US07931135B2
A torque transmitting assembly includes an actuator for engaging a torque transmitting element. A mechanism is connected to the actuator. The mechanism is operable to selectively allow fluid communication therethrough. The mechanism communicates between two separate fluid spaces located on opposite sides of the actuator. During movement of the actuator, a fluid is allowed to transfer through the mechanism between the two separate fluid spaces.
US07931128B2
In an elevator device, a drive unit has a drive sheave, a motor for rotating the drive sheave, and a motor driving portion for driving the motor. The motor driving portion is controlled by a control unit. When a car is running, the control unit monitors a load on at least one component within the drive unit, and generates a control command regarding a running speed of the car in accordance with a state of the load, and outputs the control command to the motor driving portion.
US07931122B2
The invention is a manhole construction safety and work platform device having a scaffold catwalk for working on a manhole, providing the safety and work platform with adjustable braces engaging the side of a conical manhole casing. The inner perimeter of the device circumferentially defines a central access opening in order to slidably accept, receive, and fit around the conical section of the manhole casing, as typically used in the utility construction industry. The scaffold catwalk has a safety barrier means on the working surface to provide a safe working environment along the outer perimeter. As is common in the industry, the conical section of the manhole casing may be an asymmetrical conical section. One objective of the present invention is to provide a scaffolding platform supported with at least three adjustable brace members to securely support the said platform against the sidewall of any shape of manhole casing.
US07931113B2
A steering control section has a first steering angle correction amount calculating section, a second steering angle correction amount calculating section, and a motor rotational angle calculating section. The first correction amount calculating section calculates a first correction amount based on a vehicle speed and an actual steering wheel angle. The second correction amount calculating section calculates a second correction amount through multiplying a control gain corresponding to the vehicle speed with a value calculated by low-pass filtering a differential value of steering wheel angle. The motor rotational angle calculating section calculates a motor rotational angle corresponding to the value adding the first and second steering angle correction amount, and outputs it to a motor driving section so as to drive an electric motor for correcting the steering angle. Thereby, an unstable vehicle behavior due to a resonance of a yaw motion caused in the steering operation can be suppressed.
US07931104B2
A machine includes a body having a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet, and having an engine compartment therein. A second compartment is positioned vertically above and fluidly connected with the engine compartment. At least one open-air operator station is positioned on a deck of the body, and a cooling system draws cooling air in a flow path through the engine compartment, into the second compartment and exhausts the cooling air in a forward direction away from the operator station.
US07931103B2
A vehicle includes an independent suspension for supporting at least first and second wheel ends relative to the vehicle, and a transmission having an input shaft and an auxiliary power output shaft and a respective drive shaft coupled to each wheel end, and an electrical power source, and a variable speed electric motor electrically coupled to the electrical power source and mechanically coupled to the input shaft, where the transmission is configured to apply power from the electric motor to the auxiliary power output shaft dependently or independently of the application of power from the electric motor to the drive shafts.
US07931100B2
Auxiliary drive for a trailer such as a caravan. Said drive consists of a drive unit with a gearwheel. Through linear movement of the drive unit relative to the chassis, said gearwheel can be brought into engagement with a ring gear fitted either on the brake drum of a wheel of the vehicle or on an auxiliary part such as a covering drum fitted over said brake drum. The ring gear preferably lies in a plane outside the plane bounded by the inside of the wheel.
US07931095B2
In a hammer drill, a coil spring is disposed rearward of a piston cylinder inside a housing so as to press the piston cylinder to an advanced position when the hammer drill operates in a drill mode, and a supporting plate is disposed at a rear end of the piston cylinder. The supporting plate includes a pair of side plates and a base portion connecting front ends of the side plates. The base portion is in contact with a rear surface of the piston cylinder, and rear ends of the side plates are in contact with a front end of the coil spring. Openings provided in the side plates are configured to hold a pin on which a connecting arm is pivoted.
US07931088B2
A method is provided for treating at least a portion of a well. The method includes the steps of: (a) simultaneously introducing into a mixer at least: (i) a first stream comprising water; (ii) a second stream comprising a dry, hydratable, viscosity-increasing agent for water, wherein the second stream is substantially free of water; and (iii) a third stream comprising a non-hydratable, insoluble particulate; wherein at least the first and second streams are not mixed prior to being introduced into the mixer; (b) mixing the first, second, and third streams in the mixer to form a pumpable mixture, wherein: (i) the mixer creates at least a sufficiently-high shear rate to disperse the viscosity-increasing agent and the insoluble particulate in the pumpable mixture; and (ii) the pumpable mixture has or is capable of developing a substantially-higher viscosity than the viscosity of the first stream; and (c) introducing a treatment fluid comprising the pumpable mixture into a wellbore.
US07931082B2
A method of servicing multiple well locations from a central location that includes the steps of configuring a central location for distribution of well development task fluids to centralized service factories through fluid lines; preparing the treatment fluids at the centralized service factories; and treating wells with the treatment fluids according to well development tasks associated with each well. A system for centralized well treatment operations that includes a centralized well treatment center which pumps well development task fluids to centralized service factories; a plurality of systems with well development mechanisms; a first connection and second connection between a well and the centralized service factories, wherein the connections are directed to flowing and recovering treatment fluids respectively; a third and fourth connection between another well and the well treatment factory, wherein the connections are directed to flowing and recovering treatment fluids respectively.
US07931081B2
A system for monitoring a location of a borehole for production of petroleum from an earth formation is provided. The system includes: an assembly including at least one of an injection conduit for injecting a thermal source into the formation and a production conduit for recovering material including the petroleum from the formation; a guide conduit attached to at least a portion of the at least one of the injection conduit and the production conduit, the guide conduit extending in a direction at least substantially parallel to the at least one of the injection conduit and the production conduit; and a detection source conduit insertable through the guide conduit and configured to dispose therein a detection source for detecting a location of the assembly in the formation. A method of monitoring a location of a borehole for production of petroleum from an earth formation is also provided.
US07931076B2
A method and apparatus for a moving a floor structure relative to a base structure is provided. The apparatus includes a base structure having an opening for a well head, a floor structure coupled to the base structure by a plurality of support members, and a drive mechanism disposed on the floor structure, the drive mechanism providing motive force to the support members for moving the floor structure relative to the base structure in a single first direction.
US07931070B2
In a sliding screen door in which a net is formed to be capable of expansion and contraction, and is formed to be capable of freely opening and closing by horizontal pulling, a net guide forms the net guide into a straight line shape in a condition of being led out from a frame member, and a movement of a net-holding member that follow the net guide is made smooth, and many of the guiding elements form the net guide for guiding the lower end of the net and include an approximately u-shape composed of a bottom portion and rising wall portions, and are formed into a series of guide rails that are serially in contact with each other by means of rising wall portions of the adjoining guiding elements, and a net-holding member which is engaged with the guide rails so as to be movable along the guide rail.
US07931067B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for laterally restraining a movable partition. In one embodiment, a movable partition includes two laterally spaced structures wherein each structure includes a plurality of hingedly coupled panels. A lateral restraint mechanism is located and configured to prevent lateral displacement of one or both of the two laterally spaced structures. In one embodiment, at least one bracket is substantially rigidly coupled to a hinge of the first structure and a laterally adjacent hinge of the second structure. The at least one bracket may include multiple brackets. Some described methods include a laterally restraining lower edge of a movable partition as well as the installation of lateral restraint brackets including the plumbing, spacing and squaring of the structures in conjunction with such installation.
US07931061B2
An axle assembly includes a non-rotating component and a wheel hub supported for rotation relative to the non-rotating component about an axis. The wheel hub includes a hub air passage that has a hub inlet and a hub outlet to be fluidly connected to at least one tire. An air chamber is formed at least in part between the non-rotating component and the wheel hub. The air chamber receives air flow from an air source and directs air flow into the hub inlet. A seal assembly engages the wheel hub to seal the air chamber.
US07931054B2
A routing machine comprises a base unit and a motor unit, which is releasably connected to the base unit. The motor unit defines a motor axis is configured for insertion into the base unit substantially in the direction of the motor axis. A depth adjustment latch is provided on the base unit. A release latch is provided on the base unit. The release latch is moveable between a first position and a second position. The release latch is configured to provide a positive stop for the motor unit when the release latch is in the first position, such that the motor unit is blocked from release from the base unit while allowing the motor unit to move along the motor axis. The motor unit is free to release from the base unit when the release latch is in the second position.
US07931052B2
A container is provided for storing items in a vacuum state. The container includes a receptacle with associated lid. A lever and clamp act together as a toggle to exert a relatively high closure force on the lid. The container includes a vacuum pump, preferably within a base of the container. A switch is provided to activate and deactivate the pump which is activated by the lever when the lever is pivoted to a closed position. A sensor is optionally also provided to shut off the pump when a sufficiently low pressure is reached. The lid includes a bleed port which is closed by the clamp when the lid is closed. When the lever and clamp are pivoted to an open position, this bleed port is opened so that pressure equalization occurs and the lid can be easily opened without fighting atmospheric pressure forces acting on the lid.
US07931050B2
A fuel pipe that is made from nano or sub-nano plastic or rubber materials and can be used for motor vehicles and ships includes a nano or sub-nano Far Infrared Ray (FIR) and anion carrier. The structures of the carrier are made up of nano or sub-nano tourmaline granules integrated into the carrier body made from general, nano, or sub-nano plastic, rubber, resin, or metal materials. The carrier can be the whole body, interior or exterior wall, or paste structures set on the inner or outer wall surface of the pipe. The carrier can reach a far infrared emission rate up to 96% from ˜85% by general tourmaline materials and facilitate sufficient combustion by breaking fuel molecular group into pieces. As a result, the novel pipe can achieve an extra 12-percent fuel economy improvement. The percentage of toxic gas in the exhaust will be correspondingly reduced.
US07931049B2
A fuel pipe that is made from general, nano or sub-nano metal materials and can be used for motor vehicles and ships includes a nano or sub-nano Far Infrared Ray (FIR) and anion carrier. The structures of the carrier are made up of nano or sub-nano tourmaline granules integrated into the carrier body made from general, nano, or sub-nano plastic, rubber, resin, or metal materials. The carrier can be the whole body, interior or exterior wall, or paste structures set on the inner or outer wall surface of the pipe. The carrier can reach a far infrared emission rate up to 96% from ˜85% by general tourmaline materials and facilitate sufficient combustion by breaking fuel molecular group into pieces. As a result, the novel pipe can achieve an extra 12-percent fuel economy improvement. The percentage of toxic gas in the exhaust will be correspondingly reduced.
US07931047B2
The present invention relates to an arrangement of line connections for installations in an aircraft passenger cabin. The arrangement comprises a line connection element for accommodating several line connections; wherein the line connection element has a fixed position in the floor grid; wherein the line connections are adaptable to system lines of aircraft systems; and wherein the installations are adaptable by way of flexible inlet lines on the line connection element.
US07931030B2
The invention provides viscosupplementation methods for treating osteoarthritis and joint injury with HA-based viscosupplements, particularly viscosupplements with an intra-articular residence half-life shorter than 3 weeks. Viscosupplements for use in the methods of the invention may be further characterized in that they contain less than 20 mg/ml HA, at least 5% (w/w) of which is in a gel form, such as, e.g., hylan B. In an illustrative embodiment, hylan G-F 20 (Synvisc®) is administered in a single intra-articular knee injection of 6±2 ml.
US07931029B2
A system and method for surgery on a hollow organ comprises a source of a biocompatible gellable fluid in a flowable state and an insertion device for introducing the gellable fluid into a hollow organ of a patient, the gellable fluid transitioning from the flowable state to a gel-like state to form a gel mass within the hollow organ to support a wall of the hollow organ in combination with a state control apparatus for transitioning the gel mass from the gel-like state to the flowable state and a removal device for removing from the hollow organ the gellable fluid in the flowable state.
US07931020B2
The invention is directed to devices and methods for electrohydrodynamic (EHD) aerosolization of liquids utilizing a dissociated discharge electrode and an electric field shield disposed between the nozzle and the discharge electrode. Preferred embodiments are designed as inhalers suitable for administration of therapeutic compounds to the respiratory tract of a patient, preferably the lungs.
US07931013B2
The present invention relates to a three-pass heat exchanger for an EGR system, comprising a casing housing at least one cooling chamber for gas circulating through a plurality of pipes and heads on its ends coupled to the gas inlet pipe coming from the exhaust manifold and to the gas outlet pipe connected to the intake manifold of the engine, which is configured as a three-pass heat exchanger, i.e. with three differentiated areas for gas circulation from the inlet pipe to the outlet pipe, the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe being located at opposite ends of the exchanger. The exchanger can include a bypass valve and two cooling chambers at different temperatures.
US07931009B2
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. The fuel injector is to be installed in a cylinder head of the engine and has a fuel pressure sensor working to measure the pressure of fuel within a injector body. The fuel pressure sensor is installed in a portion of the injector body which is to be located away from the cylinder head of the engine across a portion of the injector body on which a mechanical pressure is exerted by an external member such as a fuel supply pipe or a fuel drain pipe, thereby keeping the fuel pressure sensor free from internal stress, as arising from the mechanical pressure exerted on the injector body, to ensure the accuracy in measuring the pressure of the fuel.
US07931006B1
A rotatably alternating air or water cooled two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising a cylindrical casing, and a rotor comprising two radially extending vanes affixed to a shaft rotatably mounted within the casing upon two end plates. Two longitudinally extending walls affixed to the casing. Sealing strips provided between said walls, the shaft, the vanes, the casing and the end plates respectively. Working and supercharging interior chambers between the vanes and the walls. The casing and/or the end plates equipped with ports which communicate with the interior chambers, allowing for intake of combustible air-fuel mixture and exhaust thereafter. Ignition means delivering a spark at the end of each working cycle. An extendable and adjustable connecting rod assembly converting the oscillating bi-directional rotary motion of the output shaft into a continuous unidirectional motion of the main shaft. A self lubricating mechanism incorporated into the engine.
US07931004B2
In an engine, an oil level sensor (47) provided in a bottom part of an oil pan (15) storing engine oil so as to stand vertically upright is placed between a mutually parallel pair of balancer shafts (27, 28) housed in a balancer housing (21) provided between a lower face of a cylinder block and the oil pan (15). This not only enables the oil level sensor (47) to be placed compactly by utilizing effectively dead space formed between the pair of balancer shafts (27, 28), but also enables agitation of engine oil to be suppressed by the pair of balancer shafts (27, 28) and any degradation in detection precision due to engine oil splashing over the oil level sensor (47) to be prevented.
US07931003B2
A reciprocating engine 1 includes an annular top ring 5 serving as a first piston ring disposed adjacent to a top surface (head end surface) 4 of a piston 3 defining a combustion chamber 2; an annular second ring 6 serving as a second piston ring disposed with the top ring 5 interposed between the annular second ring 6 and the top surface 4; an annular gas chamber 7 defined by the top ring 5 and the second ring 6; and a plurality of communicating passages 8 for allowing the annular gas chamber 7 and the combustion chamber 2 to communicate with each other. The top ring 5 and the second ring 6 are respectively inclined with respect to an X direction in which the piston 3 reciprocates, so as to be located further away from each other on a thrust side 9 than on an anti-thrust side 10.
US07930998B2
A water-in-fuel emulsion system comprises a reactor device, a fuel intake connected to said reactor device, a water intake connected to said reactor device, a pump connected to said reactor device, and a circulating emulsion reprocessing inline loop connected to said pump and feeding a load as needed in real time, wherein said reactor device comprises a non-vibrating anvil shaped to create cavitation sufficient to emulsify water-in-fuel from said water intake and said fuel intake.
US07930991B2
A film applicator which includes an applicator housing, an applicator blade positioned within the housing, a micrometer secured to the applicator housing and having a plurality of shafts and a plurality of magnets each having one end secured to a respective micrometer shaft and another end in releasable magnetic engagement with the applicator blade.
US07930988B1
A joint assembly for a boat seat is provided. In one example, the joint assembly includes a front panel having a T-shaped opening formed by a groove and a channel. An end panel is configured to couple to the front panel via a T-shaped member formed by a tongue joined to a neck. A T-shaped insert is configured to slidingly engage the groove and channel after the end panel has been inserted in order to lock the end panel in place.
US07930983B2
Sewing workpiece is set on a holding frame in such a manner that a predetermined sewing reference line of the sewing workpiece forms an inclination of a given angle δ relative to a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis of the holding frame. Desired sewing pattern data are corrected in accordance with a predetermined correction function with the given angle δ as a variable. Sewing is performed onto the sewing workpiece by the holding frame being relatively rotated and linearly moved in accordance with the corrected sewing pattern data. Thus, a desired pattern corresponding to the sewing pattern data can be sewn onto the workpiece in generally parallel relation to the predetermined sewing reference line.
US07930980B2
An automatically stabilizing table has an elongate support structure (14) supporting a table top (12) at an upper end and having a first pair of feet (50) at a lower end. An elongate guide formation (38) projects from a lower end of the support structure. A displaceable support member (30), having a second pair of feet (32), is engaged with the guide formation such that the displaceable support member is slidably displaceable along the guide formation and is automatically frictionally engageable with the guide formation in response to pivoting of the displaceable support member about a pivot axis which is transverse to the guide formation, to anchor the displaceable support member frictionally against sliding displacement relative to the guide formation. A pair of springs (48) is provided to urge the support member downwardly. The support member is located in channel shaped spokes (20) to inhibit swiveling thereof on the guide formation. The guide formation is preferably a pin received in a bushed guiding passage (36) in the support member.
US07930979B2
Disclosed is a series of stacked intermodal containers, being pulled by a locomotive of a train, with aerodynamic drag reducing devices. A first set of containers has an aerodynamic drag reducing device with a drag reducing fairing and an attachment frame attached thereto. The attachment frame includes first and second mounting devices configured to be removably mounted to connection openings of the corner fittings of the top container of the first set of containers. The first mounting device(s) may be rotatably locked within the top connection openings, while the second mounting device(s) may be hooks for latching into the bottom connection openings. A method of attaching the aerodynamic drag reducing device is also disclosed.
US07930978B1
A forward firing fragmentation warhead is constructed with casing materials that are pulverized upon detonation of the explosive. As a result, the lethality radius of the pulverized case fragments is no greater than that of the gas blast, thus reducing potential collateral damage. Warhead lethality may be improved by forming the fragmentation layer and explosive with dome-shapes that approximately match the shape of the advancing pressure wave. This increases fragment velocity and improves the uniformity of the fragment distribution over the forward-firing pattern. A variable-thickness pattern shaper may be placed between the fragmentation layer and explosive to provide additional shaping of the forward-firing pattern. Warhead weight and cost can be reduced by eliminating explosive at the aft end of the warhead that does not contribute to the total energy imparted to the fragments. More specifically, the aft section of the explosive and explosive containment structure may be tapered to approximately match the expansion of the pressure wave from the single-point aft detonation.
US07930973B2
An automated cooking apparatus to replicate a chef's stir-frying cooking skills on using a utensil, a combination of using a utensil and wok-flip mechanism, or a wok-flip mechanism to enhance cooking results.
US07930972B2
Apparatus and method of obtaining a frothy drink from a cartridge, the cartridge being made up of at least one chamber containing at least a preparation for a drink. Where the cartridge is injected with a predetermined volume of fluid, a first part of which essentially consists of air which is compressed in the cartridge to a pressure lower than the pressure at which the cartridge opens or the drink flows freely through the cartridge and a second part of which consists of water, or possibly of a mixture of air and water, which is injected after the first part into the cartridge so as to make it possible to obtain the drink by causing the internal pressure to increase until the cartridge opens or the drink flows freely through the cartridge thus allowing the drink to be discharged and froth to be formed.
US07930970B2
A control unit for a work machine that allows automatically obtaining optimal operability even when the weight of a work arm in the work machine is changed. In a work machine where at least a part of a work arm to be operated by a fluid pressure actuator is provided so as to be replaceable, a control unit for a work machine includes: a pilot-operated control valve that controls the fluid pressure actuator; a proportional solenoid valve that pilot-controls the pilot-operated control valve by a pilot control pressure according to an electrical signal corresponding to a manual operation amount; a measuring means that measures a weight of at least the part of the work arm; and a controller that converts characteristics between the manual operation amount and the pilot control pressure of the proportional solenoid valve to characteristics according to the weight of the work arm measured by the measuring means.
US07930969B1
A boosted brake having a booster with a decompression arrangement wherein an output push rod has a head with a plurality of openings that extend into a stem and create a plurality of arcuate grooves. The openings receive a plurality of projections that extend from a piston retained in a sleeve held in a movable partition. A spring acts on the projections and urges the piston into engagement with a reaction disc through which an actuation force is supplied a master cylinder. A predetermined reaction force from the master cylinder acts on piston and overcomes the spring to allow the reaction disc to expand and thereby modify the reaction force. The arcuate grooves in the stem allow for a maximum diameter for spring with a minimum diameter for stem that corresponds to a diameter of piston in order to creates a desired braking in response to an emergency brake application.
US07930964B1
A Gatling-type minigun eliminates the hazards to the operator of the minigun associated with hang fire and overpressure situations by providing a vented rotor assembly to redirect high-pressure gases and associated debris forward of the rotor assembly and away from the operator.
US07930952B2
A toggle-type positioning platform including a first platform, a motor, a screw rod, a second platform and a linkage is provided. The motor and the screw rod are disposed on the first platform; the motor is coupled to the screw rod and suitable for driving the screw rod to rotate. The second platform is above the first platform and is suitable for moving back and forth alternately along a predetermined path, wherein an included angle exists between an extended direction of the predetermined path and the screw rod. The linkage is disposed between the first platform and the second platform, and is connected between the second platform and the screw rod. The linkage is driven by the rotation of the screw rod, to drive the second platform to move along he predetermined path. Accordingly, the positioning precision of the toggle-type positioning platform is enhanced.
US07930946B2
A device is provided for simultaneous determination of forces, comprising an arrangement of parallel springs with integrated piezoresistive resistances in the form of a full Wheatstone bridge. The parallel springs, have, for example, silicon or fused quartz, are arranged in lines, wherein the parallel springs at their ends are permanently connected by silicon or fused quartz spacers. At the free ends of the parallel springs, measurement-technology elements are arranged. The opposite ends of the parallel springs are fastened to a frame.
US07930945B2
A method is provided for measuring the mean flow velocity of an electrically conductive medium while applying a magnetic field to the measurement volume put through and decoupling an electric signal induced in the measurement volume. The fluctuating part of the electric signal, which is based on stochastic fluctuations of the flow velocity due to turbulent motion, is captured as a time-dependent wanted signal. By the weighted integration of the wanted signal the mean flow velocity over predefined time intervals is determined.
