US08812435B1
A system, method, and computer program product for learning objects and facts from documents. A source object and a source document are selected and a title pattern and a contextual pattern are identified based on the source object and the source document. A set of documents matching the title pattern and the contextual pattern are selected. For each document in the selected set, a name and one or more facts are identified by applying the title pattern and the contextual pattern to the document. Objects are identified or created based on the identified names and associated with the identified facts.
US08812433B2
Multi-dimensional surrogation systems and methods are provided that generate at least one up-to-date data surrogate using information of data and numerous data changes received from at least one data source, including a production system. Embodiments described further perform bulk-to-brick transformation of the up-to-date data surrogate. Brick-level data, or item data, is further indexed and stored in an application-aware manner. The stored item data is easily accessible by many data management applications for integrated item search and recovery functions, audit functions, monitoring and supervision functions, legal discovery functions, compliance functions, archival functions, backup functions, disaster recovery functions, and more. Bulk-to-brick transformation and access of the stored item data occur off of the production system, thus contributing no performance degradation to the production system.
US08812432B2
A large-scale data processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium are provided. The large-scale data processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an interface, and a processor. The storage unit is stored with a measure table comprising at least one measure. Each of the at least one measure includes a value corresponding to a key attribute and a piece of data corresponding to a data field. The interface is configured to receive a level order of N attributes, wherein N is a positive integer and the N attributes comprise the key attribute. The processor is configured to create a measure tree object for the measure table by following the level order so that the measure tree object has N levels corresponding to the N attributes in a one-to-one fashion.
US08812431B2
A method and system for providing medical decision support based on virtual organ models and learning based discriminative distance functions is disclosed. A patient-specific virtual organ model is generated from medical image data of a patient. One or more similar organ models to the patient-specific organ model are retrieved from a plurality of previously stored virtual organ models using a learned discriminative distance function. The patient-specific valve model can be classified into a first class or a second class based on the previously stored organ models determined to be similar to the patient-specific organ model.
US08812430B1
To directly compare two or more network perturbation amplitude scores and identify whether the difference between them is meaningful, an Uncertainty (confidence interval) for each of the scores is computed. According to this disclosure, experimental replicates of the measurements are used to compute the score Uncertainty, based on an assumption that variability between measurement replicates represents a largest source of error in the score. Preferably, at least three (3) experimental replicates for both treated and control conditions are used to compute Uncertainty.
US08812429B2
Decision trees may be created and executed to manage calls in an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Users may be provided with one or more user interfaces to design, create, and modify decision trees. User may add and edit the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, as well as additional information such as labels, headers, comments, and formatting. One or more decision tree files may be created including the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, which are compatible with an execution engine. One or more decision tree development files also may be created including additional information to be used by a decision tree development application to provide the development environment.
US08812427B2
Systems and methods of disaggregating power load are provided. An example of a method is carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes receiving time series data representing total energy consumption. The method also includes identifying distinguishing features in the time series data. The method also includes identifying energy consumption constituents of the total energy consumption based on the features.
US08812425B2
Methods and systems for rule-based context acquisition are disclosed herein. The method includes accepting a request for target context from an application at a context acquisition system and identifying context rules relating to the target context using a rule-based inference cache. The method also includes determining an inferred value of the target context based on previously-acquired contexts and the context rules. If the inferred value of the target context cannot be determined, the method further includes executing a first step of a sensing plan for acquiring an inferred value of the target context using a rule-based acquisition planner, as well as executing any of a number of subsequent steps of the sensing plan until the inferred value of the target context is obtained.
US08812422B2
The invention provides a system and method for describing polymorphisms or genetic variants based on information about mutations and relationships among them. The invention uses object-oriented concepts to describe variants as variant objects and relations among those variants as variant relation object, each object being an instance of an abstract class of genomic feature and able to contain any number of other objects. Information about genetic disorders is stored in association with the object that represents the pathogenic variant. Genetic test results are used to access corresponding objects to provide a report based on variants or polymorphisms in a patient's genetic material.
US08812419B1
Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed that apply feedback-based machine learning in order to more intelligently use context information to automate certain actions. An exemplary method involves: determining a first context based on a combination of two or more context signals, using a context-to-action mapping to determine a first action that corresponds to the first context, initiating the first action, after initiating the first action, receiving a data signal corresponding to a user-action, analyzing the data signal to determine a feedback relationship between the user-action and the first action, and based at least in part on the feedback relationship, updating the context-to-action mapping.
US08812413B2
A first array of simulated neurons having trees of output branches and a second array of simulated neurons having trees of input branches are generated. Thereafter, the output branches of one or more of the simulated neurons of the first array and the input branches of one or more of the simulated neurons of the second array are grown and connections are formed between individual output branches of the simulated neurons of the first array and individual input branches of the simulated neurons of the second array that grow to within a vicinity of each other.
US08812411B2
The subject disclosure relates to a knowledge-driven data quality solution that is based on a rich knowledge base. The data quality solution can provide continuous improvement and can be based on continuous (or on-going) knowledge acquisition. The data quality solution can be built once and can be reused for multiple data quality improvements, which can be for the same data or for similar data. The disclosed aspects are easy to use and focus on productivity and user experience. Further, the disclosed aspects are open and extendible and can be applied to cloud-based reference data (e.g., a third party data source) and/or user generated knowledge. According to some aspects, the disclosed aspects can be integrated with data integration services.
US08812406B2
An approach is provided in receiving risk feedback from a social network. Feedback transmissions are received by a user's system with each of the feedback transmissions being received over a computer network from a social network contact. The received feedback transmissions are analyzed and, based on the analysis, a risky action that was performed by the user is identified. The user performs a risk avoidance measure to counteract the identified risky action. In one embodiment, the risk avoidance measure is reported back to the user's contacts.
US08812402B2
In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a request from a customer to temporarily associate a token issued to the customer with a payment account associated with the customer, and temporarily associating the token with the payment account in response at least in part to the request. In some embodiments, a method comprises issuing a token to a customer before the token is associated with a payment account; and arranging for the customer to have an ability to request that the token be associated with a payment account and usable as a payment token. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving a mapping associating an identifier of a token with a payment account; receiving the identifier from a point of sale system; and determining the payment account based at least in part on the mapping and the identifier received from the point of sale system. In some embodiments, apparatus comprises: a processing system to: receive a request from a customer to temporarily associate a token issued to the customer with a payment account associated with the customer, and temporarily associate the token with the payment account in response at least in part to the request. In some embodiments, apparatus comprises: a processing system to: receive a mapping associating an identifier of a token with a payment account; receive the identifier from a point of sale system; and determine the payment account based at least in part on the mapping and the identifier received from the point of sale system.
US08812398B2
A user sets up an account including radio identification, billing information, etc. via a web-based account creation device, or over the telephone with an account representative. An activation key is provided to the user that identifies the radio device and the users account. An activation screen is displayed to a user at the start of wireless activities. The activation screen requires the activation key before continuing with wireless services. Since the key identifies both the radio and user's account (which was approved prior to provision of the activation key), rejection traffic is eliminated and non-active account traffic is significantly reduced.
US08812394B1
A cash recycler or other currency handling device includes a flexible capacity module for adding additional storage capacity to the cash handling device. In some arrangements, all bills of one denomination, i.e., all one dollar bills, may be stored in, deposited into, and/or dispensed from the flexible capacity module. The bills stored in the flexible capacity module may not be debited or credited to a client account at a financial institution because the bills may not be considered part of the inventory of the cash handling device. However count data for the bills in the flexible capacity module may be integrated with data from the cash handling device in order to facilitate balancing, reconciliation, and the like.
US08812392B2
The embodiments herein generally relates to a method for interacting and trading among users of an online social commercial network. A user registers with a web portal and joins to a preferred group of users with a similar interest. The user completes the profile and adds an asset in the web portal. The asset includes an intellectual asset and a product. The user trades the assets with one or more users from a preferred interest. The asset is transacted in terms of a currency. The currency is stored in an online account. The online account is an online user account for keeping transaction related information. The user provides scores to the traded assets and a trading subscriber within the group. The web portal secures the user information in the web portal.
US08812389B2
The present invention comprises a system and method for dividing assets in an estate. First, the assets of the estate are populated in a catalog. A survey is distributed to all parties to gain pertinent information relating to their interests in the estate. The system will incorporate the party's intent when determining a course of action for division of assets. The system will gather the party's interest in items, establish an agreed monetary value for all items, receive bids for items based on emotional interest, offer parties the opportunity to bid on items with real currency, and finally divide remaining assets by means of selection. The parties will have the opportunity to barter their items with each other. If a party has received more than their fair share of the estate, they must pay the balance to the estate.
US08812388B2
Systems and methods are provided for multi-style portfolio cash flow enhancement. The systems and methods include identifying a first set of one or more investment sleeves within an investment account as underweighted relative to a desired target and identifying a second set of one or more investment sleeves within the investment account as overweighted relative to the desired target, where the investment account includes a plurality of investment sleeves and where each investment sleeve includes at least one asset. The systems and methods further include generating one or more sell orders in the second set to rebalance at least one overweighted investment sleeve of the second set to the desired target, associating one or more cash flows with each sell order, where each of the one or more cash flows is further associated with one of the underweighted sleeves of the first set, and performing at least one of the one or more cash flows to flow cash to one or more of the underweighted sleeves if the corresponding sell order is successfully executed.
US08812372B2
A method is provided of anonymizing an interaction between a user entity and a service provider node wishing to provide a service to the user entity in dependence upon characteristics of the user entity determined or revealed as a result of the interaction, the method comprising: assigning the user entity to at least one set, each set comprising as members a plurality of user entities sharing a characteristic associated with that set; ensuring that the intersection of the at least one set comprises at least a predetermined minimum number of user entities; and providing to the service provider node information relating to the or each characteristic associated with the at least one set, the information being for use at the service provider node in providing a service to the user entity that is appropriate in view of the characteristics of the user entity but insufficient to identify the user entity.
US08812366B2
A method for automatically generating change orders may be performed at a point of sale system. The point of sale system may determine an amount of funds in the point of sale system and whether additional funds are necessary. If so, a change order may be automatically requested from a back office system (e.g., a cash recycler) or a financial institution. The back office system may determine whether it is able to fulfill the change order request and if not, forward the request to the financial institution. In one or more arrangements, a notification that a change order request has been received may be transmitted to a manager or other change order personnel. The change order request and funds delivered to the point of sale system in response thereto may be reconciled with the back office system.
US08812360B2
A social networking system generates socially-relevant ads for a user based on actions taken by other users to whom the user is connected. These may be actions taken on, and determined by, an external system, information about which actions can be received by the social networking system and used for matching to an advertisement request. The social networking system may determine a social context for advertising to a user based on the action and may generate an advertisement for the matched ad request that includes an informational message communicating the social context (i.e., an ad with the information message appended to it, a news story for the informational message, etc.). The ad may be targeted to the user based on user affinity for the ad, based on an object interacted with or an action taken by the user's connections on or external to the social networking system, among other criteria.
US08812359B2
The usefulness, and consequently the performance, of advertisements are improved by allowing businesses to better target their ads to a responsive audience. For example, location information may be used in ad relevancy determination, and in attribute (e.g., position) arbitration. Such location information may be associated with price information, such as a maximum price bid, and/or with ad performance information. Ad performance information may be tracked on the basis of location information. The content of an ad creative, and/or of a landing page may be selected and/or modified using location information. Tools may be provided to enter and/or modify location information, such as location-dependent targeting information and price information. The location information used to target and/or score ads may be, include, or define an area. The area may be defined by at least one geographic reference point (e.g., defined by latitude and longitude coordinates) and perhaps additional information.
US08812352B2
A method and system for managing driving patterns by charging a variable incentive and/or disincentive based on individual driving behaviors. Distances detected between a vehicle and other vehicles are detected within a time period. N tailgating incidents are identified based on the detected distances being less than a threshold value for distance. A variable toll is determined by evaluating a function of a base amount and N. The driver of the vehicle is charged the variable toll. Charging the variable toll provides an incentive to the driver to encourage driving that does not include tailgating or a disincentive to the driver to deter tailgating.
US08812333B2
An enhanced travel search tool aimed at providing travel opportunities includes a ticket splitter operating from a list of flight connections provided by a front-end flight search engine. The ticket splitter comprises a unit for valuating all ticket partitions generated from the provided list of connection flights and a tree of split criteria updated in a cache for determining the partitions and attributing to each partition a probability value of obtaining a split-ticket solution. The ticket splitter also includes a unit for selecting those of the valuated partitions that have a probability value higher than a defined threshold and provides a sorted list of recommended partitions to a back-end fare search engine to price all the selected partitions including a reference single-ticket solution. Travel search tool offering of travel opportunities is enhanced by automatically including multi-ticket travel solutions.
US08812326B2
A computer-driven device assists a user in self-regulating speech control of the device. The device processes an input signal representing human speech to compute acoustic signal quality indicators indicating conditions likely to be problematic to speech recognition, and advises the user of those conditions.
US08812324B2
The invention relates to a method for speech signal analysis, modification and synthesis comprising a phase for the location of analysis windows by means of an iterative process for the determination of the phase of the first sinusoidal component and comparison between the phase value of said component and a predetermined value, a phase for the selection of analysis frames corresponding to an allophone and readjustment of the duration and the fundamental frequency according to certain thresholds and a phase for the generation of synthetic speech from synthesis frames taking the information of the closest analysis frame as spectral information of the synthesis frame and taking as many synthesis frames as periods that the synthetic signal has. The method allows a coherent location of the analysis windows within the periods of the signal and the exact generation of the synthesis instants in a manner synchronous with the fundamental period.
US08812323B2
A method for executing a fully mixed initiative dialogue (FMID) interaction between a human and a machine, a dialogue system for a FMID interaction between a human and a machine and a computer readable data storage medium having stored thereon computer code for instructing a computer processor to execute a method for executing a FMID interaction between a human and a machine are provided. The method includes retrieving a predefined grammar setting out parameters for the interaction; receiving a voice input; analyzing the grammar to dynamically derive one or more semantic combinations based on the parameters; obtaining semantic content by performing voice recognition on the voice input; and assigning the semantic content as fulfilling the one or more semantic combinations.
US08812322B2
Systems and methods for semi-supervised source separation using non-negative techniques are described. In some embodiments, various techniques disclosed herein may enable the separation of signals present within a mixture, where one or more of the signals may be emitted by one or more different sources. In audio-related applications, for instance, a signal mixture may include speech (e.g., from a human speaker) and noise (e.g., background noise). In some cases, speech may be separated from noise using a speech model developed from training data. A noise model may be created, for example, during the separation process (e.g., “on-the-fly”) and in the absence of corresponding training data.
US08812311B2
Methods, devices, systems and tools are presented that allow the summarization of text, audio, and audiovisual presentations, such as movies, into less lengthy forms. High-content media files are shortened in a manner that preserves important details, by splitting the files into segments, rating the segments, and reassembling preferred segments into a final abridged piece. Summarization of media can be customized by user selection of criteria, and opens new possibilities for delivering entertainment, news, and information in the form of dense, information-rich content that can be viewed by means of broadcast or cable distribution, “on-demand” distribution, internet and cell phone digital video streaming, or can be downloaded onto an iPod™ and other portable video playback devices.
US08812298B1
In a method of creating a natural language (NL) macro, a first term/phrase and a second term/phrase in an imprecise syntax are obtained, and an association between the first and the second terms/phrases is created. The association is stored as an NL macro. In a method of using an NL macro in an NL query, it is determined that an original NL query includes an NL macro, and the NL macro is replaced with its corresponding NL value to form a revised NL query. The revised NL query is processed to generate one or more answers.
US08812293B2
An apparatus and a method for supporting many languages in a mobile communication terminal are provided. In the method, at least two installable languages are determined from a multi language image file comprising language packages of at least two languages. One of the at least two installable languages is selected and installed. The multi language image file is stored. When a language is to be changed, at least two changeable languages are determined from the multi language image file. The installed language is changed by selecting one of the at least two changeable languages. Therefore, a language to be used can be easily changed without separately downloading installation information of languages.
US08812289B1
Approaches for simulating an electronic system. In one approach, a software co-simulation platform is configured to produce a first time sequence of values of a plurality of input ports of a design block of the electronic system, consume a second time sequence of values of a plurality of output ports of the design block, and generate access transactions for transferring the first and second sequences of values. The software co-simulation platform generates a plurality of reconfiguration transactions for transferring reconfiguration data for the design block. A PLD is configured to implement a communication block and a control block. The communication block receives the reconfiguration and access transactions from the software co-simulation platform, and the control block reconfigures programmable logic and interconnect resources of the PLD in response to the reconfiguration transactions. The control block also controls the emulation of the design block in response to the access transactions.
US08812281B2
A method for designing a secondary cutting structure for use in a bottom hole assembly, the method including defining initial design parameters for the secondary cutting structure and analyzing forces acting on the secondary cutting structure. Additionally, the method includes modifying at least one design element of the secondary cutting structure and simulating an effect of the modifying on both the secondary cutting structure and a primary cutting structure to determine if an improved condition is met. Also, a method for designing a drilling tool assembly, the method including defining initial drilling tool assembly design parameters including a primary cutting structure and a secondary cutting structure, and simulating a dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly. Additionally, the method includes adjusting at least one design element of the secondary cutting structure based on the dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly, determining if the adjusted design element improved a condition of the drilling, and repeating the simulating and adjusting until the condition is optimized.
US08812279B2
Network simulation equipment for determining routes across a multi-layer system, the network simulation equipment comprising: an adaptor module configured to convert a multi-layer system into a multi-layer network of nodes and links; a first routing engine configured to determine a plurality of populations of paths, each population of paths corresponding to a route across a layer of the multi-layer network; a second routing engine configured to determine a plurality of multi-layer populations of paths, each multi-layer population of paths corresponding to a route across the multi-layer network and comprising populations of paths for at least two different layers of the multi-layer network selected from the plurality of populations of paths determined by the first routing engine; and an evolving module configured to mate at least two multi-layer populations of paths from the plurality of multi-layer populations of paths to create a third multi-layer population of paths.
US08812269B1
Remote monitoring tools are provided for non-intrusively and synchronously interacting with graphical models. The remote monitoring tools are dynamically connected to the graphical model without requiring the addition of components to the model definition. The remote monitoring tool can perform dynamic range assessment on the graphical model.
US08812264B2
Disclosed herein is an approach that uses a wattmeter to determine hydraulic fluid parameters. In one aspect, a controller uses the electric power measured by the wattmeter to determine the power delivered to hydraulic fluid delivered by a hydraulic pump unit to a hydraulic fluid consuming device and the volumetric flow rate of the hydraulic fluid delivered to the hydraulic fluid consuming device by the hydraulic pump unit.
US08812263B2
Design COP is iteratively computed. Provided is a centrifugal chiller performance evaluation system including a data acquisition section for acquiring operating data from a centrifugal chiller as input data; a storage section storing a design COP estimation formula obtained by adding correction values corresponding to losses occurring in an actual environment to a computational formula for ideal actual-machine COP expressed using COP characteristics of a reverse Carnot cycle; and a computing section for estimating a design COP at a current operating point using the operating data acquired by the data acquisition section and the design COP estimation formula stored in the storage section. The correction values include a first correction value calculated from a first computational formula including the load factor of the centrifugal chiller as a variable and a second correction value calculated from a second computational formula including a difference between cooling water outlet temperature and chilled water outlet temperature as a variable. The second correction value contains an offset from the first correction value depending on cooling water inlet temperature.
US08812260B2
A method includes obtaining a first geo-location and a second geo-location. The first and second geo-locations are associated with a monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to be used by a user. The first geo-location is determined at a first time and the second geo-location is determined at a second time. The first time and the second time are associated with a rate of obtaining geo-location data. The method includes calculating a difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations and changing the rate of obtaining a third geo-location associated with the monitoring device based on the difference in distance between the second and first geo-locations.
US08812259B2
A device configured for capture of activity data for a user includes a housing, a sensor, a motor, a memory, and a processor. The sensor is disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. The motor causes vibration of the housing. The memory stores an alarm setting that defines a time of day for triggering an alarm on the device. The processor activates the alarm upon reaching the time of day defined by the alarm setting, with the alarm causing the motor to produce the vibration of the housing. The sensor, which is interfaced with the processor, is configured to detect a physical contact upon the housing. The processor is configured to deactivate the alarm if the physical contact qualifies as an input to deactivate the alarm. The deactivating of the alarm causes the vibration of the device to be suspended.
US08812257B2
In order to determine a virtual sensor tool center point sensor TCP of a light section sensor, the invention provides that: the sensor TCP is placed in sufficient concordance with a point on a line on a surface a so-called feature of a reference part with a known location; a normal to the surface of the reference part is determined; the Z direction of the sensor is brought in concordance with the normal of the surface of the reference part, and; a defined alignment of the sensor with the line of the feature is determined.
US08812245B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US08812242B2
The present invention provides a melatonin suppression extent measuring device, which is able to receive and process a light signal to a spectral data, process the spectral data to a percent value of melatonin suppression based on a reference wavelength parameter and a reference quanta parameter through a conversion module, and display the percent value of melatonin suppression; therefore, users can exactly know how many melatonin suppression extent are caused by the light environment which is exposing themselves body.
US08812241B1
A computerized method for normalizing the results of clinical laboratory tests to a reference scale includes providing a measured value of a clinically significant parameter, providing a set of patient data, and providing a set of method data, including an indication of a method used by a testing instrument used to measure the measured value. One or more correlation factors are retrieved including a method correlation factor from a computer readable database based on the method data. The method correlation factor corresponds to the method used by the testing instrument used to measure the measured value. A normalized value of the clinically significant parameter is calculated based upon the one or more correlation factors. The normalized value may correspond to a value on the reference scale regardless of the method used by the testing instrument.
US08812234B2
A device to aid navigation comprises: at least one inertial navigation unit; an integration module estimating the position, speed and orientation of the carrier on the basis of the data supplied by the inertial navigation unit; a digitized map of the locations in which the carrier moves, said map storing a navigable network along which the carrier may move; a module for generating position pseudo-measurements on the basis of the position estimated by the integration module and cartographic data supplied by the digitized map, a position pseudo-measurement indicating the position which should be estimated by the integration module in the presence of movement constraints imposed by the digitized map of the locations; an indirect extended Kalman filter connected to the module for generating position pseudo-measurements by a switch, said filter estimating the errors relating to the position, speed and orientation, and also any other variable associated with the inertial navigation unit, estimated by the integration model on the basis of the position pseudo-measurements produced by the module; a module indicating the availability of a pseudo-measurement of the module controlling the closing of the switch when a pseudo-measurement is available and opening it in the opposite case; the output of the integration module, indicating the position, speed and orientation estimation, being connected to the module for generating position pseudo-measurements, to the Kalman filter and to the positive input of a filter of a subtractor.
US08812230B2
A navigation device is provided including a data storage unit for storing data, and a service information reception processing unit for receiving service information distributed from an external registration destination facility with which member registration is made, and a service information analyzing processing unit performs a predetermined process on the service information received by the service information reception processing unit to register the service information in the data storage unit. The navigation device further includes a notification condition customization setting unit for setting a notification condition, and a facility icon display processing unit displays whether or not there is an update in service information of a registration destination facility on a map according to the notification condition set by the notification condition customization setting unit.
US08812226B2
A method for controlling a vehicle operating during a dynamic vehicle event includes monitoring a first input image, monitoring a first tracked object within the first input image in a first tracking cycle, monitoring a second input image, monitoring a second tracked object within the second input image in a second tracking cycle, and determining a dissimilarity measure comparing the first tracked object to the second tracked object. The dissimilarity measure estimates whether the first tracked object and the second tracked object represent a single tracked object proximate to the vehicle. The method further includes associating the first tracked object and the second tracked object based upon the dissimilarity measure, and utilizing the associated objects in a collision preparation system to control operation of the vehicle.
US08812225B2
An electronic navigation device for a human user may include a housing to be carried by the human user, and at least one accelerometer carried by the housing and configured to sense acceleration during motion of the human user. The electronic navigation device may also include a controller carried by the housing and coupled to the at least one accelerometer. The controller may be configured to generate a plurality of acceleration sample values as the human user moves over a given distance, and determine an estimated distance traveled by the human user during movement over the given distance by at least multiplying each acceleration sample value by a scaling constant. The controller may also be configured to sum results thereof.
US08812212B2
A system and method for correcting brake knockback in a vehicle disk brake system. Brake knockback can occur when a vehicle is driven through an aggressive turn or in other environments that exert a significant amount of lateral force on the vehicle's wheels. This can cause the rotors to deflect and push brake pistons into retracted positions, where they remain even after the vehicle exits the turn. According to one embodiment, the present method first estimates or predicts brake knockback by using lateral acceleration readings from the vehicle and a brake knockback model, and then corrects brake knockback by generating command signals for a hydraulic pump.
US08812209B2
A dynamic model is stored in memory that defines torque transmitted by a lockup clutch in a torque converter as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters. A lockup clutch command to control engagement the lockup clutch is asserted, and thereafter a number of the plurality of torque converter operating parameters are monitored. The model is continually solved using the monitored operating parameters to determine torque transmitted by the lockup clutch over time, and a lockup clutch on-coming capacity signal is produced if the torque transmitted by the lockup clutch exceeds a torque threshold.
US08812207B2
Method of addressing and correcting mismatches between E-shift position and actual transmission gear
A method and apparatus for detecting and correcting mismatches between an electronic shifter position and a vehicle's actual transmission gear. The method and system implement a correction scheme that may initially set a period for manual correction, if possible, then initiate automatic correction if correction is required.
US08812201B2
A hydraulic control system for an automatic transmission. The hydraulic control system is applied to an automatic transmission adapted to vary a torque capacity of a transmission member by an actuator. The hydraulic control system includes: a discharging device configured to discharge compressible gas entrained in the hydraulic fluid in the actuator; an interrupting device that interrupts power transmission; and a controller configured to determine an entrainment of the compressible gas in the hydraulic fluid, disconnect the power transmission via the interrupting device in a case that an entrained compressible gas is determined, and cause the entrained compressible gas to be removed from the hydraulic fluid by rotating the actuator while interrupting the power transmission.
US08812194B2
A system for preventing a steering pull in a vehicle includes: a sensor unit configured to generate at least one sensing value for at least one of a steering torque, a steering angle, a vehicle speed and a yaw rate of a vehicle; an ECU configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is in a straightforward driving state, based on a predefined straightforward driving state determination criterion by using the at least one sensing value provided from the sensor unit, determine whether or not a steering pull occurs in the vehicle, based on a predefined steering pull determination criterion when it is determined that the vehicle is in the straightforward driving state, and compensate for the steering torque of the vehicle when it is determined that the steering pull occurs in the vehicle; and a motor driving unit configured to generate steering power under the control of the ECU.
US08812192B2
A lane departure prevention system is provided with a lane departure tendency detection section, a yaw moment calculating section and a yaw moment control section. The lane departure tendency detection section detects a degree of a lane departure tendency of a host vehicle exhibiting a tendency of departing from its driving lane. The yaw moment calculating section calculates a base yaw moment to be applied to the host vehicle based on the degree of the lane departure tendency. The yaw moment control section applies the base yaw moment calculated by the yaw moment calculating section to the host vehicle when the base yaw moment is equal to or larger than a first prescribed minimum yaw moment, which is greater than zero, and applies the first prescribed minimum yaw moment to the host vehicle if the base yaw moment is smaller than the first prescribed minimum yaw moment.
US08812191B2
A control device for an adjustable chassis system includes a connection to at least one sensor arrangement which provides at least one vehicle condition parameter of a vehicle. The measured vehicle condition parameter is spatially related to a position outside of the control device. The sensor arrangement is arranged inside the control device and forms a virtual miniature measurement plane which is extrapolated to an actual measurement plane.
US08812190B2
A vehicular input manipulation apparatus has a target parameter switchover manipulating device and a setup changeover manipulating device in order to change setup contents of several control parameters for drive control of an in-vehicle apparatus. The target parameter switchover manipulating device executes switchover to designate one of the control parameters as a change target control parameter. The setup changeover manipulating device changes a setup content relative to the change target control parameter. When a control mode of the in-vehicle apparatus is changed into a predetermined control mode, a control circuit automatically enforces switchover relative to the change target control parameter by automatically replacing the control parameter, which has been designated as the change target control parameter, with an enforcement change target control parameter, which is a predetermined control parameter associated with the predetermined control mode.
US08812180B2
The vertical profile management device includes a flight management system unit that selects a plurality of successive standard cruise sections, each comprising a level phase and a transition phase. The cruise sections are defined by a plurality of features, including waypoints corresponding to a section starting point and a section ending point, a transition type, a transition mode, a transition speed, a level altitude, and a level speed. The flight management system unit also joins together the successive cruise sections in order to form a vertical profile of a flight plan. The cruise sections are configured to be added, removed, or re-sequenced in the flight plan because each section ending point is configured to be the section starting point of a next cruise section in the series.
US08812174B2
A controller system for vehicle which has a plurality of driving modes which influence driving feeling, and performs selection from the driving modes and the regulation by inputs from a selecting switch, a forward sequence regulating switch, and a reverse sequence regulating switch. For each input from the selecting switch, changing to the driving mode according to a predetermined normal order. For each input from each of the regulating switches, the current controlled step is changed in a predetermined tendency direction. In a state where the controlled step reaches a final step, the state of the final step is maintained even when the same regulating signal is inputted.
US08812163B2
A controllable multiple-channel chemical transport bus routes and transports fluids, gasses, aerosols, slurries and the like within a larger system. The system and methods are applicable for use in Lab-on-a-Chip (LoC) technology, and can be useful in the implementation of reconfigurable LoC devices. Routes through the bus are determined by control signals and/or sequences of control signals issued under algorithmic control. Several independent flows may occur simultaneously. Adaptations of Clos, Banyan, and other related multi-stage switching architectures in the flow topology can be supported. Sensors are placed at various locations along bus path segments. Information gathered by the sensors can be used for one or more of controlling measured flows, clearing operations, cleaning operations, and control of the timing flow transport. The sensors can be of one or more types such as presence sensors, flow sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, conductivity sensors, optical sensors, ion sensors, and affinity sensors.
US08812161B2
There is provided a robot apparatus that can rapidly obtain an ellipse indicating a stiffness characteristic, even if lengths of two links are different from each other.
