B2
A simplified production method of stereoisomer of theaspiran having high optical purity has been desired. An alcohol compound having a specific skeleton is enantioselectively esterified with an enzyme, or an ester compound having a specific skeleton is enantioselectively hydrolyzed with an enzyme. The resultant optically active ester or optically active alcohol is used. Thus, optically active theaspiran having a desired configuration and having a high optical purity is obtained in a satisfactory yield.
US07964632B2
This invention relates to synthetic excitatory amino acid prodrugs and processes for their preparation. The invention further relates to methods of using, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising, the compounds for the treatment of neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders.
US07964624B1
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds inhibit serine protease, particularly the hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A protease.
US07964621B2
The present invention relates to novel thioamide derivatives of formula (I) and formula (Ia): wherein, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, P, Q, T, V, W, X, Y, Z, a, m and n are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses as pesticides.
US07964616B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, a process for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in therapy, wherein R1, R2, R3 and n are as defined in the specification
US07964609B2
The present invention relates to the use of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonists for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations. A further aspect of the invention is directed to the use of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonists for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of regurgitation.
US07964606B2
The present invention discloses compounds of formula: where Ar1, Ar2, X, R3, and m are as disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (a “Phenylene Compound”); compositions comprising an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound; and methods for treating or preventing pain and other conditions in an animal comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Phenylene Compound.
US07964604B2
The present disclosure provides novel pharmaceutical dosage forms such as a maintenance treatment dose and methods for making the same, and methods for using said compounds and maintenance treatment doses to treat and prevent diseases and/or disorders.
US07964601B2
A melanocortin receptor-specific compound of the general formula of structure I: where X, R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4a, R4b, R5a and R5b are as defined in the specification, which compound binds with high affinity to one or more melanocortin receptors and is optionally an agonist, an antagonist, an inverse agonist or an antagonist of an inverse agonist, and may be employed for treatment of one or melanocortin receptor-associated conditions or disorders, and methods for the use of the compounds of the invention.
US07964599B2
Compounds comprising or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, are disclosed, wherein J, B, Y, and A are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
US07964598B2
The present invention provides compounds that inhibit apoE4 domain interaction; and compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising the compounds. The present invention provides methods of treating apoE4-related disorders. The methods generally involve administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an apoE4 domain interaction inhibitor.
US07964597B2
Disclosed are motilin agonists, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of various disorders.
US07964583B2
The present disclosure relates to salts and compositions of isophosphoramide mustard and isophosphoramide mustard analogs. In one embodiment the salts can be represented by the formula wherein A+ represents an ammonium species selected from the protonated (conjugate acid) or quaternary forms of aliphatic amines and aromatic amines, including basic amino acids, heterocyclic amines, substituted and unsubstituted pyridines, guanidines and amidines; and X and Y independently represent leaving groups. Also disclosed herein are methods for making such compounds and formulating pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods for administering the disclosed compounds to subjects, particularly to treat hyperproliferative disorders, also are disclosed.
US07964570B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases associated with aberrant microsatellite expansions. Methods of the present invention comprise the use of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors containing a transgene encoding at least one muscleblind protein. The present invention also provides an animal model for a disease associated with aberrant microsatellite expansion.
US07964566B2
Auristatin peptides, including MeVal-Val-Dil-Dap-Norephedrine (MMAE) and MeVal-Val-Dil-Dap-Phe (MMAF), were prepared and attached to Ligands through various linkers, including maleimidocaproyl-val-cit-PAB. The resulting ligand drug conjugates were active in vitro and in vivo.
US07964554B2
The present invention discloses anti-histone H1 monoclonal antibodies, hybridomas for the production thereof, and polypeptides, which are useful for suppressing, predicting, or diagnosing transplant rejection in organ transplantation.
US07964553B2
RF-compositions including surfactants, foam stabilizers, monomers, polymers, urethanes, intermediates, metal complexes, phosphate esters as well as telomerization methods are provided.