US07930943B2
In order to reduce hysteresis and other noise components included in the output signal characteristic of a differential pressure sensor, an elastic reaction member which operates together with a diaphragm provided in a chamber of the differential pressure sensor includes a contact portion which contacts the diaphragm, and a plurality of springs which are arranged symmetrically about the contact portion. Each of the springs is a plate shaped or linear shaped spring which is bent into the form of a letter C, U, J, or V, and has one of its ends fixed to a wall which defines the chamber, while its other end is connected to the contact portion. When the contact portion shifts together with the diaphragm, the deformations of the plurality of springs are mutually balanced, so that rotation and horizontal deviation of the contact portion with respect to the diaphragm is suppressed.
US07930936B2
A measuring method for measuring physical variables comprises the selection of a working point (AP) lying within a total measurement range (G) of a physical variable (M) to measured, the detection of a measured value (M(t1)) of the physical variable at a first measuring time (t1), the determination of a displacement value (V(t1)) as the result of a subtraction of the measures value (M(t1)) measured at the first measuring time from the working point (AP), the formation of change values (C(t2), C(t3) . . . C(tx)) of the physical variable (M) by acquiring subsequent measured values (M(t2), M(t3) . . . M(tx)) of the physical variable at subsequent measuring times (t2, t3 . . . tx) and addition of the displacement value (V(t1)) to the subsequent measured values.
US07930924B2
A system and method of measuring volatile and semi-volatile reduced organic compound content and volatile and semi-volatile oxidized organic compound content in a sample, using a dual detection system is provided. The method comprises introducing the sample into a semi-permeable membrane introduction interface, sweeping permeate from the membrane introduction interface with a sweep gas, splitting the permeate into a first stream and a second stream, essentially simultaneously detecting volatile and semi-volatile reduced organic compounds and oxidized and semi-volatile organic compounds with a flame ionization detector and an electron capture detector, and computing differences in detector signals, thereby measuring volatile and semi-volatile reduced organic content and volatile and semi-volatile oxidized organic compound content in the sample.
US07930920B2
A method for designing clothing and equipment for protecting law enforcement officers comprising the following steps: equipping a dummy with cinematic and/or load sensors, —positioning an impact application device to apply impacts on a target zone of the impact dummy, and the apply these impacts without the protection and the recording of the resulting measurements, the mounting of a form of protection on the target zone of the dummy, —the application of these impacts on the protected dummies, and the reading of the ensuing measurements, —the deduction of the energy absorbed from the measurements the value and/or attenuation of the impact force by the protection, —if the value(s) are superior to the threshold values, the clothing or equipment can be tagged as acceptable, —otherwise, structural modifications must be made to the protective clothing or equipment with the purpose of improving these values. Application of standardized tests for levels of protection in order to facilitate the choice of equipment for its intended usage.
US07930910B2
A drum type washing machine is provided. The drum type washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub fixed to an inner side of the cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub, and a driving motor positioned at a rear side of the drum for generating a driving force that rotates the drum. The washing machine may also include a supporting plate to rotatably support a rotational shaft extending between the motor and the drum, and a plurality of supporters connected between the supporting plate and the cabinet. Such an arrangement may increase washing capacity by increasing a diameter of the drum without increasing an external size of the cabinet.
US07930908B2
The machine provides a path (3) for feed of the fabric with a transfer system, for example a pneumatic system. Along the aforesaid path the fabric can be treated in rope form or in open width according to the machine settings.
US07930895B2
A brushless direct current motor, includes a rotor which comprises a permanent magnet, a stator which comprises coils associated with a plurality of phases which form an electrical field for generating a torque by interaction with a magnetic field which is generated by the permanent magnet, and a load prevention part which is disposed inside the stator to electrically connect and disconnect the coils of the plurality of phases according to a temperature variation.
US07930893B2
An automated ice transport device and method that can service one or more remote locations is provided. When ice is needed, the container is automatically filled, and then is transported mechanically along a predetermined pathway to the ice storage device in need, where the ice is dispensed therefrom. The container is returned to the source of ice following the predetermined pathway, remaining there until ice is needed at a location.
US07930888B2
A variable geometry turbine comprises a turbine wheel supported in a housing for rotation about a turbine axis with an annular inlet passageway defined between a radial face of a nozzle ring and a facing wall of the housing. The nozzle ring is movable along the turbine axis to vary the width of the inlet passageway and of vanes that are received in corresponding slots in the facing wall. Each vane major surface such that at a predetermined axial position of the nozzle ring relative to the facing wall the recess is in axial alignment with the slot and affords an exhaust gas leakage path through the inlet passageway. The recess is configured to reduce the efficiency of the turbine at small inlet gaps appropriate to engine braking or exhaust gas heating modes.
US07930881B2
An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine includes a particulate filter (CSF), a first NOx absorbent (NOx(1)) disposed upstream of the filter and a second NOx absorbent (NOx(2)) disposed downstream of the filter.
US07930877B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, which is provided with a feeding pipe of fresh air to an intake manifold and with a turbocharger arranged along the feeding pipe; the exhaust system displays: an emission pipe for releasing the exhaust gases produced by the internal combustion engine into the atmosphere; at least one gas treatment device, which is arranged along the emission pipe and consists of an oxidizing catalyzer and an anti-particulate filter; and a recirculation circuit, which displays a recirculation pipe which is regulated by a recirculation valve and connects the emission pipe downstream of the treatment device to the intake pipe upstream of a compressor of the turbocharger to introduce into the intake pipe a certain amount of exhaust gases present in the emission pipe; along the recirculation pipe a filter consisting of a metallic mesh arranged to close the recirculation pipe is arranged.
US07930870B2
A corn head includes plural pairs of first and second laterally spaced rotating stalk rolls each having outer fluting and plural outer arrays of spaced knife members extending along the length of each stalk roll. Corn stalks are directed by rotating pick-up cones each disposed forward of a respective stalk roll into the space between adjacent stalk rolls, where the stalks are directed downwardly through the inter-roll space and are reduced by the cutting action of the rotating knives. Each pick-up cone and its associated stalk roll rotate in opposite directions as do the two stalk rolls. Disposed above and extending along the length of the stalk rolls are a closely spaced upper auger and stripper plate which remove an ear of corn from the stalk and direct the ear to the combine for further processing. A skid plate is disposed adjacent a lower, forward portion of each pick-up cone.
US07930863B1
Reinforcing connector (10) for reinforcing attachment among components (110) of a structure (100); such as crossing beams (111). Reinforcing connector (10) includes a length of roving (20) composed of filaments (25). Roving (20) is disposed in borehole (50) piercing first beam 111A Free ends (21,23) of roving (20) protrude from borehole openings (51) and are splayed apart into individual filaments (25). Filaments (25) are attached to surfaces of components (110) with adhesive means (30). Reinforcing connector (10) increases ductility and resistance to lateral forces of structure (100).
US07930860B2
A window drain for preventing stains on a building wall and damage caused by frozen rain water, which is installable and sealable easily without impairing the appearance of a building. The present invention relates to a window drain adapted to be positioned at the portion beneath each vertical post of a sash window frame comprising a vertical portion, a sloping portion, a front portion and a horizontal portion for latching itself to an upper portion of an external wall. Further, the present invention relates to the window drain, wherein the horizontal portion has a notch at an end thereof and a sealing pocket. Further, the present invention relates to a window drain, further comprising upstanding portions to regulate a stream of water so that the water is kept between the upstanding portions, at both ends of the window drain wherein one upstanding portion is located at the inner side of the vertical portion of a sash window frame, and the other upstanding portion is located at the outer side of the vertical portion of a sash window frame.
US07930857B2
A prefabricated structure comprises a shell including a shell frame and an extension deployable from the shell, the extension including an extension frame. The shell frame comprises a floor support, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support. The extension frame comprises a floor support, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the floor support and the roof support. The prefabricated structure further comprises a floor panel connected with the shell by a hinge to provide a floor for the extension, wherein the floor panel is undeployed when the extension is held in place within the shell by the extension, and wherein as the extension is deployed, the floor panel pivots at the hinge and the extension guides the floor panel to a deployed position.
US07930856B2
Door sill frame assemblies and sliding door assemblies comprising the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sill frame assembly for a sliding door includes a first engaging surface capable of attaching with a sliding door and allowing lateral reciprocating motion of the sliding door and a second engaging surface, wherein along at least a first portion of the second engaging surface is attached a sill member and wherein along at least a second portion of the second engaging surface is attached a fixed-panel door, wherein the sill member includes a channel having a weather-strip extending upward from the channel, the weather-strip having a first open state for substantially preventing water and air intrusion past the sliding door when the sliding door is in a closed position and a second compact state for allowing accessibility of a wheelchair through an opening when the sliding door is in an open position.
US07930855B2
A cost-reduced, downsized automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle is achieved by reducing the number of components thereof. A case of a driving unit is provided with a drum housing portion, and a driving drum is rotatably accommodated in the drum housing portion. An electric motor is attached to the case, and the driving drum is driven for rotation by the electric motor. A cable connected to a sliding door is wound around the driving drum. By rotation of the driving drum, the sliding door is opened and closed as being drawn by the cable. The case is provided with a substrate housing portion integrally with the drum housing portion, and a control substrate for controlling an operation of the electric motor is accommodated in the substrate housing portion.
US07930833B2
A portable, hand-operated trimmer has a head module that is removably connected to a power control module. The head module has a power head enclosing an electric motor that is operatively connected to a trimming blade. The power head is selectably settable in a plurality of angular positions with respect to a head support, including a neutral position representing 0 degree rotation, 45 degree flexion and dorsiflexion positions, and 90 degree flexion and dorsiflexion positions. The power head also encloses a stator cartridge that is connected to the housing of the power head by a plurality of fastening members. The head support rotates about the stator cartridge and is engaged by way of a movable engagement pin that is received within a selected recess defined in the stator cartridge. The power head housing and stator cartridge further define molded sockets to receive corresponding pivot arms of the head support. An O-ring is disposed about one of the pivot arms to dampen free rotation. The power control module provides power to the power head through a removable rechargeable battery or through direct connection to conventional household power.
US07930832B2
A device is provided for unrolling a rim of a container, such as a paper cup. The device includes a first structure or section with an inside surface, a first end and a second end, including a pair of spaced apart cutting blades projecting from the inside surface. Attached or integrated proximate the second end of the first structure is a second structure or section with a first end and a second end. The cutting blades are accessible via a juncture at the first end of the first structure and the first end of the second structure. Accordingly, the device may be used to cut and unroll a portion of a rim of a container such as a paper cup.
US07930824B2
A method of manufacturing an ink jet recording head includes the steps of: forming an adhesive layers and the side walls of a flow path on a substrate; pasting a dry film, which is a part of a flow path forming member, on the side walls; and forming discharge ports in the layer.
US07930821B2
A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor. The substrate conveyor comprises a substrate feeding portion comprising at least two substrate feed tracks extending parallel to each other, a substrate processing portion located near the component feeder, which is connected to the substrate feeding portion and which comprises a single substrate processing track, a substrate discharging portion connected to the substrate processing portion, which comprises at least two substrate discharge tracks extending parallel to each other, as well as transfer means for transferring substrates from a second substrate feed track to a first substrate feed track and from a first substrate discharge track to a second substrate discharge track.
US07930818B2
In a stator mounting method in which a coil unit is inserted into a stator core and a lead wire protruding from the coil unit is inserted into and mounted on a terminal portion of the stator core, the lead wire is passed through a lead wire pullout portion located at a predetermined position of a coil frame body, a height from an inner peripheral upper face of the coil frame body to the lead wire pullout portion is equalized with a distance from a core upper face of the stator core to a lead wire insertion position inner peripheral lower face of the terminal portion, and the core upper face of the stator core is held in contact with an inner peripheral upper face of the coil frame body after the lead wire is inserted into the terminal portion.
US07930816B2
A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic flow meter assembly is disclosed. The method comprises forming an insert from a deformable material, forming at least one reinforcing component; arranging the reinforcing component around a portion of the insert, and bonding the reinforcing component to the insert to reinforce the insert against deformation under the application of pressure. An electromagnetic flow meter assembly is also disclosed and comprises an insert for insertion into a flow conduit, wherein at least a portion of the insert is formed of a deformable non-ferromagnetic material, wherein the insert comprises an inlet section, a measuring section, and an outlet section. The assembly further comprises at least one reinforcing component surrounding the measuring section of the insert to reinforce the insert against deformation under the application of pressure.
US07930809B2
A boot slider includes a body including a compartment. A piston is disposed in the compartment and is moveable between a first position and a second position. A cap is mounted in the compartment in order to restrain movement of the piston. A plurality of arms is connected together by a ring, and the ring is adapted to be retained on the cap. The arms are closed when the piston is in the first position, and the arms are urged open when the piston is in the second position.
US07930808B2
A flexible connection and release device which allows quick release while under load. The device comprises a first link; a second link; a first sling having one end attached to the first link; a second sling having one end attached to the second link; a tab attached to the first sling; a grommet contained in the tab; a curved length of a first flexible cable connected between two fixed points in the first sling on either side of the tab; a second flexible cable; and a pin or a third flexible cable. The links are connected together with multiple turns of the second flexible cable which forms a loop at its center. The curved length of the first flexible cable is passed through the loop in the second flexible cable and through the grommet so that a part of the first flexible cable protrudes from the grommet. The pin or third cable is passed through the protruding part of the first flexible cable to lock the first flexible cable in place.
US07930802B2
A castor includes an upright support post, a brake ring secured on the support post, a castor body rotatably mounted on the support post, two rollers rotatably mounted on the castor body, a first locking member movably mounted on the castor body, a second locking member movably mounted on the castor body, and a brake handle pivotally mounted on the castor body. Thus, when the castor is locked, each of the two rollers is locked onto and cannot be rotated relative to the castor body, and the castor body is locked onto and cannot be rotated relative to the support post, so that the castor will stop rotating when being braked so as to provide a double-braking effect.
US07930793B2
An apparatus for removing a hair tangle is provided that moves the hair brush having a first bristle on a rotatable brush element through the hair above the tangle in a first direction, pivots the first bristle on the rotatable brush element about a pivotal axis of the brush in a second direction if the hair tangle is encountered by the bristle, moves a second bristle on the rotatable brush element through the hair below the tangle, and moves additional bristles to a side of the tangle in order to release the hair tangle.
US07930788B1
A reduced height combination ramp and load leveler includes at least two lengthwise support members, a plurality of cross members and plurality of cross treads. A retention tube is secured to each end of the at least two lengthwise support members. The at least two lengthwise support members and the plurality of cross members are preferably fabricated from an aluminum alloy having a tensile strength of at least 50,000 to reduce a height of the combination ramp and load leveler. Two stake receivers allow a single ramp to be used as a load leveler. Each stake receiver is sized to removably receive an adjustable stake. A ramp stand includes a support base and an adjustable tube receiver that is vertically positionable relative to the support base. The adjustable tube receiver retains the retention tubes.
US07930785B2
The present invention relates to a method for washing a washing tub and a washing machine having the same applied thereto, and more particularly, a method for washing a washing tub including a detergent removing step, a laundry amount detecting step, and a soaking step; and a washing machine having the same applied thereto. The method includes a detergent removing step for removing detergent from the washing tub, a washing water supply step for supplying washing water to the washing tub, a laundry amount sensing step for sensing a laundry amount in the washing tub for determining whether the method proceeds to the next step or not, a soaking step for soaking dirt on a surface of the washing tub after applying the washing water to the dirt by moving the washing tub, and a washing step for washing the washing tub, if it is determined in the laundry amount sensing step that the method proceeds to the next step.
US07930779B2
A mattress cover for covering a portion of a mattress that generally has a top surface and a plurality of side panels. The mattress cover generally comprises a waterproof cover, a fabric cover and at least one fastener to secure the fabric cover to the waterproof cover. The waterproof cover has at least one waterproof layer or portion for covering at least a portion of the top surface of the mattress. The at least one waterproof layer or portion has a plurality of edges. The fabric cover is removably securable to the waterproof cover.
US07930778B2
A pinch-preventing unit for bed guardrail includes a guardrail, a bed frame, and an actuating unit. The actuating unit is provided with a gap cover, which is located at a lower edge of the guardrail to close a gap existed between the lower edge of the guardrail and a top of the bed frame when the guardrail is in a lifted position for use, so as to ensure the safety use of the guardrail.
US07930775B2
The inventive rotating gantry system consists of a welded tubular track tube which establishes a circular overhead track under which the rotating gantry rotates. There is a longitudinal elongated beam or support bar which extends beyond the periphery of the rotating gantry at both ends. The longitudinal elongated beam is rotating beneath the gantry by a four wheel cluster of rollers which surround the circular overhead track and run thereon. The elongated longitudinal beam has a moving trolley running there along and the moving trolley has attached thereto a vertical post which at a bottom thereof has a patient pick-up or transfer device. The rotating gantry can be suspended from a ceiling, be self-supporting or be attached to walls of a room be way of extendable extensions attached to the rotating gantry.
US07930773B2
The present invention provides a shoulder pad for use in a contact sport, such as football, hockey or lacrosse. The shoulder pad includes a pair of arch members, each having an upper portion, a front portion depending from the upper portion, and a rear portion depending from the upper portion. The shoulder pad further includes at least one side pad assembly having an epaulet and a shoulder cap, wherein the shoulder cap overlies the wearer's shoulder region and the epaulet overlies both the arch member and the shoulder cap. The side pad assembly is operably secured to the body arch member by a fastening assembly that includes a flexible single band. Unlike conventional designs, the single band secures both the epaulet and the shoulder cap to the upper portion of the arch member. The shoulder pad further includes a pair of interior pad assemblies wherein each interior pad assembly is removably connected to an arch member. The interior pad assembly is an integrated unit formed from a front pad, an intermediate pad, and a rear pad joined together to form distinct air management chambers.
US07930772B2
Disclosed herein is a cooling device such as a blind head cooling helmet which will fully cover the head contour plus the area of the eyes, cheeks, and ears, having an lid arrangement with internal air ducts. An air pump generates and pushes small volumes of slow pace moving air, so that it be transferred to the blind head cooling helmet via an “C” shaped tube, to all the internal air duct, and finally escaping through the bottom of the lid arrangement, not without before the resulting air bubbles crashing against some areas of the internal layer creating a therapeutic effect or relaxing comfort to areas of the face.
US07930767B2
A body form-fitting rainwear is provided. In the rainwear a first waterproof layer comprises a polymer material treated with an oleophobic composition to form an air permeable polymer material. The first waterproof layer couples to a first fabric layer. The first fabric layer faces the body and couples to a first side of the first waterproof layer. A second fabric layer couples to a second side of the first waterproof layer. A stretch knit couples to the second fabric layer, the stretch knit being constructed to pull the rainwear to the body. The first waterproof layer, first fabric layer, second fabric layer and stretch knit are formable about a human body and are constructed to accommodate one or more human appendages. The rainwear may for example form a shirt, pant, underwear, long underwear, hat hood or one piece body suit.
US07934266B2
A content reproduction apparatus 20 includes: a storage section 230 for storing a source-ID list L and method identification information 232; a reproduction control method determination section 240 for determining a method to control reproduction of a content on the basis of the method identification information 232; a first reproducibility determination section 242a, which is used for producing a result of determination as to whether or not a content to be reproduced is reproducible by determining whether or not a source ID attached to the content is a source ID included in the source-ID list L in case the reproduction control method determination section 240 determines that the method to control reproduction of a content is a first reproduction control method; a second reproducibility determination section 242b, which is used for producing a result of determination as to whether or not a content to be reproduced is reproducible on the basis of usage rule information described in a license issued to the content in case the reproduction control method determination section 240 determines that the method to control reproduction of a content is a second reproduction control method; and a reproduction execution section 244 for reproducing a content determined as a reproducible content.
US07934263B2
Methods and apparatus for managing devices and content in a network environment. In one implementation, a method of acquiring a license in a hub network includes: sending a license request from a client to a server; sending a connection confirmation from said client to said server; and receiving license data at said client from said server; wherein said client and said server are connected in a hub network, said license request identifies a sub-copy version stored on said client, said sub-copy version includes sub-copy locked content data, and said license data is bound to said hub network.
US07934260B2
An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system are described that in some instances may provide access to at least one bypass network, provide distribution of an anti-viral agent onto a communications network associated with a virus, using the at least one bypass network, and provide an entity-sponsored assurance of a transmission characteristic of the at least one bypass network with respect to the providing the distribution.
US07934254B2
An improved network intrusion detection and response system and method is disclosed for detecting and preventing misuse of network resources. More particularly, the system and method dynamically self-adjusts to changes in network activity using a plurality of alert levels wherein each successively higher alert level triggers a corresponding heightened security response from the networked computer being misused. These heightened alert levels are integrated on both the system (individual node) and the network level. The disclosed intrusion detection and response system is also implemented at low cost using currently-existing hardware and software (i.e., network computers).
US07934252B2
A message gateway apparatus is provided for use in a web service system to process a message containing a request for a destination web service application, in which the message includes a plurality of events within a structured document conforming to a web service protocol and each event of the plurality of events has a name and a content thereof. The message gateway apparatus comprises a message parsing module configured to sequentially identify the events of the plurality of events of the message, an input object creation module configured to sequentially extract the events of the plurality of events from the message parsing module, and a message filtering module configured to sequentially access the events of the plurality of events as the events are extracted from the message parsing module by the input object creation module to analyze the name of each event and perform security processing on the content of each event for which the corresponding name indicates that security measures have been applied according to a security protocol. The input object creation module is configured to construct an input object including input parameters for the destination web service application based on the message. The input object creation module constructing the input object by adding a representation of each event of the plurality of events to the input object after each event is accessed by the message filtering module.
US07934239B1
A method and system to control at least one video resource daisy-chain access system. A first embodiment is a method to operate a video resource daisy-chain access system. The method includes requesting from a coordinator access instructions to receive a broadcast stream from a broadcast source; connecting to the broadcast source, or one of the re-broadcasting clients already receiving the broadcast stream, as instructed by the coordinator; optionally registering with the coordinator as a potential re-broadcasting source for new clients; optionally accepting connection requests from new clients for re-broadcasting of the received broadcast stream; and playing back on the client the received broadcast stream. A second embodiment is a video resource daisy-chain access system. The system includes a coordinator; a broadcasting source having a communication link with the coordinator; a first client having a communication link with the coordinator and a communication link with the broadcasting source; and a second client having a communication link with the coordinator and a communication link with the first client. These embodiments can be applied in several wired and wireless communication applications, even combinations of wired and wireless technologies including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.16 wireless applications, and equivalent technologies.