US08812159B2
A process includes defining, in a memory, arm-occupied regions including robot arms and a workpiece and tool attached to a robot wrist, a virtual safety protection barrier with which the arms are not allowed to come into contact, and movable ranges of robot axes; estimating the coasting angle of each robot axis for which the axis will coast when the robot is stopped due to an emergency stop while moving to a next target position, from an actually measured amount of coasting and the like; determining a post-coasting predicted position of the robot by adding the estimated coasting angles to the next target position; checking whether or not the arm-occupied regions at the post-coasting predicted position will come into contact with the virtual safety protection barrier, or whether or not the robot axes are within the movable ranges; and performing control to stop the robot immediately upon detection of abnormality.
US08812141B2
An system, method, and method of encoding/decoding a multi-channel audio signal, including a decoding level generation unit producing decoding-level information that helps a bitstream including a number of audio channel signals and space information to be decoded into a number of audio channel signals, wherein the space information includes information about magnitude differences and/or similarities between channels, and an audio decoder decoding the bitstream according to the decoding-level information. Accordingly, even a single input bitstream can be decoded into a suitable number of channels depending on the type of a speaker configuration used. Scalable channel decoding can be achieved by partially decoding an input bitstream. In the scalable channel decoding, a decoder may set decoding levels and outputs audio channel signals according to the decoding levels, thereby reducing decoding complexity.
US08812136B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a location automation system via computing device having access to a calendar database is provided. Calendar data, from the calendar database, is processed to determine that at least one location automation event controlled by the location automation system is affected by the calendar data. The location automation setting data is updated, based on the calendar data, such that the at least one location automation event occurs according to the calendar data.
US08812133B2
A burr hole plug comprises a plug base configured for being mounted around a burr hole. The plug base includes an aperture through which an elongated medical device exiting the burr hole may pass. The plug base is configured to accommodate a variety of cranium forms without requiring deformation of the plug base. A plug base holding tool is used to secure the plug base to the cranium, wherein the tool aligns fasteners with the plug base for insertion through the plug base and into the cranium. The burr hole plug further comprises a retainer configured for being mounted within the aperture of the plug base to secure the medical device. The retainer includes a clamping mechanism that secures the elongated medical device in the burr hole plug, wherein the movement of the clamping mechanism is controlled to prevent skewing of the clamping mechanism.
US08812126B2
One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes storing a volume of tissue activation (VTA) data structure that is derived from analysis of a plurality of patients. Patient data is received for a given patient, the patient data representing an assessment of a patient condition. The VTA data structure is evaluated relative to the patient data to determine a target VTA for achieving a desired therapeutic effect for the given patient.
US08812123B2
A patient programmer can have a progress module, wherein the progress module may obtain progress input from a patient in which the generator is implanted. The progress module may include sensors that are able to obtain progress input based on patient interactions with sensors coupled to the patient programmer. The progress module may also include an interface that poses progress-related questions to the patient and obtains responses to the questions from the patient. The patient programmer is also able to store the progress input for reporting purposes.
US08812122B2
Apparatus and method for at least partially fitting a medical implant system to a patient is described. These apparatuses and methods comprise executing a genetic algorithm to select a set of parameter values for the medical implant system. This genetic algorithm may comprise executing a tabu search wherein value sets that are determined to be bad are added to a tabu list that may be consulted to exclude tabu value sets from successive generations of the genetic algorithm.
US08812115B2
A method and neurostimulator for providing therapy to a patient is provided. In one technique, electrical background energy is conveyed to a first tissue region of the patient in accordance with stochastic parameter, thereby modulating the excitability of the first tissue region, and electrical stimulation energy is conveyed to the first tissue region when its excitability is modulated. In one example, the stimulation energy may be conveyed to a second tissue region of the patient, thereby therapeutically stimulating the second tissue region. In this case, the excitability of the first tissue region is decreased, thereby reducing any adverse effect that the conveyed stimulation energy has on the first tissue region. As another example, the conveyed stimulation energy stimulates the first tissue region, in which case, the excitability of the first tissue region may be increased, thereby enhancing the stimulation of the first tissue region by the conveyed stimulation energy.
US08812097B2
A non-invasive blood glucose concentration sensing system and method includes sensing neurophysiological brain activity of the user during visual pigment regeneration in an eye of the user, and correlating the sensed neurophysiological brain activity to the glucose concentration in the blood of the user.
US08812091B1
An automatic method of determining local activation time (LAT) in multi-channel cardiac electrogram signals including a plurality of cardiac channels, the method comprising: (a) storing the cardiac channel signals; (b) selecting a mapping channel, a ventricular channel, and a reference channel from among the plurality of cardiac channels; (c) using the selected channels to compute first LAT values at a plurality of mapping-channel locations; (d) monitoring the quality of at least one selected channel; (e) if the quality of a monitored cardiac channel falls below a standard, replacing the sub-standard channel with another channel of the plurality of channels having an above-standard quality; and (f) computing second LAT values based on the replacement cardiac channel.
US08812087B2
A spectrally encoded imaging device having a light transmission path arrangement which propagates light to illuminate a target object, a light collection path arrangement having a light collection waveguide which propagates a spectrally encoded portion of the light from the target object to a detector which forms an image of the target object accordingly, and a diffractive element which spectrally disperses at least one of the light and the spectrally encoded portion. The light transmission path arrangement and the light collection path arrangement are optically isolated from one another.
US08812084B1
The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting biomaterial anomalies in a test subject for diagnosing existing and potential medical conditions. The general technique utilized is to expose a portion of the test subject to low doses of RF electromagnetic energy. Different biomaterials in a test subject may be differentiated and identified by characterizing their electromagnetic properties based on observed parameters, e.g., electromagnetic energy absorbed, thermal energy created, and electromagnetic energy emitted, during irradiation of the test subject.
US08812075B2
A contoured bioelectrical signal electrode and a sensor headset are disclosed. A contoured bioelectrical signal electrode that also includes a conductive fabric is also disclosed. In some embodiments, a contoured bioelectrical signal sensor is provided that includes an electrode set and is connected to a holder that is connected to a headset.
US08812067B2
A multi-orientation cryostat 5 for a superconducting magnet 4 for use in a plurality of orientations. The cryostat 5 comprises a vessel 6 for holding cryogenic liquid and, leading away from the vessel, a quench duct 7 for allowing escape from the vessel of gas generated by boiling of the cryogenic liquid due to quenching of the magnet. The quench duct 7 is sinuous so as to provide at least to differently orientated anti-convection portions 71, each portion for functioning as an anti-convection portion with the cryostat in a respective corresponding orientation.
US08812065B2
A system for locating a personal communication device (PCD) in a vehicle is provided. A controller is configured to receive a first signal from the PCD at a first antenna in a driver zone and to generate a first signal strength value for the first signal. The controller is configured to receive the first signal from the PCD at the second antenna and to generate a second signal strength value for the first signal. The controller is configured to determine whether the first signal at the first antenna and the second signal at the second antenna are received within a predetermined amount of time of one another and to compare the first signal strength value to the second signal strength value if the first signal at the first antenna and the second signal at the second antenna are received within the predetermined amount of time.
US08812060B2
The use of a digital camera in communication with a mobile device to determine the intensity of ambient light conditions is described herein. In one example, the digital camera receives light energy representing ambient light. The intensity of the ambient light is determined and, based upon a comparison of that intensity to a setpoint, the mobile device is reconfigured. In another example, a mobile device is described that uses a digital camera to measure ambient light conditions. The mobile device can be configured in various ways based upon a determination of the intensity and/or wavelengths of the ambient light.
US08812053B2
According to the present invention, a mobile electronic device includes: a housing; a projecting unit for projecting an image, the projecting unit being mounted on the housing; a detecting unit for detecting a positional relation between the projecting unit and a projection surface on which an image projected by the projecting unit is to be displayed; a position changing unit for changing a position of the housing; and a control unit for controlling the position changing unit on the basis of the positional relation between the projecting unit and the projection surface detected by the positional-relation detecting unit.
US08812051B2
A wireless communication device is provided that includes modules to access a cellular network, a non-cellular network, a plurality of communication networks. A mobile network selector can access network information comprising one or more of network speed, network reliability, network performance, network bandwidth, network throughput, and data transmission cost and receive, and select a compatible and currently accessible communication based on the network information.
US08812039B2
A system and method of cancelling downlink inter-channel interference between a first selected UE in one sector of a cell and a second selected UE in a second sector of said cell by using intra-eNB DL CoMP is described. UEs which are affected by ICI are identified in sectors which are adjacent to each other in the cell. A downlink CoMP operational set is formed for the identified UEs. Channel matrix blocks are estimated for the first and second selected UEs. The channel matrix blocks are representations of the channel characteristics between the first and second UE, in their respective sectors and the serving base station. The estimated channel matrix blocks are then loaded into a cross-sector channel block matrix. The inverse values of the channel matrix blocks are then calculated to form a sector specific cross-sector pre-coding matrix which is used to enable interference cancellation.
US08812032B2
A low cost cordless telephone system including a base unit, connected to a telephone network, which can transmit and receive RF signals to and from sub-communicating devices. The sub-communicating devices include a cordless microphone for converting acoustical signals to electrical signals and providing same to a transmitter which transmits corresponding simplex RF signals on a cordless telephone frequency to a base unit attached to a telephone network; and a cordless speaker which receives simplex RF signals from a base unit and broadcasts a corresponding telephone conversation. The base unit may connect directly to a telephone network or, in an alternate embodiment, to the handset jack of an existing telephone, thereby interfacing to existing phones including those connected to digital telephone systems. The base unit may also include a speaker used to broadcast the telephone conversation. The base unit speaker and the cordless speaker each may optionally broadcast both sides of the phone conversation, including the presenter's speech received from the cordless microphone. The system may also be interfaced to an existing sound system via a remote interface unit or a base unit.
US08812031B2
Map tile data for displaying graphic elements of a web-based mapping system in a mobile computing device may be pre-fetched to the device based on an analysis of the historical uses of a mapping module at that mobile device. The mobile device may retrieve user mapping activity data and extract geographic location data from the mapping activity data. This geographic location data may then be used to retrieve map tile data that is related to another request for map tile data. This related map tile data may then be stored in cache storage to be retrieved during periods of reduced communication with a map tile server or other periods.
US08812030B2
Disclosed is an apparatus, system and method for determining a location of a mobile device based on a location of a wireless network node, a distance between the wireless network node and the mobile device, and a bearing from the wireless network node to the mobile device, wherein the bearing is determined based on a directional signal and magnetometer measurements.
US08812028B2
A proximity matching system may use broadcast wireless identifiers transmitted by users' devices to match users with other nearby users. The identifiers may be collected by a plurality of agents, then the identifiers may be matched with pre-defined profiles to generate physically proximate users by a remote service. The group of proximate users may be provided to various applications and consumed with summarized properties or individual properties, depending on the approved privacy settings as selected by the users. In some embodiments, the broadcast wireless identifiers may be personal area network identifiers, local area network identifiers, cellular network identifiers, or other broadcast identifier. In some embodiments, the agents may not establish a peer to peer or other connection with the broadcasting device. The agents may be fixed or mobile agents, and the proximity of users may be generated through links between nearby agents in a meshed fashion.
US08812022B2
An indoor location measuring method and apparatus are provided. An apparatus for sectionalizing an indoor area for indoor location measurement includes a reference coordinate inputting unit which receives an input of a reference coordinate corresponding to the indoor area; a sector number inputting unit which receives an input of a number of sectors per column or row in the indoor area; and a sectionalization calculating unit which sectionalizes the indoor area into a predetermined number of sectors based on the reference coordinate and the number of sectors per column or row, and calculates a coordinate of a point of a sector among the sectionalized predetermined number of sectors.
US08812008B2
A method of operating a wireless device includes determining an energy on each of a plurality of resources for broadcasting CIDs, sending information to a base station based on the determined energy for each of the CIDs, and receiving a CID from the base station. The received CID is one of the CIDs determined based on the information. A method of wireless communication includes receiving first information about a first plurality of CIDs from a first wireless device, receiving second information about a second plurality of CIDs from a second wireless device, comparing the first information and the second information to determine a subset of CIDs based on the first plurality of CIDs and the second plurality of CIDs, selecting a CID based on the subset of CIDs, and sending the selected CID to at least one of the first wireless device or the second wireless device.
US08812004B2
The present invention provides a method for handling a call conflict at a call processing apparatus in a communication network, said call processing apparatus comprising a first call processing element which handles a first call initiated by a first terminal and a second call processing element which handles a second call initiated by a second terminal, when said second call processing element receives an incall message initiated by said first terminal and directed to communicate with said second terminal while said second terminal is in busy state, the method comprising: inquiring the called number in the call record of said second terminal; comparing initiating times of said first call and said second call, if said called number in said call record of said second terminal is the number of said first terminal contained in said incall message; and releasing the call with later initiating time and continuing setting up of the call with earlier initiating time, based on result of the comparison. Corresponding call processing apparatus and program product are also disclosed.
US08812000B2
The present invention provides a method of initiation a mobile originating service-based inter-system handover, and devices enabling the method. A communication network comprises at least two radio access networks (RANs) of different types, i.e. a radio access network (RAN) of a first type and a radio access network (RAN) of a second type. A dual-mode mobile terminal designed to be operable with both the RAN of the first type and the RAN of the second type communicates with the communication system via the RAN of the first type. The initiation of the inter-system handover is included in a transmission, which comprises at least one bearer capability (BC) field. The bearer capability (BC) field is set to indicate that a requested service is only operable with the RAN of the second type. In particular, at least one bearer capability (BC) field is set to a parameter value, which serves as indication for the receiving network and its processing entities, respectively, which receiving network indicated to carry out the inter-system handover initiated by the mobile terminal.
US08811997B2
A first handoff is for an inter-AN cell selection where a source AN allows the AT to add a cell under the control of a different AN to its active set and then allows the AT to switch to the target AN. A bearer path is established between the source and target AN to transfer the data traffic using an exchange of messages to register the AT's movement from one BTS to another BTS. The A8/A10 connections remain anchored at the source AN so a bearer path is needed between the source and target AN to transfer the data traffic. The second handoff occurs when the source AN specifies a move of the AT to a new AN proactively. New connections are established at the target AN to support the AT, and the AT is subsequently moved to the target AN via the relevant air-interface messaging.
US08811989B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting paging message for M2M device in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus of receiving a paging message in a wireless communication system is provided. A machine-to-machine (M2M) device monitors paging messages including a group paging message and an individual paging message, and receives both the group paging message and the individual paging message from a base station (BS).
US08811987B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for creating an association between a first user equipment and at least one access point assisted by a registration server in a telecommunication network are disclosed. The registration server responds to a first contact request carried out using a first association number for the access point, provided by the first user equipment, receives a first association request for the association with the access point, provided by the first user equipment, authorizes the first association request based on a first authorization information provided by the first user equipment; registers the association between the first user equipment and the access point responsive to authorization of the first association request. The first user equipment is associated with the access point and the association is administered by the registration server.
US08811986B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for cell selection in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08811978B2
Apparatus and a method for sending measurement report messages from a wireless telecommunications device to a wireless telecommunications network are disclosed. The method comprises at the wireless telecommunications device: generating a measurement report in respect of a first event; transmitting a first message including the measurement report in respect of the first event to the network; generating a subsequent measurement report for another event; determining whether conditions for the first event are still satisfied and, if so, including in a subsequent message the measurement report for the first event as well as the measurement report for the other event; and transmitting the subsequent message to the network.
US08811976B2
A mobile communication system according the present invention including a mobile station UE configured to detect a cell using CC with a measurement target frequency designated by the radio base station eNB, in a measurement gap designated by the radio base station eNB within a predetermined time period TIdentify_Inter, and when the mobile station UE is not performing CA, the predetermined time period TIdentify_Inter is determined based on the number Nfreq of the CCs with the measurement target frequencies, and when the mobile station UE is performing CA, the predetermined time period TIdentify_Inter is determined based on the number Nfreq of the CCs with the measurement target frequencies and the number M of CCs in each of which the measurement gap is set.
US08811975B1
A wireless communication device (WCD) may transmit a first sequence of access probe messages to a radio access network (RAN) via a first wireless coverage area. The WCD may then transmit a second sequence of access probe messages to the RAN via a second wireless coverage area. Based on the first wireless coverage area being more preferable to the WCD than the second wireless coverage area, the WCD may use a negative inter-sequence power step for the power levels at which the WCD transmits the access probe messages of the first and second sequences. Thus, the WCD may transmit the first access probe message of the second sequence at a lower power than the first access probe message of the first sequence.
US08811972B2
A communication terminal (10) including a first communication unit (11) and a second communication unit (12) with a shorter communication distance than the first communication unit (11) includes a presence status detection unit (13) that detects that a distance from a personal computer (50) has changed from a state possible to communicate to a state not possible to communicate for the second communication unit (12), and a communication status control unit (14) that causes a standby interval in intermittent reception performed by the first communication unit (11) to become shorter when a change of the second communication unit (12) from the state possible to communicate to the state not possible to communicate is detected by the presence status detection unit (13). This enables more detailed and accurate tracking of the connection status of the first communication unit (11), which can advance the timing to bring the first communication unit (11) to transition to a disconnection state or a standby state, allowing reduction of power consumption in the first communication unit (11).
US08811971B2
A mobile communication device (1) is connectable to a memory device (MIF) that comprises a plurality of memorysectors (0-F), wherein at least one application is stored in at least one memory sector. the memory sectors are protected against unauthorized access 5 by sector keys (key A, key B, 4). The mobile communication device (1) comprises an applications manager (MAM) being adapted to disable the stored applications (TK1, AC1, AC2, TR2, TR3, CP1, TR4, AC3, TK3) when triggered by an external trigger event.
US08811959B2
A smart card is disclosed which includes a mass storage memory for storing biometric information of a user and private data. A radio is used as an interface to the card. When the user of the card wishes to invoke an application for the private data, biometric information about the user is provided to a device in communication with the card, enabling the card to authenticate the user as an authorized user of the private data, and in response to that authentication provide the data to the application in a manner that maintains privacy and integrity of data.
US08811946B2
A communication apparatus includes: an interface for reading out identification information regarding a communication carrier from a storage medium in which the identification information is stored; a communication unit for deciding the communication carrier based on the identification information read out by the interface and making communication by using the decided communication carrier; an authentication unit for making an authentication by using the identification information read out by the interface; a control unit for enabling a communicating operation by the communication unit according to a success in the authentication by the authentication unit; and a display control unit for allowing an authenticating display screen for making the authentication to be displayed onto a display apparatus. The display control unit decides a display language based on the identification information read out by the interface and changes a display language on the authenticating display screen according to the decided language.
US08811945B2
The present invention is to provide individual and payment information to a service server by recognizing whether the service server is to be trusted when individual identification information provided by a user is received from the service server. So, the invention provides an authentication method of the service server and a payment method by using the same, which can prevent the individual identification information and payment from being accessed by a distrusted server in wireless Internet. This present comprises acts of: storing individual identification information provided from a user in an authentication server; authenticating the service server when request of the stored individual identification information is received from the service server, and transmitting the stored individual identification information to the service server when the authentication has succeeded; transmitting a message of requesting a service access to a mobile terminal of the user from the service server; and transmitting the individual identification information sent from the authentication server to the mobile terminal by means of a transmitting query of the individual identification information from the mobile terminal.
US08811940B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for establishing incident communications networks. In an embodiment, the system includes an incident controller, a communications resource database that stores communications resources information and a marshalling rules module that stores a set of marshalling rules. A marshalling rule identifies how to select the communications resources to be marshaled into the incident communications network based on an incident trigger. Upon receipt of an incident trigger, the incident controller is configured to establish the incident communications network by obtaining a marshalling rule based on the incident trigger. The incident controller marshals communications resources based on the marshalling rule and the communications resources determined to be available. A wide variety of information sources can be used to determine an incident trigger. Information sources can either provide an incident trigger (e.g., a hurricane warning) or provide data to be analyzed to determine an incident trigger.
US08811937B2
A redirection method, a redirection device, and a communication system in the field of communication technology are provided. The redirection method includes the following steps: A femto access point (FAP) receives a message, in which the message contains information of a service required by a terminal. After the FAP determines that it does not support the service, the FAP acquires information of base stations supporting the service. The FAP sends the information of the base stations supporting the service to the terminal, so as to enable the terminal to determine a target base station according to the information of the base stations supporting the service. Therefore, the terminal is redirected to the target base station supporting the service required by the terminal, and efficiency of implementing the required service by the terminal is increased.
US08811935B2
A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor configured to cause the UE to transmit an emergency calls required indicator (ECRI) to a network component responsive to the UE receiving an instruction to place an emergency call; and to receive an emergency calls supported indicator (ECSI) prior to placing an emergency call, wherein a value of the ECSI indicates a type of emergency services supported by a femtocell, where the processor is further configured to cause the UE to transmit the ECRI before receiving the ECSI.
US08811923B2
Methods and systems for an integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)-based transmitter and on-chip power distribution network are disclosed and may include supplying bias voltages and/or ground to a chip utilizing conductive lines. One or more VCOs and low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) may each be coupled to a leaky wave antenna (LWA) integrated in the bias voltage and/or ground lines. One or more clock signals may be generated utilizing the VCOs, which may be transmitted from the LWAs coupled to the VCOs, to the LWAs coupled to the LNAs. RF signals may be transmitted via the LWAs, and may include 60 GHz signals. The LWAs may include microstrip and/or coplanar waveguides, where a cavity length of the LWAs may be dependent on a spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The LWAs may be dynamically configured to transmit the clock signals at a desired angle from a surface of the chip.
US08811905B1
Power savings and interference reduction for multimode devices (e.g., base stations and relay nodes) is disclosed. In some embodiments, power savings and interference reduction for multimode devices includes selecting a power state of the multimode device selected from a plurality of power states, in which the multimode device is in a first power state (e.g., an active or serving power state), and in which the selected power state is a second power state (e.g., a reduced power state), and transitioning the multimode device from the first power state to the second power state.
US08811890B2
A hopping wireless medical caring and monitoring system, which is an ANT multiple nodes hopping network, includes at least one hopping node, at least one physical status measuring apparatus, a server and at least one user-end apparatus. The server communicates with the at least one user-end apparatus via the ANT network. The user-end apparatus reads a medical measurement result from the physical status measuring apparatus and transmits the results to the server via the ANT network. The wireless remote health and medical caring and monitoring system is suitable for home-care or a hospital.
US08811886B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining that a communication device is outside of a restricted viewing area associated with media content and transmitting the media content for presentation at the communication device responsive to that determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08811879B2
An image forming method that can obtain a high fixing strength and reduce the occurrence of a document offset phenomenon is provided.In the image forming method the polyester resin forming the binder resin of the toner is obtained by condensing and polymerizing a carboxylic component containing at least one compound selected from chemical formula (1), (2) and (3) shown below that is an addition reactant of abietic acid and a carboxylic compound having an unsaturated double bond and an alcohol component, and the content of at least the one compound selected from the chemical formula (1), (2) and (3) in the carboxylic component is 5% by mass or more, and the fixing agent contains an alkylene carbonate which may have a substituent group or an aliphatic alkyl carboxylic acid ester which may have a substituent group.
US08811861B2
A developer container includes a containing portion that is capable of containing a developer therein, the containing portion having an opening through which the developer passes; a first opening/closing member that is movable between a first open position at which the opening is open and a first closed position at which the first opening/closing member closes the opening; and a second opening/closing member that is movable between a second closed position at which the second opening/closing member doubly closes the opening by covering an outside of the first opening/closing member and a second open position at which the first opening/closing member is exposed to the outside, wherein a direction in which the second opening/closing member moves between the second open position and the second closed position is different from a direction in which the first opening/closing member moves between the first open position and the first closed position.
US08811856B2
An image forming device may include a process unit including: cartridges arrayed side by side in an array direction; and a support unit supporting the cartridges and movable in the array direction between an accommodated position where the support unit is accommodated in a main casing and a pulled out position, away from the accommodated position, for detachment and attachment of the support unit. The support unit includes: a frame; a first handgrip including a leg portion having a portion connected to the frame, and a grip portion connected to the leg portion and positioned downstream of a most upstream end of a most upstream side cartridge in a pulling out direction along the array direction for pulling out the support unit when the support unit is at the accommodated position; and a second hand grip positioned downstream of the first hand grip in the pulling out direction.
US08811849B2
At the start of paper conveyance, a gate is turned upwards to a first position to thereby close a sixth conveying path and establish communication between a first conveying path and a second conveying path so that the paper having passed through a fixing unit starts to be conveyed from first conveying path to second conveying path. At the same time, air is exhausted from an exhausting mechanism arranged upstream of a cooling mechanism. When a first paper sensor detects the leading end of the paper, a cooling fan starts to rotate at a predetermined rotational rate to start blowing air at a predetermined volume of cooling airflow.
US08811845B2
In a registration mark, when toners of plural colors are divided into two groups of a low-reflectance group having a relatively low spectral reflectance and a high-reflectance group having a relatively high spectral reflectance in accordance with high and low levels of spectral reflectances with respect to light emitted by an optical sensor, a toner pattern that gives information of a toner-image formation position of a toner-image forming unit using the toner that belongs to the low-reflectance group includes a first pattern in which the toner that belongs to the high-reflectance group is distributed without a gap in a moving direction of the transferred member, and second patterns formed with the toner used by the toner-image forming unit, the second patterns being arranged on both sides of the first pattern in the moving direction of the transferred member without a gap with respect to the first pattern.
US08811844B2
An image forming device, comprising: a recovering member that is provided for the at least one photosensitive body and recovers adhered substances adhered to the at least one photosensitive body; a belt cleaner that removes the adhered substances adhered to the transfer belt; a cleaning process execution unit that executes a cleaning process in which the adhered substances are transferred from the recovering member to the transfer belt via the at least one photosensitive body; a use amount calculation unit that divides a developer image for transferring to the sheet-like medium into a plurality of areas in a main scanning direction so as to calculate a developer use amount in each of the plurality of areas; and a cleaning time determination unit that determines a time for which the cleaning process is executed, based on a maximum value of the developer use amounts of the plurality of areas.
US08811843B2
An image forming apparatus for performing a copier job and a printer job includes a controller operatively connected to a fixing rotary body heater and a pressing rotary body heater to control the fixing rotary body heater and the pressing rotary body heater. The controller activates a standby mode after the copier job and the printer job are finished in which the controller turns off at least the fixing rotary body heater and a subsequent off mode in which the controller turns off the pressing rotary body heater and the fixing rotary body heater, and identifies which of the copier job and the printer job is to be performed to turn on and off the pressing rotary body heater in the standby mode according to the identified job.
US08811837B2
A fixing device includes a substantially cylindrical metal member, a heater, an endless, flexible fixing member, a rotary pressing member, a stationary member, a first temperature detector, and a second temperature detector. The first temperature detector is disposed upstream from a nip in a rotation direction of the fixing member to detect a surface temperature of the fixing member. The second temperature detector is disposed downstream from the nip in a rotation direction of the pressing member to detect a surface temperature of the pressing member. When a difference between a surface temperature of the fixing member detected by the first temperature detector and a surface temperature of the pressing member detected by the second temperature detector after a predetermined time has elapsed since the first temperature detector detects the surface temperature of the fixing member is greater than a predetermined threshold, the heater stops heating the metal member.
US08811836B2
An image forming apparatus includes a control portion. The control portion determines a developer near end when the residual amount of a developer is in a range from a first predetermined amount to a second predetermined amount, and determines a developer end when the residual amount of the developer is equal to or lower than the second predetermined amount. Besides, in a case where the control portion determines the developer end after a predetermined number of printings are executed in a developer near end state, the control portion supplies the developer from a developer supply device to a development device via a first supply opening, and in a case where the control portion determines the developer end after more than the predetermined number of printings are executed, the control portion supplies the developer from the developer supply device to the development device via a second supply opening.
US08811823B2
The invention provides an optical device, including a light-transmissive substrate, and a pair of different, parallel gratings including a first grating and second grating, located on the substrate at a constant distance from each other, each of the pair of parallel gratings including at least one sequence of a plurality of parallel lines, wherein the spacings between the lines gradually increase from one edge of the grating up to a maximum distance between the lines, and wherein the arrangement of lines in the second grating is in the same direction as that of the first grating. A system utilizing a plurality of such optical devices is also disclosed.
US08811817B2
Restrictions, due to wavelength paths which are non-alternative combinations of wavelengths and paths, are solved. An optical-signal-transmission device comprises M optical-output means outputting optical signals having different wavelengths; optical-switch means having M input ports respectively connected to the optical-output means and output ports, and switching connections between the input ports and the output ports; and wavelength-multiplexing means having M acceptance ports respectively connected to the output ports, N forward ports switchably connected to the acceptance ports corresponding to wavelengths of optical signals inputted to the acceptance ports and transmitting multiplexed-optical signals corresponding to the optical signals accepted by the acceptance ports, wherein when Y particular input ports of the input ports are connected to one particular output port of the output ports, the switch means combines Y optical signals inputted to the particular input ports to generate a combined signal, and outputs the combined signal to the particular output port.
US08811799B2
A system for and method of storing sneak peeks of upcoming viewing content is presented. The system and method provides that the sneak peek clips may be recorded and stored onto a subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) in response to a determination of the viewing preferences of the subscriber. The sneak peek clips may also be recorded and stored onto the subscriber's DVR in response to a user selection of content. The user may select content by browsing through a graphical user interface and indicating selections. The user may also select content when viewing a program by selecting an advertisement for an upcoming movie or series that the subscriber may be interested in viewing. The clips may be recorded and stored on the subscriber's DVR, and then later retrieved and viewed by using an interface to navigate and select the stored sneak peek clips. After viewing the sneak peek clips, the user may be provided with the option of viewing the content in full.
US08811797B2
In an embodiment, if a number of segments of a video in a buffer after a buffer position is less than a play threshold, then a first plurality of segments is sent into the buffer in time order; and if the number of the segments in the buffer at the buffer position is not less than the play threshold, a second plurality of segments is sent to the buffer in popularity order, wherein the second plurality of segments are stored into the buffer in time order.
US08811790B2
A method for manufacturing an optical waveguide, in which a waveguide structure including a waveguide layer of ZnS—SiO2 is deposited on a first layer, wherein a first refractive index of the first layer is lower than the refractive index of the waveguide layer. A sensor arrangement includes a planar optical waveguide, a light source, a sensor, an application unit for applying an analyte on top of the planar waveguide and a processor connected to the sensor.