US07964551B2
A cleaning tablet comprising a hydrogen-bonded complex of poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) containing, by weight, about 15-20 wt. % H2O2, and ingredients capable of producing an effervescent effect in aqueous solution by release of carbon dioxide therefrom which comprises an alkali carbonate and/or bicarbonate base and an organic acid.
US07964549B2
A multi-compartment pouch suitable for use in a laundry application comprising a water-soluble film and having at least a first and a second compartment, wherein each compartment comprises a composition, characterized in that the second compartment comprises a whitening agent that exhibits a hueing efficiency of at least 5 and a wash removal value in the range of from about 30% to about 95%.
US07964546B2
Provided are a method of cleaning an endoscope, a washing machine and a washing machine for endoscope, which can effectively clean an endoscope while preventing the endoscope from deterioration. The electrolytic cell 11 can produce from tap water acidic water with pH of 2 to 5 and the residual chlorine concentration of 50 to 300 ppm. A tank for acidic water 14 can store acidic water, in which part thereof can be fed to a tank of diluting acidic water 17 and the rest thereof can be fed to a feed section of concentrated water 20. A water feed section for dilution 16 can feed water for dilution to the tank of diluting acidic water 17. The tank of diluting acidic water 17 can add water for dilution from the water feed section for dilution 16 to part of the acidic water from the tank for acidic water 14 to adjust diluted acidic water to pH of 2.3 to 5.7 and the residual chlorine concentration of 10 to 60 ppm. The feed section of concentrated water 20 can feed the rest of acidic water fed from the tank for acidic water 14 through a channel connection port 20c to a channel port of an endoscope.
US07964545B2
Provided is a skin detergent composition containing a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or an alkyl sulfate which composition is high in foam viscosity and creamy in foam quality. The skin detergent composition contains the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate or an alkyl sulfate represented by a general formula (1): R1O(CH2CH2O)nSO3M (1); (B) myristyl alcohol; (C) one or more cationic polymers selected from the group consisting of the following (C-1) to (C-4): (C-1) a cationic group-containing copolymer obtained by a radical polymerization including as essential constituent monomers at least one nonionic group-containing vinyl monomer, at least one cationic group-containing vinyl monomer, and at least one crosslinkable vinyl monomer having in the molecule thereof at least two groups selected from a vinyl group, an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group and an allyl group; (C-2) a cationized cellulose derivative; (C-3) a cationized guar gum derivative; and (C-4) a diallyl quaternary ammonium salt polymer or a diallyl quaternary ammonium salt/acrylamide copolymer, wherein the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is (A)/(B)=15/0.1 to 15/4, the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (C) is (A)/(C)=15/0.05 to 15/3, the weight ratio of the component (B) to the component (C) is (B)/(C)=1/0.05 to 1/1, and the content of the component (B) is more than 1 to 14% by weight.
US07964524B2
A catalyst and a process for making a catalyst from a precursor composition containing rework materials are disclosed. The catalyst is made by sulfiding a catalyst precursor containing 5-95 wt. % rework material. The catalyst precursor employing rework materials can be a hydroxide or oxide material. Rework can be materials generated in the forming or shaping of the catalyst precursor, or formed upon the breakage or handling of the shaped catalyst precursor. Rework can also be in the form of catalyst precursor feed material to the shaping process, e.g., extrusion process, or catalyst precursor material generated as reject or scrap in the shaping process. In some embodiment, rework may be of the consistency of shapeable dough. In another embodiment, rework is in the form of small pieces or particles, e.g., fines, powder.
US07964515B2
A method is provided for forming high dielectric constant (high-k) films for semiconductor devices. According to one embodiment, a metal-carbon-oxygen high-k film is deposited by alternately and sequentially exposing a substrate to a metal-carbon precursor and near saturation exposure level of an oxidation source containing ozone. The method is capable of forming a metal-carbon-oxygen high-k film with good thickness uniformity while impeding growth of an interface layer between the metal-carbon-oxygen high-k film and the substrate. According to one embodiment, the metal-carbon-oxygen high-k film may be treated with an oxidation process to remove carbon from the film.
