US07865252B2
A multi-level automation control architecture, methods, and systems are disclosed, which provide enhanced scalability, functionality, and cost effectiveness for energy, access, and control. The systems include various combinations of automation controllers, remote controllers and peripheral devices that are used to provide monitoring and control functionality over the various systems in a structure, such as HVAC, water, lighting, etc. In various embodiments, the automation controller and various peripheral devices are implemented to provide an integrated energy management system for the structure. The system allows the user to manage energy based on the day, time, the presence of people, and the availability of natural lighting and heating, as well as prioritize and participate in demand-response program. The system can be implemented using a remote controller and expanded through the addition of automation controllers, remote controllers, and peripheral devices to enable the system to be tailored to specific user requirements.
US07865247B2
A medical device having a diode configuration in a lead assembly that substantially reduces induced currents in a lead assembly and at a tissue interface. The diodes configure an electrical path such that a stimulation pulse travels from the medical device to a selected tissue, and a current induced by an external changing electromagnetic signal is reduced and/or prevented from travelling the electrical path from the selected tissue to the medical device. The diodes may be at least partially contained in an electrode of the medical device.
US07865245B2
An implantable medical device having an implantable power source such as a rechargeable lithium ion battery. The implantable medical device includes a recharge module that regulates the recharging process of the implantable power source using closed-loop feedback control. The recharge module includes a recharge regulator, a recharge measurement device monitoring at least one recharge parameter, and a recharge regulation control unit for regulating the recharge energy delivered to the power source in response to the recharge measurement device. The recharge module adjusts the energy provided to the power source to ensure that the power source is being recharged under safe levels.
US07865236B2
Systems and methods for discriminating and locating tissues within a body involve applying a waveform signal to tissue between two electrodes and measuring the electrical characteristics of the signal transmitted through the tissue. At least one of the electrodes is constrained in area so that localized electrical characteristics of the tissue are measured. Such localized electrical characteristics are determined over a portion of a body of the subject by using an array of electrodes or electrodes that can be moved over the body. A controller may implement the process and perform calculations on the measured data to identify tissue types and locations within the measured area, and to present results in graphical form. Results may be combined with other tissue imaging technologies and with image-guided systems.
US07865217B2
An electronic device includes a first circuit board having a first audio source and a first reference grounding end, a second circuit board having a second audio source and a second reference grounding end, a flexible board cable, a grounding wiring, a selection unit, and a receiver. The flexible board cable couples the first audio source to the second circuit board. The grounding wiring couples the first grounding end to the second circuit board. The selection unit is used for selecting one from the first and second audio sources to output and selecting one from the first and second reference grounding ends to output. An input end of the receiver is controlled by the selection unit to be connected to the first or second audio sources, and a grounding end of the receiver is controlled by the selection unit to be connected to the first or second reference grounding ends.
US07865216B1
The wireless communication device and the method thereof which implements the 1st function, the 2nd function, and the 3rd function; when the 1st function is implemented, the video image generator processes a plurality of two-dimensional images and the plurality of two-dimensional images are displayed on the display; when the 2nd function is implemented, the video image generator processes a plurality of three-dimensional images and the plurality of three-dimensional images are displayed on the display; and when the 3rd function is implemented, the video image generator processes a plurality of two-dimensional images and a plurality of three-dimensional images, both of which are displayed on the display.
US07865215B2
Method and apparatus with a user interface for controlling the apparatus are provided in which a currently selected menu item is magnified in height relative to other items in the menu so as to distinguish the item. While in addition to providing an appealing way to indicate which item is currently selected, the magnification makes the item easier to read, particularly in poorer lighting conditions.
US07865214B2
A radio communication terminal of one example of the present invention is a radio communication terminal provided with an electronic device shielded to prevent electromagnetic interference, in a housing, and comprises an integrated circuit, a first resonant circuit for making non-contact communication with an external device, and a second resonant circuit resonating with the first resonant circuit.
US07865211B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved clinical workflow using wireless communication. A system for remote image display includes a data source with image data, wherein the data source is capable of transmitting the image data. The system also includes an identifiable display device capable of displaying image data transferred from the data source and a portable device capable of identifying the display device and requesting image data transfer from the data source to the display device without the transfer of the image data between the portable device and the data source. The system may also include an access point for relaying communication between the portable device and the data source. Communication between the portable device, the data source, and/or the display may include wireless communication, for example.
US07865210B2
Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.
US07865201B2
A HARQ data reception scheme for a multiradio communication device is disclosed. The communication device operates multiple radio connections and monitors interference level caused to a target radio connection by at least one other radio connection operated in the communication device. A data packet and at least one retransmission data packet are received with the target radio connection. The utilization of the received data packet and the at least one received retransmission data packet in a hybrid automatic repeat request data reception is determined according to the interference level at the time instant associated with the reception of the corresponding data packet. Under high interference, the received data packet may be discarded, and detected and decoded data packets may be weighted for the HARQ combining according to the interference levels associated with the data packets.
US07865191B2
Wireless communication is carried out between devices. A highest frequency band is selected. When the selected frequency band includes an unused channel in which no disturbing wave is present, a maximum transmission rate at which a received field strength value exceeds a threshold value is determined. When the selected frequency band does not include an unused channel or one in which no disturbing wave is present or there is no transmission rate associated with the selected frequency band at which the received field strength value exceeds the threshold value, the next highest frequency band is successively selected and the above is repeated. When the maximum transmission rate is successfully determined, communication is initiated using the unused channel of the selected frequency band at the maximum transmission rate as a communication channel.
US07865190B2
A method for admission control of control plane signaling requests includes receiving a signaling request. Upon receipt of the signaling connection request, a first determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to common resources. When the first determination is negative, a second determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. When the second determination is negative, the signaling request is rejected. When the second determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. When the first determination is positive, a third determination is performed to determine whether the quality of the signaling request is high or low. If the quality of the request is high, the signaling request is admitted to common resources. When the quality is low, a fourth determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is negative, the request is admitted to common resources.
US07865178B2
A method for voice based communication between a number of mobile terminals of a telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of creating a group of said number of terminals and storing group information in each of the number of terminals, recording a voice message in one of the terminals of the group, dispatching the voice message to the terminals of the group from the one of the terminals, and receiving the voice message at least all other terminals of the group. The step of creating a group of terminals further comprises the steps of coupling together a number of mobile terminals, initiating a group creation command from at least one of the terminals, sending predetermined information from terminal to terminal to each terminal of the number of terminals for forming a group information, and transmitting the group information to all of the terminals thus forming a group of the terminals.
US07865173B2
The present invention is related to an authentication method and arrangements in a communication system including a Subscriber (50) with a terminal (51), an Operator Node (52) and a Service Provider Node (53), which authentication method is based on an SLA agreement between the Operator (OP) and the Service Provider (SP). The method includes that the Subscriber (50) with terminal (51) performs (5) strong authentication with the Operator Node (52) acting as Registration Authority OP(RA). After the strong authentication is performed by the Operator Node (52) a Mobile Strong Authentication Assertion MSAA is generated (6) and transmitted to the Service Provider Node (53) for validation. By this method the authentication is being delegated from the Service Provider to the Mobile Operator.
US07865170B2
An RF radio and a method of monitoring warning alert data is provided. The RF radio includes a radio receiver for receiving broadcast radio wave signals, and a tuner adjustable for selecting radio wave signal channels within AM and FM radio bands and radio wave signal channels within a weather band. The weather band is adapted to provide warning alert data. The radio also includes a controller for controlling the tuner to select a radio wave signal channel within the AM or FM radio band. The controller controls the tuner to periodically switch to the weather band to simultaneously monitor a plurality of weather band channels during an alternate frequency update, and determines presence of warning alert data. The controller further initiates receipt of the warning alert data when such warning alert data is determined to be present.
US07865156B2
One illustrative method of scanning a radio frequency (RF) band (e.g. 850 MHz band) for valid RF carrier signals of a wireless communication network (e.g. a GSM network) includes the steps of monitoring an RF channel to receive a candidate RF carrier signal; identifying whether the candidate RF carrier signal is a valid RF carrier signal of the wireless communication network by estimating a bandwidth of the candidate RF carrier signal and, if the estimated bandwidth is different from a predetermined bandwidth associated with valid RF carrier signals of the wireless communication network, identifying that the candidate RF signal is not a valid RF carrier signal of the wireless communication network; and repeating the acts of monitoring and identifying for a next RF channel of a plurality of RF channels associated with the wireless communication network. Preferably, the RF bandwidth estimation is performed together with a system signal detection process (e.g. FCCH detection). Advantageously, the time required to scan the RF band is reduced.
US07865155B1
Portion-by-portion selection and/or combination of signals received from multiple base transceiver stations (BTSs) is used to improve the quality of reception in cellular communication systems. For any particular frame, bit, symbol, or chip, the highest-quality copy can be selected and concatenated onto the end of a sequence of data being generated by the system. In addition, the energies and/or voltages of multiple copies of bits or symbols received by multiple BTSs can be added and/or averaged in order to improve signal quality (e.g., increased signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and/or signal-to-interference ratio (SIR)). In addition, a single communication system can utilize both selection and combination procedures. The resulting communication system reduces error rate and improves the quality of reception.
US07865152B2
The disclosed system, device and method for a signal modulation apparatus generally includes a first signal generator suitably configured to generate a first continuous wave radio frequency (RF) signal, and a second signal generator suitably configured to generate a second continuous wave RF signal. A dual-circular polarized antenna may be adapted to receive the first continuous wave RF signal into a right-hand port and the second continuous wave RF signal into a left-hand port, where the signals are combined into a modulated RF signal in the dual-circular polarized antenna.
US07865149B2
On-chip MOS circuitry couples a communication path between an output stage amplifier and an output port and disables a circuit path between an input amplifier and the output port by creating a high impedance circuit during transmit operations. Alternatively, the circuitry opens the transmit circuit path with an isolated MOSFET and enables the second circuit path by creating an impedance matched circuit. The switch is formed within an isolated region to allow it to float with a signal to avoid breakdown. This floating MOS switch can be used for a variety of other applications in addition to its use as a transmit/receive switch even though formed on the same die as the communication circuitry.
US07865148B2
A system and method for coding and decoding an information signal sent through a communication system. The system includes: an encoder for encoding the information signal without adding additional information and for sending an encoded information signal; and a soft bit decoder including a-priori information related to the communication system for receiving the encoded information signal and decoding the encoded information signal using the a-priori information.
US07865144B2
A method and a device for determining, in a signal, a value of the frequency of a carrier and a value of the frequency of symbols carried by the carrier. A band of the signal is analyzed at three points and the relations between the powers at these points enable determining values of the carrier frequency and of the symbol frequency.
US07865143B2
Management terminal apparatus, wireless terminal apparatus, and a wireless communication method that reduces interference and improves communication quality under a communication environment where a plurality of wireless communication schemes are mixed. At management terminal apparatus (200), a wireless section (210) receives communication profile information from wireless terminal apparatus (100) and outputs this to communication permission generating section (220). The communication profile information may include information for a used wireless communication scheme, used frequency bandwidth, communication start time and communication continuation time, for wireless resources shared by a plurality of wireless communication schemes within the wireless communication system. Furthermore, wireless section (210) transmits communication permit/deny information to wireless terminal apparatus (100). Communication permission generating section (220) refers to communication profile information and communication permission history stored in storage section (230) and generates communication permit/deny information for communication of communication profile information. Storage section (230) stores communication permit/deny information as communication permission history.
US07865139B2
A system and method for relaying signals from a magneto-inductive system, which are normally used to communicate between magneto-inductive units using quasi-static magnetic fields, over a voice-band communication system. The magneto-inductive signals are modulated data signals having a carrier frequency typically between 300 Hz and 3 kHz. The voice-band communication system facilitates long distance communication of voice-band signals. By supplying the signals from one magneto-inductive unit to the voice-band communication system through an analog input port, the signals are transmitted through the voice-band communication system. They are output from the system through an analog audio output port to the other magneto-inductive unit.
US07865127B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former for performing an image formation by transferring a toner image onto a sheet; a fixing unit for performing a fixing operation with respect to the sheet having the transferred toner image by heating; a discharge tray for successively stacking the sheet to be discharged after the fixing operation; and a curl correcting mechanism for correcting a curl of the sheet to be discharged onto the discharge tray after the fixing operation.
US07865122B2
A recording material cooling apparatus includes: a cooling belt that is in contact with a toner-image surface of a recording material on which a toner image is heated by a fixing device to be in a fusing state, to cool the recording material while conveying the recording material; and an air blowing unit that blows air toward the toner-image surface of the recording material which is between the fixing device and the cooling belt, the toner-image surface being in the fusing state, or an air sucking unit that sucks air from the toner-image surface.
US07865118B2
A developing device that can reliably supply toner from a toner supply roller to a developing roller and that does not generate scraping irregularities in the toner thin layer on the developing roller, and a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus having the same. The developing device has: a toner supply chamber; a developing roller provided in the toner supply chamber; a toner supply roller provided in the toner supply chamber for supplying toner to the developing roller; and a layer regulation member for forming the toner on the developing roller into a thin layer, and develops electrostatic latent images on an image carrier by applying bias voltage to the developing roller. An intermediate contact member is interposed between the developing roller and the toner supply roller. The intermediate contact member is a sheet member fixed at one end, and the free end of the sheet member is interposed between the developing roller and the toner supply roller, with the free end side protruding therebetween.
US07865117B2
In a developer station for a printer or copier, a rotating developer roller is provided having a mixture of toner particles and ferromagnetic carrier particles accumulated on a surface of the developer roller as a layer, and a transfer zone at which the toner particles are transferred away from the developer roller. A smoothing device is provided with a smoothing element arranged before the transfer zone, the smoothing element being charged with a mechanical tension in a rest state of the developer roller and designed such that it exerts a force on and over an entire width of the layer formed by the mixture of the toner particles and the carrier particles present on the developer roller and smoothes the layer before the transfer of the toner particles. Within the developer roller at least one magnet is provided. The smoothing element comprises a magnetizable material attracted toward said at least one magnet to create said mechanical tension.
US07865100B2
A paper separation claw is separated from a surface of a pressure roller by a drive source being turned ON at a time t2 before commencement of rotation of the pressure roller, and the paper separation claw is made to contact the surface of the pressure roller by the drive source being turned OFF after commencement of rotation (a time t4) of the pressure roller. Furthermore, the paper separation claw is separated from the surface of the pressure roller by the drive source being turned ON again before stopping of rotation (a time t5) of the pressure roller after an image forming operation of a single job is finished, and the paper separation claw is made to contact the surface of the pressure roller by the drive source being turned OFF again after stopping of rotation (a time t8) of the pressure roller.
US07865093B2
A printing device includes a printing unit which prints an image on a sheet according to a print command, a judgment unit which judges whether a total adhesion amount of a print agent adhering to the sheet for the image printing exceeds a prescribed threshold value based on inputted print data, and a control unit which executes a process for reducing the total adhesion amount of the print agent when the total adhesion amount is judged to exceed the threshold value by the judgment unit.
US07865092B2
A waste toner collecting device includes: a tubular member provided with a toner inlet and a toner outlet; a roller that is provided upstream of the toner outlet in a toner transport direction inside the tubular member, that has a substantially horizontal rotation axis line, and that is elliptical in vertical section; a scraper that is provided on an inner wall of the tubular member on a downstream side of the toner outlet in a rotation direction of the roller, an edge of the scraper being in contact with the roller; and a waste toner collecting bag that is inflatable and is attached to the toner outlet of the tubular member.
US07865091B2
A technology for controlling the generation of damages of a photoconductive surface caused due to the attachment of a carrier to a photoconductor in an image forming apparatus using a two-component developing agent is provided. An image forming apparatus is configured to include an intermediate transfer body having prescribed elasticity on a transfer surface onto which a toner image is transferred; plural image carriers which transfer a toner image onto the transfer surface and which are disposed along a movement direction of the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body; plural development sections which form toner images having a different color from each other with respect to the plural image carriers by using a two-component developing agent made of a toner and a carrier; and developing agent replenishment sections which replenish a toner and a carrier in the development sections.
US07865085B2
In an optical transmission system by frequency-division multiplexing, the interference due to distortions of a first signal against a second signal can be reduced. In the optical transmission system where a modulated optical signal by the first signal is further modulated with the second signal for transmission, distortions of the first signal corresponding to a frequency band of the second signal is extracted. The extracted signal is phase-inverted and then adjusted in phase and amplitude with respect to the distortions of the first signal to obtain a correction signal. By intensity-modulating the first signal containing the distortions by the correction signal, the distortions of the first signal against the second signal can be cancelled out. Alternatively, by intensity-modulating the first signal containing the distortions by a combined signal of the correction signal and the second signal, the distortions of the first signal against the second signal can be cancelled out.
US07865074B2
Disclosed herein is a rotary-type heat recovery ventilation apparatus, which is constructed to perform heat exchange between inlet air and exhaust air. The apparatus includes a main body having an intake duct and a discharge duct therein, a plurality of electric heating plates passing through a space in the intake duct and the discharge duct of the main body to transfer heat, and rotating about a main shaft, with a plurality of pores being formed on each of the electric heating plates, a pair of blowing fans mounted to a surface of the intake duct and a surface of the discharge duct, thus blowing and exhausting air, and a motor to rotate the main shaft. The ventilation apparatus transfers heat, recovered from air exhausted from a room during ventilation, to inlet air, and filters various impurities from the passing air, thus circulating fresh air without the energy loss.
US07865072B2
A fluid warming device includes axially or longitudinally slidable covers that retain a removable heat exchange body in a housing in heat exchange communication with a heater assembly while allowing flow through the heat exchange body to be observed. In another aspect, a fluid warming system increases or decreases power to a heater assembly to adjust the fluid temperature to ensure that the fluid is at an appropriate temperature when it reaches the patient.
US07865057B2
Method and apparatus for controlling subsequent permitted use, such as storage, of video on a digital storage device such as a personal video recorder (PVR). An analog video signal is provided with at least one modification to its video characteristics, for instance in the horizontal blanking interval and vertical blanking intervals, which is of the type having the capacity to inhibit making an acceptable analog video recording of the analog video signal. Examples of these modifications are the well known pseudo-sync (automatic gain control), color stripe (color burst modifications), and added back porch pulses. The pattern of presence or absence or nature of the modifications also serves as a code to carry information as to the subsequent permitted use in the digital realm, such as whether the accompanying content of the video signal is allowed to be digitally recorded in digital form in a compatible PVR personal video recorder, and if it is allowed to be recorded, the length of time that the recording is allowed to persist, for instance one day, one week, one month. Hence the modifications to the analog video signal have a dual use in both inhibiting recording in the analog realm and carrying information across the analog video interface so as to control storage (copying) or other use of the video in the digital realm.
US07865047B2
Telecommunication cable having an elongated element housing at least one transmitting element. The elongated element has a water-soluble polymeric composition of a vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate copolymer having a saponification degree of about 60% to about 95%; a plasticizer; a hydrolysis stabilizer compound having a chelant group having two hydrogen atoms bonded to two respective heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur. The two hydrogen atoms have a distance between each other of 4.2×10−10 m to 5.8×10−10 m. The stabilizer compound is present in an amount of at least 0.75 mmoles per 100 g of copolymer. The elongated element is in particular a buffer tube housing a plurality of optical fibers. The presence of the stabilizer reduces the increase of the hydrolysis degree of the copolymer upon aging, thus maintaining the desired water blocking properties of the copolymer.
US07865046B2
A connection member electrically connects an optical element configured to convert an electric signal to an optical signal or to convert an optical signal to an electric signal, a first substrate including an incident/releasing port of an optical transmission path for an optical signal at least one end portion thereof, and a second substrate to each other. The optical transmission path is optically coupled with the optical element to transmit the optical the connection. The connection member includes a connection unit connected to the second substrate and a holding unit having elasticity and holding the first substrate. The holding unit is provided with an electrode at a connecting position to the first substrate, and the holding unit holds the first substrate by connecting the first substrate to the electrode.
US07865045B2
The specification describes optical devices and related methods wherein an input mode is converted by multiple LPG mode transformers to produce an output with multiple predetermined modes.
US07865044B2
Remote sensing in an environment having temperatures greater than 300° C., using an optical fiber having a core (10), a cladding (20), and a metallic protective coating (30) on the cladding to protect a surface of the cladding, the cladding having a diameter greater than 150 μm, and a thickness of at least 50 μm. The larger diameter cladding means stress from the metallic protective layer can be reduced, giving lower optical loss and better hydrogen protection. A metal conduit (330) encapsulates the sensing fiber, and a pump evacuates the conduit to reduce hydrogen seepage. Ceramic splice protectors are used. OTDR is used to determine differential loss at different locations along the fiber. A reflective element at the far-end of the fiber eases calibration.
US07865030B2
Certain aspects of a method and system for motion compensated temporal filtering using both finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering may include blending at least one finite impulse response (FIR) filtered output picture of video data and at least one infinite impulse response (IIR) filtered output picture of video data to generate at least one blended non-motion compensated output picture of video data. A motion compensated picture of video data may be generated utilizing at least one previously generated output picture of video data and at least one current input picture of video data. A motion compensated picture of video data may be blended with at least one current input picture of video data to generate a motion compensated output picture of video data. The generated motion compensated output picture of video data and the generated non-motion compensated output picture of video data may be blended to generate at least one current output picture of video data.
US07865026B2
A data reuse method with level C+ for block matching motion estimation is disclosed. Compared to conventional Level C scheme, this invention can save large external memory bandwidth of motion estimation. The main idea is to reuse the overlapped searching region in the horizontal direction and partially reuse the overlapped searching region in the vertical direction. Several vertical successive current macroblocks are stitched, and the searching region of these current macroblocks is loaded, simultaneously. With the small overhead of internal memory, the reduction of external memory bandwidth is large. By case studies of H.264/AVC, the level C+ scheme can provide a good trade-off between the conventional Level C and D scheme.
US07865021B2
A compressed stream decoding apparatus to preventing a disturbance of a display image is disclosed. The compressed stream decoding apparatus includes: a first video data processor decoding an input first compressed video stream based on first reference time information added to the first compressed video stream, and outputting decoded video data based on the first reference time information; and a second video data processor performing alternatively a first processing and a second processing, wherein the first processing is decoding an input second compressed video stream based on second reference time information added to the second compressed video stream and outputting decoded video data based on the second reference time information; and the second processing is outputting the decoded video data decoded by the first video data processor based on the first reference time information.
US07865017B2
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise a first input circuit to receive first data describing a first region of an image, the first region identified based on user markups of the image; a second input circuit to receive second data describing at least one of a second region of the image, the second region identified by an analysis of the image, and a third region of the image, the third region identified by an analysis of an environment that produced the image; and a synthesizer to identify a fourth region of the image based on the first data and the second data.
US07865016B2
A method for recognition of a handwritten pattern comprising one or more curves is presented. The method comprises a step of receiving sample data representing the handwritten pattern. The method further comprises a step of segmenting the handwritten pattern by detecting segmentation points on each curve, and by dividing the handwritten pattern into segments. Further, the method comprises a step of comparing the handwritten pattern to templates wherein the comparing comprises a step of normalizing said segments according to a scheme which is independent of the templates to which the segments are to be compared, and a step of determining matching measures for selecting at least one sequence of templates representing a recognintion candidate of the handwritten pattern.
US07865013B2
Systems and methods for registering hemispheric images obtained using a fisheye lens for panoramic viewing, relating to spatial alignment and color balancing of complement half-side images derived from the hemispheric images. The systems and methods for spatial alignment determine the displacement of the digitized recorded images using a single translation and rotation model of distortion, which further evaluates the center of projection, and the extent of translation and rotation. The system and method for color balancing iteratively increase (or decrease) the values of pixels near the edge (discontinuity) between the two half-sides of an image, each time taking into consideration the average difference of pixel color across a smaller strip of the edge near the pixel. This invention removes the color differential but does not remove any detail underlying the features of the image.
US07865012B2
A failure analysis apparatus 10 is composed of an inspection information acquirer 11 for acquiring a failure observed image P2 of a semiconductor device, a layout information acquirer 12 for acquiring layout information, and a failure analyzer 13 for analyzing a failure. The failure analyzer 13 extracts as a candidate interconnection for a failure, an interconnection passing an analysis region, out of a plurality of interconnections, using interconnection information to describe a configuration of interconnections in the semiconductor device by a pattern data group of interconnection patterns in respective layers, and, for extracting the candidate interconnection, it performs an equipotential trace of the interconnection patterns using the pattern data group, thereby extracting the candidate interconnection. This substantializes a semiconductor failure analysis apparatus, failure analysis method, and failure analysis program capable of securely and efficiently performing the analysis of the failure of the semiconductor device using the failure observed image.
US07865008B2
The invention is directed to a biological scanner for scanning biological growth plates. The biological growth plate is loaded into the biological scanner via motorized rollers, and an actuator presses the growth plate against a platen once the growth plate is drawn to a scanning position within the scanner. The biological scanner then generates one or more images of the growth plate. Moreover, sensors can be arranged to facilitate sensing and positioning of the growth plate in a plurality of locations for imaging different parts of the plate. Additional embodiments are directed to features such as a hinged door that facilitates access to the scanner, and footings disposed on various sides of the scanner to facilitate flip-over of the scanner for simplified use by right-handed or left-handed users.
US07865004B2
The number of similar case images to be displayed is changed according to the number of times and progress of imaging diagnosis. First examination judgment means is added to a medical image interpretation support system comprising storage means for storing image data sets obtained by imaging subjects, similar case image search means for extracting similar case image data sets having a characteristic similar to an interpretation target image from the image data sets, and display control means for controlling display of the interpretation target image and the similar case images. The display control means controls the display so as to display a larger number of the similar case images together with the interpretation target image in the case where the interpretation target image has been judged to be a first examination image than in the otherwise case.
US07864998B2
There is provided a method of processing an ultrasound spectrum image. According to such method, a spectrum image is formed based on ultrasound data and then the noise is removed from the spectrum image. The noise-removed spectrum image is matched with one or more spectrum models representing specific spectrum types. Then, whether or not the noise-removed spectrum image contains an aliasing is checked. If the noise-removed spectrum image contains the aliasing, then the aliasing is removed from the noise-removed spectrum image to provide a noise-removed spectrum image without the aliasing. Thereafter, contour tracing is performed on the noise-removed spectrum image without the aliasing to detect contour points. Further, peak tracing is performed on the noise-removed spectrum image without the aliasing to detect peaks.
US07864997B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for machine-based segmentation of the cardiac chambers in a four-dimensional magnetic resonance image data that contains at least short-axis cine sequences. The segmenting is based on temporal variations in the data set and on features extracted from the image data. In particular, the method and apparatus process the image data to automatically segment an endocard based on fuzzy object extraction and to automatically segment an epicard through finding a radial minimum cost with dynamic sign definition and tissue classification. In addition, image data is preferably preprocessed to eliminate high local image variances and inhomogeneity. The image data is also preferably processed to identify positions of a base slice, an apex slice, an end-diastole, an end-systole and an LVRV connection.
US07864996B2
A system for macroscopic and confocal imaging of tissue having a macroscopic imager for capturing a macroscopic image of the tissue's surface, a confocal imager for capturing one or more optically formed sectional microscopic images on or within tissue, a computer for receiving images from such imagers, and a tissue attachment device in which the macroscopic imager and confocal imager are each individually presented to the tissue utilizing the tissue attachment device in a predefined alignment, such that imaging locations of the confocal imager with respect to the tissue surface spatially correlate with macroscopic image. A user interface is operable on the computer to enable display of the macroscopic image on a display coupled to the computer, and to indicate a region within the macroscopic image associated with the field of view of the tissue imagable by the confocal imager. The user interface enables graphical tracking and targeting of imaging locations of the confocal imager in macroscopic image, and marking on the macroscopic image of the locations of confocal images with respect to the tissue surface.
US07864994B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments, a structure manager explicitly creates a container of graphical objects of anatomical regions by adding a structure, or the structure manager implicitly creates graphical objects of a group of anatomical regions through an organ segmentation process.
US07864990B2
An image processing apparatus for tracking faces in an image stream iteratively receives a new acquired image from the image stream, the image potentially including one or more face regions. The acquired image is sub-sampled (112) at a specified resolution to provide a sub-sampled image. An integral image is then calculated for a least a portion of the sub-sampled image. Fixed size face detection (20) is applied to at least a portion of the integral image to provide a set of candidate face regions. Responsive to the set of candidate face regions produced and any previously detected candidate face regions, the resolution at which a next acquired image is sub-sampled is adjusted.
US07864985B1
Techniques for scanning a document, such as a book, magazine, or catalog, are described in which artifacts (e.g., a hand or other body part) in the scanned image are automatically detected. When the artifact is determined to be in a critical portion of the image, a signal may be issued to re-scan the image.
US07864983B2
Security alarm system for protecting a structure includes motion detectors connected to cameras. Each camera has a dormant state in which images are not obtained and an active state in which images are obtained and is activated into the active state when an associated motion detector detects motion. A processor is coupled to the camera(s) and arranged to control the camera(s) and receive the image obtained thereby. A telecommunications module is coupled to the processor. A handheld telecommunications unit transmits commands to the processor via the telecommunications module to cause the processor to provide images, obtained from the camera(s), to the telecommunications module to be transmitted to the telecommunications unit.
US07864979B2
A method is provided for embedding dispersed miniature security marks within documents and images, utilizing a mark parameters database, graphical user interface, and detection simulator. The method includes predicting detection error rates for each pixel location of a host image, defined as a digital representation of at least one recipient of the dispersed miniature security marks, with each dispersed miniature security mark including a plurality of scattered dots. The detection error rates for each pixel are displayed with the host image on a graphical user interface and the desired dispersed miniature security mark locations are selected. At least one set of dispersed miniature security mark parameters is identified, with the parameters being mark parameters that enable determination of an optimized balance between detectability and visibility of the dispersed miniature security marks. The host image with the dispersed miniature security mark is displayed for review and adjustment by an operator.
US07864978B2
A random yet smart selection of layouts is provided when viewing a set of photos. A set of layouts may be chosen such that a reasonable sense of variety and uniqueness is provided when viewing the photos. For instance, photos may be randomly assigned to one of a plurality of groups, where each group may have its own layout type and its own number of photos. An iterative algorithm may be applied to determine which photos are assigned to which groups. In addition, smart cropping of photo thumbnails may be provided to fit frames provided in the various presented layouts. The amount and/or type of cropping provided may depend upon the aspect ratios of both the thumbnail and the frame in which the thumbnail is to be placed.
US07864976B2
A speaker may include a voice coil bobbin and a center pole. The voice coil bobbin may include a nonmetallic pipe body as a base of the voice coil bobbin, a first nonmagnetic and electric conductor film which is formed on an inner peripheral face of the pipe body, and a second electric conductor film which is formed on an outer peripheral face of the pipe body such that the first electric conductor film is covered by the second electric conductor film through the pipe body. An electrostatic capacity that is formed between the voice coil bobbin and the center pole is detected and outputted as an electric signal.
US07864970B2
A voltage supply circuit includes a booster outputting a voltage boosted from a power supply voltage and an amplifier operating with a voltage output from the booster as a power supply and supplying a bias voltage to a sensor. An output voltage value of the booster that generates a power supply voltage of the amplifier is set according to a signal for specifying a sensitivity of the sensor.