US07934213B2
A system and method for device driver management/installation is provided. The device driver management system can be employed by a user to selectively rollback a currently installed device driver to one or a plurality of previously installed device driver(s). Additionally, the system can be employed by the user to revert to a pristine state of not having the device driver installed at all, for example, the NULL driver (e.g., in the situation in which the first driver installed on the device causes machine instability). The system stores information associated with driver(s) running on a specific device and allows a user to selectively revert to any one of a plurality of previously installed device driver(s), for example, if they experience a problem with a newer driver. Rollback point(s) can be stored, for example, in the system registry.
US07934210B1
A system and method automatically updates one or more programs and some or all of an environment in which the one or more programs run, to latest versions of the programs and the environment, or portion thereof.
US07934208B2
A generalized on-line solution for achieving transparent binary optimization using pre-existing profiling facilities and virtual memory remapping of text regions. An optimization environment is initialized which comprises a debugger program, a profiling facility, and an optimizer. A running target program is attached to the debugger program, wherein the debugger program monitors process execution of the target program. Responsive to monitoring the running target program, profile data of the running target program is collected using the profiling facility. The profile data is provided to the optimizer, wherein the optimizer analyzes the profile data and existing code of the running target program. Responsive to a determination to optimize the existing code based on the profile data, optimized code is generated for the running target program. The optimized code is provided to the debugger program, wherein the debugger program inserts the optimized code into a virtual address space of the running target program.
US07934201B2
An automated software testing and validation system allows testing of a software application under test (SAUT) regardless of the dynamic nature of the SAUT. An abstracted set of hierarchal or linear objects model certain regions of the SAUT. Automated test scripts utilize theses regions to intuitively navigate and identify potions of the SAUT to automate. The scripts can also access specific SAUT elements contain within each defined region. These elements can then be used to invoke actions or verify outputs there from. The system uses a set of rich identification rules embodied in the system which allow the user to configure the identification of any element within the abstracted region. The rules are customizable to allow the user to configure the desired level of loose coupling between the automated scripts and the target element to adapt the scripts to the nature of the SAUT.
US07934192B2
Computer method and apparatus for connection tree routing in visual modeling of software is disclosed. Tree routing style is represented as a property of a subject connection. A router object manages location of bendpoints of the subject connection in a connection tree. The subject connection maintains an end node as its target instead of a trunk element of the connection tree. The router object is formed of a hierarchy of routers including branch routers, tree routers and forest routers. Different routers maintain different aspects of the tree data forming display of the connection tree.
US07934191B2
A multi-model-view-controller (MMVC) design pattern for generating client-server applications, which overcomes the disadvantages of the MVC design pattern. In an application generated according to the MMVC design pattern initial data is provided by the server model via the controller to the client model. Subsequent data is requested from the server model by the controller and passed to the client model. The initial and subsequent data are fetched according to predetermined rules. The predetermined rules can be based on personal details of the user, such as identity or role, on the server or client computing platforms, on the application, or other factors.
US07934189B2
A method for simplifying metal shapes in an integrated circuit including receiving an incoming wire layout for at least one metal layer of an integrated circuit, the incoming wire layout for the at least one layer including a plurality of wires running in a preferred direction and a plurality of vias connected thereto. The method further includes segmenting each of the wires into a plurality of bricks according to a set of equally spaced parallel grid lines extending in direction which is perpendicular to the preferred direction such that each wire comprises a series of consecutive bricks with brick boundaries between consecutive bricks occurring at a grid line, defining each brick as a regular or complex brick based on at least one brick criteria, and defining brick groups based on one or more grouping criteria, wherein each group contains one or more consecutive bricks of a same wire and each brick belongs to only one group so that each wire comprises a series of one or more consecutive groups, and wherein groups containing at least one complex brick are defined as complex groups.
US07934188B2
A hierarchical method of legalizing the placement of logic cells in the presence of blockages selectively classifies the blockages into at least two different sets based on size (large and small). Movable logic cells are relocated first among coarse regions between large blockages to remove overlaps among the cells and the large blockages without regard to small blockages (while satisfying capacity constraints of the coarse regions), and thereafter the movable logic cells are relocated among fine regions between small blockages to remove all cell overlaps (while satisfying capacity constraints of the fine regions). The coarse and fine regions may be horizontal slices of the placement region having a height corresponding to a single circuit row height of the design. Cells are relocated with minimal perturbation from the previous placement, preserving wirelength and timing optimizations. The legalization technique may utilize more than two levels of granularity with multiple relocation stages.
US07934184B2
An exemplary method for modifying at least part of an integrated circuit layout comprises obtaining an integrated circuit device layout, the integrated circuit device being designed using a library of cells, obtaining a modified library of cells, and replacing at least one cell in the integrated circuit device layout with a corresponding modified cell of the modified library to obtain a modified integrated circuit device layout. The modified library includes modified cells corresponding to cells in the library and candidate areas of each modified cell indicating portions of the cell for further processing. At least some of the modified cells have been modified to at least partially compensate for a manufacturing effect.
US07934176B2
An embodiment provides systems and techniques for determining a process model. During operation, the system may receive a first optical model which models a first optical system of a photolithography process. Next, the system may use the first optical model to determine a second optical model that models a second latent image that is formed by the first optical system at a second distance. The system may also use the first optical model to determine a third optical model that models a third latent image that is formed by the first optical system at a third distance. Next, the system may receive process data which is obtained by subjecting a test layout to the photolithography process. The system may then determine a process model using the first optical model, the second optical model, the third optical model, the test layout, and the process data.
US07934171B2
The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a device for providing user information relating to a screen object selected by a user with a pointer tool within a graphical user interface. In order to provide the most comprehensive assistance possible to a user when operating the pointer tool, the following method steps are proposed: detecting the selected screen object, continuously registering the position of the selected screen object within the graphical user interface while the screen object is being moved by the user by means of the pointer tool, displaying a window which follows the position of the selected screen object and contains text-based information which is dependent on the position of the selected screen object.
US07934169B2
A graphical user interface including a first slider having a first widget that is movable by a user along a first track and a second slider, integrated within the first widget, wherein the second slider has a second widget that is movable by a user along a second track.
US07934167B2
A method including displaying content on a display of a device, dividing the display into two or more display sections with a first pointing device where each of the two or more display sections includes a respective portion of the content, and scrolling the respective portion of the content in at least one of the two or more display sections with a second pointing device such that non-contiguous content is displayed in the two or more display sections.
US07934163B2
A method for responding to a request, comprising accepting the request, mapping the request to a control tree wherein the control tree is a logical representation of a graphical user interface (GUI) and wherein the control tree includes a set of controls which are related hierarchically to one another, advancing the control tree through at least one lifecycle stage based on the request, wherein the control tree includes at least one portlet control that represents at least one portlet, providing the request to a portlet container that contains the at least one portlet, and aggregating the output of each of the at least one portlets and providing the output to the GUI.
US07934157B2
An information processing apparatus for generating, on the basis of specific data containing a plurality of record data, print data to be processed by a printing apparatus, includes a tree view display unit adapted to display, when record data in a specific field contained in the specific data changes, a tree view that contains the record data before change and the record data after change as nodes of the same layer, and an acquisition unit adapted to acquire data corresponding to a node selected from the tree view.
US07934153B2
Systems and methods for represent and manipulate (i.e., processing) the underlying structure of a structured document (e.g., a mark-up language document), while maintaining a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment. The traditional WYSIWYG editor view is paired with a Visual Document Structure Indicator (VDSI) pane to allow for both WYSIWYG and structure editing within a single interface. The VDSI pane includes left pane and upper pane, which are configured along the left and top borders, respectively. The document editor allows document content to be created, edited, and maintained in the WYSIWYG environment while keeping document structure information available to the user.
US07934150B1
A computer-readable medium includes instructions for managing output settings in a form-based application by modifying a first output setting control associated with a first output version of a form of the form-based application, initiating outputting the first output version based on modifying the first output setting control, and initiating outputting a second output version based on a second output setting control.
US07934143B1
A coding system for digital data includes a constrained encoder module that generates encoded data based on a first constrained code, a bit insertion module that inserts at least one bit location in the encoded data, an error correcting code (ECC) encoder module that generates ECC parity bits based on the at least one bit location and the encoded data, and an inner encoding module that generates inner-code parity bits based on the encoded data and programs the inner-code parity bits into the at least one bit location.
US07934138B2
A transmission method based on a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) scheme for in a communication system. A codeword is generated using a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. Parity bits of the codeword are classified on a basis of a transmission priority. Parity bits with an identical transmission priority are grouped. An information bit group of the codeword and parity bit groups with the identical transmission priority are shuffled in a predefined pattern. A packet is generated from the shuffled information bit group and the shuffled parity bit groups based on the transmission priority. The generated packet is retransmitted in response to a retransmission request. The transmission method can obtain the effect of channel interleaving by setting a transmission priority according to importance of puncturing target blocks, shuffling blocks with the same priority, and shuffling and transmitting bits configuring each block.
US07934135B2
An LBIST captures pseudo-random values from a pseudo-random pattern generator. Next, the LBIST stabilizes an untimed logic path by inputting the captured pseudo-random value into the untimed logic path. In turn, the LBIST tests one or more timed signal transitions that are dependent upon the stabilized untimed logic path.
US07934131B1
Methods, systems and computer-program products are disclosed that provide a scalable system for evaluating the health of and providing status about any of a multitude of monitored computers.
US07934125B2
Process data is analyzed, the process data having been generated during a manufacturing process to detect a fault. One or more process variables of the manufacturing process that contributed to the fault are determined. A relative contribution of each of the one or more process variables to the fault is determined. A fault signature having relative contribution ranges for at least one of the one or more process variables is generated, the relative contribution ranges based on the determined relative contributions.
US07934118B2
Systems and methods that supply a global knowledge on what nodes are available in the system, via employing routing tokens that are analyzed by a centralized management component to infer status for the nodes. When nodes fail, the routing tokens associated therewith are acquired by neighboring nodes, and the global knowledge updated. Moreover, upon inferring a failed or down status for a node, a challenge can be sent to a node reporting such failure to verify actual failure(s).
US07934115B2
A computer program product and a hub device for deriving clocks in a memory system are provided. The computer program product includes a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method. The method includes receiving a reference oscillator clock at the hub device. The hub device is in communication with a controller channel via a controller interface and in communication with a memory device via a memory interface. A base clock operating at a base clock frequency is derived from the reference oscillator clock. A memory interface clock is derived by multiplying the base clock by a memory multiplier. A controller interface clock is derived by multiplying the base clock by a controller multiplier. The memory interface clock is applied to the memory interface and the controller interface clock is applied to the controller interface.
US07934108B2
A device includes an estimation module, a ratio module, and a recommendation module. The estimation module is adapted to receive a first performance level and a first power consumption level associated with a current server, and adapted to estimate a second performance level and a second power consumption level associated with a first target server based on the first performance level and the first power consumption level. The ratio module is adapted to determine a first performance ratio between the first performance level and the second performance level, and adapted to determine a first power consumption ratio between the first power consumption level and the second power consumption level. The recommendation module is adapted to determine whether to suggest a migration from the current server to the first target server based on the first performance ratio and the first power consumption ratio and adapted to output a first migration determination.
US07934107B2
A power management system comprises a power management module configured to determine a power draw limit for operating an electronic device by a power source, the power management module configured to control use of power-consuming elements of the electronic device based on a prioritization of the power-consuming elements to limit a power draw by the electronic device from the power source to the power draw limit.
US07934089B2
Systems and methods for processing data and communicating encrypted data are provided. A method of processing data and communicating encrypted data may include receiving input traffic data at a first interface of a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). The method may also include encrypting management data associated with the input traffic data at the CSU/DSU to produce encrypted management data. The method may further include sending the encrypted management data via a second interface of the CSU/DSU to a remote terminal of a local area network via a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU.
US07934083B2
A highly configurable kernel supports a wide variety of content protection systems. The kernel may reside in a host that interacts with a secure processor maintaining content protection clients. After establishing communication with the secure processor, the host receives messages from content protection clients requesting rules for message handling operations to support client operations. This flexible configuration allows for dynamic reconfiguration of host and secure processor operation.
US07934082B2
An information processing apparatus performs switching between an exception handler and normal processing. The information processing apparatus includes a processor a data processing unit that performs a particular processing upon receiving a processing request from the processor; an interrupt controller that issues an interrupt request to the processor; and an exception control unit that controls the interrupt controller, wherein the data processing unit is connected with the exception control unit via a dedicated line. The data processing unit includes a notification unit that notifies, via the dedicated line, the exception control unit of status information indicating current status of the data processing unit, and based on the notified status information and setup information set by the processor, the exception control unit judges whether to cause the interrupt controller to issue to the processor an interrupt request to execute an exception handler.
US07934079B2
An instruction issue method for use in a pipelined processor, comprising the steps of: decoding an instruction to be processed to get a type of the instruction; computing the number of cycles to be occupied at execution stage for the instruction, according to the type of the instruction; marking a target operand of the instruction as acquirable in a predefined cycle before the instruction enters write-back stage, according to the number of cycles, so that subsequent instructions taking the target operand as their source operands perform subsequent operations according to the case that the target operand is acquirable.
US07934077B2
The present invention is to provide a semiconductor device that can correctly switch endians on the outside even if the endian of a parallel interface is not recognized on the outside. The semiconductor device includes a switching circuit and a first register. The switching circuit switches between whether a parallel interface with the outside is to be used as a big endian or a little endian. A first register holds control data of the switching circuit. The switching circuit regards the parallel interface as the little endian when first predetermined control information, that is unchanged in the values of specific bit positions even if its high-order and low-order bit positions are transposed, is supplied to the first register, and regards the parallel interface as the big endian when second predetermined control information, that is unchanged in the values of specific bit positions even if its high-order and low-order bit positions are transposed, is supplied to the first register. Whatever the endian setting status, the control information can be correctly inputted without being influenced by the endian setting status.
US07934073B2
A method for performing a jump and translation state change procedure at the same time is disclosed. The method includes: carrying out a series of instruction processing in a first function in a first translation state; and executing a jump instruction which jumps to a target address in a second function and initiates and completes a translation state change to a second translation state at the same time; wherein an address of a next instruction after the jump instruction is stored as a return address in a first register.
US07934069B2
Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for enabling and disabling cache in storage systems. One embodiment includes a method that changes a time period for delaying host requests received at a cache of a storage device and converts the storage device from a cache enabled state to a cache disabled state while the storage device is online.
US07934067B2
Provided is a storage apparatus that stores data update histories using an existing file system without modifying the source code of the existing file system. The storage apparatus includes an I/O command catcher that changes, when an I/O command is issued from a program stored in a memory and arbitrary update data is stored in a data area address corresponding to a buffer address storing the arbitrary update data, authorized access set for the arbitrary update data in a page management unit to readable; and a page exception catcher that issues, when the authorized access of the arbitrary update data is changed to readable, a page exception report, acquires a data area address corresponding to the buffer address storing the arbitrary update data in the address management unit, and stores the update data and its update history in an update queue.
US07934054B1
A re-fetching cache memory improves efficiency of a system, for example by advantageously sharing the cache memory and/or by increasing performance. When some or all of the cache memory is temporarily used for another purpose, some or all of a data portion of the cache memory is flushed, and some or all of a tag portion is saved in an archive. In some embodiments, some or all of the tag portion operates “in-place” as the archive, and in further embodiments, is placed in a reduced-power mode. When the temporary use completes, optionally and/or selectively, at least some of the tag portion is repopulated from the archive, and the data portion is re-fetched according to the repopulated tag portion. According to various embodiments, processor access to the cache is enabled during one or more of: the saving; the repopulating; and the re-fetching.
US07934047B2
A memory module includes a plurality of ranks that each include a first pin group and a second pin group for receiving external pin signals, and a rank selecting unit included in each of the plurality of ranks, the rank selecting unit configured to output different rank pin signals to each rank by using signals of the first pin group.
US07934045B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reliably controlling an I/O enclosure. A bus module receives two or more Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (“PCIe”) sideband signals via one or more PCIe cables. The one or more PCIe cables are connected between one or more hosts and an I/O enclosure. A decode module determines an asserted value of each of the two or more PCIe sideband signals and combines the PCIe sideband signal asserted values to form a bus value. Each PCIe sideband signal represents a bit in the bus value, and the bus value specifies a command for controlling the I/O enclosure. An execution module executes the specified command to perform control actions on the I/O enclosure.
US07934042B2
The present invention provides for a system comprising a peripheral component interface (PCI) host bridge. The PCI host bridge is configured to be coupled to a PCI bus, and to receive a system reset signal, to generate a PCI bus reset signal based on the received system reset signal, to detect a PCI operational mode of the PCI bus, and to generate a voltage indicator signal based on the detected PCI operational mode. A voltage regulator is coupled to the PCI host bridge and configured to receive the voltage indicator signal and to regulate a signaling voltage for the PCI bus based on the voltage indicator signal.
US07934041B2
A storage router and storage network provide virtual local storage on remote storage devices. A plurality of devices are connected to a first transport medium. In one embodiment, a storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices. The storage router controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the map and allows access from devices connected to the first transport medium to the remote storage devices using native low level block protocol.
US07934040B2
A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fiber Channel transport medium (52), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) are connected to a SCSI bus transport medium (54) The storage router (56) interfaces between the Fiber Channel transport medium (52) and the SCSI bus transport medium (54). The storage router (56) maps between the workstations (58) and the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64). The storage router (56) then allows access from the workstations (58) to the SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the mapping and the access controls.
US07934034B2
Consistent with one example embodiment, communications systems, using a serial data transfer bus having a serial data line and a clock line used to implement a communications protocol, incorporate programmable loading of a logic value into parallel slave device registers. The communications system includes a slave device having two or more registers, each register having two or more bits, each register configured to load data therein received in accordance with the communications protocol over the data transfer bus in a first configuration, and to load a single logic value into the plurality of bits in a second configuration. A programmable configuration register is configured to be programmed, in accordance with the communications protocol over the data transfer bus, to select two or more of the registers for loading of the single logic value into the two or more of bits of the selected registers in the second configuration.
US07934032B1
Described are electronics systems and methods for distributing a limited number of lanes of a PCI Express-based processor (CPU) module among a plurality of PCI Express-based I/O modules with which the CPU module is in communication. The CPU module receives a code from each I/O module over a sideband interface between that I/O module and the CPU module. The coded signal represents a link-width capability of the I/O module. The CPU module is configured to allocate a link width to each I/O module based on the fixed number of lanes and the link-width capability as represented by the coded signal received from that I/O module. The link between CPU module and each I/O module is trained in accordance with the link width allocated to that I/O module.
US07934027B2
In one embodiment, a method of managing critical resource usage in a storage network comprises receiving, in a storage controller, an input/output operation from a host, wherein the input/output operation identifies a storage unit, placing the input/output operation in a waiting queue, determining a maximum queue depth for at least one critical resource in the storage network required to execute the input/output command against the storage unit, and blocking one or more subsequent input/output commands from the host for the storage unit when the wait queue for the critical resource exceeds the maximum queue depth.
US07934025B2
A Content-Terminated Direct Memory Access (CT-DMA) circuit autonomously transfers data of an unknown length from a source to a destination, terminating the transfer based on the content of the data. Filter criteria are provided to the CT-DMA prior to the data transfer. The filter criteria include pattern data that are compared to transfer data, and transfer termination rules for interpreting the comparison results. Data are written to the destination until the filter criteria are met. Representative filter criteria may include that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data; that one or more units of transfer data fail to match pattern data; or that one or more units of transfer data match pattern data a predetermined number of times.
US07934019B2
Systems, software, and methods for reliable wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, a computer program control device, called a node, is configured to be transmitted from a first device for receipt and processing on a second, disparate device. The node comprises a collection of managed objects or managed object representations that is effective to control said disparate device. In one exemplary illustrative non-limiting implementation, the node is configured to control the processing of multiple data types.
US07934007B2
Methods and apparatuses for server side flow control. Receive a request from a first client device to multicast a file as a plurality of packets of data from a server device to multiple client device; transmit the plurality of packets of data from a server to the multiple client devices using a multicast trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP); and apply, by the server, one or more flow control techniques not defined by the multicast TFTP.
US07934006B2
A device management system is provided which is used in a client/server architecture system, enabling safe sharing of a device without compromising user convenience. In a case where the device which is connected to a client is accessed from a server, in order that the device connected to the client can be used from the server by merely connecting the device to the client without performing another operation, a filter is provided on the client side, and a pseudo bus driver is provided on the server side. The filter in the client exclusively controls client operations to the device and server operations to the device. The pseudo bus driver virtually functions as a device driver between a communication unit for the client and the application in the server.
US07934005B2
The invention provides an external in-line device (“Subnet Box”) placed between a network and an access point to achieve secure Wi-Fi communications without needing to modify the access point. The Subnet Box comprises an embedded token and will authenticate users based on pre-stored access rights. In at least one embodiment of the invention, the Subnet Box comprises: a first communications port for intercepting data packets communicated to and from a wired communications network; a second communications port for intercepting data packets communicated to and from a wireless access point, wherein the wireless access point is an edge device of the wired communications network; a database comprising a number of serial numbers each associated with a client token and a secret cryptographic key; and a processor for determining whether a computing device having a client token can access the wired communications network via the wireless access point. The processor establishes a secure tunnel between the computing device and the first communications port.
US07934000B2
A system for providing communication over a network comprises a communication unit included in a user-interactive application, wherein the communication unit is adapted to establish real-time communications with a remote destination, and a media streaming unit adapted to run outside of a program that is executing the user-interactive application. The media streaming unit further adapted to stream real-time communication to and from the remote destination, wherein the communication unit is adapted to control the media streaming unit via an Inter-Process Communication (IPC) mechanism.
US07933999B2
A new method permits the automatic requesting and provision of device control modules (DCMs) based on the HAVi standard by means of an OSGi platform, in particular, Java DCMs should be established and made available to the entire network, which make it possible to control HAVi devices. At least one device control module of the HAVi network is represented by a device control module of an OSGi platform, and according to the invention, the control of at least one HAVi device occurs by a device control module of an OSGi platform represented in the HAVi network or by a device control module native to the HAVi network.
US07933995B2
A computing program and apparatus for controlling computing resources, and a distributed processing system, which realize determining a computing node to be allocated to a computing task, with taking a time required for changing the state of running software into consideration. A node information acquisition unit continuously acquires and stores environment information indicating running software from computing nodes in a node information memory. A request acceptor accepts a computing request including environment condition information specifying software necessary for execution of a computing task. A node selector compares the environment information of each computing node with the environment condition information to preferentially select a computing node that requires the least software to start, as a commuting node to be allocated. A node controller controls the selected computing node to start the necessary software and then execute the computing task.