US07964513B2
Multiple sequential processes are conducted in a reaction chamber to form ultra high quality silicon-containing compound layers, including silicon nitride layers. In a preferred embodiment, a silicon layer is deposited on a substrate using trisilane as the silicon precursor. A silicon nitride layer is then formed by nitriding the silicon layer. By repeating these steps, a silicon nitride layer of a desired thickness is formed.
US07964507B2
A method of manufacturing an electronic device (10) provides a substrate (20) that has a plastic material. A particulate material (16) is embedded in at least one surface of the substrate. A layer of thin-film semiconductor material is deposited onto the substrate (20).
US07964495B2
A method of manufacturing a CMOS image sensor manufacturing includes forming a plurality of metal pads over a semiconductor substrate; electrically connecting the metal pads to lower conductive film patterns of multi-layer metal wires using metal contacts; depositing an insulation film over the metal pads; patterning the insulation film to expose at least a portion of the upper surface of the metal pads; and removing impurities from an uppermost surface of the metal pads.
US07964494B2
A connection arrangement having an outer conductive structure arranged at least partly or completely in a cutout of an electrical insulation layer is provided. An inner conductive structure is arranged at the bottom of the cutout on one side of the insulation layer. The inner conductive structure adjoins the outer conductive structure in a contact zone. A contact area is arranged at the outer conductive structure on the other side of the cutout. The contact zone and the contact area do not overlap. The bottom of the cutout is arranged to overlaps at least half of the contact area, to provide a step in the insulation layer at the edge of the cutout outside a main current path between the contact area and the inner conductive structure.
US07964491B2
A method of forming metal wirings of a nonvolatile memory device include forming a first insulating layer over a semiconductor substrate including a first junction area and a second junction area, forming first and second contact holes through which the first and second junction areas are respectively exposed in the first insulating layer, forming first and second contact plugs within the first and second contact holes, etching a part of the second contact plug, thus forming a recess, forming a second insulating layer to fill the recess, forming a third insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate including the first and second insulating layers, forming a first trench through which the first contact plug is exposed a second trench through which the second contact plug is exposed by etching the third insulating layer, and forming first and second metal wirings within the first and second trenches, respectively.
US07964486B2
A method for fabricating a field effect transistor includes: forming an insulating film provided on a semiconductor layer, the insulating film having an opening via which a surface of the semiconductor layer is exposed and including silicon oxide; forming a Schottky electrode on the insulating film and in the opening, the Schottky electrode having an overhang portion and having a first contact layer that is provided in a region contacting the insulating film and contains oxygen, and a second contact layer that is provided on the first contact layer and contains a smaller content of oxygen than that of the first contact layer; and removing the insulating film by a solution including hydrofluoric acid.
US07964473B2
A reliable gap-filling process is performed in the manufacturing of a semiconductor device. An apparatus for performing the gap-filling process includes a chamber in which a wafer chuck is disposed, a plasma generator for generating plasma used to etch the wafer, an end-point detection unit for detecting the point at which the etching of the wafer is to be terminated, and a controller connected to the end-point detection unit. The end-point detection unit monitors the structure being etched at a region outside the opening that is to be filled, and generates in real time data representative of the layer that is being etched. As soon as an underlying layer is exposed and begins to be etched, an end-point detection signal is generated and the etching process is terminated. In the case in which the layer being etched is an oxide layer, a uniform etching is achieved despite any irregularity that exists in the thickness to which the oxide layer is formed.
US07964468B2
A multi-level, phase change memory cell has first and second thermal isolation materials having different thermal conductivity properties situated in heat-conducting relation to first and second boundaries of the phase change material. Accordingly, when an electrical current is applied to raise the temperature of the memory material, heat is drawn away from the memory material asymmetrically along a line orthogonal to electric field lines between the electrodes.