US07864961B2
The present invention relates to a method of managing a mobile multicast key using a foreign key. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of managing a mobile multicast key using a foreign key for secure communication between a mobile terminal and a secure relay server in the region where microwaves from plural access points overlap. A method of managing a mobile multicast key using a foreign key according to the present invention has an advantage that multicast secure relay servers perform delegated authentication in advance in a region where microwaves overlap, thus reducing a delay time for authentication in a mobile terminal and it has an advantage that it can minimize an effect from changes in group keys that user's movement make, by using a primary group key and a foreign key. This results in a reduction of an overhead from update of a group key while moving, and accordingly a reduction of a delay time. In addition, it has an advantage that it centralizes functions of key management to a secure relay server, thus overcoming the limitations on processing ability or network bandwidth of a mobile terminal.
US07864960B2
Techniques for securing content in an untrusted environment are provided. Content is encrypted and stored with a content delivery service in an encrypted format. Encrypted versions of a content encryption/decryption key and a first key are also housed and distributed by the content delivery service. The first key is used to decrypt the encrypted version of the content encryption/decryption key. The content delivery service is unaware of the content encryption/decryption key and the first key; and the content held by the content delivery service is encrypted with the content encryption/decryption key. Principals securely share, create, manage, and retrieve the encrypted versions of the content encryption/decryption key and the first key from the content delivery service using secure communications. The encrypted content is obtainable via insecure communications from the content delivery service.
US07864951B2
An elliptic curve cryptosystem includes process to multiply a scalar value with an elliptic curve point. The processes provide a countermeasure against address-bit attacks. The processes have no correlation between the bit values of a scalar and the addresses of the operands of point addition and doubling operations and therefore provide countermeasures against power attacks.
US07864945B2
A method is provided for distribution and assignment of calls to an agent that has confirmed its current availability status. In one embodiment an agent is selected by the system and prompted for its current availability. If the agent is available, the call is routed to the agent. If the agent is not available the system selects another agent and the process is repeated. Then, a call is assigned to an available agent based on current availability information.
US07864944B2
A system and method for handling a call from a caller to a call center includes an automatic call distributor (ACD) to receive the call and to route the call to an agent. A module operates to compute a rate of speech of the caller, and a display graphically displays the rate of speech of the caller to the agent during the call session. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the 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. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
US07864937B2
This disclosure describes a method of controlling a multi-pod conferencing system for local conference participants to communicate with remote conference participants. This method includes providing a plurality of pods to local conference participants wherein an individual pod connects to one or more of the plurality of pods through a data communication means. The individual pods further include pod processor means. The pod processor means couples to an input device and a display. The method further includes providing a base unit that couples to the plurality of pods through the data communication means. The base unit further couples to a carrier medium, where the base unit further includes base controller means. The base controller means couples to the converting means. Additionally, the method further includes receiving command input at an individual pod from the local conference participant, updating the display at the individual pod in response to the command input, and distributing the command input through said data communication means to other plurality of pods and the base controller, where the plurality of pods and the base controller interpret the command input and change their operational state if necessary in response to the command input.
US07864931B2
Methods and systems are provided for utilizing calling party personal calendaring and scheduling information to facilitate enhanced directory assistance information. After obtaining a directory number for a called party from a subscriber's address book or from a directory assistance service, a voice services node queries a personal scheduling calendar of the called party to determine whether the called party is currently located at a location other than the location accessible by the obtained directory number. If so, the voice services node may obtain an alternate directory number for the current location of the called party, and the voice services node may automatically place a call to the called party via the alternate directory number or provide the alternate directory number to the subscriber.
US07864924B2
X-ray radiation is generated at a target that emits x-ray radiation in response to being struck by accelerated electrons, the electrons being emitted by a cathode that emits electrons in response to being illuminated by electromagnetic radiation from a source, and the x-ray radiation is moved by orienting a surface that directs the electromagnetic radiation from the source toward the cathode.
US07864921B2
Radiation images, which are obtained while reciprocally moving a scattered radiation removing means, are efficiently corrected. An image processing apparatus performs shading correction and gain correction on a radiation image which is obtained by detecting radiation that passes through a subject and is detected by a radiation detector while reciprocally moving the scattered radiation removing means, using a reference image. An irradiation control means controls irradiation of radiation during obtainment of the reference image such that irradiation is ceased after the scattered radiation removing means is reciprocally moved for k periodic reciprocal motions (k is an integer greater than or equal to 1) from initiation of irradiation. Meanwhile, irradiation of the radiation during obtainment of the radiation image is controlled such that irradiation is ceased after the scattered radiation removing means is reciprocally moved for m periodic reciprocal motions (m is an integer greater than or equal to 1).
US07864906B2
A system (101) for clock signal synchronization includes a data analyzer (104) and a synchronized clock signal generator (105) coupled to an RC oscillator (103). The data analyzer (104) generates a digital control signal representing the number of cycles of a reference signal of the RC oscillator (103) during an eight-bit period of an incoming token packet. The synchronized signal clock generator (105) uses the digital control signal to lock a clock signal to packets that have the same bit rate as the token packet.
US07864904B2
The invention relates to a method for processing of a signal (s), wherein desired data (d(f(N))) are received via a desired channel (N) of a plurality of frequency channels (N−2, N−1, N, N+1, N+2) and unwanted data (d(f(N−2)), d(f(N−1)), d(f(N+1)), d(f(N+2))) can be received on a neighboring channel (N−2, N−1, N+1, N+2) and wherein the signal (s) is sampled with a sampling frequency (fa) to avoid aliasing of the desired channel (N) in order to create digital data (do), wherein the sampling frequency (fa=2f(N−1, N, N+1)) is set high enough for aliasing-free sampling of the desired channel (N) and at least one of the neighboring channels (N−1, N+1).
US07864903B2
Soft decision sections (503, 506) provisionally decide each modulated signal (502, 505) separated using an inverse matrix calculation of a channel fluctuation matrix at separation section (501). Signal point reduction sections (508, 510, 514, 516) reduce candidate signal points of a multiplexed modulated signal using the provisional decision results (504, 507). Soft decision sections (512, 518) make a correct decision using the reduced candidate signal points and obtain received data (RA, RB) of each modulated signal. This allows received data RA, RB with a good error rate characteristic to be obtained with a relatively small number of calculations without reducing data transmission efficiency.
US07864892B2
A receiving/processing unit receives signals parallelized by a parallelizing unit, and executes a frame process including frame synchronization process on the signals. A phase comparing circuit and a phase judging circuit judge whether a bit delay is present based on a phase difference between a phase of a clock signal at a clock/data recovering unit and a phase of a clock signal at the parallelizing unit. The receiving/processing unit includes a logic processing circuit that executes a bit delay process based on a result of judgment by the phase comparing circuit and the phase judging circuit.
US07864891B2
A methodology for acquiring a frequency correction burst using a radio communication device including an RF circuit and digital processing circuitry is disclosed. The radio communication device employs a time period during which an signal acquisition time window is open and during which the RF circuit is activated to receive RF signals intended to be processed by the digital processing circuitry. The acquisition time window is discontinuous and includes N sub-acquisition windows during which the RF circuit is activated, wherein N≧2. The N sub-acquisition windows are separated from one another by N−1 non-acquisition time slots, during which the RF circuit is deactivated. In one embodiment, a portion of the digital processing circuitry is deactivated during those times when the RF circuit is activated.
US07864886B2
A phase calculation apparatus using a binary search is provided. The phase calculation apparatus includes a quarter surface preprocessor determining the bigger one between an absolute value of I component data and an absolute value of Q component data as horizontal component data and the smaller one as perpendicular component data, and detecting information on a phase region indicating an mth (m=1 to 8) phase region (the mth phase region is between (m−1) π/4 and m π/4 in which the I/Q component data are located; a phase representative value detector detecting phase representative values x corresponding to the horizontal component data and the perpendicular component data; and a quarter surface postprocessor calculating phase values of the I/Q component data based on the detected information about the phase region and the detected phase representative values x. The phase can be calculated using a limited memory, low complexity of calculation and regardless of the number of bits of I/Q component data.
US07864880B2
Techniques are described that provide inter-symbol interference—(ISI) and multi-user interference—(MUI) resilient blind timing synchronization and low complexity demodulation in wireless communication systems. A nonzero mean symbol is transmitted with a predetermined period in a stream of zero mean symbols during a synchronization phase. Only zero mean symbols are transmitted outside of the synchronization phase. Blind or non-data aided synchronization is performed at the receiver while bypassing channel estimation. The techniques enable timing synchronization via energy detection and low-complexity demodulation by matching the received waveform to a synchronized aggregate template (SAT). The SAT is recovered by averaging samples of the received waveform during the synchronization phase. In this manner, the described techniques may be applied to single or multi-user narrowband, wideband, or ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communication systems with fixed or ad hoc access, but are particularly advantageous for wideband or UWB multi-user ad hoc access.
US07864873B2
The invention relates to N subcarriers of an OFDM communication system or OFDM based multi-carrier communication system M subcarriers used as cancellation subcarriers to achieve side lobe suppression of the OFDM transmission signal, where M
US07864872B2
Disclosed is a method that preferably performs transmission processing to a time sequence signal of a known pattern as the pre-amble and an OFDM transmitted signal.In data communications, the general practice defines the pre-amble and detects the peaks of the mutual correlation to thereby detect synchronization. The pre-amble here is defined by the binary value in most cases for simplification of a correlation detecting device. In this case, the spectrum becomes irregular with sharp peaks and dips, which deteriorates the correlation characteristic. The method of the invention forcibly adjusts the spectrum amplitude of the pre-amble pattern on the transmitting side while retaining the phase information thereof, and thereby the method improves the spectrum and correlation characteristics while securing simplification of a correlation detecting device on the receiving side.
US07864871B1
A system comprises a circuit that stores a first value and M parallel signal lines that communicate with the circuit, where M is an integer greater than three. A difference controller that receives the first value via the M parallel signal lines, that compares the first value to a first reference value, and that generates control signals based on a difference between the first value and the first reference value. An accumulator circuit that communicates with N signal lines, that stores a second reference value and that performs one of increment and decrement function to adjust the second reference value based on the control signals, where N is less than or equal to three.
US07864861B2
A video encoding method includes selecting one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations. Each combination includes a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture. A prediction picture signal is generated in accordance with the reference picture number and predictive parameter of the selected combination. A predictive error signal is generated representing an error between the input video signal and the prediction picture signal. Encoding the predictive error signal, information of the motion vector, and index information indicating the selected combination is included.
US07864859B2
An image compression method adapted to determine block mode for an input image and a related circuit are disclosed. First and second determinations of block mode are made in relation to first and second threshold comparisons. The second comparison is conditioned upon a prior determination of auto-exposure control for the input image.
US07864837B2
A motion estimation method for a succession of frames in a digital coding system includes: with reference to a first block in a first frame, searching a second frame for a second block that corresponds to the first block; and estimating a motion vector of the first block with respect to the second block in the second frame. Blocks in the second frame are searched according to a distance-weighted search sequence starting from a candidate origin block. In view of the radiating characteristics of motion vectors, the distance-weighted search sequence can save unnecessary search time.
US07864836B1
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) equalizer includes a memory that stores OFDM frame information, a partial sum calculator configured to calculate a partial sum of a data cell corresponding to an OFDM reception signal based on a current pilot cell and a fixing coefficient corresponding to the current pilot cell, an adapting coefficient calculator configured to calculate a channel response of the data cell and calculate an adapting coefficient based on the calculated channel response and an interpolated channel response, an interpolated channel response calculator configured to calculate the interpolated channel response based on the partial sum and the adapting coefficient, and a channel compensation unit configured to output a corrected OFDM reception signal based on the fast Fourier transformed OFDM reception signal and the interpolated channel response. Related receivers and channel equalization methods are also disclosed.
US07864831B2
A distributed space-time coding method for a UWB pulse telecommunication system, wherein a source terminal transmits a signal to a destination terminal during a transmission interval constituted by K frames, K≧1, each frame being divided into a first and a second half-frame, the signal transmitted in each first half-frame being received, then retransmitted after amplification during the next second half-frame by a distinct relay terminal among K relay terminals of the system. The source terminal codes 4K data symbols belonging to a PPM modulation alphabet or a composite PPM-PAM modulation alphabet including a plurality of time positions, to provide a sequence of four transmission symbols per frame, the transmission symbols being obtained from 4K linear combinations of the data symbols using a plurality of coefficients belonging to a real algebraic extension of degree 2K of the field of rational numbers and, for one of the transmission symbols, a permutation of its PPM components.
US07864830B2
A cognitive UWB system and a cognitive UWB data communication method. The system includes a cognitive UWB transmitter and a cognitive UWB receiver. The cognitive UWB transmitter includes a channel encoder for correcting error of data, a preamble inserter for inserting a preamble into the data, a mask information inserter for inserting mask information into the data, a cognitive UWB pulse generator for generating a pulse based on the mask information and the channel environment information, a pulse position modulator for modulating the pulse, and a radio frequency transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the data. The cognitive UWB receiver includes a radio frequency receiver for wirelessly receiving data, a synchronizer for synchronizing time of data, a spectrum detector for detecting the channel environment information, a mask information extractor for extracting the mask information, a cognitive UWB pulse generator for generating a pulse, a pulse position modulator for demodulating the pulse, and a channel decoder for correcting error of the demodulated data.
US07864818B2
In one embodiment, a load-balancing algorithm ensures that both network nodes at endpoints of a group of physical links aggregated into a logical channel are using the same load-sharing algorithm and also ensures that the load-sharing algorithm is normalized so that the same flow traverses the same physical link in both directions.
US07864805B2
Buffering packets of a media stream for transmission from a transmitting device to a receiving device. Media packets are formed from at least one kind of media information in a stream generator; at least one transmission frame is generated on the basis of media packets to be transmitted; packets to be transmitted are formed from the at least one transmission frame; and a transmission schedule is generated for packets to be transmitted. In addition, a first step and a second step of hypothetical decoding are also performed. The first step of hypothetical decoding is performed according to the transmission schedule and comprises buffering the packets to be transmitted according to the transmission schedule to a first hypothetical decoding buffer; and outputting packets from the first hypothetical decoding buffer on a transmission frame basis. The second step of hypothetical decoding comprises controlling the buffer occupancy level of the first hypothetical decoding buffer and the second hypothetical decoding buffer by controlling at least one of the following: the operation of the stream generator; the generation of at least one transmission frame; the transmission schedule.
US07864804B2
An apparatus and method for Connection Admission Control (CAC) in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system are provided. In the method, a QoS class of a call requesting connection admission is detected and an application layer required bandwidth is determined using the QoS parameters of a service flow of the detected QoS class. A required bandwidth weight of the QoS class is determined in consideration of a packet header overhead. Per-slot available bandwidths of a reference QoS class and the QoS class are determined using the determined application layer required bandwidth, and a required bandwidth conversion ratio of a corresponding QoS class is determined using the determined per-slot available bandwidths. An equivalent MAC layer required bandwidth is determined using the determined application layer required bandwidth, the required bandwidth weight, and the required bandwidth conversion ratio.
US07864803B2
A device determines a high watermark threshold for a subrate service, compares a traffic demand to the high watermark threshold, and adds a temporary bandwidth to an original bandwidth available to the subrate service if the traffic demand is greater than or equal to the high watermark threshold.
US07864802B1
A method and system, are provided for dynamically allocating channel resources in a wireless network. The wireless network may be a multi-rate network having a base station controller that adapts wireless channel rates associated with a communication session based on a TCP sending rate associated with a sending device. The base station controller includes a scheduler and optimization engine that probes the wireless network to gather TCP parameters, such as round trip times, etc. The optimization engine utilizes a long-term sending rate to generate a subset of channel rates from available channel rates associated with the wireless network. The scheduler engine utilizes the instantaneous sending rate to adapt the wireless channel rate by selecting a channel rate from the subset of channel rates.
US07864801B2
A media converter capable of converting digital data of a unidirectional interface to digital data of a bidirectional interface or converting vice versa and converting digital data in commercial use to digital data for consumers or converting vice versa so that consumers are able to obtain even high quality images is provided. The media converter has a function for inputting digital data of a unidirectional interface and converting the inputting digital data to digital data of a bidirectional interface, and a function for inputting digital data of a bidirectional interface and converting the inputting digital data to digital data of a unidirectional interface, wherein the unidirectional interface is an HD-SDI (High Definition Serial Data Interface) format digital interface, and the bidirectional interface is a digital interface conforming to IEEE1394.
US07864796B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing start-to-finish reservations in distributed MAC protocols for wireless LANs. Each node maintains a corresponding time period (NAV) during which the node must refrain from transmitting on a channel of a plurality of traffic channels. Each NAV is set by detecting a reservation request (RRQ) or a reservation response (RRS), each corresponding NAV comprising the larger of a RRQ NAV value and a RRS NAV value. Each node declines to reserve a traffic channel while the NAV is non-zero, and declines to transmit on a channel when the node detects the occurrence of a transmission on the channel or that the NAV is non-zero. The RRQ NAV is reset while a corresponding RRS NAV is decremented when a reservation is cancelled, and the RRS NAV is reset while a corresponding RRQ NAV is decremented when the reservation time period expires.
US07864785B1
A method and apparatus create a bundle of soft permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs) coupling form a source end to a destination end via a communications network. The SPVC bundle includes a plurality of member SPVCs, each member SPVC including a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) and a switched virtual circuit (SVC). The SPVC bundle creation includes (a) creating the SPVC bundle for the source end, each of the member SPVCs being associated with a respective connection characteristic and coupling to the same destination, and (b) transmitting, from the source end to the destination end, an SPVC setup message containing configuration information of the SPVC bundle. The SPVC bundle creation may further includes automatically creating, at the destination end, in response to the SPVC setup message, the SPVC bundle for the destination end in accordance with the configuration information.
US07864784B2
A subscriber network system is provided that is capable of reducing response time and reducing device cost. In the subscriber network system, a control cell is received that includes an ID portion, a data portion, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) portion. The control cell is processed in cooperation with a virtual path identifier (VPI), where the processing obtains the ID portion and the CRC portion. The ID portion and the CRC portion are processed and the ID portion is compared to a first stored value and the CRC portion is compared to a second stored value to produce information. A cell is produced to include the information and the produced cell is used to facilitate a connection in a network.
US07864774B2
An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) connection band control system, in an ATM network, may include a first memory, a second, different memory, and a connection-setting control portion. The first memory may store, in a buffer control memory, band acquiring data of a connection, the first memory preliminarily acquiring a connection band for the connection, irrespective of the connection being a switched virtual connection (SVC) or a permanent virtual connection (PVC). The second, different memory may store acquired band data of a currently established connection, irrespective of the currently established connection being a PVC or an SVC. The connection-setting control portion may control a setting of the currently established connection, where a band for the currently established connection, irrespective of the currently established connection being a PVC or an SVC, is preliminarily set as the band acquiring data.
US07864772B2
The integrity of a data stream transmitted over a network is protected by adjusting the sequence number, the port number, or another field of a data packet field, for a number of data packets so that the data packets will be considered either valid or invalid by a downstream receiving device. Data packets that have such a field adjusted can be thought of as being rotated outside of a valid range or window, as defined for a network connection. This field of a rotated data packet can be further adjusted, through de-rotation or re-rotation, for various applications. Downstream devices can thus respond to the data packets depending on the state of the rotation.
US07864771B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a local node of a network, a sequenced data packet of a flow made up of multiple sequenced data packets from a source node directed toward a destination node. The flow is to be parsed by the local node to describe the flow for administration of the network. Based on sequence data in the sequenced data packet, it is determined whether the sequenced data packet is out of order in the flow. If it is determined that the sequenced data packet is out of order, then the sequenced data packet is forwarded toward the destination node before parsing the sequenced data packet. The out of order sequenced data packet is also stored for subsequent parsing at the local node.
US07864768B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transmitter to transmit, in response to an incoming multicast communication frame received from a multicast communication source, a multicast acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of the incoming multicast communication frame, wherein the apparatus is randomly designated by the multicast communication source as a representative multicast communication recipient. In an embodiment of the present invention the representative multicast communication recipient may be chosen from a subset of connected stations.
US07864764B1
In general, techniques are described for reducing response times to retrieve content in an intermediate network device. In particular, the intermediate network device receives a packet from a client device of a first network that requests content from a remote network device of a second network, inspects the packet to determine whether the requested content has been previously cached to either of a first and a second memory of the device, issues a request to load the requested content from the second memory to the first memory based on the determination and queues the packet within in the queue. After queuing the packet, the intermediate network device then processes the packet to assemble a response that includes the content from the memory.
US07864757B2
A packet switch having plural input sectors and output sectors, each input sector being arranged to hold at least one queue per output sector, each output sector having plural output ports and being arranged to hold at least one queue per output port wherein the input sectors are connected to the output sectors via links configured to afford speed-up of data transfer, wherein the links comprise a set of links, and wherein the switch has means for cyclically connecting different subsets of the set of links between the input sectors and the output sectors, and means responsive to statistical variations in traffic applied to input ports of said input sectors to vary the set of links.
US07864752B1
Call setup in a wireless communication network that includes a circuit fabric and a packet fabric. The originating MSCe receives an origination message including a call termination identifier, and a predictive bearer path matching mode is determined. When the originating MSCe is in a first predictive bearer path matching mode, the originating MSC generates a bearer resource preference list based upon the termination identifier. The bearer resource preference list includes a predetermined priority order of a plurality of bearer path resource identifiers including at least one of a packet bearer resource identifier and a circuit bearer resource identifier. When the originating MSCe is in a second predictive bearer path matching mode, the MSCe generates a bearer resource preference list to indicate whether the originating MSCe couples to a packet bearer resource or a trunk bearer resource. The originating MSCe sends, in response to the origination message, the bearer resource preference list to an originating base station controller (BSC). The originating BSC matches an available bearer path resource of the originating BSC based upon the bearer resource preference list.
US07864748B2
The present invention provides a method for transporting TDM traffic through packet switched networks. The nodes of the packet switched network are MPLS adjusted, and the timeslots of a TDM connection are encapsulated in data frames in the transmitting circuit switched node, and added one or more MPLS label(s) by means of the MPLS label stacking concept to identify the fixed path through the packet switched network and to uniquely address the PCM system of the circuit switched receiving node. The present invention is particularly useful for transmission of real-time data traffic through IP network.
US07864746B2
A method of transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises a mobile station (MS) which determines whether to transmit feedback information to a base station (BS) without solicitation from the BS. After determining to do so, the MS transmits a request message to request the BS to allocate an uplink resource for transmitting at least one unsolicited header and thereafter receives the uplink resource allocation from the BS. Lastly, the MS transmits the at least one unsolicited header via the allocated uplink resource.
US07864743B2
Methods and apparatus are presented for implementing a uniform platform for data/voice service, in which a base station controller and a Multi-BSSFast Packet Server are integrated into one rack, and a base station controller is connected to the Multi-BSSFast Packet Server via a link based on E1 over Ethernet (E1oE).
US07864742B2
A wireless access point and multiple wireless terminals exchange utilization, status, mobility and reception characteristics. Each wireless terminal generates reception characteristics based on transmissions received from the wireless access point and from other devices in the network. In one operating mode, the characteristics gathered by the wireless devices are forwarded to the wireless access point, and, based on all received characteristics, the wireless access point selects its own transmission power for different types of the transmission. In another mode, all characteristics are exchanged between every wireless terminal and the access point so that each can independently or cooperatively make transmission power control decisions. In a further mode, the wireless access point adjusts protocol parameters based on an assessment of the characteristics received from the client devices, to detect an event such as a hidden terminal condition. The utilization, status, mobility, and reception characteristics include received signal strength, error rates, estimated battery life, availability of unlimited power, active versus sleep mode ratios, anticipated bandwidth utilization, coding schemes available, deterministic/non-deterministic requirements, encryption and security requirements, quality of service requirements, position, velocity, stationary status, etc. Gathering of such characteristics involves both retrieval of preset parameters from memory and generating parameters based on received transmissions (including test packets).
US07864741B2
A wireless Ad Hoc network including: a first terminal adapted to scan wireless resources in the network, to set quality information of each wireless resource in accordance with a state of each wireless resource, and to transmit a frame transmission request message containing quality identification information of each wireless resource in accordance with the quality information; and a second terminal adapted to select a wireless resource having a highest quality in accordance with the quality identification information of each wireless resource received from the first terminal and the quality information of each scanned wireless resource, and to transmit a frame transmission response message containing information on the selected wireless resource to the first terminal.
US07864739B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a transmitter for multi-carrier transmission for allocating pilot channels to radio frames, in consideration of interference with other pilot channels.The present invention relates to the transmitter for multi-carrier transmission configured to transmit a plurality of sub-carriers having at least one pilot symbol duration. The transmitter according to the present invention comprises a pilot symbol allocater configured to allocate a plurality of pilot symbol patterns which are orthogonal to each other, to the at least one pilot symbol durations in at least two sub-carriers.
US07864732B2
Methods performed by a mobile node (MN) in a secured network for handoff of communication from a serving access point (AP) to a target AP are provided. In a bounded delay channel switching (BDCS) method, the MN periodically switches between a first channel and one of multiple other channels during handoff, utilizes the first channel to transmit/receive packets to/from a corresponding node (CN) via the serving AP and utilizes one of the other channels to perform the handoff procedure to the target AP. In a dual-MAC switching (DMS) method, the MN employs a first MAC (medium access control) address to transmit/receive packets to/from the serving AP and a second MAC address to perform the handoff procedure to the target AP.
US07864725B2
A broadband wireless communication system, wherein both Multi-Carrier (MC) and Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) signals are intentionally overlaid together, in both time and frequency domains. The overlaying mitigates the weaknesses of each technique. The MC signal carries the broadband data signal and takes advantage of its high spectral efficiency, while the DSSS signal is used for special purpose processing such as initial random access, channel probing, and short messaging, where properties such as signal simplicity, self synchronization, and performance under severe interference are desired. The methods and techniques ensure that the MC and the DSSS signals are both distinguishable and that the interference between the overlaid signals is minimized to have insignificant impact on the expected performance of either signal.
US07864715B2
A data communication method able to transfer data well in real time group communication between one and many communication terminals, which has a communication server system repeatedly judge whether or not each receiving side communication terminal can communicate, postpone the transfer of data to the communication terminals when it judges there is a communication terminal which cannot communicate, and newly transfer the data postponed in transfer to all of the receiving side communication terminals when subsequently judging that the communication terminal judged to be unable to communicate is able to communicate and a communication server system and a communication terminal used in the same.
US07864713B2
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for configuring routing devices in a network data processing system. A routing change is identified in the network data processing system. In response to the routing change being identified, a node topology is generated for a set of routing devices present in the network data processing system. A master network configuration table is built at a routing device within the set of routing devices. The network configuration table contains configuration data from the routing devices in the node topology. The master network configuration table is broadcast to the routing devices in the network data processing system.
US07864703B2
A packet communication device, which provides a modular node capable of setting up the operation of the node at a time without updating a program in the node body when a new functional module is installed, sends a process setting content, requested by a configuration file specified by a manager, to functional modules as an offering message and determines whether or not the functional modules can process the content of the offering message. Based on the answers of offering, a configuration processing program of a node determines a functional module, to which processing it to be assigned, according to a predetermined method.
US07864697B2
Provided is a method of determining a spectrum management of digital communication systems having a plurality of communication lines by determination of the power levels within each band, for each user, assuming a predetermined maximum interference from other users. The spectral management center has a power allocation determinator for receiving a modelled power level and a noise weight from each user communication line and is able to determine allocated power of its respective communication line based on the optimised determined power needs of the plurality of communication lines of the digital communication systems. In one form the calculations are undertaken in the SMC. In another form the master is undertaken in the SMC while the slave is undertaken at the user's modem and the power level of an individual communication line and its interference by adjacent lines is determined at the user's modem and communicated to the spectral management center.
US07864677B2
A frame input/output unit allows a frame to pass according to directions output by a flag judging unit while consuming resources. A resource managing unit manages amounts of resources supplied and consumed. A management information storage unit stores passing information indicating policers that have passed frames during each period and management information including flag information on skip flags and the like. A flag updating unit catalogs a resource surplus flag and a supply filled flag at the end of a previous period and a skip flag that indicates whether a self-policer skips consuming resources in the following period based on the passing information in the previous period and the current period. The flag judging unit refers to a latest skip flag and judges the presence or absence of frame passing in the following period.
US07864674B2
Quality of Service (QoS) support is provided by means of a Tiered Contention Multiple Access (TCMA) distributed medium access protocol that schedules transmission of different types of traffic based on their service quality specifications. In one embodiment, a wireless station is supplied with data from a source having a lower QoS priority, such as file transfer data. Another wireless station is supplied with data from a source having a higher QoS priority, such as voice and video data. Each wireless station can determine the urgency class of its pending packets according to a scheduling algorithm. Pending packets in a given urgency class are transmitted before transmitting packets of a lower urgency class by relying on class-differentiated urgency arbitration times, which are the idle time intervals required before the random backoff counter is decreased.
US07864673B2
Architecture that facilitates the validation and authentication of the physical location of the dual-mode handset in a VoWLAN solution (e.g., UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access)) system and a cellular wireless service, thereby restricting the handset from gaining access from unauthorized locations. Thus, access to dual-mode service (e.g., UMA), for example, at a particular location (e.g., in a subscriber's home, or in a hot spot that is controlled by carrier) can now be managed to allow or deny service at a certain location. Another aspect of the invention is the capability to perform location-based billing. For example, if the subscriber is at home, the call may be free. Alternatively, if the subscriber is at a remote location (e.g., a retail establishment), it is now possible to charge for that connection at a different fee. Additionally, a location can now be assigned; for example, to assign a location for E911 compliance.
US07864667B2
A communication system comprising at least one communication unit. Each communication unit includes an interface port, a first-digital-subscriber-line port, a second-digital-subscriber-line port, and a central processing unit. The central processing unit is communicatively coupled to receive information indicative of the operability of the first-digital-subscriber-line port and the second-digital-subscriber-line port. The at least one communication unit is implemented on the physical layer in single-pair mode. The at least one communication unit is configured to switch from sending timeslots in dual-pair mode to sending timeslots in 1+1 protection mode when communication on one of the first-digital-subscriber-line port and the second-digital-subscriber-line port fails.
US07864665B2
Methods and systems for detecting IP route failure using a request-reply protocol, such as address resolution protocol (ARP), and for dynamically re-routing VoIP sessions in a VoIP device in response to failure of an IP route are disclosed. A plurality of IP routes are established between a first VoIP device and a second VoIP device. VoIP sessions are assigned to the IP routes. ARP is used to detect a failure of an IP route. In response to detecting a failure of at least one IP route, VoIP sessions are rerouted from the failed IP route to an alternate IP route.
US07864659B2
A method and apparatus for optimizing the system capacity of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system that uses with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas. In a receiver, a target quality of service (QoS) metric and reference data rate are set. The target QoS metric may be set to a predetermined value and/or may be adjusted dynamically with respect to packet error rate (PER) by a slow outer-loop control processor. The QoS of received signals are measured and compared to the target QoS. Depending on the comparison, the receiver generates a channel quality indicator (CQI) which is sent back to the transmitting transmitter. The CQI is a one or two bit indicator which indicates to the transmitter to disable, adjust or maintain data transmission rates of particular sub-carriers, groups of sub-carriers per transmit antenna, or groups of sub-carriers across all transmit antennas. At the transmitter, the transmitted data rate is disabled, adjusted or maintained. At the receiver, the target QoS metric and reference data rate are adjusted accordingly. This process is repeated for each data frame of each sub-carrier group.
