US08434152B2
One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to an enterprise network that includes determining whether a computer that may be connected to an enterprise network on a temporary basis has one or more malicious code items where the computer accompanies a visitor to a facility associated with the enterprise network. An indication is provided to a human if it is determined that the computer has one or more malicious code items.
US08434151B1
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and program code for detecting malicious software components. A series of calls made by a software component is monitored to identify an identified respective series of call types to components named in the calls. A determination is made as to whether the identified respective series of call types to components named in the calls is indicative of malicious behavior.
US08434150B2
Detection of user accounts associated with spammer attacks may be performed by constructing a social graph of email users. Biggest connected components (BCC) of the social graph may be used to identify legitimate user accounts, as the majority of the users in the biggest connected components are legitimate users. BCC users may be used to identify more legitimate users. Using degree-based detection techniques and PageRank based detection techniques, the hijacked user accounts and spammer user accounts may be identified. The users' email sending and receiving behaviors may also be examined, and the subgraph structure may be used to detect stealthy attackers. From the social graph analysis, legitimate user accounts, malicious user accounts, and compromised user accounts can be identified.
US08434145B2
An information processing system uses an input apparatus to input user information. After authentication of the user information, the input apparatus-transmits control information to an information processing apparatus, indicating which functions of the information processing apparatus the user may use. The control information is independent of the particular method by which authentication is performed. Use of the information processing apparatus can accordingly be controlled by a variety of methods without requiring any user authentication capability to be provided in the information processing apparatus itself, and new authentication methods can be implemented without modification or replacement of existing information processing apparatus.
US08434140B2
A network apparatus, system, and method for operating a server to identify and subsequently control suspected peer-to-peer (P2P) sources transmitting traffic from a first network to a second network. Identifying a peer-to-peer source by a characteristic of destination port profile. Identifying a peer-to-peer source by a characteristic of destination host IP address profile. Determining when hopping ports usage comprise a data stream. Determining when destination IP address usage represent “Seek You” (CQ) like call behavior analogous to a radio invitation for any operators listening to respond.
US08434133B2
A method for using multiple channels to authenticate a user, wherein a first authentication parameter from a first device associated with a user is received over a first channel, a token value is transmitted to the user on the first channel, and the user transmits the token value and a second authentication parameter over a second channel. The token value is used to associate the first authentication parameter to the second authentication parameter, whereby the user is authenticated on the first channel.
US08434132B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for receiving a first authentication message from a first authentication device of a first network employing a first authentication protocol, converting first authentication attributes in the first authentication message to second attributes, and transmitting a second authentication message including the second authentication attributes to a second authentication device of second network employing a second authentication protocol. A dual mode mobile device selects from amongst available networks and forwards authentication attributes to a selected network.
US08434130B2
An authentication system includes: a server apparatus; a terminal device; and an authentication device connected to the terminal device and used for authentication when establishing a session between the terminal device and the server apparatus. The server apparatus has an authentication request data creating unit configured to create authentication request data to authenticate the terminal device, and a sending unit configured to send authentication request data. The terminal device has a receiving unit configured to receive authentication request data, an authentication reply data creation requesting unit configured to request the authentication device to create authentication reply data, and a sending unit configured to send the authentication reply data. The server apparatus further has: an authentication processing unit configured to authenticate the terminal device based on the authentication reply data, and as a result of authentication, data is sent to the terminal device when the terminal device is authenticated.
US08434124B2
An apparatus and method for displaying at least two modes comprising an interactive application mode and a television program mode on a display device. In one aspect the apparatus comprises: a television program signal receiver; an interactive application signal receiver; means for switching between said television program mode and said interactive application mode being active in said display device; means to receive remote control signals from a remote control device having a mute key for generating a mute signal; means to enable a mute-to-interactive application feature; and wherein when said mute-to-interactive application feature is enabled and said television program mode is active in said display device, upon receipt of said mute signal, said mode switching means is activated causing said interactive application mode to be active in said display device.
US08434120B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for grouping program identifiers into multimast groups. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising receiving a request for satellite services from a requester device, wherein the request includes at least one program identifier, creating a second group of program identifiers, comparing the requested program identifier with a first group of previously requested program identifiers stored on a satellite service providing device, and moving the matching program identifier from the first group of program identifiers to the second group of program identifiers if the requested program identifier matches one of the program identifiers in the first group of program identifiers, wherein a multicast of the second group of program identifiers is adapted to be shared by the requester device and another device.
US08434115B1
An optical network terminal (ONT) is powered via a remote power supply. The remote power supply is connected to a standard customer premises electrical power outlet, providing a power source for power at a first format (e.g., 110 VAC). The remote power supply performs a power transformation to convert the power in the first power format to a second format (e.g., 48 VDC). This allows the powering of the ONT from farther distances, and thus allows for the easier installation of ONTs at customer premises which may not have optimally placed power outlets. A battery backup may also be used (either in parallel or serially), in order to provide availability of communications signals during a public power outage. When the battery backup used serially with the remote power supply, additional distance between the power outlet and the ONT may be accommodated.
US08434111B2
A controller of an entertainment device includes a network connection for coupling the controller to a user-profile server via a network. The controller configured for determining a user identifier corresponding to a user associated with the entertainment device; automatically retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identifier from the user-profile server, the user profile including an electronic bookmark pertaining to content that was not finished by the user at a different entertainment device; and controlling the entertainment device to allow the user to initiate playing the content at the entertainment device, and to play the content automatically starting from a position in the content corresponding to a position indicated by the electronic bookmark.
US08434109B2
An information processing apparatus includes a managing unit that manages a scale calculated based on descriptions of an operation performed on a predetermined item and a series to which the item belongs in association with each other, a first extracting unit that extracts items belonging to the same series as top N series, obtained by sorting the scales, from among a plurality of items, a taste managing unit that manages taste of a user, a second extracting unit that calculates the degree of similarity between the taste managed by the taste managing unit and each item to extract items with higher degrees of similarity, and a recommending unit that recommends a predetermined number of items among the items extracted by the first extracting unit and the items extracted by the second extracting unit to the user.
US08434104B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for scheduling advertising content for dynamic insertion during play of video on demand assets. A virtual linear program channel is generated that is associated with a plurality of video on demand assets, the virtual linear program channel comprising data defining a plurality of predetermined time bins and a forecast number of views of the virtual channel assets within each of the time bins. The virtual linear program channel data is transmitted to a remote scheduling server. Advertising content and linear program channel scheduling instructions are received from the remote scheduling server, the linear program channel scheduling instructions identifying the virtual linear program channel and a selected time bin for insertion of the advertising content. The linear program channel scheduling instructions are translated into scheduling criteria for dynamically inserting the advertising content during playback of any of the virtual channel assets within the selected time bin.
US08434102B2
Broadcast points in a broadcaster's sole region are turned into package information by processing the contents transmitted from a broadcaster, and the package information is stored in the receiver common information region of a television broadcast receiver, and thereby, it becomes possible even for a communication browser that is an application of the television broadcast receiver to refer to and use the information of broadcast points. It is possible by using a communication browser to receive a service provided in a home page of a company other than the broadcasting company.
US08434096B2
In a method for managing a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) designates a first designated instance number for a first instance object. A message is then sent to the CPE. The message carries the first designated instance number for the first instance object and is adapted to notify the CPE to take the first designated instance number as an instance number for the first instance object.
US08434092B2
Techniques for allocating computing resources to tasks include receiving first data and second data. The first data indicates a limit for unblocked execution by a processor of a set of at least one task that includes instructions for the processor. The second data indicates a maximum use of the processor by the set. It is determined whether a particular set of at least one task has exceeded the limit for unblocked execution based on the first data. If it is determined that the particular set has exceeded the limit, then execution of the particular set by the processor is blocked for a yield time interval based on the second data. These techniques can guarantee that no time-critical tasks of an embedded system on a specific-purpose device are starved for processor time by tasks of foreign applications also executed by the processor.
US08434091B2
A computer architecture and programming model for high speed processing over broadband networks are provided. The architecture employs a consistent modular structure, a common computing module and uniform software cells. The common computing module includes a control processor, a plurality of processing units, a plurality of local memories from which the processing units process programs, a direct memory access controller and a shared main memory. A synchronized system and method for the coordinated reading and writing of data to and from the shared main memory by the processing units also are provided. A processing system for processing tasks is also provided. The processing system includes processing devices and an absolute timer. The absolute timer defines a time budget. The time budget provides a time period for the completion of tasks by selected processing devices independent of clock frequencies employed by the processing devices for processing the tasks.
US08434086B2
A system is set forth comprising a processor and memory storage units storing software code. The software code comprises code for a scheduling system and for generating a plurality of adaptive partitions that are each associated with one or more software threads and that each have a corresponding processor budget. The code also is executable to generate at least one sending thread and at least one receiving thread which responds to communications from the sending thread to execute one or more tasks corresponding to the communications. In operation, the scheduling system selectively allocates the processor to each sending and receiving thread based on the processor budget of the adaptive partition associated with the respective thread. The scheduling system bills the processor budget of the adaptive partition associated with the sending thread for processor allocation used by the receiving thread to respond to communications sent by the sending thread.
US08434082B2
A turn-oriented thread and/or process synchronization facility obtains a ticket value from a monotonically increasing ticket counter and waits until a memory location contains a value equal to the ticket value, yielding the processor between polls of the memory location only if a difference between the ticket value and the contents of the memory location exceeds a threshold value. Machine-readable media containing instructions to implement similar methods, and systems that can use the methods, are also described and claimed.
US08434076B2
A system which combines sequential and iterative source code is provided. The system decides which type of processing would be most suitable for all portions of the source code, regardless of type. The system can adjust that decision based on the specific nature of the constructs within the source code, and can also adjust that decision based on the platform upon which the resulting executable program will run.
US08434071B2
In a method for translating a graphical workflow in a textual description, a structure of the graphical workflow is analyzed by detecting graphical blocks of the graphical workflow. Further, each graphical block of the graphical workflow is translated in a textual description.
US08434064B2
Methods of detecting memory errors using write integrity testing are described. In an embodiment, additional analysis is performed when a program is compiled. This analysis identifies a set of objects which can be written by each instruction in the program. Additional code is then inserted into the program so that, at runtime, the program checks before performing a write instruction that the particular object being written is one of the set of objects that it is allowed to write. The inserted code causes an exception to be raised if this check fails and allows the write to proceed if the check is successful. In a further embodiment, code may also be inserted to perform checks before indirect control-flow transfer instructions, to ensure that those instructions cannot transfer control to locations different from those intended.
US08434062B2
The present invention provides the ability to enable a special view of source code in which the textual name of classes, variables, methods and object instances can be replaced with graphical symbols. A method of displaying computer source code according to the present invention comprises assigning unique graphical symbols to a plurality of corresponding textual names of source code classes, methods, and variables, replacing the plurality of textual names of the classes, methods, and variables with the corresponding assigned unique graphical symbols, and displaying the source code with the unique graphical symbols in place of the corresponding textual names of the classes, methods, and variables.
US08434060B2
Optional components are delivered to a software platform as a database load. A component is deployed to an application server of a first system. The component comprises at least a portion of the software to be delivered as a database load to a second system that implements the software platform. A component export tool in the first system identifies database table structures and database table entries created by the deployment of the component. The component export tool generates a load delivery package based on the identified database table structures and database table entries and then exports the load delivery package to the second system. A component load tool in the second system generates application tables based on the identified database table structures in the shipment package. The database table entries are then imported into the generated application packages in the load delivery package so that the component can be loaded into the software platform. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US08434048B2
A method for adding power gating to an integrated circuit design logic block that includes N-Nary dynamic logic (NDL) gates includes determining an initial number of power gating rows to add to the logic block. The logic block includes a number of rows of logic gates in which some of the rows include gates implemented as one of n NDL circuits, where n may be any positive integer. The method also includes determining a total power gating device width for all of the power gating rows, and determining a distribution of the power gating device width among a final number of power gating rows based upon a number of different clock phases used to clock the gates implemented as one of n NDL circuits. The method further includes placing the power gating rows within the logic block.
US08434034B2
The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing, and particularly to a method of making Optical Proximity Correction to an original gate photomask pattern based on different substrate areas. The present invention discloses a method of making OPC to an original gate photomask pattern based on different substrate areas, which makes correction to gate photomask pattern dimension on the AA and to gate photomask pattern dimension on the STI respectively by creating two different optical proximity effect models of the gate, so as to control the finally imaged gate photomask pattern dimensions more accurately; moreover, the error of the correction result of the gate spacing dimension on the STI can be reduced by 4% by separating the patterns and using the gate model based on the STI, so as to avoid the spacing dimension error when the photolithography exposure conditions vary.
US08434033B2
A mechanism is provided for mask assignment for triple patterning lithography. The mechanism identifies tip-to-tip (TT), tip-to-side (TS), and side-to-side (SS) conflicting parts by design rule dependent projection. The mechanism finds stitch location for TT, TS, and SS conflicts separately. The mechanism colors TT, TS, and SS conflicting parts with mask0/mask1, mask0/mask2, mask1/mask2 coloring cycle with each type colored separately. The mechanism uses existing infrastructure of two-way coloring. As a first objective, the mechanism attempts to minimize conflicts. As a second objective, the mechanism attempts to minimize the number of stitches by assigning the two sides of stitches to the same mask. Once coloring of all conflicting parts is done, the mechanism colors non-conflicting parts to maximize minimum overlap of exposures and to use both colors if two sides are different colors and one color if both sides are the same color.
US08434028B2
System and method for integrating media objects for viewing on and manipulation via a computing device such as a personal computer. The system and method may be provided via an application program interface (API) which provides functions that allow an application program to create a scene and add media objects to the scene. The method includes preparing a translation vector and a rotation matrix for each of the media objects to define an orientation and a location of each of the media objects in the scene. The scene including the media objects is displayed. An interface is provided so that a user may manipulate the scene and the objects therein. The system and method may be implemented on a personal computer or other computing device.
US08434025B2
A method of designing and/or selecting a progressive addition lens design for a wearer is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes displaying a graphical representation of an initial progressive addition lens design including design parameters having design values. A user interface is provided including, for each of one or more of the design parameters, a control that is adjustable over a range of levels, each level in the range being associated with a corresponding value of the respective design parameter. A control is adjusted to select a level and the selection is processed so as to substantially simultaneously update the displayed graphical representation in accordance with the selected level to provide a modified progressive lens design. A system for designing and/or selecting a progressive addition lens design for a wearer is also disclosed.
US08434021B2
A centralized User Interface (UI) comprising a supplementary UI and a desktop UI is employed to bring in enterprise constructs into the desktop application. The supplementary UI is generated and dynamically positioned based on selections on the desktop application UI. Summary information associated with data that is to be synchronized or transferred between the desktop application and an LOB application is presented in the supplementary UI along with controls that enable a user to bind additional items to be synchronized.
US08434014B1
A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor.
US08434008B2
Disclosed is a method and system for integrating heterogeneous fragments of information from at least two collaboration channels, using one or more servers, each adapted to provide fragments from one collaboration channel; one or more adapters, each adapted to adapt a fragment provided by a corresponding server to an interface common to the collaboration channels; and a module adapted to: find a previously stored fragment related to a new adapted fragment, and create a link between the related fragment and the new fragment; and one or more repositories, each adapted to store an adapted fragment from a corresponding server. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08434005B2
A method for generating an audio/video report, to be used with a report of radiographic image(s) is disclosed. The audio/video report is created by the radiologist while generating the report. The audio/video report includes a portion of a screen image selected by the radiologist, as well as the spoken words of the radiologist. The audio/video report is stored in the database with the report for access by clinicians and others. The audio/video report may be used as a tool for teaching interesting cases.
US08434004B2
A method of representing communications sessions in a virtual environment employs a presentation entity which is provided at a location in the environment where it will be visible and/or audible from the observation point of a user with whom a communications session has been requested. The presentation entity, which can represent a character or an object in the environment, for example, presents information to the user from within the environment. Also disclosed is an automated inhabitant which can operated to interact with other inhabitants of such an environment, obtaining information which is passed to and used by a contact center to queue contacts between such other inhabitants and contact center agents.
US08433999B2
Method and apparatus for retrieving and editing dynamically generated content for editable web pages
A method and system for WYSIWYG editing of dynamic content on editable web pages. Generated content is content that is received periodically from a dynamic source. Generated content may be represented on an editable web page by instructions that describe how to generate the dynamic content. The generated content system presents generated elements in a non-editable manner while allowing modification of their instructions and also allowing complete editing functionality of any surrounding static content. Thus, the generated content system allows the user to include generated content in an editable web page in a way that clearly identifies the generated content during editing and still allows the user to modify the content.
US08433996B2
Embodiments of the present invention enable navigation in a web browser to be supported by a session browse history. In embodiments, a session browse history may be an n-ary tree data structure. Embodiments of the present invention integrated into a browser enable a user to access a session browse history tree via browser UI displays such as a navigation bar, a main tool bar, or a combination thereof. In embodiments, a session browse history tree may be exported to persistent storage, and may be imported into and integrated with an active session browse history tree. In embodiments, a stored session browse history tree may be updated in response to handling a caught browser event such as a “browser refresh” event, and in response to processing a user-initiated “go to” request from the browser UI. In embodiments, a currently stored session browse history tree may be returned in response to a request received from the browser UI.
US08433992B2
An information distribution system reduces the effort required to change an application in conjunction with changes in process content and changes in the receiver type or specifications while also accommodating broadcast processes. A style sheet database stores a plurality of output style sheets, which are information conversion rules including conditional expressions related to information distribution. An integrated device control service acquires output data and receiver information specifying the address of the receiver and the output style sheet corresponding to said receiver. When the output data satisfies the conditional expression contained in the output style sheet, the integrated device control service distributes converted output data, which is the output data converted based on the output style sheet, to the address of the receiver.
US08433984B2
Techniques to support low density parity check (LDPC) encoding and decoding are described. In an aspect, LDPC encoding and decoding of packets of varying sizes may be supported with a set of base parity check matrices of different dimensions and a set of lifting values of different powers of two. A base parity check matrix G of dimension mB×nB may be used to encode a packet of kB=nB−mB information bits to obtain a codeword of nB code bits. This base parity check matrix may be “lifted” by a lifting value of L to obtain a lifted parity check matrix H of dimension L·mB×L·nB. The lifted parity check matrix may be used to encode a packet of up to L·kB information bits to obtain a codeword of L·nB code bits. A wide range of packet sizes may be supported with the set of base parity check matrices and the set of lifting values.
US08433983B2
This invention relates to methods and devices for verifying the identity of a person based on a sequence of feature components extracted from a biometric sample. Thereafter, the feature components are quantized and assigned a data bit sequence in such a way that adjacent quantization intervals have a Hamming distance of 1. The data bit sequences are concatenated into a bit string, and said bit string is combined with a helper data set by using an exclusive disjunction (XOR) operation into a codeword. Finally, the codeword is decoded into a secret V and a secret S is matched with the secret V.
US08433980B2
A memory includes cells at intersections of word lines and bit lines, word and bit line selection mechanisms and a programming mechanism. The cells on each bit line are connected in series. Cells of a word line are programmed simultaneously. For low-power reading, only some of the bit lines that intersect the word line at the programmed cells are selected and only the cells at those intersections are sensed. Another type of memory includes a physical page of cells, a sensing mechanism and a selection mechanism. Hard bits are sensed from all the cells of the physical page. Only some of those cells are selected for sensing soft bits. Another memory includes a plurality of cells, a sensing mechanism, an export mechanism and a selection mechanism. Hard and soft bits are sensed from all the cells of the plurality. Only some of the soft bits are selected for export.
US08433977B1
A storage device is disclosed comprising control circuitry. A write command is received from a host, wherein the write command comprises a host block and corresponding host block address. The host block is partitioned into a plurality of sub blocks, and a plurality of sub block addresses are generated in response to the host block address, wherein each sub block address corresponds to one of the sub blocks. Error detection code (EDC) data is generated for each sub block in response to the sub block and corresponding sub block address. Each sub block and corresponding EDC data are combined to generate a plurality of partial codewords that are written to one or more data sectors corresponding to the sub block addresses.
US08433971B2
Communication device architecture for in-place constructed LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code. Intelligent design of LDPC codes having similar characteristics there between allows for a very efficient hardware implementation of a communication device that is operative to perform encoding of respective information bit groups using more than one type of LDPC codes. A switching module can select any one of the LDPC codes within an in-place LDPC code for use by an LDPC encoder circuitry to generate an LDPC coded signal. Depending on which sub-matrices of a superimposed LDPC matrix are enabled or disabled, one of the LDPC matrices from within an in-place LDPC code matrix set may be selected. A corresponding, respective generator matrix may be generated from each respective LDPC matrix. Selection among the various LDPC codes may be in accordance with a predetermined sequence, of based operating conditions of the communication device or communication system.
US08433970B2
A method for controlling power consumption of an iterative decoder based on one or more criteria is described. The method may include performing iterative decoding on a demodulated signal to provide a decoded signal, receiving information regarding the iterative decoding, and based on the information controlling a number of nodes of the iterative decoder to enable during a next iteration of the iterative decoding.
US08433966B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an acknowledgment channel design in which an acknowledgment sequence is scrambled with a station-specific scrambling sequence. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08433964B2
Provided is a test apparatus comprising a synchronization module that operates according to a reference clock and outputs a synchronization signal with a prescribed period, and a test module that operates according to a high-frequency clock with a frequency that is n times a frequency of the reference clock. The test module includes a period emulator that emulates the synchronization signal, a phase shifter that shifts a phase of the high-frequency clock by an amount equal to a result of (i) the product of n and the emulated synchronization phase data by (ii) a period of the reference clock, and a test period generating section that generates a test period pulse signal that transitions at an edge timing of the shifted high-frequency clock and test period phase data indicating a phase difference between the test period signal and an edge timing of the test period pulse signal.
US08433963B2
An address and command port interface selectively enables JTAG TAP domain operations and Trace domain operations within an IC. The port carries TMS and TDI input and TDO output on a single pin and receives a clock signal on a separate pin. The addressable two pin interface loads and updates instructions and data to the TAP domain within the IC. The instruction or data update operations in multiple ICs occur simultaneously. A process transmits data from an addressed target device to a controller using data frames, each data frame comprising a header bit and data bits. The logic level of the header bit is used to start, continue, and stop the data transmission to the controller. A data and clock signal interface between a controller and multiple target devices provides for each target device to be individually addressed and commanded to perform a JTAG or Trace operation.
US08433959B1
A method for rapidly characterizing the forensic contents of a digital storage device using statistical drive sampling.
US08433943B2
A power-supply expansion system includes a primary power-supply unit for providing a main power supply, a secondary power-supply unit for providing an auxiliary power supply, a power unit having a first and a second input terminal and an output terminal, and a control unit connected to the primary and the secondary power-supply unit. The control unit, based on a load value of the primary power-supply unit, selectively performs a power-supply expansion process for the secondary power-supply unit to feed the auxiliary power supply to the second input terminal. In the power-supply expansion process, the first input terminal receives the main power supply and the second input terminal receives the auxiliary power supply, and the power unit integrates the main and the auxiliary power supply into an output power supply, which is output via the output terminal. A power-supply expansion method applicable to the power-supply expansion system is also disclosed.
US08433938B2
A computer system includes a device which operates depending on a clock frequency; a battery unit which comprises a plurality of battery cells and supplies power to the device; a temperature sensor which senses temperature of the battery cells; and a controller which decreases the clock frequency if the sensed temperature is beyond a first preset critical point.
US08433937B1
A data storage device comprising a storage media, a media controller, a power system and a power controller is disclosed. The media controller is configured to read data from and write data to the storage media. The power system is configured to controllably power the media controller, and the power controller is configured to autonomously transition the data storage device between a plurality of power modes, wherein the power system continuously powers the power controller through the power modes and powers down the media controller for at least one of the power modes.
US08433932B2
A power circuit, information processing apparatus, and power control method are provided. The power circuit includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a control signal provided to control a power source has a fixed frequency characteristic, and an adjusting unit configured to randomly change time when a voltage transmitted to the power source is changed within a prescribed range when the determining unit determines that the control signal has the fixed frequency characteristic.
US08433931B2
Power consumption of a device (e.g., flash storage driver, hard drive, etc.) connected to a host computer system is managed to promote efficient power usage and improved service. Communication between a host computer system (e.g., an operating system) and a device is enabled so that the host system can ascertain a power footprint of the device. Taking the power footprint of the device into consideration, along with the power consumption of the system as a whole (e.g., including the power consumption needs of other devices), a power manager can provide a power budget to the device based upon an informed decision. This allows for improved system power management through a coordination of the device's power consumption by the host system, specifically during operation allowing device performance to be enhanced for the task at hand.
US08433911B2
A receiver is configured to receive, from a mobile device of a first type adapted to read a content from a recording medium and run the content, a first device identifier identifying the mobile device of the first type and a recording medium identifier identifying a recording medium loaded in the mobile device of the first type, along with a digital signature generated in the mobile device of the first type using an encryption key secretly stored in the mobile device of the first type. A signature verification unit is configured to verify the authenticity of the digital signature. A voucher issuance unit is configured to issue a voucher to a mobile device of a second type adapted to acquire a content by downloading the content and to run the content accordingly and mapped into the mobile device of the first type, so that the mobile device of the second type is capable of downloading a content.
US08433897B2
A group signature system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a group administrator apparatus, signer apparatuses and a verifier apparatus which can communicate with one another. Here, in a group signature method used by the apparatuses, a multiplication cyclic group or a bilinear group in which an order is unknown as in RSA is not used at all, but a multiplication cyclic group gG of a prime order q is only used, and representation parts ki1 and ki2 are used as a member private key. Moreover, as information for tracing a signer, Ti=G1^{ki1} is utilized, and ki1 is utilized for verifying revocation. In consequence, a calculation amount can be decreased to increase a calculation speed as compared with conventional [CG04], [FI05] and [DP06] systems.
US08433895B1
A computer-implemented method for securely managing multimedia data captured by a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method may comprise: 1) identifying multimedia data captured by the mobile computing device, 2) identifying an asymmetric public key stored on the mobile computing device that is associated with an asymmetric private key stored on a server, 3) encrypting the multimedia data using the asymmetric public key so that the encrypted multimedia data may only be decrypted using the asymmetric private key stored on the server, and 4) transmitting the encrypted multimedia data to the server. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08433893B2
Parameters of a hidden Markov model (HMM) are determined by a server based on an observation sequence stored at a client, wherein the client has a decryption key and an encryption key of an additively homomorphic cryptosystem, and the server has only the encryption key. The server initializes parameters of the HMM and updates the parameters iteratively until a difference between a probability of the observation sequence of a current iteration and a probability of the observation sequence of a previous iteration is above a threshold, wherein, for each iteration, the parameters are updated based on an encrypted conditional joint probability of each pair of states given the observation sequence and the parameters of the HMM, wherein the encrypted conditional probability is determining in an encrypted domain using a secure multiparty computation (SMC) between the server and the client.
US08433891B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a configuration/debug network for configuring and debugging a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The configurable IC in some embodiments includes configurable resources (e.g., configurable logic resources, routing resources, memory resources, etc.) that can be grouped in conceptual configurable tiles that are arranged in several rows and columns. Some embodiments allow tiles to be individually addressed, globally addressed (i.e., all addressed together), or addressed based on their tile types. The configurable IC includes numerous user-design state elements (“UDS elements”) in some embodiments. In some embodiments, the configuration/debug network has a streaming mode that can direct various circuits in one or more configurable tiles to stream out their data during the operation of the configurable IC. Accordingly, in the embodiments where the configuration/debug network connects to some or all of the UDS elements, the configurable/debug network can be used in a streaming mode to stream out data from the UDS elements of the tiles, in order to identify any errors in the operation of the IC. In other words, the streaming of the data from the UDS elements can be used to debug the operation of the configurable IC. In some embodiments, the configuration/debug network has a broadcasting mode that can direct various resources (e.g., memories, storage elements, etc.) in one or more configurable tiles to store the same data. For instance, the broadcasting mode can be used to initialize the memory blocks in the configurable memory tiles.
US08433887B2
A boot control method of a program in an information processing apparatus to which a device can be connected, the method including a search step of searching for a running program that is running on the information processing apparatus when the device is connected, a determination step of determining whether the running program found in the search step includes a program unfit for concurrent running that is unsuited for concurrent running with preset device-corresponding software that is booted in response to connection of the device, and a boot step of booting the device-corresponding software if the running program does not include the program unfit for concurrent running and performing control so as not to boot the device-corresponding software if the running program includes the software unfit for concurrent running.
US08433886B2
A nonvolatile memory device may includes a cell array to store a boot code; a boot RAM to store the boot code; a data RAM to store user data being exchanged with the external device; and a controller to separately store a boot code provided from the cell array in the boot RAM and the data RAM when a booting operation is performed.
US08433885B2
Examples of a system, method and computer accessible medium are provided to generate a predicate prediction for a distributed multi-core architecture. Using such system, method and computer accessible medium, it is possible to intelligently encode approximate predicate path information on branch instructions. Using this statically generated information, distributed predicate predictors can generate dynamic predicate histories that can facilitate an accurate prediction of high-confidence predicates, while minimizing the communication between the cores.
US08433883B2
A computer system is operable to identify index elements in a vector index array that cannot be processed in parallel by calculating a complement modified bit matrix compare function between a first matrix filled with elements from the vector index array and a second matrix filled with the same elements from the vector index array.
US08433881B2
A programmable signal processing circuit is used to (de-)interleave a data stream. Data from the signal stream is stored in a data memory (28) and read in a different sequence. The programmable signal processing circuit is used for computing addresses, for use in said storing and/or reading. The programmable signal processing circuit has an instruction set that contains an instruction to compute the addresses from preceding addresses that have been used for said storing and/or reading. In response to the instruction the programmable signal processing circuit permutes positions of a plurality of bits from the old address operand and forms of a bit of the new address result as a logic function of a combination of bits from the old address operand. Successive addresses are formed by means of repeated execution of a program loop that contains an address update instruction for computing the addresses.