US07964456B2
A method of fabricating a polysilicon thin film produces a polysilicon thin film which is used to make a thin film transistor. The method includes depositing a silicon film containing amorphous silicon on a substrate, and performing thermal treatment on the silicon film at a predetermined temperature in an H2O atmosphere. Accordingly, the crystallization temperature and thermal treatment time are decreased when the amorphous silicon is crystallized by a solid phase crystallization method, and this prevents the substrate from being bent due to application of a thermal treatment process for a long time and at a high temperature. As a result of the invention, a polysilicon thin film having superior crystallization properties is obtained. Use of the polysilicon thin film in a thin film transistor results in the reduction of defects in the thin film resistor.
US07964451B2
A first oxide film (102) is formed on a semiconductor substrate (101). A first nitride film (103) is formed on first gate electrode formation regions of the first oxide film (102). A plurality of first gate electrodes (104) are provided on the first nitride film (103) so as to be spaced apart from one another with a predetermined distance therebetween. A second oxide film (105) covers upper part and side walls of each of the first gate electrodes (104). A sidewall spacer (106) of a third oxide film is buried in an overhang portion generated on each side wall of each of the first gate electrodes (104) covered by the second oxide film (105). A second nitride film (107) covers the second oxide film (105), the sidewall spacer (106) and part of the first oxide film (102) located between the first gate electrodes (104). A plurality of second gate electrodes (108) are formed on at least part of the second nitride film (107) located between adjacent two of the first gate electrodes (104).
US07964449B2
In a laser processing step S3, boundary sections among semiconductor elements 2 of a resist film 4 are exposed to a laser beam 13a, to thus form in the resist film 4 boundary grooves 5—which partition the semiconductor elements 2 from each other—and to uncover a surface 1b of a semiconductor wafer 1 in the boundary grooves 5. In a plasma etching step S6, the surface 1b of the semiconductor wafer 1 exposed in the boundary grooves 5 is etched by means of plasma Pf of a fluorine-based gas, to thus separate the semiconductor wafer 1 into individual semiconductor chips 1′ along the boundary grooves 5. Between the laser processing step S3 and the plasma etching step S6, there is performed processing pertaining to a boundary-groove-surface smoothing step S5 for smoothing, by means of plasma Po of oxygen gas, surfaces of the boundary grooves 5 having assumed an irregular shape in the laser processing step S3.
US07964447B2
A carbon nanotube (CNT) array is patterned on a substrate. The substrate can be a microelectronic die or a heat sink for a die. The patterned CNT array is patterned by using a patterned catalyst on the substrate to form the CNT array by growing. The patterned CNT array can also be patterned by using a patterned mask on the substrate to form the CNT array by growing. A computing system that uses the CNT array for heat transfer from the die is also used.
US07964443B2
A method of forming a crossed wire molecule device comprising a plurality of bottom electrodes, a plurality of top electrodes crossing the bottom electrodes at a non-zero angle, and a self-assembled molecular film chemically bonded to a surface of each of the bottom electrodes is provided. The self-assembled molecular film includes one or more defect sites and a plurality of active device molecules, each of the plurality of active device molecules including a molecular switching moiety having a self-assembling connecting group at one end of the moiety and a linking group at an opposed end of the moiety. The polymeric material chemically bonds to at least some of the linking groups of the plurality of active device molecules, causing the formation of the self-assembled molecular layer covering the plurality of active device molecules and the defect site(s). A molecular switching device is also provided.
US07964438B2
Method for forming a film with a graded bandgap by deposition of an amorphous material from a plasma
A method is described of forming a film of an amorphous material on a substrate by deposition from a plasma. The substrate is placed in an enclosure, a film precursor gas is introduced into the enclosure, and unreacted and dissociated gas is extracted from the enclosure so as to provide a low pressure therein. Microwave energy is introduced into the gas within the enclosure to produce a plasma therein by distributed electron cyclotron resonance (DECR) and cause material to be deposited from the plasma on the substrate. The said flow rate of the film precursor gas is altered during the course of deposition of material, so as to cause the bandgap to vary over the thickness of the deposited material.