US07933993B1
The present invention provides for relocatable virtual ports for accessing external storage.
US07933979B2
A terminal apparatus generates a hash value from a sequence number based on a predetermined hash algorithm, and creates identification information from an IP address and/or a MAC address and the generated hash value based on a predetermined creation algorithm. Moreover, at the time of processing for shutdown or reboot, the terminal apparatus stores the current recording device information into a hard disk, and when booted next time, determines whether or not the current recording device information and the recording device information stored in the hard disk match with each other. Further, when booted, the terminal apparatus requests a response from another terminal apparatus in the network segment, and when there is not a response from another terminal apparatus, creates management information of terminal apparatuses including itself having been booted in the network segment. With this, spoofing as an authorized terminal apparatus can be prevented, a change of a recording medium can be monitored, and the traffic of the communication network needed for the management of the terminal apparatuses can be reduced.
US07933968B1
A radio frequency identification (RFID) token is used with appliances to access profile data to personalize the appliance. Each token contains a pointer to a relay location on a network with a further pointer indicating a profile location where user-profile data is stored. When a user wants to use an appliance, he/she places the token near the appliance and the appliance accesses the data from the site indicated (pointed to) by the relay location. The profile location may contain many different types of data such as speed dial lists, media preferences, preferred product classifications, etc. The appliance could obtain just the information it required, for example if the database were XML-tagged, by filtering out irrelevant content and personalize itself accordingly. When multiple users wish to use a single appliance, for example a television, each may place his/her token near the appliance and the appliance may then combine relevant profile data accordingly to develop a single composite profile to use to personalize the appliance.
US07933966B2
A method and system of copying a memory area between processor elements for lock-step execution. At least some of the illustrative embodiments may be a method comprising executing duplicate copies of a first program in a first processor of a first multiprocessor computer system and in a first processor of a second multiprocessor computer system (the executing substantially in lock-step), executing a second program in a second processor element of the first multiprocessor computer system (the first and second processors of the first multiprocessor computer system sharing an input/output (I/O) bridge), copying a memory area of the second program executing in the second processor element of the first multiprocessor computer system to a memory of a second processor element in the second multiprocessor computer system while the duplicate copies of the first program are executing in the first processor elements, and then executing duplicate copies of the second program in the second processors in lock-step.
US07933964B2
Embodiments described herein are based on the principle that shells execute commands as units of characters sent within a message. Accordingly, embodiments herein provide for establishing a remote processing session for commands by using a binding mechanism that binds a series of commands to a remote shell using a message rather than a binary stream of data. More specifically, embodiments herein provided for a mechanism of encapsulating both a command and a binding mechanism (e.g., a shell identifier and/or shell token) into a single message. Accordingly, the binding mechanism can be used throughout the lifetime of the session and allows for modeling the shell processor session (its lifetime) as a series of commands, rather than as a series of characters. In addition, note that because the binding mechanism for the shell sessions is sent within messages, the problems associated with binary or character-by-character establishment of current shell sessions are overcome.
US07933957B2
Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, email messages and IM chat session transcripts are threaded to each other so that an email thread history may be traced back to an IM chat session transcript and, conversely, an IM thread history may be traced back to an email message.
US07933950B1
A method providing secure control of features of a digital device. In one embodiment, the method comprises sending, from a digital device that participates in a service, to a service provider that provides the service, a request to participate in the service; receiving a digital message that identifies a service state for the digital device, wherein the digital message is encoded uniquely for the digital device, wherein the digital message is unusable at a different digital device; based on the digital message, determining a plurality of control values that collectively define the service state within the digital device; and providing the control values to one or more applications hosted by the digital device that deliver a service experience associated with the service, or a feature, to an end user of the digital device.
US07933949B2
A data processing apparatus constitutes a low-cost audio/video data transmission and reception system. A reception buffer monitoring circuit 21 monitors the size of receiver data being accumulated in a reception buffer 6. When the size of accumulated data is found to become higher than a high threshold, the circuit 21 causes a reception clock generation circuit 8 to generate a reception clock with a higher frequency. When the accumulated data size becomes lower than a low threshold, the reception clock is generated with a lower frequency. Based on the reception clock fed from the reception clock generation circuit 8, an audio/video decoder 7 decodes the audio/video data coming from the reception buffer 6. The data processing apparatus applies advantageously to a television transmission and reception system for transmitting and receiving TV broadcast signals.
US07933945B2
A control server, or similar central processor, manages the distribution of data (including audio and video), voice, and control signals among a plurality of devices connected via a wired and/or wireless communications network. The devices include audio/visual devices (such as, televisions, monitors, PDAs, notepads, notebooks, MP3, portable stereo, etc.) as well as household appliances (such as, lighting, ovens, alarm clocks, etc.). The control server supports video/audio serving, telephony, messaging, file sharing, internetworking, and security. A portable controller allows a user to access and control the network devices from any location within a controlled residential and/or non-residential environment, including its surrounding areas. The controllers are enhanced to support location-awareness and user-awareness functionality.
US07933928B2
A method and apparatus for loading an XML document into memory is provided. A client loads one or more array elements into a first partition of an array that is maintained in memory. Each array element represents an XML element of an XML document. Upon determining that an amount of data maintained in the first partition exceeds a first threshold, the client subsequently loads array elements into a new partition of the array. Upon determining that an amount of data maintained in the memory of the client exceeds a second threshold, the array elements of the least recently used partition are persistently stored in a database without persistently storing the entire XML document. When the last XML element of the XML document is loaded into a partition of the array, that partition is persistently stored in the database, thereby causing the entire XML document to be stored in the database.
US07933926B2
A user feedback system for improving a performance of a software application is described. The feedback system includes a telemetry collection system and a user feedback collection system. A context aggregator collects data from both the telemetry collection system and the user feedback collection system, and constructs a data model that characterizes the data. Using this data model, the feedback system is able to provide or enable software support in a timely, convenient, and useful way. Specifically, data in the data model is standardized across a number of software applications and/or users, so that multiple data models, along with other data sources, may be meaningfully compared to identify a problem, and possibly a solution, associated with an operation of the software application. Additionally, users of the feedback system may be connected with a virtual community of other users who the system has determined may be helpful in assisting one another.
US07933921B2
When receiving a client data access request directed to a first data container serviced by a first federation member, data of the first requested data container may be used to resolve a context identifier and identify a volume location database (VLDB) associated with a second federation member servicing a second data container. A look up request may then be sent to the VLDB to identify one or more locations of the second data container. The client's original data access request illustratively may then be responded to with the identified one or more locations of the second data container.
US07933913B2
Pursuant to receipt of a data modification command or statement, such as an Update command, it is determined which fields in a data structure, such as a UDT, computed column, indexed view, or index, for example, will be changed as a result of the command. Only those fields that are affected by the command will be changed. Thus, changes are propagated to only to those dependent data structures whose content is being modified. Tree representations are used to facilitate the determination as to whether a subfield in a hierarchy is changed.
US07933903B2
A computer implemented system classifies a user interaction on a network. An interface collects a user interaction data relating to a user interaction on a network. The user interaction data comprises an aggregate measure data or a unique feature data. The processor, which is connected to the interface, processes the user interaction data to generate a value score for the user interaction and determines a classification of the user interaction based on the value score.
US07933897B2
A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.
US07933893B2
A method for providing a link in an electronic file being presented to a user which includes defining a customized viewpoint for the user. The viewpoint includes a preference for the user that provides an association between a data pattern and a computer network resource. The method also includes generating a request for content, receiving an electronic file in response to the request, and evaluating the electronic file to recognize a match between at least one portion of the electronic file and the data pattern. Upon recognizing a match, the electronic file is modified to include a link to the computer network resource associated with the matching data pattern, and the modified electronic file is presented to the user. Thus, the link included in the electronic file presented to the user is customized for the user, and different users who retrieve the same content can be provided with links to different computer network resources depending on their respective viewpoints.
US07933889B2
A system is provided to facilitate tag-based organization of documents. During operation, the system receives an original user query. The system extends the query to include documents with an IN-tag and exclude documents with an OUT-tag. The system then performs a search based on the extended query to indicate a collection of documents which satisfy the extended query. The system further allows a user to add a document to the collection of documents or remove a document from the collection of documents. Next, the system modifies a tagging property of the document.
US07933887B2
When a process of searching for assets stored in a memory card is selected, a controller of a printer sets searching icons associated with previously set searching-keywords as current searching icons (S110), and each time a memory card is installed in a reader/writer, acquires all keywords associated with assets, which are search objects, from the installed memory card (S170), collates the set searching-keywords with the acquired keywords (S200), and displays searching-keywords among the set searching-keywords, that do not match any of the acquired keywords in a manner that differs from a normal display (S210). A user can thus recognize that a searching-keyword that has been set is not contained in the memory card 18 before the user executes an actual search.
US07933885B1
A search engine searches a database for key candidates having a longest matching prefix with a search key. The search engine includes first stage decoders each having a matrix of interconnected cells for identifying preliminary candidate keys in the database. The search engine also includes a second stage decoder having a matrix of interconnected cells for identifying secondary candidate keys from the preliminary candidate keys. Additionally, the search engine includes a longest candidate prefix module to determine whether one of the secondary candidate keys matches the search key. In some embodiments, the search engine includes a longest prefix match module for identifying the secondary candidate key having a longest matching prefix with the search key.
US07933871B2
Embodiments are provided to maintain templates associated with a client. New and updated templates can be provided to the client and accessed by a user. In an embodiment, a system can be configured to automatically update locally stored templates with updated templates associated with a library. The updated templates can replace or be used to update the locally stored templates and be used by an application user. In one embodiment, a client can be configured to automatically initiate an update process to retrieve and/or receive new and updated templates from an associated document library. The update process can also be used to provide additional information associated with a template, such as metadata describing aspects of an associated template.
US07933870B1
Managing file information is disclosed. In some embodiments, a first set of information associated with a file that includes an identifier is accessed. The identifier from the first set is read. If it is determined that at least one value in a second set of information associated with the identifier does not correspond with the file, the at least one value in the first and/or second set is updated. In some embodiments, the first set is associated with metadata attached to a file and the second set is associated with a corresponding database record. By comparing one or more of the information in the metadata attached to a file, information in the corresponding database entry, information associated with the actual file, information associated with other files, existence of other files, etc., it is possible to synchronize a database with associated files and make inferences about files that have undergone changes.
US07933865B2
A method is disclosed for autonomic large file marking. A threshold module sets the file size threshold. An identification module identifies each file with a file size that exceeds the file size threshold and that is unmarked with a limited backup status. A marking module marks with the limited backup status each identified file that satisfies a marking policy and exceeds the file size threshold and is unmarked for the limited backup status. Each file marked with the limited backup status is backed up with a single backup instance of the file and excluded from subsequent backup operations.
US07933851B2
Systems and methods provide for preprocessing non-metric response categories in order to efficiently cluster or partition predictors have similar responses. The non-metric response categories are transformed into distance vectors by calculating a frequency count for the response, transforming the frequency count to a proportional value, and calculating a distance vector using the vector of proportional values.
US07933850B1
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that constructs a functional relationship approximation from a set of data points through nonparametric regression. During operation, the system receives a training data set in an n-dimensional space. Next, the system defines a set of regression primitives in the n-dimensional space, wherein a regression primitive in the set passes through N data points in the training data set, wherein N≧n. The system then logically combines the set of regression primitives to produce a convex envelope F, such that for each point p in the n-dimensional space: (1) F(p)=0, if p is on the convex envelope; (2) F(p)<0, if p is inside the convex envelope; and (3) F(p)>0, if p is outside the convex envelope. The system next obtains the functional relationship approximation by computing an argument of the minimum of F in the n-dimensional space. The system subsequently uses the functional relationship approximation to classify data.
US07933848B2
A method of producing a model for use in predicting time to an event includes obtaining multi-dimensional, non-linear vectors of information indicative of status of multiple test subjects, at least one of the vectors being right-censored, lacking an indication of a time of occurrence of the event with respect to the corresponding test subject, and performing regression using the vectors of information to produce a kernel-based model to provide an output value related to a prediction of time to the event based upon at least some of the information contained in the vectors of information, where for each vector comprising right-censored data, a censored-data penalty function is used to affect the regression, the censored-data penalty function being different than a non-censored-data penalty function used for each vector comprising non-censored data.
US07933847B2
An algorithm that employs modified methods developed for optimizing differential functions but which can also handle the special non-differentiabilities that occur with the L1-regularization. The algorithm is a modification of the L-BFGS (limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno) quasi-Newton algorithm, but which can now handle the discontinuity of the gradient using a procedure that chooses a search direction at each iteration and modifies the line search procedure. The algorithm includes an iterative optimization procedure where each iteration approximately minimizes the objective over a constrained region of the space on which the objective is differentiable (in the case of L1-regularization, a given orthant), models the second-order behavior of the objective by considering the loss component alone, using a “line-search” at each iteration that projects search points back onto the chosen orthant, and determines when to stop the line search.
US07933840B2
One embodiment of the invention enhances the security of electronic signatures during transmission. A peripheral device, which may be located remotely and separate from a host processing system, captures the signature. The peripheral device then binds the signature to the particular transaction record and transmits it to the host processing system. The host processing system validates or confirms the received signature before accepting the transaction. Binding the signature and record data together at the point-of-use reduces the likelihood that someone may be able to hack into the transmission medium, encrypted or not, and obtain the raw signature data. By binding or associating the signature and transaction record data together at the point-of-use, each transaction has a unique key, further foiling attempts at hacking. In various implementations, rather than associating the whole signature with the transaction record data, signature sample points or segments are encrypted with transaction record data.
US07933834B2
A software suite for enabling viewing and manipulation of multiple categories of aggregated data compiled from a plurality of data sources and accessible through a single interfacing node operated on a data-packet-network is provided. A bill-payment module is provided within the software suite and comprises, an interactive main interface accessible from the module for listing the bills due and payment accounts, an interactive history link embedded in the main interface for providing access to a secondary interface for viewing bill history, an interactive set-up link embedded in the main interface for providing access to a secondary interface for configuring recurring payments, an interactive transfer-funds link embedded in the main interface for providing access to a secondary interface for enabling automated transfer of funds between registered accounts, an interactive calendar link embedded in the main interface for providing access to a secondary interface for viewing calendar data, a plurality of interactive drop-down menus, each menu associated with a listed bill, the menus providing upon invocation a plurality of selectable, interactive options for treating the listed bill and an interactive refresh-all link embedded in the main interface for enabling selective or complete data refreshing of data displayed in the interface. A user operating the main interface from a remote node having access to the data-packet-network may view all aggregated bills and initiate treatment of such bills according to selected interactive options. The treatment is ordered by the operating user and performed by proxy by a service entity hosting the interface.
US07933833B2
A method and apparatus for rapidly and remotely providing temporary credit to a borrower is provided. In one embodiment, a lender uses as one criterion in approving the temporary credit a minimum number of deposits within a predetermined deposit verification time. Upon receipt of a request for credit, which may come either from a prospective borrower or from a merchant upon denial of credit to the prospective borrower, a lender queries a deposit account to determine whether a predetermined minimum number of deposits has been made within a predetermined deposit verification time. The lender may also determine whether each of the deposits exceeds a minimum deposit amount. Where approved, the lender is able to rapidly dispense funds for use by the borrower. In one embodiment, the lender makes these funds available via a pre-paid credit card. The lender is then able to collect principal and interest through electronic withdrawals.
US07933828B2
According to one embodiment, a method of generating a display of a limit order book is provided. Data regarding a plurality of limit orders entered onto an electronic market is received and recorded, at least temporarily. The data regarding each limit order includes a price and a time associated with that limit order. Based on the received data, a graphical display is generated that indicates, for each recorded limit order entered into the electronic market within a period of time, the price and the time associated with that limit order. The price associated with each limit order is indicated by a first axis of the graphical display and the time associated with each limit order is indicated by a second axis of the graphical display. The graphical display may be displayed using an electronic display device.
US07933827B2
Multiple securities processors each process attributable security interest messages generated by market participants. Each of these attributable security interest messages relates to a specific security chosen from a plurality of securities traded on the securities trading system, such that each individual security is assigned to one or more of the securities processors. An order routing system routes each attributable security interest message to one of the securities processors.
US07933824B2
This invention relates to methods, systems and computer program products to facilitate the pricing trading and risk management of derivatives contracts on one or more underlying via the introduction of Basis instrument Contracts (BICs). Such pricing trading and risk management may be done in organized exchanges or in over-the-counter (OTC) markets.
US07933816B2
An employee compensation system handles employees located world-wide using a single instance of global employee data. Compliance with various differing laws and regulations in separate countries is handled by separating and calculating unique requirements such as gross-to-net pay on a country specific basis. All other compensation tasks are processed on a global basis resulting in significant improvement and advantages over current art. Stock options and other benefits are likewise provided for using the single instance data.
US07933806B2
An exchange system for facilitating the purchase of new cars is described. The system is coupled, in one embodiment, to a communications link. Potential car purchasers and sellers may access the exchange system via the network, and submit offers and/or pricing requests to such system. In response to the requests, the system processor retrieves the stored data from the respective databases, and causes such data to be transmitted to the local site for display. The exchange systems also executes certain functions in response to commands and data transmitted from buyer sites, dealer sites and institution sites.
US07933805B2
A safety stock amount calculation method includes calculating a probability Pb that a delivery time for a certain commodity required by a customer is shorter than its lead time L, calculating an average LL of a difference between the lead time L and the customer's required delivery time when the lead time L exceeds the customer's required delivery time, correcting an inventory adjustment period N by using the average value LL, and calculating a safety stock amount SS by the equations SS=Pb×k×(√N×F)×σ, wherein σ is a standard deviation of demand for the commodity, N is a corrected inventory adjustment period, Pb is a probability, F is a shipment frequency, and k is a safety coefficient.
US07933800B2
A coupon includes a bar code and a list. The bar code is configured to be optically read by a point-of-sale terminal during a purchase transaction and includes information identifying a coupon type indicating that the coupon relates to multiple offers, wherein each of the multiple offers is redeemable for a discount on a corresponding one of a plurality of products offered for sale, and an account including a status of each of the multiple offers. The list is a list of the ones of the plurality of products corresponding with each of the multiple offers. Other coupons and related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US07933799B2
System and method for delivering upon request credits having monetary value to a mobile device using a communications network. An account of available credit for the user of the mobile device is maintained and authorization to issue credit is generated when a request for credit for the mobile device is received and there is available credit in the account associated with the mobile device equal to or greater than the requested credit. Credit may be sponsored by one or more sponsors and issued to the user, upon authorization, to enable the user to use the mobile device to purchase items, e.g., at a point of sale terminal.
US07933798B1
An advertisement associated with a bid and a budget for placement of the advertisement is received, and a determination as to whether to present the advertisement is made. A number of times the advertisement is presented is calculated, and the number of times the advertisement is not presented is calculated. An impression share statistic for the advertisement is calculated based on the calculation of the number of times the advertisement is presented and the calculation of the number of times the advertisement is not presented.
US07933797B2
A market research method is provided, the method including analyzing shopper path data representing a plurality of shopper paths through a store. The analysis typically include, at predetermined time intervals, for each of a plurality of shoppers traveling through the store, and for each of one or more displays positioned in the store: determining a simulated line of sight for each shopper; calculating a distance from each shopper to the display; calculating a time of exposure of the shopper to the display; calculating a peripheral angle of the display from the shoppers simulated line of sight; and calculating a rotation angle of the display relative to the shopper's simulated line of sight. Further, the method may also include, for each of the one or more displays, calculating a visibility measure based on the time of exposure, distance, peripheral angle and rotational angle measured at each of the time intervals, for each of the plurality of shoppers. The method may further include calculating a rating points measure for each display, based on the visibility measure for each display.
US07933795B2
An apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency, a method for evaluation service of organization efficiency, an apparatus for generating communication frequencies, a method for generating communication frequencies, and programs and recording media of the same, quantitatively evaluate efficiency of an organization structure. The present invention provides an apparatus for evaluating organization efficiency having communication frequencies among departments obtaining unit for obtaining communication frequencies among departments, the frequency being frequencies of information interchanges among departments within an organization; a group definition data obtaining unit for obtaining group definition data, the data defining a group including more than one department within an organization; communication frequencies among groups calculation unit for calculating communication frequencies among groups for groups interchanging information, on the basis of communication frequencies among departments; and an organization efficiency calculation unit for calculating efficiency of an organization structure defined by group definition data, on the basis of the communication frequencies among groups.
US07933793B2
The present invention is a constraint-based planning tool that specifically addresses the needs of complex discrete and process industries by providing a computationally efficient method and system for fulfillment of customer orders in a supply chain. By comprehensively synchronizing and optimizing the flow of materials through the enterprise, the present invention creates a feasible plan for manufacturing operations that simultaneously optimizes both material and capacity constraints by planning and scheduling multiple customer orders, planning for use the various resources located in remote locations needed to fulfill such orders, and scheduling the used resources for replenishment at appropriate times so that the resources meet the needs of the orders.
US07933792B2
A system for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using the GP/AP system. The templates are particularized for the customer. A playbook summary view is generated from the playbook database. The playbook summary view displays a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area, a summary task creation button, and a detailed task creation button, which visually appear together in an undivided display area within the playbook summary view. Communication is between team members of a team and the playbook database via a server coupled to the playbook database and an intranet coupled to both the server and the team members. The team members have responsibility for the designing and implementing of the GP/AP system.
US07933782B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus where pre-defined diagnostic medical agent administration data are prospectively collected and analyzed, in order to provide an objective contrast administration risk-benefit analysis, and provide an impartial analysis for pre-testing assessment, as well as optimization of examination, contrast selection and performance parameters. By storing this data in a standardized and centralized fashion, the data could in turn be used for clinical outcome analysis on a local, regional, and national level.
US07933775B2
A system for conducting a telephonic speech recognition application includes an automated telephone device for making telephonic contact with a respondent and a speech recognition device which, upon the telephonic contact being made, presents the respondent with at least one introductory prompt for the respondent to reply to; receives a spoken response from the respondent; and performs a speech recognition analysis on the spoken response to determine a capability of the respondent to complete the application. If the speech recognition device, based on the spoken response to the introductory prompt, determines that the respondent is capable of competing the application, the speech recognition device presents at least one application prompt to the respondent. If the speech recognition device, based on the spoken response to the introductory prompt, determines that the respondent is not capable of completing the application, the speech recognition system presents instructions on completing the application to the respondent.