US08433873B2
A computer system that generates a disposition instruction and an associated access command directed to a block of data at a logical address is described. The disposition instruction and the access command are communicated to a memory system in the computer system via a communication link. Note that the memory system includes different types of memory having different performance characteristics, and the disposition instruction is generated based on the different performance characteristics. In response to the access command, the memory system accesses the block of data at the logical address in a first type of memory in the different types of memory. Furthermore, based on the disposition instruction, the memory system moves the block of data to a second type of memory in the different types of memory to facilitate subsequent accesses to the block of data.
US08433866B2
To provide a remote copy system and the control method for the same capable of performing the setting of volume pairs in the consistency group and changing the setting by the simple operation without depending on the pair definition processing. A copy pair configured of a primary volume and a secondary volume is suspended, and the suspended primary volume and the secondary volume are set to another consistency group different from the original consistency group, and then the primary volume and the secondary volume are resynchronized.
US08433861B1
A method and apparatus for managing access to backup data on an archival storage system through storage media servers are described. In some examples, read operations are initiated. Each of the read operations is targeted to a respective plurality of the media servers specific for reading backup data from the archival storage system. Each read operation is delegated to each of its respective plurality of media servers until one of the respective plurality of media servers is available. The backup data specified by each read operation is read by the one media server of the respective plurality of media servers that is available. Each read operation may comprise a backup restoration, backup duplication, backup verification, or synthetic backup operation. Read operations can be targeted to a first and second plurality of media servers, which may be mutually exclusive. The archival storage system can be a tape storage system.
US08433858B1
A solid-state storage subsystem, such as a non-volatile memory card or drive, includes multiple interfaces and a memory area storing information used by a data arbiter to prioritize data commands received through the interfaces. As one example, the information may store a priority ranking of multiple host systems that are connected to the solid-state storage subsystem, such that the data arbiter may process concurrently received data transfer commands serially according to their priority ranking. A host software component may be configured to store and modify the priority control information in solid-state storage subsystem's memory area.
US08433856B2
The storage locations of a snoop filter are segregated into a number of groups, and some groups are associated with some processors in a system. When new data enter a cache line of a processor, one of the storage locations associated with the processor is selected for further operations.
US08433854B2
In some embodiments, an electronic system may include a cache located between a mass storage and a system memory, and code stored on the electronic system to prevent storage of stream data in the cache and to send the stream data directly between the system memory and the mass storage based on a comparison of first metadata of a first request for first information and pre-boot stream information stored in a previous boot context. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08433848B1
Storage requirements of one or more applications may be serviced by a mix of different disk technologies across one or more storage tiers. According to the system described herein, desirable or optimal mixes of the different disks may be determined and used in the efficient and cost-effective modification or upgrade of storage arrays. For example, whereas SATA drives may be the most cost effective per gigabyte of storage, some applications may not be able to operate based on SATA performance characteristics. On the other hand, flash drives, which may have high performance characteristics, may be too expensive to be used exclusively in a storage array. The system described herein provides a tool that allows for optimal planning of storage resources in a multi-tier storage environment responsive to workload data of a storage array and based on performance characteristics and costs of the storage resources.
US08433842B2
Method for a storage device is provided. The method includes interpreting a command from a host system, wherein a command parser module for a storage device interprets the command; and extracting information regarding an operation from the command, wherein the command parser module extracts the information and interfaces with the host system.
US08433838B2
A serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus and method of communicating over an SPI bus to multiple slave devices without requiring the master device to have an independent slave select pin for each slave device. The SPI bus comprises an SPI master device coupled to an SPI multiplex slave device and a plurality of SPI non-multiplex slave devices. The SPI multiplex slave device includes an independent slave select (SS) output pin coupled to each one of the SPI non-multiplex slave devices for sending an activation signal to a selected SPI slave device in response to receiving a command from the master device containing identification of the selected SPI slave device.
US08433835B2
A control method of an information processing system including an address/data bus, the control method including: asserting a write enable signal indicating a write operation no later than an assertion of a latch control signal indicating an address latch timing in the write operation; asserting an output enable signal indicating a read operation after the address latch timing in the read operation; determine whether the write enable signal is asserted when the latch control signal is asserted; and starting the read or write operation according to the determined result no later than the address latch timing.
US08433823B2
Methods, program products, and systems implementing random access data compression are disclosed. Data can be stored in a data structure in compressed or non-compressed form. The data structure can include a header block, one or more data blocks, and one or more index blocks. Each data block can include data compressed using different compression technology. The header block can include searchable references to the data blocks, which can be located in the data structure after the header block. The searchable references permit non-sequential access to the data blocks. The data blocks can be organized independent of a file system structure. The header block can additionally include references to the one or more index blocks, which can expand the references in the header block.
US08433815B2
A collaborative cloud DVR system (ccDVR), which includes a cloud storage system and a plurality of participating DVR client devices, acts collaboratively as a single communal entity in which community members authorize each other to upload, remotely store and download licensed content for time shifted viewing, in a manner which rigorously protects legal rights of the content owners while overcoming the potential physical obstacles of limited bandwidth, power failures, incomplete uploads/downloads of content, limited cloud storage capacity, etc. The collaborative cloud DVR community collaboratively shares bandwidth and cloud storage capacity among DVR viewer/users with each owner/user of a DVR client device authorizing his or her individual DVR client device to be utilized by a cloud storage system server and any other owner/user of a DVR client device in the respective service community, and receiving similar permission in return to promote the convenience of cloud storage in an authorized manner.
US08433812B2
Techniques relating to managing multimedia transmissions in terminal services scenarios are described. In an example, a method sends a user-interface component from a server to a remote client. The exemplary method further streams a media component for presentation on the remote client in combination with the user-interface component and the media presentation is tracked but not displayed by the server.
US08433805B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using improved approaches to contact users that can be contacted in a variety of different ways are disclosed. According to one aspect, one user is able to be automatically informed of an appropriate (e.g., preferred) way to contact another user. Once informed of the appropriate way, another user can be contacted (automatically or on user request) using the appropriate way.
US08433801B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing resources in virtualization systems, including multi-cloud systems. The use of supply chain economics alone and in combination with other techniques offers a unified platform to integrate, optimize or improve, and automate resource management in a virtualization system. These techniques may be used to monitor and control the delivery of service level agreements and software licenses. They may also be used to monitor and control contention of computing resources in a virtualization system, and to suspend or terminate computing resources.
US08433798B2
A system, a method, and computer-readable media are provided for altering behavior of software based on detection of an Internet connection. The system, method, and media detect when a computer has connected to the Internet or is capable of connecting to the Internet. This detection may include analyzing a connection history of the computer to the Internet, reporting in real-time when the computer establishes a connection to the Internet, or attempting to actively establish a connection with an Internet resource using the computer. A first set of software functionality may be disabled when a previously established connection with the Internet is identified, a real-time report of a connection with the Internet is generated, or a connection with the Internet resource is established. In addition, a second set of software functionality may be enabled when the first set of software functionality is disabled.
US08433779B2
A computer subsystem is provided with a switch apparatus group that is at least one switch apparatus that is coupled to the communication network and a plurality of communication apparatuses that includes an internal management apparatus (an internal apparatus). The internal management apparatus transmits a request of a plurality of IP addresses that are allocated to the plurality of communication apparatuses to an external management apparatus that is disposed outside the computer subsystem. The external management apparatus manages whether or not each of M static IP addresses can be allocated, specifies a plurality of static IP addresses that can be allocated in response to the request, and transmits the plurality of specified static IP addresses to the internal management apparatus. The internal management apparatus allocates the plurality of static IP addresses to a plurality of internal apparatus.
US08433778B1
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with configuring devices are described. One example apparatus is configured with an interface logic and a control logic. The interface logic is to detect a remote device. When a remote device is detected, the interface logic transmits an interface to the remote device that converts the remote device to be a remote control device. The remote control device provides selected configuration information for controlling an image device. The control logic is to provide control signals for reconfiguring the image device based, at least in part, on the selected configuration information received from the remote device.
US08433775B2
A mobile implementation channel enables secure mobile customer alerts, content delivery, event and location awareness and context integration that can be leveraged across multiple lines of business using basic interfaces. The mobile implementation channel enables secure reach to many mobile device types, abstracts away delivery peculiarities, and provides logging and security support when necessary taking into account who the individual is, where they are, and what they may be doing. A business infrastructure that is associated with a workflow generates a request to a computer system that subsequently maps the user identification to a device type from a plurality of device types and directs the request to a device based on the device type. The request may include content that may be formatted in accordance with the device type and that may be pushed to a device at a desired time or frequency.
US08433772B2
An approach for automatically sharing a tape drive in a heterogeneous computing environment that includes a first computer and second computer is presented. The first computer receives a message that includes a shared tape drive identifier, a source port identifier of the second computer, and a reservation status change for the tape drive. Based on the tape drive identifier, the first computer determines that the tape drive is connected to the first computer. The source port identifier is determined to not identify any host bus adapter installed in the first computer. In response to the first computer determining that the reservation status change indicates a reservation or a release of the tape drive for the second computer, the first computer sets the tape drive offline or online, respectively, in an application executing in the first computer.
US08433771B1
A resource distribution network and method for distributing content in the network. The network comprises a plurality of servers arranged in tiers and partitioned. Each server includes a resource store with a set of resources for distribution a next successive tier. Updates to each successive tier are provided by a pull-forward client on servers in the tier. This forward propagation mechanism maximizes resource availability at edge servers in the network. Resources transmitted to the edge tier servers may be transformed, combined and rendered without taxing lower tier servers. Transformation and pre-rendering of data can be performed by low priority CPU tasks at each layer of the system.
US08433758B2
A method and apparatus for user information processing in a network environment. The method performs an orthogonal transform on first and second vectors representing information related to first and second users respectively to obtain first and second transformed vectors. Then, the method splits the first and second transformed vectors into two parts respectively, such that first and second vectors cannot be derived from the first or second parts. The first and second user devices exchange the first part of the first transformed vector and the second part of the second transformed vector. The first and second user devices calculate the inner product of the first parts and the second parts respectively. Finally, the two inner products of the parts are summed to get an inner product of the first and second vectors. Also provided are a method and system for resource recommendation in a network environment.
US08433756B2
Systems and methods relate to collaboration systems having multiple terminals per user. The collaboration system may include first and second collaboration agents, where the first collaboration agent is operable to transmit over a telecommunications network a collaboration call invitation from a first user first terminal associated with the first collaboration agent to a second user first terminal associated with a second collaboration agent; to connect a first communication session if the second user first terminal accepts the collaboration call invitation; to transmit a collaboration call handle to at least the first user first terminal and a first user second terminal associated with the first collaboration agent; to transmit a collaboration command from the first user second terminal to a second user second terminal associated with the second collaboration agent; and to connect a second communication session between the first user second terminal and the second user second terminal.
US08433741B2
A system for signature prediction and feature-level fusion of a target according to various aspects of the present invention includes a first sensing modality for providing a measured data set. The system further includes a processor receiving the measured data set and generating a first k-orthogonal spanning tree constructed from k orthogonal minimal spanning trees having no edge shared between the k minimal spanning trees to define a first data manifold.A method for signature prediction and feature-level fusion of a target according to various aspects of the present invention includes generating a first manifold by developing a connected graph of data from a first sensing modality using a first k-orthogonal spanning tree, generating a second manifold by developing a second connected graph of data from a second sensing modality using a second k-orthogonal spanning tree, and aligning the first manifold and the second manifold to generate a joint-signature manifold in a common embedding space.
US08433737B1
A technique for the suppression of spurious Direct Digital Synthesis (“DDS”) signals includes a method and an apparatus that equally and oppositely dithers a pair of complementary input digital words from which a pair of analog signals are direct digital synthesized and then mixes the generated analogy signals.
US08433735B2
In an aggregated file system, metadata is partitioned into multiple metadata volumes. On receipt of a file processing request, a file switch examines its mount entry cache to identify a target metadata volume that hosts the metadata of the requested file. The identification begins with mount entries at a root volume and continues recursively by examining a portion of the absolute pathname of the file until the target metadata volume is identified. Finally, the file switch forwards the request to a metadata server managing the target metadata volume. Since the identification process is carried out completely within the file switch, there is no need for multiple expensive network accesses to different metadata servers.
US08433728B2
A system and method of creating and managing one or more business objects is provided. The method can include receiving a request to create a business object and presenting a first user interface that is used to create a business object. The user interface can include one or more fields that define attributes and methods in the business object. The method can further include presenting a second user interface that is used to add documentation information for the business object, and storing the business object. The attributes and methods of the business object can be stored in separate files.
US08433722B2
An objection identification system includes a virtual object database (DB) in which a plurality of virtual objects is stored and a target virtual object. The virtual objects includes an attribute data set including an attribute value of a real object and a service data set including a service data related to the real object. The target virtual object determining part receives a real object identification data of a target real object previewed by a terminal to compute an attribute value of the target real object, and determines a virtual object having an attribute value matched to an attribute value of the computed target real object of plural virtual objects stored in the virtual object DB as a target virtual object. In this case, a service data included in the service data set of the determined target virtual object by the target virtual object determining part is transmitted to the terminal. Thus, it may provide Internet type based on a real object over a conventional Internet concept handing a virtual object. In addition, easy and intuitive wireless Internet environment may be realized, and various Internet service and new higher value-added business may be created.
US08433712B2
A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety or sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be submitted at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries.
US08433707B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for associating non-geographical information to track paths. Among other things, meaningful labels for the track paths can be formulated. In one aspect, a method performed by an application executing on a computer system includes receiving a set of images taken during a trip, a corresponding set of acquisition times, and a track path of the trip. The method further contains identifying landmarks near the received track path. Furthermore, the method includes receiving from a human user of the application a landmark selection from the identified landmarks and one or more image selections from the received set of images. In response to receiving the human user's selections, the method can associate the one or more selected images with the selected landmark. Additionally, the method included matching the received set of images to the received track path based on the association.
US08433706B2
Systems and methods for customizing the display of a set of data using a preference stack interface. The preference stack interface allows a user to interact with an ordered list of criterion objects. Each criterion object corresponds to an attribute of the data set to be presented to the user. In response to a change in the order of the criterion objects in the preference stack, a rendering of the dataset can be updated to differently and visually emphasize items according to which criterion objects each item meets.
US08433703B1
An apparatus and method is described for reducing the latency introduced by recording a user action. A function associated with a link initiates a transfer of recording data to a server when the user performs a predefined action, such as clicking down on a mouse button while a cursor is located over a link.
US08433701B2
An embodiment of the system and method for optimizing pattern query searches on a graph database uses a pattern query optimizer to optimize execution of the search plan for any sequence of SQL expressions by separating or breaking a pattern query into multiple subpattern queries before converting the subpattern queries into SQL expressions. An embodiment of the pattern query optimizer algorithmically, without intervention by an analyst, decomposes any pattern query into a set of subpattern queries by first identifying branches and cycles within a pattern query and then decomposing each identified branch and cycle into equivalent straight line paths, i.e., straight line nodes joined by edges. Cardinality may be used to improve the performance of pattern searches.
US08433698B2
A computer-implemented system and process for generating video search engine results page is disclosed. The system provides a query term and retrieves a collection of search results. Tags are generated for each search result and used to match media objects to each search result. The search results and video objects related to each search result are returned as a video search engine results page.
US08433697B2
Various embodiments provide an ability to abstract type resolution between multiple type systems. At least one type can be described in one or more programmatically accessible file(s). In some embodiments, an application using a different type system can programmatically access and resolve a type of the at least one type system without knowledge of a location of where a description of the type resides. Alternately or additionally, type descriptions contained in the one or more programmatically accessible file(s) can be analyzed and restructured into one or more new programmatically accessible file(s) based, at least in part, upon the type descriptions.
US08433692B2
A method for tracking modifications to tables or relationships. In one embodiment, the method includes updating a first value stored in a first field of a record in a table in response to a database system receiving a first structured query language (SQL) statement from a customer relationship management (CRM) application. A first record is inserted into a history table in response to the first SQL statement, wherein the first record comprises a foreign key field that stores a copy of the primary key of the record, a field that stores a copy of the first value after it is updated, a field that stores a name of the first field, and a first date field. The first date field stores either the date when the first SQL statement was received by the database system, the date of the day that immediately follows the date when the first SQL statement was received by the database system, or a date that was entered into a field of a user interface.
US08433691B2
An apparatus and method for updating security association database entries in a system having multiple security channels by selectively granting access to the entries by a plurality of the multiple security channels that may need to update the same entry using a first-come, first-served scheme. The apparatus includes a controller circuit that functions to carry out the method which, for each of the multiple security channels, includes determining whether another of the security channels has a higher priority to access a particular security association database entry. If no other channel has a higher priority, then the channel requesting access to the entry retrieves it from its address location, modifies it, and writes the modified entry back to its address location. The controller prevents other channels from simultaneously, or substantially simultaneously, retrieving and modifying the same entry.
US08433678B2
A composite content file editing method includes the steps of dividing each media data included in the composite content file on the time base so as to generate a first composite content file to be reproduced first on the time base and a second composite content file to be reproduced later, and adding, as synchronizing information, information about a position shift on the time base at reproduction start of each media data included in the second composite content file to the second composite content file.
US08433675B2
An optimization method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system a data footprint associated with data and a human resource model. The data footprint comprises a primary data section, a secondary data section, and an archive data section. A plurality of data storage strategies are associated with the primary data section, said secondary data section, and said archive data section. The plurality of data storage strategies are compared to each other. A data staging orchestrator software module is executed. The computing system determines based on results of executing the data staging orchestrator software module, an optimal migration time, an optimal migration speed, and an optimal migration cost for managing storage for portions of the data. The computing system executes a risk modulation software module and determines a risk associated with the managing.
US08433669B2
A computer-implemented method for configuring a classifier structure includes receiving a classifier structure for identifying a feature of input data, adding a plurality of operating points to a parent binary classifier of the classifier structure, and setting the operating points to minimize a total cost based on resources available to the classifier structure. Each operating point controls how data is classified by the parent binary classifier for distribution to the child binary classifiers.
US08433667B2
A network device may include logic configured to invoke proactive programs based on the expiration of a long time period within the network device, wherein the proactive programs collect data relating to operations of the network device, invoke reactive programs based on the detection of at least one of an event or expiration of a short time period, wherein the reactive programs collect, correlate and analyze data relating to the detected event or expiration of a short time period, determine a corrective action based on collected and analyzed data, and perform the determined corrective action within the network device.
US08433666B2
A storage unit stores first link information classified into a particular type. A take-in unit takes in a plurality of pieces of electronic information. A classifier unit classifies each piece of the electronic information taken in by the take-in unit into first electronic information which describes the first link information and second electronic information which does not describe the first link information. A generator unit generates third link information based on second link information when the first electronic information describes the second link information that is different from the first link information. An output unit generates possibility information indicative of a possibility that the third link information is classified into a particular type, based on the third link information and at least the first or second electronic information, and outputs the possibility information and the third link information in association with each other.
US08433665B2
The present disclosure proposes implementation of a three-memristor synapse where an adjustment of synaptic strength is based on Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) with dopamine signaling.
US08433664B2
A method, a machine-readable storage medium and a system are provided for revising content in a computer rule set. The revisions may be made by an issuer of content. In an embodiment, it is determined whether a difference exists between content data in a production table corresponding to a computer rule set and enhanced content data in an enhanced data table. If a difference is determined to exist, the content data is read from the production table and the enhanced content data is read from the enhanced data table. The enhancement data is identified as that assigned to the first issuer. Whether the rule enhanced in the computer rule set is allowed to be revised is confirmed. Based on the results of the determining and confirming, the enhanced data from the enhanced data table is incorporated into the production data table to provide a revised computer rule set.
US08433663B2
Method and device for computer-aided prediction of intended movements from neuronal signals of a brain, wherein the neuronal signals are each associated in the brain with intended movements, wherein neuronal signals are recorded and the most probable movements are determined from these, specifically using a predetermined model in which a recorded neuronal signal and a determined movement are assigned to each other, and, for the probability with which a recorded neuronal signal corresponds to a respective predetermined movement, a predetermined distribution is assumed that is defined by specific characteristic values, wherein an adaptation of the neuronal signal is included in the predetermined model.
US08433661B2
Generally the background of the present invention is the field of artificial vision systems, i.e. systems having a visual sensing means (e.g. a video camera) and a following processing stage implemented using a computing unit. The processing stage outputs a representation of the visually analysed scene, which output can then be fed to control different actors, such as e.g. parts of a vehicle (automobile, plane, . . . ) or a robot, preferably an autonomous robot such as e.g. a humanoid robot.
US08433654B2
A method and a system for performing an online payment related activity using a browser application. The browser application interfaces a bill pay website with one or more biller websites to which the online payment needs to be made. When a user logs-in to the bill pay website, the browser application is activated. The user then selects a biller from a list of billers pre-stored at the bill pay website. The browser application automatically navigates the user to a biller website of the selected biller, while concurrently maintaining a communication link to the bill pay website. The browser application then enters payment information on the one or more payment related web pages displayed at the biller website. After the online payment related activity is completed, and the user is navigated back to the bill pay website without the need for a user input.
US08433650B1
In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS. 1, 1a, 2) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG. 3a), mortgage origination (See FIG. 3b), and settlement process (See FIG. 3c), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS. 1b, 1c, 2a) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a greatly simplified process for a home buyer to search for a home and simultaneously receive accurate and competitive bids for mortgages and services from multiple lenders and service providers. The process includes an automated underwriting process which generates complete, accurate information on the costs of buying and owning a home at very beginning of the home buying process. Another aspect of the invention is greatly automating the entire sale, loan and settlement process.
US08433636B2
A system for analyzing a security includes a processor; an input module configured to cause a graphical user interface to be rendered on a user's client machine, the interface including a graph of stock price versus trading dates, with price being indicated on a first axis and trading dates being indicated on a second axis, the interface being configured to input a first trading date by a user interacting with the graph and actuating on the graph in a location, along the second axis, representing the first trading date, the interface being configured to input a second trading date by a user interacting with the graph and actuating on the graph in a location, along the second axis, representing the second trading date; a return decomposition module configured to compute, using the processor, shareholder return between the first trading date and second trading date, and to decompose the shareholder return into: zero growth earnings yield, earnings and yield growth, capital needs for growth, change in price-earnings ratio, and timing differences; and an output module configured to display the decomposition on the user's client machine in the form of a chart. Other systems and methods, and computer readable media are disclosed.
US08433635B1
A method and apparatus for optimizing a portfolio of financial assets is disclosed. The method includes computing a risk-return profile for each of a plurality of feasible weight distributions of financial assets in the portfolio and selecting as the optimal distribution the risk-return profile having the greatest annualized total return. Also disclosed is a method for providing a real-time design of a portfolio of financial assets.
US08433629B2
The present invention relates to a commission management system and method for managing soft dollar and commission recapture services over communications network. The system and method pays the invoices from the soft dollar commission account after the client views and approves invoices online.
US08433624B1
A remote item-purchasing device and method. The method includes entering identification information for a physical item for sale by a seller into a mobile item-purchasing device. The method also includes, in response to entering the identification information for the item for sale into the mobile item-purchasing device, electronically obtaining, via the mobile item-purchasing device, a purchase price for the item for sale. The electronically obtained purchase price is utilized as a guide price for purchasing the item for sale from the seller.
US08433622B2
A network based distribution system and method for distributing/temporarily renting playable media items, such as movies in a digital format. The distribution system includes a number of components that interoperate to improve a subscriber's experience, including an intelligent queue monitor which works on his/her behalf to ensure that an adequate and interesting list of tides is made available to the subscriber based on selection logic which can be specified by the user.
US08433621B2
Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.
US08433620B2
An application store tastemaker recommendation service is usable to determine experts within a user's social network(s), receive recommendations from the experts, and filter and/or rank mobile application query results based at least in part on the recommendations. Additionally, the service may be usable to determine experts based on data compiled about previous actions, reviews, comments, etc., of the experts. Further, the service may be usable to provide recommendations to the user to aid in selecting mobile applications for purchase, and may provide an avenue for completing such purchases.
US08433618B2
Systems and methods for streamlining the procurement and provisioning of devices, services, and applications are described. At least one embodiment includes a method comprising receiving a request from a member associated with an organization, the request operable to select at least one application to be executed on at least one device, the at least one device configured to operate at least one service; receiving a device selection based on the at least one requested application; receiving a service selection based on the device selection; generating orders to one or more entities, the one or more entities operable to fulfill the device request, service selection, and the application selection; and procuring the at least one device, the at least one device being provisioned with the selected service and the selected application.
US08433613B2
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium to generate more effective sales leads for web sites. When a user clicks a link to open a destination page, both the destination page and an additional window behind the destination page can be generated. When the user closes out the destination page, the user will then notice the additional window. The additional window is typically generated without sound in order to be non-intrusive to the user. Upon a mouse-over by the user of the additional window, the additional window will then begin to play audio.
US08433612B1
The present invention is a method and system for measuring packaging effectiveness based on video-based analysis of people in the vicinity of a plurality of package concepts. The present invention measures the response of people to the different packaging concepts, wherein the quantified response measurement shows the ability of the packaging concepts to attract, engage, and motivate people to purchase. The video-based analysis comprises behavior analysis, demographic analysis, and emotion change detection in response to the package effectiveness. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the people in the vicinity of a plurality of package concepts by a plurality of means for capturing images. The plurality of input images is processed in order to understand the effectiveness of packaging design and changes. The processes are based on a novel usage of a plurality of computer vision technologies to analyze the visual characterization of the people from the plurality of input images in relation to the packaging design and changes.
US08433603B1
Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for modifying an estimate value includes determining a first estimate value based on a plurality of values relating to a first entity. The method includes determining a second estimate value for at least one second entity identified as a peer of the first entity. The method includes modifying the first estimate value using the second estimate value.
US08433595B2
It is possible to accurately grasp the taste of each user and provide information in which the taste thereof is accurately reflected. Store information kept in a store information storage unit (100) is provided to each user. User taste information (T) including the values of taste on feature items of each genre is stored for each user in a user taste information storage unit (110). Store evaluation information (E) including the values of evaluation on the feature items of its genre is stored for each store in a store evaluation information storage unit (120). A store information providing unit (130) selects store information having the store evaluation information (E) matched with the user taste information (T) and provides it to the user. If the user views specific store information or utilizes a specific store, the specific store is recoded in a target store recording unit (150) as a target store. A taste value updating unit (140) updates the user taste information (T) on the basis of the store evaluation information (E) of the accumulated target store.
US08433592B2
A method for determining an optimum buffer inventory size by generating a time-based demand pattern that is based on processing discreet demand data through a sliding time window and summing the demand quantity in that time window, and repeating that process as the time window then moves through the time-line of discrete demand, thereby establishing a pattern of cumulative demand in windows-of-time along a time-line. The process moves along the demand time-line from one demand point to the next demand point, summing up all of the demand in a window of time that corresponds to the Time-to-Reliably Replenish (TRR). The method plots each summation of demand for its corresponding window of time (TRR) on a time-line at a point in time coinciding with the first demand data element in each summation. The resulting buffer size is based on the conversion of discrete demand data into time-based demand patterns.
US08433590B2
A system and method for providing healthcare-related services according to which the healthcare-related services include, but are not limited to, health insurance benefit activation services and/or healthcare-related education services.
US08433588B2
An automated insurance quote system allows users to apply for one or more insurance quotes through a self-service communication channel. The system includes an interface that may receive applicant data from a remote location. A front-end processor selectively passes applicant data to a record keeping system retained in a memory. A controller or quote processors selects and transmits one or more insurance policies that are allowed under a user's governmental law and are tailored to the user's price and/or coverage preferences. The system conveys coverage details to users through the interface.
US08433587B1
In an embodiment, a method is provided for communicating a medical prescription with a mobile processing system. In this method, a first request to fulfill the medical prescription is received from the mobile processing system. This first request is formatted in an instant messaging protocol and includes a mobile processing system identifier and a transaction identifier. A patient identifier that is associated with the mobile processing system identifier is identified, and transactions associated with the patient identifier are accessed to identify a transaction that is associated with the transaction identifier. The transaction then is transmitted in a second request to a pharmacy system that is configured to fulfill the medical prescription.
US08433586B2
The software of the present invention provides a means for creating a file of unpaid claims for a service provider. The software is used to create one or more queries to compare information in the file of claims against records in a benefit provider's database to determine the eligibility status of the claim. A file is created containing each claim for which a matching record in the benefit provider's database is found, and the information from that matching record. A report can be generated from the file of matching claims and benefit provider records, so the claims can be submitted for payment by the service provider.
US08433583B2
An audio decoder comprises a receiver (801) for receiving input data comprising an N-channel signal corresponding to a down-mixed signal of an M-channel audio signal, M>N, having complex valued subband encoding matrices applied in frequency subbands and parametric multi-channel data. A subband filter bank (805) generates real-valued frequency subbands for the N-channel signal. A matrix processor (809) determines real-valued subband decoding matrices for compensating the application of the encoding matrices in response to the parametric multi-channel data. A compensation processor (807) generates down-mix data corresponding to the down-mixed signal by a matrix multiplication of the real-valued subband decoding matrices and data of the N-channel signal in the at least some real-valued frequency subbands. The down-mix data can be used to regenerate the down-mixed signal and the M-channel audio signal. The decoder may compensate for MPEG Matrix Surround Compatibility operations performed at the encoder using real-valued frequency subbands.