US07964435B2
A method for controlling dopant diffusion is disclosed. Using certain control parameters that are not used in the prior art, the method provides an unprecedented measure of control over the dopant diffusion process. The control parameters include, among others, the size of the diffusion windows in the diffusion mask and the proximity of the diffusion windows to a dopant sink. In some embodiments, the diffusion process is conducted in an epi-reactor.
US07964434B2
A method of processing a plurality of photovoltaic materials in a batch process includes providing at least one transparent substrate having an overlying first electrode layer and an overlying copper species based absorber precursor layer within an internal region of a furnace. The overlying copper species based absorber precursor layer has an exposed face. The method further includes disposing at least one soda lime glass comprising a soda lime glass face within the internal region of the furnace such that the soda lime glass face is adjacent by a spacing to the exposed face of the at least one transparent substrate. Furthermore, the method includes subjecting the at least one transparent substrate and the one soda lime glass to thermal energy to transfer one or more sodium bearing species from the soda lime glass face across the spacing into the copper species based absorber precursor layer via the exposed face.
US07964430B2
Methods and apparatus for reducing defects on transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer are provided. In one embodiment, a method for depositing a silicon layer on a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer may include providing a substrate having a TCO layer disposed thereon, wherein the TCO layer has a peripheral region and a cell integrated region, the cell integrated region having laser scribing patterns disposed thereon, positioning the substrate on a substrate support assembly disposed in a processing chamber, wherein the substrate support assembly has a roughened surface in contact with the substrate, contacting a shadow frame to the peripheral region of the TCO layer and to the substrate support assembly thereby creating an electrical ground path between the TCO layer and substrate support through the shadow frame, and depositing a silicon containing layer on the TCO layer through an aperture of the shadow frame.
US07964429B2
A photoelectric conversion device which is excellent in photoelectric conversion characteristics is provided by effectively utilizing silicon semiconductor materials. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device using a solar cell, in which a plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates in each of which a damaged layer is formed at a predetermined depth is arranged over a supporting substrate having an insulating surface; a surface layer part of the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated thinly using the damaged layer as a boundary so as to form a single crystal semiconductor layer over one surface of the supporting substrate; and the single crystal semiconductor layer is irradiated with a laser beam from a surface side which is exposed by separation of the single crystal semiconductor layer to planarize the surface of the single crystal semiconductor layer.
US07964419B2
A semiconductor light emitting device made of nitride III-V compound semiconductors is includes an active layer made of a first nitride III-V compound semiconductor containing In and Ga, such as InGaN; an intermediate layer made of a second nitride III-V compound semiconductor containing In and Ga and different from the first nitride III-V compound semiconductor, such as InGaN; and a cap layer made of a third nitride III-V compound semiconductor containing Al and Ga, such as p-type AlGaN, which are deposited in sequential contact.
US07964415B2
Water soluble, polyethylenimine polymers, conjugated to one or more active moiety are taught. Also taught are methods of making same, kits comprising same, and use of same in immunoassay systems.
US07964414B2
The present invention provides a biosensor, wherein non-specific adsorption on a surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance (reference unit) is suppressed. The biosensor of the invention includes a substrate having at least two types of surfaces on a single plane, wherein at least one of the surfaces does not retain a physiologically active substance, and wherein at least two types of hydrophilic compounds with different molecular weights are bound to the surface that does not retain a physiologically active substance.
US07964413B2
An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in sample vessels. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a sample, incubating the sample, preforming an analyte isolation procedure, ascertaining the presence of a target analyte, and analyzing the amount of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the sample vessels from one station to the next. A method for performing an automated diagnostic assay includes an automated process for isolating and amplifying a target analyte, and, in one embodiment, a method for real-time monitoring of the amplification process.