US08811789B2
An optical transmission fiber including a core having a first index of refraction, a cladding material located around the core and having a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction, a first coating material located around a first portion of the cladding material and having a third index of refraction greater than the second index of refraction, and a second coating material located around a second portion of the cladding material and having a fourth index of refraction less than the second index of refraction.
US08811771B2
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium for performing content based transitions between images. Image content within each image of a set of images are analyzed to determine at least one respective characteristic metric for each image. A respective transition score for each pair of at least a subset of the images is determined with respect to each transition effect of a plurality of transition effects based on the at least one respective characteristic metric for each image. Transition effects implementing transitions between successive images for a sequence of the images are determined based on the transition scores. An indication of the determined transition effects is stored. The determined transition effects are useable to present the images in a slideshow or other image sequence presentation.
US08811759B2
A system and method for effectively performing an intra prediction procedure with an electronic device includes an encoder that utilizes a delta value comparison procedure to identify optimal delta values for creating optimal predicted blocks of image data corresponding to original blocks of image data. The encoder then utilizes the original blocks and the optimal predicted blocks to generate residual blocks that represent the original blocks in an encoded format. The encoder then generates a bitstream containing the delta value information and the residual block for storage or transmission purposes. A decoder may decode the delta values and the residual block to reconstruct the image block.
US08811751B1
Method, system, device and computer program product for projective correction of an image containing at least one text portion that is distorted by perspective. The method includes the steps of image binarization, connected component analysis, horizontal vanishing point determination, vertical vanishing point determination and projective correction. The horizontal vanishing point is determined by estimating text baselines by means of position determining pixels of pixel blobs, identifying horizontal vanishing point candidates from the baselines, and determining a horizontal vanishing point from the candidates. The vertical vanishing point is determined on the basis of vertical features of the text portion. The method includes a first elimination step on the level of position determining pixels, a second elimination step on the level of text baselines and a third elimination step on the level of horizontal vanishing point candidates.
US08811723B2
A user input method and apparatus may comprise a two line object imaging sensor having a primary line scan-sensor providing a primary line scan-sensor output and a secondary line scan-sensor providing a secondary line scan-sensor output, representing pixels in a current primary scan row and a current secondary scan row, and adapted to scan an object; storing for each scan time each current primary line scan-sensor output and each current secondary line scan-sensor output and a correlation unit correlating at least one of the current representations of pixels in a primary line sensor output with stored representations and the current representations of pixels in a secondary line sensor output with stored representations and, the correlation unit providing as an output a motion indicator.
US08811707B2
A system and method for distributed and coordinated image processing of tomographic images utilizing processors on a medical imaging device and a separate workstation is disclosed. The system includes an image acquisition device to acquire image data of a subject and an image processor to receive the image data therefrom. The image processor is programmed to reconstruct initial images of a region-of-interest (ROI) from the image data, identify initial images on which to perform image correction, and generate an image correction request for the images identified for image correction, with the image correction request specifying a processing operation to be performed on the respective images. The image processor is further programmed to transfer the reconstructed initial images to a separate workstation that automatically initiates the image correction upon verifying a presence of an image correction request on the initial images so as to generate corrected images.
US08811701B2
Automatic prostate localization in T2-weighted MR images facilitate labor-intensive cancer imaging techniques. Methods and systems to accurately segment the prostate gland in MR images are provided and address large variations in prostate anatomy and disease, intensity inhomogeneities, and artifacts induced by endorectal coils. A center of the prostate is automatically detected with a boosted classifier trained on intensity based multi-level Gaussian Mixture Model Expectation Maximization (GMM-EM) segmentations of the raw MR images. A shape model is used in conjunction with Multi-Label Random Walker (MLRW) to constrain the seeding process within MLRW.
US08811694B2
A self-navigating technique designed to detect motion in segmented sequences is disclosed. Certain embodiments compare a plurality of segments containing adjacent sets of k-space lines and produce an aliased error function which corresponds to a correlation of the segments. A global shift of the aliased error function may indicate the presence of in-plane rigid-body translation while other types of motion are evident in the dispersion or breadth of the error function. Some embodiments may then replace motion corrupted data with reacquired data. Further, some embodiments may correct or remove corrupted data retrospectively.
US08811689B2
An authentication device including: a finger presenting unit to which a finger to be authenticated is presented; an opening formed on the finger presenting unit; a light source that irradiates light onto the finger; an image capture unit that captures a picture including a vein of the finger, by the light; and a finger placement table capable of placing a finger thereon, except the finger to be authenticated, wherein the finger placement table has a surface, a height of which is higher than the finger presenting unit, wherein the light source is placed inside the finger placement table, and wherein the finger placement table has a sidewall having a window that is used to allow an irradiation axis of the light from the light source upon the image capture unit.
US08811684B2
The present invention provides an image recognition method for recognizing a plurality of objects in an image, wherein each object is composed of a plurality of image segments. The image recognition method includes the steps of: sequentially acquiring every pixel of the image; identifying a start point of a newly detected image segment; recording information of the newly detected image segment pixel-by-pixel from the start point; identifying an end point of the newly detected image segment; recognizing an object to which the newly detected image segment belongs according to the start point and the end point of the newly detected image segment; and identifying an invalid object or a merged object thereby releasing the data space thereof.
US08811681B2
A biometric authentication apparatus includes an image shooting unit to capture a vessel image of a person to be authenticated and an authentication unit to verify verification vessel position information of the captured vessel image of the person to be authenticated against registered vessel position information of a registered vessel image registered in advance. When the verification vessel position information is not identical with the registered vessel position information, the authentication unit performs authentication using vessel size information of the registered vessel image registered in advance.
US08811674B2
A moving object tracked within a field of view environment of a two-dimensional data feed of a calibrated video camera is represented by a three-dimensional model. An appropriate three-dimensional mesh-based volumetric model for the object is initialized by using a back-projection of a corresponding two-dimensional image. A texture of the object is projected onto the three-dimensional model, and two-dimensional tracks of the object are upgraded to three-dimensional motion to drive a three-dimensional model.
US08811671B2
A processor of an image processing apparatus designates a target region. When an image is divided into a plurality of small regions which are smaller than a target region, the processor calculates a centroid obtained by weighting the central coordinates of each of the plurality of small regions by a likelihood of each of the plurality of the small regions and calculates a covariance matrix that depends on the centroid, the likelihood being based on characteristic value histograms of respective small regions inside and outside the target region. The processor detection unit detects a degree of separation according to a histogram, a likelihood, a centroid, and a covariance matrix. The processor also determines a post-update target region according to a degree of separation.
US08811668B2
In a method for controlling a headlamp system for a vehicle, the headlamp system having two headlamps, set apart from each other, road users are detected in front of the vehicle in the driving direction, and a first total light pattern is able to be produced, in which the illumination range on a first side of a center axis is greater than on the other, second side of this center axis, and a second total light pattern is able to be produced, in which the total light pattern is controllable such that it has an illumination range in the direction of at least one detected road user that is less than the distance to the detected road user, and which has an illumination range in another direction that is greater than the distance to the detected road user. During the switch from the first total light pattern to the second total light pattern, the illumination range of at least one headlamp on the first side of the center axis is first reduced to at least such an extent that it is less than the distance to the detected road user, the second total light pattern being produced subsequently.
US08811662B2
The present disclosure relates to acquiring image data of a subject with an imaging system that has been calibrated. The imaging system can include an ultrasound imaging system that collects one of more images based on a plane of image acquisition. The plane of image acquisition can be calibrated to a tracking device associated with the ultrasound transducer.
US08811653B2
A speaker unit includes a frame that secures a diaphragm of a speaker at an outer circumference of the diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, a first leg that extends from a portion of an inner wall of the frame in a vicinity of a front of the speaker to the magnetic circuit, and that secures the magnetic circuit to the frame, and a second leg that extends from a portion of the inner wall of the frame in a vicinity of a rear of the speaker to the magnetic circuit, and that secures the magnetic circuit to the frame.
US08811652B2
An electrodynamic speaker in which the number of steps of forming a tinsel wire to be connected to a voice coil and connecting the tinsel wire to a terminal can be reduced is provided.A frame of the electrodynamic speaker includes an edge mounting section, a magnetic circuit mounting section, a coupling section for coupling the edge mounting section and the magnetic circuit mounting section so as to define a plurality of window sections, a terminal fixing section for fixing a terminal, and at least one void for dividing the edge mounting section having an approximately annular shape, the void being communicatively connected to the window sections of the coupling section. A middle portion of the tinsel wire passes through the void or the window sections communicatively connected to the void, and the other end of the tinsel wire is connected and fixed to the terminal.
US08811639B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for wireless hearing assistance devices and in particular to a controllable range control for wireless hearing assistance device systems. An advertisement is used to allow the receiver to quickly receive streaming information, thus conserving power. In various embodiments, a system for communications with a hearing assistance device includes a wireless streaming device having a range control. The range control is configured to provide a first range for an advertisement transmission and a second range for a streaming information transmission. The first range is less than the second range, in various embodiments.
US08811630B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to filter audio are disclosed. An example device includes first and second audio speakers having first audio characteristics, a third audio speaker having second audio characteristics, wherein the third speaker is positioned between the first and second audio speakers, a first audio filter to process an audio input signal to have a first frequency response including a first cutoff frequency, the first audio filter to output a first audio output signal to the first audio speaker, and a second audio filter to process the audio input signal to have a second frequency response to compensate for interference between the first and second frequency responses caused by a position of the first audio speaker relative to the second audio speaker.
US08811627B2
Coefficient generator generates a crosstalk coefficient that is a predetermined value and that is used to calculate the amount of crosstalk of an echo. Converter uses either the output signal of a sound pickup device or the signal obtained by subtracting the output signal of an echo canceller from the output signal of the sound pickup device as a first signal, corrects the first signal based on the crosstalk coefficient generated in coefficient generator, and produces a near-end signal obtained by removing the echo from the first signal.
US08811623B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first signal input unit configure to receive a first signal, a second signal input unit configure to receive a signal, a first control unit configure to acquire system resources, a second control unit configure to select, in accordance with information of the system resources acquired by the first control unit, a processing method for suppressing at least one of echo and noise of the second signal input from the second signal input unit containing the echo due to the first signal input from the first signal input unit, a third control unit configure to generate an output signal by suppressing at least one of the echo and the noise from the second signal by the processing method selected by the second control unit, and a signal output unit configure to output the output signal generated by the third control unit.
US08811618B2
A ciphering key management technique for use in a WLAN receiver is provided where a hash table is stored that has a first and a second table portion. The first table portion stores transmitter address data and the second table portion stores at least one cipher key. It is determined whether a transmitter address matches transmitter address data in the first table portion, and if so, a corresponding cipher key stored in the second table portion is determined for use in decrypting the received data. The hash table technique allows for a fast search for the correct cipher key. Embodiments are described that allow for dynamically adding and removing keys without blocking the search.
US08811615B2
Outputs from at least one pseudo-random source are used to encode hidden value. The hidden value is encoded using index based quantities, for example, based on numerically ordering a sequence of outputs from pseudo-random source(s). In some examples, the numerical ordering of re-generated device-specific quantities is used to re-generate the hidden value, without necessarily requiring additional error correction mechanisms. Information leak may be reduced by constructing system whose “syndrome” helper bits are random, as measured, for example, by NIST's Statistical Tests for Randomness In some examples, index based coding provides coding gain that exponentially reduces total error correction code complexity, resulting in efficiently realizable PRS-based key generation systems. In some examples, index based coding allows noisy PRS to be robust across conditions where conventional error correction code cannot error correct.
US08811602B2
A telecommunication system including a fall duplex speakerphone, comprising a first microphone to generate a coupled signal including uplink information and non-linear distortion sensed by the first microphone in a speaker phone mode, a second microphone to generate a reference signal including downlink information and the non-linear distortion sensed by the second microphone in the speaker phone mode, and an acoustic echo canceller (AEC) to receive the coupled signal from the first microphone, to receive the reference signal from the second microphone, and to cancel out the non-linear distortion included in the coupled signal based on the non-linear distortion included in the reference signal.
US08811600B2
An apparatus comprising a transmitter at a digital subscriber line (DSL) Cabinet configured to transmit a downstream signal in a subscriber line according to a power spectral density (PSD) configuration, wherein the PSD configuration comprises a cutoff frequency based on a required data-rate of the subscriber line. Also included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising determining a downstream PSD for a PSD mask for a DSL, determining a cutoff frequency for the PSD profile based on a data-rate required for the DSL, and adjusting a downstream signal power on the DSL according to the PSD mask. Included is a method comprising configuring a plurality of transmitted PSDs for a plurality of Exchange deployed lines and Cabinet deployed lines by varying a plurality of cutoff frequencies corresponding to the transmitted PSDs, wherein the cutoff frequencies are varied by line, with time, or both.
US08811598B2
When a customer communicates with a contact center, a history of the communication is stored. The communication from the customer can be in various media, such as a voice call, a video call, an email, an Instant Message (IM), a text message, and/or a blog posting. The history includes a context such as a reason for the communication and a time of the communication. The history of the communication is used to determine a pattern of the communication based on the context. Using the pattern, a time that the customer will communicate with the contact center is predicted. An agent associated with the customer is scheduled to be available at the predicted time. The predicted time can also be based on future events such as a product release or an event such as a political event, a sports event, and/or a convention.
US08811597B1
A contact center is provided that includes a plurality of agents for servicing incoming contacts and an a performance analysis module that compares a proposed contact center configuration and/or change in secondary contact center performance parameter against a set of contact center templates, the contact center templates defining a historical contact center configuration as of respective points in time and, based on the results of this operation, predicts an impact on a primary contact center performance parameter if the proposed contact center configuration and/or change in secondary performance parameter were to be implemented.
US08811595B2
The solution described herein provides an innovative use of remote services technology integrated with service personnel onsite at the point of service, such as a consumer repair outlet, to provide a pool of technical support resources to service a widely distributed resource need, such as support and repair resource needs of a chain of consumer outlets or an aggregated group of single proprietor consumer outlets. With this solution, qualified technical resources are provided from a central location to service a widely distributed retail environment. This is on-demand online remote support service is called or referred to as “support from a spigot.” The distribution method enables the delivery of higher quality, more reliable and overall lower cost services. Instead of requiring dedicated technical resources at each location, lower skilled labor may be deployed at the location to enable the remote technical support services process.
US08811580B2
An interactive interface facilitates the setting of preferences and other programmable parameters of an automotive appliance. The interface is hosted by a server on a global computer network. The automobile owner initiates a connection to the server and is presented with a graphical user interface for setting the preferences and features of the automotive appliance. Once the desired settings have been made, they are downloaded to the automobile either directly from the server or the automobile owner's computer or indirectly using a portable transfer device.
US08811578B2
A system and method for providing local interactive voice response (IVR) services is provided. A local computer system having associated telephony equipment and installed at a local facility (e.g., a retail store of a chain, etc.) receives telephone calls to the local facility. The local computer system generates IVR prompts locally, and is controlled by a central IVR server. Reduced bandwidth is required between the local computer system and the central IVR server since no voice traffic is communicated between the central IVR server and the local computer system.
US08811577B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an ATCA data exchange system which includes: a backboard, at least one exchange board and service board. The exchange board includes at least one Fabric port group, each of which is connected to a service board through the backboard to form a first exchange channel for broadband service, the Fabric port group includes four difference sending and receiving port pairs, and each port pair includes a pair of difference receiving and sending ports. A connector 20 in the Fabric interface of the exchange board includes at least one port pair, and each port pair is connected to a service board through the backboard to form a second exchange channel and is configured for a separate narrowband service data exchange that is independent of the broadband data exchange. Thus to simplify the processing of narrowband data and to decrease the time delay.
US08811553B2
A device implements data reception with edge-based partial response decision feedback equalization. In an example embodiment, the device implements a tap weight adapter circuit that sets the tap weights that are used for adjustment of a received data signal. The tap weight adapter circuit sets the tap weights based on previously determined data values and input from an edge analysis of the received data signal using a set of edge samplers. The edge analysis may include adjusting the sampled data signal by the tap weights determined by the tap weight adapter circuit. A clock generation circuit generates an edge clock signal to control the edge sampling performed by the set of edge samplers. The edge clock signal may be generated as a function of the signals of the edge samplers and prior data values determined by the equalizer.
US08811549B2
An apparatus and method for automatically controlling a gain in a portable communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a channel determiner for controlling a fading margin depending on the channel variation amount to control the limited total dynamic range of the ADC.
US08811546B2
A method uses a set of reference symbols. The method includes receiving a first symbol, comparing the first symbol to the set of reference symbols, and selecting a reference symbol from the set of possible reference symbols. The set of reference symbols are adjusted by a set of respective error factors for each of the reference symbols. The reference symbol is selected when it matches the first symbol. The method also includes adjusting the respective error factor for the reference symbol in accordance with a difference between the first symbol and a remodulated reference symbol in one embodiment.
US08811541B2
A signal demodulation module is disclosed. The signal demodulation module includes an injection-locked oscillator, an envelope detector and a data slicer. The injection-locked oscillator has a central oscillating frequency equal to a frequency of a digital modulation signal received, and outputs a phase-locked oscillating signal which is in phase to the digital modulation signal. When input phase of the digital modulation signal changes, output phase of the injection-locked oscillator changes synchronously. The envelope detector is used for detecting an envelope line of the phase-locked oscillating signal and outputting an envelope signal accordingly. The data slicer is used for receiving the envelop signal and outputting a first digital signal according to a reference voltage and the envelop signal.
US08811540B2
A receiver and method is provided for sigma-delta converting an RF signal to a digital signal and downconverting to a digital baseband signal. The RF signal is split into N phases, as can be accomplished using a sample and hold circuit, and each phase is digitized, as can be accomplished using an analog-to-digital (A/D) sigma-delta converter. Polyphase decimation techniques and demodulation are applied to the phased signals to generate a demodulated digital signal. The demodulated digital signal is further downconverted to the appropriate baseband signal.
US08811535B2
A computer-implemented method and system for generating large families of sequences with desirable properties for many applications, including communications and radar applications, applies constraints to a sequence in the Zak space, modulates the constrained sequence in the Zak space, and determines permutations of the modulated sequence in the Zak space. The constraints are associated with predetermined properties, including predetermined autocorrelation and cross-correlation properties. Other embodiments of the computer-implemented method and system transform an input sequence into a transformed sequence using the finite Zak transform and determine at least one other different sequence based on the transformed sequence. The at least one other different sequence can be determined by collecting a plurality of sequences that are finitely supported on an algebraic line in the Zak space and modulating and/or determining permutations of some or all of the sequences.
US08811534B2
A receiver timing error recovery loop expands the bandwidth of a received signal and determines the timing error based on the bandwidth expanded received signal.
US08811531B2
Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including a quadrature lattice matching network including first path having a series inductor and a shunt inductor, and a second path having a series capacitor and a shunt capacitor. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08811523B1
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising selecting, by a user equipment (UE), a preferred interference precoding matrix from a plurality of candidate precoding matrices included in a codebook; and transmitting, by the user equipment to a communication node, a preferred interference precoding matrix index (PMI) corresponding to the preferred interference precoding matrix included in the codebook. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08811504B2
Data transmission is disclosed over a transmission channel that is subject to narrowband interferers. An increased overall bit or data transmission rate is achieved by an exemplary method of determining a channel capacity of plural sub-channels of the transmission channel based on a net background noise power estimation. The net background noise power contains only white noise-like contributions and excludes, to a reasonable extent, noise contributions or signal power from narrowband interferers. Hence, the net background noise power can be reduced. For example, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) signal code construction or bit allocation scheme can be chosen that provides for optimized data transmission at a data rate that approximates or approaches the more realistic channel capacity of an individual sub-channel, resulting in an increased overall bit or data transmission rate.
US08811503B2
A method and system for generating a space frequency block code relay signal includes a signal detection unit which detects a received signal by receiving a first and second source signals transmitted from a first and second source nodes, a relay signal generation unit which generates a relay signal cooperating with the first and second source signals using a space frequency block code (SFBC) scheme based on the received signal, and a signal transmitter which transmits the relay signal to a destination node.
US08811499B2
A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video inputs and a multiviewer video processor coupled to the plurality of video inputs for generating video data based upon the plurality of video inputs. The system may further include a display coupled to the multiviewer video processor for displaying multiple video windows based upon the video data, and at least one user input device. The multiviewer video processor may permit scrolling among the multiple video windows displayed on the display at a given instant and at least one other video window not displayed on the display at the given instant based upon the at least one user input device.
US08811496B1
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with decoding image data are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus decoding a bitstream includes a parser that parses a command that includes instructions for decoding a syntax element bitstream from the bitstream. The parser functions to identify a number times to repeat the command and to identify a table associated with the syntax element bitstream based, at least in part, on a table identification (ID) in the command. A decoder decodes the syntax element bitstream as specified by the command based, at least in part, on retrieving a value in a table associated with the table ID to generate a syntax element.
US08811492B2
A video encoder and corresponding method are described for enabling fast channel change of compressed video, where a video encoder for receiving input pictures and providing compressed stream data includes a normal encoding portion for receiving input pictures and providing normal stream data, a lower-quality encoding portion for receiving input pictures and providing channel change stream data, and a multiplexor in signal communication with each of the normal and lower-quality portions for receiving and combining the normal and channel change data streams.
US08811479B2
Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a residual block are provided. The method of encoding the residual block includes: generating a prediction block of a current block; generating a residual block based on a difference between the prediction block and the current block; generating a transformation residual block by transforming the residual block to a frequency domain; splitting the transformation residual block into frequency band units; and encoding effective coefficient flags indicating frequency band units, of the frequency band units, in which nonzero effective transformation coefficients exist.
US08811471B2
A moving picture decoding method of an embodiment according to the present invention is a moving picture decoding method for decoding encoded data of an interlaced scanned picture including Top field and Bottom field, and the method includes a stereo information acquisition step for acquiring stereo information indicating whether Top field and Bottom field are two pictures forming a stereo picture from the encoded data, a decoding step for decoding two fields corresponding to each other from the encoded data and generating two decoded fields, and an output step for outputting the two decoded fields. In the output step, the stereo information is referred to and the two decoded fields are outputted simultaneously.
US08811467B2
A finite sequence of code values is formed, and can be used for example in communications or remote sensing. A code value in said finite sequence of code values has a validity period specific to that code value. There are code values of different validity periods in said finite sequence of code values. Each of said validity periods is longer than or equal to a predetermined minimum baud length.
US08811463B2
A phase adjuster 2a receives a trigger clock synchronized with a data signal to be measured as input, and controls the phase of the trigger clock such that the trigger period of samples of the data signal to be measured becomes one sample per bit. An adjustable frequency divider 2b has a frequency division ratio which is set such that a trigger pulse is generated at the fixed timing of the waveform pattern of the data signal to be measured. An interleaving unit 4d uses a discrete value which is in prime relation to the measured pattern length of the data signal to be measured, and acquires data for the number of samples corresponding to the measured pattern length from a sampler 3 by the trigger pulse from the adjustable frequency divider 2b.
US08811462B1
A receiver device detects a plurality of symbols in a signal and determines, based on the one of the plurality of detected symbols, an estimated beginning of a subsequent frame. The receiver device determines whether the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the subsequent frame. When the estimated start of the subsequent frame corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, the receiver is synchronized to the actual start of the frame. When the estimated start of the subsequent frame does not corresponds to the actual start of the subsequent frame, the receiver device determines, based on a further one of the plurality of detected symbols, an estimated beginning of another subsequent frame. The receiver device determines whether the estimated start of the other subsequent frame corresponds to an actual start of the other subsequent frame.
US08811459B1
In a modular signal mirroring system each point-to-point RF transceiver end has a controller module coupled to one or more I/O modules. The I/O modules have various input and output circuits. A signal received at the near end is reconstructed at the far end after being transmitted in an RF packet. The reconstructed signal may be the same as the input signal, inverted from the input signal or level-shifted from the input signal. It is representative of the input signal following the input signal's state after a time-quantization latency. Transmission between the two ends is via a periodic transmission controlled in a master slave protocol. If a transmission is not received in a timely manner or, in some systems, if intentional interference with transmissions is detected, the reconstructed signal is forced to a safe state determined by local switch settings. The settings include the last known good state.
US08811458B2
A digitally controlled jitter injection apparatus for built in self-testing includes a transceiver circuit having a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The digitally controlled jitter injection apparatus also includes a generator that generates a composite jitter including multi-tone jitter components. The digitally controlled jitter injection apparatus also includes a processor operable to digitally inject the composite jitter into a receiver circuit and/or a transmitter circuit of the transceiver circuit.
US08811452B2
A receiver capable of decoding encoded transmissions. The receiver includes a number of receive antennas configured to receive data; a plurality of memory units that store the received data; and a plurality of decoders configured to perform a Turbo decoding operation. Each of the plurality of decoders decodes at least a portion of the received data using at least a portion of a decoding matrix. The receiver also includes a data switch coupled between the plurality of decoders and the plurality of memory units. The data switch configured to vary a decode operation from an long term evolution (LTE) based operation to a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) operation.
US08811449B2
The invention relates to a light source, comprising an optical resonator (1) and an optical medium (2) arranged therein that can be excited so as to emit light, wherein the optical medium (2) comprises at least one two-level system, in particular a two-level system that is not population-inverted, having an at least metastable lower state, and the optical length of the resonator (1) comprising at least one curved mirror (1) is selected such that the free spectral bandwidth of the resonator is equal to or greater than the absorption bandwidth and/or fluorescence bandwidth of the optical medium (2) and only a single longitudinal mode and a plurality of transversal modes of the resonator (1) are arranged within the fluorescence bandwidth. The invention further relates to a method for producing light by means of an optical resonator (1) and an optical medium (2) arranged therein that can be excited so as to emit light, wherein at least one two-level system, in particular a two-level system that is not population-inverted, having an at least metastable lower state is selected as the optical medium (2), and the optical length of the resonator (1) comprising at least one curved mirror (1) is set in such a way that the free spectral bandwidth of the resonator is greater than the absorption bandwidth and/or fluorescence bandwidth of the optical medium (2) and only a single longitudinal mode (3) and a plurality of transversal modes (4) of the resonator (1) within the fluorescence bandwidth of the optical medium (2) are produced by means of excitation.
US08811439B2
A system for self-aligning assembly and packaging of semiconductor lasers allows reduction of time, cost and testing expenses for high power density systems. A laser package mounting system, such as a modified TO-can (transistor outline can), has modifications that increase heat transfer from the active laser to a heat exchanger or other heat sink. A prefabricated heat exchanger assembly mounts both a laser package and one or more lenses. Direct mounting of a fan assembly to the package further minimizes assembly steps. Components may be physically and optically aligned during assembly by clocking and other indexing means, so that the entire system is self-aligned and focused by the assembly process without requiring post-assembly adjustment. This system can lower costs and thereby enable the use of high powered semiconductor lasers in low cost, high volume production, such as consumer items.
US08811436B2
A laser apparatus may include a master oscillator configured to output a laser beam, at least one amplifier disposed in a beam path of the laser beam from the master oscillator, at least one power source for applying a high-frequency voltage to the at least one amplifier, and a controller for varying the high-frequency voltage to be applied to the at least one amplifier from the at least one power source.
US08811430B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a fabric on a first semiconductor die to communicate with at least one agent on the die according to an on-chip protocol and a packetization layer coupled to the fabric to receive command and data information from the fabric on multiple links and to packetize the information into a packet for transmission from the die to another die via an in-package packetized link. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08811423B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a network system includes a boundary router, a second router, and an upstream link of the second router coupled between to the output port of the boundary router and an input port of the second router. The second router includes an admission control function and a data plane. In response to a request to reserve resources for a flow through the second router, the admission control function performs admission control for both the upstream link and its downstream link. In a preferred embodiment, the second router performs admission control for the upstream link only if the second router is a receiving edge router for the flow. Because the second router performs admission control for its upstream link, the boundary router transmits the request toward an upstream router without performing admission control for the link.
US08811420B2
A system and method for wireless communication is disclosed. One aspect of the system includes wireless devices, wherein the wireless devices are capable of establishing a peer-to-peer link by contention-based channel access, and wherein the wireless devices are free to contend any time for accessing a wireless channel. The system may include first and second wireless devices, each of which has a directional antenna system. The first wireless device can determine whether the wireless channel is available for establishing a peer-to-peer link, by repeating sensing whether the channel is idle in different directions each during different slot time periods. The first wireless device can also sequentially transmit multiple requests each in different directions for establishing a link with the second wireless device. The second wireless device can sequentially transmit multiple replies each in different directions for establishing the link with the first wireless device.
US08811411B2
A method and apparatus for receiving packets from a node within a first network in accordance with a first protocol. A descriptor associated with each received packet is read by a direct memory access (DMA) controller that stores the received packet. A value for a controllable parameter is selected to efficiently communicate the content of the received packet over a second network that operates in accordance with a second protocol. The information in the received packet is then organized into newly formed packets, the size of which makes them efficient for communication over the network in the second protocol. The newly formed packets are stored in a transmit line buffer and associated with a Protocol Descriptor. The Protocol Descriptor provides information to a transmit controller to allow the transmit controller to select and aggregate packets from the transmit line buffer in order to make efficient use of the second protocol.
US08811406B2
A distributed switch may include a plurality of sub-switches. These sub-switches may be arranged in a hierarchy that increases the available bandwidth for transmitting multicast data frames across the switch fabric. Moreover, the distributed switch may be compatible with link aggregation where multiple physical connections are grouped together to create an aggregated (logical) link. Link aggregation requires similar data frames to use the same data path when traversing the distributed switch. With a unicast data frame, the sub-switch in the distributed switch that receives the data frame typically identifies the destination port (during a process called link selection) and forwards the data frame to the sub-switch containing that port. However, with multicast data frames, instead of the receiving sub-switch performing link selection to determine the destination port, link selection may be done by a different sub-switch or not done at all.
US08811404B2
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided. In some embodiments, a method for configuration of scheduling policy to facilitate distributed scheduling is provided. The method can include receiving configuration information for configuring the scheduling policy for traffic. The scheduling policy can be configured according to a provisioned priority function. The configuration information can be received at a plurality of base stations in a respective plurality of different cells for provisioning a priority function at the plurality of base stations.