US07864656B2
An optical storage medium has a substrate and a cover layer that allows light to pass therethrough in recording or reproduction. Provided between the substrate and the cover layer are at least a reflective film, a first dielectric film, a recording film, and a second dielectric film formed in this order from the substrate side. Provided further between the second dielectric film and the cover layer is a damp-proof film that is at least partially an amorphous film and contains at least an indium oxide.
US07864645B2
A method and recording device for recording marks in a phase-change type record carrier uses increased cooling period between pulses in a sequence of write pulses by applying m write pulses, where m is depended on n/α (α being an integer larger than 1). The number of write pulses m may be set to the integer value closest to n/α.
US07864638B2
An optical disk apparatus according to the present invention is capable of reading data from an optical disk 102 which has a plurality of information recording layers, including a first information recording layer whose distance from a disk surface is relatively small and a second information recording layer whose distance from the disk surface is relatively large. This optical disk apparatus includes: a focus control section 117 for causing a converging point of the light beam to be positioned on an arbitrary information recording layer of the optical disk 102; a tracking control section 118 for causing the converging point of the light beam to be positioned on a predetermined track of the information recording layer; and a gain switching section 108 capable of changing gain characteristics of at least one of the focus control section 117 and the tracking control section 118. The gain switching section 108 prescribes a gain crossover frequency when reading data from the first information recording layer to be a value which is lower than a gain crossover frequency when reading data from the second information recording layer.
US07864629B2
A monopole acoustic transmitter with at least one disc assembly with a plurality of piezoelectric discs configured to optimized acoustic pressure output within a desired frequency range while meeting physical restrictions of LWD and MWD logging systems. The transmitter is disposed in a recess or “slot” in the perimeter of a logging tool housing to reduce acoustic pressure waves transmitted directly along the tool housing and to optimize acoustic energy transmission into the borehole environs. In order to increase acoustic pressure output at a desired logging frequency range, the plurality of piezoelectric discs in each of at least one disc assembly are connected electrically in parallel and fired simultaneously. The polarity of the discs and the wiring arrangement are such that each disc expands or contracts in a common direction during simultaneous firing by an applied voltage. The desired output frequency is obtained by selectively polarizing and dimensioning the discs within the one or more disc assemblies. Each disc assembly is preferably disposed within an oil filled pressure housing that is pressure and temperature compensated. The axis of the at least one disc assembly can be parallel or perpendicular to the major axis of the logging tool.
US07864621B2
Each of memory blocks includes word line groups each having at least one of word lines, memory cells and bit lines. A decoder unit selects couple control units corresponding to the memory blocks to be accessed, and decodes an address signal to select any of the word line groups. A logic of the decoder unit is formed by assigning a bit of the address signal to identify the memory blocks and the couple control units lower than a bit of the address signal to identify the word line groups. Accordingly, the numbers of word lines disposed at the memory blocks can be equalized with each other, and lengths of the bit lines can be shortened. As a result, a wiring delay of each of the bit lines can be minimized, and an access time of a compiled memory can be shortened.
US07864614B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array which includes a plurality of memory cells which are arrayed in a matrix at intersections between a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines and a power supply circuit which includes a first band gap reference circuit which outputs a first output voltage, and a second band gap reference circuit which outputs a second output voltage having lower temperature characteristics than the first output voltage on a low temperature side, and generates a power supply voltage on the basis of the second output voltage at a time of a data write operation of the memory cells.
US07864596B2
Flash memory systems and methodologies are provided for providing multiple virtual ground decoding schemes in a flash device. The flash device can include sector configure registers for selecting a specific ground scheme at sector level. The sector configure registers can select a decoding scheme from multiple virtual ground decoding schemes including a conventional dual bit decoding scheme and a single program and erase entity decoding scheme. Since the single program and erase entity decoding scheme can emulate EEPROM functionality in a flash device, the combination of the conventional dual bit decoding scheme and the single program and erase entity decoding scheme can provide both dual bit high density storage and EEPROM emulation in a single flash device.
US07864593B2
A method for classifying memory cells in an integrated circuit is provided, wherein the integrated circuit has a memory cell field including a plurality of memory cells. The method includes determining, for each subset of the memory cells of a plurality of subsets of the memory cells, a threshold voltage distribution; determining whether the determined threshold voltage distributions fulfill a threshold voltage criterion; and depending on whether the determined threshold voltage distributions fulfill the threshold voltage criterion, classifying at least some of the non-selected memory cells.
US07864590B2
A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array and a controller. The memory cell array includes memory cells for data storage and a plurality of flag cells. The flag cells indicate program states of the memory cells for each of a plurality of word lines. The controller determines the program states of the memory cells by employing the flag cells and controls a pass voltage provided to a corresponding word line according to the determined program states.
US07864589B2
Methods for mitigating runaway programming in a memory device, methods for program verifying a memory device, a memory device, and a memory system are provided. In one such method, a ramp voltage signal is generated by a digital count signal. A memory cell being program verified is turned on by a particular verify voltage of the ramp voltage signal in response to a digital count of the digital count signal. The memory cell turning on generates a bit line indication that causes the digital count to be compared to a representation of the target data to be programmed in the memory cell. The comparator circuit generates an indication when the digital count is greater than or equal to the target data.
US07864587B2
Methods for programming a memory array, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. In one such method, the target reliability of the data to be programmed is determined. The relative reliability of different groups of memory cells of the memory array is determined. The data is programmed into the group of memory cells of the array having a relative reliability corresponding to the target reliability.
US07864583B2
Various embodiments include memory devices and methods having first memory cells and second memory cells coupled to the first memory cells in a string arrangement, first word lines configured to apply a first voltage to gates of the first memory cells during a verify operation of the first memory cells, and second word lines configured to apply a second voltage to gates of the second memory cells during the verify operation.
US07864577B2
A memory structure includes a plurality of address banks where each address bank is operative to store a memory address. In certain embodiments, at least two of the address banks share physical memory locations for at least one redundant most significant bit. Additionally, at least two of the address banks in certain embodiments share physical memory locations for at least one redundant most significant bit and at least one redundant least significant bit. At least two of the address banks in certain embodiments also share physical memory locations for at least one redundant interior bit.
US07864569B2
A nano-magnetic device includes a first hard magnet having a first magnetization direction and having a central axis. The device also includes a second hard magnet separated from the first hard magnet by a dielectric liner. The second hard magnet has a second magnetization direction opposite to the first magnetization direction of the first hard magnet, and a central axis, such that when the first hard magnet and the second hard magnet are aligned a closed magnetic flux loop is formed through the first and second hard magnets. The device additionally includes a ferromagnetic free layer having a central axis. A spin-torque transfer current passes along the central axes of the first and second hard magnets and the ferromagnetic free layer, and affects the magnetization direction of the ferromagnetic free layer.
US07864561B2
A semiconductor memory device with an improved protection against soft errors includes a bi-stable flip-flop cell having a data storage node and a data bar storage node. A first capacitor electrically couples the data storage node to a predefined voltage and a second capacitor electrically couples the data bar storage node to the predefined voltage. Each one of the first and second capacitors includes a top conductive electrode overlying a bottom contact electrode with a dielectric layer disposed in-between. The bottom contact electrode overlays at least two different active regions forming the data and data bar storage nodes.
US07864560B2
A nano device includes an array of cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, and an optical circuit disposed over the substrate, wherein the optical circuit is formed by nano elements in a self-assembled process.
US07864555B2
A pair of power supply lines that are orthogonal to the border with the cell array are placed, for each one-bit processing circuit of the data processing unit, in a semiconductor storage device such as SRAM or the like comprising a data processing unit for writing data to memory cells and reading it therefrom, a row decode unit for driving the word lines of the memory cells, and a timing control unit for generating a control pulse for the data processing unit, all of which are arranged around the circumference of a cell array in which memory cells are arrayed in a grid-like fashion. MOS transistors are placed between the power supply lines in such a position that the principal axis direction of the gate pattern is orthogonal to the two aforementioned wirings, and are closely arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the power supply lines.
US07864549B1
The subject invention reveals a new coupled inductor boost converter which achieves zero voltage turn on switching for all four circuit switches. The coupled inductor of the circuit is fully clamped and thereby achieves excellent noise performance with neither snubbers nor clamps. The new coupled inductor boost converter is outstanding for isolated high voltage applications because the voltage stress of the secondary switches does not exceed the output voltage, it requires only one magnetic circuit element, and the average voltage stress of the secondary winding is equal to or less than half the output voltage.
US07864548B2
Disclosed are a synchronous rectifier control device and a forward synchronous rectifier circuit. The synchronous rectifier control device is coupled with the secondary side of the forward synchronous rectifier circuit, comprising a condition detecting unit, a reference time circuit and a synchronous signal generator. The condition detecting unit receives at least one reference signal and a detecting signal in response to the condition of the secondary side of the forward synchronous rectifier circuit, and accordingly generates a first synchronous control signal. The reference time circuit is coupled with the condition detecting unit, and generates a reference time signal in response to the first synchronous control signal. The synchronous signal generator generates a second synchronous control signal in response to the first synchronous control signal and the reference time signal.
US07864544B2
A printed circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces that is attached to a second printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces in a substantially perpendicular fashion. The first printed circuit board has a plurality of male terminal tabs that fit into a plurality of female terminal slots of the second printed circuit board to make a plurality of electrical connections between the electrical traces of the first printed circuit board and the electrical traces of the second printed circuit board. The assembly has at least two mechanical connections between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board comprising connector blades that are substantially perpendicular to the first printed circuit board and to the second printed circuit board. The connector blades may also make electrical connections between electrical traces of the first and second printed circuit boards. A method of making an alternate printed circuit board for the assembly involves punching or drilling the alternate printed circuit board to provide a plurality of female terminals in an elongate slot.
US07864543B2
A chip capacitor 20 is provided in a core substrate 30 of a printed circuit board 10. This makes it possible to shorten a distance between an IC chip 90 and the chip capacitor 20 and to reduce loop inductance. Since the core substrate 30 is constituted by provided a first resin substrate 30a, a second resin substrate 30b and a third resin substrate 30c in a multilayer manner, the core substrate 30 can obtain sufficient strength.
US07864542B2
A chip capacitor 20 is provided in a core substrate 30 of a printed circuit board 10. This makes it possible to shorten a distance between an IC chip 90 and the chip capacitor 20 and to reduce loop inductance. Since the core substrate 30 id constituted by provided a first resin substrate 30a, a second resin substrate 30b and a third resin substrate 30c in a multilayer manner, the core substrate 30 can obtain sufficient strength.
US07864540B2
A peripheral card includes a circuit board, various circuit elements on the circuit board, a set of user terminals, a set of test terminals, and an enclosure that covers a portion of the circuit board and the circuit elements. The enclosure does not cover the user terminals and test terminals. After the peripheral card is tested, the test terminals are covered with a conformal contact coating in order to prevent access to the test terminals.
US07864529B2
To improve coolant sealing or reduce the risks in the event of leakage for an electronic unit, e.g. an engine control unit, containing electric and/or electronic components which are disposed on an upper side of a thermally conductive electronic base plate and thermally coupled to the base plate, the base plate in turn being thermally coupled to a coolant passage, there is provided a particular configuration and arrangement of the components delimiting a coolant passage. Advantageously, the underside of the base plate can come into direct contact with a coolant (“direct cooling”). By making a ridge running in an annularly closed manner and being formed in one-piece with the base plate, coolant escaping from the coolant passage is prevented from passing directly to the underside of the base plate. Accordingly, the coolant passage may be sealed by a “double sealing arrangement” on the underside of the base plate.
US07864523B2
A cooling device includes a chassis that partitions a first space, a second space, and a third space sandwiched between the first space and the second space, a printed circuit board accommodated in the chassis that extends from the first space to the second space while traversing the third space, a fan occupying the third space outside a predetermined space that produces an air flow from the first space toward the second space by rotation of a rotor blade, wherein the predetermined space is ensured between the printed circuit board and the fan in the third space and an air duct member that occupies the predetermined space to form a flow passage of the air flow from an intake port to an exhaust port on the printed circuit board, wherein the intake port is opened to the second space and the exhaust port is opened to the first space.
US07864521B2
An enclosure for electronic device, includes a chassis and a cover. The chassis defines an opening. The chassis includes a drive bracket mounted therein. The drive bracket includes a side plate facing the opening. A through hole is defined in the side plate. A rotating member is pivotally mounted on the side plate. The rotating member includes a positioning pin. A data storage device is received in the drive bracket. The data storage device defines a locking hole in alignment with the through hole of the side plate. The cover is mounted on the chassis to cover the opening of the chassis. The cover abuts the rotating member so that the positioning pin is inserted in the through hole and the locking hole to secure the data storage device in the drive bracket of the chassis.
US07864516B2
A display unit includes; a display panel, and a receptacle including of a plurality of sidewalls configured to receive the display panel, the receptacle including at least one joining projection disposed on at least one of the sidewalls, at least one joining groove formed on at least one of the sidewalls, wherein the at least one joining projection and the at least one groove are disposed on opposing sidewalls of the receptacle in substantially symmetrical positions with respect to a center line of the receptacle.
US07864515B2
An image display apparatus includes a casing, a stand, and an image display section. The stand is formed of a single rod. The image display apparatus further includes a link mechanism that links the rod and a portion of the rear surface, supports the rod so as to be pivotal between a falling-down position where the rod falls down on the rear surface and a standing position where the rod stands from the rear surface, and locks and holds the rod to the falling-down position and the standing position. The rod is located at the standing position and one of two long sides of the casing and the leading end of the rod are placed onto a placing surface, whereby a first posture in which the casing stands with a first angle with respect to the placing surface is formed. The rod is located at the standing position and one of two short sides of the casing and the leading end of the rod are placed onto the placing surface, whereby a second posture in which the casing stands with a second angle with respect to the placing surface is formed.
US07864509B1
An electrical distribution panel includes an enclosure, a first power input, a first circuit interrupter including a first terminal electrically connected to the first power input and a second terminal, a first bus electrically connected to the second terminal, a plurality of second circuit interrupters powered from the first bus, a second bus electrically connectable to the first bus through one of the second circuit interrupters, and a number of third circuit interrupters powered from the second bus. The first bus and a number of the second circuit interrupters power a number of first loads. The second bus and the number of third circuit interrupters power a number of different second loads. The electrical distribution panel is converted for operation with a second power input to power the second bus. The second power input receives power from at least one of a separately derived system, and a portable generator.
US07864503B2
A capacitive type touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; an array of first conductors formed on a surface of the transparent substrate; an array of second conductors formed on the surface of the transparent substrate; a plurality of conductive first bridging lines, each of which interconnects two adjacent ones of the first conductors; a plurality of conductive second bridging lines, each of which interconnects two adjacent ones of the second conductors and each of which intersects insulatively a respective one of the first bridging lines; and a plurality of spaced apart insulators, each of which is disposed at an intersection of a respective one of the first bridging lines and a respective one of the second bridging lines to separate the respective first and second bridging lines.
US07864497B2
A protective circuit for electrical connection to solar cells of a solar cell module is provided with a protective circuit that has a controlled electronic circuit arrangement. In this way, only minimal heating of the protective circuit for electrical connection of solar cells of a solar cell module occurs in operation. The controlled electronic circuit arrangement can have a trigger circuit and a switching arrangement which can be triggered by the trigger circuit, the switching arrangement being connected parallel to at least one solar cell, and in the case of shading of the solar cells, is at least temporarily activated by the trigger circuit so that a current bypass for the shaded solar cell is achieved.
US07864494B2
An ESD protection circuit (710) is guarded by a parallel first precharge elimination circuit (720) relative to an I/O pad (721) and a parallel second precharge elimination circuit (730) relative to a VDD pad (731). The precharge elimination circuits are synchronized with the ESD protection circuit to eliminate any precharge voltage to ground before an ESD pulse affects the I/O pad or VDD pad. A diode (722) is connected between I/O pad and VDD. Circuit (720) is between I/O pad and ground (740) and is powered by the same VDD. Circuit (720) includes a first resistor (723), a first nMOS transistor (724), and a first RC timer including a second resistor (725) and a first capacitor (726). Circuit (730) includes a third resistor (733), a second nMOS transistor (734), and a second RC timer including a fourth resistor (735) and a second capacitor (736).
US07864490B2
The series resistance of a CPP GMR stack can be reduced by shaping it into a small upper, on a somewhat larger, lower part. Because of the sub-micron dimensions involved, good alignment between these is normally difficult to achieve. The present invention discloses a self-alignment process based on first laying down a mask that will determine the shape of the top part. Ion beam etching is then initiated, the ion beam being initially applied from one side only at an angle to the surface normal. During etching, all material on the near side of the mask gets etched but, on the far side, only material that is outside the mask's shadow gets removed so, depending on the beam's angle, the size of the lower part is controlled and the upper part is precisely centrally aligned above it.
US07864478B2
The provision of verification for data storage cartridges having data storage tape media employs determining the volume identity of a data storage cartridge; and providing an internal label at each block of data to be written to the data storage tape media of the data storage cartridge, the internal label at least comprising the volume identity. Verification of a label comprises reading an external label of the cartridge, the external label at least comprising a volume identity of the cartridge; determining whether the tape media comprises valid data arranged in blocks; positioning the tape media at one of the data blocks and attempting to read an internal label from the data block; and if so, determining whether the volume identity of the external label matches the volume identity of the internal label, and, if so, determining that the matching volume identity is the volume identity of the cartridge.
US07864476B2
Methods and systems are shown that specify at least one low track-per-inch (TPI) region and at least one normal TPI region on a disk. The low TPI region may be used to store information that may be rewritten frequently. The normal TPI region may be used to store information that may be rewritten less frequently. The low TPI region may reduce the need for adjacent-track-erasure (ATE) refresh.
US07864475B2
Heating power control is performed in thermally assisted magnetic recording using a patterned recording medium. Trial writing is performed by continuously changing a heating power intensity with respect to a pattern row of a trial writing area provided in plurality on the recording medium. From a reproduction signal thereof, a minimum heating power of recording that is a boundary power between recording and non-recording, and a maximum heating power of recording that is a boundary power between recording and a heating power by which recorded information of an adjacent pattern is deleted are determined to decide an optimum recording power.
US07864473B2
A method for writing information on a highly coercive recording medium stably with an electric field applied through a metal probe and with a magnetic field applied from external and an information recording system that employs the method. The recording medium includes a substrate, a first ferromagnetic layer formed on the substrate, a nonmagnetic layer formed on the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer formed on the nonmagnetic layer. The coercivity Hc2 of the second ferromagnetic layer is larger than that Hc1 of the first ferromagnetic layer. A magnetic field H is applied to the magnetic recording medium from a magnetic pole to change the magnetizing direction of the first ferromagnetic layer to a direction of the applied magnetic field, then a positive or negative voltage V is applied between the metal probe and the magnetic recording medium to change the quantum well level energy between the first and second ferromagnetic layers, thereby inducing an exchange magnetic field HE. As a result, the magnetizing direction of the second ferromagnetic layer is changed with both the exchange magnetic field HE and the magnetic field H.
US07864471B2
A method includes: writing data to a bit-patterned media at times determined by a clock having a period that is offset from a bit island period by a fixed offset to create one insertion or one deletion approximately within a predetermined number of bit islands, reading the data, and correcting the read data using error correction. An apparatus that implements the method is also provided.
US07864469B2
Data track patterns and servo patterns are formed on an information recording medium by concave/convex patterns divided into ring-shaped regions that are concentric with the data track patterns. In the servo patterns, a unit convex length and a unit concave length along the direction of rotation increase in each ring-shaped region from an inside to an outside of the ring-shaped region in proportion to the distance from the center of the data track patterns and a value produced by dividing an average unit convex (or concave) length inside each ring-shaped region by a distance from the center to the ring-shaped region decreases toward the outer periphery of the medium. The ring-shaped regions include plural first regions between an innermost region and an outermost region. Respective lengths along a radial direction of the first regions increase toward an outer periphery of the medium.
US07864467B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product adjust gain in a read channel of a magnetic media data storage device. A digital signal sample having a data-dependent noise component is received. A gain value, stored in a location in a gain table, is selected in a data-dependent manner. The gain of the signal sample is adjusted in response to the selected gain value. A bit pattern is detected from the gain-adjusted signal sample and a data output signal is output based upon the detected bit pattern.
US07864465B2
A hard disk drive is disclosed and related methods of reading/writing data are disclosed. The hard disk drive includes a disk serving as a main data storage medium, and first and second buffers storing data to be stored on the disk, as well as a controller defining a data I/O path in relation to a detected operating state of the hard disk drive.
US07864455B2
Disclosed is an imaging lens. The imaging lens includes a first lens having positive (+) power, a second lens having negative (−) power, and a third lens having positive (+) power and an inflection point on an imaging surface thereof facing an image side, wherein the first to third lenses are sequentially arranged from an object, and the second lens has power stronger than power of the first and third lenses.
US07864452B2
A wide angle lens especially suitable for digital single lens reflex cameras is described. The lens offers the advantages of superior performance while using fewer lens elements thus reducing size and cost to manufacture. The lens consists of two lens groups separated by an aperture stop. The first lens group consists of a meniscus lens and the novel use of a bi-concave lens element. The first group may also include a cemented doublet with novel ratios of refractive index and Abbe numbers. Embodiments of the wide angle lens satisfy conditional equations of 6≦BFL/f≦7.5 and 10<Σd/f≦21, where BFL is the distance from the most image side lens element surface to the image plane with the lens focused at infinity, f is the effective focal length of the wide angle lens and Σd is the distance from the most object side lens element surface to the most image side lens element surface.
US07864446B2
A lens driver unit includes a plurality of lens groups including a first lens group and a second lens group, a first lens frame with first and second engaging portions, a second lens frame with a third engaging portion to engage with the first engaging portion, a lens barrel, a first guide element, a second guide element, at least one third guide element, an engaging element, and a drive unit. In an imaging position in which all of the lens groups including the first and second lens groups are placed on an optical axis, the first lens frame is integrally moved with the second lens frame along the optical axis by engagement of the first and third engaging portions while in a contained position, the first lens frame is rotated in a predetermined direction to retreat the first lens group outside an inner diameter of the lens barrel.
US07864443B2
A zoom lens includes a first optical system having a positive focal length, the first optical system, a second optical system having a negative focal length, a third optical system having a positive focal length, a fourth optical system having a negative focal length, and a fifth optical system having a positive focal length, which are arranged in order from an object side to an image side and an aperture stop provided at an object side of the third optical system. The following condition is satisfied: 0.5<(T23w/Y′)/(ft/fw)<1.0 where T23w is an interval between the second optical system and the third optical system at the short focus end, Y′ is a maximum image height of the zoom lens, ft is a focal length of the zoom lens at the long focus end, and fw is a focal length of the zoom lens at the short focus end.
US07864440B2
The invention concerns an optical lens comprising a cavity formed by two transparent windows and a peripheral frame positioned in between, said cavity containing first and second liquids, non miscible, forming an interface, said interface being movable by electrowetting on a wall of said peripheral frame by application of a voltage between first and second electrodes, wherein said wall has a non symmetrical revolution surface, the geometrical shape of which is calculated such that said interface is of a predetermined shape, for example substantially spherical, for at least one value of said voltage.
US07864435B2
A front projection display device includes an optical engine including an illumination system, an imaging system, and projection optics. The projection optics include a first lens group of negative refractive power that has at least one aspheric surface. The projection optics output an image at a half field angle of at least 45°, where the image has substantially no distortion. For example, when the first lens group is placed at a distance of less than 1 meter from a viewing screen, the output image has a size of about 40 inches diagonal or greater, and requires substantially no keystone correction. In other aspects, the optical engine can be implemented in a wall-mounted projection system, a multimedia system, a compact integrated monitor system, and a portable projection unit.
US07864425B2
A composite material (10) includes a resin (12), and first inorganic particles (11) dispersed in the resin and containing at least zirconium oxide. The composite material has a refractive index at the d line nCOMd of not less than 1.60 and an Abbe's number νCOM of not less than 20, and satisfies a relationship nCOMd≧1.8−0.005 νCOM. This composite material exhibits both a high refractive index and low dispersion in good balance, and has excellent workability. Accordingly, using this composite material makes it possible to realize a small optical component having favorable wavelength characteristics.
US07864424B2
One or more zero-order diffractive pigments (ZOP) having both a particle distribution matrix material, and a layer of material in or on such a matrix material and having an index of refraction higher than that of the matrix material, and having a diffractive grating structure with a period in the range of 100 to 600 nm, which is smaller than the wavelength of light reflectable thereby in the zeroth reflection order. In such ZOPs the index of refraction of the matrix material is usually at least 0.25 less than that of the material of the layer, and the layer is typically of a thickness between 30 and 500 nm.
US07864420B2
A screen includes plural three-dimensional portions having a concave shape arranged at a front surface side of a screen substrate, wherein the three-dimensional portions are disposed so that the number of the three-dimensional portions provided in a range of a given length along a first direction on the screen substrate which is determined corresponding to at least either one of a direction of a chief ray and a chief direction of outside light is larger than the number of three-dimensional portions provided in a range of the given length along a second direction crossing the first direction and in which the plural three-dimensional portions are arranged so that at least two three-dimensional portions of the three-dimensional portions provided in the range of the given length along the first direction contact each other.
US07864419B2
An image scanning assembly comprising at least two optics wherein at least one of the optics is movable relative to the other. An embodiment may be used to scan images for a 3D display.
US07864415B2
A method and objective apparatus are provided for implementing an enhanced phase contrast microscope. A focusing vortex lens, defined by a diffractive spiral zone plate (SZP) lens, is used for the objective for the phase contrast microscope. The SZP lens focuses and imparts a helical phase to incident illumination to image the specimen with spiral phase contrast. The spiral phase contrast microscope is sensitive to phase gradients in all sample axes. Replacing the objective of a microscope with the diffractive SZP lens of the invention immediately provides existing instruments with spiral phase contrast capability.
US07864409B2
The present invention relates to a fabrication method for a quasi-phase-matched waveguide. The method includes the steps of forming a metal etch mask on a ferroelectric single crystal substrate, etching the substrate by using the etch mask, removing the etch mask, forming conductive layers on the etched substrate, forming polarization regions by applying an electric field to the conductive layers, and flattening the substrate after removing the conductive layers. Accordingly, the present invention is advantageous in that it can be applied to various fields employing a ferroelectric substrate, such as LiNbO3, LiTaO3, Mg:LiNbO3 or Zn:LiNbO3, it can obtain more accurate and uniform periodic domain inversion devices with a high quality and can fabricate devices that are cheaper and have a better performance.
US07864408B2
Beam deflection devices and methods using piezoelectric tube resonance. A beam deflection device may include a laser that produces a beam of light. The beam of light may then be directed through a piezoelectric tube that includes a light guide and one or more piezoelectric elements. The device may also have an optical tip that extends axially from the end of the piezoelectric tube. The piezoelectric tube is coupled with the light source, such that the beam of light is conducted through the light guide and optionally the optical tip. A controller may be communicatively coupled with the light source and the piezoelectric tube. The controller may include instructions to activate the piezoelectric tube at a resonant frequency of the piezoelectric tube, the light guide, and/or the optical tip. The controller may include instructions to activate one or more of the piezoelectric elements at a different power level.
US07864403B2
In various embodiments, devices, methods, and systems for adjusting the reflectivity spectrum of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device are described herein. The method comprises depositing a reflectivity modifying layer with the optical cavity of an interferometric modulator, where the reflectivity modifying layer shifts or trims the shape of the interferometric modulator's wavelength reflectivity spectrum relative to the absence of the reflectivity modifying layer.
US07864395B2
A method and system for fabricating a light guide is disclosed. The method and system comprise providing a light guide element which includes a plurality of scattering elements located therein and adjusting at least a portion of the scattering elements to maintain their optical scattering character. The present invention provides a system and method for fabricating a front light technology that is inexpensive and can compete on a cost basis with LCD backlight technologies while maintaining reasonable performance.
US07864391B2
In an image forming apparatus provided with an optical beam scanning apparatus according to the invention, an optical beam scanning apparatus of an overillumination scanning optical system includes a semiconductor laser device as a light source, a pre-deflection optical system, a polygon mirror, and a post-deflection optical system, with a width of the luminous flux made incident on the polygon mirror being wider than a width of one reflecting surface forming the polygon mirror, wherein at least two sheets of flat plate for transmitting the luminous flux scanned by the polygon mirror are provided in the post-deflection optical system. In accordance with an image forming apparatus provided with an optical beam scanning apparatus according to the invention, not only a wave front aberration on a photoconductive drum can be suitably corrected, but suitable beam diameter and beam profile can be obtained on the photoconductive drum.
US07864387B2
Mapping an input color space into a colorimetric subspace can generate a target colorimetry space. Initial device color values can be used to generate an initial reference colorimetry space. A penalty error between the target colorimetry space and the reference colorimetry space can be minimized by generating a next reference colorimetry space based on subsequent device colors.
US07864379B2
An array microscope scans a slide in rapid sequence at different wavelengths to record multiple spectral images of the sample. Full spatial resolution of the image sensor is realized at each color because pixels are not shared between spectral bands. The object and detector are placed at conjugate distances selected to produce substantially equal magnification with minimum chromatic aberration at all wavelengths to ensure registration of all images. Spectral analysis is carried out by combining the images captured at each wavelength. The greater-than-RGB spectral resolution provided by the combination of images enables the isolation and display of the effects produced by the contemporaneous use of more than two stains on a tissue for improved pathological analysis.
US07864376B2
When an image processing apparatus receives an execution instruction for image processing, it performs management of information related to image processing and image data that is subjected to image processing, as historical data. When the execution instruction for the image processing is received from a user, the image processing apparatus stores image data read from a document or image data received from outside, and then stores process information related to the image processing based on the received execution instruction and the stored image data, as historical data. The image processing apparatus then performs image processing of the image data that is stored in accordance with the received execution instruction.
US07864375B2
A print-image forming apparatus which forms a print image for printing on a print sheet a two-dimensional code whose size is defined based on an error correction rate, the apparatus including: a storage device which stores a plurality of levels of error correction rates; a setting device which sets an arbitrary error correction rate from among the plurality of error correction rates; an image forming device which forms the print image based on the error correction rate thus set; a determining device which determines whether or not the formed print image lies off a code printing area of the print sheet where the two-dimensional code is printed; and a setting changing device which changes the setting of the error correction rate such that the print image can lie in the code printing area when it is determined that the print image lies off the code printing area.
US07864365B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for segmenting a digital image into regions. A frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be determined excluding a portion of pixels in a digital image. An image value associated with a peak in the frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be identified and associated with an image label. Pixel locations may be labeled based on the associated labels and image values. Additionally, unreliable pixels may be determined and labeled based on the associated labels and image values.
US07864363B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first unit for converting primary color data into color data for outputting a dark color material only in a first mode, and a second unit for converting the primary color data into color data for outputting both the dark color material and a light color material in a second mode.
US07864359B2
A data compression and decompression unit that can enhance a data throughput during compression and decompression of data by dynamically allocating the sizes of the input and output buffers to the compression and decompression sections in accordance with a compressibility of data. The data compression and decompression unit includes a compression section that receives bit map data from a terminal, compresses the bit map data with a predetermined compressibility, and generates compressed data, and a decompression section that decompresses the compressed data into an original format, and generates decompressed data. The data unit further includes a memory section that stores the bit map data, the compressed data, and the decompressed data, and a control section that controls the compression and decompression in accordance with the predetermined compressibility.