US08433579B1
The voice-activated motorized remote control device relates to a motorized remote control, for consumer electronics, with wheels that will drive itself over to an end-user in response to the sound of his or her voice. The voice-activated motorized remote control device will also feature a beeping noise during normal operation and also a high pitched beeping noise that will alert the user if the device has become stuck against an object. The voice-activated motorized remote control device comprises a plurality of wheels; a remote control; a plurality of axles; a microphone; a speaker, a central processing unit with a voice recognition system, and a drive motor.
US08433564B2
A noisy signal is picked up by a microphone, digitized by an Analog to Digital Converter and fed to a processor for analysis and wind noise reduction. Most of noise reduction methods are based on the assumption that the interfering noise is stationary or slowly varying compared with speech. This assumption allows “learning” the characteristics of the noise between speech pauses and, based on a noise estimate, to build different filters that reduce the noise. In the case of wind noise this basic assumption is not valid. Wind noise is highly non-stationary, its power and spectral characteristics vary greatly. Because wind noise is not stationary, regular noise reduction methods cannot be used to reduce wind noise. For reducing wind noise effects in a device, the presence of wind should be detected reliably and then a novel approach presented here must be applied to eliminate the wind noise.
US08433559B2
In one example, a phrase analyzer may analyze a text input stream to identify phrases contained in the text input stream. The phrase analyzer may receive a specification, which includes dictionaries of phrases and synonyms, and a specification of the phrases, or sequences of phrases to be matched. The phrase analyzer may compare the input stream to the specification and may produce, as output, an identification of which phrases appear in the input stream, and where in the input stream those phrases occur.
US08433557B2
Both a system and method are provided for transliterating a name written in the letters of an alphabet of a source language to a name in the letters of an alphabet of a target language. The system includes instructions to determine whether the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same. If so, the instructions transliterate the name into the same letters used in the source language alphabet. If not, the instructions (1) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the source language that form the name; (2) transliterate the letters into letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the IPA; (3) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the target language, and (4) transliterate the letters of the IPA form into letters of the target language.
US08433556B2
A system and method for aligning words in parallel segments is provided. A first probability distribution of word alignments within a first corpus comprising unaligned word-level parallel segments according to a model estimate is calculated. The model estimate is modified according to the first probability distribution. One or more sub-models associated with the modified model estimate are discriminatively re-ranked according to word-level annotated parallel segments. A second probability distribution of the word alignments within the first corpus is calculated according to the re-ranked sub-models associated with the modified model estimate.
US08433548B2
In the system for detecting collision between rigid or deformable polyhedral objects simulated numerically and represented by simplicial complexes (K1, K2), there is effected in a pre-processor module (110) at least one step (111) of calculating a geometrical description of the polyhedral cone corresponding to the normals in the strong sense (n|K| (Int σ)) associated with the faces (σ) of the simplicial complexes, and at least one step (113) of constructing trees of encompassing volumes. From information obtained from the pre-processing step, the modules (121, 122) calculate local minimum distances (LMD) and quasi local minimum distances (quasi-LMD). The system for implementing the method can be coupled to a mechanical solver (130) and to one or more peripherals (140).
US08433542B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. Specifically, the system under test may be analyzed to determine whether it is capable of properly processing control instructions and input signals and/or generating expected output control signals and additional control/feedback information. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system and/or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test.
US08433538B2
In a method and a device for balancing production related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel of an electromotive drive of a vehicle, correction factors are used, the initial value of which is factory preset, and which are modified in the course of an adaption process until the production-related inaccuracies of the magnetic wheel have been balanced as much as possible.
US08433537B2
A method of identifying mobile devices (1,1′) capable of communicating (C) with each other comprises the steps of deriving, for each mobile device, movement information from movements (M) made by the mobile device within a respective time period, and communicating the movement information. The method comprises the further steps of comparing the movement information of the mobile device (1) with the movement information of at least one other mobile device (T), and identifying mobile devices having matching movement information. The step of deriving movement information is carried out using sensors mounted in the mobile device, such as acceleration sensors and/or optical sensors. The step of comparing the movement information may be carried in a mobile device (1) or in a central unit.
US08433534B2
A method for testing multiple features of an electronic device sets a global timer and a series of feature test timers. The feature test timers are arranged in a sequence. The global timer is firstly activated. The feature test timers are then activated one by one according to the sequence and one or more features of the electronic device corresponding to each of the feature test timers are tested until the global timer times out.
US08433532B2
The present invention provides a digital data acquisition module, such as a digital oscilloscope, that includes a synchronous random access memory (RAM), a digital signal processing unit, and a master control unit. The digital signal processing unit is coupled to the synchronous RAM and includes at least one analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that digitizes an analog signal, and a digital signal processor that includes a dual-port RAM, a plurality of processing blocks and a communications interface. The plurality of processing blocks process the digitized analog signal data, store the processed signal data in the synchronous RAM, create display data from the stored signal data, store the display data in the dual-port RAM. The master control unit is coupled to the digital signal processing unit and includes an internal communications interface coupled to the digital signal processor communications interface, an external communications interface and a central processing unit that receives the display data over the internal communications interface and transmits the display data over the external communications interface.
US08433528B2
A ground fault detection system is provided. The ground fault detection system includes a magnetic core having first and second primary legs and a secondary leg disposed between the first and second primary legs. The ground fault detection system also includes first and second primary windings disposed around the first and second primary legs respectively and configured to introduce current in the first and second primary legs. Further, the ground fault detection system includes first and second secondary windings disposed around the first and second primary legs respectively and configured to detect a ground fault based upon a magnetic flux generated in response to the introduced current.
US08433494B2
A method for controlling the speed of a vehicle having a regenerative or active braking capacity when the vehicle is traveling downhill using a cruise control system on the vehicle. When brake pedal is applied and the cruise control is set, the vehicle is put into a controlled braking mode. The cruise control system controls are then used inversely to the normal operation where decreases in vehicle speed are provided by applying motoring torque. For the inversed cruise control, increasing the vehicle speed is prohibited by applying more regenerative braking torque.
US08433479B2
An adaptive front-lighting system is provided for a vehicle, such as a passenger car, truck, or tractor trailer. A plurality of LED light sources on the vehicle have a projection pattern for exterior illumination to supplement a main beam from a main light source. A power supply drives the LED light sources according to a driving signal having a magnitude between a minimum driving signal and a maximum driving signal, wherein the LED light sources sequentially illuminate in response to the magnitude of the driving signal. A speed sensor characterizes an instantaneous vehicle speed. A turn sensor characterizes an instantaneous turning radius. A fuzzy controller generates the driving signal in response to the instantaneous vehicle speed and the instantaneous turning radius based on a fuzzy model. The fuzzy model is characterized by a plurality of empirically-derived fuzzy rules that define discontinuous values and by a plurality of modified consequents that produce a substantially continuous output.
US08433478B2
Generally, the toe angle target speed limiting unit (84A) adds a toe angle target value αT2P subjected to the primary delay to the result of a min-max processing the tracking error ΔαT1A by an adder (58A) to output it as a toe angle target value αT2A to a target current calculating unit (86). However, in this toe angle target speed limiting unit (84A), a switching control (steering direction change control) for generating a maximum value ΔαTmax as the toe angle target change quantity ΔαT2 and a hold control are made when a neutral position of the toe angle target value αT2A which is prior to the toe angle command value αT1 which is reached.
US08433466B2
In a drive control apparatus, an information storing unit collects first and second information at predetermined intervals while the vehicle runs and the information storing unit stores the first and second information in a storage device. A schedule effective section extracting unit extracts a schedule effective section from a route from an origin to a destination based on the second information. A control index storage controlling unit defines the schedule of the control index of each of multiple predetermined sections within the schedule effective section based on the first information such that fuel consumption of the engine is reduced in the schedule effective section, wherein the defined schedule of the control index is stored in the storage device. An assist control process unit performs drive control of a motor and an engine based on the schedule of the control index.
US08433462B2
A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railway system is provided. A drone vehicle control system is structured to utilize tie position data to position a drone vehicle workhead over at least a portion of a respective tie. The drone vehicle control system is further structured to actuate the drone vehicle workhead. The drone vehicle may be controlled by a drone vehicle control system linked, preferably by wireless communications, to a lead vehicle and a lead vehicle control system. The lead vehicle control system and the drone vehicle control system are structured to communicate with each other, with the lead vehicle control system providing the tie position data to the drone vehicle control system.
US08433461B2
A method of scheduling the movement of trains using the creation and the pre-allocation of virtual resources in order to develop an optimized schedule of actual train movement.
US08433458B2
Aiding preparation and management of aircraft missions includes receiving digital data including avionic type data and open-world type data and comparing the digital data with a set of stored data. When at least one item of the digital data differs from an equivalent item in the set of stored data, a change indicator is generated for at least one parameter of the aircraft. In response to a command accepting the change of the at least one parameter, item of digital data, that differs from the equivalent item in the set of stored data, is stored.
US08433454B2
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) mountable within a vehicle receives input power and produces a first output in response to the received input power even in the absence of the input power. A detector is coupled to the UPS and detects a situation parameter associated with the vehicle and/or the UPS. The detected situation parameter is either an incline angle relative to a reference plane, an applied force, an acceleration or a vibration. The first output of the UPS is then modified as a function of the detected situation parameter with respect to either a threshold value or a range of values.
US08433451B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a redundancy scheme for bay protection in Substation Automation (SA) that prevents a single failing Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) of the SA system from impairing the operation of a bay of a substation. A protection IED assigned to a home or host bay of a substation of an electric power system performs the protection functions of the bay to which it is assigned, plus protection functions of at least one of its neighboring bays. As a result, each bay can be managed by two different protection IEDs, wherein redundancy is achieved without a dedicated redundant protection IED for each bay. Whenever required to do so, the protection IED receives, from appropriate sensors, information about a status or value of a process quantity from the neighboring bay, computes or executes protection functionality such as overcurrent, overvoltage or earth fault on behalf of the neighboring bay, and issues commands directed to actuators of said neighboring bay.
US08433449B2
Apparatus for controlling the power output efficiency of a power generation system based on an operator input. A processor is coupled to the input means and (i) receives the generated operator command, (ii) receives a plurality of detected ambient air conditions, (iii) receives a plurality of detected engine. performance parameters, (iv) determines first and second engine control commands based on the received pilot thrust command, the detected ambient environmental conditions, and the engine performance parameters, and (v) outputs control commands to optimize the efficiency of the power generation system.
US08433448B2
Various embodiments are described in which different irrigation controllers in an irrigation control system have machine code having a same code base. In one implementation, a first irrigation control unit comprises a processor and a medium storing a first set of machine code to be executed by the processor. The first set is based on a portion of source code on which a second set of machine code stored in a second irrigation control unit is based, and the first and second sets not identical to each other. The first and second irrigation control units are in a predefined hierarchical control relationship. In one variation, the first and second control units have at least related operating systems. In another variation, a central controller includes machine code developed from at least a portion of the same source code as machine code in a remote controller for simulation or execution purposes.
US08433441B2
A fuel dispenser is configured to transmit fueling information to a receiver associated with a vehicle at a first fueling position adjacent the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser comprises a control system configured to generate first fueling information associated with a first transaction at the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser also comprises first transmitter electronics in electronic communication with the control system. The first transmitter electronics are configured to produce first RDS information based on the first fueling information. Also, the first transmitter electronics comprise modulator circuitry to modulate a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal carrying the first RDS information. The RF carrier signal has a predetermined frequency. The fuel dispenser further comprises an antenna in electrical communication with the first transmitter electronics to radiate the modulated RF carrier signal over the first fueling position for receipt at the vehicle receiver.
US08433439B2
A targeted product distribution system is described herein with respect to an exemplary management of product flow through a distribution center. Specifically, the system and method described herein is directed to the management and display of direct and easily-understood instructions, such that average individuals, as well as those with mental disabilities, will be able to contribute equally to the overall process.
US08433433B2
A system and a method for determining whether an ultrasonic horn is aligned with an anvil of an ultrasonic welding system are provided. The first and second accelerometer sensors generate first and second signals indicative of first and second accelerations of first and second positions on a bracket coupled to the anvil when the ultrasonic horn is vibrating and contacting the anvil. The system further includes a microprocessor that receives the first and second signals. The microprocessor determines a difference between an amplitude of the first signal at a first time and an amplitude of the second signal at the first time. The microprocessor stores a first identifier value in a memory device indicating that the ultrasonic horn is aligned with the anvil if the difference between the amplitude of the first signal and the amplitude of the second signal is less than or equal to a threshold value.
US08433426B2
A controller is configured for and a corresponding method of adaptive monitoring and control of a lighting system are suited for adaptively establishing lighting parameters on a fixture by fixture basis. The controller includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a multiplicity of light fixtures, a memory for storing software routines and information associated with each of the light fixtures; and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface and configured to execute the software routines and selectively communicate with at least one of the multiplicity of light fixtures to adaptively establish lighting parameters for the at least one of the multiplicity of light fixtures. A method of facilitating the monitoring and control of the light fixture includes controlling a lamp circuit to provide one of a multiplicity of light levels; assessing performance parameters of the light fixture; and communicating with a central server.
US08433419B2
A neurostimulation system senses a signal indicative of a patient's physical state such as posture and/or activity level. In various embodiments, a stored value for each of stimulation parameters controlling delivery of neurostimulation is selected according to the patient's physical state. In various embodiments, values of the stimulation parameters are approximately optimized for each of a number of different physical states, and are stored for later selection.
US08433418B2
A system and/or method for treating auditory dysfunction by somatosensory system stimulation. The system and/or method comprises a probe and a device to stimulate the probe. The probe has a stimulation portion implanted in communication with a predetermined peripheral nerve site. The stimulation portion of the probe may be implanted in contact with a peripheral nerve dorsal root ganglia, cranial nerve or dermatome area, for example C2 dermatome area or a trigeminal dermatome area. The stimulation portion may be a laminotomy, paddle, surgical, or multiple electrode lead. The device to stimulate the probe may be implanted subcutaneously or transcutaneously.
US08433415B2
A treatment for Parkinson's Disease uses a stimulus electrode implanted in a subthalamic nucleus with a chemosensor implanted in a globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) of the subject. A level of a neurochemical is sensed with the chemosensor, and compared to a desired level. When the level of the neurochemical is less than desired, an electrical stimulation is provided to the stimulus electrode. In alternative embodiments, the neurochemical sensed is glutamate or dopamine. An alternative system uses a chemosensor implanted in the striatum instead of the GPi. An alternative system for treating benign essential tremor uses a stimulus electrode implanted in the thalamus with feedback taken from a chemosensor in the striatum.
US08433411B2
In one embodiment, an implantable pulse generator for electrically stimulating a patient comprises: a metallic housing enclosing pulse generating circuitry; a header mechanically coupled to the metallic housing, the header adapted to seal terminals of one or more stimulation leads within the header and to provide electrical connections for the terminals; the header comprising an inner compliant component for holding a plurality of electrical connectors, the plurality of electrical connectors electrically coupled to the pulse generating circuitry through feedthrough wires, wherein the plurality of electrical connectors are held in place in recesses within the compliant inner component, the header further comprising an outer shield component adapted to resist punctures, the outer shield component fitting over at least a portion of the inner compliant component.
US08433408B2
This disclosure provides a pacing technique that reduces the effect of oversensing caused by noise on pacing therapy. The IMD delivers a pacing pulse subsequent to sensing an electrical signal on the lead when the sensed electrical signal coincides with an independently detected noise signal and the sensed electrical signal occurs during a period of time of an expected intrinsic cardiac signal. The IMD may, in some instances, trigger delivery of the pacing pulse during the escape interval instead of waiting for the escape interval to expire. Pacing in accordance with the techniques of this disclosure may allow for improved therapy during an MRI procedure by decreasing the risk associated with inappropriate pacing inhibition as well as decreasing the risk associated with pacing during the vulnerable period of the cardiac cycle.
US08433387B2
A body-surface mapping system is disclosed that uses a plurality of electrodes to map at least a portion of a human torso without having to adjust the positions of the electrodes. The body-surface mapping system energizes groupings or regions of electrodes, then compares and adjusts the current driven through each grouping or region of electrodes to produce near-uniform fields. The electrodes of the body-surface mapping system may be interconnected by wires capable of sensing interelectrode distances, such that the system can reconstruct a detailed model of a patient's torso surface. The body-surface mapping system may also use a catheter in addition to the body surface electrodes to compute both endocardial and epicardial voltage distributions.
US08433386B2
An apparatus for monitoring neurological and/or neurophysiological signals of a patient has a signal conductor, an electrode, and a safety cover. The signal conductor has a first end portion and a second end portion. The electrode has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is a skin piercing portion of the electrode and the second end portion is electrically connected to the first end portion of the signal conductor. The safety cover has an electrode shrouding space therein. The electrode shrouding space is configured in a manner allowing the first end portion of the electrode to be positioned within the electrode shrouding space as a result of the safety cover being moved along a length of the signal conductor toward the first end portion of the electrode.
US08433382B2
Present embodiments are directed to a monitor system, such as a pulse oximetry system. The system may include a detection feature, an emission feature capable of emitting light into tissue and arranged relative to the detection feature such that the detection feature is capable of detecting the light from the tissue after passing generally through a portion of the tissue, a modulator capable of modulating the light to generate photon density waves at a modulation frequency generally in a range of 50 MHz to 3 GHz, a detector communicatively coupled with the detection feature, wherein the detector is capable of detecting characteristics of the photon density waves comprising amplitude changes and phase shifts, and a processor capable of making determinations relating to a value of a physiologic parameter of the tissue based at least in part on the detected characteristics.
US08433379B2
A wireless communication terminal transmitting/receiving data with a folder closed and a method thereof are disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving data through a wireless communication network; a storage for storing the transmitted data and the received data; a detector for detecting a state of the folder of the wireless communication terminal in order to determine whether the folder is opened or closed; an outputting unit for indicating a result of the data transmission/reception; and a controller for analyzing the transmitted/received data to detect the last packet of the data, and continuing to perform the data transmission/reception without regard to the detected state of the folder until the last packet of the data has been detected.
US08433372B2
In order to facilitate the modulation of speech delivery to a participant that is driving or otherwise performing a parallel task, a feedback mechanism is incorporated in order to inform the remote participant of the progress of the delivery of his/her speech at their end of the conversation. In this way, the remote participant is both aware of the modulation occurring at the other end and can adjust their speech to adapt to the current conditions, using the feedback as a guide.
US08433359B2
An uplink power control technique may include a simplified maximum sector throughput (SMST) and a generalized maximum sector throughput (GMST). The SMST and GMST techniques may be used to determine a maximum sector throughput and cell-edge throughput to enhance the overall efficiency of the communication system. The uplink power control technique may determine the optimal uplink power value without collecting interference over thermal noise and without computing the individual channel losses in each neighboring sector.
US08433349B2
In an ad hoc peer-to-peer communication network between wireless devices, a low priory first transmitter device adjusts it transmit power based on a received transmission request response from a higher priority second receiver device. The first transmitter device broadcasts a first transmission request to a corresponding first receiver device and may receive a first transmission request response from a different second receiver device. The second transmission request response is sent by the second receiver device in response to a second transmission request from a second transmitter device. The first transmitter device calculates an interference cost to the second receiver device as a function of the received power of the first transmission request response. A transmission power is obtained as a function of the calculated interference cost and the transmission power of the first transmission request, the transmission power to be used for traffic transmissions corresponding to the first transmission request.
US08433334B2
Methods, program products, and systems for managing a location database are described. A server computer can receive location information from location-aware mobile devices (e.g., GPS-enabled devices) located within a communication range of access points of a wireless communications network. The server computer can calculate average geographic locations using the received locations for each access point. Based on the average geographic locations, the server computer can assign the access points to cells of a geographic grid. The server computer can filter the access points in each cell based on popularity, stability, longevity, and freshness of the access point and the received data. When a second mobile device connects to an access point in a cell, the server computer can transmit locations of the access points in the cell and in neighboring cells to the second mobile device such that a location of the second mobile device can be estimated.
US08433331B2
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; determining a set of channels that the user equipment will monitor; implicitly or explicitly communicating this channel set; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message on a channel belonging to the determined channel set conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
US08433330B2
A terminal information acquiring unit acquires terminal information on the priority of a terminal device that requests the assignment of a preamble to a base station apparatus. A priority determining unit determines whether the priority of the terminal device is not less than a predetermined reference on the basis of the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquiring unit. A preamble assigning unit refers to the determination result reported from the priority determining unit and assigns a preamble to the terminal device when the priority of the terminal device is not less than the predetermined reference. The preamble assigning unit then outputs assignment information indicating the assigned preamble to a transmitting unit. The transmitting unit transmits the assignment information output from the preamble assigning unit.
US08433326B2
In a radio network, in which devices transmitting data seize one of a plurality of available frequency channels for the duration of the data transmission, during breaks between the individual data transmissions the frequency channel used is additionally seized in order to signal the seizure of the frequency channel to devices of another radio network. The seized frequency channel is monitored for the attempt of seizure by a device that is not part of the radio part and the additional seizure of the frequency channel is performed as a function of the detection of such an attempt.
US08433316B2
Techniques for searching for wireless networks are described. In one scheme, a user equipment (UE) performs a manual search for detectable wireless networks while operating in a connected mode. The UE operates in the connected mode for communication with a wireless network and receives a request to search for detectable wireless networks. The UE performs a search for detectable wireless networks while operating in the connected mode, e.g., as background task during DRX time. In another scheme, the UE retains a search request received in an active state and performs a search at a later time after transitioning to an idle state. In yet another scheme, the UE efficiently handles a search across state transitions. The UE may cancel, suspend, resume, or continue the search after each transition from one state to another state based on the type of each state.
US08433307B2
A method for controlling a PDA (personal digital assistant) phone is provided. A first interface configuration file and a second interface configuration file are provided. An interface selection command is received, designating the first or second interface configuration file. A first boot procedure is performed. The first or second interface configuration file is loaded and displayed as an operation interface of the PDA phone.
US08433295B2
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling multiple telecommunications terminals that are associated with a common user to notify their user of the arrival of an incoming message via a ringtone, where the ringtone is: (i) coordinated across the terminals, and (ii) customized for each terminal based on one or more attributes of the terminal. In particular, in the illustrative embodiments a network infrastructure element (e.g., a switch, a wireless base station, a server, etc.) that receives a message directed to a telecommunications terminal sets the values of one or more properties of a ringtone (e.g., tempo, timbre, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on one or more attributes of the telecommunications terminal (e.g., terminal type, etc.).
US08433274B2
A system and method is provided for filtering and amplifying a signal where amplification can be distributed between stages of a filter and gain can be assigned throughout the filter to optimize system performance. Such a system can be implemented in the baseband section of RF receivers. VGAs can be implemented between filter stages, such as biquads, or VGAs can be incorporated in filter stages. Substantially linear VGAs comprising a parallel resistor array can be incorporated in the circuitry of the filter stages to reduce distortion. Gain can be assigned dynamically in the amplification stages to improve noise and/or linearity performance. For example, gain assignments can be implemented so that high power undesired signal components are filtered out before amplification to prevent component saturation, and low power signals are amplified before they are filtered to improve noise performance.
US08433267B2
An amplitude modulator comprises: a signal processing section for receiving a source signal for wide bandwidth use, splitting the source signal into two source signals for lower frequency use and for higher frequency use, respectively, signal processing the two source signals individually, and outputting a lower-frequency-use source signal and a higher-frequency-use source signal; a first modulation section for modulating the lower-frequency-use source signal and outputting a lower-frequency-use modulation signal; a second modulation section for modulating the higher-frequency-use source signal and outputting a higher-frequency-use modulation signal; a synthesis output section for inputting the lower-frequency-use modulation signal to a first input terminal, the input thereof causing extraction of only a lower-frequency component, for inputting the higher-frequency-use modulation signal to a second input terminal, the input thereof causing extraction of only a higher-frequency component, for synthesizing the higher-frequency component and the lower-frequency component, and for outputting a modulated signal corresponding to the source signal for wide bandwidth use, to a next step.
US08433264B2
Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency, and/or amplitude characteristics of the desired time-varying complex envelope signal. In another embodiment, a time-varying complex envelope signal is decomposed into a plurality of constant envelope constituent signals. The constituent signals are amplified equally or substantially equally, and then summed to construct an amplified version of the original time-varying envelope signal. Embodiments also perform frequency up-conversion.
US08433257B2
A method and system for an integrated transceiver is presented. The integrated transceiver includes a transceiver housing, where a waveguide is formed inside the transceiver housing using a transceiver housing and a sub-floor component. Neither transceiver housing nor the sub-floor component alone is configured to operate as a waveguide. The integrated transceiver can include a transceiver housing that forms a portion of an integrated waveguide assembly, where the transceiver housing alone does not form the waveguide, and another portion of the integrated waveguide assembly couples with the transceiver housing to form the waveguide of the integrated waveguide assembly. Further, the integrated waveguide portion of the sub-floor component can be a flat surface, where the integrated waveguide portion of the transceiver housing comprises substantially all the features of said integrated waveguide.
US08433245B2
While a handsfree device being multi-profile compatible is maintaining a connection for a handsfree profile (HFP) with a mobile phone handset, the handsfree device cuts off the connection for the HFP based on a user's operation. After cutting off, the handsfree device establishes a connection for a dial-up network profile (DUN), and subsequently transmits a request for a connection for the HFP while maintaining the connection for the DUN. Subsequently, the handsfree device determines whether the handset is multi-profile compatible according to the response to the request from the handset. Based on the determination that the handset is multi-profile compatible, the handsfree device executes the processes for the HFP while maintaining the connection for the DUN.
US08433241B2
A communications system includes a space-based network (SBN) including a plurality of spotbeams using a first set of frequencies and an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) including a plurality of base stations using a second set of radio frequencies. In a coverage zone of a given spot beam wherein the SBN and the ATN use at least one frequency from the first and second sets of frequencies in common, the SBN uses a narrower bandwidth than the ATN on both forward and return links, the ATN employs frequency spreading on at least its return link communications, the SBN employs spatial beam nulling directed toward at least one ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) of the ATN, the SBN employs forward link margin control, the ATN employs return link power control, the SBN employs return link power control and base stations of the ATN provide isolation in the direction of at least one satellite of the SBN. Using such a combination of measures, the ATN and the SBN may support completely or partially overlapping use of the first and second sets of radio frequencies.
US08433238B2
Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to vehicle media and communications systems and/or providing communications network and/or satellite network access in a vehicle. Specifically, the disclosed methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus relate to providing access to data, communications and/or satellites using a modular vehicle media and communications system.
US08433233B2
An image forming apparatus that can reliably correct for skew of a sheet being conveyed. The amount of skew of the sheet is detected, and the amount of toner used for an image formed on a first surface of the sheet is determined. When the sheet with the image formed on the first surface thereof is conveyed so as to form an image on a second surface of the sheet, a skew correction roller unit is controlled so as to correct for the skew of the sheet based on the detected amount of skew and the determined amount of toner used.
US08433232B2
An image forming system includes: first and second image forming units that respectively form images on first and second surfaces of a recording medium formed into a belt shape while transporting the recording medium spanning the first and second image forming units; first and second transportation controllers that control a pre-transportation operation performed from a transportation start of the recording medium to arrival at a predetermined transportation speed, and a post-transportation operation including return transportation of the recording medium to an upstream side in a transporting direction performed from a start of a transportation stop to a stop of the recording medium; and a recording medium amount setting unit that adjusts transportation amounts of the recording medium in the pre-transportation and post-transportation operations, and thereby sets a recording medium amount existing between the first and second image forming units to a predetermined recording medium amount after the transportation stop.
US08433231B2
A defective laser element detector gives a fault detection of every laser element in each laser array. A controller determines whether the fault can be compensated for by the other laser elements, taking into account the arrangement, variation and other factors of available laser elements. If it is determined that the fault can be compensated, the controller increases the power of other laser elements individually based on comprehensive evaluation from the parameters such as irradiation areas, amounts of irradiation, irradiation timing and the like of the other adjacent laser elements in the same array including the fault and in the other arrays, so as to compensate the area of irradiation to be irradiated by the defective laser element as a whole.
US08433220B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image holder that holds an image; a transfer unit that includes a transfer member being rotationally driven and forming a pressing portion between the transfer member and the image holder, and that presses a recording medium under transportation at the pressing portion so as to transfer the image held by the image holder onto the transported recording medium; and an adjustment unit that adjusts drive torque for the transfer member by changing the drive torque from a first adjustment state to a second adjustment state, either when a leading edge of the recording medium reaches the pressing portion or when a trailing edge of the recording medium leaves the pressing portion.
US08433202B2
Disclosed by way of exemplary embodiments, a 40/50/10 Gb/s Optical Transceivers/transponders which use opto-electronic components at data rates collectively that are lower than or equal to half the data rate, using two optical duobinary carriers. More specifically, the exemplary embodiments of the disclosed optical transceivers/transponders relate to a 43 Gb/s 300 pin MSA and a 43˜56 Gb/s CFP MSA module, both include a two-carrier optical transceiver and the appropriate hardware architecture and MSA standard interfaces. The two-carrier optical transceiver is composed of a pair of 10 Gb/s optical transmitters, each using band-limited duobinary modulation at 20˜28 Gb/s. The wavelength channel spacing can be as little as 19˜25 GHz. The same principle is applied to a 100 Gb/s CFP module, which is composed of four tunable 10 Gb/s optical transmitters, with the channel spacing between optical carriers up to a few nanometers.
US08433199B2
A system and method for filtering and enhancing signals from a noise background based on the nonlinear interaction of waves. The system and method amplify low-level signals, hide information in the signals, and then nonlinearly recover the signals. With the present invention, this can be performed for both spatial beams and temporal pulses. The signal self-filters and self-amplifies at the expense of the surrounding noise via the nonlinear medium.