US08811400B2
Datalink frames or networking packets contain protocol information in the header and optionally in the trailer of a frame or a packet. We are proposing a method in which part of or all of the protocol information corresponding to a frame or a packet is transmitted separately in another datalink frame. The “Separately Transmitted Protocol Information” is referred to as STPI. The STPI contains enough protocol information to identify the next hop node or port. STPI can be used avoid network congestion and improve link efficiency. Preferably, there will be one datalink frame or network packet corresponding to each STPI, containing the data and the rest of the protocol information and this frame/packet is referred to as DFoNP. The creation of STPI and DFoNP is done by the originator of the frame or packet such as an operating system.
US08811396B2
A system for and method of securing a network are described herein. A receiving device listens for packets with proper credentials. If a transmitting device sends the correct credentials, the receiving device will respond with an acknowledgment and further data is able to be transmitted. However, if the transmitting device does not send a packet with the proper credentials, then the receiving device will drop the packet and not respond. Thus, the transmitting device will be unaware of the presence of the receiving device, in particular when hackers are using scanning software to locate target devices.
US08811395B2
A system and method to use network flow records to generate information about changes in network routing and to understand the impact of these changes on network traffic. The inferences made can be determinative, if sufficient information is available. If sufficient information is not available to make determinative inferences, inferences may be made that narrow the range of possible changes that may have occurred to network traffic and the underlying network.
US08811393B2
Systems and methods are provided for supporting IPv4-IPv6 interworking of SIP messages in wireless networks and IMS networks. The interworking can be provided to smooth migration to an all-IPv6 IMS network by allowing the use and support of existing legacy IPv4 infrastructure. This functionality may be provided by a call session control function (CSCF) interposed between a user equipment (UE) and an IMS core network with interworking functionality or an interworking module. This device serves as a back-to-back user agent (B2BUA), allocates IP addresses from a pool, performs next-hop route protocol discovery, and maintains and stores information within the gateway as well as interworking and rewriting IP addresses within network messages, while proxying and maintaining sessions between the UE and the IMS core network. This allows for faster call setup, reduced capex/opex, improved debuggability, increased capacity and subscriber density by call processing distribution, and better user experience.
US08811390B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing data transmission speeds at or in excess of 10 gigabits per second between one or more source devices and one or more destination devices. According to one embodiment, the system of the present invention comprises a first and second media access control (MAC) interfaces to facilitate receipt and transmission of packets over an associated set of physical interfaces. The system also contemplates a first and second field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) coupled to the MAC interfaces and an associated first and second memory structures, the first and second FPGAs are configured to perform initial processing of packets received from the first and second MAC interfaces and to schedule the transmission of packets to the first and second MAC interface for transmission to one or more destination devices. The first and second FPGAs are further operative to dispatch and retrieve packets to and from the first and second memory structures. A third FPGA, coupled to the first and second memory structures and a backplane, is operative to retrieve and dispatch packets to and from the first and second memory structures, compute appropriate destinations for packets and organize packets for transmission. The third FPGA is further operative to receive and dispatch packets to and from the backplane.
US08811389B2
A base station apparatus, methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture. A computer implemented method includes the following for receiving and sending data: receiving the data by an RF header module; grouping data received; transferring the grouped data to a data processing apparatus; distributing the grouped data into an uplink sub-channel; merging the distributed data using at least one downlink sub-channel; transferring the merged data to a transceiving apparatus; degrouping the merged data; and sending the merged data by RF header module. A method of receiving data, a method of sending data, and computer readable non-transitory articles of manufacture are also provided.
US08811368B2
A reception apparatus used by a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system base station includes a path detection unit performing path detection on a selected user equipment. Also included is a deriving unit using the detected path timing to despread incoming signals from said selected user equipment and deriving one or more multipath components. Also included is a providing unit Rake combining said one or more multipath components to provide a demodulation signal. Also included is a scheduling unit selecting one or more user equipments at predetermined intervals according to one or more judgment criteria and reporting to the path detection unit. The one or more judgment criteria includes criteria for selecting the user equipment with the demodulation signal which has a higher fading frequency.
US08811367B2
Data rate allocation decisions are made for a communications channel. A message is sent on a communication channel such as on a paging channel. The message indicates a forward Effective Radiate Power (ERP) of a pilot signal transmitted. The remote station then determines the received signal strength of this pilot signal, taking into account receiver gains. The path loss may be estimated as the difference between the forward ERP data value received and the detected received pilot power. This transmit power level information is encoded as a digital data word together with the forward path loss information. Upon transmission, the forward path loss estimate as calculated and the output power value can then help determine the amount of excess power available. This is indicative of the amount of dynamic range available in the transmit power amplifier. Coding rates which require a higher dynamic range may be acceptable for use.
US08811365B2
A intelligent backhaul radio is disclosed that is compact, light and low power for street level mounting, operates at 100 Mb/s or higher at ranges of 300 m or longer in obstructed LOS conditions with low latencies of 5 ms or less, can support PTP and PMP topologies, uses radio spectrum resources efficiently and does not require precise physical antenna alignment.
US08811360B2
A method and apparatus for flexible Mobile IP foreign agent architecture for enabling converged services are described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, a packet is received over a circuit bound with a converged services domain of a network element. The converged services domain enables forwarding of wired and wireless traffic to a plurality of destination network elements. Upon determining that the circuit is capable of carrying Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) packets, the packet is processed according to an entry in a Mobile IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet has a corresponding entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base, and the packet is processed according to a different entry in an IP forwarding information base upon determining that the packet does not have an entry in the Mobile IP forwarding information base. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08811337B2
A radio terminal 10 includes a radio communication unit 11 configured to receive packets at predetermined intervals through a first network 100 or a second network 200, a buffer 15 configured to temporarily store packets received by the radio communication unit 11, another radio communication unit 11 configured to transmit a preparation request requesting a preparation of handover from the first network 100 to the second network 200, and an application processor 16 configured to reproduce the packets stored in the buffer 15 at a predetermined rate determined according to the predetermined interval. The application processor 16 decreases the amount of the packets stored in the buffer 15 by changing a packet reproducing rate to a rate higher than the predetermined rate in response to the transmission of the preparation request.
US08811335B2
Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting the transmission time interval (TTI) for a communications system are presented. The described aspects provide for dynamically adjusting the TTI in a communication session between a base station or nodeB and a wireless device or user equipment between a shorter TTI, which can provide increased data throughput and lower power consumption, and a longer TTI, which can provide more rugged communication link connections. By dynamically adjusting the TTI, the communications link can be optimized for the given communication channel conditions. Determinations, based on indicia related to the communications system conditions, can be employed in dynamic TTI adjustment. These determinations can be formed centrally at the Radio Network Controller (RNC), at the RNC supplemented with user equipment (UE) available information, or formed in a distributed manner between the RNC and UE across a communications system.
US08811327B2
The present invention discloses a method, a system and a C-RNC for determining the support capability of a local cell, the method comprising the following steps of: a controlling radio network controller (C-RNC) receiving from a node B capability support information about the local cell of the node B, wherein the capability support information comprises uplink multi-carrier capability support information and shared interconnection of type B (IUB) transport bearer capability support information; and the C-RNC determining by default that the local cell supports a separate IUB transport bearer, and determining an uplink multi-carrier support capability and a shared IUB transport bearer support capability of the local cell according to the capability support information. The present invention accelerates the processing of the C-RNC, thereby improving the system performance.
US08811325B2
The present invention discloses a method for transmitting path loss power threshold configuration information and a network side device. The method includes: the network side increasing or reducing the weighted sum value currently selected by the cell according to the scenario of resources which can be allocated in a current cell, updating the random access preamble group B power offset value and the power offset value between the random access preamble and the first scheduled transmission (Msg3) sent over the uplink channel resources respectively according to the increased or reduced weighted sum value, sending the updated random access preamble group B power offset value and the updated power offset value between the random access preamble and Msg3 to a terminal of the cell.
US08811311B2
An approach for performing a random access procedure using soft-dedicated preambles is disclosed. A module designates one of a plurality of preambles, associated with one or more random access channels, as a soft-dedicated preamble. The soft-dedicated preamble is used by a user equipment that is either contention-based or non-contention-based.
US08811302B2
In an embodiment, a network communication entity obtains a location associated with an access terminal that is attempting to participate in a communication service, determines whether the obtained location satisfies a relationship with a defined location region, the defined location region establishing a first level of service restriction for the communication service within the defined location region and establishing at least a second level of service restriction for the communication service outside of the defined location region, and restricts the access terminal in accordance with the first or second level of service restriction for the communication service based on the determination. The network communication entity may correspond to the access terminal, an access network or an application server. If the access terminal detects a current, imminent or future service restriction, the given access terminal can initiate handoff to another service mechanism and/or inform the user of the service restriction.
US08811301B2
Provided is a method of efficiently transmitting an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bit supporting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system supporting multi-user multi-input and multi-output (MIMO). The method transmits the same downlink code and in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) multiplexed ACK/NACK bit to two mobile stations using the same uplink resource block. Accordingly, the method can efficiently transmit the ACK/NACK bit for multi-user MIMO and efficiently use downlink radio resources.
US08811288B2
A method and apparatus for enabling delivery of a message in a communication system comprising an IMS domain and a circuit switched domain. Upon receiving a registration message in the IMS domain from a user equipment operated by a user, wherein the message comprises an Equipment Identifier valid for the user equipment and an IMPI valid for the user, the Equipment Identifier and the IMPI are extracted from the received message. Then a creation or an update of a mapping of the Equipment Identifier to the IMPI and a C-MSISDN is initiated. Upon receiving a message, relating to the user, which is to be communicate between the IMS and circuit switched domains in the communication system, a use of the mapping for translating between the Equipment Identifier, IMPI and the C-MSISDN is initiated.
US08811282B2
A system and method to provide call delivery to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network for a Mobile Directory Number (MDN) homed in a second generation (2G) wireless network, without requiring Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN) operations and associated Mobile Switching Center emulation (MSCe) translations for routing the call request. A Home Location Register (HLR) determines whether the subscriber has subscribed to the IMS services. The HLR-based subscriber profile is enhanced with new IMS-related subscriber information. Enhanced American National Standards Institute-41 (ANSI-41) Mobile Application Part (MAP) operations and a new ANSI-41 parameter allow the MSCe to re-route the call origination request from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to an entry point for the IMS network based upon the new IMS-related subscriber information received from the HLR. A Domain Name Server (DNS) supports routing-related traffic distribution.
US08811281B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request at a packet gateway to allocate a new bearer for a mobile device on a wireless telecommunications network; identifying, at the packet gateway, existing bearers that have a quality of service (QoS) that can be reduced without dropping the existing bearers; reducing, at the packet gateway, the QoS of the existing bearers; reclaiming resources at the packet gateway that were previously in use by the existing bearers; and allocating the new bearer for the mobile device using the reclaimed resources at the packet gateway without causing any of the existing bearers to be disconnected, wherein the existing bearers have a lower priority than the new bearer, and wherein the existing bearers have previously been designated as capable of being preempted.
US08811277B2
A method of an efficient low duty mode (LDM) operation for a femto base station is disclosed. The method of a low duty mode (LDM) operation for a femto base station comprises operating at an available interval of a first length according to a default LDM pattern; and operating at an unavailable interval of a second length according to the default LDM pattern, wherein the available interval begins with a frame including a first preamble, the first preamble including information of carrier configuration and system bandwidth.
US08811272B2
A network is provided comprising at least one access point and one access-controlling node whereby the identity of the station can be approved by the access controlling node. The at least one access-controlling node issues at least one Inter-Access Point Protocol message causing the access point with which the station is currently associated to disassociate the given station thereby terminating the access for the given station.
US08811270B2
The present invention, generally speaking, provides for sharing of bandwidth of a shared medium between multiple devices. In one embodiment, the shared medium is structured in accordance with a frame or superframe structure, each frame or superframe having medium access slots of specified time duration defined therein, groups of N contiguous medium access slots defining different allocations zones, groups of M medium access slots defining coordinated sets of medium access slots, wherein the medium access slots of a coordinated set belonging to different allocation zones are equally spaced in time. A device identifies a reservation as regular or irregular, wherein a regular reservation causes the entire medium access slots in one or more coordinated sets to be allocated. In the case of either a regular or an irregular reservation, allocating medium access slots such that a number of unallocated contiguous medium access slots within each allocation zone is maximized. The contiguous unallocated medium access slots separate the group of regular allocations and the group of irregular allocations within each allocation zone.
US08811266B2
A wireless communications system and, more particularly, a method for uplink transmission control and an apparatus for the same in a wireless communications system are disclosed. In a method for performing uplink scheduling for a first user equipment by a first base station, the method includes the steps of receiving, from the first user equipment, information on a frequency band having an uplink interference occurring therein with respect to a second base station; and allocating an uplink resource for the first user equipment based upon the frequency band. Herein, the frequency band having an uplink interference occurring therein with respect to the second base station may be decided based upon uplink scheduling information on a second user equipment of the second base station, and the uplink scheduling information on the second user equipment of the second base station may be acquired by the first user equipment and transmitted to the first base station.
US08811259B2
A method for configuring a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) within a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) and a wireless communication system supporting the same are provided. A dual-mode terminal is used as a relay for relaying between the WMAN and the WLAN and the relay divides a total service period into a WMAN period and a WLAN period. For the WMAN period, the relay accesses the WMAN and implements a WMAN service and for the WLAN period, it accesses the WLAN and implements a WLAN service.
US08811255B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method for allocating a resource for multicast and/or broadcast service data in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefore. The present invention includes the steps of dividing a downlink frequency band into a plurality of frequency partitions, allocating one or more subbands in a certain frequency partition among the plurality of frequency partitions to the MBS data, and c) allocating one or more subbands in each remaining frequency partitions one by one to the MBS data, if the number of subbands required for transmitting the MBS data (KSB,E MBS) is larger than the number of subbands in the certain frequency partition.
US08811254B2
A method for networked communications includes determining a group identifier associated with a received request for multicast data, determining an available upstream bandwidth and an available downstream bandwidth, adding an entry for the identified group into a multicast forwarding table, allocating bandwidth from the available upstream bandwidth and available downstream bandwidth, the allocated bandwidth corresponding to bandwidth required by the requested multicast data, and forwarding the received request to an upstream network destination. The method includes, if no response is received in response to the received request within a designated timeout period, removing the entry for the identified group in the multicast forwarding table, and restoring the allocated bandwidth to the available upstream bandwidth and available downstream bandwidth.
US08811251B2
An apparatus comprises a network physical layer and an activity sensor for sensing a packet and activating the network physical layer from shutdown. The network physical layer decodes a PHY header portion and a media access control header portion of a packet header. A MAC has a fixed hardware media access plane implementing IEEE 802.11 series MAC functionality and couples to a microprocessor. A MAC address parser receives the MAC header portion of the packet, for processing the MAC header portion of the packet, and for activating the MAC from a shutdown in response to recognizing a MAC address within the MAC header portion of the packet, such that the MAC is not activated if the MAC parser does not recognize the MAC address, wherein the MAC is operable, after activation, to perform MAC functionality without the microprocessor and to provide data from the packet to the microprocessor.
US08811248B2
A method to extend battery life of a mobile device in a wireless network by means of specifying the wake-up condition at user level.
US08811244B2
In one design, a method to change a network-assigning mechanism and to use a distributed UE-selecting mechanism with the minimum possible information transferred from the network to the UE is proposed. In particular, it provides mechanism to define a lower bound and an upper bound for the extended wait time. For instance, the method comprises transmitting a RRC connection request message to a network, wherein an establishment cause of the RRC connection request message is set to be delay tolerant or low priority; receiving information associated with a first wait time included in an RRC connection reject/release message from the network; and performing a radio access to the network with a delay which is determined based on a lower bound of the first wait time and a upper bound of the first wait time.
US08811243B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a wireless feeder network which connects access base stations to a communications network. The wireless feeder network comprises a plurality of feeder base stations connected to the communications network and a plurality of feeder terminals connected to the plurality of access base stations. A sounding schedule is determined for the wireless feeder network in dependence on a visibility matrix, the visibility matrix indicative of visibility via the wireless feeder network between each of the plurality of feeder base stations and each of the plurality of feeder terminals. Then a sounding procedure within the wireless feeder network is controlled in accordance with the sounding schedule. The visibility matrix enables a coordinated sounding procedure to be carried out, allowing more accurate channel metrics for the wireless channels of the network to be determined which are not adversely affected by interference between elements of the network.
US08811242B2
A method and an arrangement for providing a wire-free mesh network are provided. An approval procedure is carried out in situations in which a subscriber who is registering on the mesh network transmits an MAC address which already exists in the mesh network, such that two different subscribers within the mesh network never have identical MAC addresses.
US08811236B2
The present invention relates to an interaction method and device between resource and admission control systems, which is applied in a case that a mobile user equipment accesses a network at a fixed network side and deploys a service of the fixed network, the method includes: the resource and admission control system of the fixed network performing, after receiving a resource request sent from an application function of the fixed network, an authorization check on the resource request, and interacting with the resource and admission control system of a mobile network to make the resource and admission control system of the mobile network perform another authorization check on the resource request; if both the authorization checks are passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network formulating final policy rules, and returning a resource response to the application function of the fixed network. The device comprises the resource and admission control system of the fixed network and the resource and admission control system of the mobile network. The method and device of the present invention can solve the resource and admission control problems when a mobile user equipment accesses the network at the fixed network side and deploys a service in the fixed network.
US08811235B2
In one embodiment, a spanning tree protocol (STP) is executed to assign a first port of an intermediate network device to a Root Port Role, a second port of the intermediate network device to an Alternate Port Role, a third port of the intermediate network device to a Designated Port Role, and a fourth port of the intermediate network device to a Backup Port Role. At least one bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) message is periodically sent from the first port assigned Root Port Role, the second port assigned Alternate Port Role and the fourth port assigned Backup Port Role, irrespective of receipt of any BPDU messages from neighboring intermediate network devices. In response to a failure to receive a BPDU message from a neighboring intermediate network device on the third port assigned Designated Port Role within a threshold amount of time, one or more actions are taken.
US08811231B2
Wireless communication systems using transmitter initiated communications methods. Several devices in the system listen by following a common frequency hopping sequence. When communication is desired, a transmitting device sends a request to send signal to an addressee; if available, the addressee sends a clear to send signal, and the transmitting device and the addressee then perform communications using a separate frequency hopping sequence. Methods for adding new devices are also included. In an example, a new device uses a discovery frequency hopping sequence to ping a number of frequencies until the common frequency hopping sequence is discovered. In another example, a new device listens on a single frequency forming part of the common frequency hopping sequence until the common frequency hopping sequence overlaps the single frequency.
US08811226B2
In a packet communication network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by respective links according to a routing topology, ordered metrics are respectively associated with links each connecting two nodes together directly. On detection of a modification of the routing topology, at the level of a first node connected by a link to at least one second node, a timer value associated with the second node is determined. Next, the timer is set. Finally, on expiring of this timer, a topology update message is emitted destined for the second node. The timer value is provided by an increasing function taking as parameter the metric associated with said link connecting the first node to the second node, so that the larger the metric, the larger the timer value.
US08811219B2
Streams of data traffic from various applications may be handled by a network-aware adapter module as part of a greater platform for filtering communicating the streams to intelligent network components. A distinguishing factor associated with a given data stream may be determined and used as a basis for selecting a QoS policy setting for the given data stream. The selected QoS policy setting may then be signaled to a media access control layer to take advantage of the QoS function of the embedded underlying active media type that is active and optimal (both from technical and business perspective) to carry out the communication for the application.
US08811218B2
A method and a device for allocating a persistent resource in a mobile communication system are provided. In a broadband mobile communication system such as an IEEE 802.16m system, when allocating a persistent resource, because the terminal may transmit a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) sub packet in a continuous frame without receiving the HARQ feedback from the base station, uplink coverage may be extended. When persistent resource allocation is used in uplink, the base station may transmit an HARQ sub packet without receiving the HARQ feedback during the persistent resource allocation period to improve uplink coverage of an allocated persistent resource.
US08811215B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting signals in a spatial multiplexing system. An embodiment of the invention provides a signal detection apparatus for a single receiver unit equipped with a plurality of antennas in a system having at least one transmitter unit configured to transmit data streams by spatial multiplexing, where the signal detection apparatus includes: a partial linear coefficient generator unit configured to generate a linear weighting matrix by using a preset algorithm on a channel matrix formed between the transmitter unit and the single receiver unit; a partial symbol remover unit configured to generate a first symbol vector by removing all transmittable symbols for each transmitting antenna from all received data streams; and a partial symbol detector unit configured to generate a transmission symbol candidate vector by using the linear weighting matrix and the first symbol vector.
US08811207B2
A user equipment UE reports its UE-specific channel quality to the network. The network uses this to narrow a search space in which the UE looks for its downlink control signaling. In one embodiment the search space is defined by downlink signaling the network sends. The width of the search space may also select between types of downlink control signaling (for example, between PDCCH and E-PDCCH). In the specific examples described the poorest channel qualities result in the whole-bandwidth PDCCH being used while better channel qualities result in progressively narrower search spaces to look for an E-PDCCH.
US08811205B2
The invention relates to a wireless mobile communication system (400), such as a mobile telephone network. Network configuration data may contain inaccuracies, such as an error in the location of a base station (432, 434). These inaccuracies may lead to errors in estimating the location of a mobile communication unit (410). The invention creates probability density functions for the location of a mobile communication unit, based on communications with the mobile communication network (430). A confidence score may be calculated for each probability density function. A combined function can then be derived from the individual confidence scores. Maximization of the combined function may then lead to a corrected value for a network parameter of the network configuration data. Corrected network configuration data leads to more accurate measurements of the location of mobile communication units. In addition, upgrades to the antennae and base stations can be planned more effectively.
US08811203B1
In a communication system that utilizes at least a primary channel, a secondary channel. and a tertiary channel, it is determined whether the primary channel is idle, and it is determined that a composite channel includes a set of one or more channels chosen from at least i) the primary channel, ii) the secondary channel, and iii) the tertiary channel based at least on a determination of whether the primary channel is idle. A signal is transmitted via the composite channel after determining the composite channel.
US08811199B2
A first node sends a first message to a second node. The second node sends a second message to the first node. A first elapsed time is measured from the beginning of the transmission of the first message to the beginning of receipt of the second message. A second elapsed time is measured from the beginning of the receipt of the first message to the beginning of the transmission of the second message. The second node sends a third message to the first node containing the second elapsed time. The distance between the first and second node is calculated based on these elapsed times and a calibration count multiplier contained in the second or third message. A node may be moved within a wireless mesh network. Positional information about the node and distances to its neighbors is determined and transmitted to the network manager where it is stored.
US08811194B2
A method for testing a packet data signal transceiver via its packet data signal interface. The packet data signal interface is used to convey test packet data signals from the test equipment to the DUT, and response packet data signals responsive to such test packet data signals from the DUT to the test equipment.
US08811184B2
A bandwidth management system includes a plurality of queues respectively corresponding to a plurality of zones. An enqueuing module receives network traffic from one or more incoming network interfaces, determines a belonging zone to which the network traffic belongs, and enqueues the network traffic on a queue corresponding to the belonging zone. A dequeuing module selectively dequeues data from the queues and passes the data to one or more outgoing network interfaces. When dequeuing data from the queues the dequeuing module dequeues an amount of data from a selected queue, and the amount of data dequeued from the selected queue is determined according to user load of a zone to which the selected queue corresponds.
US08811181B2
After statically provisioned paths are created through an Ethernet network, trunks may be created to extend along those paths. The trunks extend between pairs of NNI interfaces on either end of the path, and Ethernet OAM may be run over the trunks to detect connectivity along the paths. Service instances and service groups may be provisioned over particular paths through the network. Each service instance/service group is associated with a trunk and the Ethernet OAM service on the trunk may be used to provide Ethernet connectivity OAM for the service instance/service group. Upon detection of a failure on the trunk, the service instances/service groups associated with the trunk may be caused to failover to an alternate path through the network. Thus, a single Ethernet OAM service instance may be used to provide connectivity verification so that connectivity detection does not need to be performed on each individual service instances/service group.
US08811179B2
The disclosure provides an authentication network. In one embodiment the authentication network includes: (1) an authentication server for receiving authentication requests, (2) at least one network node for forwarding authentication requests from user devices to the authentication server, and (3) a flooding disabler in the at least one network node for selectively disabling the flooding of packets from the user device by the at least one network node.
US08811174B2
A data communication method includes: a Radio Network Controller (RNC) sends a notification message to a Node B to instruct the Node B to perform proper operations after a specific event occurs on the User Equipment (UE). A data communication system, a data sending apparatus and a data receiving apparatus are also provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Through the technical solution under the present disclosure, when specific events such as cell handover, disconnection and state transition occur on the UE, the RNC that obtains the event information may send a notification message to Node B to instruct the Node B to perform proper operations. Therefore, the Node B is prevented from continuing to send the buffered UE data from the source cell; and in the Cell_FACH state, the present disclosure saves the radio channel resources, shortens the transmission delay, and reduces the transmission packet loss ratio.
US08811172B1
In an embodiment, a system routes a new data stream from a source to a destination through a plurality of forwarding devices interconnected with links. The system includes a control device that receives a request to create a path through the plurality of interconnected forwarding devices for a new data stream and determines a type of the new data stream. A data flow database stores historical usage characteristics of data streams having the determined type. A path computation module determines, based on the historical usage characteristics of data streams having the determined type, the requested path through plurality of interconnected forwarding devices from the source to the destination.
US08811164B2
In the context of a communications system, means are disclosed for ensuring that invocation of redirect features, such as call forwarding, do not circumvent call blocking settings. User profile information associated with a party controls the invocation of features for the party and controls the screening of redirect contacts resulting from feature invocation. The behavior of feature-associated contact screening for the party is configurable independently of the originating calling permissions of the party.
US08811163B2
In one embodiment, a method, comprising receiving at a receive side of a physical link a request to suspend transmission of data from a queue within a transmit side of a first stage of queues and to suspend transmission via a path including the physical link, a portion of the first stage of queues, and a portion of a second stage of queues. The method includes sending, in response to the request, a flow control signal to a flow control module configured to schedule transmission of the data from the queue within the transmit side of the first stage of queues. The flow control signal is associated with a first control loop including the path and differing from a second control loop that excludes the first stage of queues.
US08811159B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving configuration information of a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for receiving configuration information of a plurality of cells by a terminal in a wireless communication system based on a carrier aggregation includes detecting a radio connection failure, transmitting a radio connection reestablishment request message to a cell from among a first plurality of aggregated cells, and receiving a radio connection reestablishment message including configuration information of a second plurality of aggregated cells from the cell from among the first plurality of aggregated cells.
US08811141B2
An OFDM/OFDMA frame structure technology for communication systems is disclosed. The OFDM/OFDMA frame structure technology comprises a variable length sub-frame structure with efficiently sized cyclic prefixes and efficient transition gap durations operable to effectively utilize OFDM/OFDMA bandwidth. Furthermore, the frame structure provides compatibility with multiple wireless communication systems. An uplink frame structure and a downlink frame structure are provided.
US08811137B2
In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08811129B1
A magnetic recording media is disclosed. The media comprises a substrate, a recording layer disposed over the substrate, and a metallic layer disposed between the recording layer and the substrate. The recording layer is configured to receive an electromagnetic radiation, absorb a first portion of the electromagnetic radiation, and transmit a second portion of the electromagnetic radiation. The metallic layer comprises a non-magnetic metal and configured to reflect at least some of the second portion of the electromagnetic radiation towards the recording layer.
US08811127B1
A magnetic head includes a reading part, a recording part that is laminated on the reading part in a planer view, a recording part expansion heater, a reading part expansion heater, and a thermal expansion promoting layer that is prepared at a position closer to the reading part than to the recording part and extends to an air bearing surface.
US08811117B2
Systems and methods for seismic data acquisition employing a dynamic multiplexing technique. The dynamic multiplexing technique may include advancing one or more modules in a seismic array through a multiplexing signature sequence in successive transmission periods. The multiplexing signature sequence may be random or pseudo-random. A shared multiplexing signature sequence may be used at all the modules in the seismic array. As such, modules belonging to a common collision domain may operate out of phase with respect to the shared multiplexing signature sequence.
US08811113B2
A merged particle velocity signal is generated by merging a recorded vertical particle velocity signal, scaled in an upper frequency range using a time-dependent arrival angle as determined by velocity analysis, with a simulated particle velocity signal, calculated in a lower frequency range from a recorded pressure signal using a time-varying filter based on the time-dependent arrival time. Combined pressure and vertical particle velocity signals are generated by combining the recorded pressure and merged velocity signals.
US08811112B2
Apparatus, computer instructions and method for processing seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes inputting data indicative of recordings made by detectors provided on a depth-changing profile in response to an acoustic wave reflected from the subsurface; applying a matched mirror migration procedure to the data, where (i) actual positions of the detectors on the depth-changing profile and corresponding recordings, and (ii) fictitious mirror positions of the actual detectors on the depth-changing profile and corresponding recordings with a changed sign are added in the matched mirror migration; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the matched mirror migration procedure.
US08811099B2
A period signal generation circuit includes a period signal generator configured to alternately charge and discharge a control node according to a level of the control node to generate a period signal, a discharge controller configured to discharge a first current having a constant value from the control node in response to a temperature signal and discharge a second current varying according to an internal temperature thereof from the control node in response to the temperature signal, and a tester configured to control a charging speed and a discharging speed of the control node.
US08811097B2
A semiconductor device includes: a memory cell array comprising a plurality of blocks each comprising a memory cell arranged at an intersection between a word line and a bit line; and a block state information storing unit configured to store state information of the respective blocks. The block state information storing unit stores lock state information to partially limit access to each of the blocks in response to a power-up signal.
US08811093B2
An array of non-volatile memory cells in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. Each memory cell comprises first and second regions of a second conductivity type on a surface of the substrate, with a channel region therebetween. A word line overlies one portion of the channel region, is adjacent to the first region, and has little or no overlap with the first region. A floating gate overlies another portion of the channel region, and is adjacent to the first portion and the second region. A coupling gate overlies the floating gate. An erase gate overlies the second region. A bit line is connected to the first region. A negative charge pump circuit generates a negative voltage. A control circuit generates a plurality of control signals in response to receiving a command signal, and applies the negative voltage to the word line of unselected memory cells.
US08811091B2
A nonvolatile memory with a multi-pass programming scheme enables a page of multi-level memory cells to be programmed with reduced floating-gate to floating-gate perturbations (Yuping effect). The memory cells operate within a common threshold voltage range or window, which is partitioned into multiple bands to denote a series of increasingly programmed states. The series is divided into two halves, a lower set and a higher set. The memory cells are programmed in a first, coarse programming pass such that the memory cells of the page with target states from the higher set are programmed to a staging area near midway in the threshold window. In particular, they are programmed closer to their targeted destinations than previous schemes, without incurring much performance penalty. Subsequent passes will then complete the programming more quickly. Yuping effect is reduced since the threshold voltage change in subsequent passes are reduced.