US07964410B2
A method for preparing an analysis sample which involves the sugar chain capture step comprising a reaction of capturing a sugar chain and/or a sugar derivative from a biological sample by using a sugar chain capture agent and the excision step comprising excising a compound containing a moiety capturing the sugar chain and/or the sugar derivative from the sugar chain capture agent after the completion of the sugar chain capture reaction and releasing the compound.
US07964402B2
We used Accutase™, a commercially available cell detachment solution, for single cell propagation of pluripotent hESCs. Unlike trypsin dissociation, Accutase treatment does not significantly affect the plating efficiency of hESC dissociation into single cells. Cultures dissociated with Accutase to single cells at each passage maintain a higher proportion of pluripotent cells as compared to collagenase-passaged hESCs. Accutase-treated hESCs can be grown to a high density as monolayers, and yet retain their pluripotency.
US07964398B2
The present invention provides an attenuated virus, which is derived from Modified Vaccinia Ankara virus and characterized by the loss of its capability to reproductively replicate in human cell lines. It further describes recombinant viruses derived from this virus and the use of the virus, or its recombinants, as a medicament or vaccine. A method is provided for inducing an immune response in individuals who may be immune-compromised, receiving antiviral therapy, or have a pre-existing immunity to the vaccine virus. In addition, a method is provided for the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the virus, or its recombinants, in a vaccinia virus prime/vaccinia virus boost innoculation regimen. The present invention relates to a method of virus amplification in primary cells which are cultivated in a serum free medium. Viruses produced by this method are advantageously free of any infectious agents comprised in animal sera.
US07964396B2
The present invention provides an attenuated virus, which is derived from Modified Vaccinia Ankara virus and characterized by the loss of its capability to reproductively replicate in human cell lines. It further describes recombinant viruses derived from this virus and the use of the virus, or its recombinants, as a medicament or vaccine. A method is provided for inducing an immune response in individuals who may be immune-compromised, receiving antiviral therapy, or have a pre-existing immunity to the vaccine virus. In addition, a method is provided for the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the virus, or its recombinants, in a vaccinia virus prime/vaccinia virus boost inoculation regimen. The present invention relates to a method of virus amplification in primary cells which are cultivated in a serum free medium. Viruses produced by this method are advantageously free of any infectious agents comprised in animal sera.
US07964371B2
The invention provides assay methods for the detection and quantitation of gastrin hormones, including total and free gastrin hormone in a sample. ELISA-type heterogeneous phase assays suitable for use with biological fluid samples such as blood, plasma or other bodily fluids of a mammal, particularly a human subject are provided. The method provides a precise assay for the amounts of free and total G17 and G34 in biological fluid samples, as well as the amounts of free and total Gly-extended G17, and Gly-extended G34. Also provided are methods of determining suitable treatment for patient suffering from a gastrin hormone-mediated disease or condition employing gastrin hormone immunoassays.
US07964367B2
Novel human genes falling within the category of family genes relating to p53 gene which is known as a cell proliferation regulatory gene, and gene products thereof. A human p51 gene characterized by containing a base sequence encoding an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; a human p51 gene having a base sequence consisting of the 145- to 1488-bases in the sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2; vectors containing these genes; host cells transformed with these vectors; a process for producing a p51 protein having the amino sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1; which comprises culturing the above host cells and harvesting the protein from the thus obtained culture; and the p51 protein having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1.
US07964366B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis.
US07964358B2
A novel sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor gene, herein termed sppr, and its splice variants. Sppr is up-regulated in LGL and is useful, for example, in the diagnosis and treatment of certain lymphoproliferative, neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases.
US07964351B2
The present invention provides a method of predicting the risk of a patient for developing adverse drug reactions, particularly SJS or TEN. It was discovered that an HLA-B allele, HLA-B* 1502, is associated with SJS/TEN that is induced by a variety of drugs. The correlation with HLA-B* 1502 is most significant for carbamazepine-induced SJS/TEN, wherein all the patients tested have the HLA-B* 1502 allele. In addition, another HLA-B allele, HLA-B*5801, is particularly associated with SJS/TEN induced by allopurinol. Milder cutaneous reactions, such as maculopapular rash, erythema multiforme (EM), urticaria, and fixed drug eruption, are particularly associated with a third allele, HLA-B *4601. For any of the alleles, genetic markers (e.g., HLA markers, microsatellite, or single nucleotide polymorphism markers) located between DRB1 and HLA-A region of the specific HLA-B haplotype can also be used for the test.