US08433179B2
A recording apparatus is arranged such that in the case where moving image data is recorded into recording mediums, seamless discrimination information for discriminating whether or not the moving image data is reproducible successively to preceding moving image data which is to be reproduced precedingly thereto is generated, a code amount of the moving image data which is encoded by an encoding unit is adjusted on the basis of a code amount of the preceding moving image data recorded in one of a first recording medium and a second recording medium in accordance with a simultaneous recording instruction to simultaneously record the moving image data encoded by the encoding unit into the first and second recording mediums, and the moving image data whose code amount is adjusted, and the seamless discrimination information are recorded into the first and second recording mediums.
US08433172B2
The invention relates to optical guides and more precisely to guides for conveying an image without deforming the same. These guides can particularly be used in the production of ocular-vision optical systems more currently named informative spectacles. The optical guide includes an extraction section made of reflective microstructures at the surface of the guide. The microstructures define prisms having a calculated angle in order to send back the light beam at a given angle relative to the opposite surface enabling the exit thereof from the guide. Advantageously, the cut and the arrangement of said microstructures make them invisible to the eye while generating a large and comfortable image.
US08433162B2
A method and system for coupling optical signals into silicon optoelectronic chips are disclosed and may include coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of one or more of a plurality of CMOS photonic chips comprising photonic, electronic, and optoelectronic devices. The devices may be integrated in a front surface of the chips and optical couplers may receive the optical signals in the front surface of the chips. The optical signals may be coupled into the back surface of the chips via optical fibers and/or optical source assemblies. The optical signals may be coupled to the optical couplers via a light path etched in the chips, which may be refilled with silicon dioxide. The chips may be flip-chip bonded to a packaging substrate. Optical signals may be reflected back to the optical couplers via metal reflectors, which may be integrated in dielectric layers on the chips.
US08433154B2
A method for rendering a radiographic image of a subject. Image data is obtained from an image detector and a look-up table is generated for image data processing, wherein the look-up table is generated at least according to information about an image type, an image detector type, and a kVp setting used to expose the radiographic image and according to information about grid use. Image data values of the obtained image data are adjusted according to the generated look-up table to generate adjusted radiographic image data. Log conversion and image processing are applied to the adjusted radiographic image data to form enhanced radiographic image data. The enhanced radiographic image data are rendered on a display.
US08433152B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first generating unit, a second generating unit, and an updating unit. The first generating unit generates a point spread function representing the degree of blurring generated in the input image. The second generating unit generates a plurality of corrected block images obtained by correcting blurring of structure components of plural input block images based on the point spread function. The updating unit executes one or more times an updating process to update the corrected block images, followed by making structure components of the updated corrected block images into new corrected block images.
US08433148B2
A method compresses an image partitioned into blocks of pixels, for each block the method converts the block to a 2D matrix. The matrix is decomposing into a column matrix and a row matrix, wherein a width of the column matrix is substantially smaller than a height of the column matrix and the height of the row matrix is substantially smaller than the width of the row matrix. The column matrix and the row matrix are compressed, and the compressed matrices are then combined to form a compressed image.
US08433141B2
A method of identifying potential phishing abuse images includes: producing a first color map that represents a subset of color values and pixel locations within a base image; producing a second color map that represents color values and pixel locations within a target image; selecting an alignment the first color map with the second color map such that at least some pixel locations of the first color map align with at least some pixel locations of the second color map; determining a measure of color value matching of aligned pixel locations for the selected alignment; and repeating the acts of selecting and determining until a prescribed threshold measure of color value matching is determined for at least one of the selected alignments or until an evaluation limit is reached.
US08433139B2
An image processing apparatus is provided which includes a characteristic quantity calculation unit that calculates a characteristic quantity for each pixel of image data from the image data, a tightness determination unit that determines tightness indicating a degree of dispersion of pixels in image data for tightness determination by extracting the pixels having a same characteristic quantity by using the characteristic quantity and generating the image data for tightness determination composed of the pixels having the same characteristic quantity, and a pixel set calculation unit that calculates a set of the pixels from the pixels in the image data for tightness determination in accordance with a determination of the tightness.
US08433136B2
In one example, video may be analyzed and divided into segments. Character recognition may be performed on the segments to determine what text appears in the segments. The text may be used to assign tags to the video and/or to the segments. Segments that appear visually similar to each other (e.g., segments that appear to be different views of the same person) may be grouped together, and a tag that is assigned to one segment may be propagated to another segment. The tags may be used to perform various types of tasks with respect to the video. One example of such a task is to perform a search on the video.
US08433135B2
A digital image having associated tonal data, including tonal data in an extended range above a normalized value of 1.0, can be accessed. An extended range curve tool corresponding to the digital image can be instantiated, the extended range curve tool including a curve defining a relationship between input tonal values and output tonal values, wherein at least a portion of the input tonal values and output tonal values are associated with the extended range. An extended range histogram also can be generated based on the tonal data associated with the digital image, the extended range histogram including data corresponding to the extended range. Further, the extended range histogram can be presented in conjunction with the extended range curve tool. Additionally, user input specifying an adjustment to at least a portion of the curve can be received and a modified curve can be presented in response to the specified adjustment.
US08433128B2
A polygonal mark M having a shape in which a direction can be uniquely specified is attached to a predetermined area of an actual model WM of a work to be three-dimensionally recognized. A process of changing the orientation of the actual model WM such that a state in which the mark M is contained in the view of each camera is maintained, and then performing the three-dimensional measurement is executed over a plurality of times. A predetermined number of, or two or more pieces of three-dimensional information is selected from the three-dimensional information restored by each measurement, these pieces of three-dimensional information are aligned and integrated, the information corresponding to the mark is deleted or invalidated from the integrated three-dimensional information, and the three-dimensional information after such a process is set as a three-dimensional model.
US08433125B2
A method and apparatus authenticating a bill. The method irradiates infrared light having a predetermined wavelength onto a print area of a genuine bill, stores transmitted light data of light transmitted through the genuine bill as reference data, irradiates infrared light having the predetermined wavelength onto a print area of the bill to be authenticated, and compares transmitted light data of infrared light transmitted through the bill with the reference data. The method further determines in advance at least two specific regions having different invisibility under different lights of different wavelengths in a print area of the bill, applies a predetermined weighting to the transmitted light data of light in the specific regions of the bill to be authenticated and the genuine bill, and compares the weighted data with each other. Based on comparison results the bill is authenticated.
US08433124B2
Systems and methods for detecting an optically variable material are provided. According to an illustrative embodiment, a method for detecting an optically variable material includes capturing a first image of at least a portion of a document while the at least a portion of the document is subjected to a first electromagnetic radiation from a first angle of incidence, and capturing a second image of at least a portion of the document while the at least a portion of the document is subjected to a second electromagnetic radiation from a second angle of incidence. The first angle of incidence is different from the second angle of incidence. The first and second images are captured by an imaging device that has substantially fixed position. The method also includes comparing the first image to the second image to determine whether an optically variable material is present on the document.
US08433123B1
A document processing system includes a communications port and a controller. The communications port is configured to communicatively couple the document processing system to a network and to receive a data file associated with a deposit amount. The data file includes customer deposit information associated with documents. The controller is configured to determine if any of the first plurality of documents are suspect documents based on a comparison of the customer deposit information with suspect information. The controller is configured to generate a credit instruction for an amount equal to a percentage of the deposit amount minus an amount associated with ones of the documents determined to be suspect documents. In response to the controller determining that one of the first plurality of documents is a suspect document, the controller is configured to transmit a notice over the network. The notice includes image data associated with the determined suspect document.
US08433121B2
The invention relates to methods for evaluation a level of brightness in the area of interest of the digital x-ray image for medical applications by means of the image histogram using a neural network. The calculations comprise of: image acquisition, image histogram calculation, converting histogram values into input arguments of the neural network and output values of the neural network acquiring. As input arguments of the neural network the histogram values calculated with the given bin width and normalized to unity are used. The level of brightness is calculated as a linear function of the output value of the neural network. Neural network learning is performed using a learning set calculated on the base of the given image database; as a set of target values the levels of brightness calculated for each image over the area of interest and scaled to the range of the activation function of a neuron in the output layer of the neural network are used.
US08433111B2
A method for image data recording with a medical modality is provided. Protocols for image data recording using the at least two different image recording techniques are provisioned in a common database. The protocols are organized on the basis of body regions and/or clinical pictures. A body region and/or a clinical picture are selected and at least one protocol is displayed as a function of the selection. At least one display protocol for image data recording from the database is selected by a user and/or automatically, and image data is recorded as a function of the at least one selected protocol.
US08433110B2
Provided is a fingerprint sensor configured for detecting a pulse of a human or other mammal. A time series of fingerprint images is analyzed to identify time-based variations in spatial location and/or pressure from ridges of a finger, where the variations result from time-based variations in the flow of blood. Based on the analysis, a determination is made if the time-based variations are indicative of a pulse in a digit of the person, and if so, a determination is made as to the pulse rate based on the variations. Imaging sensitivity of the digit at the fingerprint sensor is optimized for determination of the pulse. The time series of fingerprint images is also analyzed to determine if there is bulk motion of the digit, in which case pulse rate analysis is temporarily suspended.
US08433109B2
A direction controlling system and method of an electronic device provides a fingerprint identification device for a user to touch. The electronic device captures a fingerprint template image of a finger. When the finger moves on the fingerprint identification device, the electronic device captures a sequence of fingerprint images of the finger. Furthermore, the electronic device detects a directional movement of the fingerprint according to the sequence of fingerprint images and the fingerprint template image. A scroll bar of the electronic device is controlled to move according to the movement direction and a movement distance calculated by the electronic device.
US08433105B2
The present invention provides a method for acquiring region-of-interest and/or cognitive information from an eye image, comprising the steps of: preprocessing, standardizing, and coding the group of eye images for region-of-interest information or cognitive information to create eye image codes and to build a characteristic eye library in a memory in order to improve an iris recognition rate; grouping and partitioning or covering eye codes for eye images stored in the characteristic eye library into a plurality of groups, and obtaining a representative eye code of each of the eye code groups, preprocessing, standardizing, and coding a new eye image not assigned region-of-interest information or cognitive information in the same way as the above-described step to create a test eye code, matching the test eye image to the most similar eye image in the characteristic eye library, and transferring the region-of-interest information or cognitive information assigned to the matched eye image to the test eye image. The transferred information is utilized in the preprocessing of the eye image.
US08433104B2
An image processing method includes: receiving an input image; referring to a first threshold value to compare a reference background image and the input image to determine a first foreground image within the input image; referring to the first foreground image to determine a second foreground image, which is different from the first foreground image, within the input image; and referring to a second threshold value, which is different from the first foreground image, to compare the reference background image and the second foreground image to determine a third foreground image within the input image. In addition, when generating the foreground image, a shadow effect is removed via a shadow removal method according to the present invention, and a better output image can thereby be derived.
US08433101B2
A system and method for detecting a waving motion from a sequence of ordered points is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprising receiving a sequence of ordered points, selecting a subset of the sequence of ordered points, determining if the subset defines a circular shape, and storing an indication of whether or not the subset defines a waving motion. Various metrics for determining if the subset defines a waving motion, which allow for a trade-off between accuracy and complexity, are disclosed.
US08433093B2
A system and method for automated address directory updating. A method includes receiving a parcel having a destination address and determining address information from the destination address. The address information includes a digitized address and an address image. The method includes determining if a previous address entry proposal exists in a database, and if not, then storing the address information in a new address entry proposal and initializing a counter. If so, then incrementing the counter for the previous address entry proposal. The method includes, when the counter has reached a threshold, adding the address information and an address image to the first addressing database, updating a wide-area address management system to include the address information, and propagating the address information to a plurality of local addressing databases. Only one address image corresponding to a destination database is stored as an address entry proposal.
US08433087B2
A hearing aid (200) comprises at least one microphone (210), a signal processing means (220) and an output transducer (230). The signal processing means is adapted to receive an input signal from the microphone. The signal processing means is adapted to apply a hearing aid gain to the input signal to produce an output signal to be output by the output transducer, and the signal processing means further comprises means for adjusting the hearing aid gain up or down until the hearing aid gain differs from the direct transmission gain by more than a predetermined value.
US08433084B2
A microelectromechanical-acoustic-transducer assembly has: a first die integrating a MEMS sensing structure having a membrane, which has a first surface in fluid communication with a front chamber and a second surface, opposite to the first surface, in fluid communication with a back chamber of the microelectromechanical acoustic transducer, is able to undergo deformation as a function of incident acoustic-pressure waves, and faces a rigid electrode so as to form a variable-capacitance capacitor; a second die, integrating an electronic reading circuit operatively coupled to the MEMS sensing structure and supplying an electrical output signal as a function of the capacitive variation; and a package, housing the first die and the second die and having a base substrate with external electrical contacts. The first and second dice are stacked in the package and directly connected together mechanically and electrically; the package delimits at least one of the front and back chambers.
US08433080B2
Systems and methods for transmitting an audio signal through a bone of a user includes receiving an audio signal from a first microphone positioned at an entrance or in a first ear canal; and vibrating a first transducer to audibly transmit the audio signal through the bone. A second microphone can be positioned in a second ear canal and the two microphones preserve and deliver inter-aural sound level and phase differences that naturally occur so that the user can perceive directionality.
US08433078B2
An audio amplifier and a method of operating such an amplifier are disclosed. The audio amplifier includes a switch disabling controller and/or an output set-point controller. The switch disabling controller is configured to disable switching of an output switch circuit or other switch circuit while an input signal represents at least relative silence. The output set-point controller is configured to bring and/or hold first and second switch nodes toward and/or at a set-point voltage while the input signal represents at least relative silence.
US08433073B2
In a sound effect applying apparatus, an input part frequency-analyzes an input signal of sound or voice for detecting a plurality of local peaks of harmonics contained in the input signal. A subharmonics provision part adds a spectrum component of subharmonics between the detected local peaks so as to provide the input signal with a sound effect. An output part converts the input signal of a frequency domain containing the added spectrum component into an output signal of a time domain for generating the sound or voice provided with the sound effect.
US08433068B2
The disclosure discloses a method for communication based on pseudo-contact information, which including: when a call is received, acquiring contact information of a calling party, and encrypting the contact information by using a preset encryption algorithm to acquire pseudo-contact information; when the pseudo-contact information does not match locally stored pseudo-contact information, displaying real contact information of the calling party, wherein the locally stored pseudo-contact information represents the pseudo-contact information generated by encrypting the contact information to be stored according to the preset encryption algorithm and locally stored; and when the pseudo-contact information matches the locally stored pseudo-contact information, displaying a substituted contact information generated by substituting a plurality of bits of the real contact information of the calling party with an identifier. The disclosure further discloses another method for communication based on pseudo-contact information and an apparatus for communication based on pseudo-contact information. The disclosure can solve the problems of higher operation complexity and lower safety performance of the method for protecting contact information stored on a terminal mentioned in the related art.
US08433066B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating an encryption/decryption key, and especially for generating a one-time encryption/decryption key used for symmetric encryption, i.e. where the same key is used both for encryption and decryption. In order to start key generation a first node sends a request to a central server for setting up communication with a second node. The central server sends a key generating file both the nodes. Each node generates a different intermediate data set, i.e a first and second data set. The first data set generated by the first node is sent to the second node, which based on this data set generates a third data set which is sent back to the first node. The generating of a first cryptographic key in node is based on bit by bit comparison between the third and the first intermediate data set and the generation of a second cryptographic key is based on bit by bit comparison between the first and the second intermediate data set. The first and second cryptographic key being the same.
US08433065B2
According to some embodiments of the invention, a message is processed before encryption so that the encryption method generates a short ciphertext. The message processing can be viewed as a mapping (610) that maps the message into another message that generates the short ciphertext. The mapping is reversible at least if the (possibly encoded) message (H(M)) is in a restricted set, e.g. a set [0,h″] of short messages. In some embodiments of the present invention, short signatures are provided by mapping the signature into a short signature. The mapping (810) is reversible at least if the original message (H(M)) used to generate the signature is short. Signcryption, aggregate signature, and ring signature outputs are also shortened.
US08433064B2
Described is a technology comprising a system in which two distrusting parties can submit sets of encrypted keywords using two independent secret keys to a third party who can decide, using only public keys, if the underlying cleartext message of a cryptogram produced by one distrusting party matches that of a cryptogram produced by the other. The third party (e.g., a server) uses generator information corresponding to a generator of an elliptic curve group to determine whether the sets of encrypted keywords match each other. Various ways to provide the generator information based upon the generator are described. Also described is the use of one-ray randomization and two-way randomization as part of the system to protect against dictionary attacks.
US08433058B2
A speakerphone system includes first and second speakerphones connected via a network and a first processor in the first speakerphone and a second processor in the second speakerphone, each of the speakerphones having a first, active, mode for participating in a call with a telephone and a second, idle, mode, wherein, when the first speakerphone is operating in the first mode and the second speakerphone is operating in the second mode, the first speakerphone is adapted to send voice data packets to the second speakerphone, the second speakerphone is adapted to receive voice data packets from the first speakerphone, perform echo cancellation processing on the voice data packets and send the processed voice data packets back to the first speakerphone, and the first speakerphone is adapted to receive the processed voice data packets from the second speakerphone and use the processed voice data packets in the call.
US08433038B2
An actual skin input dose rate computing device includes a distance sensor disposed in a direction directly opposite to said subject and close to the center of an X-ray beam but not within said X-ray beam and an angle sensor disposed at said X-ray source as well as a computing unit.
US08433035B2
An X-ray fluorescence analyzing method includes irradiating a liquid sample (3A) containing hydrogen and at least one element of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen with primary X-rays (2); measuring the intensity F of fluorescent X-rays (4) from each of elements in the sample (3A) and having the atomic number 9 to 20, and the intensity S of scattered X-rays (12) from the sample (3A) caused by continuous X-rays in the primary X-rays; and calculating the concentration of each of the elements, based on the ratio between the measured intensity F, and the measured intensity S. The wavelength of the scattered X-rays (12) is so chosen as to be shorter than that of the fluorescent X-rays (4) and is so set that the measured intensity S and the mass absorption coefficient thereof are inversely proportional to each other within the range of variation of a composition of the sample (3A).
US08433029B2
In one embodiment, the method includes determining the safety limit minimum critical power ratio using the operating limit minimum critical power ratio, a change-in-critical-power-ratio distribution bias and a change-in-critical-power-ratio distribution standard deviation.
US08433024B2
A spread spectrum clock generator includes a triangular modulator, a delta sigma modulator, a frequency divider, and a phase lock loop. The triangular modulator generates a digital modulation signal, representing a decimal, according to a digital parallel signal, in which the spread amount is in proportion to the digital parallel signal. The delta sigma modulator, electrically connected to the triangular modulator, generates a divider divisor, including the decimal and an integer, according to the digital modulation signal. The frequency divider divides the frequency of the output signal clock according to the divider divisor to generate a divided clock signal, in which the frequency of the divided clock signal is substantially equal to a quotient result from dividing the frequency of the output clock signal with the divider divisor. The phase lock loop adjusts the frequency of the output clock signal according to the divided clock signal and a reference clock signal.
US08433022B2
A clock data recovery circuit includes a receiving circuit that takes in input data based on a sampling clock, a demultiplexer that converts serial data output from the receiving circuit into parallel data, a clock/data recovery part that detects phase information from the parallel data output from the demultiplexer and generates the sampling clock by adjusting the phase of a reference clock based on the phase information, a data pattern analyzer that carries out frequency analysis of the parallel data output from the demultiplexer, and an aliasing detector that detects a clock recovery state based on the analysis result of the frequency of the parallel data.
US08433021B2
The invention provides a method of detecting symbol synchronization information for an OFDM signal, the OFDM signal comprising at least one OFDM symbol and corresponding GI, the method comprising steps of: generating a correlated signal based on each OFDM symbol and its corresponding GI; processing the correlated signal to generate a first conditional signal comprising at least two local peaks; converting the first conditional signal into a second conditional signal comprising a global peak; and detecting the global peak to obtain the symbol synchronization information. The converting step further comprises delaying the first conditional signal by a predefined delay, and generating the second conditional signal by subtracting the delayed first conditional signal from the first conditional signal. With the method provided in the invention, detection of symbol synchronization information for an OFDM signal based on GI may be provided with improved precision, without being limited by the channel spread for the propagation channel.
US08433016B2
The disclosure is directed to a receiver, and methods therefor, including an automatic gain control circuit with a first digital variable gain amplifier that outputs digital samples based on a modulated wireless signal, an interference canceller configured to filter the digital samples using a least mean squares algorithm to reduce narrowband interference, and a second DVGA configured to amplify the filtered digital samples.
US08433015B2
A system for and method of removing one or more unwanted inband signals from a received communications signal is described. The inband signal or signals may comprise noise, interference signals, or any other unwanted signals that impact the quality of the underlying communications. A receiver receives a communication signal, the received communication signal including the desired communication signal and one or more inband signals. A signal processor processes the received signal to form an estimate of the desired communication signal and an estimate of the inband signals. The estimate of the inband signals is thereby removed from the received signal. The estimate of the desired communication signal and the estimate of the inband signals are formed without prior knowledge of characteristics of the inband signals and without obtaining a copy of any of the inband signals from any source other than the received signal.
US08433011B2
A signal processing device includes: a first correlator that sequentially multiplies a first receive signal including a pattern in a receive signal and a first reference pattern signal including a complex conjugate of a first partial signal of the first receive signal at a sampling timing to generate a first correlation voltage; a second correlator that sequentially multiplies the first receive signal and a second reference pattern signal including a complex conjugate of a second partial signal, which is behind the first partial signal, at a sampling timing to generate a second correlation voltage; and a phase difference generation circuit that generates a first phase difference between the first partial signal and the second partial signal based on a first correlation peak voltage obtained when the first correlation voltage has a peak value and a second correlation peak voltage obtained when the second correlation voltage has a peak value.
US08433006B2
An apparatus comprises a downconverter for providing a signal that may be a received orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols from a selected channel, each OFDM symbol comprising N subcarriers at least some of which are pilot subcarriers; and a processor that (a) correlates the received OFDM symbols for providing at least one correlated value, (b) generates a metric value as a function of the at least one correlated value and (b) compares the metric value to a threshold value for detecting if an incumbent signal is present.
US08433004B2
In various aspects, the disclosure describes systems and methods for decoding of convolutionally encoded signals representing, for example, telecommunications signals such as command or content signals used in digital telecommunications. In various embodiments such aspects of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving the efficiency, speed, and power consumption of such processes by providing architectures and methods for processing various parts of the encoded data records in parallel, using multiple and optionally specially-designed, dedicated memory registers and multiplexers.
US08433001B2
A signal is provided to each of nominal, higher and lower primary filters in a receiver. The nominal, higher and lower primary filters have different center frequencies and a bandwidth B1 and bandwidths B2, respectively and a bandwidth offset B0, with B2=B1+B0. Signal recovery is performed on the output of each primary filter to obtain recovered signals and error values each associated with one of the primary filters. Each error value is provided to a secondary and tertiary filter, to generate a signal criterion, and whose output is measured to generate a quality metric, respectively, associated with each recovered signal. The recovered signal associated with the nominal primary filter and any other recovered signal having an associated signal criterion below a threshold value is selected and the selected recovered signal which has the lowest associated quality metric is chosen.
US08432998B2
A channel prediction value is obtained by storing pilot signals for four symbols and 1,024 sub-carriers in a time and sub-carrier directions, respectively, multiplying a received pilot signal by the Walsh code of a channel to which channel prediction is applied, for each block of four symbols-by-eight sub-carriers and adding the products of the block including eight sub-carriers centered on a sub-carrier, to which channel prediction is applied.
US08432991B2
A measurement processing method is provided. The method includes performing physical layer filtering on measurement sample data obtained in measurement to obtain measurement values. Time-frequency domain normalization filtering may be performed on the obtained measurement values to obtain a measurement result, which, in turn may be evaluated. A measurement processing apparatus is further provided. The measurement processing solutions solve problems in the prior art such as that time domain and frequency domain characteristics of the measurement values are not considered when Layer 3 filtering is performed, and that the system must process more measurement sample data if Layer 3 filtering is not used. In the solutions, time-frequency domain normalization filtering is performed on the measurement values obtained after physical layer filtering to obtain a final measurement result, so that a more accurate measurement result is obtained, thus optimizing the network performance.
US08432971B2
An image processing apparatus includes an inverse quantization section; an inverse orthogonal transform section; a motion-vector prediction section; a motion compensation section; a deblocking processing section; and a memory.
US08432970B1
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with block type selection are described. In one embodiment, a method calculates for each block from a set of M×N blocks that form a macroblock of image data, a first set of data. Adjacent blocks of the set of M×N blocks are combined into composite blocks. Data of the first set of data is selectively forwarded to composite blocks. For each composited block, a second set of data is calculated based, at least in part, on the forwarded data. A participation block is selected from one of the set of M×N blocks and the set of composite blocks based, at least in part, on the first set of data and the second set of data. The macroblock is compressed based on the participation block.
US08432959B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for equalizing a received signal. A received signal is equalized by updating one or more equalization parameters; and discarding the updated equalization parameters if one or more predefined qualifier conditions are detected during the equalizing step. The received signal can optionally be equalized using the updated equalization parameters if the predefined qualifier conditions are not detected during the equalizing step. The updated equalization parameters can optionally be stored if the one or more predefined qualifier conditions are not detected during the equalizing step.
US08432946B2
A nitride semiconductor laser diode has a quantum well layer consisting of a mixed crystal of Alx1Iny1Ga1-x1-y1N (x1≧0.5, y1≧0 and 1−x1−y1≦0.5) in a group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure having a major growth surface defined by a nonpolar plane. A cavity direction of the laser diode is perpendicular to a c-axis. The major growth surface of the group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure may be defined by an m-plane. In this case, the cavity direction may be along an a-axis.
US08432943B2
A compact, light weight laser beam combiner includes a pair of concentric annular shells defining an annular cavity of an annular ring resonator having an annular solid laser gain medium disposed therein. The output ends of a plurality of low power and brightness fiber lasers are coupled into the cavity of the resonator such that fiber laser beams cause the gain medium in the resonator cavity to lase and produce an annular beam of laser light. Optical elements of the resonator are operable to feed a first portion of the laser light back through the resonator cavity to support regenerative lasing of the laser medium and to couple off a second portion of the laser light in the form of a circular beam of high power and high brightness laser light. A fluid may be circulated through the resonator cavity to cool the laser medium.
US08432939B2
To assist in minimizing interference, a bandwidth range can have guards on either side to reduce leakage into neighboring bandwidth ranges. However, in relatively low power situations the risk of leakage is reduced. Therefore, the guard bandwidths can be used to open new channels upon which information can be transmitted. Thus, there can be a larger amount of bandwidth used while still retaining protective aspects, such as low interference to neighboring bands. Using the guard bandwidth to transmit new channels facilitates backward compatibility since legacy devices do not commonly monitor the guard bandwidth. These techniques can also be used at high power base stations by advertising a larger guard than necessary to legacy devices and using the additionally created guard bandwidth to transmit new channels.
US08432935B2
Techniques are presented herein to provide tandem-free operation between two wireless terminals through two otherwise incompatible wireless networks. Specifically, embodiments provide tandem-free operation between a wireless terminal communicating through a continuous transmission (CTX) wireless channel to a wireless terminal communicating through a discontinuous transmission (DTX) wireless channel. In a first aspect, inactive speech frames are translated between DTX and CTX formats. In a second aspect, each wireless terminal includes an active speech decoder that is compatible with the active speech encoder on the opposite end of the mobile-to-mobile connection.
US08432932B2
A system for blending synchronous and asynchronous computer communication applications that determines when a user of a synchronous communication application, such as an instant messaging application, attempts to send a message to another user that is unavailable for synchronous communications, and that forwards the message from the synchronous communication application to an asynchronous communication application for delivery. The forwarded message may be an email message, and the system may operate to determine a destination electronic mail address of the destination user for inclusion in the forwarded message, and include an indication in the forwarded message that it has been forwarded from the synchronous communication application. This indication enables the asynchronous communication application to perform special processing with regard to the forwarded message.
US08432927B2
A fixed-size data packet switch comprising: 1) N input ports for receiving incoming fixed-size data packets at a first data rate and outputting the fixed-size data packets at the first data rate; 2) N output ports for receiving fixed-size data packets at the first data rate and outputting the fixed-size data packets at the first data rate; and 3) a switch fabric interconnecting the N input ports and the N output ports. The switch fabric comprises: a) N input buffers for receiving incoming fixed-size data packets at the first data rate and outputting the fixed-size data packets at a second data rate equal to at least twice the first data rate; b) N output buffers for receiving fixed-size data packets at the second data rate and outputting the fixed-size data packets at the first data rate; and c) a bufferless, non-blocking interconnecting network for receiving from the N input buffers the fixed-size data packets at the second data rate and transferring the fixed-size data packets to the N output buffers at the second data rate.
US08432924B2
A routing optimization method includes: establishing a routing optimization proxy binding relationship between a proxy mobile agent (PMA) of a mobile node and a PMA of a correspondent node; controlling, by the PMA of the mobile node, according to the established routing optimization proxy binding relationship, routing of a message to be transmitted. And a message transmission system based on a PMA is also provided, which includes: a proxy binding control unit, configured to establish a routing optimization proxy binding relationship with a PMA of a correspondent node; and a routing control unit, configured to control routing of a message to be transmitted based on the established routing optimization proxy binding relationship. With the present invention, it may raise the communication efficiency for various nodes in the proxy mobile IP architecture and improve the routing performance.
US08432909B2
In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a low-cost, low-processing overhead mechanism for distributing routing, topology, reachability, and recovery information across the interface between two nodes that may then be used by a network or client device to populate a topology database, route a connection, recover from a connection failure, etc. Specifically, the methods and systems of the present invention use a link management interface and the associated link management protocol(s) to distribute this routing, topology, reachability, and recovery information, adding it to the normal link management protocol(s).