US08811089B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to the embodiment comprises a memory cell array including plural memory cells operative to store data nonvolatilely in accordance with plural different threshold voltages; and a control unit operative to, in data write to the memory cell, execute write loops having a program operation for changing the threshold voltage of the memory cell and a verify operation for detecting the threshold voltage of the memory cell after the program operation, the control unit, in data write for changing one threshold voltage of the plural threshold voltages, executing the verify operation, when the number of write loops to the memory cell becomes more than a certain defined number, using a condition that can pass the verify operation easier than that when the number of write loops is equal to or less than the certain defined number.
US08811080B2
Provided are a flash memory system and a word line interleaving method thereof. The flash memory system includes a memory cell array, and a word line interleaving logic. The memory cell array is connected to a plurality of word lines. The word line (WL) interleaving logic performs an interleaving operation on WL data corresponding to at least two different wordlines and programming data, including the interleaved data, to the memory cell array.
US08811079B2
A volatile memory area includes a plurality of second memory cells, a third select transistor, and a fourth select transistor. The plurality of second memory cells are electrically connected in series, and stacked above the substrate. The third select transistor is connected to one end of the plurality of second memory cells, and connected to a second bit line. The fourth select transistor is connected to the other end of the plurality of second memory cells, and unconnected to a second source line. A controller is configured to supply a first voltage to all gates of the second memory cells. The first voltage is capable of turning on the plurality of second memory cells.
US08811070B1
A write-tracking circuit for a writable memory array has one or more dummy memory cells and is configured to write different values to the one or more dummy memory cells. Durations of pulses applied to word lines of the memory array during write operations are controlled based on durations of writing the different values to the one or more dummy memory cells. In at least some embodiments, the write-tracking circuit is configured to write the different values to the one or more dummy memory cells during a single write operation. In at least some embodiments, the write-tracking circuit is configured to write the different values to at least one of the one or more dummy memory cells during different write operations.
US08811067B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a novel structure. A first wiring; a second wiring; a third wiring, a fourth wiring; a first transistor including a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; a second transistor including a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode are included. The first transistor is provided over a substrate including a semiconductor material and a second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US08811052B2
A system, includes a controller comprising a plurality of first external terminals configured to supply a command and an address, and communicate a data, and communicate a strobe signal related to the data; and a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of second external terminals corresponding to the plurality of first external terminals, at least one of the plurality of first external terminals and at least one of the plurality of second external terminals each being capable of supplying an information specifying a length of a preamble of the strobe signal before the semiconductor memory device communicates the data between the controller and the semiconductor memory device, the semiconductor memory device further including a preamble register configured to be capable of storing the information.
US08811038B2
A switching and control arrangement are provided along with a transformer arrangement such that semiconductor-based switches can be used in a medium DC voltage to AC inverter in a medium voltage to low voltage DC to DC converter. The switching arrangement on the secondary side of the transformer arrangement controls a current ramp up or down of switches on the primary side of the transformer that are used to convert DC to AC, thereby permitting for soft switching of those switches.
US08811001B2
A casing 1, a terminal plate 30 that is exchangeably mountable in an opening 23 formed in the casing 1; and a water sealing component 50 disposed around a terminal 31 formed on the terminal plate 30, are provided. A flange 24 is formed inside the opening 23 so as to surround a center of the opening and project toward the center of the opening. When the terminal plate 30 is mounted on the flange 24, an outer side surface of the terminal plate 30 is flush with a surface 21 of the casing in a portion where the opening is formed. With this structure, an electronic device can be obtained that is reliably waterproof and/or dustproof in a connection terminal portion that is exchangeable so as to enhance an expandability.
US08811000B2
An electronic device includes a bottom cover and a front panel. The bottom cover includes at least one first wall. The at least one first wall includes a locking portion set on an inner surface of the at least one first wall. The front panel defines at least one hole. The at least one hole is locked to the locking portion to secure the front panel to the bottom cover.
US08810992B2
There is provided an electrostatic chuck an electrostatic chuck in which it is hard for the power of suppressing residual adsorption to deteriorate over time. There is provided an electrostatic chuck including an insulating substrate, and an adsorption electrode, wherein a region which includes at least an upper face of the insulating substrate containing Mn is made of ceramics containing a first transition element composed of at least one of Fe and Cr, and a ratio C2/C1 of a content C2 (mol) of the first transition element to a content C1 (mol) of Mn contained in the insulating substrate is 1 or more.
US08810988B2
A voltage suppression device for suppressing voltage surges in an electrical circuit having a voltage sensitive assembly comprised of a plurality of tubular sections within a tubular casing.
US08810978B2
Disclosed herein is a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (SFCL) for suppressing a bus voltage drop in an electric power system. A primary winding, a secondary winding, and a tertiary winding are wound around an identical iron core, and a superconductor is connected to any one of the primary winding and the secondary winding. A first switch is connected to any one of the primary winding and the secondary winding and is configured to be opened so as to separate a faulty section when a fault current is generated and to be shorted when the fault current is eliminated. A second switch is connected in series to the tertiary winding and is configured to be shorted so as to stably supply power when the fault current is generated and to be opened when the fault current is eliminated. According to the present invention, there are advantages in that a fault current is limited using magnetic coupling between two coils that are connected in a non-isolated type (in parallel or in series) or in an isolated type and in that a faulty section is separated using a switch and power is stably supplied to a section, in which a bus voltage drop has occurred due to the fault current, using a tertiary winding and a switch connected thereto, thus improving the stability of the system and obtaining economic effects.
US08810977B2
A power supply system for a display panel includes a power supply regulator that regulates a power supply voltage of a display driver of a power supply circuit connected to the display panel, and a protection circuit that protects the display driver against an overvoltage.
US08810971B1
A piezoelectric (PZT) microactuator directly attached to a head slider, for mounting on a suspension for use as a third stage actuator in a hard disk drive, is fabricated from and comprises a single sheet of a piezoelectric material with the top and bottom covered with an electrically conductive material to form the electrodes. The piezoelectric material is differential-poled so that one lateral portion is poled in one direction and another lateral portion is poled in the opposite direction. When a drive voltage is applied between the top and bottom electrodes, one portion of the piezoelectric material expands while the other portion contracts, thereby providing a rotational movement. The direction of motion of each respective portion is determined by the direction of the applied voltage and the respective direction of poling.
US08810957B1
An apparatus that is capable of reading, writing and/or servo following a tape using a tilted head, where the tape is written in a format that specifies reading, writing and/or servo following using a non-tilted head.
US08810954B1
According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes a magnetic head and a controller. The controller determines at regular intervals whether a recording density of a write signal belongs to a low-density region or a high-density region with reference to a reference density. In addition, the controller relatively reduces a current to energize a high-frequency-assisted element at a timing of the low-density region to be less than a current of the high-density region, in accordance with the low-density region or the high-density region in recording the data.
US08810951B2
Data of a target capacity calculated by a nominal capacity of a tape medium minus a data capacity lost due to execution of backhitchless writing is written to the tape medium. In a tape drive, a command processing unit 41 receives a synchronization command, and a buffer management unit passes data in a buffer to a channel input-output unit. Upon completion of writing the data to the tape, a backhitch determination unit determines whether a mode information storage unit stores information indicating that a high data rate mode is on, whether data of a target capacity can be written to the tape, and whether the written data can be read at a target read data rate. An operation signal output unit issues a command to execute backhitch in case these conditions are not satisfied.
US08810950B1
A method for data sequence detection includes generating a first sample stream, equalizing the first sample stream to generate a first equalized sample stream, and buffering the first equalized sample stream. The first sample stream is interpolated to generate a second sample stream. The second sample stream is equalized to generate a second equalized sample stream. In a first processing path, the samples of the buffered first equalized sample stream are filtered using a first noise predictive filter bank to generate a first set of noise sample streams. In a second parallel processing path, the samples of the buffered first equalized sample stream are interpolated using a second interpolation filter to generate an interpolated sample stream and the interpolated sample stream is filtered to generate a second set of noise sample streams. The first equalized sample stream and the second equalized sample stream are processed to generate adapted filter coefficients for the second interpolation filter. The first and second set of noise sample streams are diversity combined to generate a set of combined noise sample streams. A data sequence is detected using the set of combined noise sample streams.
US08810948B2
An apparatus comprises read channel circuitry and signal processing circuitry associated with the read channel circuitry. The signal processing circuitry is configured to: equalize an oversampled digital data signal to determine an equalized digital data signal, filter the equalized digital data signal, determine a hard decision and reliability of the filtered digital data signal, and decode the filtered digital data signal based at least in part on the hard decision and reliability. The oversampled digital data signal comprises a first set of sampled digital data and a corresponding second set of sampled digital data, each of the samples in the first set of sampled digital data being offset from a corresponding one of the sample in the second set of sampled digital data by a phase difference.
US08810941B2
Selection of disk drive data tracks for the location of reserved area include providing a media disk with data tracks comprising a user data region. A location is assessed on the media disk with a highest frequency of adjacent track interference and far track interference-refresh potential. The location is then configured to be a reserved area where no user data is written. The reserved area has parameters that are read out first before the disk drive enters an operation enabled state for user interface.
US08810929B2
Disclosed herein is an imaging lens unit, including: a first lens having a positive (+) power; a second lens having a negative (−) power; a third lens selectively having one of a positive (+) and negative (−) power; a fourth lens having a negative (−) power; and a fifth lens having a negative (−) power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from an object to be formed as an image, and the fourth lens is concave toward an image side.
US08810920B2
A lens barrel (3) comprises a drive frame (30) and a first lens frame (50). The first lens frame (50) has first to third cam followers (54a to 54c) that are respectively inserted into first to third outer cam grooves (34a to 34c), and first and second auxiliary pins (55a and 55b) disposed so as to be able to come into contact with first and second auxiliary grooves (35a and 35b). When viewed in the Y axis direction, the first and second auxiliary pins (55a and 55b) are disposed between the first to third cam followers (54a to 54c) in the peripheral direction. The positions of the first and second auxiliary pins (55a and 55b) are offset from the positions of the first to third cam followers (54a to 54c) in the Y axis direction.
US08810917B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit including a lens. The distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end. The first lens unit consists, in order from the object side, of a front sub lens unit having a negative refractive power, an optical path bending member, and a rear sub lens unit having a positive refractive power. The front sub lens unit includes a biconcave single lens, and the rear sub lens unit includes one or two single lenses.
US08810914B2
There is provided a light-guide, compact collimating optical device, including a light-guide having a light-waves entrance surface, a light-waves exit surface and a plurality of external surfaces, a light-waves reflecting surface carried by the light-guide at one of the external surfaces, two retardation plates carried by light-guides on a portion of the external surfaces, a light-waves polarizing beamsplitter disposed at an angle to one of the light-waves entrance or exit surfaces, and a light-waves collimating component covering a portion of one of the retardation plates. A system including the optical device and a substrate, is also provided.
US08810906B2
The invention relates to an illuminating device for a microscope with an illumination magazine comprising a plurality of light emitting units. A mechanical illuminator changer can change the light emitting unit currently active in the operative position. A filter magazine having a plurality of filter units is present, wherein a mechanical filter changer for changing the filter unit currently in the active operative position is associated with the filter magazine. At least one mechanical coupling component is provided for cooperation with the filter changer and the illuminator and for uniquely assigning each filter unit to a specific light emitting unit.
US08810901B2
In at least one embodiment of the wavelength-tunable light source (1), it comprises an output source (2), which is capable in operation of generating electromagnetic radiation (R). Furthermore, the light source (1) has a wavelength-selective first filter element (5), which is situated downstream from the output source (2). Moreover, the light source (1) contains a first amplifier medium (3), which is situated downstream from the first filter element (5) and is capable of at least partial amplification of the radiation (R) emitted by the output source (2). The light source (1) further comprises at least one wavelength-selective second filter element (6), which is situated downstream from the first amplifier medium (3), the second filter element (6) having an optical spacing (L) to the first filter element (5). The first filter element (5) and the at least one second filter element (6) are tunable via a control unit (11), which the light source (1) has. The filter elements (5, 6) are tuned for this purpose so that first filter element (5) and second filter element (6) are transparent to a partial radiation (P) of the radiation (R) in a time delay (T) to one another, the delay (T) being equal to the quotient of the optical spacing (L) and the speed of light in vacuum (c).
US08810891B2
The present disclosure relates to a deformable mirror including a deformable membrane with a reflecting face and an opposite face, a stiff plate and a structure of at least one actuator at least a part of which is fixed to the stiff plate and able to locally deform the membrane, wherein the deformable mirror also includes a not necessarily uniform adhesive layer against the opposite surface of the membrane, and a structure of at least one flexible coupling including a mechanical connection and upper and lower linking means coupling respectively the upper and lower ends of the mechanical connection to the adhesive layer and to the stiff plate. The disclosure also relates to a tool and a method making it possible to produce such a mirror.
US08810890B2
A laser light shaping and wavefront controlling optical system 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises an intensity conversion lens 24 for converting and shaping an intensity distribution of laser light incident thereon into a desirable intensity distribution; an optical modulation device 34 for modulating the laser light emitted from the intensity conversion lens 24 so as to control a wavefront thereof; a condenser optical system 36 for converging the laser light issued from the optical modulation device 34; and an image-forming optical system 30, arranged between the optical modulation device 34 and the condenser optical system 36, having an entrance-side imaging plane between a plane 24x where the laser light emitted from the intensity conversion lens 24 attains the desirable intensity distribution and a modulation plane 34a of the optical modulation device 34 and an exit-side imaging plane on a pupil plane 36a of the condenser optical system 36.
US08810888B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to electrochemical devices including an electrochemically active layer having the ability of electrochemically altering its redox state. By providing a portion of an electrode of corrosion resistant material between an electrolyte and an electrochemically active layer, undesired discoloration due to the electrochemical reaction of an electrochemical device is reduced.
US08810882B2
Electrofluidic and electrowetting display pixels, electrofluidic and electrowetting displays, and methods of operating electrofluidic and electrowetting display pixels. The pixel includes a hydrophobic channel formed between first and second substrates and containing a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid, of which at least one is visible through at least one substrate. An electrode with a dielectric is electrically connected to a voltage source. A Laplace barrier defines a fluid pathway for fluid movement in the channel. The polar fluid moves a first position when the voltage source is biased at a first voltage of less than or equal to a threshold voltage to provide a first display state. The polar fluid moves to a second position when the voltage source is biased with a second voltage, greater than the first voltage, to provide a second display state.
US08810880B2
An optical scan unit (10) is configured to include a light source (11), a divergent light conversion element (12) having such positive power as to convert divergent light from the light source (11) into convergent light to form a spot on a projection plane, an optical deflector (13) deflecting a light beam from the divergent light conversion element (12) to a first scan direction and a second scan direction which is orthogonal to the first scan direction, and a deflection angle conversion element 14 (14) having such negative power as to convert a deflection angle of the light deflected by the optical deflector (13).
US08810871B2
An image reading apparatus including a feed mechanism configured to feed a sheet member; a scanner including a reading portion and being configured to read an image on a surface of the sheet member in synchronism with the feeding of the sheet member by the feed mechanism; a cleaning sheet comprising a single sheet including a cleaning portion configured to clean the reading portion, and a reference portion configured to be used in evaluating contamination of the reading portion; an evaluator configured to evaluate the contamination of the reading portion based on read data pertaining to an image of the reference portion of the cleaning sheet read by the scanner; and a controller configured to control the feed mechanism to execute a cleaning operation in which the cleaning sheet is fed so that the cleaning portion cleans the reading portion based on the evaluation of the evaluator.
US08810867B2
An LED module includes first through third LED chips and two Zener diodes for preventing excessive voltage application to the first and the second LED chips. A first lead includes a mount portion on which the first through third LED chips and the two Zener diodes are mounted. A resin package covers part of the first lead and includes an opening for exposing the three LED chips and two Zener diodes. A single insulating layer bonds the first and second LED chips to the first lead. A single conductive layer bonds the third LED chip and two Zener diodes to the first lead. The Zener diodes are arranged between the first, second LED chips and the third LED chip.
US08810861B2
An image processing apparatus includes a reflection member configured to reflect scanning light; a scanner unit configured to scan a document to generate image data and scan the reflection member with the scanning light to generate detection-reference image data; and a detecting unit configured to detect image noise in the generated detection-reference image data in a detection range of a desired number of contiguous pixels in a sub-scanning direction so that the image noise extending in the sub-scanning direction of the generated detection-reference image is detected.
US08810856B2
In an image processing device, a processor is configured to perform: (a) acquiring target image data representing an image including a plurality of pixels, where the target image data includes a plurality of sets of pixel data corresponding to the plurality of pixels, where the image includes an object having at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels; (b) detecting the object in the image based on the target image data; (c) determining characteristic data indicating a potential for an occurrence of banding in the object based on the target image data; (d) determining a parameter based on the characteristic data; and (e) executing a halftone process to determine, for each of the plurality of pixels, a dot to be found based on the corresponding set of pixel data by using the parameter.
US08810854B2
An image forming apparatus includes a drawing process controller and a hardware processor useable for drawing processes. In a first drawing process, print data including main image data input-able to the image forming apparatus is processed to convert the main image data to output-able data of the image forming apparatus based on an image drawing command. The hardware processor conducts a second drawing process for pre-set image data settable to the image forming apparatus and expressed in an output-able data format output-able by the image forming apparatus, based on an image drawing command, to prepare the pre-set image data as output-able data of the image forming apparatus, and further combines the main image data expressed as the output-able data and the pre-set image expressed as the output-able data as an output image.
US08810851B2
In an image processing apparatus, the generating unit generates print data indicating whether a dot having one of a plurality of sizes is formed or not, by performing a halftone process on original image data. The correcting unit generates corrected print data by correcting the print data. The dividing unit divides the edge part data of the print data into a plurality of block data. The index value determining unit determines, for each block data, an index value relating to an amount of ink to be used based on the plurality of dot data included in the each block data. The changing unit changes, for each block data, the size information of at least one dot data among the plurality of dot data included in the each block data based on the index value such that the amount of ink to be used becomes reduced.
US08810844B2
A workflow construction apparatus, comprising: a memory; a unit process register to store and register settings of unit processes that are workflow components classified by functions, in said memory; a constructer to construct a workflow by combining indications that each specifies one of said registered settings of unit processes; and a workflow register to store and register said constructed workflow with the indications that specify said combination, in said memory.
US08810843B2
A method for generating digital imaging data for an imaging unit, in which digital imaging data are defined from a signature of input image data, in that a section of the signature corresponding to the imaging format of the imaging unit is processed (24) into a raster image by a raster image processor, the section being defined on the basis of geometric parameters of an image area of the input image data. A raster image processor for implementing the method includes a raster-image-processor program having at least one section, in which geometric parameters for defining the section to be processed, are assigned (16) to input variables for the rasterization.
US08810821B2
A cloud administration system for managing service information in a network printing context may include a processing module in communication with a plurality of print devices and a plurality of remote systems, and one or more storage modules in communication with the processing module. The processing module may be configured to receive fault information, store the received fault information, send at least a portion of the fault information to the remote systems, receive response information associated with the at least a portion of the fault information, aggregate the received response information into a set of response information, and cause at least a portion of the set of response information to be displayed at one or more of the print device from which the fault information was received, and a computing device associated with a service technician servicing the print device from which the fault information was received.
US08810819B2
An image forming system includes plural image forming devices each of which forms an image corresponding to image data. Each image forming device includes a memory, a determining unit, a selecting unit, a specifying unit, and a transferring unit. The memory stores one or more pieces of image data. The determining unit determines whether or not usage of the memory is larger than a threshold. The selecting unit selects, if the determining unit determines that usage of the memory is larger than the threshold, a piece of image data to be transferred from among the pieces of image data stored in the memory. The specifying unit specifies a specific image forming device to which the selected piece of image data is to be transferred among the other image forming devices. The transferring unit transfers the selected piece of image data to the specific image forming device.
US08810818B2
A document reading unit performs a first reading mode for generating image data by reading a document fed by ADF and a second reading mode for generating image data by reading a document set on platen. A first reading receiver receives a first reading instruction to cause the document reading unit to continue reading a plurality of documents in the first reading mode when a jam is detected. A second reading receiver receives a second reading instruction to continue reading the plurality of documents in the second reading mode after the reading of the plurality of documents is continued in the first reading mode by the document reading unit. The document reading unit continues reading the plurality of documents in the first reading mode when the first reading instruction is received and continues reading the plurality of documents in the second reading mode when the second reading instruction is received.
US08810814B2
An image processor including a memory to store information on the file format and the maximum file size of image data processable by the image processor and image data processable of one or more external devices; a judging device to judge whether image data input to the image processor can be processed by the image processor or one of the external devices in terms of the file format and file size; an image converter; a transfer controller to transfer the input image data to the external device when the input image data cannot be processed by the image processor but can be processed by the external device while transferring the image data to the image converter when the image data can be processed by the image processor; and an output device to output an image based on the image data processed by the external device or the image converter.
US08810813B2
A print document processing system includes a cache apparatus and plural data processing apparatuses. Each data processing apparatus includes an image data creating unit and a reservation request transmission unit. The cache apparatus includes a cache memory, a memory, and an area reservation unit. The image data creating unit creates image data for each document element of print document data. The memory stores use condition information and cache priority of the document element for each document element. Upon receipt of a reservation request for reserving a storage area for image data of a first document element from a data processing apparatus, the area reservation unit reserves the storage area by selecting a second document element, which has a lower cache priority than the first document element and which is currently being used by any of the data processing apparatuses, as a document element to be evicted from the cache memory.
US08810811B2
Until now, manual sorting of a print job and corresponding media on which printing is to take place has been necessary in order to assign them to printing presses provided for that purpose, if required properties of the printed product were to be achieved with different machines and components. That is simplified by a method for producing a printed product in accordance with a print job in which a rule set having at least one rule is provided, by which reference objects are assigned to lists based on input variables and output variables. The printed product is produced on corresponding printing systems in accordance with the output variables. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a job splitter for splitting up the lists in accordance with the rule sets, and an assignment module for assigning the lists to corresponding printing systems.
US08810809B2
A character output apparatus includes an intermediate character information generating section, an intermediate character information modification section and a character output section. The intermediate character information generating section generates intermediate character information indicating a certain character. The intermediate character information is formed by element information pieces. And each element information piece has a start point and an end point in an X-axis direction in a two-dimensional coordinate system for characters. The intermediate character information modification section performs modification processing for changing a thickness of the certain character onto each element information piece of the generated intermediate character information, by changing the start point and the end point of each element information piece in accordance with a modification amount. The character output section outputs the certain character based on the changed start point and the changed end point of each element information piece.
US08810802B2
A drilling apparatus and control method is disclosed. An auxiliary device can be connected to a drilling machine. The auxiliary device includes a camera aligned in a working direction for recording an image of a working surface and a drill hole generated by the drilling machine. An image processing device is provided for identifying the drill hole in the image. Based on a distance from the drill hole to a reference point in the image, an evaluation device determines a distance from the drilling machine to the workpiece. A display device serves to indicate the determined distance.
US08810796B2
A portion of a first portion of light (13, 90, 90′) from a source of light (11) is masked by a mask (138), and the resulting masked first portion of light (90″) is combined using a beam splitter optic (136) with at least one second portion of the light (30) that had been subject to scattering by a medium (20, 20′, 20″). The mask (138) is configured so that interference patterns (104, 47) generated from the first and at least one second portions of light are substantially mutually exclusive even though those interference patterns (104, 47) would otherwise overlap one another absent the mask (138).
US08810792B2
A beam sampling system, includes a first beam splitter adapted to split a laser beam having a primary polarization component and a secondary polarization component, into a first intermediate sample beam, and a first beam splitter output beam, the intermediate sample beam including first percentage of the primary polarization component and a second percentage of the secondary polarization component. A 90-degree polarization rotator is positioned in the intermediate sample beam line. A second beam splitter is mounted so that the intermediate sample beam is split into an output sample beam on an output sample beam line, and a second transmitted beam, the output sample beam including substantially said first percentage of the secondary polarization component and substantially said second percentage of the primary polarization component.
US08810770B2
An apparatus for exposing a substrate to an energy in a vacuum includes a substrate stage having a mirror surface; a mirror configured to deflect a light into a Z axis direction; a measuring device configured to measure the stage position in the Z axis direction with the light in which the mirror surface is irradiated; a driving device configured to move the measuring device so that the mirror surface is irradiated with the light; an optical system configured to project the energy onto the substrate; and a cooling device including a radiation plate (arranged between the optical system and the stage in the Z axis direction and having a first opening which the energy passes and a second opening which the light passes), including a cooler configured to cool the first radiation plate, and configured to perform radiation cooling of the substrate.
US08810767B2
A lithography apparatus includes a part having a photocatalytic coating. The lithography apparatus can be an extreme ultraviolet lithography apparatus or an immersion lithography apparatus.
US08810755B2
A display panel and a liquid crystal display device, in which one of a plurality of color filters is a net-shaped color filter and the other color filters are island-shaped color filters, are provided. According to this approach, a thickness uniformity of the display panel may be achieved.
US08810744B2
A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate with a conductive layer formed on one surface thereof; a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters formed on the conductive layer; a conductive light shielding layer formed between the plurality of color filters; a second substrate with a pixel array formed on one surface thereof; and a liquid crystal layer filled between the conductive light shielding layer and the pixel array, wherein the conductive layer is electrically short-circuited with the pixel array. Since a voltage is applied to the conductive layer formed on the front surface of the first substrate, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer between the conductive layer and the pixel array can be prevented from being vertically aligned, thus improving liquid crystal efficiency.
US08810714B2
A camera system is provided. The camera system includes a first housing, a lens module accommodated in an inner space of the first housing, a support panel engaged to a side surface of the first housing, a magnet which is mounted on the lens module and confronts the support panel, and a drive portion which is arranged on the support panel and linearly moves the lens module in a direction of an optical axis, wherein the drive portion comprises a hall sensor portion for detecting displacement of the lens module, a coil fixed on a circuit board of the drive portion, and a controller for controlling current applied to the coil according to output of the hall sensor portion, and wherein the controller and the hall sensor portion are integrated in one chip.
US08810712B2
The invention provides a camera system. In one embodiment, the camera system comprises a camera module and a processor. The camera module photographs a target object according to a focal length to generate an image. The processor comprises an extending-lens-depth-of-filed (EDOF) module and an auto focus module. The EDOF module processes the image according to an EDOF process to generate an EDOF image. The auto focus module adjusts the focal length of the camera module according to an auto focus process.
US08810703B2
A solid-state image pickup device includes: a plurality of unit pixels including at least a photoelectric converting section, a charge-to-voltage converting section, and one or more transfer means for transferring a charge in a predetermined path; a light shielding film for shielding a surface of the plurality of unit pixels excluding at least a light receiving section of the photoelectric converting section from light; and voltage controlling means for controlling a voltage applied to the light shielding film; wherein transfer of the charge by one of the transfer means is controlled by controlling the voltage applied to the light shielding film.
US08810698B2
A solid-state image sensor according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor layer (100 with first and second surfaces (100a, 100b), the second surface (100b) being opposite to the first surface (100a); a plurality of photosensitive cells (1a, 1b, etc.), which are arranged two-dimensionally in the semiconductor layer (100) between the first and second surfaces thereof (100a, 100b); a first array (200) of micro condenser lenses, which are arranged on the same side as the first surface (100a) to focus incoming light onto a first group of photosensitive cells that are included in those photosensitive cells; and a second array (300) of micro condenser lenses, which are arranged on the same side as the second surface (100b) to focus incoming light onto a second group of photosensitive cells that are also included in those photosensitive cells but that are different from the first group of photosensitive cells.
US08810697B2
In an image pickup element, basic array patterns are repeatedly arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, each of the basic array patterns being made of I×J color filters, the color filters of each of three or more colors being arrayed in a mixed state, an arrangement cycle (I×J) of a basic array pattern is different from an arrangement cycle (2×2) of a sharing configuration pattern, the basic array pattern includes at least one same-color square array pattern which is made of 2×2 color filters of a same color respectively arranged on the 2×2 pixels of the sharing configuration pattern, a characteristic information storage unit stores information on sensitivity calculated from output values of the 2×2 pixels, and a control unit and a digital signal processing unit correct a sensitivity difference between all the pixels of the image pickup element with use of the information on the sensitivity.
US08810684B2
An improved image tagging system that tags images in a mobile handheld communications device, based on the user's contacts list stored therein. The image tagging system compares a face in a given picture (that the user has just taken using the built-in camera) to faces in the user's contacts list images. A matching contact is found in the contacts list. The picture is then tagged with information from the matching contact. The picture is tagged by inserting identification information into a header of the picture.
US08810683B2
An image capturing apparatus and a control method thereof relate to an image capturing apparatus such as a camera array. The image capturing apparatus comprises a plurality of image capturing units. An image capturing unit to be activated out of a plurality of image capturing units is decided based on the capturing distance of an object included in a captured scene. Electricity is supplied to the image capturing unit decided to be activated.
US08810678B2
An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a driving unit. The solid-state imaging device has a plurality of pairs of first and second photoelectric conversion elements having different spectral sensitivity characteristics. The driving unit independently controls an exposure time of a first group of the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and an exposure time of a second group of the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has spectral sensitivity fall within the respective wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light. A half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each first photoelectric conversion element is wider than a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each second photoelectric conversion element of the pair.
US08810675B2
An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal and a selector selects its input terminal. Then, a low-pass filter output signal of a programmable spatial filter is inputted to a spatial filter, and a low-pass filter output signal of the spatial filer is inputted to a spatial filter. That is, the programmable spatial filter and the spatial filters are connected in series (in cascade), and the cascade-connected three spatial filters perform filtering operation. In this example, low-pass filters with 5×5 taps are connected in cascade in three stages, which enables low-pass filtering with 13×13 taps.
US08810670B2
An example image sensor system includes an image sensor having a first terminal and a host controller coupled to the first terminal. Logic is included in the image sensor system, that when executed transfers clock signals from the host controller to the image sensor through the first terminal of the image sensor and also transfers one or more digital control signals between the image sensor and the host controller through the same first terminal.