US07864356B2
A system and method for transmission of a document from a sending location to a receiving location by way of a trusted way location is disclosed. A selected document is physically or electronically transmitted by a sending location to a letter server operated by a delivery service A confirmation of transmission of the document is provided the sender by the delivery service. Thereafter, the letter server reproduces the document in original quality, accompanied by any necessary items such as a delivery container and/or delivery instructions. The delivery service then delivers the reproduced document such as through electronic delivery or inducting the reproduced document into its delivery paradigm for physical delivery to the indicated recipient.
US07864353B2
A document processing system and method using imbedded metadata is provided. The system includes a host computer that generates a data file that supports metadata of a document and imbeds metadata in the data file, a mobile storage device that stores the data file, and a Multi-function peripheral (MFP) device that reads the data file from the mobile storage device and extracts the metadata imbedded in the data file and processes the data file based on the extracted metadata.
US07864327B1
Sinusoidal in-phase and in-quadrature signals at a given spatial frequency are combined with the irradiance signals generating a correlogram of interest and integrated over the length of the correlogram data-acquisition scan. The integration outputs are then used to calculate the amplitude and the phase of the correlogram signal at the selected spatial frequency, thereby producing targeted spectral information. The signal generator used to generate the in-phase and in-quadrature sinusoidal signals may be scanned advantageously through any desired range of spatial frequencies, thereby producing corresponding amplitude and phase spectral information for the correlogram. Because the procedure produces spectral information independently of the number of data frames acquired during the interferometric scan, it is materially more rapid than conventional FFT analysis.
US07864313B2
A planar optical platform for generating a Raman signal from a foreign object comprises an input region and an output region, for receiving and extracting optical radiation, optically coupled to a plasmonic band structure region. The plasmonic band structure region comprises a layer of a first material, having a first refractive index, patterned with an array of sub-regions of a second material, having a second refractive index, wherein a side-wall of each sub-region is coated with a metallodielectric layer. The array of sub-regions gives rise to a plasmonic band structure and, in use, each sub-region confines a plasmon resonance excited by optical radiation coupled into the plasmonic band structure region, which gives rise to a Raman signal from a foreign object placed proximate the plasmonic band structure region. The platform may be incorporated into a spectroscopic measurement system and is particularly useful for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of analyte molecules.
US07864302B2
A scan sensor emits detection beams for detecting objects in a scanning area within a scanning plane. The position of the scanning plane is changed by pivoting the sensor device in a scanning area, to produce multiple detection planes. Detection points of objects in the surroundings of the sensor device are detected by the detection beams in the detection planes. Lines are extracted from the detection points of a respective detection plan. Measuring points are determined at the intersection points of the lines with one or more predetermined measuring planes. The measuring points in a respective measuring plane are classified into blocks and lines are extracted on a block basis from the measuring points of the blocks generated, as a result of which structures of objects in the measuring planes are determined.
US07864301B2
An illumination source is optimized by changing the intensity and shape of the illumination source to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ILS at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. An optimum mask may be determined by changing the magnitude and phase of the diffraction orders to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ILS at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. Primitive rectangles having a size set to a minimum feature size of a mask maker are assigned to the located minimum and maximum transmission areas ad centered at a desired location. The edges of the primitive rectangle are varied to match optimal diffraction orders O(m,n). The optimal CPL mask OCPL(x,y) is then formed.
US07864297B2
A light blocking device includes a deformable member deformable in a first direction and elongating in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a plurality of light blocking plates arrayed along the second direction, each of the plurality of light blocking plates being connected to the deformable member, so that adjoining blocking plates of the plurality of light blocking plates partly overlap with each other, and a plurality of actuators arrayed along the second direction and which cause deformation of the deformable member. At least one of the plurality of light blocking plates is tiltable independently from the other light blocking plates in response to deformation of the deformable member. A light blocking region is thereby defined, based on edges of the plurality of light blocking plates.
US07864296B2
An exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern of a reticle onto a plate using a light from a light source and an optical system includes a measuring part for obtaining polarization information of the light that has passed the optical system, the polarization information including at least one of polarized light intensities, a ratio between the polarized light intensities, a degree of polarization, and a retardation of two orthogonal directions that are both parallel to the optical axis, and a controller for controlling, based on a measurement result by the measuring part, at least one exposure parameter of the light source and the optical system.
US07864280B2
It is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of readily obtaining bend alignment across an entire liquid crystal display panel of the liquid crystal display device, with obtaining brightness while obtaining a high speed responsiveness, a feature of an OCB mode, as well as without increasing a load on an activating driver. The liquid crystal display device is arranged such that: a liquid crystal molecule in a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of substrates facing each other has a pretilt angle of not less 18° and not more than 36°; a product Δnd of a refractive index anisotropy Δn and a thickness d of the liquid crystal layer is not less than 850 nm and not more than 1170 nm; and a lateral electric field generating structure for applying an electric field parallel to the substrates and bend-aligning the liquid crystal molecules is provided in a region corresponding to a pixel.
US07864279B2
The invention relates to a vertically aligned liquid crystal display and a method of manufacturing the same and provides a liquid crystal display in which singular points can be sufficiently controlled to achieve high display quality and a method of manufacturing the same. A surface of the common electrode facing at least one-fourth of a non-electrode part at the outer periphery of the electrode unit is formed with a height of 0.2 μm or more or a height in the range from 0.4 to 1.5 μm if possible above a surface of the common electrode facing a part of the electrode unit substantially in the middle thereof.
US07864278B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer which is arranged between first and second aligning films formed on inner sides of first and second substrates, has liquid crystal molecules twist-aligned in a direction from the first aligning film toward the second aligning film when an electric field is not applied between first and second electrodes, and generates retardation of substantially λ/2 with respect to transmitted light. First and second polarizing plates are arranged on outer sides of the first and second substrates. A Transmission axis or an absorption axis of the first polarizing plate is substantially matched with a direction along which the liquid crystal molecules in the vicinity of the first aligning film are aligned when a sufficiently intensive electric field is applied.
US07864277B2
A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel, a pair of polarizers and a phase plate. The phase plate is formed by a supply direction of an inorganic material to the substrate surface set such that a ratio of a front phase difference, which is produced when light is incident along a normal direction of the phase plate, and a first phase difference, which is produced when light is incident along a first direction different from the normal direction, falls within a predetermined range.
US07864276B2
A liquid crystal display has (i) first and second substrates having electrodes and a pretilt angle of 88.5° to 89.5°, (ii) a liquid crystal layer, having a thickness d and made of liquid crystal molecule material which has a twist structure at a twist angle of 160° to 240° in a voltage application state, the liquid crystal layer containing chiral material having a pitch of p, where d/p is 0.2 to 0.74, (iii) a first polarizer disposed facing the first substrate, the first polarizer having as a transmission axis direction a first direction, (iv) a second polarizer disposed facing the second substrate, the second polarizer having as a transmission axis direction a second direction having an angle of 85° to 95° relative to the first direction, and (v) an optical anisotropic plate disposed at least one of between the first substrate and first polarizer and between the second substrate and second polarizer.
US07864275B2
In a liquid crystal display device into which a phase difference film is incorporated on the color filter substrate side, the phase difference film can be formed more easily than the prior art. A pair of substrates and a liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal sandwiched between the above described pair of substrates are provided in such a manner that the above described liquid crystal display panel has a number of subpixels, each subpixel in the above described number of subpixels has a transmission portion and a reflection portion, and a first substrate from among the above described pair of substrates has: a light blocking film which is formed at least in a border between the above described transmission portion and the above described reflection portion and at least has a portion which surrounds only the above described reflection portion; an orientation film for orienting the phase difference film formed on the above described light blocking film; a phase difference film formed inside the portion surrounded by the above described light blocking film on the above described orientation film; a color filter formed on the above described phase difference film; and a flattened film formed on the above described color filter.
US07864266B2
A diffuser plate includes a first optical sheet having a rear surface configured to receive light from a light source and having a front surface configured to provide light to a second optical sheet, the first optical sheet having a refractive part that includes a plurality of optical members at a surface of the first optical sheet, and a second optical sheet disposed in front of the first optical sheet, the second optical sheet including a rear surface configured to receive light from the first optical sheet, a front surface configured to emit light, and light-scattering beads within the first optical sheet.
US07864254B2
An electrostatic discharge protection element, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a manufacturing method. A first ESD organic TFT, a second ESD organic TFT, a third ESD organic TFT each have a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode in which the source electrode and drain electrode of the first and second ESD organic TFTs and the gate electrode of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected. The gate electrode and the source electrode of the first ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a first array line and the gate electrode and the drain electrode of the second ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a second array line. The source electrode of the third ESD organic TFT is electrically connected to a data line or a gate line and the drain of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a common voltage line.
US07864250B2
Color saturation in chroma correction is reduced. Hence, a two-dimensional histogram is generated in association with the luminance and chroma levels of an image for one frame. An ease of saturation of the image is calculated from the two-dimensional histogram. A chroma gain is set according to the ease of saturation. Color-difference signals undergo chroma correction according to the chroma gain k.
US07864240B2
There is disclosed an imaging apparatus for displaying a live view image, in which an enlargement ratio of the live view image dynamically changes according to changes in in-focus state of a subject.
US07864239B2
An optical apparatus includes a focus adjustment unit which controls a focusing lens such that the focusing lens is driven to an in-focus position using a signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of an image of an object, the image being formed by an optical system including the focusing lens; and a color temperature detection unit which detects a color temperature of the object. The manner in which the focusing lens is driven differs depending on the color temperature.
US07864236B2
The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a matrix having a plurality of rows and columns. A plurality of floating junctions are provided, each of which is arranged between one of a plurality of pairs of the photoelectric conversion elements arranged in adjacent two rows and is connected to one of the pairs of the photoelectric conversion elements, so that output signals of the pair of the photoelectric conversion elements may be transferred. Output circuits are connected to a plurality of the floating junctions arranged in the column for reading in common the output signals of the photoelectric conversion elements transferred to these flowing junctions. Output signal lines are provided for each column so as to supply output signals of the output circuits. The output circuits are arranged between the pairs of photoelectric conversion elements adjacently arranged in the row.A CMOS image sensor has a plurality of pixels PD arranged two-dimensionally at predetermined pitches in the vertical direction and horizontal direction and a plurality of output circuits OUT for reading output signals from the pixels PD and the output circuits OUT are arranged between pairs of PD pixels arranged in the row (vertical) direction. The output circuits OUT read in common accumulated signals of pixels composed of the plurality of pixels PD and output them to signal output lines. By use of such a constitution, integration of the pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix in the horizontal direction can be improved.
US07864226B2
In an image sensing apparatus, the color value of a conversion destination is acquired from a code image included in the image data captured by an image sensing unit. A frame is displayed on an electronic viewfinder screen, which is displayed based on the image data output from an image processing unit in the image sensing apparatus. The color value of a conversion target is determined based on color information included in the frame of an image displayed on the electronic viewfinder screen in response to a predetermined operation input. Color conversion parameters of the image processing unit are determined so as to convert colors within a predetermined range including the color value of the conversion target into colors within a predetermined range including the color value of the conversion destination on a color space.
US07864221B2
In some embodiments, images for the video conference may be white balanced. White balancing may include dividing at least a subset of an image's pixels into multiple ranges according to their luminance and chrominance values. For example, at least a portion of the pixels in an image may be sorted into different groups (i.e., by incrementing counters respective to each group) according to the luminance and chrominance values of the pixels. If enough pixels are found to be in a particular group, a portion or all of the image may be adjusted by a ratio corresponding to that particular group. For example, blue and red analog gains (corresponding to the selected pixels) may be modified by a corresponding ratio to bring red and blue accumulations closer to green accumulations.
US07864220B2
A photographing apparatus comprises an operation unit and a controller. The operation unit has a direct key and an operation key. The operation key is used for setting a function regarding at least one of an image processing operation of an image data obtained by a photographing operation and a storing operation of the image data and is operated more than once for setting the function. The direct key is used for setting the function and is operated only once for setting the function. The controller sets the function corresponding to an operation of the operation key and that sets the function corresponding to one operation of the direct key. When the direct key is operated once, the function is set regardless of a prior function state set by operating the operation key.
US07864218B2
In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by executing specific user identification processing.
US07864207B2
A system control unit writes image data received from a host apparatus into a first storage regions. Next, the system control unit produces duplication data from the image data written in the first storage region, and then, writes these produced duplication data into a second storage regions. Furthermore, the system control unit furthermore produces duplication data from the image data written in the second storage region, and writes these produced duplication data into a third storage region. As a result, 1 piece of the image data and 2 pieces of the duplication data can be prepared on a buffer memory. The optical disk drawing apparatus draws an image on a drawing layer of an optical disk by employing these image data and duplication data.
US07864204B2
A display system (20, 100, 300, 320) is provided for presenting images to a viewer (50) together with complementary peripheral surround-lighting (130). The system (20, 100, 300, 320) includes a monitor (20) for presenting the images to the viewer (50), and lights (100) for generating the surround-lighting (130) appearing in operation to the viewer (50) as at least partially peripherally surrounding the monitor (20). Moreover, the system (20, 100, 300, 320) further includes a controller (320) for energizing the lights (100) in response to properties of portions of the images presented on the monitor (20), and a sensor (300, 310) for sensing the surround-lighting (130) and/or environmental illumination and generating corresponding sensor signals (330). The controller (320) is arranged in operation to receive the sensor signals (330) for controlling the lights (100) for at least partially compensating the surround-lighting (130) to influence from the environmental illumination.
US07864199B2
In an MFP having a displaying unit smaller than that of a PC, it is very difficult to select an editing target from a plurality of objects. To accomplish this, an image containing a plurality of objects is displayed. Objects corresponding to a position designated on the displayed image are extracted (S3). Individual images corresponding to the extracted objects are laid out and displayed (S6). One of the individual images which are laid out and displayed is selected (S7). Image processing is executed for the selected object.
US07864197B2
A method of representing an amount of image color in a composite image includes the steps of generating at least one additional opacity channel for use in creating the composite image, and compositing at least one graphical object having object color and object capacity, with an image having image opacity and the image color, to create the composite image. The composite image has composite image color and composite image opacity, and the composite image color and composite image opacity are derived from one or more of the object color, the object opacity, the image color and the image opacity. An additional step includes compositing the object opacity with the additional opacity channel to create an updated opacity channel, with the updated opacity channel representing an amount of the image color remaining in the composite image following the compositing of the at least one graphical object with the image.
US07864196B2
An image display system includes: a storage section that stores plural image data sets and layout information indicating layout of one or plural sub images forming, as a whole, a background image behind a main image; a main image select section that selects one image data as a main image data set expressing a main image, from the plural image data sets; a characteristic specify section that specifies a characteristic of the main image data set selected by the main image select section; a sub image extract section that extracts, as one or plural image data sets each expressing a sub image, one or plural image data sets each having a characteristic making a relationship with the characteristic specified by the characteristic specify section, among the plural image data sets stored in the storage section except the main image data set, whereby the relationship satisfies a predetermined condition; and an image display section that displays the main image selected by the main image select section and the one or plural sub images extracted by the sub image extract section, in accordance with the layout information stored in the storage section.
US07864193B2
A method for color conversion includes calculating distances between color coordinates in a conversion palette and a color coordinate for a pixel and assigning the pixel a color coordinate of the closest color coordinates in the conversion palette. The color coordinates in the conversion palette include a first point and a second point in an RGB color cube on a neutral axis of said RGB color cube and on opposite surfaces of a first sphere, a third point and a fourth point on the neutral axis and on opposite surfaces of a second sphere and on the neutral axis, and a plurality of other points distributed over a surface of the first sphere and around the neutral axis, where a volume of the second sphere is twice the volume of the first sphere, and a center of the first and second spheres is a center of the RGB color cube.
US07864183B1
A graphics system includes a graphics memory. The graphics system includes a high performance mode and at least one power savings mode. A termination impedance and switching threshold of the graphics memory are selected based on an operating mode of the graphics system.
US07864182B2
An image pipeline performs image processing operations (for example, Bayer-to-RGB conversion, white balancing, autoexposure, autofocus, color correction, gamma correction, zooming, unsharp masking, mirroring, resizing, color space conversion) on tiles whose sizes are varied, whose widths are less than the width of the output image frame being generated, and whose heights are less than the height of the output image frame. A tile processor program executing on a processor in the camera determines configuration information for configuring each pipeline stage based on user input and camera usage. The configuration information is determined so that the pipeline outputs properly combine to form the output image frame. The sizes, shapes, locations and processing order of the tiles are determined such that a single tile of a particular size is in a desired location with respect to the overall image frame, thereby facilitating such functions as autofocus, autoexposure and face detection.
US07864179B1
Methods and apparatus disclosed herein receive a non-integer star points input parameter value, create a star shape with a number of star points equal to an integer portion of the star points input parameter plus one, and store or render the star shape to an output device. A fractional star point is differentiated from integer star points by a differential radial length between the two. Some embodiments also receive a non-integer polygon sides input parameter value and render a modified polygon shape with a total number of sides equal to an integer portion of the polygon sides input parameter plus one. A number of sides equal to the integer portion of the polygon sides parameter minus one are rendered as regular polygon sides. Two sides are rendered as adjacent symmetrical bezier curves, and the modified polygon shape is stored or rendered to an output device.
US07864178B2
A machine vision development environment that may utilize a control flow representation (preferably a state diagram representation) to specify and execute machine vision routines (e.g., sometimes referred to as inspection routines). A user may first create one or more machine vision routines using any of various methods. The user may then graphically specify a sequence of machine vision steps or operations, e.g., a machine vision inspection, using a state diagram representation. The state diagram representation may comprise a plurality of icons which represent states with corresponding operations or functions, such as, for example, Load Inspection, Part Ready, Run Inspection, Read Digital Input, etc. The various icons may be connected by wires that indicate control flow transitions, e.g., state transitions, among the states. The state diagram may then be executed to control the machine vision routines.
US07864175B2
A method of fast gridding of irregular data, has been developed for spatial interpolation of large irregular spatial point data sets; for example building a 3D geographic terrain grid surface from billions of irregularly spaced xyz coordinates on the earth's surface. The method developed typically translates into many orders of magnitude gain in computational speed. For example, to produce a gridded data set (having M rows and N columns) from P irregularly located sampling points, the computational steps required can be reduced from a number of the order of O(M×N×P) to a lesser number of the order of O(M×N+P) operations. The method achieves this by ensuring that each of the P sampling points is visited only once. This is particularly significant since spatial data collection devices typically collect data points in the billions. The method described is readily extendible to any number of dimensions.
US07864169B2
In an active matrix panel, a pixel matrix which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of source lines, and thin film transistors is formed on a first transparent substrate. A second transparent substrate is formed opposite to the first transparent substrate. A liquid crystal material is disposed between the first and second transparent substrates. A gate line driver circuit and a source line driver circuit are formed by a P-type, an N-type, a complementary type thin film transistors (including silicon film) or the like on the first transparent substrate. Also, a data processing circuit for performing mask processing or the like is formed by the thin film transistors or the like on the first transparent substrate.
US07864157B1
Electromagnetic signals are sent between a base station and a human interface device (HID). Movements of the HID are detected according to an amount of time required for the electromagnetic signals to return back from the HID. In one embodiment, the electromagnetic signals are radio frequency (RF) waves carrying one or more pulses that are sent by multiple antennas in the base station and returned back from multiple antennas in the HID.
US07864149B2
In a display panel, main and sub pixel electrodes are connected to first and second drain electrodes of a thin film transistor, respectively, to receive a data voltage during a 1 H period as main and sub pixel voltages. A main storage electrode overlaps the main pixel electrode to receive a first common voltage that varies with the gate pulse and the polarity of the data voltage. A sub storage electrode overlaps the sub pixel electrode to receive a second common voltage that is uniformly maintained at a constant voltage level. The sub pixel voltage is uniformly maintained by the second common voltage, but the main pixel voltage is shifted up or down by the first common voltage. Thus, the main pixel voltage may have a voltage level higher than that of the sub pixel voltage.
US07864145B2
A display unit and a display panel are provided. In the display panel, uneven images caused by the electrical difference between driving transistors within the display unit are prevented through increasing the number of switch elements within the display unit and the number of scan signals and controlling data signals. Moreover, unequal brightness resulted from the disposition of the power lines is also prevented.
US07864142B2
A display device includes a light source device and an image display panel operable to display an image using light emitted from the light source device. The light source device includes a plurality of series drive circuits each including a predetermined number of series-connected light-emitting diodes, a constant-current circuit outputting a constant amount of current to one of the plural series drive circuits serving as a reference, the plural series drive circuits being connected in parallel with the current output, a current mirror circuit operable to allow the same amount of current to flow through the plural series drive circuits, and a voltage dropping circuit operable to cause a voltage drop of a predetermined level in the series drive circuit serving as the reference, the voltage dropping circuit being disposed in series with the light-emitting diodes forming the series drive circuit serving as the reference.
US07864140B2
A light-emitting display device includes a pixel circuit that transmits a data signal using switches responding to control signals. The pixel circuit of the light-emitting display device includes first and second switching transistors serially coupled to a data line. A capacitor is charged with charges in response to a data signal from the data line through the first and second switching transistors. A driving transistor outputs a current corresponding to the charges in the capacitor. A light-emitting diode emits light corresponding to the current. One of the first and second switching transistors is turned on in response to a select signal from a first scan line and the other one is turned on in response to a control signal for controlling an operation of a second pixel circuit.
US07864138B2
A portable computer including a housing having first and second sections, the first section having an information input device and the second section having a case having a first fastening element; a display panel including a second fastening element at a rear surface of the panel, the case and the display panel being attached through the first and second fastening elements; a hinge coupling the first and the second sections to each other; and a display panel support member having a third fastening element, the display panel support member being attached to the display panel through the third fastening element.
US07864131B2
A versatile wire antenna that can be up to 80 percent shorter than traditional wire antennas—while still providing exceptional operating characteristics. The present invention is also more durable than traditional wire antennas, offers broadband and multi-band performance, eliminates tension on the wire components, does not require inductive elements, does not require end insulators or transmission-line feed-point insulators, has low noise characteristics, and offers the potential for significant static-discharge capability. Also disclosed is a method for constructing the present invention.
US07864129B2
Advanced RF therapeutic antenna probes, their systems and usage methods are disclosed. The therapeutic antenna probe comprising an RF power transmitting cable by which a dipole antenna assembly is formed and a sheath that includes the dipole antenna assembly therein. The RF power transmitting means comprises at least a central conductor, a cylindrical dielectric insulator formed around the central conductor and an outer conductor all of which are formed to be the dipole antenna assembly. A dipole antenna which is a member of the dipole antenna assembly is composed of the first and second electrodes which are formed by a part and another part of the outer conductor, respectively, and electrically connected to the one central conductor and an isolating means which is formed between the first and the second electrodes. The sheath is made of a hard material for at least a head element having a sharp edge.
US07864118B2
Dual circularly polarized antenna system and a method of communicating signals by the antenna system
An antenna system and a method for communicating signals by a dual circularly polarized antenna system are provided. The antenna system includes a substantially straight microstrip segment and a plurality of substantially straight microstrip projections. The plurality of microstrip projections extend from the microstrip segment in pairs at a predetermined angle, wherein each microstrip projection of the pair of microstrip projections extends from substantially the same location on the microstrip segment. A first microstrip projection extends from the microstrip segment on a first side of the microstrip segment and a second microstrip projection extends from the microstrip segment on a second side of the microstrip segment, such that the first and second microstrip projections at least one of emit and receive circularly polarized radiation in a first direction and circularly polarized radiation in a second direction simultaneously.
US07864111B2
An arrangement for electronically steering a radiation lobe of an antenna. Radiators of the antenna are located in a row and two radiators, which are equidistant from a midpoint of the row, form a radiator pair. To steer the radiation lobe, each pair is associated with a reflection-type phase shifter, implemented by a shared transmission line and reflection point, which can be moved. Phase changes take place by moving the reflection point along the transmission line using one movable or several fixed reflection circuits. The phase adjusting for all radiator pairs in a row is implemented simultaneously by a common control circuit. In the former case the reflection circuits of the different transmission lines are slides attached to one and the same movable arm. In the latter case one of the reflection circuits of each transmission line is activated at a time.
US07864110B2
The invention relates to a method for beam formation by calculation. For each defective active module of rank ip, the missing samples of the microwave signal a(îp) are calculated by one or more non-adaptive interpolations using the samples coming from the active modules in nominal operating mode situated in the neighborhood of the defective active modules, the beam being formed as if the interpolated samples a(îp) were the real measurements. In particular, the invention is applicable to the compensation for the effects of failures of one or more active modules distributed over an antenna of a radar with electronic scanning. The method according to the invention can notably be implemented within an airborne weather radar.
US07864109B2
A spread spectrum signal receiver includes a radio signal processing unit, which is at least partly implemented in software running on a processor. The processing unit is adapted to estimate a respective processing demand required to produce position/time related data based on each subset of a number of candidate subsets of signal sources among a group of potential signal sources. Each candidate subset contains at least a minimum number of signal sources, which is necessary to produce the position/time related data of a desired quality. The processing unit is adapted to select a set of preferred signal sources from the group of potential signal sources based on a candidate subset, which is associated with a lowest estimated processing demand during a subsequent receiver operating period. Then, the receiver receives spread spectrum signals from the selected set of signal sources, and based on the received signals produces position/time related data.
US07864093B2
Provided is a pulse phase difference detecting circuit including: a first delay circuit that receives a first pulse signal to output a signal obtained by delaying the first pulse signal as a second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the same delay amount; a second delay circuit that receives the second pulse signal and includes multiple serially-connected delay units having the delay amount; a first delay adjustment circuit that adjusts a delay amount with respect to the second pulse signal and outputs the adjusted second pulse signal back to the first delay circuit as a third pulse signal; and a pulse arrival position detecting circuit that detects a pulse arrival position of the first pulse signal based on outputs of the delay units of the first and second delay circuits that are transmitted as the third and second pulse signals, respectively.
US07864088B2
Processes and apparatuses for direct current (DC) offset cancellation using digital signal processing. Some embodiments of the invention are summarized in this section. In one embodiment, a circuit includes: an analog receiver; and a feedback circuit comprising a digital signal processor coupled with the analog receiver to generate a feedback signal to the analog receiver.
US07864072B2
A system, program product and method for automatically adjusting the traffic light of a traffic light controlled intersection. Personal data relative to a pedestrian cross walking the intersection, including walking speed, and the current speed of a vehicle approaching the intersection are simultaneously acquired. Both the personal data and the vehicle current speed are processed to generate cross walk control signals, such as indicators of risk of collision between vehicle and pedestrian. Where the risk warrants action, the “stop” condition of the traffic light is enable to warn the vehicle to stop. Traffic control signals are also generated to control the duration of the “walk” condition for slow moving pedestrians.
US07864071B2
An emergency vehicle traffic light preemption system for preemption of traffic lights at an intersection to allow safe passage of emergency vehicles. The system includes a real-time status monitor of an intersection which is relayed to a control module for transmission to emergency vehicles as well as to a central dispatch office. The system also provides for audio warnings at an intersection to protect pedestrians who may not be in a position to see visual warnings or for various reasons cannot hear the approach of emergency vehicles. A transponder mounted on an emergency vehicle provides autonomous control so the vehicle operator can attend to getting to an emergency and not be concerned with the operation of the system. Activation of a priority-code (i.e. Code-3) situation provides communications with each intersection being approached by an emergency vehicle and indicates whether the intersection is preempted or if there is any conflict with other approaching emergency vehicles. On-board diagnostics handle various information including heading, speed, and acceleration sent to a control module which is transmitted to an intersection and which also simultaneously receives information regarding the status of an intersection. Real-time communications and operations software allow central and remote monitoring, logging, and command of intersections and vehicles.
US07864064B2
The present invention relates to detection and alarm systems for predicting and detecting the location of spills, leaks, emissions, and/or pollution sources, i.e., unwanted fluid (liquid/gas) flow/escape, at refineries, e.g., oil and gas refineries, and plants, e.g., petrochemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food processing plants, and avoiding said unwanted flow/escape. According to one embodiment, said system comprises at least one detector, at least one battery powered radio frequency transmitter, preferably, according to one embodiment, a 900 megahertz spread spectrum transmitter, and a central processing location which, according to one embodiment, is preferably capable of handling up to 3000 points in a single cell site.
US07864052B2
The present invention relates to a system that will permit the automatic measurement of the efficiencies of a delivery process from end to end. This system uses Radio Frequency based transponders and reader infrastructure to capture data as objects that contain RF transponders pass process points. In particular this invention permits the capture of delivery data automatically at the final end point. This invention is applicable in delivery applications such as those performed by post offices.
US07864046B2
A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product that enable a component to prepare for the arrival of a moving component by providing, to the component, an automated notification of the moving component's approach. When a moving component approaches an arrival point, a signal is received from a transponder chip on the moving component, wherein the signal includes a unique identifier for the transponder chip. The moving component is then identified based on the unique identifier in the signal. A second signal is sent to the component to signal that initiation of a set of actions to be performed with respect to the moving component may occur.
US07864045B2
A transmission sequence is broadcast from a locator to a group of transponder devices. Each transponder identified with the group is arranged to receive and capture at least a portion of the transmission, correlate the captured information with an internally stored reference sequence for the identified group, and identify a correlation when the captured information correlates with the internally stored reference sequence. Each transponder that finds a correlation is arranged to broadcast a transmission reply sequence at a precisely determined time interval so that the transponders in a group transmit at different times. A series of locators receive the transmission reply sequence(s), each at a precisely logged time of arrival, and the locators forward the received results to a central processing unit for time synchronization, location tracking, and inventory logging.
US07864043B2
A system, device and method for identifying, within a local area, a location of an electronic device, such as a mobile telephone, includes determining a signal characteristic of a wireless communication from one or more wireless devices in the local area to the electronic device, wherein determining is performed by the electronic device. Then, based on a comparison of the determined signal characteristic from the one or more wireless devices to a plurality of reference signal characteristics the location of the electronic device in the local area is determined.
US07864040B2
There is described a localization system with a mobile position data transmitter having a position-detecting device for detecting a position of the position data transmitter and for deriving position data from the position detected. The position data transmitter also has a radio tag writing device for wirelessly emitting the derived position data with a write signal for writing to radio tags. The localization system also has radio tags which are to be spatially distributed and each have a memory for storing an item of localization information which is taken from the position data received with the write signal. A radio tag reading device is used to retrieve and output the stored read information from the radio tags that are situated in the retrieval range.
US07864025B2
There is provided a static electricity countermeasure component including a varistor layer having a plurality of inner electrodes of a planer shape, embedded therein a board including alumina laminated with the varistor layer, and a terminal connected to the inner electrode of the varistor layer and formed at a side face of the varistor layer, in which the varistor layer and the board are sintered to thereby diffuse bismuth oxide of the varistor layer in the board and provide a bismuth oxide diffusing layer at the board. In this way, the static electricity countermeasure component achieving thin-sized formation while maintaining a varistor characteristic against a small surge voltage can be realized.
US07864004B2
A circuit breaker is disclosed. The circuit breaker has a single pole module housing having a 1 W width with a first conduction path and a second conduction path disposed within the single pole module housing. The first and second conduction paths are electrically isolated from each other via an interior wall of the single pole module housing. A first activation mechanism is in operable communication with the first conduction path and a second activation mechanism is in operable communication with the second conduction path. The first activation mechanism is in operable communication with the first conduction path independent of the second activation mechanism and the second conduction path. The second activation mechanism is in operable communication with the second conduction path independent of the first activation mechanism and the first conduction path.