US08432902B2
A call routing device in a communication network is re-entrant to permit a set of call routing rules to be applied more than once. A routing table in the routing device has entries to indicate that an incoming call should be rerouted to the routing device to permit additional call routing rule(s) to be applied to the incoming call. A routing table is provided with entries to indicate when an incoming call should be rerouted to the routing device and how call attributes should be created/modified to achieve call routing in one or more iterations of call routing processing using the routing table. The re-entrant routing device and routing table permits a wide variety of call attributes to be used to direct call routing processing using a routing table that can have a reduced number of entries. The re-entrant routing device and routing table permits a flexible configuration for call routing in communication networks while conserving routing device resources.
US08432891B2
A multi-carrier cellular wireless network (400) employs base stations (404) that transmit two different groups of pilot subcarriers: (1) cell-specific pilot subcarriers, which are used by a receiver to extract information unique to each individual cell (402), and (2) common pilots subcarriers, which are designed to possess a set of characteristics common to all the base stations (404) of the system. The design criteria and transmission formats of the cell-specific and common pilot subcarriers are specified to enable a receiver to perform different system functions. The methods and processes can be extended to other systems, such as those with multiple antennas in an individual sector and those where some subcarriers bear common network/system information.
US08432887B1
According to various embodiments of the invention, a MAC protocol is presented that provides for coordinated communication in a personal area network. Further embodiments of the invention provide methods for aligning communications among multiple networks to reduce interference between the networks. Still further embodiments provide methods for communication frame formatting that allow prioritized access between a network coordinator and an end device while allowing the remaining end devices to communicate with the coordinator. In particular embodiments, the MAC protocol may be implemented in a BAN or WPAN.
US08432886B2
A communication node, which performs ad hoc communication by occupying at least one time slot and transmitting a data block to one or a plurality of other nodes via the occupied at least one time slot through broadcasting, comprises a determination unit that determines an occupation time slot to be occupied by an own node in a frame used for transmitting the data block, based on occupation state data, a data block generating unit that generates the data block storing, in a control field, control data containing new occupation state data obtained by updating the occupation state data based on an occupation state of the occupation time slot, the data block being to be transmitted by the own node through the broadcasting, and a transmission unit that transmits the data block generated through the broadcasting via the occupation time slot.
US08432872B2
Pre-registration involves establishing and maintaining the same Packet Data Network (PDN)/Quality of Service (QoS) context that exists in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) network via a data tunnel in a 3GPP2 evolved High Rate Packet Data (eHRPD) network. To avoid undue increases in the traffic on a LTE Air Interface and core network, optimizations selectively complete the PDN context only for a subset of the PDN connections, only when close to performing a handover, or other trigger conditions.
US08432870B2
According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor. The apparatus may be configured to transmit a handover request message from a legacy serving base station to a target updated base station, the request message including an indication that a mobile station is compliant with an updated specification; and receive a handover response message at the legacy serving base station from the target updated base station, the handover response message including one or more updated system parameters assigned to the mobile station for an updated time zone of the target base station.
US08432868B2
The present invention takes the advantage of the WLAN resources in hotspots for voice and data connections and enables seamless handover between WWAN and WLAN and vice versa. This allows two users in the hotspots to communicate with each other by making a voice over IP (VoIP) or video call, thus achieving cost savings for the end users and WWAN resources savings for the wireless operators. According to one embodiment of the invention, a mobile terminal has wireless wide area network (WWAN) and wireless local area network (WLAN) interfaces. The mobile terminal via a WWAN. If a WLAN is present, the mobile terminal sends a handover request together with its network address to the called mobile terminal, using a short message service (SMS) technique or a watermarking technique, for initiating a WLAN call with the called mobile terminal via a WLAN. After the WLAN call is established with the called mobile terminal, the mobile terminal releases the WWAN call.
US08432864B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for overriding requests for a selected communication resource and indicating a different resource(s) for communication. A method and apparatus may select a communication channel resource type associated with a first set of resources based in part on determining that a predetermined condition is met and may provide a message, to a network device, requesting usage of the selected communication channel resource type. The method and apparatus may also receive a response, from the network device, denying the request for the selected communication channel resource type. The method and apparatus may also cause selection of another communication channel resource type associated with a second set of resources and providing a generated request to the network device requesting usage of the second type of communication channel resource type.
US08432861B2
A method of transmitting/receiving control information of a data channel for enhanced uplink data transmission is disclosed, by which efficient radio resource allocation is enabled. The present invention includes the acquiring control information of data channel for enhanced uplink data transmission; composing a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including the control information; and transmitting the MAC PDU via a first physical channel for user data transmission.
US08432848B2
A system using cooperative communication with rateless codes is presented that uses communication transmission aspects of cooperative communication with rateless codes over Rayleigh fading channels and queuing aspects for buffering messages at intermediate relays. The system transmits a subsequent message while a current message is en route to the destination by receiving and buffering the current message in queues at intermediate relays. A relay with a best instantaneous communication link to the source may receive a message first and forward the received message to the destination. Alternatively, if inter-relay communication links are strong, all relays may cooperate simultaneously.
US08432842B2
A system and method for providing Wi-Fi access to electronic devices is disclosed. A plurality of electronic devices in a PAN is provided. A Wi-FI compatible server is associated with each electronic device in the PAN. The Wi-Fi compatible server associated with each electronic device is capable of configuring a HTML data for the associated electronic device. The HTML data associated with each electronic device is then provided to a WLAN device for providing Wi-Fi access to each electronic device in the PAN.
US08432838B2
Disclosed in a method for establishing a time domain structure of a frame in a heterogeneous TDD systems environment. In other words, in a situation of coexisting heterogeneous systems comprising a first system corresponding to an existing TDD system and a second system corresponding to a new system, a method is provided for establishing a time domain structure of a second frame for the second TDD system mode to enable it to coexist with a first frame for the first TDD (Time Division Duplex) system mode, that comprises obtaining information for the first supported system type and a first ratio between the downlink region and the uplink region of the first frame structure, and then, according to the obtained information, establishing a second ratio between the downlink region and the uplink region of the second frame structure for the second system. Further, particular numerology is provided for said method.
US08432827B2
A network arrangement for automatically displaying statistical data is provided. The arrangement includes a port for receiving data traffic, a physical interface layer for copying data traffic, and a bus for directing a copy of the data traffic to monitoring devices. The arrangement also includes logic arrangement for analyzing the copy of data traffic, which includes at least a Receive Data Valid signal (including a rising edge and a falling edge) and a Receive Clock signal (including a rising edge and a falling edge). The arrangement further includes incrementing a first counter when the Receive Data Valid rising edge is received and incrementing a second counter when at least one of the Receive Clock rising edge and the Receive Clock falling edge is received. The arrangement moreover includes logic arrangement for displaying statistical data pertaining to the data traffic and a visual display arrangement for displaying statistical data.
US08432824B2
A method of selecting a receiving apparatus for co-channel operation, the method comprising: transmitting a first and a second data at predetermined respective power levels on a single first channel comprising a single frequency and time slot; receiving the data; measuring a characteristic of the data; transmitting a signal indicating the measured characteristic; receiving the indicating signal; and responding to the received indicating signal by selecting the receiving apparatus for co-channel operation depending on the measured characteristic.
US08432812B2
A method of performing random access procedure includes receiving information on a dedicated random access preamble, transmitting the dedicated random access preamble, and receiving a random access response comprising a random access preamble identifier corresponding to the dedicated random access preamble and a downlink radio resource assignment.
US08432806B2
The embodiments relate to the wireless communication field, and a data transmission control method and a data transmission device are provided. The method includes: receiving from a sender and buffering data in a buffer, and then forwarding the buffered data to a receiver; receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) returned by the receiver, where the ACK indicates that the data is received; adding or reducing the ACK returned by the receiver according to a volume of data unsent in the buffer; and sending the processed ACK to the sender. The data sending rate of the sender is controlled by the processed ACK. This makes the data transmission be reliable and highly efficient.
US08432804B2
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting video streams are described herein. One method of transmitting video streams includes coordinating transmission of intra-frames in a first video stream with transmission of intra-frames in a second video stream. The method further includes transmitting I-frames in the first and second video streams such that the I-frames do not overlap in the first and second video streams.
US08432797B2
Techniques are provided for distributed admission control (AC) in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET). When the source node transmits a new communication stream (NCS) toward a destination node, other nodes allow transmission of the NCS during a temporary admission period even though the NCS has not yet been admitted. The nodes can determine whether the NCS causes degradation of any existing communication stream(s) (ECSs) supported by that node based on existing QoS requirements associated with the ECSs. In some implementations, nodes which determine that they are unable to support ECSs transmit an indicator which notifies other nodes that admission of the NCS is denied by that node. By contrast, if none of the nodes transmit an indicator during the temporary admission period, then the NCS is “admitted” to the MANET and the source node is permitted to keep transmitting the NCS, a variation thereof or another new communication stream.
US08432792B2
A node apparatus in a ring network in which a protection path is provided that cycles around the ring network and transports a signal in a direction opposite to a signal transporting direction of the working path and in the event of a failure of the working path, a node apparatus adjacent to the failure loops back the signal flowing on the working path onto the protection path, the node apparatus comprising: allowable bandwidth storing unit which stores a maximum total bandwidth value, which represents the largest value among per-link total values of bandwidths that a plurality of working paths use on respective links connecting between the node apparatuses, as an allowable bandwidth for a shared path; and bandwidth control unit which controls the bandwidth of traffic flowing on the protection path, in accordance with the allowable bandwidth.
US08432782B2
An objective lens, an optical head, an optical disk apparatus and an information processing apparatus which can suppress deterioration of a focal spot caused by a drop in the diffraction efficiency. Inner and outer circumference areas converge a laser beam, out of laser beams having a wavelength λ1 which are diffracted by the inner and outer circumference areas, on a first information recording medium; the inner circumference area and a mid-circumference area converge a laser beam, out of the laser beams having a wavelength λ2 which are diffracted by the inner circumference area and the mid-circumference area, on a second information recording medium; and the diffraction efficiency of the laser beam having the wavelength λ2 is greater than the diffraction efficiency of the laser beam having the wavelength λ1.
US08432781B2
A method and an apparatus for reading from a near-field optical recording medium are described. The apparatus includes: an optical system for generating a signal beam and a reference beam; a near-field lens for illuminating the signal beam onto the near-field optical recording medium, for collimating a reflected signal beam, and for reflecting the reference beam; and at least a first detector and a second detector for obtaining a homodyne detection signal from the reflected signal beam and the reflected reference beam.
US08432771B2
An electronic timepiece has a reception unit that executes a search process to search for satellite signals that can be captured from among satellite signals transmitted from a plurality of positioning information satellites, and from among the satellite signals captured by the search process receives a satellite signal with signal strength greater than or equal to a specific signal reception threshold value; an information acquisition unit that acquires specific information including at least time information based on a satellite signal received by the reception unit; and a display that displays acquired information. A threshold value changing unit lowers the signal reception threshold value according to a search count, which is the number of times the search process has been applied to the satellite signals of all positioning information satellites.
US08432768B2
In a low-power signaling system, an integrated circuit device includes an open loop-clock distribution circuit and a transmit circuit that cooperate to enable high-speed transmission of information-bearing symbols unaccompanied by source-synchronous timing references. The open-loop clock distribution circuit generates a transmit clock signal in response to an externally-supplied clock signal, and the transmit circuit outputs a sequence of symbols onto an external signal line in response to transitions of the transmit clock signal. Each of the symbols is valid at the output of the transmit circuit for a symbol time and a phase offset between the transmit clock signal and the externally-supplied clock signal is permitted to drift by at least the symbol time.
US08432767B2
A clock mode configuration circuit for a memory device is described. A memory system includes any number of memory devices serially connected to each other, where each memory device receives a clock signal. The clock signal can be provided either in parallel to all the memory devices or serially from memory device to memory device through a common clock input. The clock mode configuration circuit in each memory device is set to a parallel mode for receiving the parallel clock signal, and to a serial mode for receiving a source synchronous clock signal from a prior memory device. Depending on the set operating mode, the data input circuits will be configured for the corresponding data signal format, and the corresponding clock input circuits will be either enabled or disabled. The parallel mode and the serial mode is set by sensing a voltage level of a reference voltage provided to each memory device.
US08432763B2
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of data lines on which data aligned by a plurality of pulse signals are loaded, a plurality of transfer lines, a data transfer unit configured to transfer the data of the plurality of data lines to the plurality of transfer lines in response to a correlation signal, a data output unit configured to output the data of the transfer line corresponding to a transmission signal activated among a plurality of transmission signals, a correlation signal generation unit configured to generate the correlation signal using a latency value and a logic value of one of the plurality of transmission signals when a command is inputted to the correlation signal generation unit, and a pulse signal generation unit configured to sequentially activate the plurality of pulse signals when the command is inputted.
US08432762B2
A bitline sense amplifier includes a pre-sensing unit and an amplification unit. The pre-sensing unit is connected to a first bitline and a second bitline, and is configured to perform a pre-sensing operation by controlling a voltage level of the second bitline based on at least one pre-sensing voltage and variation of a voltage level of the first bitline. The amplification unit is configured to perform a main amplification operation by amplifying a pre-sensed voltage difference based on a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The pre-sensed voltage difference indicates a difference between the voltage level of the first bitline and the voltage level of the second bitline after the pre-sensing operation.
US08432761B2
A memory system including a plurality of memory cells configured to receive digital signals includes an address decoder, a data bus, and a sense amplifier configured to receive data output from memory cells activated by addresses from the address decoder. The pre-charging the data bus and evaluating previous data by the sense amplifier occurs substantially simultaneously during a first period. The data bus and the sense amplifier are isolated from each other during the first period.
US08432752B2
A method includes performing a write operation on memory cells of a memory array to a first logic state using a voltage of a charge pump. A portion of the write operation is performed on the memory cells of the memory array using the voltage of the charge pump. A determination is made if the voltage insufficient for performing the write operation on the memory cells of the memory array. If a level of the voltage is insufficient, the write operation is continued with an increased level of the voltage by reducing load on the charge pump by providing the voltage on a reduced number of memory cells. The reduced number of memory cells is a first subset of the memory cells.
US08432723B2
A DRAM cell and method for storing information in a dynamic random access memory using an electrostatic actuator beam to make an electrical connection between a storage capacitor and a bit line.
US08432722B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array including first and second mutually crossing lines and electrically erasable programmable memory cells arranged at intersections of the first and second lines, each memory cell containing a variable resistor operative to nonvolatilely store the resistance thereof as data and a first non-ohmic element operative to switch the variable resistor; and a clamp voltage generator circuit operative to generate a clamp voltage required for access to the memory cell and applied to the first and second lines. The clamp voltage generator circuit has a temperature compensation function of compensating for the temperature characteristic of the first non-ohmic element.
US08432719B2
A 3D stacked AND-type flash memory structure comprises several horizontal planes of memory cells arranged in a three-dimensional array, and each horizontal plane comprising several word lines and several of charge trapping multilayers arranged alternately, and the adjacent word lines spaced apart from each other with each charge trapping multilayer interposed between; a plurality of sets of bit lines and source lines arranged alternately and disposed vertically to the horizontal planes; and a plurality of sets of channels and sets of insulation pillars arranged alternatively, and disposed perpendicularly to the horizontal planes, wherein one set of channels is sandwiched between the adjacent sets of bit lines and source lines.
US08432718B2
To provide a semiconductor memory device including an oxide semiconductor that can deal with instability of a threshold characteristic, in which writing is possible by a simple method. The semiconductor memory device functions by utilizing a characteristic that a threshold shifts when a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor is irradiated with ultraviolet light. Readout can be performed by setting a readout voltage between the threshold before the ultraviolet light irradiation and the threshold after irradiation. The threshold characteristic of an initial characteristic can be controlled by providing a back gate or by using two thin film transistors.
US08432713B2
A device comprises a first power cell, a second power cell, a power factor correction module, a boost inductor switch circuit, and an output. The first and second power cells are configured to provide first and second currents in response to an input voltage. The power factor correction module is configured to continuously activate and deactivate the first and second power cells based on an input current level, on the input voltage, and on an output voltage. The boost inductor switch circuit is configured to disable the first power cell in response to the input current level being below a predetermined level. The output is configured to provide the output voltage based on the first and second currents when the input current level is above the predetermined level, and to provide the output voltage based on the second current when the input current level is below the predetermined level.
US08432711B1
The present application discloses methods, circuits and systems for power conversion, using a universal multiport architecture. When a transient appears on the power input (which can be, for example, polyphase AC), the input and output switches are opened, and a crowbar switch shunts the inductance which is used for energy transfer. This prevents this inductance from creating an overvoltage when it is disconnected from outside lines.
US08432705B2
An expansion apparatus includes a serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) with a first circuit board, an expansion card with a second circuit board, and a cable member. A first edge connector is set on a bottom edge of the first circuit board and includes a number of first power pins connected to a control chip, a number of first storage chips, and a first connector, and a number of first ground pins. A second edge connector is set on a bottom edge of the second circuit board and includes a number of second power pins connected to a number of second storage chips and a second connector, and a number of second ground pins. The cable member includes a cable, a third connector connected to the first connector, and a fourth connector connected to the second connector.
US08432693B2
A high power band pass RF filtering device having a housing for containing a printed circuit board with filtering components for achieving strong attenuation of out-of-band signals. An input port and an output port on the housing electrically connect to a respective input node and output node on the printed circuit board. Surge protection elements are connected at the input port and at the output port for dissipating surge conditions present at the input port or the output port to the housing before the surge travels through the printed circuit board. A non-surge signal present on the input port can travel through the filtering components on the printed circuit board towards the output port. An oil or other fluid is disposed and completely contained within the housing and contacts the printed circuit board for cooling the printed circuit board or the filtering components.
US08432688B2
A securing system includes a base member. A display member is rotatably coupled to the base member by a shaft. A locking member is operable to move axially relative to the shaft and engage the display member in order to restrict the display member from rotating relative to the base member. The base member and the display member may be part of an information handling system (IHS). A lock including a cable that is coupled to a stationary object may be used to secure the IHS to the stationary object and prevent the use of the IHS by positioning the lock in the base member in order to move the locking member such that it engages the display member.
US08432684B2
A data storage device bracket includes a board, a mounting bracket, a fixing tab, and first and second connectors. The mounting bracket is fixed on the board to receive a data storage device. A number of golden fingers are set on a first side of the board. The fixing tab defines an opening and is fixed on a second side of the board. The first connector is set on the board, adjacent to the mounting bracket and away from the fixing tab. The second connector is set on the board. The first connector is electrically connected to the second connector and the golden fingers. The golden fingers are inserted into a connection slot of a motherboard. The fixing tab is fixed on a rear wall of a shell of a computer enclosure enclosing the motherboard.
US08432680B2
A mounting apparatus is provided for a data storage device. The mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket receiving the data storage device, and a number of vibration absorbing members attached to opposite sides of the data storage device. Two sliding slots are respectively defined in opposite sidewalls of the mounting bracket. Each of the vibration absorbing members includes a fastener engaged with a corresponding side of the data storage device, a supporter slidably received in a corresponding sliding slot of the mounting bracket, and a damping body sandwiched between the fastener and the supporter.
US08432674B2
According to one first embodiment, an electronic device includes a display module, a housing, an engagement portion, and a buffer. The display module includes a display screen, a side portion located at a periphery of the display screen, and a protrusion protruding from the side portion. The housing houses the display module such that the display screen is exposed. The engagement portion is provided to the housing to engage with the protrusion. The buffer is provided to the protrusion and is deformed by an engagement between the protrusion and the engagement portion.
US08432673B2
A display device includes a shell, a display panel disposed within the shell and at least one securing member fixing the display panel to the shell. The display panel is covered with a front cover and a rear cover opposite to the front cover. The at least one securing member is fixed to the shell and resists at least the rear cover of the display panel. The at least one securing member includes a conducting member. The conducting member resists at least the front cover of the display panel to conduct static electricity therefrom.
US08432669B2
A signal receiving apparatus includes a main body for receiving control signals, and a cover covering the main body. The cover includes a receiving portion and at least one fixing portion. The receiving portion receives the main body, and the at least one fixing portion fixes the signal receiving apparatus to a housing of an electronic device. An electronic device using the signal receiving apparatus is also provided.
US08432668B2
A portable electronic device includes a main body, at least one first rotary arm rotatably connected to the main body, and at least one second rotary arm rotatably connected to the main body. At least one connection port is located on at least one of the first rotary arm and the second rotary arm. When the at least one first rotary arm and the at least one second rotary arm are flush with the main body, the at least one connection port is hidden. By rotating the at least one first rotary arm or the at least one second rotary arm until the at least one first rotary arm or the at least one second rotary arm is not flush with the main body, the at least one connection port is exposed.
US08432665B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor having reduced leakage current and a manufacturing method thereof. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes a capacitor element including: an anode 3 composed of a sintered body of metal particles; an anode lead 2 provided so that one end thereof is embedded in the anode 3; a dielectric layer 4 formed on the surface of the anode 3; an electrolyte layer 5 formed on the dielectric layer 4; and a cathode layer 6 formed on the electrolyte layer 5 so that an exposed face 50 of the electrolyte layer 5 exists around the anode lead 2, wherein an anode terminal 1 electrically connected to the other end of the anode lead 2 and a cathode terminal 7 electrically connected to the cathode layer 6 are attached to the capacitor element, and a first resin part 10 is provided to cover a part of the anode lead 2 extending from the exposed face 50 of the electrolyte layer 5 of the capacitor element to the anode terminal 1, and a second resin part 8 is provided to cover at least the above capacitor element and the first resin part 10.
US08432662B2
In a ceramic capacitor according to the present invention, the electrode strips of an internal electrode and the dielectric strips of a ceramic dielectric member are arranged perpendicularly to the surface of a substrate, and as such, the plurality of electrode strips and the plurality of dielectric strips are arranged alternately along a parallel direction relative to the substrate surface. That is, the electrode strips and the dielectric strips are multi-layered along a parallel direction relative to the substrate surface, thereby facilitating the realization of multi-layering in the ceramic capacitor by a known patterning technology.
US08432661B2
A microstructural body includes a substrate such as an electrode substrate, a support portion, one post that fixes the support portion to the substrate, a frame-shaped movable portion provided around outer periphery of the support portion, and an elastic support portion that elastically connects the movable portion and the support portion. The elastic support portion supports the frame-shaped movable portion such that the movable portion is movable relative to the support portion. The elastic support portion includes torsion springs and an elastically deformable connecting portion.
US08432654B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp, coupled across input-output (I/O) and common (GND) terminals of a protected semiconductor device or integrated circuit is provided. One ESD clamp comprises an ESD transistor (ESDT) with source-drain coupled between the GND and I/O terminals, a first resistor coupled between the gate and source and a second resistor coupled between the ESDT body and source. Paralleling the resistors are control transistors with gates coupled to one or more bias supplies Vb, Vb′. The main power rail (Vdd) of the device or IC is a convenient source for Vb, Vb′. When the Vdd is off during shipment, handling, equipment assembly, etc., the ESD trigger voltage Vt1 is low, thereby providing maximum ESD protection when ESD risk is high. When Vdd is energized, Vt1 rises to a value large enough to avoid interference with normal circuit operation but still protect from ESD events.
US08432652B2
There is described a protection apparatus against electrostatic discharges for an integrated circuit; said integrated circuit comprises a radiofrequency or higher frequencies internal circuit. The internal circuit has a first and a second terminals for the output or the input of a radiofrequency or higher frequencies signal. The apparatus comprises first means for electrically connecting said first and second terminals of the internal circuit to at least a PAD and the integrated circuit comprises at least a first and a second supply circuital lines and at least a first and a second protection devices against electrostatic discharges connected to said first and second supply lines. First means have a resistive component and each of said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges have a parasitic capacitive component. The apparatus comprises second means configured to connect said first means and said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges to at least a common circuital point preventing the resistive component of said first means or said internal circuit from combining with the parasitic capacitive components of said first and second protection devices against the electrostatic discharges.
US08432648B2
A discharge device for a vehicle includes a discharging circuit that connects a second capacitor and a discharging resistor in parallel through activation of a forced connection device. When a collision of the vehicle is detected, the discharge device forcibly stops electricity supply from the storage battery to the electric circuit including the second capacitor, and activates the forced connection device to forcibly discharge the second capacitor. A pair of connecting terminals of the forced connection device are arranged to be pressed against each other with an insulating member disposed therebetween. The forced connection device includes a gas generator for generating combustion gas directed to the insulating member. When an abnormality is detected, the forced connection device short-circuits the connecting terminals with each other through activation of the gas generator. The second capacitor and the discharge device are provided integrally.
US08432643B1
Devices for reading or writing electromagnetic information include a wafer substrate piece disposed between an electromagnetic transducer and an electrostrictive or piezoelectric actuator. The substrate piece is shaped as a rigid body adjoining the transducer and as a flexible element connecting the body and the actuator. To fabricate, at least one electrostrictive layer and many transducers are formed on opposite sides of a wafer that is then cut into rows containing plural transducers. The rows are processed from directions generally normal to the wafer surface upon which the transducers were formed, by removing material to form a head, flexures and a media-facing surface on the head. Conductive leads are formed on a back surface of flexures connecting the transducer with drive electronics. The flexures are aligned with forces arising from interaction with the media surface and from seeking various tracks, reducing torque and dynamic instabilities and increasing actuator access time.
US08432641B1
Described herein is a disk drive having a head stack assembly with an actuator arm that is rotatable about an axis of rotation and has a damping layer disposed on the actuator arm. The damping layer has first and second damping portions, which can include an adhesive or viscoelastic layer. The first damping portion has different damping properties than the second damping portion.
US08432637B2
A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a side gap layer comprising primarily silicon nitride, wherein outer sides of the side gap layer taper away from one another from a leading end of the side gap layer towards a trailing end of the side gap layer; a seed layer above the silicon nitride side gap layer; and a magnetic pole on the seed layer. A method for forming a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes etching a channel in a silicon oxide layer; forming a side gap layer comprising primarily silicon nitride in the channel; forming a seed layer above the side gap layer; plating a pole on the seed layer; and removing the silicon oxide layer by wet etching. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US08432632B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for a magnetic disk drive. The disk drive has at least one disk platter having at least one recordable disk surface having an areal density of at least 200 gigabits per square inch. Either a diameter of the at least one disk platter is greater than 3.5 inches or the at least one disk platter rotates at less than 5400 RPMs. A read/write head reads and writes tracks of data with respect to the at least one disk surface. Modified tracks from write requests to write to the at least one disk surface on the at least one disk platter are cached in a non-volatile storage device for caching modified tracks. Modified tracks are cached in the non-volatile storage device to later destage to the at least one disk surface.
US08432631B1
A disk spindle assembly cartridge is described. The disk spindle assembly cartridge includes a base, a spindle motor attached to the base, a disk seated on the spindle motor, a disk clamp attached to the spindle motor, wherein the disk clamp secures the disk to the spindle motor, and a cover attached to the base. The base is configured to detachably mount a head stack assembly cartridge, where the disk is accessible to a head stack assembly pivotally mounted in the head stack assembly cartridge via an opening defined by the base and the cover.
US08432629B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of spiral tracks. A first sync frame is first opened in response to a first frame offset during a first revolution of the disk, wherein the first sync frame corresponds to the head approaching a first sync mark in a first spiral track crossing. A first sync frame position error signal (PES) is generated representing a difference between a target framing of the first sync frame around the first sync mark and a detected framing of the first sync frame around the first sync mark. The first frame offset is adjusted in response to the first sync frame PES, and during a second revolution of the disk the first sync frame is second opened in response to the adjusted first frame offset.
US08432626B2
An optical device includes an optical element through which light is transmitted, a frame that supports the optical element, magnets in the frame around the optical element, a base unit that movably supports the frame, a cover unit to cover the magnets, and magnetic force generating units in the cover unit in positions corresponding to the magnets and that generate magnetic force when an electrical signal is applied.
US08432625B2
In a method for manufacturing a lens, a substrate is provided which includes recess in a first surface thereof. A lens structure having a first desired lens surface and a second desired lens surface is formed in the substrate's recess.
US08432618B2
A zoom lens system according to the present invention, from an object side, comprises a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power. In zooming, the first to the fourth units all move along the optical axis. The third lens unit is composed of three or more lens elements. The condition (6): nd8≦1.5 and vd8≧75 and the condition (7): (nd9−1)+(nd10−1)≧1.55 are satisfied (where, 16
US08432613B2
Substrate processing equipment and methods are used to improve the uniformity of illumination across an illuminated portion of a substrate by processing light with multiple optical homogenizers. The multiple optical homogenizers each include micro-lens arrays and Fourier lens. The multiple optical homogenizers are arranged so that the output numerical aperture of one of the optical homogenizers is within 5% of the input numerical aperture of another optical homogenizer.
US08432607B2
An electrophoretic display device includes a lower substrate having pixel electrodes thereon to define a plurality of pixel areas; partition walls formed on the lower substrate to surround the pixel electrodes; electrophoretic dispersion liquid having a plurality of charged particles colored to display colors, the electrophoretic dispersion liquid filled into the plurality of the pixel areas defined by pixel electrodes and surrounding the partition walls; a membrane layer disposed on the partition walls and covering the electrophoretic dispersion liquid, the membrane layer comprising a plurality of hole patterns at portions corresponding to the plurality of the pixel areas; and an upper substrate bonded with the lower substrate such that the membrane layer is disposed therebetween.