US07933769B2
In a method and device for low-frequency emphasis, where the spectrum of a sound signal is transformed in a frequency domain and comprises transform coefficients grouped in a number of blocks, a maximum energy for one block having a position index is calculated. Also, a factor having a position index smaller than the position index of the block with maximum energy is calculated for each block. For each block, an energy of the block is calculated, the factor is computed from the calculated maximum energy and the computed energy of the block, and a gain is determined from the factor and applied to the transform coefficients of the block.
US07933767B2
Methods, computer code products, devices, modules, systems, and encoders are disclosed which are configured to use an adaptive lag search window for determining a lag estimate for a current frame of information in an audio encoding system. The system can determine if the lag estimate is reliable and if not a new search window can be selected and a new lag estimate can be calculated based on the new search window. An adaptive threshold can be compared to the cross correlation for a lag estimate in order to determine whether the lag estimate is reliable. The system can also determine if an encoding gain is likely to be achieved using the prediction and if not, the computationally expensive time-to-frequency transformation can be avoided.
US07933762B2
Models are generated using a variety of tools and features of a model generation platform. For example, in connection with a project in which a user generates a predictive model based on historical data about a system being modeled, the user is provided through a graphical user interface a structured sequence of model generation activities to be followed, the sequence including dimension reduction, model generation, model process validation, and model re-generation.Historical multi-dimensional data is received representing multiple variables transformed to be maximally predictive for at least one outcome variable to be used as an input to a predictive model of a commercial system, model development process is validated for at one or more sets of such variables and enabling a user of a model generation tool to combine at least two of the variables from the sets of variables.
US07933758B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for geomodel uplayering. The method may include calculating one or more vertical cell property means for cells within a three-dimensional geomodel, generating at least one vertical mean trend sum utilizing the vertical cell property means, grouping cells utilizing at least one of the vertical mean trend sums to define a plurality of cell regions, calculating at least one horizontal cell property variance for at least one of the cell regions, and forming a plurality of cell blocks utilizing one or more of the horizontal cell property variances.
US07933754B2
A method to estimate damage propagation is disclosed. The method includes making available a set of input parameters to a computational model, executing the computational model with defined changes within a range of an input parameter of the set of input parameters to define a range of at least one modeled output, receiving at least one signal responsive to and representative of a respective one of an actual sensor output, and estimating damage propagation based upon a correlation of the received signal to the modeled output.
US07933753B2
A modeling circuit includes a field-effect transistor, a first current source, a first bipolar transistor, a second current source and a second bipolar transistor. The first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor are parasitic bipolar transistors that are arranged symmetrically to each other. Therefore, the modeling circuit can be used in simulating the field effect transistors reflecting electrostatic-discharge characteristic regardless of the polarity of a source and a drain.
US07933749B2
A method for computing minimum distances between two point clouds is provided. The method includes: (a) acquiring a first point cloud and a second point cloud; (b) establishing a topological structure for the second point cloud to make points of the second point cloud confined in a plurality of related cubical grids; (c) selecting a point from the first point cloud; (d) searching one or more cubical grids from the related cubical grids according to the topological structure and computing a distance between the selected point and each of points which belong to the second point cloud and in the searched cubical grids to obtain a closest point from the second point cloud, which has a shortest distance to the selected point; (e) repeating steps from (c) to (d) until all the points in the first point cloud have been selected. A related system is also provided.
US07933744B2
A method of wind turbine management includes receiving operational information on operational characteristics of a wind turbine. The operational information is analyzed based on a set of rules, and a determination is made as to whether a fault of the wind turbine is resettable. The set of rules may be configured based on operating configuration of the wind turbine. Advanced operational information may be received for conducting enhanced diagnostics and a determination is made as to whether a fault of the wind turbine is resettable.
US07933741B2
A method, apparatus and computer program for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal S(t), S(t) containing Signal and noise, are disclosed. A measurement of S(t) at a frequency-of-interest is obtained. Noise measurements of S(t) at one or more noise frequencies where the Signal portion of S(t) is expected to be small are obtained. The noise at the frequency-of-interest is estimated using the noise measurements at the one or more noise frequencies. The estimated noise is subtracted from the measurement of S(t) at the frequency-of-interest.
US07933738B2
A system for determining at least one point of application of force on a surface element is provided. The system includes a surface element having an effective mass, at least one sensor configured to measure force applied on the surface element at least one acceleration sensor configured to measure acceleration in at least one direction, and a processing unit configured to receive, from the at least one sensor, signals indicating force applied on the surface element, to receive, from the at least one acceleration sensor, signals indicating acceleration, to filter out a disturbing force, determined based on acceleration signals and the effective mass of the surface element, from the signals indicating the force applied on the surface element, and to determine, based on the filtered signals, at least one point of application of force on the surface element.
US07933734B2
A method is presented and described for testing of at least one electronic control system, in which the control system is connected via a data channel to a test device, at least one environmental model is calculated on the test device and the environmental model interacts with the control system by output of environment model data via the test device to the control system and by receiving control system data from the control system via the data channel. The method according to the invention executes on the test device at least one test model to influence the environment model and/or to calculate the environment model and/or the electronic control system, in which the test model or the test models is or are executed functionally independently of the environment model and, during test operation, synchronously with the environment model.
US07933732B2
An electronic load device provided for testing an OT (power supply to be tested) and the working bandwidth is regulated and set according to the output impedance of the OT. The electronic load device comprises a CPU, an impedance-bandwidth table, a voltage-current measurement unit, a power stage and a control module. Firstly, a current pulled out from the OT to the power stage is called by the CPU. Thereafter, an output impedance of the OT is measured by the voltage-current measurement unit and analysis by the CPU. Next, a working bandwidth of the electronic load device is regulated and set by the control module according to the output impedance and the impedance-bandwidth table.
US07933729B2
To provide an operating device control device for obtaining information about a rotational angle of an operating device, while reducing the influence due to an individual difference and/or variation of a reference sensor signal in accordance with a sensor signal output from the gyro sensor mounted in the operating device. A control device of an operating device having a gyro sensor for detecting an angular velocity and outputting a sensor signal in accordance with the detected angular velocity, the control device obtains an output signal from signal output means for outputting an output signal in accordance with a difference between the sensor signal output from the gyro sensor and a predetermined reference signal, then estimates a reference sensor signal to be output by the gyro sensor when no angular velocity is detected, based on the output signal, and changes the predetermined reference signal according to the estimated reference sensor signal.
US07933723B2
At each of measurement sites, changes in plural biological data (such as an oxy-Hb signal species and a deoxy-Hb signal species) in a predetermined period are statistically tested independently of each other. By combining results of the plural biological data, the measurement sites are each classified into one out of plural categories. The classified results are each displayed in a single chart. Effective is also a method of setting different activity periods correspondingly to plural Hb signal species, deciding whether or not each of the signal species shows activity or estimating the strength of the signal species, and displaying classification results based on combination of activities of the plural Hb signal species in a single chart. A living body light measuring device using the brain activity analyzing method and displaying method of the invention makes it possible to detect sites where brain activity is generated with a high precision.
US07933721B2
Clinical samples can be analyzed using microparticles to determine the serodiagnosis of a viral infection from two candidate viral infections of the same viral group. Serodiagnosis can be determined via a pooled population of subsets of microparticles, with the particles in the pooled population having a bound viral group-reactive antibody and the particles in each subset having at least one characteristic classification parameter that distinguishes between subsets. Viral antigens of antibodies of interest in the same viral-class as the viral group-reactive antibody can be bound to the viral group-reactive antibody on the microparticles, and subsequently exposed to a clinical sample. Binding and labeling can be used. Automated analysis of data from multiplexed flow analysis can determine the presence or absence of antibodies of interest in the sample, thereby diagnosing for two candidate viral infections in a single assay.
US07933700B2
A control system for controlling a steering system is provided. The control system includes a first module that selectively determines a gain curve based on a position of a hand wheel of the steering system. A second module determines a motor assist command based on the gain curve.
US07933699B2
An automatic control system stores information of an executed automatic control in a memory, and lists records of automatic controls that are cancellable based on an instruction from a user of the automatic control system. When the user selects the record of the executed automatic control in the list, the automatic control system sends to a subject device an instruction that instructs the subject device to return to a pre-execution condition of the automatic control performed on the subject device.
US07933695B2
A vehicle includes a plurality of batteries, a vehicle load (motor generators, inverters, boost converters, connection units, and system main relays configured to be able to select at least one of the plurality of batteries as an electric power supply source, and for generating drive force by receiving electric power from the electric power supply source, and a control unit for controlling the vehicle load such that the vehicle load receives the electric power from the electric power supply source in response to a selection instruction for selecting the electric power supply source. The selection instruction is input by a user. That is, the user can select a battery to be used for traveling of the vehicle.
US07933694B2
A CD mode electric power allocation ratio calculation unit calculates an electric power allocation ratio between a first power storage device and a power storage device connected to a second converter by means of a switching device, to be used during a CD mode, based on a remaining electric power amount of each power storage device. A CS mode electric power allocation ratio calculation unit calculates a deviation amount between SOC of each of the first power storage device and the power storage device connected to the second converter and a target value thereof, and calculates an electric power allocation ratio to be used during a CS mode, based on the calculated deviation amount.
US07933693B2
A system for harvesting business intelligence from maritime communications uses AIS signals as the source of information regarding the position and heading of vessels. The system builds and maintains a data base of location information of vessels within one or more defined geographic areas over time. The system further includes definitions of points of interest and can use the information from the AIS signals to identify and store events associated with the points of information.
US07933688B2
A system and method for controlling an electrically controlled pressure relief valve may use a soft position control loop to control the position of the valve. A pressure relief valve may also include a modified orifice shape to improve stability, to uniformly distribute the effective bandwidth over the valve operating range, and to provide a tunable default mode.
US07933674B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a user interface associated with a tobacco product stamping machine. In one embodiment, the user interface includes a visual representation of a batch of tobacco product containers. The visual representation includes an indication of a plurality of tobacco product types included in the batch. The visual representation includes an indication of a number of containers of a first tobacco product type included in the batch.
US07933671B2
An electronic data outputting section switches output electronic data from one electronic data to another electronic data. Upon the switching, a sameness judging section judges whether or not audio data associated with the electronic data that is currently being outputted and audio data associated with the new electronic data that is to be outputted are identical to each other. When the sameness judging section judges that they are identical to each other, the audio data outputting section keeps on outputting the audio data that is currently being outputted. This prevents such unnatural audio playback that a sound supposed to be continuously played back is temporarily stopped and then is played back again upon the switching of the content playback.
US07933666B2
Systems and methods that can vary a data collection rate via a rate adjustment component, to collect data with different level of granularity. The rate adjustment component can further include an estimation component that can automatically predict a required sampling rate for a stage of an operation, based on statistical models and data collected for similar operations and/or history data. Such difference in the granularity level can initiate in part in response to fault detection, alert triggering, and the like. Accordingly, future trouble shooting efforts can be performed with respect to data that is typically collected at an adjustable rate.
US07933665B2
In order to automate the positioning at respective ports at the start-up of an equipment in a semiconductor manufacturing equipment equipped with a positioning device and a carrying robot and enhance productivity, 2 points W1 and W2 at which the circumference of a disc-like object 47 such as a wafer and the locus 43 of a detection means cross are detected, and the center position A of a disc-like object is calculated using the specific point O on the perpendicular bisector 42 of the section of a line combining 2 points with these and the radius r of the disc-like object. Thereby, the carrying robot could carry out the positioning work and not only the correction of a carrying route but also the reference position teaching at the start-up of equipment could be automated using the result.
US07933664B2
Modelling of industrial processes is simplified with the use of Mixed Logical Dynamic (MLD) framework. Optimal control problems can be generated for application to industrial processes. For example, two arbitrarily connected MLD blocks are automatically merged to obtain one composite MLD block. Via a repeated use of the procedure, any arbitrarily complex system containing the complete description of an industrial process can be generated from the simplest MLD building blocks. The optimal control problem is generated via adding an MLD block whose unique output becomes the cost functional of the problem. In a graphical environment, any specific industrial process may be reproduced by instantiating blocks from a library of basic MLD elements or atomic MLD blocks and by properly connecting them. In case an appropriate library is available, this process will not require any expert knowledge from the end user apart from the ability to build the graphical interconnections mentioned.
US07933658B2
Waveforms are digitally sampled and compressed for storage in memory. The compression of the data includes generating a truncated entropy encoding map and using the values within the map to obtain good compression. An encoder further sub-selects values to be encoded and values to remain unencoded to provide an overall compression of the data.
US07933655B2
A user, such as a clinician or the patient, uses a control device to manipulate at least one neurostimulation parameter. A mapping system uses a calibrated map to map the directional output of the control device to values of at least one stimulation parameter to allow the user to intuitively control the value of the parameter. In some embodiments, where a stimulation device is used to deliver spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for example, the user manipulates a parameter to effect the location and/or strength of paresthesia experienced by the patient. In exemplary embodiments, the parameter values are combinations of electrodes, and the mapping system selects electrode combinations based on the output of the control device such that a direction of movement of paresthesia experienced by the patient corresponds to a direction of manipulation of a directional controller of the control device. The mapping system may calibrate the map based on patient paresthesia information received from a user.
US07933654B2
An apparatus for stimulating the vestibular system includes an actuator disposed to interact with the vestibular nerve and a controller for causing the actuator to interact with the vestibular nerve. The result of the interaction is that the brain receives a stationary signal.
US07933639B2
Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the analyte sensor data is evaluated over a period of time to determine stability of the sensor. The sensor may be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. The calibration may be updated after evaluating the calibration set for best calibration based on inclusion criteria with newly received reference analyte data. Fail-safe mechanisms are provided based on clinical acceptability of reference and analyte data and quality of sensor calibration. Algorithms provide for optimized prospective and retrospective analysis of estimated blood analyte data from an analyte sensor.
US07933638B2
To provide a portable terminal which can detect the using modes of the portable terminal, can reduce the number of members necessary for detecting the using modes and further can reduce leakage magnetic force badly influencing on other devices.A portable terminal 10 includes a first casing 11 and a second casing 12 having inner side surfaces 11a, 12a capable of opposing to each other, respectively, and a hinge 13 for coupling the first casing 11 and the first casing 11. The first casing 11 is provided with magnetic materials 21, 22a, 22b and the casing 12 is provided with magnetic sensors 24, 25a, 25b for detecting the magnetic materials 21, 22a, 22b, respectively. The magnetic sensors 24, 25a, 25b and the magnetic materials 21, 22a, 22b detect the using modes including a folded state or a bent state of the first casing 11 and the casing 12.
US07933637B2
Mobile terminals include a housing, an electronic circuit and a speaker assembly positioned in the housing. The speaker assembly includes a first speaker positioned adjacent a first side of the electronic circuit and a second speaker positioned adjacent the first speaker on the first side of the electronic circuit. A grommet may be positioned in the housing that is configured to receive the first speaker and the second speaker and the first speaker and the second speaker are positioned in the grommet. The first speaker can be a receiver speaker and the second speaker can be a micro-speaker.
US07933635B2
In a wireless local area network, a battery status of a mobile device is determined, battery status data based upon the battery status is generated, and a listen interval between a mobile device and an access point is adjusted based upon the battery status. Listen interval data is generated based upon the listen interval, an association request frame is wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device to the access point during the listen interval. The association request frame includes the battery status data and/or the listen interval data.
US07933632B2
Systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices enable data and services available through the mobile device to be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content available through the mobile device without requiring any interaction by the user. The tiles and display space are customizable and can be dynamically updated to display content to a user. In addition, tiles can provide functionality, including simple tasks to a user without requiring the user to navigate away from the tile display space. Tiles can also provide quick access to start software applications. Tiles can be organized in the display space by the user or the tiles can be automatically grouped based upon associated metadata.
US07933624B2
A base station used in a radio communication system includes a transmitting unit operable to transmit a signal to a receiver and a receiving unit operable to receive control signals indicating a changing in transmission power and another transmission parameter of the base station from the receiver which generates the control signals by measuring reception condition for a specific signal transmitted from the base station.
US07933623B1
A system and method for dispatch communications are provided. A dispatch station can use one or more alias addresses for communicating with other dispatch stations. The dispatch station can register with a dispatch network for only one of the alias addresses or a number of the alias addresses.
US07933615B2
A method interactive menus and sub-menus to a mobile device via SMS messaging in order to provide WAP like services at a fraction of the cost of CSD. Mobile Originated Interactive Menus are implemented as a feature of a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), thus leaving traffic channels available for voice calls. Interactive SMS menus allow service providers to offer targeted subscribers personalized messaging menus with multiple options for quick and easy access to Web-based content. Users may define the content and frequency they want, whether it is a scheduled delivery or on-demand for checking, e.g., stock quotes, local weather, and/or other Web-based news and information. Replacement of messages in TDMA and GSM mobile devices allow for heavy usage without filling up the user's phone buffer, i.e., prior messages may be overwritten, to assure that only the latest information is all that is being displayed and read.
US07933611B2
Methods and devices for implementing subsystem or functional aspect restrictions on a wireless handheld communication device. Data defining geographical boundaries of a restricted operating area is stored on the device. The present position of the device is ascertained and a determination is made whether the device is located within the restricted operating area. A restriction on the subsystem or functional aspect is imposed when it is determined the device is within the restricted operating area. The subsystem or functional aspect restriction can be communicated to the device via a wireless communication network. Additionally, the restrictions and boundaries can be communicated to the device as part of an IT security policy.
US07933608B2
A method for providing presence gateway functionality includes deriving presence information for subscribers in a first set of subscribers based on telecommunications signaling messages. The first set of subscribers includes at least one subscriber who is not a subscribed-to presentity. The method also includes determining whether presence status information for a subscriber in the first set of subscribers has changed. In response to detecting a change in presence status, it is determined whether the subscriber is a subscribed-to presentity. If the subscriber is a subscribed-to presentity, a presence server is notified of the change in status of the subscriber.
US07933607B2
Identification information, static inputs, and dynamic inputs are obtained. A plurality of potential situations are identified. Further, each of the plurality of potential situations being mapped to one or more quality of service (QoS) mechanisms. Relevant QoS mechanisms are determined by matching the obtained identification information, static inputs, and dynamic inputs with relevant situations in the plurality of potential situations. Groups of the relevant QoS mechanisms are identified. For each of the groups of the relevant QoS mechanisms, parameters associated with an operation of each of the relevant QoS mechanisms is adjusted based on the obtained identification information, static inputs, and dynamic inputs. A predicted effectiveness is evaluated for at least one of the groups of relevant QoS mechanisms in accordance with the adjusted parameters. One of the groups of relevant QoS mechanisms is selected based on the predicted effectiveness and is implemented.
US07933603B2
Method and apparatus for executing scanning at a mobile station for broadband wireless access system
The primitives between an upper management layer and the MAC layer within a mobile station and a base station are defined in order to specify and clarify the operations within the protocol stack layers in a broadband wireless access system to allow a mobile station to perform scanning procedures. Media Independent Handover (MIH) procedures can be achieved because the NCMS and MIH layer can communicate through use of these primitives.
US07933601B2
Handover execution and communication resumption in a wireless access system is provided. Performing a handover includes communicating with a serving base station through a first communication link and receiving from the serving base station, handover information associated with at least one candidate target base station. The method also includes transmitting handover indicator to the serving base station indicating a handover operation to a selected target base station and performing a ranging procedure with the selected target base station to establish a second communication link with the selected target base station while maintaining the first communication link with the serving base station. The method also includes being released from the serving base station in response to a handover complete status message from the selected target base station to the serving base station, or resuming normal communication with the serving base station if the handover fails with the selected target base station.
US07933592B2
A cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system. The method includes receiving and storing by a computing system from a first cellular telephone, a first profile associated with a first user of the first cellular telephone and first monitoring data associated with the first user and the first cellular telephone. The computing system receives and stores from a plurality of cellular telephones, first additional monitoring data associated with a plurality of users and the plurality of cellular telephone. The computing system analyzes the first monitoring data and the first additional monitoring data. The computing system generates a first analysis report based on results of the analyzing. The computing system transmits to the first cellular telephone and the plurality of cellular telephones the first analysis report.
US07933586B1
A system and method composing, sending and receiving voicemail transmissions in an asynchronous manner is disclosed wherein mobile device users can compose and store audio messages in their respective local devices whereby the messages are subsequently forwarded to a network entity for eventual transmission to one or more destination devices.
US07933584B2
A correlative reacting system and a method for implementing security update of mobile station. The correlative reacting system includes a security correlative agent at a terminal side and a security correlative server at a network side communicated with the security correlative agent via an air interface. In the present invention, the correlative reacting system performs an information interaction with the mobile station, controls the mobile station to carry out an automatic security update. The automatic security update includes automatic downloading and installation, update of the security correlative agent, and automatic recovery of the insecurity factors of the mobile station and the like.
US07933580B2
A method for determining the physical coordinates of a VoIP phone and transmitting the physical coordinates to an emergency services call center or the like comprises the steps of determining the physical coordinates of the VoIP phone using signals from a GPS or cellular network, placing a call to an emergency services call center using the VoIP phone, and automatically transmitting the physical coordinates of the VoIP phone to the emergency services call center.
US07933570B2
A power amplifier controller circuit controls a power amplifier based upon an amplitude correction signal indicating the amplitude difference between the amplitude of the input signal and an attenuated amplitude of the output signal. The power amplifier controller circuit comprises an amplitude control loop and a phase control loop. The amplitude control loop adjusts the supply voltage to the power amplifier based upon the amplitude correction signal. The amplitude correction signal may also be split into two or more signals with different frequency ranges and provided respectively to different types of power supplies with different efficiencies to generate the adjusted supply voltage to the power amplifier. The phase control loop adjusts the phase of the input signal based upon a phase error signal indicating a phase difference between phases of the input signal and the output signal to reduce phase distortion generated by the power amplifier.
US07933568B2
Aspects of a method and system for mitigating receiver saturation during simultaneous FM transmission and reception may include detecting a power of an RF signal received at an antenna. A power of one or more baseband signal components corresponding to the RF signal may be determined. A power of signals transmitted via the antenna may be controlled, based on a cost function derived from at least the detected RF signal power received and/or the determined power of the one or more baseband signal components. One or more of the baseband signal components may be an in-phase signal, a quadrature signal or both an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal associated with a same carrier frequency. In one embodiment of the invention, the radio frequency signal may be an intermediate frequency (IF) radio signal.
US07933567B2
Techniques for achieving linear monotonic output power with piecewise non-linear and/or non-monotonic circuits are described. A coarse gain is selected for a first circuit having non-linear and/or non-monotonic characteristics. A fine gain is selected for a second circuit used to account for output power error due to the coarse gain. First and second look-up tables may store output power versus gain for the first and second circuits, respectively. An output power in the first look-up table may be selected based on the requested output power, and the gain corresponding to the selected output power may be provided as the coarse gain. An output power in the second look-up table may be selected based on the output power error, and the gain corresponding to the selected output power may be provided as the second gain.