US08810660B2
Management of files stored on a digital camera includes a user interface for a windowing application for viewing system objects in a first area for displaying a hierarchical tree of system objects, a second area for displaying a thumbnail image corresponding to a system object selected in the first area, a third area adjacent to the second area for displaying a sound icon indicating that a sound file is associated with the displayed thumbnail image, and a fourth area which surrounds the second area and the third area. An item may be dragged to an icon representing a storage device in order to copy the item to the storage device.
US08810654B2
An image pickup apparatus which is capable of identifying a criminal e.g. when the image pickup apparatus has been broken, without additionally providing a dedicated sensor for detecting an abnormality. A panhead unit supports a camera unit and rotates the same. A rotary encoder detects a rotating state of the panhead unit. A motor control circuit controls the rotating state of the panhead unit based on the rotating state detected by the rotary encoder. A system control circuit stores an image periodically picked up by the camera unit in the controlled rotating state of the panhead unit in a buffer memory. When the rotating state of the panhead unit is not being controlled based on the rotating state detected by the rotary encoder, a memory control circuit reads out images picked up, respectively, before and after a detection time at which the rotary encoder detected the rotating state, and stores the images in an auxiliary memory.
US08810651B2
A digital security camera system and method for pseudo-color covert night vision is provided. The system includes one or more light sources adapted for providing selective illumination at a plurality of infrared wavelengths, such as 730 nm, 830 nm and 940 nm. A monochrome digital image capture device records multiple images of a target illuminated in the plurality of wavelengths and stored in a storage device. A processor retrieves the set of recorded images and assigns each wavelength to a specific color channel. The color channels are combined into a composite color image.
US08810649B2
An apparatus and method for providing a direction based on an angle of a reference wall is provided. A mobile device uses an angle of a horizontal feature from an image to calibrate a sensor and future sensor measurements. The angle of the horizontal feature is determined by image processing and this angle is mapped to one of four assumed parallel or perpendicular angles of an interior of a building. A sensor correction value is determined from a difference between the sensor-determined angle and the image-processing determined angle. The image processing determined angle is assumed to be very accurate and without accumulated errors or offsets that the sensor measurements may contain.
US08810646B2
A system and method for detecting defects on a reticle is disclosed. The method may comprise determining a best focus setting for imaging the reticle; obtaining a first image of the reticle, the first image obtained at the best focus setting plus a predetermined offset; obtaining a second image of the reticle, the second image obtained at the best focus setting minus the predetermined offset; generating a differential image, the differential image representing a difference between the first image and the second image; and identifying a defect on the reticle based on the differential image. The method in accordance with the present disclosure may also be utilized for detecting defects on at least a portion of the reticle.
US08810645B2
A system and method for calibrating a production film scanner is provided. The system and method provides for providing at least one first calibration frame on an intermediate film stock providing at least one second calibration frame on a negative film stock, scanning the at least first and second calibration frames with a reference film scanner, scanning the at least first and second calibration frames with a production film scanner, and determining a compensation calibration factor from a first result of the scanning with the reference film scanner and a second result of the production film scanner.
US08810642B2
In a pupil detection apparatus, based on a calculated value of red-eye occurrence intensity that is relative brightness of brightness within a first pupil image detected by a pupil detector with respect to brightness of a peripheral image outside the first pupil image, and a correlation characteristic of red-eye occurrence intensity and a pupil detection accuracy value, a switching selector selectively outputs a detection result of the first pupil image or a detection result of a second pupil image detected by a pupil detector. The pupil detection apparatus has a first imaging pair including an imager and an illuminator separated by a separation distance, and a second imaging pair whose separation distance is greater than that of the first imaging pair.
US08810639B2
An endoscopic video measurement system having a proximal operating part, an insertion part, and a replaceable head that can be inserted thereon, and where the operating part contains a connection for supplying electrical and optical power, optical transmission means for the lens illumination are provided in the insertion part for an electronic image sensor positioned in the distal end portion, and the replaceable head contains optical transmission means for the lens illumination and lens imaging, is characterized in that, in the insertion part, for transmitting a measurement beam a single-mode optical fiber is provided, with which an optical system positioned in the distal end part of the insertion part for producing a collimated sample beam bundle is associated.
US08810636B2
A control signal for selectively outputting a frame of image data can be initiated using an inspection apparatus, and an inspection apparatus can process one or more frames of image data for determining a motion parameter. Responsively to the processing, the inspection apparatus can selectively output a frame of image data, improving the quality of a frame of image data output subsequently to an initiation of a control signal to selectively output a frame of image data.
US08810634B2
A method and an apparatus for generating an image with shallow depth of field, suitable for a three-dimensional imaging system having a left lens and a right lens, are provided. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, a disparity between each of a plurality of corresponding pixels in the left and right-eye images is calculated. Then, the depth information of each pixel is estimated according to a focus of the left and right lens, a lens pitch between the left lens and the right lens, and the calculated disparity of each pixel. Finally, the pixels in the left-eye image and the right-eye image are blurred according to the focus of the left lens and the right lens and the estimated depth information of each pixel, so as to obtain the image with shallow depth of field.
US08810631B2
An endoscope with a stereoscopic optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence second image from the light. An intelligent image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence second image and generates at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and a visible second image. An augmented stereoscopic display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image including a three-dimensional presentation including in one eye, a blend of the at least one fluorescence image of a stereoscopic pair of fluorescence images and one of the visible first and second images; and in the other eye, the other of the visible first and second images.
US08810630B2
Disclosed are a video processing apparatus, a content providing server, and control methods thereof. The video processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a two-dimensional (2D) video signal; a communication unit which communicates with a content providing server providing a supplementary video signal for a three-dimensional (3D) video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal; a signal processor which processes the 2D video signal and the supplementary video signal; and a controller which controls the communication unit to receive the supplementary video signal corresponding to the received 2D video signal from the content providing server, and the signal processor to generate the 3D video signal based on the received supplementary video signal and the received 2D video signal. Accordingly, it is possible to generate and reproduce the 3D video signal corresponding to the 2D video signal.
US08810621B2
An optical scanning device includes a rotating body having a rotating polygon mirror that deflects a light beam; a circuit board having a supporting member that supports the rotating member and a driving unit that drives the rotating body; a container containing the rotating body and the circuit board and having a positioning portion that positions a positioned portion of the rotating body, the positioned portion projecting from the circuit board; first and second fastening portions that fasten the circuit board to the container; and an adjusting portion that adjusts an angle of a rotating shaft of the rotating body with respect to the container. A virtual straight line connecting the first and second fastening portions passes through the rotating body when seen in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. The adjusting portion resides on a side of the virtual straight line opposite the rotating shaft.
US08810620B2
A printer including a supply roll of receiver media and a plurality of rollers to feed the receiver media through the printer. Means for maintaining a preselected tension of the receiver media between the supply roll and a pair of the plurality of rollers includes a motor with a torque limiter. The motor can be attached to the supply roll or to an optional pair of rollers adjacent the supply roll. A capstan roller having a high traction, non-marking surface is used in conjunction with the tension control.
US08810611B2
A method is disclosed for controlling a light source installed in a liquid crystal display device. An embodiment includes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by virtue of having liquid crystals whose orientation changes in response to application of a voltage; a backlight unit with a built-in PWM light modulation type LED for emitting light to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel; and a control unit for controlling the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit. When the response speed of liquid crystal molecules is relatively high, the LED is driven at a relatively low drive frequency, and when the response speed of the liquid crystal molecules is relatively low, the LED is driven at a relatively high drive frequency.
US08810606B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel including a first subpixel and a second subpixel; a first signal line connected to the first subpixel and transmitting a first signal; a second signal line connected to the second subpixel and transmitting a second signal; a third signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines, connected to at least one of the first and the second subpixels, and transmitting a third signal; and a fourth signal line intersecting the first and the second signal lines and transmitting a fourth signal, wherein the first subpixel and the second subpixel are supplied with data voltages having different magnitude, and the data voltages applied to the first and the second subpixels are originated from a single image information.
US08810603B2
Techniques for automatically adding special effects to an image to be overlaid on a low-contrast background are presented. A stroke or an intervening layer of a color contrasting with the background color is automatically added to provide a contrasting color around the edges of visible image content in an image container of an electronic document. The technique may be applied to entire libraries of images to generate variant images that are visually perceptible when displayed or printed on low-contrast background colors.
US08810602B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus, medium, and method. The image processing apparatus may include a first calculator and a second calculator. The first calculator may calculate a first weight of a first frame depth value of a first pixel of a depth image and a second weight of a second frame depth value of the first pixel, based on an obtainment time difference between the first frame depth value of the first pixel and the second frame depth value of the first pixel among a plurality of frame depth values of the first pixel. The second calculator may determine a corrected first frame depth value of the first pixel using a linear sum that is calculated by applying the first weight to the first frame depth value of the first pixel, and by applying the second weight to the second frame depth value of the first pixel.
US08810599B1
A computer-implemented augmented reality method includes obtaining an image acquired by a computing device running an augmented reality application, identifying image characterizing data in the obtained image, the data identifying characteristic points in the image, comparing the image characterizing data with image characterizing data for a plurality of geo-coded images stored by a computer server system, identifying locations of items in the obtained image using the comparison, and providing, for display on the computing device at the identified locations, data for textual or graphical annotations that correspond to each of the items in the obtained image, and formatted to be displayed with the obtained image or a subsequently acquired image.
US08810595B2
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can support a declarative model-based approach to designing, constructing, and rendering visualizations. By complying with a declarative descriptor, components can be readily customized by way of modifications to the model—declaratively specifying suitable features, behaviors, appearances and so forth. The descriptors that conform to the model can also facilitate connecting to various data sources and performing data transformation operations. Moreover, the descriptors that conform to the model can declaratively specify relationships based upon a scene layout. Accordingly, the architecture can further describe the scene layout and provide features based upon the layout.
US08810593B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing data. In one aspect, a mixer server receives a request for a visualization of television reporting data, translates the request for the visualization of the television reporting data into sharded requests, and provides each sharded request to a respective shard server. Each shard server processes a respective proper subset of the television reporting data to generate data representing the visualization, and provides the data representing the visualization to the mixer server. The mixer server aggregates the data representing the visualizations received from each of the shard servers, and provides the aggregated data representing the visualization as a response to the request for the visualization of the television reporting data.
US08810584B2
A method includes automatically acquiring, through a resource manager module associated with a driver program executing on a node of a cluster computing system, information associated with utilization of a number of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs associated) with the node, and automatically calculating a window of time in which the node is predictably underutilized on a reoccurring and periodic basis. The method also includes automatically switching off, when one or more GPUs is in an idle state during the window of time, power to the one or more GPUs to transition the one or more GPUs into a quiescent state of zero power utilization thereof. Further, the method includes maintaining the one or more GPUs in the quiescent state until a processing requirement of the node necessitates utilization thereof at a rate higher than a predicted utilization rate of the node during the window of time.
US08810582B2
A lighting module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to produce lighting effects in a lighting phase for a shot and an optimization module may be used to: determine if a cache hair state file including hair parameters exists; and determine if the cache hair state file includes matching hair parameters to be used in the shot, and if so, the hair parameter values from the cache hair state file are used in the lighting phase.
US08810581B2
A system, method and apparatus are described herein for input of characters into a mobile device. In one implementation, a user can input representations of character strokes of logographic characters, such as Chinese characters, using a trackpad module. The system can then associate the character strokes with a character the user desires to input based on the received inputs and a series of well-known rules for writing the logographic characters. One implementation of the trackpad includes an optical trackpad comprising a plurality of sub-sections that can be used to determine the direction of movement of an object over the optical trackpad, for example, a finger over the optical trackpad.
US08810571B2
Methods and systems for generating surface data from polygonal data are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. The methods and systems analyze and use the data to calculate and define a continuous BREP object which accurately represents the original polygonal object. In some embodiments, the generated BREP is G2 continuous at substantially all points.
US08810569B2
An image display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of subpixels and selectively displays a 2D image and a 3D image, a patterned retarder for dividing light from the display panel into first polarized light and second polarized light, and a control voltage generator, which generates a first DC control voltage of an OFF-level and a second DC control voltage of a slight-on level, which is higher than the OFF-level and is lower than a full-on level, and selectively outputs the first DC control voltage and the second DC control voltage depending on a driving mode.
US08810565B2
A monoscopic 3D video generation device, which comprises one or more depth sensors, may be operable to store captured 2D video image data as a base layer and store captured corresponding depth information separately as an enhancement layer. The 2D video image data may be captured via one or more image sensors and the corresponding depth information may be captured via the one or more depth sensors in the monoscopic 3D video generation device. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may determine whether to transmit the enhancement layer to a video rendering device. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may encode the base layer. The monoscopic 3D video generation device may encode the enhancement layer based on the determination of transmitting the enhancement layer. The encoded base layer and/or the encoded enhancement layer may be transmitted to the video rendering device for 3D video rendering and/or 2D video rendering.
US08810564B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for reducing 3D visual fatigue that a user feels when viewing a 3D image. An optimal 3D image may be regenerated and displayed without causing 3D visual fatigue and thus, it is possible to significantly reduce the 3D visual fatigue.
US08810562B2
A method is provided for data compression. The data compression method transforms a square of data into a tile of data. The tile of data is then divided into quads of data that are converted into a representative element, a first delta element, a second delta element, a third delta element, and a control word. A new tile of data is then formed with the representative elements, and the process is repeated until a single representative element remains. The single representative element is then embedded into an output stream with the control words and corresponding delta elements. Decompression of the data is symmetrical to the encoding once the bit stream has been parsed.
US08810555B2
Method, apparatus and systems for driving electroluminescent segments in electroluminescent displays are disclosed. Each segment in the display receives a series of first pulses alternating in polarity at a first electrode and a series of second pulses at a second electrode. Each of the second pulses corresponds to one of the first pulses and is opposite in polarity. The width of the second pulses corresponds to the parasitic resistance of the segment.
US08810550B2
Method for increasing accuracy of heart rate measuring includes sensing a finger of a user for generating sensed images of the finger, obtaining displacement information of the finger according to the sensed images, then using the motion information to compensate the sensed images of the finger, and finally using brightness variation of the compensated sensed images of the finger to measure heart rate of the user.
US08810544B2
A touch sensing method adapted for an electronic apparatus including a touch panel is provided. A touch sensing method includes the following steps: obtaining a mutual-mode data by sensing a gesture applied on the touch panel in a mutual capacitance mode during a first period of a sensing frame; obtaining a self-mode data by sensing the gesture applied on the touch panel in a self capacitance mode during a second period of the sensing frame; and determining a touch location associated with the gesture on the touch panel based on the self-mode data or the mutual-mode data. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus to which the foregoing touch sensing method is applied is also provided.
US08810532B2
A test system for testing a capacitive-sense touchscreen is disclosed. Specifically, the test system may be incorporated within a controller that is also used to control operations of the touchscreen. The controller may include an Integrated Circuit and the test system may correspond to a test capacitor embedded into the Integrated Circuit.
US08810528B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a front illumination device with metalized light-turning features. In one aspect, an illumination device with integrated touch sensor capability includes a light guide having a metalized light-turning feature and an electrode system for sensing changes to the capacitance between electrodes in the electrode system induced by the proximity of an electrically conductive body, such as a human finger. The metalized light-turning features may be electrically connected to and/or part of the electrode system.
US08810527B2
An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of touching positions on a locus of touching operations, determines an operation direction of an operation by using a determination condition set based on the plurality of acquired touching positions, and performs an action predetermined in association with the determined operation direction. In addition, the information processing apparatus stores the determined operation direction on a memory and changes the determination condition based on the operation direction stored on the memory to determine an operation direction of a touching operation executed after the operation for which the operation direction has been determined and stored.
US08810526B2
A touch apparatus includes a touch panel, voltage storage elements, a voltage supply unit, and a processing unit. The touch panel has electrodes respectively coupled to the voltage storage elements. When the voltage supply unit does not provide the voltage to the voltage storage element, the voltage storage element achieves a voltage balance within an energy storage time and stores a voltage of the corresponding electrode. The energy storage times of a part of the voltage storage elements at least partially overlap. The energy storage times of two the voltage storage elements respectively coupled to two adjacent electrodes do not overlap with each other. The processing unit is coupled to the electrodes and the voltage storage elements and adopts voltages stored in the voltage storage elements when the voltage balance is achieved.
US08810525B2
The present invention offers an electronic information display which can be updated at a very low cost. This is accomplished by an electronic display device and a separate writer device. The writer device may comprise an electronic backplane, a mechanical fixture which can be easily be pressed against the electronic information display, and a wireless network and computational infrastructure which connect the writer device to a data base.
US08810515B2
An optical navigation device for a computer application includes a radiation source capable of producing a beam of radiation, a sensor for receiving an image, and an optical element for identifying movement of the feature to thereby enable a computer action to be carried out. The optical element is formed from a single piece and includes at least one frustrated total internal reflection (F-TIR) surface capable of affecting frustrated total internal reflection of the beam of radiation in the presence of the feature to thereby generate the image.
US08810510B2
When an input mode is switched from input of a first-type character written in a first character input direction into input of a second-type character written in a second character input direction opposite to the first character input direction, a displayed cursor is moved in the second character input direction in response to progression of input of second-type characters. At that time, first display-position movement processing is performed so that a display position of each character input before the switching is moved in the second character input direction in response to the progression of input of second-type characters with a display position of a second-type character input after the switching being fixed.
US08810506B2
A touch panel includes multiple sensing units and each thereof includes a first transistor, a reference capacitor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a second transistor. ON/OFF states of the first transistor are determined by a potential provided by a corresponding scan line. The reference capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor are coupled in series between another scan line adjacent to the corresponding scan line and a common potential. A capacitance value of the liquid crystal capacitor changes with a pressed degree of the sensing unit. ON/OFF states the second transistor are determined by a potential at a connection node between the reference capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor. The first transistor transmits a first potential to the connection node when the first transistor is turned on, and the second transistor transmits a second potential different from the first potential to a readout line when the second transistor is turned on.
US08810501B2
A backlight control system is configured to control a backlight of a display that includes light sources positioned at light source positions for providing illumination to the backside of the display panel. The system includes a drive value generator configured to provide light source drive values for causing the backlight profile to gradually descend around a high luminance portion of the display at a rate that is independent of a position of the high luminance portion with respect to the light source positions. The high luminance portion of the display has a higher luminance than an area around the high luminance portion of the display.
US08810498B2
A gate driving circuit includes a plurality of stages which are connected to each other one after another and each stage of the plurality of stages outputs a gate voltage to a corresponding gate line of a plurality of gate lines in response to at least one clock signal. Each stage of the plurality of stages includes; a voltage output part which outputs the gate voltage, an output driving part which drives the voltage output part, a holding part which holds the gate line at an off-voltage, and a discharge part arranged at a first end of the gate line to discharge the gate line to the off-voltage in response to the gate voltage output from the voltage output part.
US08810489B2
A display includes a pixel array part with pixels that each have at least one transistor whose conduction state is controlled by a drive signal input to a control terminal, and a scanner including a plurality of buffers that are formed of transistors. The buffers correspond to a pixel arrangement and output a drive signal to the control terminals of the transistors of the pixels. The transistors of the pixels and the transistors of the buffers are formed through irradiation with laser light that is moved for scanning in a predetermined direction and has a predetermined wavelength. The transistors in the buffers are formed in such a way that the channel length direction of the transistors is set parallel to the scan direction of the laser light.
US08810487B2
A flat panel display including a display unit, the display unit displaying a first image, an input unit, the input unit being positioned adjacent to the display unit when the display unit is folded toward the input unit, at least one sensor, the sensor detecting luminance information of a second image displayed on the display unit when the display unit is folded toward the input unit, and an optical correction unit, the optical correction unit receiving the luminance information from the sensor and correcting a luminance of the display unit using the luminance information.
US08810486B2
An active-matrix display device employs current-programmed-type pixel circuits and performs the writing data to each of pixels on a line-by-line basis. The active-matrix display device having a matrix of current-programmed-type pixel circuits includes a data line driving circuit 15 formed of m current driving circuits (CD) 15-1 to 15-m arranged-corresponding to respective data lines 13-1 to 13-m. The data line driving circuit (CD) 15-1 to 15-m holds image data (luminance data herein) in the form of voltage, and then converts the voltage of the image data into a current signal. The current signal is then fed to the data lines 13-1 to 13-m at a time. The image information is thus written on the pixel circuits 11.
US08810483B1
The active matrix display includes a matrix of pixel elements wherein a pixel element includes at least one nonlinear element. The nonlinear element in the pixel element comprises a supplementary resistor serially connected to one of a PN diode and a PIN diode. The method of driving a pixel element comprises charging the capacitive element in the pixel element through the semiconductor channel of the switching transistor in the pixel element and through the at least one nonlinear element while the semiconductor channel of the switching transistor maintains at the conducting state and the at least one nonlinear element maintains at the conducting state.
US08810479B2
A multi-panel display device and a method of driving the same, which can simplify a driving circuit for driving multiple flat panel display devices, thereby decreasing the fabrication cost and reducing noise, are disclosed. In the multi-panel display device configured to align the multiple flat panel display devices for representing a single image, the multi-panel display device includes at least one image display unit configured to align the multiple flat panel display devices in an n×m formation (wherein m and n are integers being equal to or different from one another, and wherein m≧1, n≧1), and at least one data converter being configured to correspond to each image display unit, dividing externally inputted video data in accordance with offset information inputted by a user, and converting the size of the divided video data, thereby providing the converted divided video data to each flat panel display device.
US08810478B2
There has been a problem of displacement of luminance and chromaticity among multiple screens due to a temperature change and a temporal change of a light source of the screen. The present invention provides a multi-screen display device including a plurality of image display devices, in which one master device and one or a plurality of slave devices communicable with the master device are included, each of the image display devices is provided with a DMD that modulates light of a light source, a screen that projects an image by modulated output light of the DMD, and an RGB luminance sensor that detects luminance of light from the DMD in an off-state, to output a luminance detection value, the master device is provided with a setting part that sets a luminance setting value unified among the plurality of image display devices based on a value in accordance with the luminance detection values, and each image display device is further provided with a luminance/chromaticity corrector that controls luminance/chromaticity of an image displayed on the screen based on the luminance setting value.
US08810473B2
A non-penetrating antenna mounting system is provided. The system includes a frame, an antenna, and an airfoil. The frame is configured to retain ballast to secure the frame to a surface of a structure without penetrating the surface of the structure. The antenna is mounted on the frame. The airfoil is mounted on the frame and is oriented relative to the frame to impart a downforce on the frame when exposed to wind. The airfoil can be rotatably mounted on the frame. The system can also include a wind vane mounted to the airfoil, with the wind vane and the airfoil being configured to turn into the wind.
US08810469B2
Disclosed is an internal antenna providing impedance matching for a wide band where a feeding patch is placed on a substrate. The disclosed antenna may include: a substrate; an impedance matching/feeding unit including a feeding patch, which is formed on the substrate and electrically connected to a feeding point, and a ground patch, which is electrically connected to a ground and formed above the feeding patch separated at a designated distance from the feeding patch; and a radiator formed extending from the ground patch, where the impedance matching/feeding unit performs impedance matching by way of coupling between the feeding patch and the ground patch, and the radiator receives coupling feeding from the feeding patch. The disclosed antenna has the advantages of overcoming the narrow band problem of a planar inverted-F antenna, and of allowing more efficient utilization of space in an internal antenna for a wide band using coupling matching and coupling feeding.
US08810468B2
A beam-shaping element is provided to shape RF feed energy for reflector-based antennas. The RF beam-shaping element is located between the primary reflector and the antenna feed and configured to direct RF energy from the feed away from a blockage created by the feed itself towards unblocked regions of the primary reflector. The beam-shaping element allows for a simplified feed design. The feed may comprise one or more feed elements, each comprising a radiating element and a feed to the radiating element such as a cavity-backed slot radiator and stripline trace. In a monopulse tracking system, each quadrant may include only a single feed element. In common aperture systems, the RF beam-shaping element may be formed on only the rear surface of the secondary reflector that allows transmission at the predefined RF wavelength while reflecting energy of a second predetermined wavelength to another sensor.
US08810458B2
The invention relates to a handheld device comprising a first antenna (401, 701, 901, 931, 961, 1101, 1151, 1301, 1501) arranged to operate in at least a first frequency band, and a second antenna (402, 702, 902, 1102, 1302, 1502, 2210) arranged to operate in at least a second frequency band, wherein said second frequency band is different from said first frequency band. According to the invention, the second antenna comprises a slot antenna comprising at least one slot in at least one conductive layer. The invention also relates to enhancement of the isolation between first and second antennas in a handheld device.
US08810454B2
Embodiments enable geofencing applications and beacon watch lists. A computing device with at least a first processor and a second processor identifies a set of beacons associated with a geofence. The first processor consumes less power when operating than the second processor. The first processor is provided with the identified set of beacons. In beacon watch list embodiments, the first processor detects one or more beacons proximate to the computing device, compares the detected beacons with the provided set of beacons to determine whether the computing device is within the geofence, and updates a location status based on the comparison. In tiered geofencing implementations, the computing device switches among positioning modalities based on a distance from the computing device to the geofence to save power.
US08810448B1
In one aspect, a radar array assembly includes two or more vertical stiffeners each having bores with threads and a first radar module. The first radar module includes radar transmit and receive (T/R) modules and a chassis having channels configured to receive a coolant. The chassis includes shelves having ribs. The ribs have channels configured to receive the coolant and the ribs form slots to receive circuit cards disposed in parallel. The circuit cards include the T/R modules. The chassis also includes set screws attached to opposing sides of the chassis. The set screws have bores to accept fasteners to engage the threads on a corresponding one of the two or more vertical stiffeners. The first radar module is configured to operate as a stand-alone radar array.
US08810446B2
According to one embodiment, a radar device includes a radio module, a pulse compressor, a Doppler filter processor, a signal processor, an integration processor, an estimation module and a target detector. The radio module receives a plurality of received pulses corresponding to transmission pulses transmitted from a transmitter. The integration processor generates third data by integrating first data generated at the signal processor with second data generated based on first data obtained by a previous scan. The estimation module estimates a position at a time of a next scan based on the third data to generate second data. The target detector detects a target based on the third data.
US08810439B1
There is provided an encoder and decoder for encoding and decoding input data (D1, D2 or D3) to generate corresponding encoded output data (D2 or D3, D5). The encoder includes a data processing arrangement, optionally for analyzing a range of values present in the input data (D1) to determine at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value, optionally to translate the input data (D1) using the at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value to generate translated data, and then to apply a form of ODelta coding to the data, optionally translated data, to generate processed data, and to combine the processed data and optionally the at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value for generating the encoded output data (D2 or D3). The decoder includes a data processing arrangement for processing the encoded data (D2 or D3), optionally to extract therefrom at least one pre- and/or post-pedestal value.
US08810437B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating an electronic map display. In one implementation, a method is provided for receiving route information associated with a route having an origination point and a destination point, determining a location of a reference point along the route, assigning a spatial identifier to the reference point, searching for points of interest (POIs) in a search area associated with the spatial identifier, ranking, using a processor, the POIs based on distances of POIs from the location of the reference point, and providing POI information for an electronic map display, wherein the POI information is associated with one or more POIs and selected based on the ranking of the POIs.
US08810427B2
Electronic control system for a submarine actuator, said actuator comprising a container body, from which a drive shaft projects that is suitable for inserting in a seat of said submarine device. The system comprises an electronic control board for at least one electric motor arranged inside said container body suitable for moving said drive shaft.
US08810424B2
An appliance warning system comprises a floor pad for location on or adjacent a device such that a user must stand on the floor pad in order to normally use the device. The floor pad has at least one switch movable between an open position when no weight pressure is detected on the floor pad and a closed position when the switch is activated by weight pressure detected on the floor pad. A transmitter is provided for transmitting a signal depending upon whether the switch is in the open or closed position. A warning device is activated when the switch has been in the open position for a preselected period of time after having been in the closed position.
US08810418B2
A hybrid vehicle powertrain including a hybrid transmission in power-flow communication with an electric traction motor, a fluid pump, and a flow controller electrically connected to the fluid pump. The fluid pump is configured to supply fluid at an adjustable fluid flow rate to the hybrid transmission and the electric traction motor in response to a command from the flow controller. The flow controller is electrically connected to the fluid pump and configured to controllably modulate the operating speed of the fluid pump to adjust the fluid flow rate. If the difference between an expected rate of speed change of the fluid pump and the actual rate of speed change exceeds a threshold, the flow controller may limit the total amount of electrical power supplied to the electric traction motor.
US08810417B2
Methods and systems described herein include beverage immersates and methods of their use. Systems include: at least one beverage immersate, wherein the at least one beverage immersate includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one analyte in a fluid within a personal use beverage container; and at least one signal transmitter configured to transmit a signal responsive to the at least one beverage immersate. Methods include: detecting one or more analyte in fluid within a personal use beverage container with at least one sensor integral to at least one beverage immersate; and communicating data from the at least one beverage immersate to at least one device external to the beverage immersate.
US08810415B2
An object, for example a building, is divided into different sections. Each section comprises a plurality of computers, each controlling an individual escape route display or a group of escape route displays. The computers are controlled by monitoring sensors of the object section. The blueprint of the object section and a control algorithm for the safest escape route from the object section is stored in the computers. The invention further relates to an escape route display that can be used for a device of said kind.
US08810413B2
Detect a head position of a user viewing a display device with a sensor, determine a duration of the user viewing the display device, identify a user fatigue in response to the head position, and provide a response to the user with the display device based on the user fatigue and the duration of the user viewing the display device.
US08810412B2
An arrangement to awaken a sleeping driver or operator of a vehicle, a vessel, an aeroplane or any other system that is controlled by a person, includes a detection part that is arranged to measure movements of a control element that belongs to the vehicle with which control element the driver has hand contact, a calculation circuit arranged to compare movements of the control element over time, and an alarm part arranged to produce vibrations in the control element. The calculation circuit is arranged to activate the alarm part when no movement of the control element has occurred during a pre-determined period, which pre-determined period indicates that the driver has fallen asleep, and in that all the parts are mounted on or are integrated with the control element.
US08810407B1
In accordance with various embodiments, a walker has a body. An illumination source is supported by the body. The illumination source is configured to focus illumination on a target area. The target area includes both a leg of a user and ground adjacent the leg during an entire gait cycle of the user using the walker for assistance during ambulation.