US08432603B2
Prior electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Some of the difficulties result from inappropriate design and construction of the devices. In order to improve device reliability two layers of an electrochromic device, the counter electrode layer and the electrochromic layer, can each be fabricated to include defined amounts of lithium. Further, the electrochromic device may be subjected to a multistep thermochemical conditioning operation to improve performance. Additionally, careful choice of the materials and morphology of some components of the electrochromic device provides improvements in performance and reliability. In some devices, all layers of the device are entirely solid and inorganic.
US08432597B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention a digital micro-mirror device is taught that includes a pixel occupying an area of the device and a hinge coupled to the pixel and positioned such that at least a portion of the hinge falls outside the area of the pixel.
US08432592B2
A micro-structure produced by utilizing a MEMS technology or the like includes: a frame including a portion having a first layer and a portion having a second layer on the lower side of the first layer; a movable body including a portion having the first layer and a portion having the second layer; and at least one swing supporting portion which is having the first layer, and connects the portion having the first layer in the frame and the portion having the first layer in the movable body, to support the movable body to be capable of swinging. A frame side end portion of the swing supporting portion is supported from underneath by the portion having the second layer in the frame, and a movable body side end portion of the swing supporting portion is supported from underneath by the portion having the second layer in the movable body.
US08432590B2
This invention relates to holographic image display systems, and to related methods and processor control code. We describe a method of displaying an image holographically, the method including: inputting display image data defining said image for display; processing said image data to determine first image data representing a first spatial frequency portion of said image data and second image data representing a second spatial frequency portion of said image data, wherein said second spatial frequency is higher than said first spatial frequency; displaying a hologram of said first image data on a spatial light modulator (SLM) to form a holographically-generated intermediate real image; modulating said intermediate real image using said second image data to display said image.
US08432587B2
For each of a plurality of reference colors located at prescribed coordinates in a first color space (e.g., the RGB color space), there are associated, on an individual pixel row basis, correction vectors indicating correction amounts in the first color space. For each pixel datum of image data of first tone values (e.g., 256 tone values) of the first color space prior to a color conversion process, a correction process is carried out on the basis of the correction vector that has been associated with the pixel row to which a given pixel belongs, the correction vector also being associated with the reference color of a location surrounding the coordinates that indicate the pixel data in the first color space. The color conversion process and the halftoning process are carried out on image data composed of the pixel data that has been subjected to the correction process.
US08432585B2
An image reading device including a first carriage including optical elements; a second carriage including optical elements; a carriage driving unit including a pulse motor to move the first and second carriages; a home position sensor to detect a home position of the first carriage; a reference whiteboard to generate shading data and adjust a reference level to be read by the optical elements; a control unit to control the above-described components to read an image of a document through the optical elements; and a counter to count a pulse of a pulse signal driving the pulse motor. The control unit switches directions of movement of the first carriage based on a result output from the home position sensor when the image reading device is returned to an active mode from an energy-saving mode, and detects a distance of movement of the first carriage based on the pulse.
US08432584B2
A scan module including an image sensor defining a scan field, at least one lamp positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the scan field, and a second light source positioned to provide illumination for the portion of the scan field.
US08432577B2
Scanner parameter techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more computer-readable media comprise instructions that are executable by a computer to detect a mode in which one or more scan parameters are set by a user at a scanner and when a scan is performed in conjunction with the detected mode, keep the one or more scan parameters as set at the scanner for the scan.
US08432575B2
Disclosed are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a transmitting apparatus that can inhibit an inappropriate printing process when performing scaling of an image including a tint image. In the case of performing scaling of image data including a tint image in which concealed characters that appear when scanning the image are embedded, and printing the image data with a printer unit, it is judged whether there is a possibility that the form of the tint image will be inappropriate when the scaling is performed with a scaling factor acquired by a scaling factor acquiring unit. If it is judged that the form of the tint image will be inappropriate, control is carried out such that processing that is different from that performed otherwise is performed.
US08432571B2
An image forming system including an image forming apparatus, which is configured to form an image on a sheet according to an input print job, and a plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, which is configured to execute postprocessing on a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, includes a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses with a signal, which instructs a batch power supply to the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses, and a control unit configured, after the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses have been powered on by the supply unit instructing the batch power supply, to discontinue a power supply to a second postprocessing apparatus, which is connected further downstream of a first postprocessing apparatus provided most downstream in a direction of conveying the sheet in the input print job, of the plurality of postprocessing apparatuses.
US08432568B2
Information distribution apparatus, method for distributing installation program, and storage medium
There is disclosed an information distribution apparatus including: acquiring log information of a job; generating, based on the log information, setting information denoting an operation setting of a device and usable by a program for operating the device; and transmitting an installation program including a set of the program and the setting information, to an information processing apparatus which gives operation instructions to the device.
US08432567B2
A label printer for handling labels with RFID tags includes one or more advantageous features such as locating an RF encoder unit antenna in position to read and/or write to label antennas after the label antennas have exited a label output slot of the printer, providing light elements to indicate status of a read and/or write operation to a label RFID tag or a voiding step to void labels when a read and/or write operation is unsuccessful.
US08432559B2
An image processing apparatus capable of outputting image data by a plurality of output methods includes storing image data, managing output restriction information corresponding to a predetermined region of the stored image data, executing output restriction processing of the image data corresponding to the predetermined region based on the output restriction information of one of the plurality of output methods, selecting one of the plurality of output methods when the image data is output, and outputting the image data on which the output restriction processing is executed by the selected output method.
US08432550B2
A method for the assessment of quantity and quality parameters of biological particles in a liquid analyte material. The method comprises applying a volume of a liquid sample to an exposing domain from which exposing domain electromagnetic signals from the sample in the domain can pass to the exterior, and exposing, onto an array of active detection elements such as CCD-elements, a spatial representation of electromagnetic signals having passed from the domain, the representation being detectable as an intensity by individual active detection elements, under conditions permitting processing of the intensities detected by the array of detection elements during the exposure in such a manner that representations of electromagnetic signals from the biological particles are identified as distinct from representations of electromagnetic signals from background signals.
US08432549B2
A method of, and apparatus for, determining properties relating to multi-phase systems are provided. In the method, an array of sample tubes each containing a sample of a multi-phase system is formed. An iterative process is used to generate at least two data sets of transmitted and/or backscattered values for each sample and the data sets for each sample are processed to determine at least one property of the sample. The apparatus has a support on which an array of sample tubes each containing a sample of a multi-phase system may be assembled. It also has a wave source and at least one wave detector for detecting transmitted and/or backscattered values for each sample and computer means for iteratively operating said wave source and said at least one detector to generate data sets of transmitted and/or backscattered values for each sample and for processing the data sets for each sample to determine at least one property of the sample.
US08432547B2
Methods and apparatus for concentration determination using polarized light. The apparatus includes a first polarized light source having a first light source polarization axis and a second polarized light source having a second light source polarization axis generally perpendicular to the first light source polarization axis. Also, a first polarized light receiver having a first polarized light receiver polarization axis and configured to measure an intensity of light transmitted from the first light receiver polarizer and a second polarized light receiver having a second polarized light receiver polarization axis substantially perpendicular to the first light receiver polarization axis and configured to measure an intensity of light transmitted from the second light receiver polarizer, wherein the first and second light receiver polarization axes are generally +/−45 degrees relative to the first and second light source polarization axes.
US08432543B2
Systems and methods for hyper-resolution beyond the diffraction limit of optical microscopes for applications in spectroscopy, absorption and lithographic photochemical patterning are described. These systems are based on interference of a pump pulse and a Stokes laser pulse which interfere to localize the population of an excited vibrational state in an area that is smaller than the scanning resolution of the microscope. Another (interfering) Stokes pulse has an annular shape at focus and destructively interferes with the the Stokes laser pulse. This destructive interference causes narrowing of the population distribution of the vibrational excited state well below the diffraction limit, which in turn localizes the population of the central electronic excited state by a separate actinic laser pulse having a lower energy than the ground state excitation energy of the molecule.A stepped photolithography system uses two photomasks to produce photoresist images capable of printing features smaller than 10 nm.
US08432542B2
The invention provides improved fiber optic probe assemblies which utilize a configuration of gradient index (GRIN) lenses to deliver light to a focal point and collect light for analysis from the same focal point. Also provided are methods for manufacturing the probe assemblies and related methods of spatially precise spectroscopy using the probe assemblies.
US08432532B2
The present invention provides a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of an object plane onto an image plane, including a first lens whose refractive index irreversibly increases by ultraviolet irradiation, and a second lens whose refractive index irreversibly decreases by the ultraviolet irradiation.
US08432517B2
A solution for an alignment film of a liquid crystal display device includes a photo decomposition type polyimide acid which forms the alignment film in response to radiation of a polarized light, wherein a viscosity of the solution is not more than 35 mPa·s.
US08432514B2
A liquid crystal display includes first and second insulating substrates facing each other, and a plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns and divided into a first pixel group comprising only the pixels on a first row and a second pixel group comprising each of the remaining pixels on second to last rows. The pixels of the first pixel group have a first opening ratio, and the pixels of the second pixel group have a second opening ratio different from the first opening ratio. The first opening ratio is smaller than the second opening ratio, and the first opening ratio is about 60% to about 80% of the second opening ratio; and the pixels of the first pixel group but not the pixels of the second pixel group have a light interception pattern in an opening portion.
US08432509B2
A display housing for a portable computing device that utilizes a plastic cover bonded to an internal metal frame is described. To account for thermal cycling issues and in particular to prevent bond slippage, multiple types of adhesives are employed to join the metal frame and the plastic cover. In particular, a very high bond (VHB) adhesive material is used in certain areas to bond the metal inner frame to the plastic cover and a liquid adhesive is used in other areas. The plastic cover can be translucent to light. A method of coating the plastic cover to block light, such as from a backlight used for the display, is described.
US08432508B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus which stores a panel unit in an internal space formed by a front cover and a rear cover include a nail part which is formed on one of side panels of the front cover or the rear cover, and is perpendicular to a plate face of the side panel; and a hole part which is formed in a vicinity area of one of sides of the cover on which the nail part is not formed, and the nail part is inserted in.
US08432501B2
In a high-resolution liquid crystal display with improved side visibility, a unit pixel includes first and second sub-pixels in which liquid crystals are continuously aligned and electrically connected. An electric-field reducing layer is located on a pixel electrode for implementing the second sub-pixel, so that a liquid crystal application voltage applied to the second sub-pixel is lower than that applied to the first sub-pixel.
US08432500B2
The invention provides a lighting device (100) comprising a light source (10) arranged to generate light source light (11), an optional luminescent material and a thermally variable reflecting element (60). The optional luminescent material (205) is arranged downstream of the light source (10) and is arranged to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into luminescent material light (211). One or more of the light source (10) and the optional luminescent material (205) generate heat when the light source (10) generates light source light (11). The thermally variable reflecting element (60) is arranged downstream of the light source (10) and the optional luminescent material (205). The thermally variable reflecting element (60) has a first state wherein it is substantially reflecting and a second state wherein it is substantially transparent; heat induces a chance from the first state to the second state. The thermally variable reflecting element (60) is arranged to transmit at least part of one or more selected from the group consisting of the light source light (11) and optional luminescent material light (211) when being in the second state. The lighting device (100) is arranged to transport heat generated by one or more of the light source (10) and the optional luminescent material (205) to the thermally variable reflecting element (60).
US08432496B2
A method for auto channel assignment in a live television production system allows the user to assign physical play out channels to an auto pool of channels. The user need only create a single transition macro event (TME) template, which at the time of playout, causes the production system to assign an available channel from the auto pool of channels, without requiring any further user intervention.
US08432494B2
Disclosed is a video signal output circuit including: a clamp circuit; a first differential amplifying circuit; a dividing circuit; and an offset circuit which adds or subtracts a predetermined offset voltage to or from a bias voltage, a reference voltage, or a base reference voltage generated by the dividing circuit so as to supply an offset voltage added/subtracted voltage to the clamp circuit or the first differential amplifying circuit, wherein the offset circuit includes a pnp bipolar transistor and an npn bipolar transistor, and outputs a difference voltage corresponding to a difference between a base-emitter voltage of the pnp bipolar transistor and a base-emitter voltage of the npn bipolar transistor.
US08432482B2
Techniques for automatically adjusting and/or optimizing the color and/or intensity of the illuminating light used in a vision system is presented. The intensity of each of a plurality of illuminating light colors is allowed to be independently adjusted to adapt the illumination light based on the color of a part feature against the part feature background of a part being viewed by the vision system to produce high contrast between the part feature and background. Automated contrast optimization may be achieved by stepping through all available color combinations and evaluating the contrast between the part feature and background to select a color combination having a “best” or acceptable contrast level.
US08432473B2
An imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store attribute information about a person, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject to generate image data, and a display unit configured to display attribute information of a person included in an image represented by the image data generated by the imaging unit. The display unit stops displaying of the attribute information after a predetermined time elapses since a start of the displaying of the attribute information.
US08432470B2
A data conversion/output device includes a number of sensors, voltage-time conversion circuits that are arranged adjacent to respective sensors and change output levels upon the lapse of times corresponding to output voltage values from the sensors after a conversion operation start point in order to convert for voltage outputs of the sensors into times. The device also includes sensed data generation circuits outputting, as digital data, lapse times until the output levels of the voltage-time conversion circuits change after a conversion start point. The sensed data generation circuits include a counter for counting a clock signal. An operation start of the voltage-time conversion circuits and a start of count operation of the counter are staggered.
US08432465B2
A system for selecting a zoom size of an anatomical image for display includes an image detector having a pre-defined field of view defining a maximum and minimum analog zoom fields of view corresponding to maximum and minimum analog zoom settings for at least one anatomical image; an image display displaying the anatomical image within the pre-defined field of view; a processing unit providing a selection of at least one anatomical image; and a network configured to interface the detector with the processing unit and the image display with the processing unit. The system enables establishment of at least one intervening selectable zoom setting corresponding to an intervening selectable zoom field of view between the maximum and minimum analog zoom fields of view, thereby establishing a first user profile. A second user profile overriding the first user profile can be established. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
US08432462B2
An image processing apparatus that enables to prevent waste of electric power, memory or the like by selecting image data that is highly significant for image processing from multiple pieces of image data contained in a single file and subjecting the image processing to image data. A reception section receives a file that contains multiple pieces of image data with attribute information added. A determination section determines whether or not a corresponding one of the pieces of image data is to be subjected to image processing based on the attribute information contained in the file received by the reception section.
US08432457B2
A method for compressing videos obtains videos from a storage device, selects a main frame from the videos at each time layer and each angle, and further selects a new main frame after each time interval and angle interval. Then, the method obtains frames between two adjacent main frames, and stores different pixels between each of the obtained frames and a previous main frame of the two adjacent main frames, so as to obtain composite images of the videos.
US08432451B2
A video based method to detect volatile organic compounds (VOC) leaking out of components used in chemical processes in petrochemical refineries. Leaking VOC plume from a damaged component causes edges present in image frames to loose their sharpness, leading to a decrease in the high frequency content of the image. Analysis of image sequence frequency data from visible and infrared cameras enable detection of VOC plumes in real-time. Analysis techniques using adaptive background subtraction, sub-band analysis, threshold adaptation, and Markov modeling are described.
US08432436B2
An interactive, autostereoscopic system for displaying an object in 3D includes a mirror configured to spin around a vertical axis when actuated by a motor, a high speed video projector, and a processing system including a graphics card interfaced to the video projector. An anisotropic reflector is bonded onto an inclined surface of the mirror. The video projector projects video signals of the object from the projector onto the inclined surface of the mirror while the mirror is spinning, so that light rays representing the video signals are redirected toward a field of view of a 360 degree range. The processing system renders the redirected light rays so as to interactively generate a horizontal-parallax 3D display of the object. Vertical parallax can be included in the display by adjusting vertically the displayed views of the object, in response to tracking of viewer motion by a tracking system.
US08432433B2
A method and apparatus involve electronically transforming a monochromatic infrared source image of a source scene into a natural daylight color image of the source scene as a function of reference information, the only information derived from the source scene and utilized in the transforming being the monochromatic infrared source image. According to a different aspect, an apparatus includes an infrared image detector that provides a monochromatic infrared source image of a source scene, and includes a transformation section that transforms the monochromatic infrared source image into a natural daylight color image of the source scene as a function of reference information, the only information derived from the source scene and utilized in the transforming being the monochromatic infrared source image.
US08432430B2
A mobile device includes an apparatus for operating two or more cameras embedded in a mobile device. When one of the cameras is enabled, the apparatus controls the flow of signals by preventing a signal in connection with the enabled camera from flowing toward other disabled cameras. This can minimize EMI that may be caused by such a signal.
US08432427B2
An optical scanning apparatus includes a housing, light deflector, first optical system and reinforcement member. The housing includes a peripheral wall and a partitioning portion to divide an inner side of the peripheral wall into first and second portion. The partitioning portion includes a first hole to cause the first portion to communicate with the second portion to form an optical path. The light deflector mounted in the first portion has a rotatable polygon mirror to perform deflection scanning of scanning light beams emitted from light sources and a drive unit to drive the rotatable polygon mirror to rotate. The first optical system mounted at least in the first portion causes the scanning light beams reflected from the rotatable polygon mirror to return towards the first hole. The reinforcement member mounted on a surface facing at least the second portion on the partitioning portion reinforces the housing.
US08432425B2
A light-emitting unit having an arrayed light source comprises a substrate; an arrayed light source group containing the arrayed light source arranged in a first direction; a lens array for focusing the light emitted from light emitting elements constituting the arrayed light source; and a lens support having a cavity formed between arrayed light source group and the lens array; the lens support having a first hole for introducing a fluid into the cavity, and a second hole for discharging the introduced fluid in a second direction crossing the first direction.
US08432423B2
A method is provided for forming an image on a media while the media is moved relative to an imaging head. The media can include a pattern of registration sub-regions, such as a matrix. The image can include one or more patterns of features, such as color features for a color filter which can be registered with the pattern of registration sub-regions. The images can be formed by a laser-induced thermal transfer process. The method can include the steps of operating an imaging head to emit imaging beams. A first portion of the image is formed while scanning a first group of imaging beams in a first direction over the media at a first scanning speed and a second portion of the image is formed while scanning a second group of the imaging beams in a second, opposite direction over the media at a second, different scanning speed.
US08432420B2
A thermal printer is proposed that includes an ink ribbon on which a color ink portion and a non-color ink portion are alternately formed in a conveyance direction, a supply bobbin on which the ink ribbon is wound, a take-up bobbin on which the ink ribbon is to be wound, and a housing that contains the supply bobbin and the take-up bobbin. When an error occurs during transferring of an ink on the color ink surface, the ink ribbon is conveyed so that a portion of the ink ribbon exposed from the ink cassette between the supply bobbin and the take-up bobbin is the non-color ink portion.
US08432410B1
A three dimensional (3D) graphics application programming interface (API) extension provides support for specifying images in a shared exponent format. The shared exponent format is used to represent high dynamic range textures in a compact encoding to reduce the memory footprint needed to store the image data compared with other high dynamic range formats. Image data is encoded to and decoded from the shared exponent format using a pixel processing pipeline. Image data encoded into the shared exponent format can be decoded and used as texture data during rendering.
US08432408B2
Rate matching for use in data links between a source device and a sink device is provided. A rate matching device includes a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer having a write pointer and a read pointer; a write control having a write clock to write an input data stream from the source device onto the FIFO buffer using the write pointer; a read control having a read clock to read data from the FIFO buffer using a read pointer, insert data to an output data stream and transmitting the data stream to the sink device; a processor to provide a bit number based on the write clock period and the read clock period, wherein the read control inserts blanking data into the output data stream while the read pointer is stopped in the FIFO buffer to allow the write pointer to move ahead by the bit number provided by the processor. Some embodiments are thus able to avoid buffer overflow or underflow scenarios.
US08432394B1
A method of computing z parameters for pixels of a geometric primitive. The method includes the step of accessing the geometric primitive comprising a plurality of vertices, wherein each vertex comprises a plurality of associated parameters including a depth parameter, z. During rasterization of the geometric primitive, respective z values are interpolated for each pixel of the geometric primitive. Each z value is represented within a predefined numerical range which substantially corresponds to a depth range between a near plane and a far plane related to pixel rendering. During the interpolating, the z values are allowed to exceed the predefined numerical range and roll over within the predefined numerical range. A multi-bit indicator is used to indicate when a z value for a pixel is outside of the depth range.
US08432393B2
A meshing device which first divides a geometric model into a plurality of regions that can be easily meshed, and then performs meshing on a region-by-region basis. More specifically, the meshing device is a device for generating an analysis mesh model by meshing a geometric model created by a three-dimensional CAD, and includes: a hole extraction unit for extracting a hole formed in the geometric model; a region dividing unit for dividing the geometric model into a plurality of regions by utilizing the hole; and a region-by-region meshing unit for meshing the geometric model on a region-by-region basis. The meshing device is intended to reduce the number of man hours needed for meshing a large and complex geometric model.
US08432383B2
A display module including a substrate having a plurality of pixels, a data line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, a data driving circuit that supplies a data signal to the data line, and a gate driving circuit thereon. The plurality of pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and each of the plurality of pixels include a light emitting device, a first thin film transistor connected to the data line that supplies the data signal, a second thin film transistor connected to the current supply line, and a capacitor. The light emitting device includes a first electrode layer connected to the second thin film transistor, an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer.
US08432379B2
A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and an elastic element. The housing has a receptacle longitudinally defined therethrough. The stylus body is hinged to housing and located in the receptacle. The elastic element is located between the housing and the stylus body. When the stylus body rotates relative to the housing from a retracted state to a tilted state, the elastic element is compressed and accumulate elastic force for restore the stylus to the retracted state.
US08432364B2
The recycling of charge when two or more of the drive lines of a touch sensor panel are being simultaneously stimulated with the in-phase and anti-phase components of a stimulation signal is disclosed. To perform charge recycling, a discharge path can be selectively formed between drive lines being stimulated with the in-phase and anti-phase components of the stimulation signal. A multiplexer can be coupled to the driver of each drive line and the common discharge path. When charge recycling is to be performed, control logic can configure the multiplexers to isolate the driver and connect the drive lines being stimulated with the in-phase component of the stimulation signal with the drive lines being stimulated with the anti-phase component of the stimulation signal. The capacitance on the charged-up drive lines can then discharge to the capacitance on the discharged drive lines.
US08432363B2
The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and manufacturing method for optical protrusions (e.g., dome pins or actuators) attached to a light guide for providing backlight, actuation function and/or tactile feedback in keypad modules of electronic devices. Spatially and spectrally selective out-coupling of light from the light guide (e.g., a planar light guide plate) can be accomplished using these optical actuators integrated with the light guide for keypad illumination to control out-coupling efficiency and/or spectra of the out-coupled light to enable modification of the visual appearance (intensity, colored/white) of individual keys of the keypad.
US08432354B2
A backlight control circuit includes a logic unit, a drive unit, a decoder, a current setting unit, a current stabilizer, a pulse width modulated generator, a plurality of light sources, and a control unit. The control unit controls the brightness of each light source according to the pulse width modulated signals from the pulse width modulated generator. The logic unit sends an enable signal to the control unit. The drive unit sends a first control signal to the decoder. According to a decoded signal from the decoder, the current setting unit sends a second control signal and an output voltage to the current stabilizer, the current stabilizer generates a steady current. According to the second control signal, the control unit selectively provides the steady current to the corresponding light source.
US08432338B2
An image display device having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in matrix, each comprising current-driven type light-emitting element, driver transistor for supplying a current to current-driven type light-emitting element, holding capacitor for holding a voltage that determines an amount of the current supplied from driver transistor, and writing switch for writing a voltage corresponding to an image signal into holding capacitor. The transistor formed in each pixel circuit is N-channel transistor. Each pixel circuit further comprises detection trigger line and detection trigger capacitor for supplying a voltage to change a source voltage of driver transistor. One terminal of detection trigger capacitor is connected to a source of driver transistor and the other terminal of detection trigger capacitor is connected to detection trigger line.
US08432334B2
An organic light emitting display device, comprises a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including an organic light emitting diode having a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light emitting layer; a built-in-circuit comprising a driving circuit configured to drive the pixels; and a bus unit comprising bus lines configured to deliver pixel power to the pixels. The pixel unit, the built-in-circuit, and the bus unit are sequentially disposed from a central region of a display panel to an outer side of the display panel. The second electrode of the organic light emitting diode and one of the bus lines are electrically connected to each other through one of conductive patterns formed on at least a part of the built-in-circuit and at least a part of the bus unit.
US08432331B2
A personal portable communication device includes a deployable display system movable from a stored position to an extended position for use in three-dimensional representations of display data and/or privacy in viewing display data.
US08432330B2
The device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an area of wireless communication and can be used for shielding from electromagnetic radiation. The electromagnetic screen with the big surface impedance contains a flat metal reflector substrate and two lattices of capacitor type that are shifted from each other on a share of the period in parallel and located above the reflector substrate. At least one of lateral edges of the lattices has an electric connection with an edge of the reflector substrate.
US08432328B2
A housing includes an antenna module having a carrier and a main body. The antenna module includes a first carrier portion, a second carrier portion attached to the first carrier portion, and an antenna coating the second carrier portion. The main body is molded to the antenna module and partially covering the antenna, such that the antenna is partially exposed from the main body to form a terminal. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the housing.
US08432324B2
An antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna which work at the same frequency. The first antenna includes a first feed portion, a first radiation portion, and a first ground portion. The second antenna includes a second feed portion and a second radiation portion. The first radiation portion is arc-shaped. The second radiation portion includes an arced edge and is coupled to the first radiation portion via the arced edge. The first feed portion and the second feed portion are connected to a signal terminal of a printed circuit board of a communication device and configured for feeding in electromagnetic waves. The ground portion is connected to a ground of the printed circuit board.
US08432321B2
An antenna arrangement including an antenna occupying at least a first plane; a conductive structure that is isolated from the antenna but is arranged to be parasitically fed by the antenna, the conductive structure having a slot and occupying at least a second plane different to but adjacent the first plane.
US08432313B2
A substrate such as a printed wiring board defines a cutout of grounding metallization. A monopole radiating element is spaced laterally from edges of the grounding metallization in the cutout. A patch radiating element is spaced laterally from edges of the grounding metallization in the cutout. The monopole and patch radiating elements overlie at least a portion of one another to enable inductive coupling through an aperture characterized by the absence of grounding metallization, and the patch radiating element is shorted at a corner to the grounding metallization.
US08432311B2
A GPS signal transmitter configured with a reduced number of components and achieving low cost, space saving, and low power is provided. A GPS signal transmitter of the present invention includes: a crystal oscillator; a carrier wave generator that outputs a first carrier wave and a second carrier wave whose phase is inverted to the phase of the first carrier wave, using a clock output by the crystal oscillator; a microcomputer that is driven with the clock output by the crystal oscillator and outputs a control signal based on a C/A code which is a pseudo random code; a switch that switches over between the first carrier wave and the second carrier wave according to the control signal from the microcomputer and generates a modulation wave; and an antenna that transmits the modulation wave by radio.
US08432302B2
The present invention provides a convolutional line coding method, including: constructing a sequence set, where the length of each sequence in the sequence set is n bits; selecting a balanced sequence in the sequence set, and obtaining source data of n−1 bits corresponding to the balanced sequence; performing Hamming distance detection for an unbalanced sequence in the sequence set to obtain source data of n−1 bits corresponding to the unbalanced sequence; sorting the balanced sequence and the unbalanced sequence according to an operation difference value, and generating a code table, where the source data of n−1 bits correspond to the sequence of n bits, and the code table is designed for line coding; and at time of encoding the source data of n−1 bits, obtaining a coding result of n bits according to a mapping relation in the code table.
US08432300B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a security sensor is present in a POS terminal between the keypad and a processor. The security sensor is configured to detect an unauthorized probe through the keypad and implement a security protocol. In an exemplary embodiment, the security sensor is a serpentine conductive circuit screen printed on the polyester film. The serpentine conductive circuit may cover almost all of the polyester film. For example, the serpentine conductive circuit may cover 90% to 100% of the film. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the serpentine conductive circuit limited to a section of the polyester film. For example, the serpentine conductive circuit may be on only ¼ of the film. This embodiment has the advantage of printing the serpentine conductive circuit on the critical security areas and leaving the non-critical areas with blank polyester film.
US08432293B2
A NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device (1 or 2 or 100a) has a data store (108) to store data, a coupler (17 or 32 or 102) to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal generator (109) to supply a radio frequency signal to the coupler. A modulator (110) is provided to modulate a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator (114) is provided to extract data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller (107) enables the NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The NFC communicator or NFC communications enabled device also has a power deliver (19 or 34 or 103) that derives power from a radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler to charge a chargeable power supply.
US08432279B2
A medical device (101), such as a blood pressure cuff or other device, includes an unauthorized reprocessing warning (406) printed in a first printable media (103). The first printable media (103) is configured to change from a first state to a second state upon exposure to an applied stimulus (203). A mask (407) is printed on or about the unauthorized reprocessing warning (406) in a second printable media (106). The second printable media (106) is configured to also change state upon exposure to an applied stimulus (203). The unauthorized reprocessing warning (406) is legible only after exposure to the applied stimulus (203). However, application of a reversion stimulus 306 will render the unauthorized reprocessing warning (406) non-legible.
US08432276B2
An apparatus and system 10,10′,10″ for alerting a user to an environmental condition comprises a stimulus means 18,20,22 positionable with respect to the user so as to stimulate the user in a tactile manner in response to a predetermined environmental condition.
US08432257B2
Techniques are disclosed for writing data directly onto a product to record each ownership transfer. As a result, the product itself now carries a traceable, auditable, non-forgeable, non-repudiable proof of ownership (and, optionally, ownership history) that can be used in a variety of ways. This recorded ownership transfer information provides an electronic receipt, which may be used by the present owner to prove his or her ownership. (Optionally, other types of transfers may be recorded in addition to, or instead of, ownership transfers.) A transfer agent or registrar may create a unique transaction identifier to represent the transfer, and preferably creates a cryptographic signature over fields representing the transfer. This information may be recorded in a repository that is external from the product.