US07864000B2
There is provided a high frequency switching circuit that can reduce generation of a harmonic signal without using a boost circuit. A high frequency switching circuit according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first switch having one end connected to a first port and the other end connected to a ground; a second switch having one end connected to a second port and the other end connected to the first port by a phase rotation element; and a control circuit controlling to turn off the first switch and turn on the second switch when a high frequency signal input to the first port is output through the second port, wherein the control circuit controls the off-state of the first switch so as to increase harmonics of the high frequency signal generated from the first switch, and the phase rotation element rotates the phase of the harmonics generated in the first switch within a frequency band of the harmonics, and cancels the phase-rotated harmonics generated from the first switch and harmonics generated from the second switch in opposite phases to each other.
US07863999B2
A tunable RF filter comprises a signal transmission path having an input and output, a plurality of resonant elements disposed along the signal transmission path between the input and output, and a set of non-resonant elements coupling the resonant elements together to form a stop band having a plurality of transmission zeroes corresponding to respective frequencies of the resonant elements, and at least one sub-band between the transmission zeroes. The set of non-resonant elements comprises a first plurality of non-resonant elements respectively coupled in parallel with the resonant elements, and a second plurality of non-resonant elements respectively coupled in series with the resonant elements. The first plurality of non-resonant elements comprises at least one variable non-resonant element for selectively introducing at least one reflection zero within the stop band to create a pass band in one of the one sub-band(s) without varying any of the second plurality of non-resonant elements.
US07863998B2
Methods and systems for processing signals via directional couplers embedded in an integrated circuit package are disclosed and may include generating via a directional coupler, one or more output RF signals that may be proportional to a received RF signal. The directional coupler may be integrated in a multi-layer package. The generated RF signal may be processed by an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the multi-layer package. The directional coupler may include quarter wavelength transmission lines, which may include microstrip or coplanar structures. The directional coupler may be electrically coupled to one or more variable capacitances in the integrated circuit. The variable capacitance may include CMOS devices in the integrated circuit. The directional coupler may include discrete devices, which may be surface mount devices coupled to the multi-layer package or may be devices integrated in the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be flip-chip bonded to the multi-layer package.
US07863992B2
An oscillator includes a first comparator circuit, a second comparator circuit, an oscillation signal generator circuit, and a frequency voltage generator circuit. The first comparator circuit generates a first pulse when a frequency voltage reaches a first reference voltage, and the second comparator circuit generates a second pulse when the frequency voltage reaches a second reference voltage. The oscillation signal generator circuit generates an oscillation signal by latching a first voltage in response to the first pulse and latching a second voltage in response to the second pulse. The frequency voltage generator circuit raises or lowers the frequency voltage in response to the oscillation signal. The driving capability of the first comparator circuit is reduced at the latching of the first voltage and is restored at the latching of the second voltage. The driving capability of the second comparator circuit is reduced at the latching of the second voltage and is restored at the latching of the first voltage.
US07863986B2
Techniques for improving the quality factor (“Q”) of a balun in the presence of loading stages are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the ground node of a balun secondary (single-ended) element is connected to a source node of an amplifier stage via a common ground node. The connection may be made physically short to minimize any parasitic elements. In another exemplary embodiment, the common ground node may be coupled to an off-chip ground voltage via a peaking inductor. The peaking inductor may be implemented on-chip, e.g., as a spiral inductor, or off-chip e.g., using bondwires.
US07863985B1
An output stage for an amplifier is provided. The amplifier generally provides for compensation of an error current generated by the base-collector (or gate-drain) capacitance of a common base (or gate) amplifier transistor. The stage accomplishes this by utilizing a three transistor Wilson current mirror to combine the error current with a mirrored bias current to reduce the load current on the common base (or gate) amplifier transistor.
US07863963B2
A circuit comprises first and second inverters, first, second, third, and fourth transistors, and an enabling circuit. The first and second inverters each have an input terminal for receiving one of the first or second input signals, an output terminal, and first and second supply terminals. The first transistor is coupled to a first power supply terminal, to the output terminal of the second inverter, and to the first inverter. The second transistor is coupled to the first power supply terminal, to the output terminal of the first inverter, and to the first supply terminal of the second inverter. The third and fourth transistor are coupled to the second supply terminals of the first and second inverters, respectively, and each includes a control electrode and a second current electrode. The enabling circuit is for controlling the third and fourth transistors to reduce a leakage current in the circuit.
US07863939B2
A signal detecting apparatus detects a signal received based on a current received and includes a detecting unit that detects, in the current received, a peak equal to or higher than a threshold and a time counting unit that counts a given period of time from a point in time of detection of the peak by the detecting unit. The signal detecting apparatus further includes a determining unit that determines whether the detecting unit has detected the peak again within the given period of time counted by the time counting unit. An output unit of the signal detecting apparatus outputs information indicating detection of the signal received when the determining unit determines that the peak has been detected again.
US07863936B1
A driving circuit includes at least a driving unit, a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The driving circuit includes a first bias component, a second bias component, a first pre-emphasis unit, a second pre-emphasis unit, and a transmitter unit. The first bias component has a first node coupled to a first reference voltage and a second node for outputting a first bias current. The second bias component has a first node for draining a second bias current and a second node coupled to a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage.
US07863929B1
The invention discloses an active back-end termination circuit, which comprises a first resistor, a first transistor, a second resistor, and a second transistor. The first resistor and the first transistor are connected in series for forming a first impendence unit. A first source of the first transistor is connected to a working voltage with VTT. The second resistor and the second transistor are connected in series for forming a second impendence unit. A second gate and a second drain of the second transistor are connected to the working voltage with VTT. Wherein, the first impendence unit and the second impendence unit are connected in parallel. The first transistor or the second transistor is switched on through a power source, and the first transistor and the second transistor change the impedance actively for matching a load according to the voltage source.
US07863923B2
In a method for testing a plurality of consecutively indexed sites, a default test sequence is applied to the consecutively indexed sites until a first defective site is identified. If a first defective site is identified, then a more stringent test sequence is applied to a predefined number of sites subsequent to the first defective site. If the more stringent test sequence does not identify a second defective site in the predefined number of sites subsequent to the first defective site, then the default test sequence is resumed.
US07863915B2
A probe card cooling assembly for use in a test system includes a package with one or more dies cooled by direct cooling. The cooled package includes one or more dies with active electronic components and at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the high-density package and directly cool the active electronic components of the dies during a testing operation.
US07863912B2
System including backplane, and first and second circuit boards. First circuit board is attached to backplane and has first optical signal transmitter. Second circuit board is attached to backplane and has first optical signal receiver. First optical signal transmitter and first optical signal receiver are separated by free space and form optical communication link configured for circuit board test signal communication from first circuit board to second circuit board through the free space. Method includes providing backplane and first and second circuit boards, where first circuit board is attached to backplane and has first optical signal transmitter, and second circuit board is attached to backplane and has first optical signal receiver. First optical signal transmitter and first optical signal receiver are separated by free space, and form optical communication link. Method additionally includes transmitting circuit board test signal from first circuit board to second circuit board through the free space.
US07863910B2
There is provided an insulation resistance detecting apparatus that accurately calculates an insulation resistance value in real time. The insulation resistance detecting apparatus includes: pulse generator 10, comparator 11 to which reference voltage VREF is supplied as one input and an output from pulse generator 10 is supplied as the other input, comparator 11 that outputs a low-level signal when the level of the other input exceeds reference voltage VREF, and that outputs a high-level signal when the level of the other input is lower than reference voltage VREF; resistance R1 provided on the output line of pulse generator 10 in series; coupling capacitor C2 one end of which is connected to the other input line of comparator 11 and the other end of which is connected to the output line of high-voltage DC power supply 21; capacitor C1 one end of which is connected to the other input line of comparator 11 and the other end of which is connected to a ground; and pulse width measuring device 12 that calculates the value of insulation resistance on the output line of high-voltage DC power supply 21 from the duty ratio of an output waveform of comparator 11.
US07863906B2
Systems and methods for determining the configuration of a connection between two devices by measuring an electrical characteristic are provided. Using the measured electrical characteristic, a device is able to select an appropriate communication interface, such as serial, Universal Serial Bus (USB), FireWire, parallel, PS/2, etc., and configure itself appropriately. Systems and methods which determine the physical orientation of a connector with respect to another connector may also be provided alone or in combination with such systems and methods for selecting communication interfaces. The physical orientation of a connector can be determined by measuring an electrical characteristic and a device can then configure itself appropriately. In accordance with the principles of the present invention, device designs can decrease in size and cost as well as simplify operation for the end-user.
US07863904B2
A fuel cell detection device according to the present invention includes: a cell block formed with a plurality of cells serially connected to each other; a voltage detection element for detecting voltages of the cells within the cell block; and another voltage detection element for detecting a voltage of the operating power source of the voltage detection element, where the operating power source of the voltage detection element is supplied from a voltage of the inside or both ends of the cell block, and the operating power source of another voltage detection element is supplied from a voltage of the outside of the cell block, the operating power source of another voltage detection element being less variable than the operating power source of the voltage detection element.
US07863898B2
In a method to determine a phase position of a magnetization that is caused by radiation of an adiabatic RF pulse for the acquisition of magnetic resonance signals from a slice of an examination subject, an RF pulse of a first type is radiated and a first magnetic resonance signal is acquired, an adiabatic RF pulse is radiated and a second magnetic resonance signal is acquired, the phase of a magnetization induced by the RF pulse of the first type is calculated, as a first phase, and the phase of a magnetization induced by the adiabatic RF pulse is calculated as a second phase, and the phase position of the second phase in relation to the first phase is determined.
US07863897B2
A system and method for determining the temporal resolution of a tomographic imaging device uses an apparatus to drive one or more dynamic phantoms composed of multiple materials. The apparatus is placed at or near the isocenter of the imaging device and the one or more phantoms are moved to produce a plurality of dynamic features, each having a specified frequency. The dynamic features are imaged with the device and the acquired image data corresponding to the dynamic features is analyzed to determine a temporal modulation transfer value at each of the known specified frequencies. The temporal resolution of the imaging device is determined using these temporal modulation transfer values.
US07863895B2
A system, program product, and method to determine water, fat, and transverse relaxation time constants in MRI scanning are provided. A method includes initiating readout gradient pulses to collect echo signals with identical phase encoded gradients to thereby produce a plurality of images, instead of a single image with a single readout gradient. A receiver bandwidth used for collecting the echo signals can be determined responsive to an acquisition matrix size along the readout axis and a time duration for water and fat signals to evolve by a preselected phase angle. In a modified FSE implementation, for example, a method includes using readout gradient pulses that use substantially all of the echo spacing time periods between successive refocus RF pulses. By exploiting the phase and the amplitude relationship between the images, the method can include processing the images to generate separate water and fat images, as well as quantitative maps of transverse relaxation time constants.
US07863885B1
A sonde includes an elongate flexible ferromagnetic core and a coil surrounds an intermediate segment of the core. A housing surrounds and supports the coil. An electronic drive circuit is mounted in the housing for supplying the coil with an electric signal that will induce the core to emit electromagnetic signals at a predetermined strength and frequency that can be remotely detected. Self-contained battery powered float-type and pill-type sondes are also disclosed.
US07863875B1
A voltage regulator may be configured to detect variation in load current and control transient response when the load current has a high slew rate or varies at high repetition rates. A linear control circuit may be employed to control charging of an output capacitor and a load of the regulator. Upon detection of high load current step-up change at high slew rates, a non-linear control circuit may be activated. The fast load current step change may be detected by comparing an output voltage of the regulator to a feedback input of an error amplifier of the linear control circuit. The output of the error amplifier may be clamped to prevent output voltage ring-back when using the non-linear control circuit or to control load release dip. Output voltage overshoot may be controlled by turning OFF a top switch that charges the output capacitor before the inductor current becomes zero.
US07863871B2
Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power (for example, 48 volts DC) to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneously over the same communications medium with the high speed data from one node to the other node. The PSE typically includes a controller that controls the DC power provided to the PD at the second node of the communications link. The PSE controller measures the voltage, current, and temperature of the outgoing and incoming DC supply lines to characterize the power requirements of the PD. In addition, the PSE controller may detect and validate a compatible PD, determine a power classification signature for the validated PD, supply power to the PD, monitor the power, and reduce or remove the power from the PD when the power is no longer requested or required. The PSE controller also monitors for a Maintain Power Signature (MPS). The PSE controller removes power from the PD if the MPS condition is absent for longer than its related time limit. The MPS consists of two components: an AC MPS component and a DC MPS component. The PSE controller may optionally monitor the AC MPS component only, the DC MPS component only or both the AC and the DC MPS components.
US07863867B2
A control system for an electrical power generation system (EPGS) provides overload protection without disconnecting a generator of the EPGS from an excessive electrical load. Available engine power and current levels of the electrical load are continuously measured. A command voltage is calculated that corresponds to a voltage required to sustain with the maximum available power. Output voltage of a generator of the EPGS is controlled at the calculated command voltage so that a power limit of the engine is not exceeded during electrical overload conditions.
US07863865B2
Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for charging a battery. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising determining if a maximum current output of a power source is above a threshold, configuring a regulator coupled to the power source, wherein the regulator is configured in a pass mode if the maximum current output is above the threshold, and wherein the regulator is configured in a regulation mode if the maximum current output is below the threshold, and generating pulses to a battery, wherein an output of the regulator is coupled to the battery when a pulse is being generated, and the output of the regulator is decoupled from the battery when a pulse is not being generated. In other embodiments, the techniques may be embodied in a circuit including a detection circuit and a switching regulator coupled to a battery through a pulse circuit.
US07863863B2
A multi-cell battery pack charge balance circuit is connected to a recharge-discharge circuit to charge battery cells. The charge balance circuit includes a first balance circuit, a second balance circuit and a protection circuit. The first balance circuit is connected to a first node of the recharge-discharge circuit. The first balance circuit includes a plurality of controlling units, each of the controlling units includes a switch element and a resistor element connected with the switch element. The second balance circuit is connected to a second node of the recharge-discharge circuit and the first balance circuit. The second balance circuit has a first and second branch. The first branch includes a switch element. The second branch includes a switch element and a resistor element connected with each other. The protection circuit has a plurality of controlling points. The controlling points connect with the corresponding switch elements of the first and second balance circuits.
US07863856B2
A system for bi-directional battery charging, including a first electronic device, including a first rechargeable battery, for providing power to the first electronic device, and a first battery charger, and a second electronic device, including a second rechargeable battery, for providing power to the second electronic device, a second battery charger, a voltage boost that receives an input voltage from the first rechargeable battery and is selectively enabled to either up-convert the input voltage as input to the second battery charger, or else to passively pass the input voltage to the second battery charger; and a controller for programmatically controlling the first and the second battery chargers and the voltage boost, wherein the second electronic device attaches to the first electronic device to operate in combination therewith, and wherein the controller is programmed to decide, based on the voltages of the first and the second rechargeable batteries: (i) whether to supply power to the second electronic device from the first or second rechargeable battery, (ii) whether to charge the second rechargeable battery from the first rechargeable battery, and (iii) whether to enable or disable the voltage boost. A method is also described and claimed.
US07863848B2
An industrial robot system including at least one industrial robot including at least one manipulator located in a robot cell, a control unit for controlling the manipulator, a portable operator control device for teaching and manually operating the manipulator, a detecting unit detecting when the portable operator control device leaves the robot cell, and a warning generator producing a warning to the operator upon detecting that the portable operator control device leaves the robot cell.
US07863846B2
A control device is provided for an assembly of a motor vehicle body, which assembly can be moved between at least two positions, specifically at least between a position retracted to the maximum extent and a position deployed to the maximum extent, in particular a spoiler. The control device contains a first sensor which transmits a signal to an evaluation device, which determines the position of the assembly from the signal of the first sensor, in dependence on the rotational speed of a motor which serves to move the assembly, and a second sensor which monitors a deployed position of the assembly and transmits a corresponding signal to the evaluation device. The evaluation device corrects the signal provided by the first sensor when the assembly is at least temporarily located in the position monitored by the second sensor and the signal provided by the first sensor is outside a tolerance range.
US07863845B2
In a power supply apparatus, a power supply circuit includes a primary power supply circuit including a high-voltage battery and a step-down circuit for stepping down the voltage of the high-voltage battery, and a secondary power supply circuit including a low-voltage battery and a step-up circuit for stepping up the voltage of the low-voltage battery. The primary power supply circuit and the secondary power supply circuit are connected in parallel. An output voltage of the secondary power supply circuit is set to be lower than an output voltage of the primary power supply circuit. When the output voltage of the primary power supply circuit becomes lower than a target voltage of the secondary power supply circuit, the voltage stepped-up by the step-up circuit is supplied to a motor drive circuit. Accordingly, power supply backup of an electric power steering apparatus can be performed at low cost.
US07863843B2
A control system for controlling an electric machine (EM) of a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The system includes: an enable module that selectively enables a motoring mode of the EM based on ambient air temperature; and an EM control module that commands the EM to provide motoring torque as a function of engine speed during the motoring mode.
US07863842B1
A control system and method for a multi-phase motor substantially reduces or eliminates jitter resulting from drive mismatch by replacing a conventional trapezoidal drive profile with a drive profile that causes the voltage applied across active phases of the motor to match the back-EMF across those phases. In an ideal motor, the back-EMF is substantially sinusoidal, and although the drive profile applied to each phase is not truly substantially sinusoidal, the drive voltage across the active phases is substantially sinusoidal. In a non-ideal motor, the back-EMF is not truly sinusoidal and the drive profiles applied to each phase are calculated to cause the drive voltage across the active phases to match the back-EMF across those phases.
US07863839B2
A fan speed control system for a machine is disclosed. The control system may include a fan to provide a flow of coolant to the machine. The system may further include a first sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of an operational parameter of the machine, a second sensor associated with the fan to generate a second signal indicative of an actual speed of the fan, and a controller communicatively coupled to the fan, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The controller may be configured to generate a third signal indicative of a desired fan speed based on the first signal, and a fourth signal indicative of a difference between the desired fan speed and the actual fan speed. The controller may drive the fan based on the third signal and the fourth signal.
US07863835B2
A display includes a backlight module having elongated lamps. At least a pair of the lamps has a first lamp and a second lamp that are electrically connected in series. The first lamp and the second lamp are spaced apart with at least a third lamp positioned between the first and second lamps.
US07863834B2
An ultraviolet lamp assembly and corresponding methods is operable to generate ultraviolet light for irradiating a substrate. The lamp assembly includes a magnetron, an electrodeless lamp for emitting ultraviolet light when excited by microwave radiation generated from the magnetron, and a power control circuit arrangement configured to control an output power of the microwave radiation generated by the magnetron corresponding to the intensity of ultraviolet light produced by the lamp. A first control loop of the power control circuit is configured to regulate an input current to the magnetron based upon an input current setting associated with a desired intensity of UV light output of the lamp and a second control loop coupled to the first control loop configured to adjust the input current setting used by the first control loop to regulate the input current to the magnetron based upon an input power to the magnetron, which is proportional to the intensity of UV light output from the lamp.
US07863832B2
The present invention relates to systems, equipment and methods that provide emergency lighting and allow the detection of brownout conditions. One aspect of the present invention is an emergency lighting system with an input voltage interface for receiving an input voltage, a brownout detection component for detecting a brownout condition on the input voltage and generating a brownout signal, a switch mode power converter for altering the input voltage; and an emergency lighting control and battery charging component for controlling the charging of a battery pack and receiving the brownout signal. Another aspect of the invention is a method of providing emergency lighting performed by receiving an input voltage; automatically establishing a brownout threshold relative to the input voltage; and detecting a brownout condition.
US07863823B2
A method of improving uniformity of brightness between pixels in an electron emission panel includes respectively applying a scan driving voltage and a data driving voltage to a scan electrode and a data electrode of each of a plurality of pixels, wherein one of the scan driving voltage and the data driving voltage is higher than the other; measuring a brightness of each of the pixels; and respectively applying a scan adjustment voltage and a data adjustment voltage to the scan electrode and the data electrode of each of the pixels based on the measured brightness of a respective one of the pixels, wherein a higher one of the scan adjustment voltage and the data adjustment voltage is applied to a same one of the scan electrode and the data electrode to which a lower one of the scan driving voltage and the data driving voltage is applied.
US07863809B2
A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, in which a light-emitting body is sealed between a substrate and a sealing body, includes forming a light-emitting layer, made of a light emitting material, on the surface of the substrate; forming the sealing body which partially covers the light-emitting layer; and removing portions of the light-emitting layer, which are not covered by the sealing body, using the sealing body as a mask, thereby forming the light-emitting body.
US07863807B2
Systems for displaying images and fabrication method thereof are provided. A representative system incorporates an electroluminescent device including light emitting units emitting lights with different luminescent intensities along light emitting paths thereof, formed overlying a substrate. And a compensation layer is disposed along the light emitting paths to adjust the different luminescent intensities for outputting substantially uniform light.
US07863804B2
A piezoelectric vibration element having a favorable drive level characteristic for miniaturization, and a piezoelectric oscillator. The piezoelectric vibration element includes a base made of a piezoelectric material, a plurality of vibration arms extended from the base, a long groove formed along a longitudinal direction of a main surface of each of the plurality of vibration arms, and an exciting electrode provided inside the long groove. A center position in a width dimension of the long groove is decentered in a minus X-axis direction from a center position of an arm width dimension.
US07863800B2
A transducer operating with surface acoustic waves is specified, which is divided into cells, whose length essentially equals one wavelength, comprising cells of the second type, which are SPUDT cells and which have an excitation intensity of 100%, and at least one cell of the first cell type, which has at least four excitation centers, wherein an excitation center lies between two adjacent fingers with different polarities, and wherein the cell of the first cell type has an excitation intensity of a maximum of 30%.
US07863795B2
A conductor bar for a large, rotating electric machine includes a press-formed conductor loop having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The conductor loop includes a plurality of identical, helically wound, Roebel transposed, stranded conductors. Each of the stranded conductors includes a cable including a plurality of electrically insulated individual wires, wherein the cross-sectional shape is constant along a length of the conductor bar.
US07863792B2
A rotor (11) is provided with: a main permanent magnet mounting layer (21) having a plurality of main permanent magnets (21a) mounted thereon; a first sub permanent magnet mounting layer (22) having a plurality of first sub permanent magnets (22a) mounted thereon; a second sub permanent magnet mounting layer (23) having a plurality of second sub permanent magnets (23a) mounted thereon; and a phase change mechanism capable, by turning at least either one of the first sub permanent magnet mounting layer (22) and the second permanent magnet mounting layer (23), and the main permanent magnet mounting layer (21) about the rotational axis, of changing the relative phase between the first sub permanent magnet mounting layer (22) and the second permanent magnet mounting layer (23), and the main permanent magnet mounting layer (21).
US07863786B2
A drive apparatus for a washing machine includes an electric motor, a drive shaft connected to the electric motor for rotary drive purposes and electronics for controlling operation of the electric motor. In order to achieve a compact construction, the electric motor and the electronics are integrated in a common unit. In order to increase operational reliability of the drive apparatus together with a simple construction, the common unit has a wall which is thermally coupled both to the electric motor and to the electronics and serves to dissipate heat. The electronics have a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the wall. Both the temperature of the electric motor and the temperature of the electronics can be monitored with this one temperature sensor.
US07863778B2
A power controlling integrated circuit cell is provided within an integrated circuit power grid to selectively couple an unswitched power supply input to a switched power supply output. The power controlling integrated circuit cell also includes a power control signal input and a power control signal output for supporting the distribution through the integrated circuit of the power control signal. The power controlling integrated circuit cell has a power switching circuit responsive to a power control input signal received at the power control signal input to selectively connect the switched power supply output to the unswitched power supply input, and a power control signal buffer circuit responsive to the switched power supply output to drive a power control output signal from the power control signal output.
US07863768B2
Flexible and elastic mechanisms for extracting power from a moving fluid. Sheet-like material is deformed during fabrication through an applied force so as to create undulations in said material, whose stresses are maintained through restraining components, thereby maintaining the occurrence of said deformations in the material. When placed in moving fluid, the resulting pressure differentials cause the positions of the undulations within the material to travel along said material in the same direction as the moving fluid. Power is extracted in one of two principle ways. The first is via a mechanical coupling of the sheet-like material to a rotating mechanism, which turns an electro-magnetic dynamo or other output device. The second is via the utilization of a flexible material which exhibits an electrical response to mechanical strain, whereby the strains caused by the travel of undulations along the material create an electrical current which is extracted via two or more electrodes.
US07863764B2
A torque converter-mounted generator is provided that, along with power electronics, offers at least two types of electrical power output and may be attached to a transmission without impacting the axial length of a powertrain in comparison to a powertrain with an identical transmission and a torque converter not having a generator mounted thereto. Different torque-converter mounted generators and power electronics configurations providing different combinations of electrical power voltages may be offered for use with a given transmission type, thus allowing flexibility in meeting customer needs without unduly impacting assembly of the powertrains. A method of assembling transmissions is also provided.
US07863738B2
In a method and system for transferring at least one of power and ground signal between a die and a package base of a semiconductor device, a connector is formed there between. The connector, which is disposed above the die attached to the package base, includes a center pad electrically coupled to the die by a plurality of conductive bumps and a finger extending outward from the center pad towards the package base. The finger is electrically coupled to the package base by a conductive pad. A plurality of bond wires are formed to electrically couple the package base and the die. A resistance of a conductive path via the connector is much less than a resistance of a conductive path via any one of the plurality of bond wires to facilitate an efficient transfer of the at least one of power and ground signal.
US07863731B2
A heat-dissipating structure and a heat-dissipating semiconductor package having the same are disclosed in the present invention. The heat-dissipating semiconductor package includes a chip carrier, a flip chip semiconductor chip attached and electrically connected to the chip carrier, and a heat sink bonded to the flip chip semiconductor chip via a thermal interface material, such as a solder material, wherein a groove is formed on the heat sink around the bonding area of the thermal interface material, and a blocking layer, such as a metal oxide layer, is formed on the surface of the groove to reduce the wetting capability of the thermal interface material, thus further prevents the thermal interface material from wetting the groove in the fusion process performed the thermal interface material, therefore, it ensures the thermal interface material has sufficient thickness for forming solder bonding between the heat sink and the flip chip semiconductor chip.
US07863729B2
A circuit board structure embedded with semiconductor chips is proposed. A semiconductor chip is received in a cavity of a supporting board. A dielectric layer and a circuit layer are formed on the supporting board and the semiconductor chip. A plurality of hollow conductive vias are formed in the dielectric layer for electrically connecting the circuit layer to the semiconductor chip. By providing the hollow conductive vias of present invention, the separating results of different coefficients of expansion and thermal stress are prevented, and thus electrical function of products is ensured.
US07863728B2
A semiconductor module includes components in a plastic casing. The semiconductor module includes a plastic package molding compound and a semiconductor chip. Also provided in the module are a first principal surface including an upper side of the plastic package molding compound and at least one active upper side of the semiconductor chip, a second principal surface including a back side of the plastic package molding compound, and a multilayered conductor track structure disposed on the first principal surface and a second metal layer disposed on the second principal surface.
US07863726B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit package system includes: forming a package substrate with a top substrate side and a bottom substrate side; forming a corner contact in a first corner of the bottom substrate side, the corner contact extending to a substrate edge of the package substrate; mounting an integrated circuit device over the top substrate side; connecting an electrical interconnect between the integrated circuit device and the top substrate side; and forming a package encapsulation over the top substrate side, the integrated circuit device, and the electrical interconnect.
US07863723B2
A semiconductor package and a method of producing the same has a substrate. A first semiconductor chip is coupled to a surface of the substrate. The first semiconductor chip has a first and second surfaces which are substantially flat in nature. An adhesive layer is coupled to the second surface of the first semiconductor chip. A second semiconductor chip having first and second surfaces which are substantially flat in nature is further provided. An insulator is coupled to the first surface of the second semiconductor chip for preventing shorting of wirebonds. The second semiconductor chip is coupled to the adhesive layer by the insulator coupled to the first surface thereof.
US07863720B2
A method and system for stacking integrated circuits is described. An integrated circuit stack is formed by stacking integrated circuit pairs. The integrated circuit pairs are formed by connecting an active surface of a first integrated circuit to an active surface of a second integrated circuit using flip chip bonding. The first integrated circuit pair is connected to a substrate using an adhesive. The other integrated circuit pairs are stacked sequentially on the first integrated circuit pair using an adhesive. Wire bonding is used to connect the second integrated circuit in each of the integrated circuit pairs to the substrate.
US07863713B2
For equalizing the rising and falling operating speeds in a CMOS circuit, it is necessary to make the areas of a p-type MOS transistor and an n-type MOS transistor different from each other due to a difference in carrier mobility therebetween. This area unbalance prevents an improvement in integration degree of semiconductor devices. The NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor each have a three-dimensional structure with a channel region on both the (100) plane and the (110) plane so that the areas of the channel regions and gate insulating films of both transistors are equal to each other. Accordingly, it is possible to make the areas of the gate insulating films and so on equal to each other and also to make the gate capacitances equal to each other. Further, the integration degree on a substrate can be improved twice as much as that in the conventional technique.
US07863705B2
A bonding pad structure in a semiconductor device includes a contact pad connected to an interconnect, a bonding pad overlying the contact pad with an intervention of an insulating film and exposed from an opening of a passivation film, and an annular contact disposed between the contact pad and the bonding pad for electric connection therebetween. The annular contact encircles the opening as viewed normal to the substrate surface.
US07863703B2
A high fill-factor photosensor array is formed comprising a P-layer, an I-layer, one or more semiconductor structures adjacent to the I-layer and each coupled to a N-layer, an electrically conductive electrode formed on top of the P-layer, and an additional semiconductor structure, adjacent to the N-layer and which is electrically connected to a voltage bias source. The bias voltage applied to the additional semiconductor structure charges the additional semiconductor structure, thereby creating a tunneling effect between the N-layer and the P-layer, wherein electrons leave the N-layer and reach the P-layer and the electrically conductive layer. The electrons then migrate and distribute uniformly throughout the electrically conductive layer, which ensures a uniform bias voltage across to the entire photosensor array. The biasing scheme in this invention allows to achieve mass production of photosensors without the use of wire bonding.
US07863694B2
A thin film transistor having an improved gate dielectric layer is disclosed. The gate dielectric layer comprises a poly(hydroxyalkyl acrylate-co-acrylonitrile) based polymer. The resulting gate dielectric layer has a high dielectric constant and can be crosslinked. Higher gate dielectric layer thicknesses can be used to prevent current leakage while still having a large capacitance for low operating voltages. Methods for producing such gate dielectric layers and/or thin film transistors comprising the same are also disclosed.
US07863691B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved integrated circuit switching device that incorporates multiple sets of series connected field effect transistors with each set further connected in parallel between two nodes. The sets are arranged in a linear fashion with each set positioned such that it is in contact with and essentially symmetrical relative to an adjacent set. Arranging the sets in this manner allows adjacent diffusion regions of the same type (i.e., sources or drains) from adjacent sets to be merged. Merging of the diffusion regions provides several benefits, including but not limited to, reducing the device size, reducing the amount of required wiring for the device (i.e., reducing resistance) and reducing side capacitance between the now merged diffusion regions and the substrate. Also disclosed are embodiments of an associated design structure for the device and an associated method of forming the device.
US07863683B2
Example embodiments are directed to a method of forming a field effect transistor (FET) and a field effect transistor (FET) including a source/drain pair that is elevated with respect to the corresponding gate structure.
US07863678B2
An IGFET that can be turned off when a reverse voltage is applied. Included is a semiconductor substrate having formed therein an n-type drain region, p-type first body region, p−-type second body region, n-type first source region, and n+-type second source region. Trenches etched in the substrate receive gate electrodes via gate insulators. The source electrode is in ohmic contact with both first and second source regions and in schottky barrier contact with the second body region.