US08810406B2
A tracking device for assisting in traceability of grain includes a plastic body, an RFID chip disposed within the plastic body, and a weight comprised of a ferromagnetic material disposed within the plastic body. A method provides for dispensing tracking devices into a stream of grain so as to associate identifying information with the stream of grain. A system includes a dispensing device configured to singulate and dispense tracking devices into a flow of grain.
US08810388B2
The invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the location, movement and health of one or more individuals within an environment by a monitoring individual, such as a care giver. The system used includes optional monitoring devices including a wireless transceiver, access point devices including a wireless transceiver, a hub access point device including a wireless transceiver, and a local computing device. The system is programmed such that it has the capability to operate with or without the measure of time of flight value from the optional monitoring devices such that the system has the capability of monitoring the location, movement and health of an individual whether or not the individual is wearing the monitoring device.
US08810387B2
A safety system receives inputs from safety related input devices such as smoke detectors and the like and provides triggering outputs to notification appliances such as bells and the like and/or safety functions such as door releases. To facilitate testing of the input devices the system incorporates a timer operative to disconnect the output devices for a period of time during which testing may be achieved, automatically reconnects the output devices at the end of the time, records the number of triggering outputs received at the outputs during that period.
US08810384B1
A mobile personal alarm and warning system for monitoring temperature around the designated user integrated with a vehicle access and warning controls. The system utilizes controls and actuation mobile self-contained modules that monitor the ambient temperature around the designated user and transmits a warning activation signal to the mobile control unit carried by the primary user as an alert condition. Proximity sensor provisions are provided to assure response range between the modules as well as enabling two-way radio communication protocols.
US08810382B1
A sensor device having a top, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a rear and a front. The sensor device may be mounted to a housing which covers the top, the first side, and the second side of the sensor device but does not cover the front of the sensor device. The housing may be adapted to be attached to an outside of a vehicle, such as by a pressure sensitive adhesive pad. The sensor device may be a motion sensor. The housing may be fixed to the vehicle near a top of the vehicle so that energy from the sensor device is emitted primarily in a direction which is parallel to a length of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a height and a width, and the length of the vehicle is greater than the height and the width.
US08810378B1
This disclosure relates to enhanced control of user configurable devices, such as robots. One system may include a user-configurable device and an on-vehicle programmable controller coupled to the user-configurable device. This system may further include a wireless receiver coupled to the on-vehicle programmable controller via one signal wire, where a substantial portion of the receiver-controlled communications occur using the one signal wire. Another system may include (alternatively or in combination as appropriate) a user-configurable device including an on-vehicle programmable controller and a first tether port. The system may also include a remote control transmitter with at least one wireless output and a second tether port, where the transmitter is communicably coupled to the user-configurable remote control device.
US08810377B2
A portable console includes at least one control and display unit, and at least one communication interface for communicating within a predefined range of functions with at least one household appliance. The range of functions includes a plurality of functional areas which are dependent on and limited by a distance of the console from the household appliance.
US08810373B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide approaches for providing power to RFID transponders. In one embodiment, the RFID transponder is powered using a magnetic field generated by power lines. In another embodiment, the RFID transponder is powered using a field generated by a wireless network. In the case of the latter, the RFID transponder acts as a member of the wireless network. In so doing, the RFID transponder is granted user rights and controls, and can control devices that are available on the network.
US08810370B2
Data is remotely collected from a plurality of fasteners in response to a query signal wirelessly transmitted by a reader. Each of the fasteners includes a sensor for measuring a parameter related to the stress on the fastener. A device adapted to be attached to each of the fasteners receives the query signal, activates the sensor to measure the parameter and wirelessly transmits the data including the parameter to the reader.
US08810367B2
An electronic device may operate a fingerprint reader in a stationary finger mode in which the fingerprint reader captures a fingerprint from a user's finger while the user's finger is in a stationary position and may operate the fingerprint reader in a moving finger mode in which the fingerprint reader captures a fingerprint from the user's finger while the user is swiping the finger across the fingerprint reader. The electronic device may use the moving finger mode when performing sensitive operations such as operations related to financial transactions. The electronic device may include near field communications circuitry. When activity is detected using the near field communications circuitry, the fingerprint reader may be operated in the moving finger mode. The fingerprint sensor may be activated when a proximity sensor detects the presence of a finger. Different actions may be taken by the device in response to detection of different fingerprints.
US08810365B2
An authentication string, such as a password, consists of characters. Each of the characters in the authentication string is randomly associated with a defined location on a device. For example, an area on a touch screen can be associated with a character in the authentication string. When a user selects a location associated with the character, feedback is provided that identifies the character. When the user selects a location that is not associated with the character, feedback is provided that does not identify the character.If the user responds by indicating that the associated location matches the character, the character is authenticated. If the user responds by indicating that a location not associated with the character is a match, the character is not authenticated. This process is then repeated for each character in the authentication string.
US08810361B2
A smart lock that can be built into or mounted onto a trash container with a lid and a can consists of two interlocking parts. The smart lock contains a primary lock operably connected to a secondary lock. The primary lock can be opened in presence of the trash collection vehicle or by a command from the owner. The secondary lock can be opened by the same conditions or when it senses mechanical and gravitational movement characteristics of the collection process, only when the first lock is open. Each lock comprises a timer and electronic circuitry that detects authorized commands and opens the lock.
US08810358B2
Techniques for proximity detection of kiosk payments are provided. A kiosk system includes a cash/coin acceptor device and an added sensor. The sensor detects when a hand of a customer is in proximity to the cash/coin acceptor device indicating cash or coins are about to be inserted into the device. The sensor coordinates with a state of the kiosk system and when the state permits and the hand is in proximity to the device, the device is activated or enabled to accept the cash or coins for a transaction of the customer.
US08810355B2
The present disclosure relates to a thin film resistor that is formed on a substrate along with other semiconductor devices to form all or part of an electronic circuit. The thin film resistor includes a resistor segment that is formed over the substrate and a protective cap that is formed over the resistor segment. The protective cap is provided to keep at least a portion of the resistor segment from oxidizing during fabrication of the thin film resistor and other components that are provided on the semiconductor substrate. As such, no oxide layer is formed between the resistor segment and the protective cap. Contacts for the thin film resistor may be provided at various locations on the protective cap, and as such, are not provided solely over a portion of the resistor segment that is covered with an oxide layer.
US08810354B2
An embodiment of an apparatus for providing a variable resistance may be configured to provide a resistance value according to a binary-coded decimal scheme. The apparatus may be referred to herein as a BCD variable resistance apparatus. The BCD variable resistance apparatus may include a plurality of resistive elements and a plurality of switches. In an embodiment, the resistive elements may be coupled with respective switches in a binary-coded decimal scheme.
US08810350B2
A laminate in which plural insulator layers are stacked includes an external electrode that is exposed to the exterior of the laminate and includes a plurality of conductive layers stacked in a staking direction and passing through some of the plural insulator layers in the stacking direction. At least one side of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction is overlaid with rest of the plural insulator layers. At least one side surface of the external electrode facing in the stacking direction is uneven with another portion of the side surface.
US08810347B2
A method of activating an electric machine having a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis with respect to the stator; the stator having a plurality of stator segments arranged about the axis; the rotor having modules made of magnetizable material and arranged about the axis; and the method including the steps of connecting the rotor to the stator by means of a bearing; and magnetizing the modules of magnetizable material when the rotor is connected to the stator.
US08810343B2
An electromagnetic relay including at least one contact-set support in which a plurality of contact springs are fixed at the base end and, in pairs, form normally open and/or normally closed contacts, wherein at least one actuator acts on each active contact spring, the actuator being movably driven in the longitudinal direction thereof by a magnet system and having actuating surfaces for acting on the respective contact spring to be actuated, the actuating surfaces assigned to each of the active contact springs forming an angle with the direction of actuation of the actuator.
US08810338B2
A signal transmission device includes substrates and resonance sections resonating at the predetermined resonance frequency. At least one of the substrates is formed with two or more resonators in the second direction, and the remaining one or two or more of the substrates are each formed with one or more resonators in the second direction, and at least one of the resonance sections is configured by a plurality of resonators opposing one another in the first direction between the substrates, the opposing resonators form a coupled resonator resonating as a whole at the predetermined resonance frequency through electromagnetic coupling in a hybrid resonance mode, and in a state that the substrates are separated away from one another to fail to establish electromagnetic coupling thereamong, the resonators forming the coupled resonator resonate at any other resonance frequency different from the predetermined resonance frequency on the substrate basis.
US08810324B2
The present invention relates to an oscillating device, which comprises a driving module and an oscillating module. The driving module is used for producing a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage. The oscillating module comprises a first symmetric load circuit, a second symmetric load circuit, and a bias circuit. The first symmetric load circuit and the second symmetric load circuit produce a bias according to the first driving voltage. The bias circuit produces a bias current according to the second driving voltage. The oscillating module produces an oscillating signal according to the first driving voltage and the bias current, where the bias current is proportional to the bias. Thereby, by making the driving signal produced by driving module proportional to the bias of the oscillating module, simple compensation for temperature and process can be performed. Thereby, the frequency can be tuned using a few calibration bits.
US08810316B2
Method and apparatus for implementing a low noise amplifier with associated gain and input impedance
An apparatus with associated gain and input impedance includes gain devices, a switching unit and a resistor. A first differential pair of gain devices and associated bias circuitry is configured to operate in a full gain mode. A second differential pair of gain devices is configured to operate in a reduced gain mode. The switching unit is configured to disable the first differential pair of gain devices and enable the second differential pair of gain devices in the reduced gain mode and to disable the second differential pair of gain devices and enable the first differential pair of gain devices in the full gain mode. The resistor is configured to maintain constant input impedance of the apparatus when in the reduced gain mode.
US08810311B2
An amplifier having an inverting input and a non-inverting input; a capacitor coupled to inverting input of the amplifier; an input voltage conveyance control circuit, having a first switch and a second switch, the first switch coupled to the capacitor, and the second switch coupled to the non-inverting input of the amplifier; a reference voltage conveyance control circuit having a third switch and a fourth switch, a shared node coupled between third switch and fourth switch, the fourth switch coupled to the non-inverting input of the amplifier; a fifth switch coupled to an output of the amplifier; a leakage control circuit having a sixth switch and seventh switch, the sixth switch coupled between the inverting amplifier input and the fifth switch, the seventh switch coupled to the sixth switch and the capacitor; and a first resistor coupled from the output of the amplifier to the first switch.
US08810306B2
A negative voltage regulation circuit includes an operational amplifier configured to receive a feedback voltage and an input voltage, a pull-up element configured to pull-up drive a first node based on output voltage of the operational amplifier, a load element coupled between the first node and a negative voltage terminal, a pull-down element configured to pull-down drive a final negative voltage output terminal using a voltage of the negative voltage terminal based on a voltage level of the first node, and a voltage division unit coupled between the final negative voltage output terminal and a pull-up voltage terminal, and configured to generate the feedback voltage by voltage division.
US08810302B2
A low voltage isolation circuit is coupled between an input terminal for receiving a high voltage signal and an output terminal for transmitting the high voltage signal to a load. The isolation circuit includes a driving block; having a first driving transistor coupled between a first voltage reference and an intermediate node and a second driving transistor coupled between the intermediate node and a second voltage reference; an isolation block connected between the input and output terminals and, through a protection block to the intermediate node. The protection block includes first and second protection transistors (MD1, coupled in anti-series to each other and having control terminals receiving complementary protection driving signals. The isolation block includes a voltage limiter block, a diode block and a control transistor connected across the diode block between the input and output terminals and having a control terminal connected to the intermediate node through the protection block.
US08810286B1
Direct digital frequency synthesis is the process by which a digital frequency synthesizer component may output a stable, precise clock frequency at any of a broad range of possible frequency output values for any number of applications, usually across an integrated circuit. The digital frequency synthesizer set forth in this disclosure is a combination of a controller configured to receive a frequency control word and generate a first frequency control sub-word and a second frequency control sub-word based on the frequency control word, a frequency generator configured to generate a source frequency within a first predetermined frequency range based on the first frequency control sub-word, and a variable frequency divider configured to generate an output frequency within a second predetermined range based on the second frequency control sub-word and the source frequency.
US08810283B2
A circuit for sampling an analog input signal may include a transistor disposed on a substrate and a sampling capacitor coupled to one of the source and the drain of the transistor. The transistor may be disposed on a substrate that is coupled to ground. A source and a drain of the transistor may be disposed in a back gate of the transistor. The analog input may be supplied to one of the source and the drain of the transistor, and the back gate may receive a back gate voltage having a value that is lower than ground.
US08810275B2
A direct current-to-direct current (‘DC/DC’) converter for delivering a load to an electrical component, the DC/DC converter including: a coupled inductor, wherein the coupled inductor receives a source input voltage level and a outputs an output voltage level; a transient winding; and a variable impedance switch coupled to the transient winding, the variable impedance switch configured to operate by adjusting a delivered resistance level in dependence upon a change in the load to be delivered to the electrical component by the DC/DC converter.
US08810274B2
An on-die termination circuit includes a reference period signal generation circuit that generates a reference period signal according to a level of a reference voltage, a first period signal generation circuit that generates a first period signal according to a voltage level of a pad, a period comparison circuit that compares a period of the first period signal with a period of the reference period signal and count a plurality of driving signals, and a driver circuit that drives the pad in response to the plurality of driving signals.
US08810265B2
An electric security fence. An electric signal generator generates an initial electric signal. The generated initial electric signal is transmitted through a transmission line. The transmission line will generate a reflected electric signal when the transmission line is disturbed by the presence of a human or animal at a disturbance area. A receiver receives the reflected electric signal and forwards it to a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit calculates the location of the disturbance area after receiving the reflected electric signal. In one preferred embodiment, the signal processing unit calculates the location of the disturbance area by determining the amount of time required for the reflected signal to travel from the disturbance area. In another preferred embodiment, the signal processing unit calculates the location of the disturbance area by determining the frequency difference between an initial Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave signal and the reflected Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave signal. In another preferred embodiment the transmission wire is utilized to send coded communication signals and distance information back to a base station for monitoring and information transmission.
US08810261B2
An in-mold molding touch module includes a plastic film, a touch circuit and a molding rind. The plastic film includes an inner surface and an outer surface for handling and touching. At least one region of the inner surface and a corresponding region of the outer surface define a touch area. The touch circuit is arranged on the inner surface in the touch area. The molding rind is integrated on the inner surface by an in-mold injecting mode to contain the touch circuit for forming a one-piece body. In addition, the invention also provides a method for manufacturing an in-mold molding touch module.
US08810257B2
Signal measuring systems, and measurement methods are disclosed.
US08810249B2
A 3D Motional Command System (MCS) is disclosed for interactive gaming, computer interfaces, communications, imaging, and geological exploration. The system can perform standoff gesture recognition and also function as touch-screens. E-field sensors and array topologies are disclosed comprised of FET discrete transistors. The designs facilitate the fabrication of high density sensor arrays similar to LCD displays. The system can be used in portable and wearable electronic devices. Uses are for PC computers, portable devices, and gaming systems such as the Wii. Other applications include wireless connection of sensor and audio data from a simple headphone jack output.
US08810246B2
Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry may be improved by combining multibaseline and referenceless thermometry.
US08810245B2
A device for generating opposing fields for shielding an implant in the body of a patient during a magnetic resonance imaging, which device comprises a field generation unit with one or more field generation configured to generate field pulses and a control unit coupled with the field generation unit, and which is configured in such a manner that field pulses can be generated as opposing fields through which, within a spatial zone which contains the implant at least in sections, high-frequency electromagnetic field pulses and/or magnetic gradient field pulses used during the magnetic resonance imaging can be reduced or cancelled out in their intensity through superposition.
US08810244B2
The present invention refers to a method for magnetic resonance imaging or nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy comprising emitting a radio frequency and gradient pulse sequence towards an object being subjected to a magnetic field, wherein said object comprises a molecule having an atom with a nuclear spin differing from 0, encoding, detecting and acquiring a magnetic resonance signal from said object corresponding to said emitted radio frequency and gradient pulse sequence, wherein the radio frequency and gradient pulse sequence comprises a first weighting block, a mixing block with duration tm and a second weighting block, and wherein encoding, detecting and acquiring the magnetic resonance signal from said object is limited to initial decay of the signal intensity I with increasing strength of at least one of the first weighting block and the second weighting block, wherein the variation of the initial signal decay rate with tm is analysed to obtain the apparent exchange rate AXR.
US08810241B2
A system and method for detecting a damaged magnetoresistive sensor includes measuring a median DiffPN value of a group of GMR sensors on a module, the sensors characterized as having been deposited on a same wafer and having been lapped as a single unit; comparing the DiffPN values to the median; determining that physical and/or magnetic damage has occurred to an individual sensor if the difference in the DiffPN value of the individual sensor from the median is greater than a statistically predetermined value for the group of sensors; where the difference is at least one times the average of the standard deviations of a large number of normal modules or the average of the standard deviations of a large number of modules, wherein at least the largest and the smallest DiffPN value within the module is not included in the calculation of the module's standard deviation.
US08810240B2
A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle includes a lower rail attached to a vehicle floor. The lower rail has one side and another side opposite to the one side in the width direction. The one side includes a side surface and an upward wall portion extending upward along the side surface. An upper rail is supported by the lower rail and slidable with respect to the lower rail in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A detection target portion is provided in the upward wall portion of the lower rail in a predetermined range in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A position sensor is disposed at the upper rail between the upper rail and the upward wall portion to face the detection target portion.
US08810239B2
Disclosed is an angle sensor, which is capable of accurately measuring an angle of a steering shaft by selecting an optimum gear ratio between main and subsidiary gears constituting the angle sensor, measures a rotation amount of a vehicle steering shaft, and includes a ring-shaped main gear rotating along with the steering shaft, a first subsidiary gear rotated by rotation of the main gear and having a magnet coupled to a surface thereof, and a magnetic device detecting a change in magnetic field of the magnet and outputting data on a rotation amount, so that the first subsidiary gear rotates four times while the main gear rotates once, and a value of a scale factor is minimized during a process of acquiring valid data for measuring the angle of the main gear and thereby an error of a measured value is minimized.
US08810234B2
A method of controlling and/or predicting the remaining useful life of an active material actuator, such as a shape memory alloy wire, includes obtaining historical actuation data of an inherent system variable, such as electrical resistance, over a secondary variable, such as time, determining a normal operating envelope having upper and lower bounds based on the data, determining a current profile for a given actuation cycle, and comparing the shape of the current profile to the envelope to determine an out-of-bounds event.
US08810228B2
The present invention relates to a method for compensating a current of a DC/DC converter that detects an average value of a pulsatory current that is output as a chopping wave form from an inductor that is used in a DC/DC converter to compensate an offset value in real time. A method for compensating a current of a DC/DC converter can include analyzing a PWM signal for a switching DC-DC converter, if the PWM signal is on, comparing a delay time with a rise half cycle size between a detected current and a real current that is output by an inductor, calculating a current variation amount and determining an offset compensation value for compensating a current variation amount according to the comparison result of the rise half cycle size and the delay time, and applying the offset compensation value to compensate the detected current of the inductor.
US08810221B2
A system, method and apparatus for controlling boost and buck-boost converters using input-output linearization and leading-edge modulation is provided. The controller includes a summing circuit connected to the converter to create a third voltage representing a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage. A gain circuit is connected to the summing circuit to adjust the third voltage by an appropriate gain. A modulating circuit is connected to the gain circuit, the converter, the first voltage, the second voltage and the second current to create a control signal based on the first voltage, the second voltage, the adjusted third voltage, the fourth voltage and the first current. The control signal is used to control the converter. Typically, the first voltage is a converter output voltage, the second voltage is a reference voltage, the fourth voltage is a converter input voltage, and first current is a converter inductor current.
US08810220B2
A power supply device, a processing chip for a digital microphone and related digital microphone are described herein. In one aspect, a power supply device includes: at least two cascaded low-dropout linear regulators. In another aspect, a processing chip for digital microphone includes a processing module and a power supply module, wherein the power supply modules includes at least two cascaded low dropout linear regulators. In another aspect, a digital microphone includes a microphone and a processing chip, wherein the processing chip includes a processing module and a power supply module, wherein the power module includes at least two cascaded low-dropout linear regulators. Embodiments described herein provide a power supply device with higher PSRR.
US08810216B2
An integrated circuit contains a current sink that is used to control a channel of varying forward voltage, with a goal of maintaining a minimally sufficient voltage across the current sink. A target voltage for the current sink return is determined, and a switched inductor is used to maintain said voltage. Various target determination schemes are possible, and various enhancements improve startup time, efficiency, and effectiveness.
US08810213B2
A power control method for tracking a Maximum Power Point (MPP) in a photovoltaic system including a solar cell and a boost converter. The power control method includes finding the MPP by applying a continuous ON/OFF signal to the boost converter as a first control signal for controlling a duty ratio of the boost converter, and maintaining an operating point of the photovoltaic system at the MPP by applying a second control signal for controlling the duty ratio to the boost converter depending on a constant-voltage command. In tracking an MPP in a photovoltaic system, an MPPT algorithm may remain at the MPP, without self oscillation, improving fast dynamic characteristics upon a change in solar radiation.
US08810211B2
A converter device for power conversion in a power plant, such as a wind turbine, is provided. The converter device is configured for converting an electrical input power to an electrical output power. The converter device may be configured for receiving mechanical input power or, according to another embodiment, may be configured for receiving electrical input power. The converter device includes a voltage input for receiving a voltage signal, which is indicative of a voltage in a electricity network to which the converter device is coupled during operation in order to provide the electrical output power to the electricity network The converter device includes a controller being configured for setting a reactive component of the electrical output power depending on the voltage signal according to a out-of-band reactive current gradient if the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is outside a predetermined voltage band.
US08810203B2
A power storage device has a NaS battery for storing electric power, a Hall current detector for measuring charge/discharge current value I of the NaS battery, a bidirectional converter for converting electric power between a direct current and an alternating current bidirectionally, and a controller for controlling the power storage device. The controller integrates the charge/discharge current value I of the NaS battery and calculates the calculated value of the discharge capacity in the NaS battery. The controller calculates estimated error Er(t2) of the calculated value of the discharge capacity, specifies NaS battery 1004 that requires the correction of the calculated value of the discharge capacity, charges/discharges the NaS battery to a depth of discharge at which the calculated value of the discharge capacity is corrected, and corrects the calculated value of the discharge capacity in the charged/discharged NaS battery.
US08810198B2
A battery charging station is provided that includes a plurality of charge ports, a plurality of power stages where each power stage includes an AC to DC converter and where each power stage provides a portion of the charging station's maximum available charging power, a switching system that is used to couple the output of the power stages to the charging ports, a system monitor that determines current charging station and vehicle conditions, and a controller that controls operation of the switching system in accordance with a predefined set of power distribution rules and on the basis of the current charging station and vehicle conditions. Current charging station and vehicle conditions may include vehicle arrival time, usage fees, vehicle and/or customer priority information, battery pack SOC, and/or intended departure time.
US08810197B2
The invention relates to an autoclavable charging device (12, 13, 15-20) for an electrical and rechargeable energy store (30) of a surgical instrument (11). The invention further relates to a method for charging a rechargeable energy store (30) in an autoclaved surgical instrument (11) or for an autoclaved surgical instrument (11).The charging device according to the invention is characterized in that this device comprises a receiving device (13) for receiving and converting an electromagnetic field into an alternating current voltage, and comprising charging electronics (12) galvanically connected to the receiving device (13), wherein the charging electronics (12) convert the alternating current voltage into the charging voltage, and wherein the charging device (12, 13, 15-20) comprises at least one galvanic output connection (17, 18, 19, 20) for galvanically connecting to the energy store (30) of the surgical instrument (11).The method according to the invention is characterized in that before charging the energy store (30) is galvanically connected to the at least one galvanic output connection (17-20) of the charging device (12, 13, 15-20), wherein the surgical instrument (11) and/or the energy store (30) is then autoclaved, wherein the surgical instrument (11) and/or the energy store (30) is then brought into an effective range of a device (14) generating an electromagnetic field, and a resonant coupling is generated between the device (14) generating the electromagnetic field and a receiving device (13) of the charging device (12, 13, 15-20), said coupling leading to an energy transfer from the device (14) generating the electromagnetic field to the receiving device (13), wherein the energy is used at least partially for generating a charging voltage for the energy store (30).
US08810189B2
Example embodiments disclose a drive system including a machine including a plurality of phases and configured to generate power based on a plurality of phase currents, each respectively associated with the plurality of phases and a direct current (DC) bus, operatively connected to the machine. The DC bus includes a high-side line, a low-side line, and an inverter including a plurality of switching systems, operatively connected between the high-side line and the low-side line, the plurality of switching systems, each configured to output a respective one of the plurality of phase currents. The drive system also includes a controller, operatively connected to the DC bus and the machine, the controller configured to determine if a failure exists in the drive system based on the plurality of phase currents and a DC bus voltage, the DC bus voltage being a voltage across the high-side line and the low-side line.
US08810179B2
A polyphase electrical machine controlled by at least two parallel inverters, each including a number of branches equal to a number of phases of the machine and controlled by PWM. When detecting an inverter branch is faulty, the faulty branch is isolated and the phase in question is powered by each corresponding other inverter branch. The PWM is modified to make power switches of each other branch conductive in succession, without switching while absolute value of the current of the phase in question is greater than or equal to a threshold of 80% to 120% of (n−1)Imax/n, n is number of inverters and Imax is maximum magnitude of the phase current. It is thus possible to continue generating substantially sinusoidal voltages on each of the phases, while avoiding overdimensioning the power switches to ensure in event of a fault they can deliver currents of amplitude higher than in normal operation.
US08810176B2
A boost control section for controlling a converter includes a PI control section and a resonance suppression section. The PI control section calculates a basic command value based on a deviation between a drive voltage generated by the converter and a target voltage to equalize the drive voltage and the target voltage. The resonance suppression section calculates, based on the state of variation of the drive voltage, a correction value for correcting the basic command value to suppress the variation. The basic command value is corrected by adding the correction value. First and second drive pulses corresponding to the corrected command value are outputted to the converter.
US08810170B2
A method for monitoring input power to an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The method includes determining, with a processing device, an average input current to the motor, the average input current based on a voltage drop across a shunt resistor in series with the motor, measuring an average input voltage applied to the motor utilizing the processing device, multiplying the average input current by the average voltage to determine an approximate input power, and communicating the average input power to an external interface.
US08810168B2
In a norm setting section, a norm of an output voltage vector of an inverter is set based on a required torque and an electrical angle speed. In a phase setting section, a phase is set as controlled variables for performing a feedback control of an estimated torque to the required torque. In an operation signal generating section, operation signals are generated based on the norm set by the norm setting section and the phase set by the phase setting section, and the signals are outputted to the inverter. Based on the value of the phase, existence of abnormalities of a permanent magnet of a motor-generator is determined.
US08810167B2
A method for driving a brushless motor including a first coil and a second coil for two phases but does not include a coil for one of three phases. A three-phase inverter circuit is connected to the first coil and the second coil. Currents having a phase difference corresponding to an electrical angle of 60 degrees are applied to the first coil and the second coil to generate a circular rotating magnetic field.
US08810166B2
An opening and closing device includes a cover gear, a driving source, a cover, a biasing element, and a control portion. The cover gear is rotatably supported in both forward and backward directions. The driving source selectively provides rotation to the cover gear in both the forward and backward directions. The cover is rotatably supported to allow motion in both the forward and backward directions between first and second positions. The biasing element transmits the rotation of the cover gear to the cover while biasing the cover in a predetermined direction from the first position to the second position. The control portion stops the rotation of the driving source, in a case in which the driving source is rotated to move the cover in the predetermined direction, when the cover gear rotates in the predetermined direction by a predetermined angle after the cover has reached the second position.
US08810163B2
In a motor control system, a controller generates a single control signal for a motor control unit in a first electric motor and another motor control unit in a second electric motor. The motor control units in the first and second electric motors operate the first and second electric motors at a first rate in response to the control signal being at a first level. The motor control unit in the first electric motor operates the first electric motor at a second rate and the motor control unit in the second electric motor operates the second electric motor at a third rate in response to the control signal being at a second level, the third rate being different than the second rate.
US08810162B2
An LED driver IC for driving external strings of LEDs comprises a prefix register and a data register connected in series with each other and with the prefix and data registers in other driver ICs. The prefix and data registers of the driver ICs are connected in a daisy chain arrangement with an interface IC. The interface IC loads data identifying a functional latch into the prefix register and data defining a functional condition into the data register of each driver IC. The data in the data register is then transferred to the functional latch to control the functional condition within the LED driver IC.
US08810159B2
A system for configuring an output parameter of a lighting load power supply, the power supply having a programmable controller for regulating the output parameter to a target value and a memory for storing a variable for setting the target value. The power supply has a communication port for data for setting the target value. A computer executes software allowing a user to select a target value and provides data related to the selected parameter. A programming device in communication with the computer provides data relating to the selected parameter to the communication port for programming the controller to set the parameter to the target value.
US08810158B2
A lamp is provided that is controlled by messages transmitted via a network. The lamp has an internal memory that stores an address and an internal control circuit that responds to received messages that refer to this address. The address is updated when the lamp is installation in a power supply socket, using for example an address from the first message that is transmitted after installation. The lamp contains a detector that detects disconnection of the lamp from the power supply socket, for example by monitoring a resistance value between two parts of one of the power supply terminals of the lamp. In response to this detection the control circuit of the lamp sets information that enables an update of the address in the memory. When it is detected that the lamp is again connected to a power supply socket the address is updated on condition that the update is enabled.
US08810156B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) driver system includes a control circuit that provides a waveform for driving a power transistor to generate a regulated current through one or more LEDs, and an error amplifier that generates an output compensation signal based on a comparison of a desired regulated current and an actual regulated current through the one or more LEDs. The output compensation signal is used to set an output compensation voltage that sets the duty cycle of the waveform. The LED driver system further comprises a dimming control device configured during a dimming control mode to alternate between dimming-on time periods and dimming-off time periods, and a sample and hold switch having a first state for holding the output compensation voltage fixed during each dimming-off time period, and a second state for restoring the error amplifier to its previous dimming-on operating state upon returning to each subsequent dimming-on time period.