US08432254B2
An object is to increase the reliability of a semiconductor device which is capable of wireless communication. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of functional circuits as redundant circuits, and each of the plurality of functional circuits includes an antenna and a semiconductor integrated circuit. The plurality of functional circuits is covered with one sealing layer in which a fibrous body is impregnated with resin. Further, the semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with a transmission/reception circuit electrically connected to the antenna, a power supply circuit electrically connected to the transmission/reception circuit, and a logic circuit electrically connected to the transmission/reception circuit and the power supply circuit.
US08432252B2
An electronic device may include a housing and a finger biometric sensing area exposed on the housing. The electronic device may also include an optical indicator at least partially surrounding the finger biometric sensing area and exposed on the housing. The electronic device may also include a controller for performing at least one function based upon the finger biometric sensing area, and activating the optical indicator based upon communications with a remote web site.
US08432249B2
An advanced transitional cup (ATC) for training developing children and developmentally-challenged individuals to drink from a cup. The ATC includes a lid with a small fluid aperture and an electric air valve. A microcontroller located in the base of the ATC converts a user-defined “flow rate” into a PWM voltage signal that successively opens and closes the air valve. A higher flow rate results in a PWM signal that opens the air valve for longer spans of time and closes the air valve for shorter spans of time as compared to a lower flow rate, thereby allowing more air to enter the ATC and fluid to be expressed from the fluid aperture more readily. A touch sensor on the sidewall of the ATC prevents the air valve from being opened, and thus fluid from exiting the fluid aperture, unless a drinker is touching the touch sensor, thereby preventing accidental spills.
US08432248B2
To provide manufacturing method for resistor that uses metal plate as resistance body, which can obtain desired accurate resistance value without trimming resistance body even if product becomes small. The method comprises; in method for manufacturing an unit resistor that has a pair of electrodes separated by insulation film, from resistor material that is provided with a metal plate consisting of resistance material, an insulation film pattern formed on the metal plate, and an electrode region formed besides area where insulation film pattern has been formed, by piercing predetermined piercing area, wherein length E of insulation film pattern is longer than width w of piercing area, wherein width L of insulation film pattern extends or narrows along direction of length E of insulation film pattern, and wherein position X of piercing area is adjusted in extent and in direction of length E of insulation film pattern.
US08432247B2
An over-current protection device includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a resistance material disposed between the first and second electrode layers. The first electrode layer includes a first groove pattern formed on and through the first electrode layer. The first groove pattern is configured to separate the first electrode layer into a plurality of connected regions. The second electrode layer includes a second groove pattern formed on and through the second electrode layer. The second groove pattern is configured to separate the second electrode layer into a plurality of connected regions. The first and second groove patterns are further configured to be formed in an interlaced manner that when the first and second electrode layers are overlapped, the first and second groove patterns form a plurality of independent regions, which divide the resistance material into a plurality of electrically isolated and parallel connected units.
US08432245B2
A power module includes a first bobbin, a primary winding coil, a circuit board assembly and a first magnetic core assembly. The primary winding coil is wound around the first bobbin. The circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, a second winding structure, at least one current-sensing element, a rectifier circuit and an electrical connector. The second winding structure has an output terminal. The current-sensing element includes a first conductor. The first conductor is a conductive sheet. A first end of the first conductor is in contact with the output terminal of the second winding structure. A second end of the first conductor is connected to the rectifier circuit. The primary winding coil is aligned with the second winding structure of the circuit board assembly and arranged within the first magnetic core assembly. The primary winding coil and the electrical connector are electrically connected with a system board.
US08432235B2
A coupler includes a first conductive pattern provided on a substrate having insulating property, a second conductive pattern provided on the substrate and placed in opposition to the first conductive pattern, a third conductive pattern provided on the substrate, a fourth conductive pattern provided on the substrate and placed in opposition to the third conductive pattern, a ground potential portion placed around positions on the substrate where the first conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern, the third conductive pattern, and the fourth conductive pattern are placed, a first resistor connecting between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern placed in opposition to each other, and a second resistor connecting between the third conductive pattern and the fourth conductive pattern placed in opposition to each other.
US08432225B2
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for receiving an input signal and power supply information, and amplifying the input signal by a gain value determined as a function of the power supply information.
US08432213B2
The temperature dependence of detection characteristics in a wave detector circuit is suppressed. A bias resistor and/or a load resistor are/is constituted by a resistive element having a high temperature coefficient, whereby a shift in detected output along with a change in temperature of a wave detector diode included in a diode detector circuit is canceled by a shift in detected output along with a change in temperature of the bias resistor and/or a shift in detected output along with a change in temperature of the load resistor.
US08432208B2
Multi-phase, frequency coherent pulse width modulation (PWM) signals are generated that maintain PWM data-set coherency regardless of user or system events. PWM data-set coherency is accomplished by adding data buffers to hold and transfer new PWM data during a data-set update from a processor. After the data-set transfer to the data buffers is complete and when the next PWM cycle is about to start, the data-set stored in the data buffers is transferred to the active PWM registers in time for the start of the next PWM cycle.
US08432193B2
A divider has a clock generation circuit which combines a first trigger clock and a second trigger clock having a first phase difference, so as to generate a third clock having pulse edges corresponding to pulse edges of the first trigger clock and the second trigger clock; an output dividing circuit which divides the frequency of the third clock in half so as to generate a first differential output clock and a second differential output clock having a duty ratio corresponding to the first phase difference; and a phase correction circuit which detects a phase of the first output clock or the second output clock at a timing of the pulse edge of the first trigger clock or the second trigger clock, so as to generate a phase correction signal for resetting the output dividing circuit when the detected phase is not a normal phase.
US08432187B2
To provide a novel nonvolatile latch circuit and a semiconductor device using the nonvolatile latch circuit, a nonvolatile latch circuit includes a latch portion having a loop structure where an output of a first element is electrically connected to an input of a second element, and an output of the second element is electrically connected to an input of the first element; and a data holding portion configured to hold data of the latch portion. In the data holding portion, a transistor using an oxide semiconductor as a semiconductor material for forming a channel formation region is used as a switching element. In addition, a capacitor electrically connected to a source electrode or a drain electrode of the transistor is included.
US08432181B2
A reconfigurable number of at-speed pulses and reconfigurable dead cycles between pulses is utilized to enhance test coverage of an Integrated Circuit. A reconfigurable number of programmable at-speed phase-locked loop clock pulses without a dead cycle is emitted through an integrated circuit. Further, a plurality of programmable at-speed phase-locked loop clock pulses is emitted through the Integrated Circuit such that a reconfigurable number of dead cycles is between the plurality of programmable at-speed phase locked loop clock pulses. In addition, data associated with the reconfigurable number of programmable at-speed phase-locked loop clock pulses is capture. Finally, data associated with the reconfigurable number of dead cycles is captured.
US08432170B1
Apparatuses and methods of an integrated capacitance model circuit are described. A capacitance model circuit is disposed on a common carrier substrate of an integrated circuit (IC) having a capacitance-sensing device. The capacitance model circuit is configured to model a capacitance of an external sense array. The capacitance model circuit is programmable.
US08432165B2
A method for magnetic resonance spectroscopy (=MRS) or magnetic resonance imaging (=MRI) in which an NMR time-domain signal is generated by an excited transverse nuclear magnetization precessing about the applied magnetic field, whereby the RF excitation pulse is adapted to cover a whole range of NMR frequencies of interest present in the object, and time-domain signal acquisition takes place during, or during and after the application of the RF excitation pulse, is characterized in that spectral or image data are reconstructed by a matrix product of a reconstruction matrix and a vector of time-domain signal points, the reconstruction matrix being an inversion of an encoding matrix. An improved method for reconstructing spectral or image data from a time-domain signal is thereby provided which is more versatile than conventional Fourier transform.
US08432164B2
Magnetic devices incorporating magnetic composite materials are disclosed. A tunable magnetic device includes magnetic composite material and a magnetic field source. The magnetic composite material includes an insulator and magnetic material embedded in the insulator. The magnetic material has a remanent magnetization. The magnetic field source is operable to apply a magnetic field to the magnetic composite material in order to change the remanent magnetization of the magnetic material. A magnetic device for detecting a magnetic pulse includes magnetic composite material and a sensor. The magnetic composite material includes an insulator and magnetic material embedded in the insulator. The magnetic material has a remanent magnetization. The remanent magnetization changes when the magnetic composite material receives the magnetic pulse. The sensor is positioned to determine the remanent magnetization of the magnetic material. The device detects the magnetic pulse based on a change in the remanent magnetization of the magnetic composite material.
US08432155B2
A signal status diagnosing device of an external control unit, including an insulation transformer having a primary side, a secondary side and an intermediate tap at a midpoint of the primary winding, the secondary side is connected the external control unit. The device further includes a signal generating unit for generating a periodically vibrating voltage which is connected to the primary side of the insulation transformer, a switch circuit which is connected to the intermediate tap of the primary winding of the insulation transformer, the switch circuit has a switch and a resistance being connected to the intermediate tap in parallel with each other, and a current measuring unit connected to the switch circuit and configured to measure a first current which flows in the switch or the resistance to diagnose signal status of the external control unit.
US08432154B2
A multimeter having measurement terminals and configured to receive measurement signals applied to the measurement terminals and a measurement value and also configured to receive communication signals applied to the measurement terminals and extract encoded information from the communication signals. The multimeter can be included in a multimeter communication system having a device coupled to the measurement terminals of the multimeter. The device is configured to generate communication signals having encoded information and provide the communication signals to the measurement terminals of the multimeter.
US08432152B2
An apparatus (100) for feeding antenna elements of a phased array antenna, comprises: at least two transmission lines (101, 101) disposed in parallel and operated at a certain frequency as resonators, each of the transmission lines (101, 101) having a predetermined length dimensioned to be at least approximately an electrical quarter-wavelength of the operating frequency, a plurality of measuring positions provided on the transmission lines (101, 101) in spacings along the longitudinal direction (x) of the transmission lines, wherein each measuring position on one of the two transmission lines (101) faces directly a corresponding neighbored measuring position on the other transmission line (101) and such corresponding measuring positions being adjacent to each other in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the transmission lines (101, 101) form a measuring position pair, respectively, wherein each of the circuits (110, 120, 130) detects and amplifies/attenuates the measuring signals from an assigned measuring position pair associated with the transmission lines (101, 101) for a corresponding longitudinal position as a function of a resonant field in the transmission lines at the respective positions, and further adds the measured and processed signals in order to generate output signals for feeding corresponding antenna elements.
US08432147B2
In one embodiment, a power supply controller is configured to receive a sense signal (CS) having a negative value that is proportional to the input voltage. The power supply controller uses the sense signal to limit the switch (27) current through the switch responsively to the value of the input voltage.
US08432133B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system for charging a series battery, wherein the series battery is comprised of a set of banks which are connected in series, so that the same charging current passes through each bank. During the charging process, the system measures a voltage across each bank in the set of banks. The system then compares the measured voltage with a target voltage for each bank, and adjusts the charging process based on results of the comparisons between the measured voltage and the target voltage.
US08432131B2
A network-controlled charge transfer device for electric vehicles includes a control device to turn electric supply on and off to enable and disable charge transfer for electric vehicles, a transceiver to communicate requests for charge transfer with a remote server and receive communications from the remote server, and a controller, coupled with the control device and the transceiver, to cause the control device to turn the electric supply on based on communication from the remote server.
US08432129B2
A wireless charging system can optimize charging efficiency regardless of a location of a mobile terminal. The wireless charging system wirelessly charges a mobile terminal using electromagnetic induction between a first coil included in a charging pad and a second coil included in the mobile terminal. The charging pad can detect a location of the mobile terminal on the charging pad. The charging pad can move the first coil to correspond to the detected location of the mobile terminal; and supply power to the first coil and charging a battery.
US08432121B2
A method for finding an operating point of an electric motor which includes the steps of generating a perturbation signal, combining the perturbation signal with a current magnitude related to a drive system of the motor or combining the perturbation signal with a power magnitude related to the motor, yielding a combined signal, and sending, based on the combined signal, a flux adjustment signal to adjust a flux of the motor. An apparatus for finding an operating point of an electric motor comprising is also presented.
US08432118B2
An inverter comprises output switches for generating motor phase currents for application to an electrical motor based on a commanded torque. A current sensor is arranged for detecting motor phase currents applied to the electrical motor by an inverter. A voltage sensor is configured for measuring voltages applied to the electrical motor by the inverter. An output port is capable of outputting output signals of the detected motor phase currents and measured voltages for processing by a vehicle controller. The output signals are suitable for input to a vehicle controller for determining whether or not to generate an override control signal. An input port is configured for receiving the override control signal from the vehicle controller. The input port is coupled to an override input module for switching off a supply of electrical energy to the electric motor.
US08432111B2
A method of the Pulse Amplitude Modulation for the Sensorless Brushless motor, which includes a start-up circuit, a phase detect circuit, a phase commutation circuit, a driving circuit, BEMF detection circuit, and frequency detector, utilizes the control signal of the phase commutation circuit to control the driving circuit so as to drive the outer motor coil and detect the control signal for the driving motor driving circuit by a detection circuit. The motor system can be controlled to reduce the discharge speed to avoid the motor driving circuit shutdown and further speed up the start-up time for the next charging period of the motor driving circuit to achieve the effect of low speed rotation and power saving.
US08432104B2
A load current balancing circuit that operates with a direct current (DC) power supply includes at least one transformer having a first inductive element adapted to couple in series with a first load and a second inductive element adapted to couple in series with a second load. The first load is parallel to the second load. The load balancing circuit further includes at least one switch adapted to operate at one or more switching frequencies associated with at least one driving signal. The switch is configured to periodically interrupt respective current flows through the first inductive element and second inductive element substantially simultaneously.
US08432098B2
The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle. Said lighting device comprises a gas discharge lamp (1; 96) for emitting light, a starting device for providing a starting voltage for starting the gas discharge lamp (1; 96) and a control device for providing an input voltage for the starting device and an operating voltage for operation of the gas discharge lamp (1; 96). The control device is an integral part of the starting device. In order to come to grips with the problems associated with space and temperature with such lighting devices, the invention proposes that the combined starting and control device (5; 80) has a plug element (6) for connecting a vehicle power supply system voltage (7), the plug element (6) being in the form of a printed circuit board plug, which is formed by conductor tracks (21; 23) guided at an edge of a printed circuit board (20) of the starting and control device (5; 80).
US08432097B2
To provide a light emitting device that has a structure in which a light emitting element is sandwiched by two substrates to prevent moisture from penetrating into the light emitting element, and a method for manufacturing thereof. In addition, a gap between the two substrates can be controlled precisely. In the light emitting device according to the present invention, an airtight space surrounded by a sealing material with a closed pattern is kept under reduced pressure by attaching the pair of substrates under reduced pressure. A columnar or wall-shaped structure is formed between light emitting regions inside of the sealing material, in a region overlapping with the sealing material, or in a region outside of the sealing material so that the gap between the pair of substrates can be maintained precisely.
US08432096B2
A single-color EL element includes a substrate; a plurality of signal wires arranged over the substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically coupled with a respective one of the plurality of signal wires via connecting wires to constitute a matrix as a whole, the plurality of pixel electrodes being separate from one another; and a single-color EL layer arranged over the plurality of pixel electrodes.
US08432094B2
A light emitting device is provided which has a structure for lowering energy barriers at interfaces between layers of a laminate organic compound layer. A mixed layer (105) composed of a material that constitutes an organic compound layer (1) (102) and a material that constitutes an organic compound layer (2) (103) is formed at the interface between the organic compound layer (1) (102) and the organic compound layer (2) (103). The energy barrier formed between the organic compound layer (1) (102) and the organic compound layer (2) (103) thus can be lowered.
US08432081B2
The invention discloses a direct rotation-inducing generator, which comprises an iron core bracket, and a rotating shaft is arranged on the iron core bracket. A first rotary disc and a second rotary disc are respectively arranged on both ends of the rotating shaft. A first iron core is arranged on the iron core bracket and a first coil is arranged on the periphery of the iron core bracket. A first sealing plate is arranged on the first rotating disc, a first magnet is arranged on the first rotary disc or the first sealing plate, and the surface of the first magnet and the first sealing plate share a same surface. A fourth magnet is arranged on the second rotary disc, the first magnet and the fourth magnet correspond with the two ends of the first iron core, and the first magnet faces the fourth magnet by the opposite poles. One end of the first iron core is provided with a liquid storage tank, which is filled with magnetic liquid, and the end filled with magnetic liquid in the first iron core contacts with the first sealing plate. The main magnetic flux of the direct rotation-inducing generator and the magnetic flux generated by induced current are both horizontal with the iron core within the iron core, which significantly reduce the resistance effect on the relative rotation of the iron core and the magnets, thus saving the energy for power generation.
US08432070B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power transfer. A wireless power transmission receiver includes a receive antenna including a parallel resonator configured to resonate in response to a magnetic near-field and couple wireless power therefrom. The receiver further includes a passive rectifier circuit coupled to the parallel resonator. The passive rectifier circuit is configured to transform a load impedance to the parallel resonator.
US08432069B2
A vehicle electrical system comprises a generator and a control device coupled with the generator and operable to protect the generator from catastrophic failure while providing the electrical load in the electrical system with sufficient electrical power. The control device determines a loss of symmetry between two alternating phase signals generated by a first and second phase windings of a single or multiple stator generator. In particular, the control device determines a first and second average values of two of the two or more alternating phase signals and either limits or ceases the total electrical output current of the generator, via a generator output power controller, when the first average value differs from the second average value by a predetermined value. The control device may alternatively be configured to generate an error signal without varying the generator's total electrical output current even in the event of a malfunction.
US08432068B2
A normally-open pushbutton switch is coupled to and cooperates with a pair of MOSFETs to provide a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor the pushbutton switch while awaiting operation of the pushbutton switch to cause the personal audio device to be powered on.
US08432060B2
For a device for the electrical actuation of a safety-critical system, having at least two terminals, at least one switch, an operator control element, by means of which at least two operating states for the system are selectable, by means of which switching positions of the at least one switch are determined, it is proposed that at least one current direction element is provided, so that for at least one of the at least two operating states a unidirectional current flow occurs between the at least two terminals.
US08432057B2
Pliant, or compliant mechanisms for extracting electrical energy or useful work from a moving fluid are described. Persistent deformations in flexible elements are maintained with deformation retaining, or restraining components. The deformation retaining components may, in various embodiments, include rigid or tensile members, elastic coils, and/or the like. The deformations of the mechanisms may be configured so as to receive forces from moving fluid and transfer those forces in a variety of ways so as to pump fluid or generate electricity from this pumped fluid, or to generate electricity from material strains induced by moving fluid.
US08432054B2
A wind turbine has a rotor; a hydraulic pump coupled to the rotor, two or more variable displacement hydraulic motors which are driven by fluid flow from the hydraulic pump, at least one generator coupled to the variable displacement hydraulic motors and a closed loop hydraulic oil circuit for carrying pressurized oil from the hydraulic pump to the motors and to return oil to the pump from the motors. A controller in the closed loop hydraulic oil circuit controls the flow of oil in the closed loop circuit and displacement in each of the variable displacement hydraulic motors. Control of flow in and out of the motor for each revolution of that motor controls the flow to the hydraulic pump which has a fixed displacement, thereby controlling its rpm, thereby controlling the rotor rpm. A hydraulic accumulator can be provided in the closed loop.
US08432050B2
In a wind turbine/generator having a rotatable hub, at least one blade rotatably secured to the hub, a pitch control system for adjusting pitch of each blade, the pitch control system located within the rotatable hub, a stationary nacelle, and a slip ring assembly at a junction of an electrical circuit between the rotatable hub and the stationary nacelle, the slip ring assembly operatively arranged for transmission of electrical signals between equipment located within the rotating hub and equipment located within the stationary nacelle, an apparatus for grid loss ride-through for the pitch control system, comprising for example, operational amplifiers for sensing and monitoring power on the rotating side of the slip ring assembly, and, a contactor coil, for example, for supplying power to the pitch control system from a backup power source when the sensed power drops to a predetermined level.
US08432042B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for relieving stress and providing improved heat management in a 3D chip stack of a multichip package. A stress relief apparatus is provided to allow the chip stack to adjust in response to pressure, thereby relieving stress applied to the chip stack. Additionally, improved heat management is provided such that the chip stack adjusts in response to thermal energy generated within the chip stack to remove heat from between chips of the stack, thereby allowing the chips to operate as desired without compromising the performance of the chip stack. The chip stack also includes an array of flexible conductors disposed between two chips, thereby providing an electrical connection between the two chips.
US08432035B2
During the fabrication of sophisticated metallization systems of semiconductor devices, material deterioration of conductive cap layers may be significantly reduced by providing a noble metal on exposed surface areas after the patterning of the corresponding via openings. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided that includes a metallization system formed above a substrate. The metallization system includes a metal line formed in a dielectric layer and having a top surface. The metallization system also includes a conductive cap layer formed on the top surface. A via extends through the conductive cap layer and connects to the top surface of the metal line. A conductive barrier layer is formed on sidewalls of the via. An interface layer is formed of a noble metal between the conductive cap layer and the conductive barrier layer and between the top surface of the metal line and the conductive barrier layer.
US08432034B2
An embodiment is directed to an IC mounting assembly that comprises an IC device having a first planar surface, wherein multiple electrically conductive first terminals are located at the first surface. The assembly further comprises an IC device mounting platform having a second planar surface in closely spaced relationship with the first surface, wherein multiple electrically conductive second terminals are located at the second surface, each second terminal corresponding to one of the first terminals. A solder element extends between each first terminal and its corresponding second terminal, and a constraining element is fixably joined to the second surface, wherein the constraining element has a CTE which is selectively less than the CTE of the mounting platform at the second surface. The constraining element is provided with a number of holes or apertures, and each hole is traversed by a solder element that extends between a first terminal and its corresponding second terminal.
US08432030B2
A power electronic package includes: first and second high thermal conductivity insulating non-planar substrates; and multiple semiconductor chips and electronic components between the substrates. Each substrate includes multiple electrical insulator layers and patterned electrical conductor layers connecting to the electronic components, and further includes multiple raised regions or posts, which are bonded together so that the substrates are mechanically and electrically connected. The number, arrangement, and shape of the raised regions or posts are adjusted to have mechanical separation between the substrates. The electrical conductor layers are separated and isolated one another so that multiple electric circuits are provided on at least one of the substrates.
US08432027B2
An integrated circuit die stack including a first integrated circuit die mounted upon a substrate, the first die including pass-through vias (‘PTVs’) composed of conductive pathways through the first die with no connection to any circuitry on the first die; and a second integrated circuit die, identical to the first die, rotated with respect to the first die and mounted upon the first die, with the PTVs in the first die connecting signal lines from the substrate through the first die to through silicon vias (‘TSVs’) in the second die composed of conductive pathways through the second die connected to electronic circuitry on the second die; with the TSVs and PTVs disposed upon each identical die so that the positions of the TSVs and PTVs on each identical die are rotationally symmetrical with respect to the TSVs and PTVs on the other identical die.
US08432024B2
An integrated circuit includes a chip including a copper bond pad metallization, and a copper bond wire including a copper ball. The copper ball is bonded directly to the copper bond pad.
US08432023B1
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor package (e.g., a QFP package) including a uniquely configured leadframe sized and configured to maximize the available number of exposed leads in the semiconductor package. More particularly, the semiconductor package of the present invention includes a generally planar die pad or die paddle defining multiple peripheral edge segments. In addition, the semiconductor package includes a plurality of leads. Some of these leads include exposed bottom surface portions which are provided in at least two concentric rows or rings which at least partially circumvent the die pad, with other leads including portions which protrude from respective side surfaces of a package body of the semiconductor package. Connected to the top surface of the die pad is at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to at least some of the leads. At least portions of the die pad, the leads, and the semiconductor die are encapsulated by the package body, with at least portions of the bottom surfaces of the die paddle and some of the leads being exposed in a common exterior surface of the package body.
US08432010B2
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device including a solid-state image pickup element operable to produce an electric charge according to the amount of light received, a lens disposed on the upper side of a pixel of the solid-state image pickup element, a protective film which covers the upper side of the lens and a surface of which is flattened, and a surface film which is formed at the surface of the protective film and which is higher in hydrophilicity than the inside of the protective film.
US08432008B2
Package (BT) for vacuum encapsulation of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) provided with an electrically conductive element intended to be soldered to said package (BT), said package (BT) comprising a metallized base (FM), designed to be soldered to said microelectromechanical system (MEMS), and output electrical contacts (CES), electrically connected to electrical-contact elements of said microelectromechanical system. Said metallized base (FM) comprises a plurality of metallized surface portions (PSM), respectively bounded by an unmetallized solder stop region, and respectively connected to the rest of the metallized base (FM) by a metallized track (PTEM), having a small width relative to the corresponding width of said portion (PSM), said metallized surface portions (PSM) being designed to be soldered to said microelectromechanical system (MEMS).
US08432006B2
A method that includes forming an opening between at least one first electrode and a second electrode by forming a recess in a first electrode layer, the recess having sidewalls that correspond to a surface of the at least one first electrode, forming a first sacrificial layer on the sidewalls of the recess, the first sacrificial layer having a first width that corresponds to a second width of the opening, forming a second electrode layer in the recess that corresponds to the second electrode, and removing the first sacrificial layer to form the opening between the second electrode and the at least one first electrode.
US08431999B2
A low capacitance transient voltage suppressor is disclosed. The suppressor comprises an N-type heavily doped substrate and an epitaxial layer formed on the substrate. At least one steering diode structure formed in the epitaxial layer comprises a diode lightly doped well and a first P-type lightly doped well, wherein a P-type heavily doped area is formed in the diode lightly doped well and a first N-type heavily doped area and a second P-type heavily doped area are formed in the first P-type lightly doped well. A second P-type lightly doped well having two N-type heavily doped areas is formed in the epitaxial layer. In addition, an N-type heavily doped well and at least one deep isolation trench are formed in the epitaxial layer, wherein the trench has a depth greater than or equal to depths of all the doped wells, so as to separate at least one doped well.
US08431997B2
It is an object to solve inhibition of miniaturization of an element and complexity of a manufacturing process thereof. It is another object to provide a nonvolatile memory device and a semiconductor device having the memory device, in which data can be additionally written at a time besides the manufacturing time and in which forgery caused by rewriting of data can be prevented. It is further another object to provide an inexpensive nonvolatile memory device and semiconductor device. A memory element is manufactured in which a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer that is beside the first conductive layer, and conductive fine particles of each surface which is covered with an organic film are deposited over an insulating film. The conductive fine particles are deposited between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US08431996B2
Disclosed is a plasma processing apparatus, wherein a plasma-generating electrode has a plurality of gas exhaust holes which run through the plasma-generating electrode from the surface facing a substrate held by a substrate-holding mechanism, and reach a gas exhaust chamber; gas-feeding pipes, provided connected to a gas-introducing pipe, have gas-feeding ports for discharging source gas toward the inside of the plurality of gas exhaust holes; and the gas-feeding pipes and the gas-feeding ports are arranged in a manner such that extended lines, representing the direction of the flow of the source gas discharged from the gas-feeding ports, intersect the end surface open regions at the interface of the gas exhaust chamber to the gas exhaust holes. Also disclosed is a method of producing the amorphous silicon thin film using the plasma processing apparatus.
US08431995B2
A method for fabricating recessed drain regions of aggressively scaled CMOS devices. In this method a processing sequence of plasma etch, deposition, followed by plasma etch is used to controllably form recessed regions of the drain in the channel of a thin body, much less than 40 nm, device to enable subsequent epitaxial growth of SiGe, SiC, or other materials, and a consequent increase in the device and ring oscillator performance. A Field Effect Transistor device is also provided, which includes: a buried oxide layer; a silicon layer above the buried oxide layer; an isotropically recessed drain region; and a gate stack which includes a gate dielectric, a conductive material, and a spacer.
US08431993B2
A method is disclosed for attaching an interconnection plate to semiconductor die within leadframe package. A base leadframe is provided with die pad for attaching semiconductor die. An interconnection plate is provided for attachment to the base leadframe and semiconductor die. Add a base registration feature onto base leadframe and a plate registration feature onto interconnection plate with the registration features designed to match each other such that, upon approach of the interconnection plate to base leadframe, the two registration features would engage and guide each other causing concomitant self-aligned attachment of the interconnection plate to base leadframe. Next, the interconnection plate is brought into close approach to base leadframe to engage and lock plate registration feature to base registration feature hence completing attachment of the interconnection plate to semiconductor die and forming a leadframe package.
US08431988B2
A lateral trench transistor has a semiconductor body having a source region, a source contact, a body region, a drain region, and a gate trench, in which a gate electrode which is isolated from the semiconductor body is embedded. A heavily doped semiconductor region is provided within the body region or adjacent to it, and is electrically connected to the source contact, and whose dopant type corresponds to that of the body region.
US08431956B2
A light emitting chip includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a cap layer and a light emitting structure. The buffer layer is formed on the substrate and includes a carbon nano tube structure substantially parallel to the substrate. The carbon nano tube structure is comprised of nitride semiconductor. The cap layer grows from the buffer layer. The light emitting structure is formed on the cap layer. The light emitting structure sequentially includes a first cladding layer connected to the cap layer, a light emitting layer, and a second cladding layer.
US08431946B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a chip package which includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; an optical device disposed on the first surface; a conducting pad disposed on the first surface; a first alignment mark formed on the first surface; and a light shielding layer disposed on the second surface and having a second alignment mark, wherein the second alignment mark corresponds to the first alignment mark.