US07964350B1
Sample preparation processes for in situ RNA or DNA analysis, methods and compositions therefor are provided. Processes provided herein allow DNA or RNA analysis to be carried out in the same tube or on an aliquot of the prepared sample without centrifugation or extraction. The preparation process can be carried out at room temperature in as little as seven minutes and is amenable to high throughput processing using manual or robotic platforms.
US07964348B2
The present invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the 531 cotton event nucleic acid sequences in a biological sample based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the cotton genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site in a cotton genome.
US07964334B2
The present invention provides a curable composition containing at least one species selected from polymerizable monomers represented by the following formulas (I) to (III) and a polymerization initiator, and a planographic printing plate precursor including the same. The curable composition can be cured with high sensitivity due to laser light exposure or the like, and the inhibition of polymerization due to oxygen is controlled. The composition has excellent solubility in a developer or a solvent.
US07964329B2
An imaging member with a unique overcoat composition adapted for forming protective, scratch-resistant overcoats is disclosed. The overcoat composition comprises a binder component that includes particular proportions of a acrylated polyol and propylene glycol. The overcoat composition also comprises a transport agent and a crosslinking agent.
US07964315B2
Improved water distribution can be obtained within the cells of a fuel cell series stack by maintaining a suitable temperature difference between the cathode and anode sides of each cell in the stack during shutdown. A method of shutting down a fuel cell stack having at least two fuel cells stacked in series, each fuel cell having a cathode side and an anode side, the method comprising: stopped the generation of electricity from the stack; allowing the stack to cool over a cooldown period; and maintaining a temperature difference between the cathode side and the anode side of each fuel cell during the cooldown period, wherein the direction of the temperature difference in each fuel cell is the same. The fuel cell stack may comprise coolant channels, Peltier devices and anode and cathode reactant flow fields.
US07964310B2
An electrochemical cell comprises as an anode, a lithium transition metal oxide or sulphide compound which has a [B2]X4n− spinel-type framework structure of an A[B2]X4 spinel wherein A and B are metal cations selected from Li, Ti, V, Mn, Fe and Co, X is oxygen or sulphur, and n− refers to the overall charge of the structural unit [B2]X4 of the framework structure. The transition metal cation in the fully discharged state has a mean oxidation state greater than +3 for Ti, +3 for V, +3.5 for Mn, +2 for Fe and +2 for Co. The cell includes as a cathode, a lithium metal oxide or sulphide compound. An electrically insulative lithium containing liquid or polymeric electronically conductive electrolyte is provided between the anode and the cathode.
US07964308B2
The invention relates to materials for use as electrodes in an alkali-ion secondary (rechargeable) battery, particularly a lithium-ion battery. The invention provides transition-metal compounds having the ordered-olivineor the rhombohedral NASICON structure and the polyanion (PO4)3− as at least one constituent for use as electrode material for alkali-ion rechargeable batteries.
US07964307B2
A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a current collector, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the current collector, and an active material layer formed on the intermediate layer. The current collector includes a metal capable of being alloyed with silicon. The active material layer includes an active material including silicon. The intermediate layer includes silicon and oxygen. The intermediate layer prevents the metal capable of being alloyed with silicon from diffusing into the active material layer. The diffusion of the constituent element of the current collector into the active material layer is suppressed.
US07964304B2
A lithium polymer battery comprising an internal sheath, reinforcement members, and an external sheath and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The lithium polymer battery comprises a pouch-type internal sheath with an electrode assembly positioned therein and a protective circuit module that is attached to the surface thereof to control the charging and discharging processes of the electrode assembly. The battery further comprises reinforcement members that couple with surfaces of the internal sheath and an external sheath for integrally enclosing the internal sheath and the reinforcement members. The external sheath may comprise a tube, a thermally contractible tube, or a melted resin.