US07863675B2
This invention discloses a new MOSFET device. The MOSFET device has an improved operation characteristic achieved by manufacturing a MOSFET with a higher gate work function by implementing a P-doped gate in an N-MOSFET device. The P-type gate increases the threshold voltage and shifts the C-Vds characteristics. The reduced Cgd thus achieves the purpose of suppressing the shoot through and resolve the difficulties discussed above. Unlike the conventional techniques, the reduction of the capacitance Cgd is achieved without requiring complicated fabrication processes and control of the recess electrode.
US07863672B2
Provided are a non-volatile memory device that may expand to a stacked structure and may be more easily highly integrated and an economical method of fabricating the non-volatile memory device. The non-volatile memory device may include at least one semiconductor column. At least one first control gate electrode may be arranged on a first side of the at least one semiconductor column. At least one second control gate electrode may be arranged on a second side of the at least one semiconductor column. A first charge storage layer may be between the at least one first control gate electrode and the at least one semiconductor column. A second charge storage layer may be between the at least one second control gate electrode and the at least one semiconductor column.
US07863663B2
Techniques for manufacturing an electronic device. In certain embodiments, a substrate includes a lower patterned layer that has a target conductor. A hybrid-vertical contact may be disposed directly on the target conductor. The hybrid vertical contact may include a lower-vertical contact directly on the target conductor and an upper-vertical contact directly on the lower-vertical contact. The upper-vertical contact may have an upper width that is greater than a lower width of the lower-vertical contact.
US07863661B2
Provided is a solid-state imaging device including unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include two kinds of unit pixels including a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel that are formed on a common well on a semiconductor substrate. The first unit pixel includes: at least one photoelectric conversion region which converts light into a signal charge; the first semiconductor region that is formed on the common well and has a conductivity type identical to that of the common well; and the first contact electrically connected to the first semiconductor region. The second unit pixel includes: at least one photoelectric conversion region; the second semiconductor region that is formed on the common well and has a conductivity type opposite to that of the common well; and the second contact electrically connected to the second semiconductor region.
US07863653B2
A semiconductor device is provided comprising an oxide layer over a first silicon layer and a second silicon layer over the oxide layer, wherein the oxide layer is between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer. The first silicon layer and the second silicon layer comprise the same crystalline orientation. The device further includes a graded germanium layer on the first silicon layer, wherein the graded germanium layer contacts a spacer and the first silicon layer and does not contact the oxide layer. A lower portion of the graded germanium layer comprises a higher concentration of germanium than an upper portion of the graded germanium layer, wherein a top surface of the graded germanium layer lacks germanium.
US07863636B2
A substrate for light-emitting diodes, obtained by stacking a single crystal layer to form a light-emitting diode element onto a ceramic composite layer for light conversion, the ceramic composite layer having been formed by a unidirectional solidification method so that the ceramic composite layer comprises a solidified body having formed therein at least two or more oxide phases selected from single metal oxides and complex metal oxides to be continuously and three-dimensionally entangled with each other, with each oxide phase having a single crystal orientation, wherein at least one oxide phase out of the oxide phases in the solidified body contains a metal element oxide capable of emitting fluorescence.
US07863634B2
Briefly, the present disclosure provides a device comprising: a) an LED capable of emitting light at a first wavelength; b) a re-emitting semiconductor construction which comprises a potential well not located within a pn junction; and c) a reflector positioned to reflect light emitted from the LED onto the re-emitting semiconductor construction. Alternately, the device comprises: a) an LED capable of emitting light at a first wavelength; b) a re-emitting semiconductor construction capable of emitting light at a second wavelength which comprises at least one potential well not located within a pn junction; and c) a reflector which transmits light at said first wavelength and reflects at least a portion of light at said second wavelength. Alternately, the device comprises a semiconductor unit comprising a first potential well located within a pn junction which comprises a LED capable of emitting light at a first wavelength, and a second potential well not located within a pn junction which comprises a re-emitting semiconductor construction.
US07863624B2
A high power, wide-bandgap device is disclosed that exhibits reduced junction temperature and higher power density during operation and improved reliability at a rated power density. The device includes a diamond substrate for providing a heat sink with a thermal conductivity greater than silicon carbide, a single crystal silicon carbide layer on the diamond substrate for providing a supporting crystal lattice match for wide-bandgap material structures that is better than the crystal lattice match of diamond, and a Group III nitride heterostructure on the single crystal silicon carbide layer for providing device characteristics.
US07863618B2
The present invention provides an active matrix type display device having a high aperture ratio and a required auxiliary capacitor. A source line and a gate line are overlapped with part of a pixel electrode. This overlapped region functions to be a black matrix. Further, an electrode pattern made of the same material as the pixel electrode is disposed to form the auxiliary capacitor by utilizing the pixel electrode. It allows a required value of auxiliary capacitor to be obtained without dropping the aperture ratio. Also, it allows the electrode pattern to function as a electrically shielding film for suppressing the cross-talk between the source and gate lines and the pixel electrode.
US07863614B2
An LED backlight device includes a first substrate having optical transparency and having first and second surfaces. An LED thin-film layered structure is fixed to the first surface of the first substrate, and is formed of epitaxially grown inorganic material layers as a P-N junction device. An anode electrode of the LED thin-film layered structure is connected to an anode driver IC via an anode wiring. A cathode electrode of the LED thin-film layered structure is connected to a cathode driver IC via a cathode wiring. A phosphor is provided on the second surface of the first substrate. The LED backlight device further includes a second substrate having optical transparency and having first and second surfaces. The first surface of the second substrate faces the first surface of the first substrate. A reflection layer is provided on the second surface of the second substrate.
US07863613B2
A thin film transistor array of a horizontal electronic field applying type enhances brightness. The thin film transistor array includes a gate line and common line separated from the gate line; a data line crossing with the gate line to define pixel region and insulated from the gate line by a gate insulating film; a TFT connected to the gate line and the data line in the pixel region; a pixel electrode on a passivation film overlapping with the common line in the pixel region and connected to the TFT; and a common electrode on the passivation film opposed to the pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to the common line, wherein the width of the pixel electrode at the overlapping portion between the common line and the pixel electrode is narrower than the width of the common line, and the edge of one side of the pixel electrode adjacent to the common electrode is formed on the inside of the edge of one side of the common line adjacent to the common electrode.
US07863609B2
A compound semiconductor substrate 10 according to the present invention is comprised of a Group III nitride and has a surface layer 12 containing a chloride of not less than 200×1010 atoms/cm2 and not more than 12000×1010 atoms/cm2 in terms of Cl and an oxide of not less than 3.0 at % and not more than 15.0 at % in terms of O, at a surface. The inventors conducted elaborate research and newly discovered that when the surface layer 12 at the surface of the compound semiconductor substrate 10 contained the chloride of not less than 200×1010 atoms/cm2 and not more than 12000×1010 atoms/cm2 in terms of Cl and the oxide of not less than 3.0 at % and not more than 15.0 at % in terms of O, Si was reduced at an interface between the compound semiconductor substrate 10 and an epitaxial layer 14 formed thereon and, as a result, the electric resistance at the interface was reduced.
US07863599B2
A light emitting diode (LED) has an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and a transparent electrode layer. The LED includes a tunnel layer interposed between the p-type semiconductor layer and the transparent electrode layer, an opening arranged in the transparent electrode layer so that the tunnel layer is exposed, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) arranged in the opening, and an electrode pad arranged on the transparent electrode layer to cover the DBR in the opening.
US07863593B2
An integrated circuit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and force-filled resistivity changing material electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US07863584B2
This optical coding device comprises a plurality of aggregates suitable for emitting infrared, visible or ultraviolet rays by luminescence, at least one of the said aggregates comprising at least one luminophore. This aggregate further comprises at least one particle consisting of a surface plasmon effect material, the said luminophore and the said particle being suitable for entering into interaction.
US07863578B2
A detector device for radiation therapy comprising an array of detector cells is provided. Each detector cell comprises an electronic circuit connected to a sensor cell that generates a charge signal in response to an incident radiation hit. The electronic circuit comprises at least two discriminators and at least two analogue counters, and is adapted to substantially simultaneously perform two different measurements on the signal in order to simultaneously provide imaging and dosimetry.
US07863577B2
An underlayer of a phosphor layer is disposed on a sensor panel including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion devices. The surface of the underlayer is subjected to atmospheric pressure plasma treatment. The phosphor layer is formed on the surface-treated underlayer. Then, the phosphor layer is covered with a moisture-resistant protective layer, a reflection layer, and another protective layer. Thus, the phosphor layer is prevented from peeling due to adhesion failure, and is constituted of uniformly shaped crystals by vapor deposition. A resulting radiation detecting apparatus exhibits high sensitivity and high definition, producing a uniform photoelectric conversion efficiency.
US07863572B1
Lanthanide halide alloys have recently enabled scintillating gamma ray spectrometers comparable to room temperature semiconductors (<3% FWHM energy resolutions at 662 keV). However brittle fracture of these materials upon cooling hinders the growth of large volume crystals. Efforts to improve the strength through non-lanthanide alloy substitution, while preserving scintillation, have been demonstrated. Isovalent alloys having nominal compositions of comprising Al, Ga, Sc, Y, and In dopants as well as aliovalent alloys comprising Ca, Sr, Zr, Hf, Zn, and Pb dopants were prepared. All of these alloys exhibit bright fluorescence under UV excitation, with varying shifts in the spectral peaks and intensities relative to pure CeBr3. Further, these alloys scintillate when coupled to a photomultiplier tube (PMT) and exposed to 137Cs gamma rays.
US07863571B2
An economical position-sensing muon detector for muon radiography is constructed using a pair of glass plates spaced apart by crossed parallel barriers. Smaller detector wires are interspersed between the barriers and an ionizing gas is used to fill the space between the plates. A muon striking near where detector wires cross causes a local momentary current flow. The current flow in two of the detector wires is sensed to determine the coordinates of the muon impact. Such muon detectors can be assembled in modular surface arrays and such arrays can be positioned on spatial surfaces for differential inspection and detection of muons transiting through and emanating from objects placed within the inspection space. Such a detector constitutes a novel and useful invention in providing an inspection device and means for cargo or cargo vehicles that detects muons transiting through and emanating from hazardous materials intended to cause malicious harm.
US07863565B2
An electron beam inspection apparatus images reflected electrons and cancels negative charging derived from electron-beam irradiation. Ultraviolet rays are irradiated and an irradiated area of ultraviolet rays is displayed as a photoelectron image. The photoelectron image and a reflected-electron image are displayed on a monitor while being superposed on each other, to easily grasp the positional relationship between the images and the difference in size between them. Specifically, the shape of the irradiated area of an electron beam includes the shape of the irradiated area of ultraviolet rays on a display screen. The intensity of the ultraviolet rays in the irradiated area of the electron beam is adjusted while the reflected-electron imaging conditions for the reflected-electron image are sustained. Moreover, an amount-of-ultraviolet ray adjustment mechanism is controlled on the monitor so that an amount of the ultraviolet rays is adjusted while observing a reflected-electron image obtained during ultraviolet irradiation.
US07863564B2
An electric charged particle beam microscope is provided in which a specimen movement due to a specimen rotation is classified into a repeatable movement and a non-repeatable movement, a model of movement is determined for the repeatable movement, a range of movement is determined for the non-repeatable movement, the repeatable movement is corrected on the basis of the movement model through open-loop and the non-repeatable movement is corrected under a condition set on the basis of the range of movement.
US07863562B2
A method for differential mobility separation of ions using digital-drive based high voltage fast switching electronics. The digital waveform delivered to the spectrometer is characterized by at least two substantially rectangular pulses of different amplitude and polarity. The control circuitry allows for waveform frequency, duty cycle and pulse amplitudes to be varied independently. Balanced as well as unbalanced asymmetric waveforms can be designed for optimum differential mobility separation of ions. The digital drive is designed for differential mobility spectrometers including parallel plate and segmented plate multipoles of planar symmetry, as well as multipoles of cylindrical symmetry, which may optionally be arranged in series. The use of the digital drive establishes alternating electric fields during which the displacement as a result of ion oscillation is determined by mobility coefficients.
US07863558B2
An ion guide with two or more ion focusing elements and a gas channeling sleeve is described. An ion transport space within the gas channeling sleeve is in fluid communication with a pumping port. A suction device is used to suction gas out of the ion transport space through the pumping port establishing a gas flow. Ions in the ion transport space are transported from an ion entry end to an ion exit end of the ion guide by the gas flow. Several examples include a multipole ion guide in which rods are used as ion focusing elements. The gas channeling sleeve is fitted about the rods. In another example, toroidal or ring shaped ion focusing elements are used as ion focusing elements. In another example, a set of ion focusing rings are mounted between insulators to form a cylinder with a gas impermeable side wall. The cylinder is itself used as the gas channeling sleeve.
US07863553B2
A light processing structure for a digital light processing (DLP) projection device is disclosed. The DLP projection device comprises a plurality of digital micro-mirror devices (DMDs). The optical processing structure comprises a color separation mechanism, a reflecting mechanism and a color combination mechanism, wherein the color separation mechanism utilizes dichroic mirror(s) and a color wheel for splitting light beams into individual colors. The reflecting mechanism includes a plurality of TIR prisms corresponding to the DMDs, respectively. The color combination mechanism utilizes a color-combining prism assembly in which two triangular prisms are assembled with each other. The mentioned mechanism uses a shorter back focal length for the projection lens, thereby reducing the light processing structure and enhancing product quality.
US07863552B2
An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium, and as defined with certain ratios. Also provided are digital images that contain a plurality of image pixels, each image pixel containing information from about one sensor pixel, each sensor pixel containing substantially all information from about one associated diffraction limited spot in an object plane. Methods of making digital images are provided.
US07863551B2
A system, method and medium tracks a motion of a subject using a laser by synchronizing an incident axis of the input image with an exit axis of the laser in order to radiate the laser based on an input image. The system includes a half mirror to reflect a predetermined amount of incident light and to transmit a remaining amount of the incident light, an image input unit to input an image reflected from the half mirror, a position identifying unit to identify a position of a first subject included in the input image, and a target tracking unit to track the first subject with reference to the identified position by radiating a laser transmitted through the half mirror onto the first subject along an axis from the half mirror and onto the first subject.
US07863545B2
Disclosed herein is a nano particle generator that can reduce power consumption, can be miniaturized, and can generate nano particles having various different material characteristics at the same time. The nano particle generator includes a body, a heating unit to heat a material received in the body such that the material is evaporated, a channel extending through the body such that a fluid to condense the evaporated material flows along the channel, and an insulating member to prevent heat generated from the heating unit from being transmitted to the body. The heating unit heats the material while the heating unit is in direct contact with the material, and the heating unit is in point or line contact with the insulating member. The heating unit has a plurality of locating parts formed therein such that the material is located in the locating parts. Different materials are located in the locating parts, and the locating parts are heated to temperatures at which the respective materials are evaporated in the same time.
US07863544B2
The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for the on-line monitoring of the quality of a laser process exerted on a workpiece (3), comprising a laser source transmitting a laser beam (4) to the workpiece (3), the thermal process of the laser beam (4) causing emission of electromagnetical radiation (7) from the process zone on the workpiece (3); a heat detection camera (8) for detecting the electromagnetical radiation emitted from the process zone of the workpiece (3), wherein the arrangement (1) is provided with a tilted non-focussing mirror (5) such that the laser beam (4) which is transmitted by the laser source is let through the tilted non-focussing mirror (5) towards the working piece (3), and the electromagnetical radiation (7) emitted from the process zone on the workpiece (3) is reflected by the tilted non-focussing mirror (5) towards the heat detection camera (8). The invention further relates to a method using such an arrangement (1).
US07863542B2
A laser processing apparatus is provided. The laser processing apparatus is for performing pattern processing of a transparent conductive film that is formed on a multilayer film on a substrate by using laser light, includes debris extraction module having a vortex generation mechanism that generates a vortex flow by directing gas into the vicinity of a laser-irradiated portion of the transparent conductive film. The debris extraction module is disposed close to the substrate, and debris before deposition and after deposition on the substrate, which is generated by laser irradiation, is entrapped into the vortex flow to be extracted to the outside with the gas.
US07863537B2
A gassing insulator assembly for a line conductor assembly of an electrical switching apparatus is provided having a line conductor and first and second gassing insulator members. The insulator members are constructed from a gassing material. The first gassing insulator member is disposed near a first end of the line conductor and the second gassing insulator member is generally disposed between the line conductor and a cantilevered arc runner near a second end of the line conductor.
US07863531B2
Techniques for making high voltage connections are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an electrical switch. The electrical switch may comprise a component extending from a first electrical contact to a second electrical contact. The component may also comprise a non-conductive section and a conductive section. In a first mode of operation, at least a portion of the non-conductive section may be positioned between the two electrical contacts to insulate the two electrical contacts. In a second mode of operation, the conductive section may be positioned between the two electrical contacts to connect the two electrical contacts.
US07863526B2
A multilayer chip carrier with increased space for power distribution PTHs and reduced power-related noise. In a multilayer chip carrier with two signal redistribution fanout layers, in addition to signal escape from near-edge signal pads at the first fanout layer, remaining signal pads are moved closer to the edge of the chip footprint. At the voltage layer below the first fanout layer, the remaining signal pads are moved again, closer to the edge of the chip footprint. In the second fanout layer, below the voltage layer, the remaining signal pads escape. The region where signal pads are moved provides increased space for power PTHs.
US07863503B2
Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds, diversification methods involving the novel compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the novel methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
US07863496B2
A self-closing antiseptic plaster (1) for puncturing blood vessels, muscle tissue, tissue, skin, organs (biopsy) or bone marrow is puncturable by cannulas, needles or the like. It has a backing layer (2), a sealing layer (5) made of a material having an elastic restoring force and a skin adhesive layer (3) applied to the underside U of the backing layer (2), the sealing layer being applied to the backing layer (2) by means of an adhesive layer (4). The backing layer (2) is usually thin. The backing layer (2), the sealing layer (5), the adhesive layer (4) and the skin adhesive layer (3) are transparent or approximately transparent in the entire area or at least in a superimposed partial area. The backing layer (2) and the sealing layer (5) are made of thin and soft materials so that any puncture site is visible and/or palpable through the self-closing antiseptic plaster (1). The advantages include the fact that the antiseptic state at the puncture site is preserved before, during and after the puncturing.
US07863483B2
Disclosed are processes and apparatus for producing a carboxylic acid. The processes employ a concentration section disposed before and/or after a product isolation section, which allows for oxidation byproducts produced in the process to exit the product isolation section with the isolated carboxylic acid product and/or to be combined with the isolated carboxylic acid product downstream of the product isolation section at a rate of at least about 15 percent of the net make rate of the oxidation byproducts in the production process.
US07863482B2
A method for reducing the cyanide levels in a mesotrione sample, said method comprising: (i) taking an aqueous solution of the mesotrione sample in an aqueous solvent, (ii) adjusting the pH of said aqueous solution to a value of 9.5 or higher, and (iii) crystallising the mesotrione out of solution is disclosed.
US07863481B2
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for treating a purge stream in a carboxylic acid production process. The process employs a purge process that allows for the separation of oxidation byproducts into benzoic acid and non-benzoic acid oxidation byproducts, thus providing flexibility in the treatment and use of such oxidation byproducts.
US07863476B1
This invention describes a composition of matter of the following structure: where m+n=1-30 or more, x+y=0-28, EO=oxirane PO=methyl oxirane M=H, Na, K, NH3, Amine, Ca, Mg, R and R1 are each separately and independently H, branched or linear alkyl, branched or linear alkenyl, A=aromatic, and, a+b=0 to 30.
US07863469B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as pharmaceutical intermediates, to processes for preparing the intermediates, to intermediates used in the processes, and to the use of the intermediates in the preparation of pharmaceuticals. In particular, the present invention concerns enantiomerically pure trans-cyclopropane carboxylic acid derivatives, processes for preparing the carboxylic acid derivatives and their use in preparing pharmaceuticals.
US07863464B2
Disclosed are compounds based on lactone ring modifications of triptolide and hydroxylated triptolide, for use in therapy, such as antiproliferative, anticancer, and immunosuppressive therapy.
US07863463B2
Disclosed herein is a method for purification of dianhydrides comprising a substantial amount (10000 ppm or more) of at least one metal salt. In one aspect the method is useful for the purification of dianhydrides prepared by the reaction of a halophthalic anhydride with a metal carbonate and may be optionally catalyzed by a phase transfer catalyst. The purification of the dianhydrides may be accomplished by hydrolyzing the dianhydride metal salt mixture directly to a tetraacid with an inorganic acid, followed by separating the impurities from an aqueous phase, and subsequently heating the tetraacid to effect ring closure to form a purified dianhydride having less than 50 parts per million metal halide and lower levels of other residual impurities. In one aspect the method is highly effective in removing phase transfer catalyst impurities such as hexalkylguanidinium halides initially present in the dianhydride undergoing purification.
US07863458B2
An ionic liquid according to the invention is substantially halogen-free, has a low viscosity and is stable to hydrolytic degradation under test conditions. The ionic liquid is a compound of the formula (cation) (R′—O—SO3), (cation) (R′—SO3), or a mixture of the two compounds. It can be used in processes for the chemical conversion and separation of materials by employing the ionic liquid as a solvent, solvent additive, extraction agent or phase-transfer catalyst. It can also be used in a heat exchange device wherein the ionic liquid serves as a heat carrier or heat carrier additive.
US07863455B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a compound that specifically binds to the base sequence of a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule. The compound can reduce the electrochemical signal/noise ratio (S/N) in electrochemical detection, and as a result, the detection sensitivity (precision) will be greatly improved so as to enable the determination of an ultratrace amount of nucleic acid molecule. The present invention relates to a ferrocene compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein “A” represents a divalent ferrocene-containing linker or ferrocene-1,1′-yl, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl; “n” and “m” represent any natural numbers; and “V” and “X” represent the pyrrole-imidazole-polyamide (PIPA); to a ligand consisting of said ferrocene compound for sequence-specific detection of double-stranded nucleic acid molecules; to a method for electrochemical detection of double-stranded nucleic acid molecules 8 with the use of said ligand; and to an apparatus or device for the electrochemical detection with the use of said ligand.
US07863453B2
A novel tartaric acid salt of Isofagomine (Isofagomine tartrate) that can be used for the treatment of Gaucher disease is provided. The invention also provides a crystalline form of isofagomine tartrate, method for preparing the salt, a pharmaceutical composition containing the salt, and a method of treating Gaucher disease.
US07863444B2
Chemical compounds having structural formula I and physiologically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of serine/threonine and tyrosine kinase activity. Several of the kinases whose activity is inhibited by these compounds are involved in immunologic, hyperproliferative or angiogenic processes. Thus, these compounds can ameliorate disase states where angiogenesis or endothelial cell hyperproliferaton is a factor. These compounds can be used to treat cancer, hyperproliferative disorders, rheumatoid artheritis, disorders of the immune system, transplant rejection, and inflammatory disorders.
US07863439B2
The present invention provides a cellulose ester in which heat resistance under wet condition is compatible with both releasability and spinnability even when the amount of the residual solvent is small in a casting process. The cellulose ester fulfills the following formula: 0.5<(B)/(A)<1.5 wherein (A) and (B) represent the total amount (in terms of molar amount) of residual sulfuric acid in 1 gram of the cellulose ester and the total amount (in terms of molar amount) of calcium contained in 1 gram of the cellulose ester, respectively.
US07863424B2
This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes immunoglobulin receptor, Immunoglobulin superfamily Receptor Translocation Associated, IRTA, protein. Provided too, are the IRTA proteins encoded by the isolated nucleic acid molecules, IRTA1, IRTA2, IRTA3, IRTA4 or IRTA5 proteins, having the amino acid sequences set forth in any of FIG. 18A, 18B-1-18B-3, 18C-1-18C-2, 18D-1-18D-2 or 18E-1-18E-2. Oligonucleotides of the isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided. Antibodies directed to an epitope of a purified IRTA1, IRTA2, IRTA3, IRTA4 or IRTA5 proteins are also provided, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies or oligonucleotides. Methods for detecting a B cell malignancy in a sample from a subject; diagnosing B cell malignancy in a sample from a subject; detecting human IRTA protein in a sample; and treating a subject having a B cell cancer are also provided.
US07863422B2
The present invention relates to compositions containing a novel protein and methods of using those compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of immune related disease.
US07863413B2
A peptide protein translation inhibitor has a size greater than 250 amino acids and it includes an amino acid sequence which is at least for 85% identical to an amino acid sequence SEQ ID No 1. It also relates to a fusion polypeptide which specifically inhibits an interesting target polynucleotide translation, in which the polypeptide includes the above defined inhibiting peptide fused with a RNA binding protein.
US07863411B2
Ligands that bind to prion proteins and methods for using the ligands for detecting or removing a prion protein from a sample, such as a biological fluid or an environmental sample. The ligands are capable of binding to one or more forms of prion protein including cellular prion protein (PrPc), infectious prion protein (PrPsc), and recombinant prion protein (PrPr). Prions from various species, including humans and hamsters, are bound by the ligands. Also provided is a method of treating or retarding the development of a prion-associated pathology in a subject.
US07863410B2
Methods of producing ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene compositions of highly beneficial sintering characteristics are disclosed herein. Some embodiments provide for adding small amounts of a co-monomer to the polyethylene to improve various characteristics, including wear resistance.
US07863404B2
A polycarbonate is provided that contains repeat units derived from isosorbide and a residue derived from an activated diaryl carbonate. The polycarbonate has 1H-NMR peaks associated with the repeat units derived from isosorbide. The polycarbonate contains no more than a maximum allowable amount of sorbitol-derived color bodies. If these color bodies are present in the polycarbonate it has a 1H-NMR peak associated with the color bodies. The maximum allowable amount of color bodies are present when the integrated area of the 1H-NMR peak associated with the color bodies divided by the integrated areas of the 1H-NMR peaks associated with the repeat units derived from isosorbide is 0.025.
US07863402B2
One embodiment of the invention contemplates a proton exchange membrane for use in a variety of fuel cells. The proton exchange membrane may comprise a solid phase organic based copolymer material in which a first structural unit is derived from a polymerizable organic super acid. The organic super acid may comprise an acid group such as a sulfonic acid group or a carboxylic acid group.
US07863390B2
Esterified polyalkene/UAR copolymer reaction products useful as (1) a friction modifier for lubricating oils such as automatic transmission fluids to improve torque capacity and anti-shudder durability and for continuous variable transmissions (CVTs), (2) a friction modifier for fuels or (3) a cold flow improver for diesel fuels are provided. The esterified copolymer reaction product may be used as is or can be further derivatized (e.g., by post treatment of the esterified copolymer reaction product with, for example, ethylene carbonate or boric acid).
US07863387B2
Fluoropolymers having a —CF adjacent to a —CH which are subsequently dehydrofluorinated to create a —C═C— can be used as controlled release carriers for therapeutic agent(s) by covalently conjugating the therapeutic agent(s) to the fluoropolymer at the —C═C—.
US07863386B2
The instant invention is an improved low-density ethylenic polymer composition and method of making the same. The polymer composition according to instant invention includes a major component, and a minor component. The major component is an LDPE resin having a melt index (I2) in the range of about 0.01 dg/min to about 100 dg/min, a MW(abs)/MW(GPC) ratio of about 2.6 or less, and a melt strength of less than (14.0 e(−1.05*log 10(MI)))cN Jj16 mmor component is an LDPE resin having a melt index (I2) of less than about 5 dg/min, a molecular weight distribution of greater than about 7, and a MW(abs)/MW(GPC) ratio of at least 2.7. The polymer composition of the instant invention may further include additional components.
US07863385B2
A vinyl•cis-polybutadiene rubber is provided containing 1,2-polybutadiene and a polymer substance of a melting point lower than that of the 1,2-polybutadiene and with at least one unsaturated double bond per repeating unit, where the 1,2-polybutadiene and the polymer substance are dispersed at physically and/or chemically adsorbed states in the cis-polybutadiene rubber as the matrix component of the vinyl•cis-polybutadiene rubber, and a method for producing the same, to provide a vulcanized product exerting a small die swell ratio and excellent extrusion processability and operability, as well as very great characteristics demanded for the side tread of tire and the like.
US07863383B2
The invention relates to a polyolefin-based heat sealable and peelable seal. The peelable seals comprise from 5 to 98 percent by weight of a propylene based plastomer or elastomer and from 2 to 95 percent by weight of a second polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polybutylene, and styrenic polymer and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to tamper evident peelable seals. The invention also relates to methods of making and using the heat sealable, peelable seal.
US07863374B2
Self-curable water-based solid adhesives of this invention include the following components (A), (B), (C), and (D):(A) an anionic-group-containing polymer terminally having an alkoxysilyl group, the polymer being a reaction product of a compound (A1) containing no anionic group and having plural isocyanate-reactive groups, a compound (A2) having an anionic group and plural isocyanate-reactive groups, a polyisocyanate compound (A3), and an alkoxysilane compound (A4) containing an isocyanate-reactive group;(B) a basic compound;(C) water; and(D) a gelling agent.The self-curable water-based solid adhesives of the present invention can be applied with good workability, have good fitting after attachment, have good adhesion to plastics, metals and glass and exhibit excellent heat resistance and water resistance after curing. They are highly safe to humans and the environment. They also have excellent shape retention and slidability and can be easily applied. In addition, they can bond adherends by contact bonding despite that they are water-based solid adhesives. Accordingly, the self-curable water-based solid adhesives of this invention are very useful as stick adhesives.
US07863372B2
The invention relates to new, aqueous secondary copolymer dispersions, to a process for preparing them and to their use for producing high-grade coatings, especially for wood. The dispersions comprise a copolymer (P) synthesized from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers (M) comprising (M1) cycloaliphatic esters of acrylic and/or methylacrylic acid and also (M2) vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
US07863359B2
Provided are a method of preparing a transparent copolymer resin by continuous bulk polymerization of a polymerization mixture obtained by adding a phenol-based antioxidant and/or a phosphate-based antioxidant, a chain transfer agent, and an organic peroxide initiator to a monomer mixture including a styrene monomer, an acrylate monomer, and an acrylonitrile monomer, and a transparent copolymer resin prepared by the method, having good chemical resistance, fluidity, and discoloration resistance.
US07863349B2
Activating endodontic points and dental tools are sized and configured to be placed in the root canal of a tooth. The activating endodontic points or dental tools are coated or impregnated with a curing agent that initiates or accelerates polymerization of a sealer or filler composition when placed in contact with the sealer or filler material. Curing agents can include amines that can destabilize a peroxide in the sealer or filler material to initiate or accelerate polymerization, or they may comprise the peroxide. An implement can be dipped in a concentrated curing composition just prior to inserting the implement into a root canal to contact the filler or sealer composition. Kits may include a plurality of curing agent compositions having different concentrations and/or amounts of curing agent. Kits may also include a curable resin material that includes a first part of a multi-part curing system and a curing composition that includes, as curing agent a complementary part of the curing system.