US08431933B2
A memory layout structure is disclosed, in which, a lengthwise direction of each active area and each row of active areas form an included angle not equal to zero and not equal to 90 degrees, bit lines and word lines cross over each other above the active areas, the bit lines are each disposed above a row of active areas, bit line contact plugs or node contact plugs may be each disposed entirely on an source/drain region, or partially on the source/drain region and partially extend downward along a sidewall (edge wall) of the substrate of the active area to carry out a sidewall contact. Self-aligned node contact plugs are each disposed between two adjacent bit lines and between two adjacent word lines.
US08431927B2
A thin film transistor including: a substrate; a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode and exposed portions of the substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer to correspond to the gate electrode, and comprising an HfInZnO-based oxide semiconductor, wherein the concentration of Hf is from about 9 to about 15 at % based on 100 at % of the total concentration of Hf, In, and Zn; and source and drain regions respectively formed to extend on both sides of the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate insulating layer.
US08431925B2
Organic electronic devices, compositions, and methods are disclosed that employ electrically conductive nanowires and conducting materials such as conjugated polymers such as sulfonated regioregular polythiophenes which provide high device performance such as good solar cell efficiency. Devices requiring transparent conductors that are resilient to physical stresses can be fabricated, with reduced corrosion problems.
US08431918B2
The invention relates to an electronic device, comprising a field effect transistor and a resistive switch electrically coupled with each other, wherein the resistive switch is configured to be switched between a state of low resistance and a state of high resistance.
US08431914B2
A charged particle beam writer system is disclosed comprising a generator for a charged particle beam having a beam blur radius, wherein the beam blur radius may be varied from shot to shot, or between two or more groups of shots. A method for fracturing or mask data preparation or optical proximity correction is also disclosed comprising assigning a beam blur radius variation to each calculated charged particle beam writer shot. A method for forming a pattern on a surface is also disclosed comprising using a charged particle beam writer system and varying the beam blur radius from shot to shot. A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit using optical lithography is also disclosed, comprising using a charged particle beam writer system to form a pattern on a reticle, and varying the beam blur radius of the charged particle beam writer system from shot to shot.
US08431907B2
A particle beam treatment device includes an irradiation nozzle which moves a particle beam in a direction which is perpendicular to an advancing direction; a dose monitor which measures the dose of the particle beam; a planning part which sets the irradiation dose applied to a target volume; and a controlling part which controls the irradiation dose applied to a target volume based on irradiation dose set value which is set by a value measured by the dose monitor and the planning part, wherein the planning part stores the absorbed dose distribution data in the depth direction which is prepared in advance using the absorbed dose at the reference depth which is a predetermined position nearer to an incident side of the particle beam than the position of Bragg peak as the reference and calculates the irradiation dose set value using the absorbed dose at the reference depth.
US08431902B2
The present invention provides a radiographic imaging device that may image radiographic images with high sharpness while suppressing a drop in sensitivity. Namely, a radiation detector, in which a scintillator that generates light due to irradiation of radiation and a TFT substrate on which plural sensor portions configured including an organic photoelectric conversion material that generates electric charges by receiving light are disposed are sequentially layered, is positioned in such a way that radiation that has passed through a subject is made incident from the TFT substrate side.
US08431899B2
A passive infrared ray sensor of the present invention includes a plurality of detecting elements 2 and 3 for detecting infrared rays of light emanating from an intruder H present in different detection areas A1 and A2 of a detection region A, and a detection processing unit 6 including a plurality of individual signal processing subunits 7A, 7B each operable to perform a signal processing subject to a detection signal fed from the respective detection element 2 or 3, whereby when the detection signal from at least one of the detecting elements 2 and 3 indicates a detection of a noise other than the intruder, the signal processing of such detecting element 2 or 3 is halted.
US08431880B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate including a pixel portion having a photoelectric conversion portion and a peripheral circuit portion; a first sidewall composed of a sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the pixel portion; a second sidewall composed of the sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the peripheral circuit portion; a first silicide blocking film composed of the sidewall film and disposed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a part of the MOS transistors in the pixel portion; and a second silicide blocking film disposed on the MOS transistors in the pixel portion so as to overlap with a part of the first silicide blocking film, wherein the MOS transistors in the pixel portion are covered with the first and second silicide blocking films.
US08431878B2
A microwave furnace that can operate at least 1700° C. having a furnacing chamber within a retaining cavity. The chamber is at least partly surrounded by microwave transparent insulation. At least one susceptor is at least partly between the insulation and the chamber. The susceptor at least in part is a specially formulated sintered coarse grain polycrystalline β alumina capable of absorbing microwave energy from room temperature to its maximum use temperature. The furnace has a power system providing microwave energy to activate the susceptor. A temperature sensor may be provided that has an infrared channeling tube to conduct an infrared signal from the chamber to a pyrometer for converting the infrared signal to an electrical signal proportional to temperature within the microwave chamber. The electrical signal is then used to signal the power supply to control temperature by controlling energy to the susceptor.
US08431874B2
A high-capacity positive temperature coefficient heater, may include a plurality of positive temperature coefficient rods, wherein each of the positive temperature coefficient rods has a built-in positive temperature coefficient element that generates heat when electric power is supplied thereto, a plurality of heat-radiating fins attached to either side of the positive temperature coefficient rods along a longitudinal direction thereof, an upper housing coupled to one ends of the positive temperature coefficient rods, and a lower housing coupled to the other ends of the positive temperature coefficient rods, wherein the heat radiating fins are bonded to the positive temperature coefficient rods by heat conductive adhesive.
US08431872B2
A countertop cooking device such as a slow cooker or rice cooker which operates to initially reach a heat within the cooking cavity sufficient for sauteeing or braising food. A microprocessor communicating with a temperature sensor monitors the cooking cavity in order to sense drops in temperature. When a sudden drop in temperature occurs due to the addition of liquid to the cooking cavity, the device is caused to drop to a lower cooking temperature appropriate for boiling, simmering, or maintaining food warmth.
US08431870B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling a wiper blade with heating elements embedded therein and coupled to a wiper arm of a vehicle to wipe a glass surface while moving together with the wiper arm. The method includes: detecting the operation or not of an engine of a vehicle; detecting the external temperature outside of the vehicle; and automatically supplying power to the heating elements based on the detected information on the operation of the engine and the temperature information. A wiper blade with heating elements capable of optimally maintaining a condition of the wiper blade even when the external temperature is low is also provided.
US08431863B2
A welder includes a housing enclosing one or more welding circuits communicated with power output studs for establishing a welding arc. A generally rigid bracket may be included that is affixed to an exterior of the housing, which may include first and second spaced apart support arms extending from a bracket, where the first support arm includes a first supporting surface facing a first direction, and where the second support arm includes a second supporting surface facing a second opposite direction for supporting the associated welding gun in a cantilevered configuration. A cable cradle is also included that extends from a second, distal end of the bracket.
US08431861B2
A laser beam having an annular spot shape with which a workpiece is irradiated is reflected on an upper surface and a lower surface of the workpiece. The reflected light having the annular spot shape which is reflected on the lower surface of the workpiece is intercepted by a pinhole mask, whereas the reflected light having the annular spot shape which is reflected on the upper surface of the workpiece is permitted to pass through the pinhole mask, and the intensity of light received is detected based on the latter reflected light. Therefore, the height position of the upper surface of a workpiece can be detected even where the workpiece is transmissive to visible rays. In this case, with regard to the reflected light having the annular spot shape which is reflected on the upper surface of the workpiece, the intensity of the light after diffusion by a laser beam diffusing unit is detected by a photodetector having a detecting surface with a predetermined area. This makes it possible to assuredly and accurately detect the upper surface height position of the workpiece, even in the presence of scattering of the annular spot shape.
US08431859B2
A stress treatment device has an operating unit including a head unit performing peening by irradiating an inside of a hole formed in a structure with laser to form a compressive stress region in the hole; a laser unit having an optical fiber guiding the laser to the head unit; a jetting unit jetting liquid into the hole; and a support part supporting the optical fiber in a manner of allowing the jetted liquid to flow through and being fixed in the head unit.
US08431858B2
The seam welding apparatus welds a workpiece held by a robot while delivering the workpiece between a pair of electrode rolls. The seam welding apparatus includes a load cell mounted on the robot, for detecting a load imposed along a Y direction which is perpendicular to a pressing direction Z along which the electrode rolls press the workpiece at a weld point and a delivering direction X along which the robot delivers the workpiece at the weld point, a robot controller and an arithmetic unit, a turning mechanism for turning the electrode rolls about the pressing direction Z, and a control device for controlling the turning mechanism to operate depending on the magnitude of the load in the Y direction detected by the load cell.
US08431854B2
The present invention provides a method for tandem gas metal arc welding using a leading electrode and a trailing electrode, wherein a shielding gas for the leading electrode is a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; a shielding gas for the trailing electrode is argon, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and oxygen, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the trailing electrode is lower than the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the leading electrode.
US08431851B2
Slide switch assemblies with structural enhancements are provided for use in electronic devices. Slide switch assemblies in accordance with embodiments the invention can include a button, an engagement member, and switch box. The engagement member couples the button to the switch box and translates any movement of the button to the switch box. The switch box is mounted offset with respect to the button because another component such as, for example, a display screen occupies the space that would have been a better mounting position for the switch box. To compensate for the offset, and the added torsion that is applied to the engagement member during button movement events, the engagement member is structurally enhanced.
US08431848B2
A pressure switch is disclosed, comprising: a spool forming a pressure sensitive end; an actuating rod extended into the spool and slidable over a limited range within the pressure switch under external fluid pressure on the pressure sensitive end; a switch housing containing a switch operatively connected to the actuating rod; and a cylindrical connector terminating in a first axial end and a second axial end, the cylindrical connector being threaded into the spool at the first axial end and into the switch housing at the second axial end. A pressure switch is also disclosed comprising: a housing defining an interior bore that terminates in a pressure sensitive end of the housing; an actuating rod slidable over a limited range within the interior bore under external fluid pressure on the pressure sensitive end; a switch, within the housing, operatively connected to the actuating rod; and outwardly extending fins mounted on the housing.
US08431841B2
A rangefinder, for locating an object moving parallel to a planar surface, is rigidly attached to a carrier that is pivotably movable between an obverse position and a reverse position relative to a planar surface. Preferably, an orienting mechanism is provided for determining which position, obverse or reverse, the carrier and rangefinder are in. Preferably, a pivot, for pivoting the carrier and the rangefinder between the two positions, is rigidly attached either to the plane surface or to an attachment mechanism for reversibly attaching the carrier to the planar surface.
US08431835B2
A method for making a packaging device for an electronic element includes: preparing a ceramic frame body defined with a hollow space for receiving the electronic element therein; preparing a ceramic substrate having a copper layer formed thereon; etching the copper layer to form a predetermined copper pattern on an upper surface of the ceramic substrate; placing the ceramic frame body onto the upper surface of the ceramic substrate and in contact with the copper pattern; and heating the ceramic frame body and the ceramic substrate such that the copper pattern bonds the ceramic frame body to the ceramic substrate. A packaging device for an electronic element is also disclosed.
US08431833B2
A printed wiring board includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface and a through-hole extending between the first and second surfaces, a first conductive circuit formed on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit formed on the second surface of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor filling the through-hole and connecting the first and second conductive circuits. The through-hole has a first opening portion tapering from the first surface toward the second surface and a second opening portion tapering from the second surface toward the first surface. The substrate is made of a resin and a reinforcing material portion in the resin. The reinforcing material portion has a protruding portion protruding into the through-hole at the intersection of the first and second opening portions. The protruding portion encroaches into the through-hole conductor.
US08431816B2
An apparatus and methods for solar conversion using nanoscale cometal structures are disclosed herein. The cometal structures may be coaxial and coplanar. A nanoscale optics apparatus for use as a solar cell comprises a plurality of nanoscale cometal structures each including a photovoltaic material located between a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor. A method of fabricating solar cells comprises preparing a plurality of nanoscale planar structures; coating a plurality of planar surfaces of the plurality of planar structures with a photovoltaic semiconductor while leaving space between the plurality of planar surfaces; and coating the photovoltaic semiconductor with an outer electrical conductor layer, wherein a portion of the outer electrical conductor layer is located between the planar structures to form coplanar structures.
US08431814B2
A laser pick-up apparatus and method for a stringed musical instrument. The laser pick-up includes a laser diode affixed to the musical instrument. The laser diode is capable of generating a laser beam. The laser pick-up also includes a photodetector affixed to the musical instrument adjacent the laser diode. The photodetector is capable of detecting light from the laser beam. The photodetector includes a conversion mechanism for converting the detected light into electrical signals. The laser diode is positioned on the musical instrument to direct the laser beam toward the string. The laser beam is reflected off the string and received by the photodetector. The photodetector then converts the detected light from the reflected laser beam into electrical signals which provide sound to an amplifier.
US08431812B2
Storage section stores therein a plurality of tone data sets each representative of a tone waveform but also a plurality of character data sets in association with the tone data sets, each of the character data sets representing content of the tone waveform, represented by the corresponding tone data set, in character quanta. Display control section causes a display section to display an image with some of the stored tone data sets as selection candidates. Selection section is provided for a user to select at least one of the tone data sets displayed as the selection candidates. Identification section searches for and identifies a plurality of character data sets similar to the character data set corresponding to the user-selected tone data set. The display control section causes the display section to further display an image of a plurality of the tone data sets associated with the identified character data sets.
US08431808B2
To provide a drum holding structure that does not impair the resonance feature or the sound quality that the drum originally possesses, that is free of occurrence of strains or twists in the drum constituents despite a long term of use, and that is excellent in terms of workability, and a drum held by the holding structure.A holding structure for fixing a drum 1 to a drum holding rod 9, in which an elongated plate-like holder member 3 extending circumferentially is held by, out of a plurality of bottom-side lugs 2 and 2A arranged on the bottom side of the drum 1, at least two successive prescribed bottom-side lugs 2A arranged circumferentially. The holder member 3 is provided with a bracket member 4 for the drum holding rod 9 to thereby hold the drum 1.
US08431802B1
A novel maize variety designated PHVCJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHVCJ with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHVCJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHVCJ or a locus conversion of PHVCJ with another maize variety.
US08431799B1
A soybean cultivar designated 12245180 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 12245180, to the plants of soybean cultivar 12245180, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 12245180, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 12245180. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 12245180. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 12245180, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 12245180 with another soybean cultivar.
US08431798B1
A soybean cultivar designated S110136 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S110136, to the plants of soybean cultivar S110136, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S110136, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S110136. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110136. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110136, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S110136 with another soybean cultivar.
US08431793B1
A soybean cultivar designated 11133031 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11133031, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11133031, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11133031, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11133031. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11133031. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11133031, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11133031 with another soybean cultivar.
US08431787B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1023844. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1023844. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1023844 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1023844 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08431785B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024750. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024750. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024750 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024750 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08431783B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024748. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024748. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024748 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024748 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08431774B1
The invention is a plant-based production of biologically active avian interleukin-12 protein and functional units for increasing the protective and/or immunological response in an animal, for use as an adjuvant with a vaccine to control avian infectious diseases, and methods of producing and using the same. Specifically, avian interleukin-12 was produced from a plant-based expression system and demonstrated that it stimulates production of immune responses in birds.
US08431773B2
The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants.
US08431768B2
A system including: (i) a methodology for targeted cellular ablation in zebrafish; (ii) a methodology for regional cellular ablation in zebrafish. These methodologies are used to identify drug compounds that influence cellular regeneration for the purpose of developing therapies for degenerative conditions. Transgenic zebrafish disclosed herein contain transgenic constructs composed of: (i) cell and/or tissue-type specific regulatory elements (e.g. promoter and/or enhancer regions) which delimit expression of operably linked gene product(s) to discrete cellular populations; (ii) a gene product that promotes cellular ablation composed of a pro-drug conversion system capable of converting nontoxic pro-drugs into cytotoxic drugs, which is expressed alone or in connection with; (iii) a reporter gene product that allows selective detection of cells expressing the reporter—both prior to (initial cells) and following cellular ablation (regenerated cells).
US08431762B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid process comprising an adsorption process and a distillation process for the separation of butene-1 from a C4 hydrocarbon mixture gas including butene-1, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene, normal butane, isobutane, etc. The above hybrid process comprises introducing a gaseous C4 mixture into the adsorption tower loaded with adsorbents which adsorb olefins selectively to discharge C4 paraffins to the outlet of the tower, desorbing C4 olefins selectively adsorbed in the adsorption tower to produce high purity C4 olefins mixture gas in which isobutane and normal butane was removed, and separating the high C4 olefins mixture gas (a mixture of butene-1, trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene, and a trace amount of C4 paraffins) via distillation to obtain high purity butene-1 including a trace amount of isobutane in the top of the distillation tower and obtain a mixture gas including trans-2-butene, cis-2-butene and a trace amount of normal butane in the bottom of the tower.
US08431751B1
New polymeric quaternary ammonium compounds with vicinal hydroxyl groups are disclosed. These compounds are useful as disinfectants in contact lens care compositions and/or as preservatives in ophthalmic compositions. Compositions containing these compounds are also disclosed. These compositions are especially useful for disinfecting/cleaning contact lenses.
US08431748B2
The present invention relates to a hydroxy-sulphureous acid, to a method for preparation of the hydroxysulphureous acid and to products based on said hydroxysulphureous acid, to methods for preparation of said products and to use of said products, wherein said hydroxysulphureous acid is used as building blocks for polymer systems, e g aqueous polymer systems such as inks, coatings, and adhesives.
US08431744B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a magnesium formate-based porous metal-organic framework, which comprises the steps (a) addition of magnesium or magnesium oxide to formic acid; (b) stirring of the reaction mixture at at least 75° C.; (c) isolation of the solid from the resulting suspension by filtration.
US08431743B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing acrylic acid by two-stage heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propylene, in which the propylene source used is a preceding propane dehydrogenation and in which the first oxidation stage is operated with restricted propylene conversion, and unconverted propane and propylene present in the product gas mixture of the second partial oxidation stage are recycled substantially into the preceding propane dehydrogenation.
US08431734B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of N,N′-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)-ethylenediamine-N,N′-diacetic acid and its derivatives of general formula (I), wherein both R have the same meaning and are selected from H, C1-C4alkyl, CH2OH, SO3M, and COOM; and all M have the same meaning and represent hydrogen atom, Na, K or NH4; which comprises reductive amination of glyoxylic acid with a salan compound of general formula (II), in the presence of an amine proton acceptor. The compounds of formula (I) can be used as chelating agents for micronutrients in fertilizer preparations for plants.
US08431732B2
Process for the manufacture of methyl acetate by carbonylating a carbonylatable reactant selected from dimethyl ether and dimethyl carbonate containing less than 2.5 wt % water with carbon monoxide in the presence of a mordenite catalyst. The mordenite has been ion-exchanged with at least one Group IB metal, and the molar ratio of the Group IB metal to total aluminum present in the mordenite is in the range 5 to 50 mol %.
US08431731B2
Disclosed is a method for reducing the appearance of a fine line or wrinkle on skin comprising topically applying to said fine line or wrinkle a composition comprising a glyceryl di-salicylate compound having the following structure: wherein the composition further includes a glyceryl mono-salicylate compound, and wherein the composition reduces the appearance of said fine line or wrinkle on skin.
US08431728B2
The invention relates to a process for the ammonolysis of 11-aminoundecanoic acid, carried out under conditions that make it possible to limit secondary reactions that produce impurities, especially secondary amine type reactions, while considerably reducing the reaction time. According to the invention, the process comprises the following steps: i) a step of dispersing 11-bromoundecanoic acid, molten or non-molten, in an aqueous solution of ammonia, and ii) an ammonolysis step comprising the reaction of 11-bromoundecanoic acid with excess ammonia water under conditions whereby the reaction medium is stirred and heated gradually so as to obtain 11-aminoundecanoc acid with total consumption of the 11-bromoundecanoic acid.
US08431719B1
Disclosed are precursors having a pyrrolecarbaldiminates ligand and methods of synthesizing the same. The pyrrolecarbaldiminates ligand may be substituted.
US08431713B2
Provided are compounds having the Formula I or salts thereof, wherein R2, L, R3, R11, D2 and R13 are as defined herein, that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases mediated by deficient levels of glucokinase activity, such as diabetes mellitus. Also provided are methods of treating or preventing diseases and disorders characterized by underactivity of glucokinase or which can be treated by activating glucokinase.
US08431712B2
The invention provides non-oxidative methods for the large scale manufacture of pyridoxamine (I) (4-aminomethyl-3-hydroxy-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyridine): and salts thereof. The invention also provides intermediate compounds for the synthesis of pyridoxamine, as well as compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of conditions associated with the formation of post-Amadori advanced glycation end-products.
US08431701B2
The invention provides a process for the N-alkylation of normorphinan compounds to produce N-alkylated morphinan compounds. In particular, the process relates to the alkylation of a normorphinan compound by a carboxaldehyde in the presence of a reducing agent to form an N-alkylated morphinan.
US08431691B2
The present invention provides methods for determining a nucleic acid sequence by performing successive cycles of duplex extension along a single stranded template. The cycles comprise steps of extension, ligation, and, preferably, cleavage. In certain embodiments the methods make use of extension probes containing phosphorothiolate linkages and employ agents appropriate to cleave such linkages. The invention provides methods of determining information about a sequence using at least two distinguishably labeled probe families. In certain embodiments the methods acquire less than 2 bits of information from each of a plurality of nucleotides in the template in each cycle. In certain embodiments the sequencing reactions are performed on templates attached to immobilized beads. The invention further provides sets of labeled probes containing phosphorothiolate linkages. In addition, the invention includes performing multiple sequencing reactions on a single template by removing initializing oligonucleotides and extended strands and performing subsequent reactions using different initializing oligonucleotides.
US08431685B2
This invention relates to compositions for the sustained release of biologically active polypeptides, and methods of forming and using said compositions, for the sustained release of biologically active polypeptides. The sustained release compositions of this invention comprise a biocompatible polymer having dispersed therein, a biologically active polypeptide and a sugar.
US08431679B2
A polyphenylene sulfide resin coated article comprising: a molded article (A) of a polyphenylene sulfide resin material (a) which comprises a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a1), and a coated film layer (B) which is formed by applying a coating which comprises as a solid component a chlorinated polyolefin resin (b1) having a chlorine atom content of 20 to 45% by mass on the surface of the molded article (A).
US08431676B2
The invention described herein relates to a polyarylene copolymer comprising a structural unit represented by formula (1′): where the structural variables are defined herein. The invention also relates to a solid polymer electrolyte, a proton conductive membrane and A proton conductive membrane for direct methanol fuel cell which contains the polyarylene copolymer.
US08431670B2
Silsesquioxane polymers, silsesquioxane polymers in negative tone photo-patternable dielectric formulations, methods of forming structures using negative tone photo-patternable dielectric formulations containing silsesquioxane polymers, and structures made from silsesquioxane polymers.
US08431669B2
This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
US08431668B2
Branched polydiorganosiloxane polyamide, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting one or more amine compounds including at least one polyamine with a precursor having at least one polydiorganosiloxane segment and at least two ester groups.
US08431663B2
A polymer and a method for producing same are provided, which includes a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein: each of A1, A2, A3, and A4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, a silyl group, a siloxy group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, an amide group, an imide group, or a hydrocarbon thio group; each of A1, A2, A3, and A4 is independently any of these groups at different carbons to which the each of A1, A2, A3, and A4 is bonded, and A1, A2, A3, and A4 may be bonded to each other; and each of m, n, and k is independently an integer in a range of 2 to 20.
US08431662B2
This invention relates to a polymacromonomer comprising at least one macromonomer and from 0 to 20 wt % of a C2 to C12 comonomer, wherein the macromonomer has vinyl termination of at least 70%, and wherein the polymacromonomer has: a) a g value of less than 0.6, b) an Mw of greater than 30,000 g/mol, c) an Mn of greater than 20,000 g/mol, d) a branching index (g′)vis of less than 0.5, e) less than 25% vinyl terminations, f) at least 70 wt % macromonomer, based upon the weight of the polymacromonomer, g) from 0 to 20 wt % aromatic containing monomer, based upon the weight of the polymacromonomer and h) optionally, a melting point of 50° C. or more. This invention also relates to processes to make such polymacromonomers.
US08431655B2
The invention provides epoxy and oxetane compositions including the novel acyloxy and N-acyl curing agents described herein. Use of invention curing agents result in cured adhesive compositions with remarkably increased adhesion and reduced hydrophilicity when compared to resins cured with other types of curing agents. Furthermore, the curatives of this invention do not interfere with free-radical cure and are thus suited for use in hybrid cure thermoset compositions.
US08431641B2
A composition comprises, based on the total weight of the composition, from 30 to 50 weight percent of an ionomeric telechelic polyalkylene ester comprising from 0.05 to 5 mole percent of sulfonate end groups; from 50 to 70 weight percent of a polycarbonate; from 0.1 to 10 weight percent of an organoclay; and from 2 to 12 weight percent of an impact modifier.
US08431637B2
There are provided a resin composition for laser engraving that can give a relief printing plate having excellent hardness, film elasticity, printing durability, and aqueous ink transfer properties and that has excellent rinsing properties for engraving residue generated when laser-engraving a printing plate and excellent engraving sensitivity in laser engraving, a relief printing plate precursor employing the resin composition for laser engraving, a process for producing a relief printing plate employing the same, and a relief printing plate obtained thereby.
US08431636B2
A polyamide resin composition according to the present invention comprises (A) crystalline polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 50 to about 100° C.; (B) crystalline polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 110 to about 160° C.; (C) inorganic filler; (D) white pigment; and (E) light stabilizer, and can have excellent surface gloss, surface reflectance, heat resistance, mechanical strength, moldability, light stability and discoloration resistance.
US08431627B2
The present invention provides a composition for crown material including resin and a fine spherized composite glass powder. The fine composite glass powder of the present invention for such a configuration has superior qualities with regard to both sintering and optical characteristics, and can be used as a filler for crown material.
US08431626B2
Dental compositions and disulfide monomers described. The disulfide monomer comprises a disulfide backbone group wherein each of the sulfur atoms are bonded to a group terminating with an ethylenically unsaturated norbornyl group; and at least one other monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups.
US08431623B2
The present invention relates to a process for forming a porous poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) scaffold using a pore-forming agent, comprising: mixing PVA with the pore-forming agent to form micropores in the PVA scaffold and using an easily decomposable pore-forming agent after the formation of the pores to improve convenience and reduce the processing time in manufacturing the porous PVA scaffold as well as to enable a pore size and porosity to be selected. A process for forming a porous PVA scaffold using a pore-forming agent according to the present invention includes heating to melt the PVA, cooling the melted PVA and mixing the PVA with a heat-decomposable pore-forming agent, repeating the freezing/thawing of the mixed PVA to cure the PVA mixture, and stirring the cured PVA mixture with a hydrochloric acid solution at a high temperature of 65° C. or more to produce foam.
US08431622B2
A process for producing Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon products onboard a marine vessel from at least one gas, liquid or solid carbonaceous feedstock, which includes the steps of conducting gasification in a thermal conversion plant operationally connected to an onboard power plant and forming Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor with the thermal conversion plant sending a gas stream intermediate product from the conversion plant to the Fischer-Tropsch reactor.
US08431611B2
This disclosure provides improved derivatives of artemisinin; pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds; methods for preparing these compounds and compositions; methods of using these compounds and compositions for preventing, controlling or treating infectious diseases including but not limited to parasitic infectious diseases such as T. gondii infection, trypanosome parasite infection, plasmodia parasite infection, and cryptosporidium parasite infection; methods for preventing, controlling or treating toxoplasma infection; and methods for treating psychiatric disorders associated with toxoplasma infection including but not limited to schizophrenia using the disclosed compounds and compositions alone or in combination with one or more antipsychotic drugs.
US08431608B2
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided which are useful in the treatment of diseases through the modulation of potassium ion flux through voltage-dependent potassium channels. More particularly, the invention provides heterocycles, compositions and methods that are useful in the treatment of central or peripheral nervous system disorders (e.g., migraine, ataxia, Parkinson's disease, bipolar disorders, trigeminal neuralgia, spasticity, mood disorders, brain tumors, psychotic disorders, myokymia, seizures, epilepsy, seizure, retinal degeneration, hearing and vision loss, Alzheimer's disease, age-related memory loss, learning deficiencies, anxiety, neuronal degeneration and motor neuron diseases, maintaining bladder control or treating urinary incontinence) and as neuroprotective agents (e.g., to prevent stroke and the like) by modulating potassium channels associated with the onset or recurrence of the indicated conditions.
US08431603B2
A compound represented by the following formula (I), or salt thereof exhibits excellent CRF receptor antagonism, and sufficient pharmacological activity, safety and pharmacokinetic properties as a drug. wherein R1 represents the formula -A11-A12; R2 represents tetrahydrofurylmethyl, tetrahydropyranylmethyl or tetrahydropyranyl; A11 represents a single bond, methylene or 1,2-ethylene; A12 represents C1-6 alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl or C3-6 cycloalkyl having methyl; R3 represents methoxy, cyano, cyclobutyloxymethyl, methoxymethyl or ethoxymethyl; and R4 represents methoxy or chlorine.
US08431598B2
Polymorphic forms of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione are disclosed. Compositions comprising the polymorphic forms, methods of making the polymorphic forms and methods of their use are also disclosed.
US08431597B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3A, R3B, R4, R5, X, m, and n are as defined herein. Such novel benzamidazole derivatives are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals. This invention also relates to a method of using such compounds in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in mammals, especially humans, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US08431595B2
Furanopyridine cannabinoid analog compounds of the formula I are disclosed. The compounds are useful to modify the activity of CB1 and CB2 receptors and treat conditions mediated by these receptors.