US07933563B2
Terminals 1 and 2-1 to 2-n refer to information on the state of the terminals 1 and 2-1 to 2-n and a user to add functions for modifying the operation of the terminal and processing data thereby allowing the operation of the terminal to be modified, and the communication data to be processed, when the state information is in a specific condition. A server 3 accesses the information on the state of the terminals 1 and 2-1 to 2-n and the user on the side of the server 3, extracts terminal group information under a specific condition, generates a new group, and adds a presence linking function for performing registration with a group management function, thereby allowing the above state information to be used to generate a dynamic group.
US07933562B2
A radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes a baseband processing module, a configurable receiver section, a configurable transmitter section and a configurable antenna assembly. The baseband processing module converts outbound data into an outbound symbol stream, converts an inbound symbol stream into inbound data and generates a transmit adjust signal and a receive adjust signal. The receiver section converts an inbound RF signal into the inbound symbol stream. The transmitter section converts the outbound symbol stream into an outbound RF signal. The antenna assembly receives the inbound RF signal via a first antenna structure and transmits the outbound RF signal via a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure and/or the configurable receiver section adjusts phase and/or amplitude of the inbound RF signal in accordance with the receive adjust signal. The second antenna structure and/or the configurable transmitter section adjusts phase and/or amplitude of the outbound RF signal in accordance with the transmit adjust signal.
US07933561B2
Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry has simultaneous reception functions that allow the handheld devices to simultaneously receive multiple communications signals in a single communications band. The handheld electronic devices may include cellular telephones with music player functionality or other portable devices. The handheld electronic devices may have local wireless communications capabilities for supporting local wireless links such as WiFi and Bluetooth links. Using the simultaneous reception functions of the wireless communications circuitry, users of the handheld electronic devices can simultaneously receive signals such as WiFi and Bluetooth signals.
US07933557B1
Infrastructure network service measurements of time needed to complete data transfers are used to determine the capacity of a technology sector of a wireless packet data communication base station, such as a 1xEV-DO sector, using infrastructure network service measurements. The process, for example, may predict when the radio-frequency link between wireless data subscribers and a wireless base station becomes sufficiently congested that each user experiences reduced data speeds. The determination of capacity can be made down to the sector-carrier (a single carrier within a base station sector) level. The prediction can be cast in terms of time, which allows network service providers to plan the growth of their base stations to meet subscriber needs.
US07933556B2
A multimode cordless telephone system that can be used for remote video monitoring. The system includes a base station, at least one camera that is in wireless communication, at least periodically, with the base station, and a cordless handset, having a viewing screen, also in wireless communication, at least periodically, with the base station, the cordless handset having a first mode that is operable when the cordless handset is within a predetermined range of the base station wherein the cordless handset operates in conjunction with the base station to provide telephonic communication and image monitoring of images captured by the cameras, and a second mode that is operable when the cordless handset is beyond the predetermined range of the base station wherein the cordless handset communicates with the base station over the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to monitor images captured by the cameras.
US07933548B2
Provided is a cellular phone enabling improvement of the level of a sense of hearing of a pseudo noise which is generated when there exists no voice signal. In the cellular phone, frame type information included in a baseband signal “in” is identified by the frame type identification unit 71 and when the frame type information represents pseudo noise information, a pseudo noise signal generated by the AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) decoder 72 with an internal pseudo noise generator is output to the call receiver unit 43 with its level reduced by a predetermined amount by the signal level change amount calculation unit 74 and the signal level change unit 73, while when the frame type information represents a voice signal, the voice signal decoded by the AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) decoder 72 with an internal pseudo noise generator is output to the call receiver 43 with its level unchanged.
US07933547B2
An apparatus operable to disable operation of driver side wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, includes a drive circuit coupled to at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold. The active antenna element being mounted proximate a driver side seatback and/or visor. The interference may take the form of a bare carrier wave, or may take the form of noise, and is transmitted at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the driver side wireless communications device and a destination device.
US07933544B2
An image forming system which is capable of causing a clear coating apparatus to discharge processed sheets in proper page order, and improving usability and operability of the system by users. An image forming apparatus is set to perform single-sided image formation or double-sided image formation. A clear coating apparatus is set to perform single-sided clearing coating or double-sided clear coating. Whether to perform inverted discharge of sheets is controlled according to the settings of the image forming apparatus and the clear coating apparatus.
US07933532B2
A method and apparatus that generates a spread spectrum signal in a printer power supply unit is disclosed. The method may include receiving an enable signal to power on the printer power supply unit, generating an initial power signal for the printer power supply unit based on the signal received from the power supply controller, the initial power signal being generated in a predetermined frequency range around a predetermined center frequency value, powering on the printer power supply unit using the generated initial power signal, repeatedly updating the initial power signal, wherein the updated power signal has a frequency value in the predetermined frequency range and the predetermined center frequency value is maintained, and powering the printer power supply unit using the updated power signal.
US07933530B2
A printer is provided including a reference edge, a fuser assembly, a cooling apparatus and a controller. The reference edge is adapted to be contacted by a substrate as the substrate moves along a substrate path through the printer. The fuser assembly includes a heat transfer member including a belt and a backup member. The cooling apparatus is adapted to move cooling air capable of cooling the fuser assembly. The controller is configured to activate the cooling apparatus after determining that a first end portion of the backup member opposite a second end portion of the backup member near the reference edge is at a temperature above a predefined first threshold temperature.
US07933527B2
In an image forming apparatus, an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor is developed into a toner image. A printing paper transported on a transport belt is brought into contact with the surface of the photoreceptor and an electric field is applied to the printing paper from a rear surface of the transport belt by a transfer roller to transfer the toner image onto the printing paper. The transfer roller applies different levels of electric field to the printing paper, so that a predetermined transfer electric field is applied to a region other than a leading edge of the printing paper being transported. An electric field weaker than the predetermined transfer electric field is applied to the leading edge. Even in the presence of a projection generated when the printing paper is cut, the printing paper naturally strips off from the surface of the photoreceptor.
US07933520B2
A high-speed wavelength selectable optical source and a method thereof are disclosed. The wavelength selectable optical source includes at least one optical source having a multimode oscillation spectrum, a demultiplexer and an optical switch for extracting light having a certain selected wavelength. A certain wavelength can be selected among the multimode wavelengths using the demultiplexer and the optical switch, and thus the wavelength can discontinuously be tuned at high speed. Also, by making the light having the selected wavelength incident to the multimode optical source, the power of the output light can uniformly be maintained and maximized through injection locking.
US07933516B2
A camera body includes a body mount, an imaging element, an imaging element circuit board, a main circuit board, and a metal heat radiating plate. The body mount allows the lens unit to be mounted. The imaging element is disposed on the opposite side of the body mount from the side where the lens unit is mounted, and converts an optical image of the subject into image data. The imaging element circuit board is electrically connected to the imaging element and controls the imaging element. The main circuit board is disposed on the opposite side of the imaging element from the body mount, and includes a camera controller. The heat radiating plate is disposed between the imaging element and the main circuit board.
US07933508B2
A camera system, including voice recognition, one or multiple microphones, gaze tracking, touch sensitive inputs and others. The voice recognition unit is operable for, among other things, receiving multiple different voice commands, recognizing the vocal commands, associating the different voice commands to one camera command and controlling some aspect of the digital camera operation in response to these voice commands. The gaze tracking unit is operable for, among other things, determining the location on the viewfinder image that the user is gazing upon and manipulating settings based on that location, possibly in conjunction with other features. One aspect of the touch sensitive inputs provides that the touch sensitive pad is mouse-like and is operable for, among other things, receiving user touch inputs to control some aspect of the camera operation. Another aspect of the system provides for gesture recognition to be used to interface with and control the camera system.
US07933506B2
A heat reservoir for storing the energy necessary for powering heat engines, particularly steam engines, is disclosed. The heat reservoir converts electrical energy into thermal energy through the use of electrical resistance heating coils bathed in one or more high heat capacity metals. Loss of heat through thermal conduction is minimized through the use of an insulating jacket surrounding the reservoir. The stored heat can be quickly transferred to a working fluid, such as steam, by using both a heat storage metal and a heat exchanger metal that possess high thermal conductivity.
US07933505B2
There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.
US07933500B2
There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.
US07933497B2
There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.
US07933486B2
A digital broadcast receiver receives and decodes a digital broadcast containing video data and audio data transmitted in the form of a transport stream. An interface supports communication with a recording apparatus. The receiver determines information corresponding to a transmission rate of a received transport stream of a received digital broadcast. The receiver also generates a recording rate setting command on the basis of the information corresponding to the transmission rate and transmits the recording rate setting command to the recording apparatus through the interface when a connection between the recording apparatus and the interface is initiated, when a request command is received from the recording apparatus, or periodically after predetermined intervals.
US07933485B2
In the case where (i) audio-video data is unidirectionally transmitted between any device, where (ii) control messages are bidirectionally transmitted between all of the devices, and where (iii) a connection between the devices for transmitting and receiving the audio-video data becomes valid when unidirectional transmission of audio reproduction capability information of the reception device from the data reception device to the data transmission device becomes available, the TV (31) includes the audio reproduction capability information of the AV amplifier (21) to the control message and transmits the control message to the DVD recorder (10) (30M3), and in the case where the DVD recorder (10) and the TV (31) are connected such that the audio-video data is unidirectionally transmitted from the DVD recorder (10) to the TV (31), and where the TV (31) and the AV amplifier (21) are connected such that the audio data is output from the TV (31) to the AV amplifier (21) through another network, the TV (31) does not re-transmit the audio reproduction capability information to the DVD recorder (10) using the unidirectional transmission when transmitting the control message.
US07933484B2
A strain-relief device for cables, in particular optical waveguide cables, includes a lower part (10), which is in the form of a U in cross section, and an upper part (30). The lower part (10) is formed on its limbs (12) on one end side (16) with a pivot bearing and on the opposite end side (13) with latching tabs (14), which are arranged on the inner sides of the limbs (12). The upper part (30) includes at least two sprung lateral limbs (31), on whose outer side in each case at least one latching projection (35) is arranged, which latching projections (35), in the assembled state, latch behind the latching tabs (14) on the lower part (10). The upper part (30) also includes spindle means, which can be inserted into the pivot bearing in the lower part (10), and to a wire-guiding element (60), in particular for optical waveguide wires. The wire-guiding element (60) includes a lower part (40) and an upper part (50). The lower part (40) is formed in the longitudinal direction (L) with guides (46), which are formed between guide webs (45), clamping ribs (47) being arranged on the inner sides of the guide webs (45), and having first fixing means on the upper side (44). The upper part (50) has second fixing means on its lower side (51) which produce a connection with the first fixing means.
US07933478B2
A method of making a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) waveguide capable of being integrated with a surface-mounted component is presented. The method entails etching a silicon substrate to form a slanted wall, forming a nonreflective waveguide portion on the silicon substrate, and depositing a reflective layer on the slanted wall. Light travels through the nonreflective waveguide portion in substantially a first direction, and the light from the nonreflective waveguide portion strikes the reflective layer to be redirected in a second direction. The second direction may be the direction toward the surface-mounted component. A PLC waveguide device made with the above method is also presented.
US07933468B2
A method of compensating for motion artefact of a portion of a subject, wherein signal intensity data representing movement of the portion of the subject is recorded and plotted on a display means. The method includes selecting a region of interest (ROI) covering an edge of the moving portion, calculating and plotting data points representing the average signal intensity of the selected ROI at specific time instances, producing a smoothed curve representing the mean of the plotted data points. The method further includes measuring the difference between the plotted data points and the smoothed curve at particular time instances to produce a difference curve, detecting a set of critical points on the difference curve, and interpolating the detected set of critical points to form a curve of equal time intervals for subsequent processing.
US07933458B2
According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an image decoder for decoding encoded image data in an image block unit, including: a storage device configured to store a DC component of a past image block coefficient as a prediction value; a predict circuit configured to predict a DC component of a current image block coefficient using the prediction value; an inversely quantizing circuit configured to inversely quantize an image block coefficient outputted from the predict circuit; and a saturation processing circuit to execute a saturation processing of an image block coefficient outputted from the inversely quantizing circuit. A DC component of the image block coefficient outputted from the inversely quantizing circuit and a DC component of the image block coefficient after execution of the saturation processing are respectively inputted to the storage device.
US07933453B2
A method and a system for interpreting information in a document are provided, with the system receiving an image of a document from a remote source and converting it into multiple sets of blocks of characters. Tags indicating likely meaning of blocks are assigned to them. At least some of the blocks have an associated score representing the probability that the characters in the block correctly represent the characters in the original image. The system selects one set from multiple sets based on the scores associated to certain blocks determined by accessing remote information over the Internet.
US07933450B2
A writing information processing system includes a writing information generating device and an information processing device. The writing information generating device generates writing information relating to a user's writing operation on a medium. The information processing device acquires the writing information from the writing information generating device and stores the writing information. The writing information generating device includes an operation status detector and a visible light generator. The operation status detector detects a current operation status of the writing information generating device. The visible light generator generates visible light representing the detected current operation status of the writing information generating device.
US07933446B2
The present invention discloses a halftone processing of image and text auto detection, which is used to keep both the bit depth of images and the clarity of text when faxing or copying documents. The process of the present invention is stated as follows: choose the background color from the master copy, separate the content of the master copy into images and text with the chosen background color as the criterion, process the images with halftone processing, process the text with line art processing, and then output the processed images and processed text as a whole.
US07933437B2
In order to provide a technology which allows efficient understanding of images of a disease locus and diagnosis supporting information for the images, an information processing apparatus comprises: an input unit which inputs object identification information for identifying an object; an acquiring unit which acquires one or more schemas related to the object and medical image data related to the schema, an identification unit which identifies a disease locus region in medical image data respectively related to each of the one or more schemas, a time-series schema generating unit which generates a time-series schema of the disease locus, a time-series image data generating unit which generates time-series image data of the disease locus, and a display output unit which synchronizes and outputs the time-series schema of the disease locus and the time-series image data of the disease locus.
US07933436B2
An apparatus is disclosed for automatically detecting salient features in medical image data. The apparatus includes a memory device for storing the image data, at least one determination module for determining one or more anatomical regions which are acquired by the image data, a number of different examination modules that respectively include an application for automatically detecting specific salient features in a specific anatomical region, an input unit via which a primary application can be started, a control unit that on the basis of the anatomical regions determined by the determination module automatically selects and executes in the background further applications, as well as an output unit on which the result of the primary application is displayed together with an item of information relating to additional salient features that have been detected automatically with the aid of the applications executed in the background. The apparatus improves the diagnostic evaluation of medical image data.
US07933435B2
A system, method and kit for processing an original image of biological material to identify certain components of a biological object by locating the biological object in the image, enhancing the image by sharpening components of interest in the object, and applying a contour-finding function to the enhanced image to create a contour mask. The contour mask may be processed to yield a segmented image divided by structural units of the biological material.
US07933431B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed to enable rapid TV camera and computer based sensing in many practical applications, including, but not limited to, handheld devices, cars, and video games. Several unique forms of social video games are disclosed.
US07933426B2
An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes removable speaker arrangements. A speaker structure is pivotally mounted with a first base such that the speaker structure pivots around an axis of rotation, and the first base configured to slidingly receive the speaker structure. A first plurality of electronic contacts are in electronic communication with the first base. A second plurality of electronic contacts are in electronic communication with the speaker structure and are configured to maintain electronic communication with the first plurality of electronic connectors throughout the axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the first base further includes a wireless transmitter. In some embodiments, speaker arrangements further includes a second base configured to slidingly receive the speaker structure. In some embodiments, the second base includes a power supply and a wireless receiver for maintaining electronic communication with the first base.
US07933418B2
A position of a speaker is detected two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally, and a sound field is corrected. A sound reproducing apparatus includes a measuring signal generating portion for generating a first measuring signal, a transmission portion for transmitting a second measuring signal as soon as the first measuring signal is generated, sensors disposed in a listening position and for measuring a time difference between a time instant when the second measuring signal was received and a time instant when a measuring sound wave radiated from a to-be-detected speaker in accordance with the first measuring signal was received, and a position calculating portion for calculating a distance, as to each of n sensors, between each of the n sensors and the to-be-detected speaker based on the measured time difference, and calculating the position of the to-be-detected speaker based on distances among the n sensors and the calculated distance.
US07933416B2
A method of encoding multi-channel signals having two or more channels into a first signal and a second signal, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including generating the first signal by performing a first operation using a first channel signal in the multi-channel signals; and generating the second signal by performing a second operation using a combination of the first channel signal and a second channel signal in the multi-channel signals.
US07933412B2
Display devices are connected with a content server mounted inside a vehicle by a wireless communication technology as stipulated in IEEE802.11b. The content server and display devices share common keys (encryption key and corresponding decryption key) acted on by key creation information consisting of information about the vehicle. The content server reads out stored contents according to requests from the display devices. The read contents are then encrypted using the encryption key shared with the display devices and sent to the display devices. The invention can be applied to a wireless communication system consisting of devices which communicate data by wireless communication technology within the vehicle.
US07933398B1
A method and system for bridging a call in a network as well as a bridged call are provided. A call is received via a network. The call is connected to a first destination. The call is then directed from the first destination to a second destination. Intermediate connection links connecting the network, the first destination, and the second destination are associated with a dialed number identification service (DNIS) label associated with the call. The call is selectively bridged from the network to the second destination via a virtual network by: analyzing the DNIS label associated with each intermediate communication link; determining that the analyzed DNIS labels identify the intermediate links as part of the same call flow; establishing a direct connection between the network and the second destination via the virtual network; and terminating at least one of the intermediate communication links.
US07933388B1
A method for operating a directory assistance process adapted to provide a targeted message to incoming callers totally or substantially free of one or more 411-type directory assistance calling charges. The method includes receiving a phone call from an incoming caller and receiving a voice based request for information associated with directory assistance from the caller. The method also includes determining phone number information in response to the request through one or more first databases and identifying a phone number associated with the incoming caller using a caller identification process. The method further includes querying at least one database to ascertain a match between the phone number associated with the incoming caller and at least one of a plurality of identifiers in the at least one database, determining at least one message, transmitting the determined message to the incoming caller, and transmitting the phone number information to the incoming caller.
US07933386B2
A hospitality system has at least one database for storing guest preferences regarding environment variables, for storing a national and/or regional origin or personal attributes of the guest. According to embodiments, advanced evacuation systems and entertainment systems are provided which fit the guest's preferences and origin.
US07933359B2
Provided is a polar transmitter which increases a modulation rate using a multi-phase generator and includes: a data processor which processes and separates incoming data to an amplitude component and a phase component; a multi-phase generator which generates a plurality of carriers having a plurality of phase components by processing a carrier having a certain frequency; a selection output part which selects and outputs a carrier having a phase substantially equal to the phase component; and a carrier output part which synthesizes the output carrier with the amplitude component and outputs a carrier. Accordingly, the modulation rate of the carrier can be increased and the bandwidth can be extended with the related art polar transmitter. Therefore, the polar transmitter is applicable to the wideband communications, the multi-mode, and the multi-band.
US07933350B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for scheduling sub-carriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. In an exemplary method, channel quality metric values for each of a plurality of sub-channels are determined, in view of a selected mobile terminal. For each of two or more threshold levels for the channel quality metric, sub-carrier groups composed of sub-carriers corresponding to sub-channels having channel quality metric values superior to the threshold level are identified, and an estimated data throughput is calculated for each of the identified sub-carrier groups. One or more of the identified sub-carrier groups is allocated to the selected mobile terminal according to the estimated data throughputs.
US07933329B2
A system and method for monitoring a sequence of video packets for quantifying video quality includes a video picture monitor that accesses data in a header of a video packet included in the sequence of video packets. The header is separate from video content stored in the video packet. The video picture monitor also determines from the accessed data, a relationship between a portion of a picture included in the video packet and at least a portion of a picture included in another video packet. Both video packets are included in the sequence of video packets. This relationship indicates whether to use the video content stored in the first video packet to quantify video quality.
US07933324B2
Method and system of power regulating, such as but not limited to attenuating signal power levels. The power regulating being suitable for use in any number of application, environments, and circuits, including but not limited to those associated with a universal garage door opener (UGDO), remote keyless entry (RKE) unit, tire pressure monitor (TPM) unit, and/or a passive entry element. The regulating may be suitable for directly broadcasting the regulated signal and/or communication the regulated signal to other circuit element for further processing.
US07933322B2
A timing lock detection apparatus and method for digital broadcasting receiver are provided. The apparatus includes: a discrete value generator for cyclically selecting a discrete signal value from a continuous timing error signal; a differential calculator for obtaining a difference between the currently selected timing error signal value and a previously selected timing error signal that is a timing jitter signal; a sign variation detector for detecting variation in a sign of the timing jitter signal; a lock control signal generator for discriminating a period based on the detected sign changing time, and controlling a lock step of the loop filter according to a convergence mode of the timing jitter signal at each period; and a lock detection signal generator for generating a lock signal or an unlock signal according to whether the timing jitter signal reaches a steady state and using the current lock step signal.
US07933319B2
A signal processing system is disclosed. The system includes: a first synthesizer and a second synthesizer, for respectively generating a first frequency and a second frequency; a first RF circuit; a first analog front end (AFE); a second RF circuit; and a second AFE, wherein the first RF circuit and the first AFE can support a signal transmission of a first bandwidth, the second RF circuit and the second AFE can support a signal transmission of a second bandwidth, a central frequency of the first bandwidth is substantially equal to the first frequency, and a central frequency of the second bandwidth is substantially equal to the second frequency.
US07933318B2
The present invention relates to a first transceiver unit, acting as a receiver unit, and to a second transceiver unit, acting as a transmitter unit. The first transceiver unit measures the signal to noise ratio for each tone, and determine whether a tone shall be shut off, thereby reducing interference on neighboring lines and power consumption. If so, the first transceiver unit keeps on measuring the noise level over that tone. If the ratio of the initially measured signal level to the newly measured noise level exceeds a pre-determined threshold, then the first transceiver unit requests the second transceiver unit to re-activate that tone. A new initialization sequence is transmitted over that tone for initializing the frequency domain equalizer, for measuring the signal to noise ratio, and finally for agreeing on a bit loading.