US07863340B2
A process and system for producing hydrocarbon compounds or fuels that recycle products of hydrocarbon compound combustion—carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, or both, and water. The energy for recycling is electricity derived from preferably not fossil based fuels, like from nuclear fuels or from renewable energy. The process comprises electrolyzing water, and then using hydrogen to reduce externally supplied carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, then using so produced carbon monoxide together with any externally supplied carbon monoxide and hydrogen in Fischer-Tropsch reactors, with upstream upgrading to desired specification fuels—for example, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, and others. Energy released in some of these processes is used by other processes. Using adiabatic temperature changes and isothermal pressure changes for gas processing and separation, large amounts of required energy are internally recycled using electric and heat distribution lines. Phase conversion of working fluid is used in heat distribution lines for increased energy efficiency. The resulting use of electric energy is less than 1.4 times the amount of the high heating value of combustion of so produced hydrocarbon compounds when carbon dioxide is converted to carbon monoxide in the invention, and less than 0.84 when carbon monoxide is the source.
US07863334B2
The present invention relates to compounds having the formula: salts thereof; compositions comprising one or more of the compounds and/or salts thereof; methods of using; and methods of making.
US07863333B2
The present application describes modulators of MCP-1 of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, useful for the prevention of asthma, multiple sclerosis, artherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
US07863318B2
The present invention relates to cyclopentane heptenoic acid-5-cis-2-(3α-hydroxy or lower alkyloxy-5-thienylpentyl)-3, 5-dihydroxy, [1α, 2β, 3α, 5α] compounds, lower alkyl, hydroxyl lower alkyl and indole lower alkyl amides and esters thereof as potent ocular hypotensives that are particularly suited for the management of glaucoma.
US07863315B2
Provided herein are isolated compounds of formula I: processes for their preparation and isolation, as well as pharmaceutical compositions which comprise these therapeutic agents, and methods of use therefore the treatment and/or control of conditions associated with or mediated by effects of histone deacetylase.
US07863300B2
A novel process for preparing thiazolidinediones, preferably Pioglitazone, as described. Also described are novel intermediates involved in its synthesis and process for their preparation and use in medicine.
US07863299B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (IC) or a salt thereof: wherein: p is an integer ranging from 0 to 4; R1 is independently selected from a group consisting of: halogen, hydroxy, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkanoyl or SF5; or corresponds to a group R5; m1, m2, m3, and m4 are 0; m5, m6 and m7 are each independently 0, 1 or 2 wherein the sum of m5, m6 and m7 is 1 or 2; R6 is C1-6alkyl; R7 is halogen, C1-6alkyl or haloC1-6alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; n is 2 or 3; X is S or —CH2—; R3 is C1-4alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, or a phenyl group, a heterocyclyl group, a 5- or 6-membered heteroaromatic group, or a 8- to 11-membered bicyclic group, any of which groups is optionally substituted by 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of: halogen, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy and C1-4alkanoyl; R5 is isoxazolyl, —CH2—N-pyrrolyl, 1,1-dioxido-2-isothiazolidinyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, pyridyl or 2-pyrrolidinonyl, wherein each group is optionally substituted by one or two substituents selected from: halogen, cyano, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy and C1-4alkanoyl; with the proviso that when m5=m6=1, R7 is not chlorine; processes for their preparation, intermediates used in these processes, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, as modulators of dopamine D3 receptors, e.g. to treat substance related disorders, as antipsychotic agents, premature ejaculation or cognition impairment.
US07863298B2
The present invention is directed to 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 mimics which modulate the vitamin D receptor (VDR). The invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder related to the activity of the vitamin D receptor using an effective amount of a compound of formula (I).
US07863296B2
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inverse serotonin receptor agonist or a serotonin receptor antagonist and an anti-insomnia agent. Disclosed herein are also methods of treating insomnia using the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions.
US07863295B2
Small fiber neuropathy is treated by topically administering to a subject in need thereof topically active quinoline compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof under conditions effective to treat neuropathy in the subject. Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) receptors are modulated with the subject active quinoline compounds, which may be formulated in topical lotions.
US07863294B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or tautomers thereof, which are inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC). The compounds of the present invention are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, including cancer. Further, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating neurodegenerative diseases, schizophrenia and stroke among other diseases.
US07863291B2
The disclosure provides compounds of formula I, including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are ligands for the nicotinic α7 receptor and may be useful for the treatment of various disorders of the central nervous system, especially affective and neurodegenerative disorders.
US07863288B2
Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
US07863285B2
The present invention relates to purinone derivatives which are agonists of the HM74a receptor. Further provided are compositions and methods of using the compounds herein, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the treatment of disease.
US07863278B2
Disclosed are polymorphs of the isethionate salt of 6-acetyl-8-cyclopentyl-5-methyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-8H-pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one, which is a selective cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) inhibitor useful for treating inflammation and cell proliferative diseases such as cancer and restenosis.
US07863274B2
The present invention relates to derivatives of tadalafil represented by the formula: or a salt thereof, wherein: X1 and X2 are simultaneously fluoro; or X1 is deuterium and X2 is selected from hydrogen or deuterium; each Y is independently selected from deuterium or hydrogen; the hydrogen attached to the indole nitrogen is optionally replaced by deuterium; and each carbon is independently optionally replaced by 13C. These compounds are selective PDE5 inhibitors and possess advantageous biopharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic properties. The invention further provides compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating diseases and conditions that are responsive to PDE5 inhibition, alone and in combination with additional agents.
US07863270B2
The invention relates to cyclic hydrazone compounds and compositions including the cyclic hydrazone compounds according to formula (I): The compounds (and compositions) are useful, inter alia, in modulating IL-12 production and processes mediated by IL-12.
US07863267B2
The invention relates to methods of and treatments for using pharmaceutical compositions from a class of compounds that directly or indirectly selectively modulates GABAA chloride channel activity to treat alcohol and/or stimulant substance abuse. The present invention also relates to methods of, and protocols for, relieving symptoms associated with alcohol and/or stimulant substance abuse in a comprehensive treatment plan. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of a selective chloride channel modulator, such as flumazenil, to treat alcohol and/or psychostimulant dependency, the withdrawal symptoms associated therewith, and the cravings associated therewith.
US07863264B2
A stabilised composition having antibacterial, antiviral and/or antifungal activity, said composition comprising silver ions and a ligand, characterised in that the composition comprises a complex of silver and a ligand selected from the group consisting of 5,5-disubstituted hydantoins in which the substituents do not comprise conjugated unsaturated bonds and barbituric acid and derivatives thereof stabilising silver ions against reduction to free silver in a hydrophilic environment, and that the composition has a solubility in water higher than 10 mg Ag/l is stable during sterilisation and retains the activity without giving rise to darkening or discoloration of the dressing during storage.
US07863253B2
The invention relates to Purine Derivatives; compositions comprising an effective amount of a Purine Derivative; and methods for treating or preventing an ischemic condition, reperfusion injury, a cellular proliferative disorder, a cardiovascular disease, a neurological disorder, a skin disorder, a radiation-induced injury, a wound, or an inflammatory disease comprising administering an effective amount of a Purine Derivative to a subject in need thereof. The Purine Derivatives include compounds of the following formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is —C(O)NHR3; B and C are —OH; D is
US07863251B2
Methods and reagents for effecting transgene expression in Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSC) comprising a 2.2 kb fragment of the promoter region of the Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) gene, said construct being up-regulated by pro-fÊbronetic cytokines such as TGF-beta 1 in a dose and time dependent manner, and uses thereof.
US07863247B1
The invention relates to methods for reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in a subject who is exposed to alcohol in utero with an ADNF polypeptide (e.g, ADNF I polypeptides, ADNF III polypeptides, or mixtures of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides). In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods for reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in a subject who is exposed to alcohol in utero with a mixture of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides. The present invention further relates to methods for reducing neuronal cell death by contacting neuronal cells with a mixture of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides. Still further, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a mixture of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides.
US07863241B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating pulmonary conditions and for reducing the negative effects of pulmonary inflammation. Such compositions and methods employ protease inhibitors and a lung surfactant mixture. The compositions and methods can also include lipase inhibitors (e.g. a phospholipase inhibitors) and anti-oxidants.
US07863233B2
A detergent and disinfectant in which water-soluble permanganates are used in an alkaline solution in order to initiate the oxidation of organic substances and simultaneously a chemical oxidant, preferably a peroxodisulfate, is used which is capable of producing radical reactions with catalytic support by manganates originating from the supplied permanganate, which reactions produce the oxidation of organic substances. All components are present in powder form and a respective powder mixture can be dissolved rapidly and free from residues in water. It thus represents a universally applicable, highly effective detergent and disinfectant.
US07863221B2
For producing the superconducting material MgB2, a shapeable master alloy containing Mg and B, as well as at least one additional constituent, an LiMgB alloy is.1 The process permits the production of shaped elements of MgB2, for example by forging, casting, drawing, etc.
US07863212B2
The present invention provides a process for the catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon, characterized in that the catalytic cracking is carried out in the presence of a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst carrying a rare earth element in an amount ranging from 0.4 to 20 in terms of atomic ratio relative to the aluminum of the zeolite using a reactor which permits continuous regeneration of the catalyst and which is of a fluidized bed type, a moving bed type, or a transfer line reaction type under reaction conditions involving a reaction temperature ranging from 500 to 700° C., a reaction pressure ranging from 50 to 500 kPa, a steam to hydrocarbon mass ratio ranging from 0.01 to 2, and a contacting time ranging from 0.1 to 10 seconds.With this process, the generation of by-products such as aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy hydrocarbons can be inhibited and light olefins such as ethylene and propylene can be selectively produced in a stable manner for a long period of time.
US07863210B2
The present invention provides polymerization catalyst compositions employing novel dinuclear metallocene compounds. Methods for making these new dinuclear metallocene compounds and for using such compounds in catalyst compositions for the polymerization and copolymerization of olefins are also provided.
US07863209B2
A method for recovering and reusing a ring-halogenation catalyst comprises: (A) contacting an aromatic compound with chlorine or bromine in the presence of a catalyst composition, where the catalyst composition comprises at least one salt comprising a Group 4-13 metal, a lanthanide metal, or an actinide metal; and at least one organic counterion derived from an organic acid having a pKa relative to water of 0 or greater; and at least one organic sulfur compound; to form a first product mixture comprising a monochloro or a monobromo aromatic compound and a Group 4-13 metal halide, a lanthanide metal halide or an actinide metal halide; (B) separating the metal halide from the first product mixture; and (C) contacting at least a portion of the metal halide and an aromatic compound with chlorine or bromine, and at least one organic sulfur compound; to form a second product mixture comprising a monochloro or a monobromo aromatic compound and a Group 4-13 metal halide, a lanthanide metal halide or an actinide metal halide.ving a pKa relative to water of 0 or greater; and at least one organic sulfur compound.
US07863196B2
A method of forming a dielectric layer includes providing a substrate that has a copper region and a non-copper region. The substrate is etched to remove any copper oxides from the copper region. A dielectric cap is then selectively formed over the copper region of the substrate so that little or no dielectric cap is formed over the non-copper region of the substrate.
US07863192B2
One embodiment relates to a method of fabricating an integrated circuit. In the method, p-type polysilicon is provided over a semiconductor body, where the p-type polysilicon has a first depth as measured from a top surface of the p-type polysilicon. An n-type dopant is implanted into the p-type polysilicon to form a counter-doped layer at the top-surface of the p-type polysilicon, where the counter-doped layer has a second depth that is less than the first depth. A catalyst metal is provided that associates with the counter-doped layer to form a catalytic surface. A metal is deposited over the catalytic surface. A thermal process is performed that reacts the metal with the p-type polysilicon in the presence of the catalytic surface to form a metal silicide. Other methods and devices are also disclosed.
US07863186B2
Fully and uniformly silicided gate conductors are produced by deeply “perforating” silicide gate conductors with sub-lithographic, sub-critical dimension, nanometer-scale openings. A silicide-forming metal (e.g. cobalt, tungsten, etc.) is then deposited, polysilicon gates, covering them and filling the perforations. An anneal step converts the polysilicon to silicide. Because of the deep perforations, the surface area of polysilicon in contact with the silicide-forming metal is greatly increased over conventional silicidation techniques, causing the polysilicon gate to be fully converted to a uniform silicide composition. A self-assembling diblock copolymer is used to form a regular sub-lithographic nanometer-scale pattern that is used as an etching “template” for forming the perforations.
US07863183B2
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a last level copper-to-C4 connection that is essentially free of aluminum. Specifically, the last level copper-to-C4 connection comprises an interfacial cap structure containing CoWP, NiMoP, NiMoB, NiReP, NiWP, and combinations thereof. Preferably, the interfacial cap structure comprises at least one CoWP layer. Such a CoWP layer can be readily formed over a last level copper interconnect by a selective electroless plating process.
US07863180B2
A microelectronic structure, such as a semiconductor structure, and a method for fabricating the microelectronic structure, include an aperture within a substrate. Into the aperture is located and formed a via. The via may include a through substrate via. The aperture includes, progressing sequentially contiguously at least partially through the substrate: (1) a first comparatively wide region at a surface of the substrate; (2) a constricted region contiguous with the first comparatively wide region; (3) a second comparatively wide region contiguous with the constricted region; and (4) a tapered region contiguous with the second comparatively wide region. The structure of the aperture provides for ease in filling the aperture, as well as void isolation within the via that is filled into the aperture.
US07863170B2
Semiconductor body comprising a transistor structure and method for producing a transistor structure
A semiconductor body includes a substrate, a buried zone having a first conductivity type that is formed in the substrate, a first zone having the first conductivity type that is above the buried zone, a second zone having a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type and above the first zone, and a third zone having the first conductivity type that is above the second zone. The buried zone includes first and second implantation regions that are formed via first and second implantations that are performed using a mask. The buried zone, the first zone, the second zone and the third zone are parts of a first transistor structure.
US07863164B2
A thick gallium nitride (GaN) film is formed on a LiAlO2 substrate through two stages. First, GaN nanorods are formed on the LiAlO2 substrate through chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Then the thick GaN film is formed through hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) by using the GaN nanorods as nucleus sites. In this way, a quantum confined stark effect (QCSE) becomes small and a problem of spreading lithium element into gaps in GaN on using the LiAlO2 substrate is mended.
US07863159B2
According to the invention, die shift is reduced or substantially eliminated, by cutting the wafer in two stages. In some embodiments a first wafer cutting procedure is carried out prior to thinning the wafer to the prescribed die thickness; and in other embodiments the wafer is thinned to the prescribed die thickness prior to carrying out a first wafer cutting procedure. The first wafer cutting procedure includes cutting along a first set of streets to a depth greater than the prescribed die thickness and optionally along a second set of streets to a depth less than the die thickness. The result of the first cutting procedure is an array of strips or blocks of die, each including a plurality of connected die, that are less subject to shift than are individual singulated die. In a second wafer cutting procedure the die are singulated by cutting through along the second set of streets. Subsequent to the first cutting procedure, and prior to the second cutting procedure, additional die preparation procedures that are sensitive to die shift may be carried out.
US07863151B2
A manufacturing method for manufacturing a super-junction semiconductor device forms an oxide film and a nitride film on an n-type epitaxial layer exhibiting high resistance on an n-type semiconductor substrate exhibiting low resistance. The portion of the nitride film in the scribe region is left unremoved by patterning and an alignment marker is opened through the nitride film. After opening a trench pattern in the oxide film, trenches having a high aspect ratio are formed. The portion of the oxide film outside the scribe region is removed and a p-type epitaxial layer is buried in the trenches. The overgrown p-type epitaxial layer is polished with reference to the nitride film, the polished surface is finished by etching, and the n-type epitaxial layer surface is exposed.
US07863145B2
A method for fabricating an LCOS device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming a plurality of MOS transistor devices formed on a portion of the semiconductor substrate. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer overlying the plurality of transistor devices and forming a first metal layer overlying the first dielectric layer. The method includes forming a second dielectric layer overlying the first metal layer and forming a plurality of pixel regions made substantially of silver bearing material overlying the second dielectric layer. In a preferred embodiment, the silver bearing material has much higher reflectivity for wavelengths of 450 nanometers and greater.
US07863143B2
The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a semiconductor device including a semiconducting body including a schottky barrier region at a first end of the semiconducting body, a drain dopant region at the second end of the semiconducting body, and a channel positioned between the schottky barrier region and the drain dopant region. The semiconducting device may further include a gate structure overlying the channel of the semiconducting body. Further, a drain contact may be present to the drain dopant region of the semiconducting body, the drain contact being composed of a conductive material and in direct physical contact with a portion of a sidewall of the semiconducting body having a dimension that is less than a thickness of the semiconducting body in which the drain dopant region is positioned.
US07863142B2
Example embodiments relate to a method of forming a germanium (Ge) silicide layer, a semiconductor device including the Ge silicide layer, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. A method of forming a Ge silicide layer according to example embodiments may include forming a metal layer including vanadium (V) on a silicon germanium (SiGe) layer. The metal layer may have a multiple-layer structure and may further include at least one of platinum (Pt) and nickel (Ni). The metal layer may be annealed to form the germanium silicide layer. The annealing may be performed using a laser spike annealing (LSA) method.
US07863138B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device includes forming a groove structure having opposing sidewalls and a surface therebetween on a substrate to define a nano line arrangement region. The nano line arrangement region has a predetermined width and a predetermined length greater than the width. At least one nano line is formed in the nano line arrangement region extending substantially along the length thereof and coupled to the surface of the groove structure to define a nano line structure. Related devices are also discussed.
US07863136B2
A method of manufacturing integrated circuits including a FET with a gate spacer. One embodiment provides forming a lamella of a semiconductor material and two insulator structures on opposing sides of the lamella. The lamella is recessed. A fin is formed from a central portion of the lamella. The fin is thinner than a first and a second portion of the lamella which face each other on opposing sides of the fin. A first spacer structure is formed which encompasses a first portion of the fin, the first portion adjoining to the first lamella portion. A gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the first spacer structure and encompasses a further portion of the fin on a top side and on two opposing lateral sides.
US07863135B2
For enhancing the high performance of a non-volatile semiconductor memory device having an MONOS type transistor, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device is provided with MONOS type transistors having improved performance in which the memory cell of an MONOS non-volatile memory comprises a control transistor and a memory transistor. A control gate of the control transistor comprises an n-type polycrystal silicon film and is formed over a gate insulative film comprising a silicon oxide film. A memory gate of the memory transistor comprises an n-type polycrystal silicon film and is disposed on one of the side walls of the control gate. The memory gate comprises a doped polycrystal silicon film with a sheet resistance lower than that of the control gate comprising a polycrystal silicon film formed by ion implantation of impurities to the undoped silicon film.
US07863132B2
A method for fabricating a charge trapping memory device includes providing a substrate; forming a first oxide layer on the substrate; forming a number of BD regions in the substrate; nitridizing the interface of the first oxide layer and the substrate via a process; forming a charge trapping layer on the first oxide layer; and forming a second oxide layer on the charge trapping layer.
US07863127B2
After forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, a silicon oxide film is formed to cover an n-channel MISFET forming region, and a p-channel MISFET forming region is exposed. Subsequently, after a first element supply film made of, for example, an aluminum oxide film is formed on the whole surface of the semiconductor substrate, a heat treatment is performed. By this means, a high-concentration HfAlO film and a low-concentration HfAlO film are formed by diffusing aluminum into the first insulating film just below the second gate electrode. Thereafter, by using a magnesium oxide film as a second element supply film, magnesium is diffused into the first insulating film just below the first gate electrode, thereby forming a high-concentration HfMgO film and a low-concentration HfMgO film.
US07863126B2
A method for fabricating a CMOS structure is disclosed. The method includes the blanket disposition of a high-k gate insulator layer in an NFET device and in a PFET device, and the implementation of a gate metal layer over the NFET device. This is followed by a blanket disposition of an Al layer over both the NFET device and the PFET device. The method further involves a blanket disposition of a shared gate metal layer over the Al layer. When the PFET device is exposed to a thermal annealing, the high-k dielectric oxidizes the Al layer, thereby turning the Al layer into a PFET interfacial control layer, while in the NFET device the Al becomes a region of the metal gate.
US07863123B2
A low resistance contact is formed to a metal gate or a transistor including a High-κ gate dielectric in a high integration density integrated circuit by applying a liner over a gate stack, applying a fill material between the gate stacks, planarizing the fill material to support high-resolution lithography, etching the fill material and the liner selectively to each other to form vias and filling the vias with a metal, metal alloy or conductive metal compound such as titanium nitride.
US07863121B2
A Schottky barrier tunnel transistor includes a gate electrode, and source and drain regions. The gate electrode is formed over a channel region of a substrate to form a Schottky junction with the substrate. The source and drain regions are formed in the substrate exposed on both sides of the gate electrode.
US07863120B2
A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes, according to an embodiment of the present invention, forming a gate electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode and on the substrate, forming a first metal layer on the first semiconductor layer and a second metal layer over the first metal layer, forming source and chain electrode by patterning a separation region in the first and second metal layers, and patterning the first metal layer and the first semiconductor layer in the same pattern.
US07863119B2
It is made possible to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that has a high-quality insulating film in which defects are not easily formed, and experiences less leakage current. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes: forming an amorphous silicon layer on an insulating layer; introducing oxygen into the amorphous silicon layer; and forming a silicon oxynitride layer by nitriding the amorphous silicon layer having oxygen introduced thereinto.
US07863115B2
An embodiment is a method and apparatus to fabricate a flat panel display. A poly-last structure is formed for a display panel using an amorphous silicon or amorphous silicon compatible process. The poly-last structure has a channel silicon precursor. The display panel is formed from the poly-last structure using a polysilicon specific or polysilicon compatible process.
US07863113B2
A transistor for active matrix display and a method for producing the transistor (1). The transistor (1) includes a microcrystalline silicon film (5) and an insulator (3). The crystalline fraction of the microcrystalline silicon film (5) is above 80%. According to the invention, the transistor (1) includes a plasma treated interface (4) located between the insulator (3) and the microcrystalline silicon film (5) so that the transistor (1) has a linear mobility equal or superior to 1.5 cm2V−1s−1, shows threshold voltage stability and wherein the microcrystalline silicon film (5) includes grains (6) whose size ranges between 10 nm and 400 nm. The invention concerns as well a display unit having a line-column matrix of pixels that are actively addressed, each pixel comprising at least a transistor as described above.
US07863111B2
Provided are a thin film transistor for display devices and a manufacturing method of the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor for display devices includes: a flexible substrate; a gate electrode layer formed on the flexible substrate; a first insulating layer formed on the flexible substrate and the gate electrode; a source and a drain formed on the first insulating layer; an active layer formed on the first insulating layer between the source and the drain; a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer, the source, the drain, and the active layer; and a drain electrode that opens the second insulating layer to be connected to the drain and is formed of a CNT dispersed conductive polymer.
US07863094B2
In a method for removing bubbles from adhesive layer of semiconductor chip package, one or more semiconductor chips are attached to or stacked on a base plate using an adhesive material. The base plate is selected from a substrate, a lead frame, and other carrier for carrying the semiconductor chips thereon. Before the adhesive material starts curing or becomes fully cured, the base plate with the semiconductor chips is placed in a processing tank which is preset to heat at a predetermined heating rising rate to a predetermined temperature and to apply a predetermined pressure for a predetermined period of time, so that bubbles presented in the adhesive material, at an interface between the adhesive material and the base, and at an interface between the adhesive material and the semiconductor chip are expelled from the adhesive material under the temperature and pressure in the processing tank.
US07863086B2
A thin film transistor substrate includes an insulating substrate, a gate electrode formed on the insulating substrate, a first gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode and having an opening for exposing at least part of the gate electrode, a second gate insulating film covering the gate electrode exposed by the opening and having a larger dielectric constant than the first gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed apart from each other in a central area of the second gate insulating film and defining a channel region there between, and an organic semiconductor layer formed in the channel region. A method for forming the TFT substrate is also provided. Thus, the present invention provides a TFT substrate in which a characteristic of a TFT is improved.
US07863085B2
An organic thin film transistor (OTFT), a method of manufacturing the same, and a biosensor using the OTFT are provided. The OTFT includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, source and drain electrodes, and an organic semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate and further includes an interface layer formed between the gate insulating layer and the organic semiconductor layer by a sol-gel process. The gate insulating layer is formed of an organic polymer, and the interface layer is formed of an inorganic material. The OTFT employs the interface layer interposed between the gate insulating layer and the organic semiconductor layer so that the gate insulating layer can be protected from the exterior and adhesion of the gate insulating layer with the organic semiconductor layer can be improved, thereby increasing driving stability. Also, since the OTFT can use a plastic substrate, the manufacture of the OTFT is inexpensive so that the OTFT can be used as a disposable biosensor.
US07863082B2
A method for fabricating a photo diode first involves providing a substrate. A doping area is then formed on the substrate. Afterwards, a dielectric layer, and a first poly-silicon layer are formed on the substrate. An opening is then formed to expose a surface of the doping area. A second poly-silicon layer is formed on the first poly-silicon layer and within the opening. The second poly-silicon layer is patterned to form a wire, while the first poly-silicon layer is patterned to form a gate. Finally, a source/drain is formed.
US07863070B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for enabling wafer-scale encapsulation of microelectromechanical (MEM) devices (e.g., resonators, filters) to protect the MEMs from the ambient and to provide either a controlled ambient or a reduced pressure. In particular, methods for wafer-scale encapsulation of MEM devices are provided, which enable encapsulation of MEM devices under desired ambient conditions that are not determined by the deposition conditions of a sealing process in which MEM release via holes are sealed or pinched-off, and which prevent sealing material from being inadvertently deposited on the MEM device during the sealing process.
US07863058B2
Disclosed are methods of attaching biologically active compounds to a solid surface, comprising modifying the solid surface using triazine chloride and attaching the biologically active compound to the triazine moiety.
US07863056B2
A coated metal surface on a solid support, wherein the coating consists of a protein layer firmly attached to the metal surface, and said protein layer is coupled to linker molecules that are bound to low molecular weight antigens, wherein the linker molecules are coupled to the protein layer and are bound to the antigen via functional end groups and contain between the functional end groups an aliphatic hydrocarbon of 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and wherein the antigens are optionally reversibly bound to antibodies specific for the antigens, is described. The coated metal surface on a solid support may be used in a method of detecting analyte antigens as part of an analysis device, such as a Piezoelectric Crystal Microbalance device or a Surface Plasmon Resonance biosensor, for detection in an aqueous solution of an analyte antigen with higher affinity to an antibody than the antigen of the coating by monitoring the displacement of the antibody from the coating.
US07863047B2
New intracorporeal photodynamic medicaments and certain medical uses and methods for use of such photodynamic medicaments for treatment of disease in human or animal tissue are described, wherein a primary active component of such medicaments is a halogenated xanthene or halogenated xanthene derivative. In preferred embodiments, such medicaments are used for treatment of a variety of conditions affecting the skin and related organs, the mouth and digestive tract and related organs, the urinary and reproductive tracts and related organs, the respiratory tract and related organs, the circulatory system and related organs, the head and neck, the endocrine and lymphoreticular systems and related organs, various other tissues, such as connective tissues and various tissue surfaces exposed during surgery, as well as various tissues exhibiting microbial or parasitic infection. In another preferred embodiment, such medicaments are produced in various formulations including liquid, semisolid, solid or aerosol delivery vehicles.
US07863043B2
Populations of stem cells and methods for their isolation and use are provided. These stem cell populations comprise aldehyde dehydrogenase positive (ALDHbr) cells isolated from bone marrow, and ALDHbr CD105+ cells derived from any stem cell source. These populations may also comprise cells expressing such surface markers as CD34, CD38, CD41, CD45, CD105, CD133, CD135, CD117, and HLA-DR, and/or are substantially free from such cell surface markers as CD3, CD7, CD 10, CD 13, CD 14, C1319, CD33, CD35, CD56, CD 127, CD 138, and glycophorin A. The population may also comprise cells expressing CD90. The stem cell populations of the invention are isolated from a stem cell source such as bone marrow, peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood, and fetal liver. Methods of the invention comprise isolating and purifying stem cell populations from stem cell sources, and methods of using these cells to reconstitute, repair, and regenerate tissues.
US07863041B2
Rabies Virus compositions and methods are provided. The full-length sequence of Rabies Virus strain Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth (ERA) is disclosed. A reverse genetics system for producing recombinant ERA virus and derivatives thereof is provided, along with compositions including ERA and/or ERA derivative strain viruses, nucleic acids and/or proteins. In some instances, the compositions are immunogenic compositions useful for the pre- or post-exposure treatment of Rabies Virus.
US07863034B2
A streaker device for streaking a microbial inoculum for single colonies on the surface of a solid growth medium. The streaking device has a row of spaced apart contact surfaces for contact with the surface of the solid growth medium. The spaced apart contact surfaces are resiliently flexibly supported by a common support member so as to accommodate variations in depth of growth medium. The spaced apart contact surfaces may be provided on lowermost part of axially curved portions of plastics straps, that are angled backwardly. It is found that formation of a single band can give separation into single colonies. Also provided is an automatic streaking apparatus.
US07863033B2
There has been effort to develop a lactobacillus that would be useful as a probiotic, and to develop a lactobacillus which would colonize and proliferate in lesions of infection, eliminating the causal bacteria.This problem was resolved by developing a Lactobacillus casei species having the following key properties. (1) The species can be grown in the presence of any of one to four amino acids as a nitrogen source necessary for growth. (2) When a growth-promoting culture medium is inoculated with the species and Escherichia coli in the same count and subjected to anaerobic mixed culturing at 37° C., the final count of lactobacilli is 50% or more of the coliform count. (3) Upon cultivation in an appropriate culture medium, the final pH value is 4.0 or below, and the highest acidity is 1.5% or more. (4) The species is resistant to 5% bile salts. (5) The species produces an antibiotic.
US07863031B2
The invention provides a purified, isolated, synthetic or recombinant phytase enzyme (e.g., SEQ ID NO:2) initially derived from Escherichia coli B. The enzyme has a molecular weight of about 47.1 kilodaltons and has phytase activity (SEQ ID NO:2). The enzyme can be produced from native or recombinant host cells and can be used to aid in the digestion of phytate where desired. In particular, the phytase of the present invention can be used in foodstuffs to improve the feeding value of phytate rich ingredients.
US07863029B2
A composition having an agent adapted to affect a multimeric protein by binding to a binding site of the multimeric protein and thereby affecting an equilibrium of units, wherein the multimeric protein has an assembly having a plurality of said units, wherein each of the units has a first complementary surface and a second complementary surface and wherein the first complementary surface of one unit is associated with the second complementary surface of another unit, provided that the assembly is at least one of different quaternary isoforms on a condition that in the multimeric protein (1) a structure of each of the units determines a structure of the different quaternary isoforms, (2) the units are in the equilibrium and (3) the structure of the different quaternary isoforms influences a function of the multimeric protein.
US07863027B2
A process is provided to improve the specific activity of an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity when converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid under aqueous reaction conditions. Inclusion of an effective amount of at least one amine protectant improves the specific activity and catalytic productivity of the enzyme catalyst.
US07863026B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a microorganism which has a high ability of producing docosahexaenoic acid. The present invention provides a Thraustochytrium strain which has an ability of producing docosahexaenoic acid, and use thereof.
US07863025B2
The present invention provides a novel approach for the preparation of fatty alcohol esters of α-hydroxy carboxylic acids. In one form of the invention, the target fatty alcohol ester of α-hydroxy carboxylic acid is produced by converting a lower alkyl ester of α-hydroxy carboxylic acid into a fatty alcohol ester of α-hydroxy carboxylic acid via alcoholysis (i.e., transesterification). The transesterification process is an equilibrium reaction, catalyzed chemically (i.e., with acids or bases) or enzymatically, that is shifted in the desired direction to produce the desired product. One preferred way of shifting the reaction in the direction of the desired product is by reducing the concentration of one of the products (e.g., distillation of a lower-boiling alcohol as soon as it is formed). Another preferred way of shifting the reaction in the direction of the desired product is by increasing the concentration of one of the reactants (e.q., adding more of the starting ester).