US07964299B2
A method of the present invention is directed to recycling a battery that includes a plurality of lithium cells removable from one another. The battery is tested to measure internal resistance of the lithium cells to determine if the lithium cells present a predetermined level of operational capability. The lithium cells having the operational level less than the predetermined level of operational capability are replaced with new lithium cells as the battery is re-assembled. The removed lithium cells are recycled.
US07964297B2
The invention uses an adhesion layer of an amorphous alloy of aluminum. A first aluminum titanium embodiment of the amorphous adhesion layer preferably contains approximately equal amounts of aluminum and titanium (+/−5 at. %). A second embodiment of the amorphous adhesion layer preferably contains approximately equal amounts of aluminum and titanium (+/−5 at. %) and up to 10 at. % Zr with 5 at. % Zr being preferred. A third embodiment is aluminum tantalum preferably including from 15 to 25 at. % tantalum with 20 at. % being preferred. The most preferred compositions are Al50Ti50, Al47.5Ti47.5Zr5 or Al80Ta20. The adhesion layer is deposited onto the substrate. The substrate can be glass or a metal such as NiP-plated AlMg. The preferred embodiment of media according to the invention is for perpendicular recording and includes a magnetically soft underlayer deposited above the adhesion layer.
US07964295B2
The present invention relates to a cutting insert comprising a body of sintered cemented carbide, cermet or ceramic or high speed steel or the superhard materials such as cubic boron nitride or diamond said body being provided with a hard and wear resistant coating including a thin outermost coloring non-oxide layer whereby said color is created by thin film interference.
US07964281B2
The invention relates to a transparent conductor provided with a base comprising a first a resin, a conductive layer comprising conductive particles and a second resin, and an intermediate layer composed of a third resin formed between the base and the conductive layer, wherein the glass transition temperature Tg of the intermediate layer is lower than the Tg of the conductive layer.
US07964280B2
A method of producing CVD diamond having a high color, which is suitable for optical applications, for example. The method includes adding a gaseous source comprising a second impurity atom type to counter the detrimental effect on colour caused by the presence in the CVD synthesis atmosphere of a first impurity atom type. The described method applies to the production of both single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond.
US07964267B1
A ballistic-resistant panel in which the entire panel or a strike-face portion thereof is formed of a plurality of sheets of high modulus high molecular weight polyethylene tape. The sheets of high modulus polyethylene tape can be in the form of cross-plied laminated layers of tape strips or a woven fabric of tape strips. The strips of UHMWPE tape include a width of at least one inch and a modulus of greater than 1400 grams per denier. The ballistic-resistant panel may include a backing layer of conventional high modulus fibers embedded in resin. A wide variety of adhesives were found acceptable for bonding the cross-plied layers of high modulus polyethylene tape together for forming the ballistic-resistant panels of the present invention.
US07964262B2
The disclosure provides a composition including a porous cordierite honeycomb body as defined herein having excellent strength, high thermal shock resistance, and reduced microcrack properties. The disclosure also provides methods of making and using the composition, for example, as a catalyst carrier.
US07964256B2
A casing for an electronic device is produced from a heat-resistant, flame-retardant thermoplastic by an injection-molding process. This thermoplastic is a polyimide-based plastic with halogen-free flame retardancy.
US07964255B2
A heat-shrinkable multilayer material for packaging, in particular food packaging, comprises a first layer made of heat-shrinkable material, a microwave susceptible material covering at least a part of the first layer, at least one second layer made of shrinkable or non-shrinkable material, the first and second layer can be connected to each other by embedding the microwave susceptible material, wherein the microwave susceptible material is arranged in a pattern between the first and second layer, the pattern creating areas of increased stiffness within the multilayer material when microwave energy is applied onto.