US07933316B2
A circuit and algorithm are disclosed for a step2 search of a three step search of synchronization channels in a W-CDMA system. A mobile terminal of the CDMA system includes an RF downconverter for receiving I and Q signals. A searcher, responsive to the I and Q signals, includes a first correlator for correlating the I and Q signals with a primary synchronization code on a primary synchronization channel, and a second correlator for correlating I and Q signals with a secondary synchronization code on a secondary synchronization channel. The correlated I and Q signals are added for each of the secondary synchronization codes. An energy calculator and a maximum energy detector use the correlated I and Q signals of both the primary and secondary synchronization channels to detect the most likely scrambling code group of secondary synchronization codes.
US07933314B2
According to a method taught herein, a multi-branch communication receiver operates in a first mode wherein it despreads individual receiver branch signals with respect to all channelization codes of interest, if sufficient despreader resources are available for such operation. If the receiver estimates that sufficient despreader resources are not available, it operates in a second mode wherein it despreads one or more of the channelization codes from a branch combination signal formed from two or more of the receiver branch signals. The receiver may calculate optimal branch combining weights using an algorithm that maximizes a signal quality of the branch combination signal. A Generalized RAKE (GRAKE) receiver embodiment applies GRAKE detection to the individual receiver branch signals with respect to all channelization codes of interest if sufficient despreader resources are available and, if not, applies GRAKE detection to the branch combination signal for one or more such codes.
US07933297B2
A local area network (60) within a residence or other building, including both wired (5) and non-wired segments (53). The wired segments are based on new or existing wires (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e) in the building, wherein access to the wires is provided by means of outlets (61a, 61d), such as a telephone system, electrical power distribution system, or cable television wiring system. The non-wired segments are based on communication using propagated waves such as radio, sound, or light (e.g. infrared). The wired and non-wired segments interface in the outlet, using a module (50) that serves as mediator between the segments. The module can be integrated into the outlet, partially housed in the outlet, or attached externally to the outlet. Such a network allows for integrated communication of data units (24b) connected by wires and data units (24a, 24d) connected without wires.
US07933291B2
A system is presented that enables applications in a distributed system to communicate through a channel-based communication system. The applications use adaptors which communicate through a communication mechanism, resulting in application independence from the communication mechanism. In one embodiment, the communication mechanism consists of transmission media, logical channels, and brokers. The adaptors communicate with each other over the transmission media. Groups of adaptors involved in a particular type of communication from a communication channel. Channel profiles, which include channel properties and a list of adaptor members, are stored in brokers which can be queried by adaptors. Adaptors can support channel-specific data processing operations specified in the channel profile. Adaptors can join a channel, leave a channel, and communicate with other adaptors over the channel.
US07933289B2
A processing system and method for communicating in a processing system over a bus is disclosed. The processing system includes a receiving device, a bus having first, second and third channels, and a sending device configured to address the receiving device on the first channel, and read a payload from the receiving device on the second channel, the sending device being further configured to write a first portion of a payload to the receiving device on the first channel and a second portion of the payload to the receiving device on the third channel.
US07933281B2
Several local IEEE1394 buses are bridged together over a second bus type to create a global bus wherein each local bus node is able to address nodes across the global bus without the local nodes being aware of the bridging operation. A bridging device operates by translating local bus node addresses to a global bus for communication over the second bus type. Alternatively, the local bus node identification process is controlled by the bridging device operating as the root node to cause the local nodes to be identified with a node address that is unique for the global network. The second bus type operates as a backbone for the global network and can be any type of communication bus or network with capability to transport the local bus traffic. The bridging devices that interface the local IEEE1394 buses to the backbone contain portals specific to each bus type that can communicate data between the dissimilar buses.
US07933280B2
A wireless communication system downloads information from a file server using multiple wireless communication paths. When a destination requests data from a file server through a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal generates an address translation rule that includes source, translation and destination addresses used to route the data from the file server to the destination through a virtual network server. The address translation rule is sent to at least one other wireless terminal, so that retrieved data packets can be routed through both wireless terminals simultaneously. A packet retrieved from the file server is sent to the virtual network server, where the packet is encapsulated into multiple packets and assigned virtual addresses. The encapsulated packets are sent to the multiple wireless terminals, and are sent from those terminals to the destination using the address translation rule, where the packets are decapsulated to reproduce the originally sent packet.
US07933273B2
Methods and apparatus for facilitating traversal of a network address translator (NAT) are disclosed. For example, a node configured to communicate with one or more other nodes over a network may facilitate NAT traversal by a) determining information regarding the behavior of one or more NATs with the node; and storing the information in such a way that the information is retrievable by one or more other nodes; or b) retrieving information regarding behavior of one or more NATs obtained by one or more other nodes and using the information to traverse one or more of the NATs.
US07933272B2
Methods and systems are described for resolving a first node identifier in a first identifier domain space to a second node identifier in a second identifier domain space. In one aspect, a first node identifier from a first identifier domain space is identified. The first node identifier is included in data for transmission to a recipient. A network directory service node address is determined for a network directory service node configured to resolve the first node identifier to a second node identifier in a second identifier domain space. A message including the data and addressed to the recipient is generated. The message is transmitted to the recipient in association with transmitting, to the recipient, the network directory service node address.
US07933267B1
Principles of the invention are described for providing multicast virtual private networks (MVPNs) across a public network that are capable of carrying high-bandwidth multicast traffic with increased scalability. In particular, the MVPNs may transport layer three (L3) multicast traffic, such as Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between remote sites via the public network. The principles described herein may reduce the overhead of protocol independent multicast (PIM) neighbor adjacencies and customer control information maintained for MVPNs. The principles may also reduce the state and the overhead of maintaining the state in the network by removing the need to maintain at least one dedicated multicast tree per each MVPN.
US07933260B2
An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method is for connecting an endpoint that is separated from another endpoint by a symmetric network address translation device.
US07933256B2
A method for midamble estimation comprises the steps of receiving a burst of symbols, selecting a subset of the burst of symbols that comprises a first midamble symbol, calculating, for each symbol in the subset, a corresponding midamble estimation error, and determining the lowest calculated midamble estimation error to locate the first midamble symbol. A receiver comprises an antenna configured to receive a burst of symbols, a timing estimator configured to select a subset of the burst of symbols that comprises a first midamble symbol, a midamble estimator configured to calculate, for each symbol in the subset, a corresponding midamble estimation error, and a processor configured to select the symbol in the subset corresponding to a lowest calculated midamble estimation error as the first midamble symbol.
US07933254B2
A method for distributing data in a heterogeneous network. The method operates on a private mobile network, which includes a mobility server, mobile components and fixed components, on which the mobility server includes data storage units that store data on behalf of network members, at least some of such data being stored in multiple data formats. The distribution method includes transmitting upon request selected said data to addressees, each such transmission being formatted for acceptance by each respective addressee.
US07933253B2
A method of managing switching of a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel termination point from a first address to a second address. The VPN operates between a fixed network node and a mobile node which defines the termination point. The address of the mobile mode is switched from the first address to the second address and a notification from the mobile node to the fixed node is sent to indicate that the address of the mobile has changed from the first address to the second address. Verification of the trustworthiness of the second address is also then made. A searching manager for performing the method is also disclosed.
US07933250B2
Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to communications. The systems and techniques involve dividing a plurality of subscriber stations into a plurality of groups, assigning a different plurality of orthogonal codes to each of the groups, the number of the orthogonal codes assigned to one of the groups being less than the number of subscriber stations in said one of the groups, encoding communications to one of the subscriber stations in said one of the groups at a data rate, and determining whether to spread at least a portion of communications to said to one of the subscriber stations with one of the orthogonal codes assigned to said one of the groups as a function of the data rate.
US07933244B2
A method and apparatus for subcarrier selection for systems is described. In one embodiment, the system employs orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). In one embodiment, a method for subcarrier selection comprises a subscriber measuring channel and interference information for subcarriers based on pilot symbols received from a base station, the subscriber selecting a set of candidate subcarriers, providing feedback information on the set of candidate subcarriers to the base station, and receiving an indication of subcarriers of the set of subcarriers selected by the base station for use by the subscriber.
US07933234B2
A guide apparatus 50 according to the present invention is provided with a service information DB 30d storing service information containing a service providing place and attribute information of a target user; a recognizing device 30b for acquiring an ID from image data transmitted from a cell phone 14; a retrieving device 30c for retrieving service information from the service information DB 30d on the basis of the acquired ID and for retrieving such service information that attribute information of the user of cell phone 14 coincides with attribute information of a target user, out of service information provided at service providing places near the service providing place; and a route retrieving device 20c for retrieving a route between the information about the service providing place retrieved and the cell phone 14; and transmits the route information and service information as guide information to the cell phone 14.
US07933224B2
According to one method for approximating a network of terminals, a graph comprising nodes and edges connecting at least some of the nodes is received. The nodes include terminals and non-terminal nodes. The non-terminal nodes are each associated with a weight. The terminals are each initialized to a value. The values of the terminals are incremented by a given amount until the values of the terminals reach a sufficient amount to acquire at least one of the non-terminal nodes that connects at least two of the terminals based on the weight of the at least one of the non-terminal nodes. Upon the values of the terminals reaching the sufficient amount, the at least one of the non-terminal nodes and the edges connecting the at least one of the non-terminal nodes to the at least two of the terminals are acquired to form a connected component in the network of terminals.
US07933219B2
A method and apparatus for requesting a ChannelMeasurementReport in a wireless communication system are described. A ChannelMeasurementReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field set to “0x07”, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field is set to the PilotPN of the sector requesting the measurement report, a 2 bit CarrierID field wherein the CarrierID field is set to the carrier on which the measurements are requested, a 40 bit StartPHYFrame wherein the StartPHYFrame is set to the frame number of the PHYFrame where access terminals are required to being measurements, a 3 bit NumChannels field wherein the NumChannels field is set to the number of channel to be measured, an 8 bit MeasurementsPerMessage field wherein the MeasurementsPerMessage determines the number of measurements to be included in one report message, an 8 bit NumMeasurementsRequested field wherein the NumMeasurementsRequested determines the total number of measurements to be made by access terminal and a 4 bit Reserved field is generated and transmitted over a communication link.
US07933218B2
A method for allocating power and channels to connections in a multi-channel access based wireless communication system in which each connection is acting independently of the other. The quality of each channel of a connection is measured at successive time steps (n, n+1). The measurements from a previous time step (n) are used to allocate, in the following time step (n+1), an average power of all channels the connection uses as well as individual power settings in-between said channels. The average power is controlled using an outer fairness loop balancing the average channel power against average bit rate per channel. The individual power settings is controlled using an inner capacity loop allocating much power to good channels and restricted power to poor channels. Each loop has a respective target relation and the results of the loops are combined in order to determine transmission power in the next time step. The method is of distributed character and may execute on individual receiving nodes. Further, it may be applied in the up link or in the down link.
US07933217B2
Provided is a wireless network system and a method for transmitting and receiving data in the wireless network, which have a particular time period for a beam search in a superframe thereof in order to enable stations, which carry out directional communications with a high frequency bandwidth, to efficiently perform a beam search. A wireless network coordinator in the wireless network system includes a media access control unit generating a beacon frame which constitutes a superframe including at least one channel time block; a bandwidth management unit setting a specific channel time block among the channel time blocks to a time period during which a packet for a beam search is transmitted and received among stations in a network; and a transmission unit transmitting the beacon frame having information on the setting through a predetermined communication channel.
US07933216B2
A method and apparatus of transmitting a modulated data over a digital voice network that includes voice compression. The method and apparatus determine whether a voice signal to be transmitted over the network includes a modulated data signal and then encodes or demodulates the modulated data signal and bypasses voice compression when a modulated data signal is detected. The method and apparatus may detect a modulated data signal by detecting the presence of an answer tone and then searching for a plurality of phase reversals having a particular time distance from each other in the voice signal. Once the encoded or demodulated signal is transmitted over the digital voice network, the method and apparatus of the present invention may detect whether the received signal is an encoded data signal or a demodulated data signal. Then the coded data signal may be decoded back into a modulated data signal. Likewise, the demodulated data signal may be modulated back into a modulated data signal. In one embodiment, the invention encodes voice signals including modulated data signals by linearly quantizing the voice signals.
US07933215B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to provide orthogonal multiple access communication in a return link of a satellite communication system. In one embodiment, a closed loop control of a transmit parameter associated with transmission of signals may be performed. In addition, changes in motion of a terminal are monitored such that an open loop control of the transmit parameter is performed, if the detected change meets a certain threshold. For example, an open control is performed if an abrupt or sudden motion is detected.
US07933214B2
A device associated with a transport network generates a first traceroute through the transport network, and monitors a performance measure associated with the transport network. The device also compares the performance measure to a criterion, and determines degradation in the transport network when the performance measure matches the criterion. The device further generates a second traceroute through the transport network when the degradation occurs in the transport network, where the first and second traceroutes are used to determine a source of the degradation in the transport network.
US07933213B1
A method and apparatus for proactively managing TDM circuits used in a packet network, e.g., a VoIP network, by allowing it to instruct a program to periodically test the health of all circuits catalogued in the TDM facility database are disclosed. If a circuit is found to be out of service, the present invention will trigger a maintenance action through the edge component of the VoIP network to reset the circuit and restore it to a healthy condition.
US07933203B2
A data burst assembly apparatus includes a receiver to receive a packet from at least one source; a monitor to monitor a data traffic condition of a network; and a data burst generator to dynamically determine a value of a generation parameter for generating a data burst with respect to the packet received at the receiver according to the data traffic condition of the network, and to generate the data burst using the generation parameter value. A storage unit may be further included to store a mapping table defining generation parameter values mapped based on data traffic conditions. A data burst generator can read a generation parameter value mapped to a monitoring result from a mapping table and generate a corresponding data burst.
US07933198B1
A virtual router spans a number of physical routing devices. One of the physical routing devices is designated as master, and the other physical routing devices are designated as backups to the master. A failover protocol that includes both a non-dampened state and a dampened state can be implemented. According to the failover protocol, an attempt to designate one of the backups as master in place of the current master is permitted while the virtual router is in the non-dampened state, while such an attempt is suppressed while the virtual router is in the dampened state.
US07933192B2
At least a first recording layer (L0 layer) and a second recording layer (L1 layer) are provided. The first recording layer is disc-shaped, and has a first recording track path formed for recording recording information. The second recording layer is disc-shaped, arranged on the first recording layer and has a second recording track path formed in an opposite direction to the first recording track path for recording recording information. On edge parts on the outer circumference sides of the first recording layer and the second recording layer, first buffer areas (104-0 and 104-1) are further provided for preventing a recording or reproducing position from deviating from the first recording layer or the second recording layer and for interlayer jump. At least a part of the first buffer area is previously formed as a pre-recording area by an embossed pit (in the case of DVD-RW) or by a pit formed by recording laser irradiation (in the case of DVD-R).
US07933188B2
To reduce a bad influence on a tracking control signal and a data signal by reflected light from an adjacent layer on a multi-layer disc as stray light, the following device is made in the invention. Reflected light from the multi-layer optical disc including stray light from another layer is once converged by a reflected light condenser lens and is reflected on a reflector. A grating which prevents zero-order light from being generated by setting groove depth to λ/4 and which is set to pitch to prevent positive and negative first- or higher-order diffracted lights from returning to the reflected light condenser lens is arranged between the lens and the reflector including an optical axis with the grating apart from the reflector. Hereby, as reflected light from another layer is cut off though reflected light from a corresponding layer is transmitted to a detector, a detected control signal and a detected data signal are not influenced by reflected light from another layer.
US07933182B2
An information recording and/or reproducing apparatus capable of obtaining a certain recording/reproducing margin with a simplified structure. The apparatus identifies whether an optical disc is a single-layer recording medium having one recording layer, or a multilayer recording medium having a plurality of recording layers, and sets a control range (movable range) of an objective lens on the basis of the identification result. When the optical disc is identified as a multilayer recording medium, the control range of the objective lens is set to be smaller than that for a single-layer recording medium. Further, the control range of the objective lens is set for each of the recording layers of the optical disc.
US07933181B1
A system and method for adjusting the radial tilt, tangential tilt, or a combination of radial and tangential tilt of an optical detection unit in an optical disc reading system can include applying different weighting factors to different signal components depending on which detection area detects the component, measuring a value of a signal characteristic, such as signal-to-noise ratio, of two signals with different sets of weighting factors, and determining an adjustment factor to the radial tilt as a function of the of the measured signal characteristic values.
US07933176B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a corresponding method for determining write strategy parameters for recording data on an optical record carrier (100) and to an apparatus and a corresponding method for determining read parameters for reading data from an optical record carrier (100). In order to provide an improved apparatus and method which can be easily implemented in practice, require only a short amount of time and allow for determination of optical write strategy parameters also for discs when also write strategy stored in a media table in the drive, an apparatus for determining write strategy parameters is proposed comprising: initialization means (110) for setting initial write strategy parameters, —setting means (120) for setting initial variable levels and an initial experimental plan, based on variations of said initial write strategy parameters, for use in a design of experiments method for optimization of said write strategy parameters, optimization means (130) for determining optimized write strategy parameters by use of a design of experiments method, and—iteration means (140) for checking if, based on a predetermined criterion, the optimized write strategy parameters determined by the optimization means (130) shall be further optimized and, in case the write strategy parameters shall be further optimized, for determining new variable levels and a new experimental plan for use in another iteration of the design of experiments method for further optimization of said write strategy parameters.
US07933175B2
In an optical disc drive that needs an aberration correcting element for correcting spherical aberrations, it takes long time to conduct a processing operation of the aberration correcting element in an interlayer movement of a multilayer disc and a drive initializing operation. In order to eliminate the problem, an optical disc drive using a pickup includes a focus actuator for moving an objective lens in a rotation axis direction of a disc, a tracking actuator for moving the objective lens in a radial direction of the disc, an aberration corrector for correcting aberrations, and a feeder for moving the pickup in the disc radial direction. A control operation of the aberration corrector and a control operation of the feeder are conducted in parallel.
US07933173B2
A wobble signal extraction circuit includes: an RF signal component acquiring portion for acquiring an RF signal component from at least one of first and second signals received by two light receiving portions, the two light receiving portions being obtained through division in halves with a direction along which each track of an optical recording medium extends as a boundary; a wobble signal acquiring portion for acquiring a wobble signal by subtracting the second signal from the first signal; an RF signal component binarizing portion for binarizing the RF signal component; a wobble signal binarizing portion for binarizing the wobble signal; and an exclusive OR arithmetically operating portion for arithmetically operating an exclusive OR of the binarized RF signal component and the binarized wobble signal; wherein balances between amplitudes of the first and second signals are detected based on an arithmetic operation result obtained in the exclusive OR arithmetically operating portion.
US07933166B2
A method for tracking a wellbore tool includes: obtaining a first image of the wellbore using an imager associated with the tool; obtaining a second image of the wellbore using the imager after a selected time period; matching the first image with the second image by shifting one of the first and second images; determining an amount of the shifting; and comparing the amount of the shifting with a reference distance to determine a distance of tool movement. A method for tracking a wellbore tool includes: obtaining an image of a wellbore feature using a first imager associated with the tool; moving the tool in the wellbore; and registering a distance of tool movement when the image of the wellbore feature is detected by a second imager spaced apart from the first imager, wherein the distance of tool movement equals a spacing between the first and second imagers.
US07933164B2
A technique includes performing at least one intervening towed seismic survey after a prior towed seismic survey and before a future towed seismic survey. The prior towed seismic survey has associated first streamer positions, and the future towed seismic survey has associated second streamer positions that do not coincide with the first streamer positions. The technique includes using measurements that are acquired in the intervening towed seismic survey(s) to link the prior towed seismic survey to the future towed seismic survey for time lapse analysis involving the prior and future towed seismic surveys.
US07933163B2
A method and control device for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer spread and the ability for controlling individual marine seismic streamers both in shape and position relative to other marine seismic streamers and thereby counter effects from crosscurrent or other dynamic forces in a towed spread behind a seismic survey vessel. The system includes sensor means for determining information to control the streamer and a control device 10, including a housing 11 mechanically and at least partly electrically connected in series between two adjacent sections of the streamer 13, at least three control members 20 projecting from the housing 11, and control means adjusting the respective angular positions of the control members 20 so as to control the lateral and vertical position of the streamer 13. The rotational position of the streamer 13 and control device 10 is measured, and the measured rotational position is used to control the angular position of the control members 20, and thus the lateral and vertical displacement of the streamer 13.
US07933159B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a redundant element, an address specifying circuit configured to select one of a plurality of addresses as a redundancy address in response to a switchover signal, a decoder circuit configured to select the redundant element in response to an externally applied address that matches the redundancy address selected by the address specifying circuit, and a test mode setting circuit configured to change the switchover signal in response to an externally applied input, thereby to cause the redundancy address assigned to the redundant element to be switched between different ones of the plurality of addresses.
US07933155B2
A memory device comprises a memory array, at least one buffer coupled to the memory array, and test circuitry coupled to the buffer. The buffer comprises switching circuitry configured to multiplex first and second inputs of the buffer to a given output of the buffer based at least in part on a control signal generated by the test circuitry. The control signal is generated as a function of both a test signal indicative of a test mode of operation of the memory device and a power-down signal indicative of a power-down mode of operation of the memory device. The buffer further comprises current reduction circuitry responsive to the control signal for reducing an amount of current consumed by the buffer in the power-down mode of operation. The buffer may comprise an input data buffer or an address buffer of the memory device.
US07933143B2
A capacitorless DRAM and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are provided. The capacitorless DRAM includes a source, a drain and a channel layer, formed on a substrate. A charge reserving layer is formed on the channel layer. The capacitorless DRAM includes a gate that contacts the channel layer and the charge reserving layer.
US07933138B2
A F-RAM memory device containing a current mirror sense amp. A F-RAM memory device containing a current mirror sense amp coupled to a negative voltage generator. A method of reading data from and restoring data back into F-RAM cells in a 2T2C F-RAM device containing a current mirror sense amp. A method of reading data from and restoring data back into F-RAM cells in a 1T1C F-RAM device.
US07933128B2
An electronic device includes: an outline configuration including a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a mounting surface coupled to the first and second surfaces; a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; a resin disposed between the first and second substrates; and an electric element sealed with the resin and having an outline configuration of a polyhedron, the electric element being disposed such that a broadest surface of the polyhedron faces one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first surface is one surface of the first substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the first substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The second surface is one surface of the second substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the second substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The mounting surface includes: an exposed surface of the resin between the first and second substrates, and side surfaces of the first and second substrates adjacent to the exposed surface. The first electrode is disposed at an end of the first surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. The second electrode is disposed at an end of the second surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element.