US08810154B2
A multiple location load control system comprises a main device and remote devices, which do not require neutral connections, but allow for visual and audible feedback at the main device and the remote devices. The main device and the remote devices are adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between an AC power source and an electrical load, and to be further coupled together via an accessory wiring. The remote devices can be wired on the line side and the load side of the load control system, such that the main device is wired “in the middle” of the load control system. The main device is operable to enable a charging path to allow the remote devices to charge power supplies through the accessory wiring during a first time period of a half-cycle of the AC power source. The main device and the remote devices are operable to communicate with each other via the accessory wiring during a second time period of the half-cycle.
US08810153B2
One aspect of the present invention includes a light-emitting diode (LED) power supply system. The system includes an LED regulator configured to monitor at least one LED voltage associated with a respective at least one activated LED string and to generate an LED regulation voltage based on the at least one LED voltage relative to an LED power voltage that provides power to the at least one activated LED string. The system also includes a power converter configured to generate the LED power voltage and to regulate the LED power voltage based on the LED regulation voltage.
US08810150B2
A lamp drive device L is provided that can both light a lamp and sustain a discharge by applying a trigger voltage while a direct current voltage is supplied from a power supply circuit to the electrodes of lamp before the start of discharge. The device includes a reference amount-of-change storage unit for storing a threshold value T for the amount of change in the electrode voltage before and after start of discharge, a difference calculation unit for calculating the difference (A−B) between the voltage monitor value B after the start of discharge and the voltage monitor value A before the start of discharge, and a lighting status determination unit for determining the lighting status by comparing the difference (A−B) and the threshold value T and making the determination based on the change in voltage before and after the discharge.
US08810144B2
A voltage regulator for generating a housekeeping voltage in a high voltage power supply circuit includes a charging switch coupled to a high voltage node and to a storage device at an output node, and a control voltage regulation circuit coupled to the charging switch and configured to cause the charging switch to generate a current pulse for charging the storage device.
US08810137B2
A cost effective illumination control system calculating motion and daylight or surrounding light inputs, particularly in large structures where the light distribution is not uniform across time. The system divides the structure into zones each having input capability with regard to occupation and background light levels. Each zone being able to make independent decisions with regard to control of lighting levels in the zone, yet the zones being able to cooperate in a coordinated fashion to provide uniform lighting to the structure as a whole.
US08810129B2
On one short side of a rectangular aperture area, transparent conductive films are patterned by being deviated in a stepwise shape. On another side, an end surface of the transparent conductive films is patterned to be aligned. The end surface of the transparent conductive films is covered with an insulating film.
US08810128B2
According to one embodiment, an organic electroluminescent device includes a transparent electrode, a metal electrode, an organic light emitting layer and an intermediate layer. The transparent electrode is transmissive with respect to visible light. The metal electrode is reflective with respect to the visible light. The organic light emitting layer is provided between the transparent electrode and the metal electrode and is configured to emit light including a wavelength component of the visible light. The intermediate layer contacts the metal electrode and the organic light emitting layer between the organic light emitting layer and the metal electrode and is transmissive with respect to the visible light. A thickness of the intermediate layer is 60 nanometers or more and less than 200 nanometers. A refractive index of the organic light emitting layer to the visible light is higher than a refractive index of the intermediate layer to the visible light.
US08810122B2
The present invention provides a multi-mode plasma arc torch that includes a cylindrical vessel having a first end and a second end, a first tangential inlet/outlet connected to or proximate to the first end, a second tangential inlet/outlet connected to or proximate to the second end, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and (b) extends into the cylindrical vessel, and a hollow electrode nozzle connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel. Adjusting a position of the electrode with respect to the hollow electrode causes the multi-mode plasma arc torch to operate in a dead short resistive mode, a submerged arc mode, an electrolysis mode, a glow discharge mode or a plasma arc mode.
US08810121B1
A device and method to produce a hot, dense, long-lived plasma. In one embodiment, a large electric current is passed through an outer tube enclosing in part a piston, a notched conducting rod and central electrode. Electromagnetic forces accelerate the piston to a point high enough to mechanically separate the conducting rod at the location of the notch before the conducting rod is melted. On separation, a plasma is generated by the passage of electric current though a gas produced by vaporization of the conducting rod and nearby materials. An insulator enclosed within the tube prevents the plasma from shorting to the outer tube until the current flow has produced a sufficient magnetic field to contain the plasma. The piston is then accelerated by a combination of electromagnetic forces and mechanical pressure from the hot gas through which the electric current is passing.
US08810111B2
An SAW device (1) has a piezoelectric substrate (3) propagating acoustic waves, and a comb-shaped electrode (6) arranged on a first surface (3a) of the piezoelectric substrate (3). The SAW device (1) has a columnar terminal (15) located on the first surface (3a) and electrically connected to the comb-shaped electrode (6), and a cover member (9) covering a side surface of the terminal (15). The terminal (15) comprises, in a first region in the direction of height thereof, a larger diameter on the side of the first surface (3a) compared with the diameter on the side opposite to the first surface (3a).
US08810108B2
The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally bulk-acoustic-wave resonators. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a bulk-acoustic-wave resonator comprising an acoustic reflector, a substantially c-axis oriented hexagonal crystal structure, and a plurality of electrodes. The crystal structure is solidly-mounted to the acoustic reflector. The bulk-wave resonator resonates in at least two non-harmonically-related operational modes.
US08810103B2
A stator for a generator with closed magnetic path comprises a coil support frame and a conductive wire unit arranged on the coil support frame. The conductive wire unit comprises a plurality of stacked basic conductive wire units. The basic conductive wire unit comprises a conductive wire layer and a magnetic-conducting sheet conformably stacked on and insulated from the conductive wire layer. The conductive wire layer comprises a plurality of conductive wires arranged in parallel and insulated from each other, or a conductive sheet with a plurality of elongated through gaps extending from a central region of the conductive sheet to a circumferential region of the conductive sheet, elongated portions between the elongated gaps function as conductive wires connected in parallel between the central region and the circumferential region. The conductive wire unit further comprises a shaped magnetic-conducting basic plate.
US08810100B2
A rotor having a dividable core for an electric motor, and a production method thereof. A rotor has a generally annular supporting member; a plurality of shaft portions positioned on the supporting member in a circumferential direction at regular intervals, the shaft portions extending generally parallel to a rotation axis of the rotor; and a plurality of divided cores each having a hole portion which is fitted to each shaft portion. By annularly connecting the divided cores, a generally annular dividable core for the rotor is formed. Each divided core has connecting portions at both circumferential ends thereof, and each connecting portion is configured to be connected to a connecting portion of a neighboring divided core while the divided core is fitted to the shaft portion.
US08810099B2
A power magnetic planetary gear set uses stator of a motor to provide electrically generated magnetic sections. The electrically generated magnetic sections are variable under the excitation control of coils and driver so that either the outer stator or the sun stator of the magnetic planetary gear set may be stationary and still provide self-revolutionary magnetic forces toward the planet gears disposed therebetween. The planet gears are also mounted on planet arms so as to revolve on their own axes and have orbital revolution with respect to the sun stator.
US08810091B2
A stator of a rotating electrical machine is provided. The stator includes a core unit which includes plural core assemblies arranged annularly, each core assembly being wound with a coil, plural accommodating portions which are provided to correspond to the core assemblies, each accommodating portion accommodating at least one of (i) a connection portion of end portions of adjacent coils for forming a neutral point and (ii) a connection portion of the other end portion of one of the adjacent coils and a power supply line, a temperature detector which detects at least one of a temperature of an oil and a temperature of a coil of the plural coils, and a signal line which is connected to the temperature detector for transmitting a detection signal from the temperature detector to an outside. Each of the accommodating portions includes a holding portion which holds the signal line.
US08810089B2
There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly including: a sleeve having a shaft inserted thereinto and supported thereby; a thrust plate coupled to one end of the shaft; an extension part formed at the thrust plate to be extended in an axial direction so as to be coupled to the shaft; and a coupling part formed at the shaft to contact an inner surface of the extension part so as to be coupled to the extension part.
US08810074B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a family of multi-way switches that can be configured to output an input signal to any combination of n output signal lines. Certain embodiments of the present invention employ a memristive junction between the input signal and each output signal line, the state of which is configured by one or more control signal lines. The memristive junction between the input signal line and each output signal can be switched between a stable, low-conductance state and a high-conductance state. A wide variety of different types of multi-way switches may be fabricated according to various embodiments of the present invention.
US08810063B2
A power source connecting device includes an adapter, a rail and a plurality of power cables. The adapter connected to an external power source converts the alternating current output from the external power source to direct current. The rail electrically connects to the adapter. One end of each of the power cable connected to an electronic device, and another end of each of the power cable connects to the rail and is configured for slide along the rail together with the electronic device. The power cable remains in electrical connection with the rail during the sliding.
US08810061B2
A charger is configured to receive electric power from an external power supply and charge a main power storage device and a power storage device for auxiliary machinery. The charger includes a capacitor for smoothing charging power outputted to the main power storage device. A PM-ECU controls charging of the power storage device for auxiliary machinery by the charger such that the power storage device for auxiliary machinery can receive residual electric charge in the capacitor. The PM-ECU controls the charger, after the end of charging of the main power storage device by the charger, such that the residual electric charge in the capacitor is discharged into the power storage device for auxiliary machinery.
US08810055B2
Improved wind turbine control methods and systems. The invention relates to a method for the operation of a variable speed wind turbine having pitch and torque control means that include additional steps for providing to the pitch control means in case of a wind gust a pitch angle reference increment Dθref in the amount needed for avoiding that the aerodynamic torque added by the wind gust exceeds a predetermined limit. The present invention also relates to a wind turbine comprising a control system arranged for performing an additional regulation in case of wind gust.
US08810053B2
A method for efficient fuel consumption comprises recharging batteries or operating a device carrying out a task, with an engine through an electrical connection. The method also includes monitoring at least one of (i) current in the electrical connection, (ii) voltage of the batteries, and (iii) length of time of the recharging or task, to determine if the recharging has reach a preselected endpoint or the task has been completed. The method further includes generating a signal through a communication link to cause the engine to stop operating by: (a) preventing operation of a spark plug, (b) preventing delivery of fuel to the engine, or (c) preventing delivery of oxygen to the engine.
US08810052B2
A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited.
US08810050B1
A magnet powered motor system is a motor powered by permanent magnets for inexpensively driving motorized apparatuses. The magnet bars have a triangular shaped cross-section and are adjacently mounted as a bar onto an inner and an outer carriage assembly. The inner carriage assembly may be stationary and the outer carriage assembly may rotate within a coil winding assembly having an outer housing which supports the coil, housing end plates, and bearings for the rotating element. The inner carriage assembly is rotationally locked to the cylindrical frame via a key and keyway but slides lengthwise on the cylindrical frame into and out of engagement with the outer carriage assembly to start and stop the motor. The facing inner and outer triangular shaped magnets comprise face angles that optimize magnetic force and have polarity arrangements that pull and simultaneously push the outer carriage assembly into rotation.
US08810049B2
An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection fibers are suspended from a support wire system supported by poles. The support wire system is electrically connected to a load by a connecting wire. The collection fibers may be made of any conducting material, but carbon and graphite are preferred. Diodes may be used to restrict the backflow or loss of energy.
US08810048B2
An embodiment integrated circuit includes a first device supporting a first back end of line layer, the first back end of line layer including a first alignment marker, and a second device including a spin-on glass via and supporting a second back end of line layer, the second back end of line layer including a second alignment marker, the spin-on glass via permitting the second alignment marker to be aligned with the first alignment marker using ultraviolet light.
US08810047B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising first and second regions; a first semiconductor chip covering the first region; a first seal covering the second region and the first semiconductor chip; and a second seal covering the second surface.
US08810040B2
A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer having a first surface on which a projecting part is formed, and an electrode pad being formed on the projecting part and including a first electrode pad surface and a second electrode pad surface on a side opposite to the first electrode pad surface. The first electrode pad surface is exposed from the projecting part of the insulating layer. The second electrode pad surface is covered by the insulating layer. A cross-section of the projecting part is a tapered shape. One side of the cross-section toward the first electrode pad surface is narrower than another side of the cross-section toward the first surface of the insulating layer.
US08810039B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first interlayer insulating film formed over the semiconductor substrate; a pad formed above the first interlayer insulating film; and a plurality of first interconnects spaced apart from each other in a portion of the first interlayer insulating film located below the pad. Below the pad, the first interconnects are formed in quadrangular plan shapes.
US08810036B2
In a semiconductor device, parallel first and second conductive lines having a unit width extend from a memory cell region into a connection region. A trim region in the connection region includes pads respectively connected to the first and second conductive lines but are separated by a width much greater than the unit width.
US08810034B2
The reliability of wirings, each of which includes a main conductive film containing copper as a primary component, is improved. On an insulating film including the upper surface of a wiring serving as a lower layer wiring, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbonitride film having excellent barrier properties to copper is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a silicon carbide film having excellent adhesiveness to a low dielectric constant material film is formed; on the insulating film, an insulating film formed of a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer insulating film is formed; and thereafter a wiring as an upper layer wiring is formed.
US08810027B2
The present disclosure provides a device having a plurality of bonded substrates. The substrates are bonded by a first bond ring and a second bond ring. In an embodiment, the first bond ring is a eutectic bond and the second bond ring is at least one of an organic material and a eutectic bond. The second bond ring encircles the first bond ring. The first bond ring provides a hermetic region of the device. In a further embodiment, a plurality of wafers are bonded which include a third bond ring disposed at the periphery of the wafers.
US08810018B2
A stacked integrated circuit package system is provided forming a first molded chip comprises attaching a conductor on a wafer, applying an encapsulant around the conductor, and exposing a surface of the conductor in the encapsulant, attaching a first electrical interconnect on the conductor of the first molded chip and stacking an integrated circuit device on the first molded chip with an electrical connector of the integrated circuit device connected to the conductor of the first molded chip with the first electrical interconnect.
US08810016B2
The semiconductor device can prevent damages on a semiconductor chip even when a soldering material is used for bonding the back surface of the semiconductor chip to the junction plane of a chip junction portion such as an island or a die pad. This semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip and a chip junction portion having a junction plane that is bonded to the back surface of the semiconductor chip with a soldering material. The junction plane is smaller in size than the back surface of the semiconductor chip. This semiconductor device may further include a plurality of extending portions which extend respectively from the periphery of the junction plane to directions parallel with the junction plane.
US08810014B2
There is provided a semiconductor package including: a lead frame having an electronic component mounted on one surface thereof; a heat dissipation substrate disposed downwardly of the lead frame; an insulating member disposed upwardly of the electronic component such that the electronic components are electrically connected to one another; a conductive member disposed between the insulating member and the lead frame and electrically connecting the electronic component to the lead frame; and a molded portion hermetically sealing the insulating member and the heat dissipation substrate.
US08810010B2
An exemplary semiconductor device comprises a through silicon via penetrating a semiconductor substrate including a circuit pattern on one side of the substrate, a first doped layer formed in the other side, and a bump connected with the through silicon via.
US08810007B2
A wiring board provided with a silicon substrate including a through hole that communicates a first surface and a second surface of the silicon substrate. A capacitor is formed on an insulating film, which is applied to the silicon substrate, on the first surface and a wall surface defining the through hole. A capacitor part of the capacitor includes a first electrode, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially deposited on the insulating film on the first surface and the wall surface of the through hole. A penetration electrode is formed in the through hole covered by the first electrode, the dielectric layer, and the second electrode of the capacitor part.
US08810000B2
A capacitive element formed within a semiconductor device comprises an upper electrode, a capacitive insulating film containing an oxide and/or silicate of a transition metal element, and a lower electrode having a polycrystalline conductive film composed of a material having higher oxidation resistance than the transition metal element and an amorphous or microcrystalline conductive film formed below the polycrystalline conductive film.
US08809996B2
An embodiment is a device comprising a substrate, a metal pad over the substrate, and a passivation layer comprising a portion over the metal pad. The device further comprises a metal pillar over and electrically coupled to the metal pad, and a passive device comprising a first portion at a same level as the metal pillar, wherein the first portion of the passive device is formed of a same material as the metal pillar.
US08809995B2
Circuits for shielding devices from electromagnetic coupling with through-silicon vias are shown that include a substrate having a through via, which provides access to a device layer on a first surface of the circuit to a device layer on a second surface of the circuit; a conductive layer on the first side of the substrate; a contact point on one of the device layers; and a grounded buried interface tie on the conductive layer, adjacent to the contact point, to isolate the contact point from coupling noise.
US08809993B2
A semiconductor device can include an isolation region that defines a plurality of active regions. The plurality of active regions can include an upper surface having a short axis in a first direction and a long axis in a second direction. The plurality of active regions can be repeatedly disposed along the first direction and along the second direction, and can be spaced apart from each other. The isolation region can include a first insulating layer being in contact with side walls of a short axis pair of active regions which can be the closest active regions in the first direction among the plurality of active regions, and continuously extending along a first shortest distance between the short axis pair of active regions.
US08809982B2
The invention relates to an semi-conductor device comprising a first surface and neighboring first and second electric elements arranged on the first surface, in which each of the first and second elements extends from the first surface in a first direction, the first element having a cross section substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a sidewall surface extending at least partially in the first direction, wherein the sidewall surface comprises a first section and a second section adjoining the first section along a line extending substantially parallel to the first direction, wherein the first and second sections are placed at an angle with respect to each other for providing an inner corner wherein the sidewall surface at the inner corner is, at least partially, arranged at a constant distance R from a facing part of the second element for providing a mechanical reinforcement structure at the inner corner.
US08809981B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: irradiating a growth substrate with laser light to focus the laser light into a prescribed position inside a crystal for a semiconductor device or inside the growth substrate, the crystal for the semiconductor device being formed on a first major surface of the growth substrate; moving the laser light in a direction parallel to the first major surface; and peeling off a thin layer including the crystal for the semiconductor device from the growth substrate, a wavelength of the laser light being longer than an absorption end wavelength of the crystal for the semiconductor device or the growth substrate, the laser light being irradiated inside a crystal for the semiconductor device or inside the growth substrate.
US08809975B2
A semiconductor pressure sensor includes n-type semiconductor regions, which are formed in a diaphragm of a semiconductor substrate, piezoresistive elements, which are respectively formed in the n-type semiconductor regions, and conductive shielding thin film layers, which are respectively formed on the piezoresistive elements through an insulating thin film layer, and the piezoresistive elements form a Wheatstone bridge circuit. Further, the n-type semiconductor regions and the conductive shielding thin film layers are electrically connected to each other through contacts formed in the diaphragm.
US08809971B2
A semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor body, a channel zone in the semiconductor body, a channel control electrode adjacent to the channel zone, and a dielectric layer between the channel zone and the channel control electrode, wherein the dielectric layer has a relative dielectric constant ∈r with a negative temperature coefficient.
US08809967B2
Device structures, design structures, and fabrication methods for fin-type field-effect transistor integrated circuit technologies. First and second fins, which constitute electrodes of the device structure, are each comprised of a first semiconductor material. The second fin is formed adjacent to the first fin to define a gap separating the first and second fins. Positioned in the gap is a layer comprised of a second semiconductor material.
US08809964B2
An electronic subassembly and associated method for the production of an electronic subassembly include a semiconductor layer bearing at least a first transistor having an adjustable threshold voltage is joined to an insulator layer and in which a first trapping zone is formed at a predetermined first depth. The first trapping zone extends at least beneath a channel of the first transistor and includes traps of greater density than the density of traps outside the first trapping zone, in such a way that the semiconductor layer and the first trapping zone are capacitively coupled. The useful information from the first transistor includes the charge transport within this transistor. A second trapping zone can be formed that extends at least beneath a channel of a second transistor that is formed by a second implantation with an energy and/or a dose and/or atoms that differ from those used to form the first trapping zone.
US08809962B2
Scaled transistors with reduced parasitic capacitance are formed by replacing a high-k dielectric sidewall spacer with a SiO2 or low-k dielectric sidewall spacer. Embodiments include transistors comprising a trench silicide layer spaced apart from a replacement metal gate electrode, and a layer of SiO2 or low-k material on a side surface of the replacement metal gate electrode facing the trench silicide layer. Implementing methodologies may include forming an intermediate structure comprising a removable gate with nitride spacers, removing the removable gate, forming a layer of high-k material on the nitride spacers, forming a layer of metal nitride on the high-k material, filling the opening with insulating material and then removing a portion thereof to form a recess, removing the metal nitride layers and layers of high-k material, depositing a layer of SiO2 or low-k material, and forming a replacement metal gate in the remaining recess.
US08809958B2
Integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and design thereof are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacturing includes using a first mask to pattern a gate material forming a plurality of first and second features. The first features form gate electrodes of the semiconductor devices, whereas the second features are dummy electrodes. Based on the location of these dummy electrodes, selected dummy electrodes are removed using a second mask. The use of the method provides greater flexibility in tailoring individual devices for different objectives.
US08809957B2
Hybrid nanowire FET and FinFET devices and methods for fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a CMOS circuit having a nanowire FET and a finFET includes the following steps. A wafer is provided having an active layer over a BOX. A first region of the active layer is thinned. An organic planarizing layer is deposited on the active layer. Nanowires and pads are etched in the first region of the active layer using a first hardmask. The nanowires are suspended over the BOX. Fins are etched in the second region of the active layer using a second hardmask. A first gate stack is formed that surrounds at least a portion of each of the nanowires. A second gate stack is formed covering at least a portion of each of the fins. An epitaxial material is grown on exposed portions of the nanowires, pads and fins.
US08809954B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a field effect transistor with a gate-to-body tunnel current region (GTBTCR) and a method. In one embodiment, a gate, having adjacent sections with different conductivity types, traverses the center portion of a semiconductor layer to create, within the center portion, a channel region and a GTBTCR below the adjacent sections having the different conductivity types, respectively. In another embodiment, a semiconductor layer has a center portion with a channel region and a GTBTCR. The GTBTCR comprises: a first implant region adjacent to and doped with a higher concentration of the same first conductivity type dopant as the channel region; a second implant region, having a second conductivity type, adjacent to the first implant region; and an enhanced generation and recombination region between the implant regions. A gate with the second conductivity type traverses the center portion.
US08809948B1
Aspects of the present disclosure describe a high density trench-based power MOSFETs with self-aligned source contacts and methods for making such devices. The source contacts are self-aligned with spacers that are formed along the sidewall of the gate caps. Additionally, the active devices may have a two-step gate oxide. A lower portion may have a thickness that is larger than the thickness of an upper portion of the gate oxide. The two-step gate oxide combined with the self-aligned source contacts allow for the production of devices with a pitch in the deep sub-micron level. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08809945B2
A MOSFET includes: a substrate provided with a trench having a side wall surface having an off angle of not less than 50° and not more than 65° relative to a {0001} plane; an oxide film; and a gate electrode. The substrate includes a source region, a body region, and a drift region formed to sandwich the body region between the source region and the drift region. The source region and the body region are formed by means of ion implantation. The body region has an internal region sandwiched between the source region and the drift region and having a thickness of 1 μm or smaller in a direction perpendicular to a main surface thereof. The body region has an impurity concentration of 3×1017 cm−3 or greater.
US08809941B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active region defined by a device isolation structure. A recessed channel is formed on the semiconductor substrate under the active region. A recessed junction region is formed between the recessed channel and the device isolation structure adjacent to the recessed channel.
US08809938B2
Three dimensional semiconductor memory devices are provided. The three dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a first stacked structure and a second stacked structure sequentially stacked on a substrate. The first stacked structure includes first insulating patterns and first gate patterns which are alternately and repeatedly stacked on a substrate, and the second stacked structure includes second insulating patterns and second gate patterns which are alternately and repeatedly stacked on the first stacked structure. A plurality of first vertical active patterns penetrate the first stacked structure, and a plurality of second vertical active patterns penetrate the second stacked structure. The number of the first vertical active patterns is greater than the number of the second vertical active patterns.
US08809930B2
Semiconductor memory devices may include a write transistor including a first write gate controlling a first source/drain terminal and a second write gate controlling a channel region, and a read transistor including a memory node gate connected to the first source/drain terminal of the write transistor. The first write gate may have a first work function and the second write gate may have a second work function different from the first work function. The first source/drain terminal of the write transistor may not have a PN junction.
US08809929B2
Memory devices comprise a lower layer that extends across a cell array region and across a peripheral region and that includes a flat outer surface from the cell array region to the peripheral region. A signal transfer conductor layer extends in the cell array region beneath the flat outer surface of the lower layer and extends in the peripheral region above the flat outer surface of the lower layer. An insulating layer is provided on the lower layer, including a flat outer surface from the cell array region to the peripheral region. A flat stopper layer is provided on the flat outer surface of the insulating layer and extending across the cell array region and the peripheral region. Related methods are also provided.
US08809920B2
A dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin prior to formation of a disposable gate structure. The dielectric metal compound liner protects the semiconductor fin during the pattering of the disposable gate structure and a gate spacer. The dielectric metal compound liner can be removed prior to formation of source and drain regions and a replacement gate structure. Alternately, a dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin and a gate stack, and can be removed after formation of a gate spacer. Further, a dielectric metal compound liner can be deposited on a semiconductor fin and a disposable gate structure, and can be removed after formation of a gate spacer and removal of the disposable gate structure. The dielectric metal compound liner can protect the semiconductor fin during formation of the gate spacer in each embodiment.
US08809912B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a heterojunction bipolar transistor comprising an emitter, a collector, and a base. The base can be disposed substantially between the emitter and collector. The base can comprise a plurality of alternating type-I and type-II layers arranged to form a short period super lattice. The type-I layers can have a band-gap that is narrower than the band-gap of the type-II layers. At least one of the type-I layers and the type-II layers can consist essentially of a quaternary material.
US08809909B2
A high voltage durability III-nitride semiconductor device comprises a support substrate including a first silicon body, an insulator body over the first silicon body, and a second silicon body over the insulator body. The high voltage durability III-nitride semiconductor device further comprises a III-nitride semiconductor body characterized by a majority charge carrier conductivity type, formed over the second silicon body. The second silicon body has a conductivity type opposite the majority charge carrier conductivity type. In one embodiment, the high voltage durability III-nitride semiconductor device is a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) comprising a support substrate including a <100> silicon layer, an insulator layer over the <100> silicon layer, and a P type conductivity <111> silicon layer over the insulator layer. The high voltage durability HEMT also comprises a III-nitride semiconductor body formed over the P type conductivity <111> silicon layer, the III-nitride semiconductor body forming a heterojunction of the HEMT.
US08809891B2
There has been a problem that difference in refractive index between an opposite substrate or a moisture barrier layer provided thereover, and air is maintained large, and light extraction efficiency is low. Further, there has been a problem that peeling or cracking due to the moisture barrier layer is easily generated, which leads to deteriorate the reliability and lifetime of a light-emitting element. A light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode, an electroluminescent layer, a transparent electrode, a passivation film, a stress relieving layer, and a low refractive index layer, all of which are stacked sequentially. The stress relieving layer serves to prevent peeling of the passivation film. The low refractive index layer serves to reduce reflectivity of light generated in the electroluminescent layer in emitting to air. Therefore, a light-emitting element with high reliability and long lifetime and a display device using the light-emitting element can be provided.
US08809882B2
A light emitting element has an organic layer that sequentially includes a first emission layer and a second emission layer, a first reflection interface, and a second reflection interface, wherein, if the optical distance between the first reflection interface and the emission center of a first emission layer is L11, the optical distance between the first reflection interface and the emission center of a second emission layer is L21, the optical distance between the emission center of the first emission layer and the second reflection interface is L12, the optical distance between the emission center of the second emission layer and the second reflection interface is L22, a central wavelength of an emission spectrum of the first emission layer is λ1, and a central wavelength of an emission spectrum of the second emission layer is λ2, the optical distances L11, L21, L12 and L22 satisfy predetermined expressions.
US08809871B2
A semiconductor element according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a first silicon carbide semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate; a body region of a second conductivity type defined in the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer; an impurity region of the first conductivity type defined in the body region; a second silicon carbide semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type on the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating film on the second silicon carbide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on the gate insulating film; a first ohmic electrode connected to the impurity region; and a second ohmic electrode on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The body region includes first and second body regions. The average impurity concentration of the first body region is twice or more as high as that of the second body region. And the bottom of the impurity region is deeper than that of the first body region.
US08809858B2
An integrated circuit including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having at least one well of a second conductivity type laterally delimited, on two opposite walls, by regions of the first conductivity type, defined at its surface; at least one region of the second conductivity type which extends in the semiconductor substrate under the well; and a system for detecting a variation of the substrate resistance between each association of two adjacent regions of the first conductivity type.
US08809856B2
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having a structure in which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be efficiently reduced. In a bottom gate thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide insulating layer used as a channel protection layer is formed above and in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with a gate electrode layer, and at the same time an oxide insulating layer covering a peripheral portion (including a side surface) of the stacked oxide semiconductor layer is formed. Further, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are formed in a manner such that they do not overlap with the channel protection layer. Thus, a structure in which an insulating layer over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is provided.
US08809852B2
One of objects is to provide a semiconductor film having stable characteristics. Further, one of objects is to provide a semiconductor element having stable characteristics. Further, one of objects is to provide a semiconductor device having stable characteristics. Specifically, a structure which includes a seed crystal layer (seed layer) including crystals each having a first crystal structure, one of surfaces of which is in contact with an insulating surface, and an oxide semiconductor film including crystals growing anisotropically, which is on the other surface of the seed crystal layer (seed layer) may be provided. With such a heterostructure, electric characteristics of the semiconductor film can be stabilized.
US08809848B1
The present invention relates to a full-band and high-CRI organic light-emitting diode, comprising: a first conductive layer, at least one first carrier transition layer, a plurality of light-emitting layers, at least one second carrier transition layer, and a second conductive layer. In the present invention, a plurality of dyes are doped in the light-emitting layers, so as to make the light-emitting layers emit a plurality of blackbody radiation complementary lights, wherein the chromaticity coordinates of the blackbody radiation complementary lights surround to a specific area on 1931 CIE (Commission International de'Eclairage) Chromaticity Diagram, moreover, the specific area fully encloses the Planck's locus on 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, such that the blackbody radiation complementary lights mix to each other and then become a full-band and high-CRI light.
US08809844B2
A foldable thin film transistor (TFT) is provided, the foldable TFT including: a foldable substrate; source and drain electrodes interconnected on the foldable substrate; a channel layer including nanofibers of an organic semiconductor connecting the source and drain electrodes; a gate electrode electronically connected with the source and drain electrodes and the channel layer; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the channel layer and the gate electrode and comprising an ionic liquid and a resin.