US07863024B2
The present invention provides a process for producing a highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing lipid which is less expensive than existing ones, which comprises culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Mortierella with the use of, as a medium carbon source, a saccharified starch, which is less expensive than glucose, does not contribute to an increase in osmotic pressure of the culture medium, and can be utilized by the Mortierella microorganism, and collecting a highly unsaturated fatty acid-containing lipid from the culture.
US07863021B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.
US07863016B2
The present invention relates to G-CSF polypeptides and their uses, particularly for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment in human subjects. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides, vectors comprising such nucleic acids and recombinant cells containing the same. The invention further discloses methods of producing such polypeptides, as well as methods and tools for detecting or dosing these polypeptides in any sample.
US07863013B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of an overproducing Staphylococcus aureus strain comprising:(a) culturing a Staphylococcus aureus strain on a culture medium M1, M2 or M3,(b) optionally, recovering the strains thus produced from the culture medium,and also to the use of said strains for the production of polysaccharides.
US07863010B2
The present invention relates to methods, reagents, and kits for assessing organ damage, such as damage due to ischemia reperfusion injury, in the course of a transplantation therapy and/or for assessing organ regeneration following transplantation therapy. The invention provides a method for determining an index of organ health in the course of transplantation therapy comprising measuring the expression level of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) in the organ. Measuring the expression level of PBR is also useful for assessing the progress of organ regeneration in the course of transplantation therapy by comparing the index of organ health. The expression level of PBR may be used as a predictor of the outcome of transplantation therapy.
US07863007B2
The present invention relates to amniotic fluid specific polypeptide and a method for detecting rupture of the amniotic membranes. In particular the invention provides a marker for prolonged rupture of the membranes (PROM), which marker consists essentially of polypeptides of approximately 75 kDa, 20 kDa and 50 kDa as determined by 4-15% gradient SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
US07862999B2
Methods for multiplex amplification of a plurality of targets of distinct sequence from a complex mixture are disclosed. In one aspect targets are circularized using a single circularization probe that is complementary to two regions in the target that flank a region to be amplified. The targets may hybridize to the circularization probe so that 5′ or 3′ flaps are generated and methods for removing flaps and circularizing the resulting product are disclosed. In another aspect targets are hybridized to dU probes so that 5′ and 3′ flaps are generated. The flaps are cleaved using 5′ or 3′ flap endonucleases or 3′ to 5′ exonucleases. The target sequences are then ligated to common primers, the dU probes digested and the ligated targets amplified.
US07862994B2
This invention provides agents determined to be capable of inhibiting the fusion of a macrophage-tropic primary isolate of HIV-1 to a CD4+cell and agents determined to be capable of inhibiting the fusion of a T cell-tropic isolate of HIV-1 to a CD4+cell. This invention also provides methods to identify such agents. This invention further provides methods of inhibiting fusion of a macrophage-tropic primary isolate of HIV-1 with a CD+ cell and methods of inhibiting fusion of a T cell-tropic isolate of HIV-1 with a CD4+cell susceptible to infection by a T cell-tropic isolate of HIV-1.
US07862989B2
The process of producing a dual damascene structure used for the interconnect architecture of semiconductor chips. More specifically the use of imprint lithography to fabricate dual damascene structures in a dielectric and the fabrication of dual damascene structured molds.
US07862985B2
A method for double patterning a thin film on a substrate is described. The method includes forming the thin film to be patterned on the substrate, forming a developable anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer on the thin film, and forming a layer of photo-resist on the ARC layer. Thereafter, the layer of photo-resist and the ARC layer are imaged with a first image pattern, and developed, thus forming the first image pattern in the ARC layer. The photo-resist is removed and another layer of photo-resist is formed on the ARC layer. Thereafter, the other layer of photo-resist and the ARC layer are imaged with a second image pattern, and developed, thus forming the second image pattern in the ARC layer. The other photo-resist layer is removed and a double patterned ARC layer remains for etching the underlying thin film.
US07862982B2
A new lithographic process comprises reducing the linewidth of an image while maintaining the lithographic process window, and using this process to fabricate pitch split structures comprising nm order (e.g., about 22 nm) node semiconductor devices. The process comprises applying a lithographic resist layer on a surface of a substrate and patterning and developing the lithographic resist layer to form a nm order node image having an initial line width. Overcoating the nm order node image with an acidic polymer produces an acidic polymer coated image. Heating the acidic polymer coated image gives a heat treated coating on the image, the heating being conducted at a temperature and for a time sufficient to reduce the initial linewidth to a subsequent narrowed linewidth. Developing the heated treated coating removes it from the image resulting in a free-standing trimmed lithographic feature on the substrate. Optionally repeating the foregoing steps further reduces the linewidth of the narrowed line. The invention also comprises a product produced by this process.
US07862976B2
A liquid developer having superior fixing characteristic of toner particles to a recording medium and which is harmless to the environment, and an image forming apparatus using the liquid developer are provided. The liquid developer is comprised of an insulation liquid and toner particles dispersed in the insulation liquid, wherein the insulation liquid contains a first vegetable oil and a reaction product produced by an ester exchange reaction of a second vegetable oil and a monovalent alcohol.
US07862974B2
An embodiment may be an electrophotographic toner which comprises at least one toner particle which comprises an inner layer and an outer layer covering the inner layer, wherein a cross-sectional area ratio of the outer layer to the inner layer is 0.05-0.46, and wherein a non-uniform thickness exists in the outer layer, and further the average thickness (t) taken at 5 positions as calculated by, is about 0.2—about 1.0 μm, t=(t1+t2+t3+t4+t5)/5 (unit of t1-t5 is μm)wherein t1 represents a thickness of the thickest part of the outer layer, and t2-t5 each represent a thickness of a second to a fifth thickest part of the outer layer in one particle, and wherein a glass transition point Tg of the inner layer is about 2—about 45° C. lower than Tg of the outer layer.
US07862971B2
An emulsion aggregation toner having toner particles comprising a gel latex, a high Tg latex and at least one wax, wherein the toner fuses at about 170° C. to about 220° C. at process speeds of from about 560 mm/s to about 870 mm/s, wherein the toner exhibits a crease fix property of less than about 60 and a half-toner rub fix property of less than about 0.15. The toner exhibits excellent half-tone rub fix performance and crease fix at high print speeds.
US07862966B2
A pattern forming system 1 is configured to execute a series of processes, which includes a first heat process for performing a heat process on a substrate W after a resist liquid coating process, a light exposure process for performing light exposure on a resist film in accordance with a predetermined pattern, a second heat process for promoting a chemical reaction in the resist film after the light exposure, a developing process for developing the resist film after the light exposure, and an etching process for etching an oxide film by use of a resist pattern formed by the developing process as a mask. The system includes a checking apparatus 400 configured to measure and check a state of a pattern formed after the etching process, and a control section 500 configured to use a check result to set a condition for the first heat process and/or the second heat process so as to cause the state of the pattern to be uniform on a surface of the substrate W after the etching process.
US07862961B2
An exposure apparatus transfers a pattern from a mask onto a sensitive substrate. A film protects the mask, and a film frame, between the mask and the film, holds the film spaced away from a surface of the mask. The film has a first transmittance for radiation of a necessary wavelength and has a second transmittance for radiation of an unnecessary wavelength; the first transmittance is higher than the second transmittance. The film might reflect or absorb the unnecessary wavelength. The necessary wavelength may be an exposure wavelength and may also be in the range of extreme ultra violet radiation. An atmosphere around the mask transitions from an air atmosphere to a reduced-pressure atmosphere, or from a reduced-pressure atmosphere to an air atmosphere, at a speed that allows a difference between a pressure applied to one surface of the film and a pressure applied to the other surface of the film to be held at a predetermined value or smaller.
US07862960B2
There are provided a manufacturing method of a transparent substrate for a mask blank, a mask blank, or an exposure mask adapted to prevent occurrence of a transfer pattern defect or a mask pattern defect, by correcting a recessed defect existing on the surface of the transparent substrate, and a defect correction method of an exposure mask.With respect to an exposure mask having a transparent substrate 1 formed thereon with a mask pattern 2 which becomes a transfer pattern, correction is performed by removing, by the use of a needle-shaped member 4, a peripheral portion of a recessed defect 3 formed on a surface 1a of the substrate, where the mask pattern 2 is not formed, so as to induce a reduction in transmission light quantity which causes a transfer pattern defect, thereby reducing a level difference between the surface of the substrate and the depth of the recessed defect. This correction of the recessed defect is carried out at the stage before forming a mask pattern forming thin film on the transparent substrate. A mask blank and an exposure mask are manufactured by the use of the transparent substrate applied with the correction of the recessed defect.
US07862955B2
The invention relates to an electrochemical battery, in particular a fuel cell battery or electrolytic cell battery comprising several electrolytic electrode units, a number of cooling cards for respectively cooling at least one of the electrolytic electrode units and at least one pressure chamber, which can be impinged by a pressure independently of the media supply of the electrolytic electrode units, for creating a contact pressure between components of the electrochemical battery that adjoin the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber adjoins at least one of the cooling cards and is at least partly delimited by said cooling cards.
US07862950B2
The present invention relates to an assembly with a reinforced sealing structure for its use in fuel cells and electrolyzers, comprising a membrane electrode assembly (23) and a sealing structure (S) surrounding said membrane electrode assembly (23), said sealing structure (S) comprising a gasket (G), a reinforcing material (4) integrated in said gasket and reagent gas and coolant fluid openings (10) for the passage of reactant gases and coolant fluid.
US07862943B2
A hybrid fuel cell system that employs a fuel cell stack and an ultracapacitor. A diode is provided on a high voltage electrical bus between the fuel cell stack and the ultracapacitor so that high voltage from the ultracapacitor does not affect the operation of the fuel cell stack. During system start-up, a by-pass switch is closed to by-pass the ultracapacitor so that power from the ultracapacitor can be used to start various system loads, such as a cathode side air compressor that provides air to the fuel cell stack. A 12 volt-to-high voltage converter is employed to provide a low power, high voltage supply from a low voltage battery to the system loads at start-up when the by-pass switch is opened, but before a fuel cell stack switch is closed.
US07862942B2
A system and method for reducing cathode carbon corrosion during start-up of a fuel cell stack. If a long enough period of time has gone by since the last system shutdown, then both the anode side and the cathode side of the stack will be filled with air. If the system includes split sub-stacks, then a start-up sequence uses a fast hydrogen purge through each sub-stack separately so as to minimize the time of the hydrogen/air front flowing through the anode side of the stacks. The start-up sequence then employs a slow hydrogen purge through the sub-stacks at the same time. If the time from the last shutdown is short enough where a significant amount of hydrogen still exists in the cathode side and the anode side of the sub-stacks, then the fast hydrogen purge can be eliminated, and the start-up sequence proceeds directly to the slow hydrogen purge.
US07862927B2
In a method of fabricating a battery, a substrate is annealed to reduce surface contaminants or even water of crystallization from the substrate. A series of battery component films are deposited on a substrate, including an adhesion film, electrode films, and an electrolyte film. An adhesion film is deposited on the substrate and regions of the adhesion film are exposed to oxygen. An overlying stack of cathode films is deposited in successive deposition and annealing steps.
US07862920B1
A sequence or array of electrochemical cells storing both digital and analog data. Both binary code and codes having a higher base may be stored in the memory device to increase information density. Such battery arrays could also provide power for the micro or nanodevice. Devices are microscale and nanoscale in size and utilize electrically conductive atomic force microscopy tips to record and read data stored in the device.
US07862916B2
The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic underlayer composed of Ru or an Ru alloy having a columnar structure in which crystalline particles are isolated from each other by a space, a non-magnetic granular layer provided on the non-magnetic underlayer and composed of crystalline particles and a non-soluble phase and a granular magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer and composed of CoCrPt alloy crystalline particles and the non-soluble phase, wherein when a lattice constant in an in-plane direction of the non-magnetic underlayer is a1, the lattice constant in the in-plane direction of the non-magnetic granular layer is a2, and the lattice constant in the in-plane direction of the granular magnetic layer is a3, the relation a1>a2>a3 is satisfied.
US07862912B2
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium, usable for either continuous or patterned media, has a recording layer structure (RLS) of first and second perpendicular magnetic layers (PM1, PM2) and an antiferromagnetically coupling (AFC) layer and a ferromagnetic switching layer (SWL) between PM1 and PM2. The magnetic recording system uses heat to assist in the reading and/or writing of data. The SWL is a Co/Ni multilayer with a Curie temperature (TC-SWL) less than the Curie temperatures of PM1 and PM2. At room temperature, there is ferromagnetic coupling between SWL and the upper ferromagnetic layer (PM2) so that the magnetizations of SWL and PM2 are parallel, and antiferromagnetic coupling between SWL and the lower ferromagnetic layer (PM1) across the AFC layer so that the magnetization of PM1 is aligned antiparallel to the magnetizations of SWL and PM2. When the SWL is heated to above TC-SWL it is no longer ferromagnetic, there is no antiferromagnetic coupling between the SWL and PM1 across the AFC layer, and the magnetizations of PM1 and PM2 become aligned parallel.
US07862911B2
A thermal spray coating is made of cermet and provided on the surface of a base. The value that is gained by further dividing the value, which is gained by dividing the coefficient of thermal expansion of the thermal spray coating by the thickness of the thermal spray coating (unit: μm), by the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base is set to a value no less than 0.15×10−2. Accordingly, peeling and cracking of the thermal spray coating can be prevented from being caused by the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the thermal spray coating and the base.
US07862907B2
A dimethylenecyclohexane compound represented by formula 1, a method of preparing the same, and an organic light emitting device using the dimethylenecyclohexane are provided. The dimethylenecyclohexane compound can improve the driving voltage, efficiency and color purity of the organic light emitting device.
US07862895B2
A combination of for surface treating powder is disclosed. The combination comprises a mixture of an organopolysiloxane (I) and organopolysiloxane (II), a mixture of an organopolysiloxane (I) and acryl/silicone copolymer (III) or a mixture of an organopolysiloxane (I), organopolysiloxane (II) and acryl/silicone copolymer (III) as defined herein. The organopolysiloxane (I) is represented by the following formula (1) R1a(OR2)bSiO(4-a-b)/2 with the subscripts “a” and “b” and groups R1 and R2 defined herein. The organopolysiloxane (II) is represented by the formula R3cR4dR5eSiO(4-c-d-e)/2 with the subscripts “c”, “d” and “e” defined and groups R3 and R4 defined herein, and group R5 being a silicone compound residue of the formula as defined herein.
US07862893B2
A granular solid wax particle, comprising a) a highly paraffinic wax having a T10 boiling point less than 427° C. and comprising at least 40 weight percent n-paraffins, and b) an inorganic powder coating on the wax particle. Also, a process for making a fuel or a base oil, comprising transporting the granular solid wax particles in a transport vessel to a distant location where the granular solid wax particles are processed into the fuel or the base oil.
US07862888B2
There is provided a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for optical films. The composition can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that can prevent light leakage caused by stress associated with dimensional change of a component such as an optical film, that has reworkability such that it can be easily peeled from a component, and that has satisfactory processability such that it can be processed without pressure-sensitive adhesive stain or dropout, after it is formed on an optical film. A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film produced using the composition is also provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is prepared to include a (meth)acrylic polymer including (a) 34 to 94% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit, (b) 5 to 50% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit, and (c) 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of an amino group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit; 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a peroxide as a crosslinking agent; and 0.01 to 2 parts by weight of a silane coupling agent based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic polymer.
US07862887B2
The present invention provides a multilayer sealable film having a sealable outer layer, a first heat resistant layer, a core layer, and a second heat resistant layer. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the core layer is positioned between the two heat resistant layers. The sealable layer is positioned such that one of the heat resistant layers is located between the seal layer and the core layers.
US07862886B2
An optical film comprising a substrate and a layer, the layer comprising a cured object of a composition which contains at least one of: a hydrolyzate of at least one organosilane compound having a directly silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; and a partial condensate of the hydrolyzate, and further contains a compound having a polymerization initiation site, and an antireflection film comprising a substrate and at least one layer including an antireflection layer, wherein at least one of the at least one layer is a layer formed by curing, with at least one of a light and a heat energy, a composition which contains at least one of: a hydrolyzate of at least one organosilane compound having a directly silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolyzable group; and a partial condensate of the hydrolyzate, and further contains a compound having a polymerization initiation site.
US07862865B2
Embodiments of the invention can provide a protective fabric includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant fibers, and at least one ultraviolet-resistant additive incorporated into the inherently flame resistant fibers through a dye process using a carrier, wherein the ultraviolet-resistant additive significantly increases at least one of the strength retention and the colorfastness of the fabric when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.
US07862863B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an inkjet recording medium having at least applying, on a support, a coating liquid A, a coating liquid B and a coating liquid C in this order from the support to form an ink receiving layer. The coating liquid A contains at least a crosslinking agent. The coating liquid B contains at least a vapor-phase-process silica and a water-soluble binder, in which the content of a pseudo boehmite alumina hydrate with respect to the content of the vapor-phase-process silica in the coating liquid B is less than 3% by mass, and the content of a crosslinking agent with respect to the content of the vapor-phase-process silica in the coating liquid B is less than 3% by mass. The coating liquid C contains at least a pseudo boehmite alumina hydrate and a water-soluble binder.
US07862858B2
A resist medium in which features are lithographically produced by scanning a surface of the medium with an AFM probe positioned in contact therewith. The resist medium comprises a substrate; and a polymer resist layer within which features are produced by mechanical action of the probe. The polymer contains thermally reversible crosslinkages. Also disclosed are methods that generally includes scanning a surface of the polymer resist layer with an AFM probe positioned in contact with the resist layer, wherein heating the probe and a squashing-type mechanical action of the probe produces features in the layer by thermally reversing the crosslinkages.
US07862851B2
A process for coating electrically conductive substrates by (1) applying an electrocoat film to an electrically conductive substrate and curing it to give an electrocoat and then (2) applying a layer of a pulverulent coating material to the electrocoat and curing it to give a powder coat or alternatively (1) applying an electrocoat film to an electrically conductive substrate and drying it without fully curing it, (2) applying a layer of a pulverulent coating material to the dried electrocoat film(s) and (3) jointly curing the dried electrocoat film and the layer of the pulverulent coating material to give the electrocoat and the powder coat wherein the pulverulent coating material comprises (A) at least one epoxy resin having a melting point, melting range or glass transition temperature>30° C., (B) at least one carboxyl-containing polyester resin having a melting point, melting range or glass transition temperature>30° C., and (C) at least one polycarboxylic acid having a melting point of between 80 and 160° C.
US07862845B2
Highly purified Stevioside and Rebaudioside A were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.
US07862842B2
A novel use of cationic preservatives and preparations according to this novel use. A cationic preservative derived from lauric acid and arginine, in particular, the ethyl ester of the lauramide of the arginine monohydrochloride, hereafter named LAE, can be used for the protection against the growth of microorganisms. LAE and related compounds are particularly suitable to be used in the preservation of all perishable food products. The composition optionally comprises auxiliary components and excipients.
US07862839B2
A functional food composition for treating allergy, comprising Saururus chinensis, Plantago asiatica, Poncirus trifoliata and Schisandra chinensis extracts, as active ingredients, a tea composition comprising the same and a manufacturing method thereof. The functional food and tea compositions for treatment of allergy in accordance with the present invention are therapeutically effective for any type of allergic diseases, irrespective of allergic causes. In particular, the tea composition advantageously enables easy and regular administration at need, which can achieve anti-allergic effects without particular efforts for treatment of diseases.
US07862838B1
A composition and regimen for the treatment of herpes simplex and herpes zoster, primarily through elimination of the pathogenetic conditions by taking into account both pathogenesis and etiology thereof are disclosed. Administration of 1) repeated large dosages of vitamin B2 to eliminate severe vitamin B2 deficiency inherent in herpes simplex and herpes zoster; 2) Strobilanthes cusia and Berberine to ameliorate febrile illness and to clear “hot” condition; 3) Zizyphus semen to relieve psychological stress; and 4) L-lysine to antagonize arginine and alleviate anxiety-all these hereof are for eliminating the pathogenetic conditions. These, in combination with antiviral agents if necessary, constitute the scope and the spirit of the present invention.
US07862836B2
The present invention relates to oral compositions which are useful for binding phosphorus in ingesta, and inhibiting absorption of phosphorus from the gastrointestinal tract of subjects. A method for binding phosphorus in ingesta and inhibiting its absorption from the gastrointestinal tract is also provided. The dietary supplements and pharmaceutical products and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia of chronic uremia and reducing serum phosphorus levels in patients requiring such therapy.
US07862834B2
A method of preparing a pharmaceutical formulation comprises providing a solution comprising a first solvent, a second solvent, an active agent, and an excipient. The second solvent is less polar than the first solvent and the excipient is more soluble in water than the active agent. The first and second solvents are removed from the solution to produce particles comprising the active agent and the excipient. In one version, the excipient comprises an amino acid and/or a phospholipid. A pharmaceutical formulation made by a version of the invention comprises particles comprising an active agent and an excipient which at least partially encapsulates the active agent, wherein the excipient is more soluble in water than the active agent.
US07862830B2
The present invention relates to a composition of a first single enantiomer homopolymer and a separate stereocomplex formed of a second single enantiomer homopolymer and it mirror image enantiomer, wherein the first and second single enantiomer homopolymers can be the same or different.
US07862829B2
The present invention provides viral adjuvants for enhancing an immune response to an immunogen. In particular embodiments, the viral adjuvant is an alphavirus adjuvant or a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis viral adjuvant. Also provided are compositions comprising the viral adjuvant and an immunogen, and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the viral adjuvant or compositions of the invention in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further provided are methods of producing an immune response against an immunogen in a subject comprising administering the immunogen and a viral adjuvant of the invention to the subject.
US07862826B2
The present invention relates to a composition including an effective amount of at least one of an antimicrobial peptide and a substance having an antimicrobial peptide effect and an effective amount of a neurotrophin. The composition can also include an effective amount of at least one of a growth factor and a neuropeptide. The present invention also relates a method of treating an injury to a nervous system of an animal that includes the steps of identifying the injury to the nervous system and applying to the injury an effective amount of at least one of antimicrobial peptide and a substance having an antimicrobial peptide effect. The method can also include applying an effective amount of one or more trophic factors selected from the group consisting of a growth factor, a neurotrophin, and a neuropeptide to the injury.
US07862822B2
The present invention relates to topical skin whitening compositions comprising a whitening effective amount of a black yeast-derived melanin-degrading enzyme extract and a method of preparing the compositions. The compositions provide a whitening effect by degrading melanin on the surface of the skin, the hair and the nails. The enzyme extract can be derived from Exophiala mansonii. The compositions containing the enzyme extract are more effective than are similar compositions containing kojic acid in producing a whitening effect on the skin.
US07862818B2
The present invention relates to a novel human protein called Human G-protein Chemokine Receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10, and isolated polynucleotides encoding this protein. The invention is also directed to human antibodies that bind Human G-protein Chemokine Receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10 and to polynucleotides encoding those antibodies. Also provided are vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant methods for producing Human G-protein Chemokine Receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10 and human anti-Human G-protein Chemokine Receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10 antibodies. The invention further relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods useful for diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders, and/or conditions related to this novel human protein and these novel human antibodies.
US07862815B2
The present disclosure concerns the use of peptides and compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, to influence angiogenesis. Particular methods are useful for promoting angiogenesis, while others are particularly useful for inhibiting angiogenesis.
US07862811B2
Methods, and compositions to prevent and/or treat acute or chronic right ventricular failure from pressure over load (RVPO). In one embodiment, the method includes the inhibition of at least one cysteine protease. In other embodiments, the method includes the inhibition of MMP activity to prevent or treat right ventricular failure from acute pressure over load (RVPO). In another embodiment, combination therapies are included to inhibit cysteine protease activity and MMP activity.
US07862810B2
Methods, compositions, and kits for repairing damaged myocardium and/or myocardial cells including the administration cytokines are disclosed and claimed. Methods and compositions for the development of large arteries and vessels are also disclosed and claimed. The present application also discloses and claims methods and media for the growth, expansion, and activation of human cardiac stem cells.
US07862809B2
A lactic composition containing at least a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and a mixture of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei, and a whole broth of the bacterial strain or the mixture of the bacterial strains, is useful for the prevention or treatment of disorders which are angiogenesis dependant. Both the lactic composition and its supernatant can be used for prevention or treatment of angiogenesis dependant disorders. The supernatant of the lactic composition exhibits antiangiogenic properties.
US07862806B2
Provided is a hair cosmetic composition containing (A) from 0.001 to 10 wt. % of an amphipathic amide lipid, and (B): from 0.05 to 10 wt. % of a dialkyl ether or ethylene glycol dialkyl ether with an alkyl group having from 18 to 22 carbon atoms, or an ethylene glycol monofatty acid ester, ethylene glycol difatty acid ester, fatty acid monoethanolamide or acylated β-alanine with an acyl group having from 18 to 22 carbon atoms.The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention for example, protects the hair from physical or chemical stimulation, prevents appearance of split ends and broken hair, imparts natural smoothness, moist feeling, resilience and strength, and moisture retention property to the hair after treatment (shampooing), and at the same time has excellent storage stability.
US07862800B1
This invention relates to sterilized cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions with x-ray imagining capabilities, methods of making such compositions, and methods of using such compositions.
US07862798B2
The invention relates to compounds and methods for targeting radionuclide-based imaging agents to cells having receptors for a vitamin, or vitamin receptor binding derivative or analog thereof, by using such a vitamin as the targeting ligand for the imaging agent. The invention provides a compound of the formula for use in such methods. In the compound, V is a vitamin that is a substrate for receptor-mediated transmembrane transport in vivo, or a vitamin receptor binding derivative or analog thereof, L is a divalent linker, R is a side chain of an amino acid of the formula H2NCHRCOOH, M is a cation of a radionuclide, n is 1 or 0, K is 1 or 0, and the compound can be in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor. The vitamin-based compounds can be used to target radionuclides to cells, such as a variety of tumor cell types, for use in diagnostic imaging of the targeted cells.
US07862794B2
A method of oxidizing the surface of carbon microfibers that includes contacting the microfibers with an oxidizing agent that includes sulfuric acid and potassium chlorate under reaction conditions sufficient to oxidize the surface. The invention also features a method of decreasing the length of carbon microfibers that includes contacting the microfibers with an oxidizing agent under reaction conditions sufficient to decrease the length.
US07862784B2
A flow through aqueous liquid sterilization apparatus which employs substantially fixed temperatures and pressures and variable flow rates through the apparatus for controllably processing aqueous liquids to achieve predetermined values of SALs.
US07862783B2
A separation system for a methyl acetate hydrolysis is provided. The separation system comprises a reactive distillation system, a reflux system, a first separation system and a second separation. The reactive distillation system allows the hydrolysis of a methyl acetate solution to generate a first mixture and a second mixture. The reflux system is packed with a heterogeneous catalyst and coupled to the reactive distillation system, which refluxes the first mixture to the reactive distillation system. The first separation system is coupled to the reactive distillation system, which directs the second mixture thereinto so as to isolate an acetic acid and a third mixture therefrom. The second separation system is coupled to the first separation system, which directs the third mixture thereintio so as to separate a methanol therefrom. The methyl acetate feeding system is coupled to, one of the reactive distillation system and the reflux system, which feeds the methyl acetate solution thereinto.
US07862779B2
Composition has an indicating dye encapsulated by an encapsulating material. An encapsulated indicating dye can be combined with an organic substance absorbent and/or adsorbent. The composition, combination and/or a device having one or both of them can be used to indicate the presence of an organic substance by contacting the same with a sample, and, ascertaining whether an appropriate color release occurs to indicate the presence of the organic substance by contact of the organic substance with the composition, combination and/or device.
US07862778B2
A fluid system that includes a flow system for a liquid having an inlet, an outlet, at least one fluid line extending from the inlet to the outlet and an electrically activatable melting device, wherein activation of the melting device causes melting, which interruptes, stops or diverts a flow of the fluid through the flow system. In one embodiment, the fluid system may be used in a device for measuring blood sugar.
US07862770B2
This disclosure describes an Oxygen sensing patch that can be attached to the interior surface of packages for oxygen interrogation inside the package. The Oxygen sensing patch is integrated into the inside of the package during the packaging manufacturing process and, when used with a blue LED and fluorometer, will quantitatively report the amount of oxygen in the package. The Oxygen sensing patch is suitable for measuring oxygen in gas, such as headspace applications, and in liquid. Oxygen is sensed by measuring the phase shift of fluorescence of the fluorophore immobilized in the Oxygen sensing patch. The patch can be non-intrusively interrogated by a light source. The interrogation can be done using a phase fluorometer where oxygen level is desired, or inspected visually for color change using a hand held blue LED.
US07862769B2
A testing body (1) that is provided for verifying the penetration properties of a sterilization agent has, with a compact design, a particularly high detection sensitivity and is thus particularly well-suited or use in the sterilization of minimally invasive surgical instruments that are known to be difficult to remove air therefrom thereby rendering the sterilization thereof problematic. For this purpose, the testing body (1) has a detector volume (24), which is provided for accommodating an indicator (26) and which can be connected to a sterilization chamber via a gas collecting space (4). According to the invention, the gas collecting space (4) has a multistage design, and the cross-section and the volume of each stage (14, 16) decrease between adjacent stages (14, 16) in the direction of the detector volume (24).
US07862768B2
A plain bearing is provided which has an Sn-and-Si-rich layer formed of an Al alloy containing Sn and Si, and a base material which does not contain Sn. The Sn-and-Si-rich layer have the sliding surface having an area ratio of Sn phase grains in a range of 6 to 40% and that of Si phase grains in a range of 5 to 25%.
US07862767B2
An apparatus and method for tensioning material (12) over a mold (14), such as a cure tool, comprises a tensioning fork (10) consisting of two substantially parallel tapered legs (18,20) between which material (12) is disposed. A tensioning fork (10) is positioned at a first side edge (42) and proximate a first end edge (38) of the material (12). A first leg (18) of the tensioning fork (10) is disposed under the material (12), and a second leg (20) of the tensioning fork (10) is disposed over the material (12). When force is applied to the second leg (20), it pivots about the first leg (18) along the length of the legs, remaining parallel to the first leg (18), thereby pressing a portion of the material (12) against the mold (14).
US07862758B2
An in-mold coating method for molding a molded product with an excellent external appearance. A resin molded product is kept pressed against a mold cavity surface until immediately before coating. Mold-clamping force in a second step in which the shape of the resin molded product is fixed and that in a fourth step are selected so that the deformation of the mold cavity by the mold-clamping forces is substantially the same in the second and fourth steps. Even if the mold cavity deforms by the mold-clamping force in the second step, the mold cavity deforms similarly in the fourth step to provide a uniform coating thickness. Alternatively, a mold-clamping force smaller than that in the first step is selected for the second step to reduce the degree of deformation of the mold cavity and to achieve a uniform coating thickness.
US07862753B2
According to an aspect of the invention, a compression molding method for a cutting insert, in which molding powder filled into a molding space defined by a die, an upper punch, and a lower punch is compression-molded by the upper and lower punches, includes, sliding both the upper and lower punches individually to positions just short of estimated stop positions obtained for design by means of a position controller, and then sliding the punches by means of a load controller so that a predetermined pressure is reached.