US07933119B2
A heat transfer system is provided. The system includes a heat sink disposed proximate a first circuit. An air mover is adapted to provide airflow, and at least a portion of the airflow can flow through the heat sink along a flow path having a path length. A first portion of the airflow flows along the entire path length through the heat sink. A remaining portion of the airflow exits the heat sink prior to flowing the entire path length.
US07933116B2
A portable terminal is provided. The terminal includes a hard disk, a housing having an opening formed thereon, and a motor protruding out of the hard disk while being received in the opening. Even when the space for receiving the hard disk is the same, the distance between the body of the hard disk and the inner peripheral surface of the housing of the terminal is sufficient to prevent external impact from directly acting on the hard disk. In addition, even if the distance between the body of the hard disk and the inner peripheral surface of the housing of the terminal remains the same, no extra space is unnecessarily occupied inside the housing because the motor of the hard disk is received in the opening. This has the merit of achieving compactness of the terminal.
US07933109B2
Disclosed is an electromagnetic switching device including a number of fixed contact pieces, a solenoid-operated mechanism, a contact support which can be moved counter to restoring devices in at least one embodiment, with the aid of the solenoid-operated mechanism and on which a number of movable contact pieces are arranged, and an off stop for the contact support. A sensor is provided, in at least one embodiment, for detecting the position of the contact support while a control unit is provided which is connected to the sensor and regulates and/or controls the solenoid-operated mechanism during a switch-off process in order to decelerate the contact support before the same hits the off stop. Also disclosed is a method for operating such a switching device. The contact support, in at least one embodiment, transmits only a small momentum to the off stop, thus reducing the load applied to the involved parts. Such a switching device therefore has a longer service life than conventional switching devices.
US07933108B2
A motor drive employs a combination of gas discharge tubes and metal oxide varistors to create precisely tailored surge protection that has a low leakage current minimizing the triggering of ground fault detection circuitry when multiple motor drives are attached to a single line source.
US07933105B2
A switching element driving device has a first transistor that decreases the gate voltage of a power element at a faster rate than during a normal turn-off, and a second transistor that decreases the gate voltage of the power element at a slower rate than during a normal turn-off. If the gate voltage detected by the gate voltage monitoring means when an overcurrent in the power element is detected by overcurrent detection means is greater than a predetermined value, the gate voltage is decreased by the first transistor, and then, while the power element remains on, the gate voltage is decreased by the second transistor. If the gate voltage detected by the gate voltage monitoring means when an overcurrent in the power element is detected by overcurrent detection means is less than or equal to the predetermined value, the gate voltage is decreased only by the second transistor.
US07933102B2
This invention discloses an electronic device formed as an integrated circuit (IC) wherein the electronic device further includes a transient voltage suppressing (TVS) circuit. The TVS circuit includes a triggering Zener diode connected between an emitter and a collector of a bipolar-junction transistor (BJT) wherein the Zener diode having a reverse breakdown voltage BV less than or equal to a BVceo of the BJT where BVceo stands for a collector to emitter breakdown voltage with base left open. The TVS circuit further includes a rectifier connected in parallel to the BJT for triggering a rectified current through the rectifier for further limiting an increase of a reverse blocking voltage. In a preferred embodiment, the triggering Zener diode, the BJT and the rectifier are formed in a semiconductor substrate by implanting and configuring dopant regions of a first and a second conductivity types in a N-well and a P-well whereby the TVS can be formed in parallel as part of the manufacturing processes of the electronic device.
US07933100B2
A tunneling magnetic sensor includes a pinned magnetic layer of which the magnetization is pinned in one direction, an insulating barrier layer, and a free magnetic layer of which the magnetization is varied by an external magnetic field, these layers being arranged in that order from the bottom. A first protective layer made of magnesium (Mg) is disposed on the free magnetic layer. The tunneling magnetic sensor has a larger change in reluctance as compared to conventional magnetic sensors including no first protective layers or including first protective layers made of Al, Ti, Cu, or an Ir—Mn alloy. The free magnetic layer has lower magnetostriction as compared to free magnetic layers included in the conventional magnetic sensors.
US07933090B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising control circuitry operable to calibrate a write current parameter. A write current is initialized to an initial write current INIT_Iw, and an overshoot is initialized to a maximum MAX_OS. The write current is swept from INIT_Iw to a maximum write current MAX_Iw while writing and reading data from a target track to measure a first quality metric. A second quality metric associated with wide track erasure is also measured. A quality of the write operations is determined in response to the first and second quality metrics. When the quality of the write operations does not exceed a threshold, at least one of the MAX_Iw and MAX_OS is decreased and the process is repeated. Otherwise, the write current is swept from a minimum write current limit MAX_Iw to the adjusted MAX_Iw for a plurality of tracks to find an optimal write current for each track.
US07933081B2
A focusing device of simple construction that is miniaturizable, and an imaging device utilizing the same, are provided. A focusing device (10) comprises an actuator (11), a lens holder (12) that holds lenses (13a) and (13b), and a holder support base (14) upon which the lens holder (12) is installed. The actuator (11) comprises a polymer layer (51), a positive electrode (52) that is formed upon the holder support base (14), and a negative electrode (53) that is formed upon the lens holder (12). When the applied voltage between the positive electrode (52) and the negative electrode (53) rises, the polymer layer (51) deforms radially outward along the positive electrode (52). Along with this deformation of the polymer layer (51), the actuator (11) moves the lens holder (12) along the optical axis.
US07933078B2
There is provided a super wide angle optical system including, arranged about an optical axis: a first lens having a negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex object-side surface; a second lens having a negative refractive power and having a meniscus shape with a convex object-side surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power and having both convex surfaces; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power and having both convex surfaces.
US07933068B2
A reconfigurable projection-screen system. The projection-screen system includes a flexible screen and a frame assembly. The flexible screen includes a screen perimeter and a viewing region interior the screen perimeter. The frame assembly includes a plurality of frame members, where at least some of the plurality of frame members include a screen perimeter engaging portion. The plurality of frame members are selectively arrangeable in at least an assembled viewing configuration and a disassembled configuration. In the assembled viewing configuration the plurality of screen perimeter engaging portions extend the screen perimeter and hold the viewing region substantially flat. In the disassembled configuration the plurality of screen perimeter engaging portions allow the viewing region to fold.
US07933062B2
A disclosed electrophoretic fluid includes a solvent; and first, second, and third dispersible particles having different optical properties and dispersed in the solvent, the first dispersible particles being uncharged, the second dispersible particles being positively-charged electrophoretic particles, and the third dispersible particles being negatively-charged electrophoretic particles.
US07933059B2
The present invention discloses a mirror device that comprises 1) a mirror element for modulating incident light emitted from a light source and for controlling the reflecting direction of incident light, and 2) a coolant flow channel for containing and flowing a liquid coolant through the flow channel to carry away heat generated in the mirror device.
US07933049B2
This invention relates to an MFP having copy and scanner functions. The MFP in which image data flows from a line sensor to a DRAM via an A/D conversion unit and a reading control unit (RCU) and then from an image processing unit (IPU) to a printer via the DRAM has the following arrangement. Both the RCU and the IPU can execute a shading process. In the CM, the RCU executes the shading process. Then, the image is compressed and stored in the DRAM. In the SM, the RCU does not execute the shading process, and the image is temporarily stored in the DRAM without compression. The IPU reads out image data of each rectangle from the DRAM together with shading data, executes the shading process and various kinds of image processing, and outputs the image data to the DRAM.
US07933036B2
An electric appliance setting system, comprising an image processing apparatus with an image scanning system, at least one electric appliance, which is communicably connected with the image processing apparatus through a network, is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a setting sheet print controlling system and a setting data transmission system. The at least one electric appliance includes a setting sheet data transmission system and a setting modifying system.
US07933035B2
A printing system capable of increasing the working efficiency of an operator engaged in a post-process necessary after printing can be provided. For this purpose, the user interface unit can execute a display which allows the operator to explicitly input, for each job, instruction information in consideration of a post-process necessary after a printing process in a job requiring a printing process by a printing apparatus in a printing system capable of stacking, on a stacking unit, printed materials having undergone the printing process. When the job to be processed is a job for which the operator inputs the instruction information via the display, printed materials of the job for which the operator inputs the instruction information are stacked on the stacking unit while the printed materials are classified every printed materials on the basis of the instruction information input by the operator for the job.
US07933029B2
A printer receives changes to printing conditions by a user when executing reprinting. The printer selects whether to execute reprinting based on application data held in a host computer, or execute reprinting based on printing data held in the printer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on application data, the reprint request is sent to the host computer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on printing data held in the printer, reprinting is performed based on printing data held in the printer.
US07933023B2
A displacement detection apparatus includes a light source for emitting light and an extinction ratio conversion element which raises an extinction ratio of the light to 20 dB or more. A condenser lens condenses the light having the increased extinction ratio and a polarization maintaining type optical fiber transmits the condensed light which is subsequently transferred to a diffraction grating that is attached to an object to be measured. The displacement detection apparatus adjusts a polarization axis of the light having increased extinction ratio.
US07933021B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, systems and methods can be provided for compensating for, reducing and/or eliminating data associated with at least one aberration provided within a sample. For example, using such exemplary systems and methods, it may be possible to transmit at least one first electromagnetic radiation to the sample via an optical fiber. At least one second electromagnetic radiation can be received from the sample, and the first and second radiations may be associated with one another At least one first intensity of at least one portion of the second radiation within a core of the optical fiber and at least one portion of at least one second intensity of the second radiation within a cladding of the optical fiber at least partially surrounding to the core can be detected. Further, the first radiation and/or the second radiation can be modified as a function of the first and second intensities so as to compensate for, reduce and/or eliminate the data associated with the aberration.
US07933014B2
An automatic analysis apparatus and an automatic analysis method that can perform both spectrophometric measurements for biochemical tests and the turbidimetric immunoassay with high precision by selectively exchanging a white light or at least one monochromatic light based on analysis conditions determined by a measure condition setting unit for respective measuring object. The automatic analysis apparatus includes an irradiating direction setting unit configured to irradiate the selected white light or at least one monochromatic light based on the analysis conditions onto a reaction cuvette along the same light axis and a light detection unit having a plurality of light receiving elements in order to detect the white light of particular determined wavelength lights and the selected monochromatic light.
US07933010B2
An optical tomography system for viewing an object of interest includes a microcapillary tube viewing area for positioning the object of interest in an optical path including a detector. A motor is located to attach to and rotate a microcapillary tube. A device is arranged for transmitting broadband light having wavelengths between 550 nm and 620 nm into the microcapillary tube viewing area. A hyperchromatic lens is located to receive light transmitted through the microcapillary tube viewing area. A tube lens is located to focus light rays transmitted through the hyperchromatic lens, such that light rays from multiple object planes in the microcapillary tube viewing area simultaneously focus on the at least one detector.
US07933009B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for detecting the proper position of a substrate in a chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate position detection apparatus includes a substrate support having a plurality of lift pins for supporting a substrate in an elevated position thereover; a light source for directing a beam of light upon a reflective upper surface of the substrate; and a light sensor for detecting a reflected beam of light from the upper surface of the substrate upon the substrate being aligned in a predetermined elevated position.
US07933007B2
An electro-magnetic tracking system includes a system controller having a sensor interface, a generator, and a positioning and angular orientation configuration. The generator is responsive to the system controller for generating an electro-magnetic field that includes a tracking volume of highest accuracy. The highest accuracy corresponds to an accuracy of the sensor interface and system controller to detect a sensor physically located within the tracking volume versus a lesser accuracy of the sensor interface and system controller to detect the sensor if the sensor is located outside of the tracking volume. The positioning and angular orientation configuration is coupled to the field generator for visibly optimizing (i) a positioning and/or (ii) an angular orientation of the electro-magnetic field generator such that the tracking volume lies within a centroid of a physical volume of interest, thereby enabling a detection of a sensor within the tracking volume with a highest accuracy.
US07932995B2
A lithographic projection apparatus includes a liquid confinement structure extending along at least a part of a boundary of a space between a projection system and a substrate table, the space having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the substrate. The liquid confinement structure includes a first inlet to supply liquid, through which the patterned beam is projected, to the space, a first outlet to remove liquid after the liquid has passed under the projection system, a second inlet formed in a face of the structure, the face arranged to oppose a surface of the substrate, and located radially outward, with respect to an optical axis of the projection system, of the space to supply gas, and a second outlet formed in the face and located radially outward, with respect to an optical axis of the projection system, of the second inlet to remove gas.
US07932992B2
A projection exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate with a liquid interposed between a surface of the substrate and an optical element on the substrate side of a projection optical system; includes liquid supply and discharge mechanisms, which supply the liquid via a liquid supply tube as they recover the liquid via a liquid recovery tube, and an adhesion preventing mechanism that prevents an adhesion of impurities on member forming a flow path for the liquid.
US07932990B2
An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system that projects a pattern of a reticle onto a wafer, a vacuum chamber in which the projection optical system is disposed, a partition provided in the vacuum chamber and dividing a first space (which is a space where at least a portion of the projection optical system exists) and a second space (which is a space other than the first space) from each other, a gas supplying unit that supplies gas to the first space, and a sealant that reduces flow of the gas supplied through a pipe into the second space.
US07932982B2
A display device with a plurality of gate signal lines extended in the first direction; a plurality of drain signal lines extended in the second direction; a plurality of pixel regions in a state that each pixel region includes a switching device, a pixel electrode which is connected with the drain signal line and a counter electrode. The counter electrode is formed with respect to the pixel electrode by way of an insulation film and is formed every pixel. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels, wherein only the first pixels have a counter voltage signal line which extends in the first direction, and the counter voltage signal line is connected with the counter electrodes in the first pixels. Further, the counter electrodes of the first pixels and the counter electrodes of the second pixels are electrically connected with each other using conductive stride over the gate signal line.
US07932979B2
A fabrication method of an LCD includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a storage line in the first region and an active pattern in the second region of the substrate; forming a first insulation film on the substrate; forming a gate electrode and a pixel electrode on the substrate; forming a second insulation film on the substrate; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode, the source electrode connected to a source region via a contact hole and the drain electrode connected to a drain region through the contact hole. The fabrication method may obtain a sufficient storage capacitance with a simplified process. The number of masks used for fabrication of a thin film transistor (TFT) may be reduced.
US07932974B2
The present invention is a liquid crystal panel substrate that comprises: pixel units each having a pixel electrode, to be used as a reflective electrode and arranged in a matrix pattern on a substrate, and a switching element controlling a voltage applied to the pixel electrode; wherein between the pixel electrode and a conductive layer forming a terminal electrode of the switching element, a contact hole is provided for connecting the pixel electrode and the terminal electrode. A light-shielding layer, having an opening surrounding the portion in which the contact hole is formed, and having no opening in regions between a plurality of adjacent pixel electrodes, is formed between the pixel electrode and the conductive layer. Harmful effects due to light leaking through a space between the pixel electrodes can thereby be prevented.
US07932973B2
An electro-optical device includes a plurality of subpixel regions forming a display field and a color filter including a plurality of color layers of which at least one is of an additive primary color. The color layers have different color hues and at least two of the color layers are arranged in at least one of the subpixel regions so as not to overlap with each other in plan view. A method for manufacturing the electro-optical device includes forming the color layers such that at least two of the color layers are arranged in at least one of the subpixel regions so as not to overlap with each other in plan view. An electronic apparatus includes the electro-optical device.
US07932970B2
A two-dimensional light source includes a base substrate having holes, wires disposed on a lower surface of the base substrate, a light emitting diode (LED) chip disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate, plugs that connect two electrodes of the LED chip to the wires through the holes, a buffer layer covering the LED chip, and an optical layer that is disposed on the buffer layer and has an optical pattern formed at a portion of the optical layer corresponding to the LED chip.
US07932965B2
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a data line and a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a insulating layer formed on the data line and the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer formed on the drain electrode and the source electrode including a first contact hole to expose a portion of the data line, a second contact hole to expose a portion of the source electrode, a third contact hole to expose a portion of the drain electrode, and a fourth contact hole to expose a portion of gate electrode, a first connector formed on the passivation layer and connected to the data line and the source electrode through the first contact hole and the second contact hole, a gate line formed on the passivation layer and connected to the gate electrode through the fourth contact hole, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the third contact hole.
US07932964B2
An IPS-method liquid crystal display device which exhibits small directivity of a viewing angle and high brightness is realized. A planar common electrode is arranged below a pixel electrode which includes comb-teeth-shaped electrodes and slits. When a video signal is applied to the pixel electrode, an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode by way of slit portions formed in the pixel electrode thus controlling liquid crystal molecules. To reduce the occurrence of a phenomenon that an abnormal domain is generated in an end portion of the slit and the abnormal domain lowers transmissivity of liquid crystal, the structure in which the slits having both ends thereof closed and the slits having one-side end portion thereof opened are alternately arranged next to each other in parallel is adopted.
US07932963B2
The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same, and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display device in which a manufacture process can be cut down and manufacturing cost is reduced, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same. The substrate for the liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode formed in each of pixel regions, a plurality of gate bus lines which are formed on a base substrate in parallel with each other and in each of which a plurality of formation materials are laminated and at least a lower layer part is formed of a same formation material as the pixel electrode, a plurality of drain bus lines intersecting with the plurality of gate bus lines through an insulating film and formed to be in parallel with each other, and a thin film transistor formed in each of the pixel regions and including a gate electrode connected to the gate bus line, a drain electrode connected to the drain bus line, and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode.
US07932961B2
Active matrix display devices having improved opening and contrast ratios utilize light blocking lines to improve display contrast ratios yet position the light blocking lines on the same level of metallization as the gate lines to thereby limit parasitic capacitive coupling between the data lines and the pixel electrodes. The light blocking lines are also positioned on only one side of the data lines so that improvements in the display's opening ratio can also be achieved. The light blocking lines are preferably patterned so that no overlap occurs between a display's data lines and the light blocking lines. The elimination of overlap reduces the step height in the display's pixel electrodes and thereby reduces the extent of disclination of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal material extending opposite the pixel electrodes. The light blocking lines are also preferably patterned beneath the display's data lines so that parasitic capacitive coupling between the data lines and the pixel electrodes is reduced. The light blocking lines are also preferably formed with beveled edges so that the step height in the display's pixel electrodes can be reduced even further.
US07932957B2
A receiver apparatus 3 has a digital circuit portion 13 that converts a compressed digital signal outputted from a digital demodulating portion 12 into digital video and audio signals and a video/audio output circuit 14 that converts the digital video and audio signals outputted from the digital circuit portion 13 into analog video and audio signals. With this configuration, a video/audio processing IC for digital signal processing no longer needs to be mounted on the circuit board of a video display apparatus 4, and thus a receiver system can be realized with a video display apparatus having a simple configuration.
US07932947B2
An output compensating device of an image sensor using a number of light-sensor circuits, each of which represents a unit pixel and works by producing in a photoelectric converting element a sensor current proportional to a quantity of light falling thereon, converting the current into a voltage signal by using sub-threshold region characteristic of a transistor having a logarithmic output characteristic in a weak inverse state, which enables the image sensor to compensate for variations in each pixel output by using a sensor signal obtainable when changing a gate voltage and drain voltage of the transistor with shut-off light falling on the photoelectric converting element to a value lower than normal voltages of the transistor for taking video. This enables the image sensor to easily compensate for variations in output characteristics of respective light sensor circuits in a pseudo output state created therein with no actual light falling thereon.
US07932938B2
A method, apparatus and system that allows for the identification of defective pixels, for example, defective pixel clusters, in an imager device. The method, apparatus and system determine, during use of the imager device, that a pixel defect, e.g., cluster defect, exists and accurately maps the location of the defective pixel. By analyzing more than one frame of an image, the method increases the accuracy of the defect mapping, which is used to improve the quality of the resulting image data.
US07932933B2
This invention has as its object to allow information recording by maximally utilizing the size of a storage medium while maintaining compatibility to an electronic device which can handle only a storage medium initialized by the first file system to some extent. To this end, on a storage medium, two storage areas, i.e., a partition A initialized by the FAT16 file system to be accessed by a normal digital still camera, and a partition B initialized by the FAT32 file system that allows a still larger address space, are assured. A main image sensed by a camera unit is stored in the partition B, and a thumbnail image as its derivative information is stored in the partition A. Even when this memory card is attached to the conventional digital still camera, the thumbnail image can be browsed. Also, information indicating correspondence between the main image and corresponding thumbnail image is stored in the partition B as management information. As a result, even when a thumbnail image is detected by the conventional digital still camera, whether the main image is to be deleted or the deleted thumbnail image is to be restored can be selected based on the correspondence with the main image.
US07932930B2
A CPU determines whether or not a picked up image that corresponds to image data is a backlit portrait image by analyzing the image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and if the picked up image that corresponds to the image data is determined to be a backlit portrait image, then executes a brightness correction for backlit portrait image. The CPU obtains a tone curve that may have an output value of a predetermined value FV as an output value in response to an input value of a flesh-colored pixel average luminance value PV ave, which is an average luminance value of flesh-colored pixels of all pixels that constitute the image data. The CPU applies the tone curve to the luminance of every pixel in the image data and thereby executes the brightness correction.
US07932929B2
A quick image capture system for a notebook computer able to capture the images while the notebook computer does not launch an operation system is described. The quick image capture system includes a hot key, a read-only memory, a central processing unit, a chip set, a random-access memory, a video module and a camera module. The read-only memory stores a driving software. When the hot key is triggered, the central processing unit reads the driving software from the read-only memory and executes the driving software so as to enable the video module, display and the camera module by the chip set.
US07932927B2
An image processing apparatus includes an imaging device converting light incident thereon into charge, a determining unit determining for each pixel of the device whether an accumulated charge of the pixel reaches a threshold charge within a shutter period, a measuring unit measuring a threshold arrival period elapsed until the charge reaches the threshold charge, a memory unit storing at least the threshold arrival period of a pixel for which the determining unit determines that a charge of the pixel reaches the threshold charge, an arithmetic unit calculating a charge to be accumulated by incident light in the shutter period on the basis of the stored threshold arrival period and the threshold charge, and a generating unit generating an imaging signal using a pixel value corresponding to the calculated charge as a pixel value of the pixel for which the determining unit determines that the charge reaches the threshold charge.
US07932924B2
The present invention provides an image-shake correction apparatus comprising: an image displacement device that displaces on an image forming plane an image formed by an image-capturing optical system; an image-shake correction device that displaces an image by use of the image displacement device in such a way as to cancel an image shake due to a vibration exerted on the image-capturing optical system; and an output device that outputs to a predetermined external apparatus information on image displacement by the image displacement device, in order to prevent the occurrence of defects due to image-shake correction, information on the image-shake correction can be supplied to an external apparatus that obtains capturing conditions of a camera and implements predetermined processing.
US07932914B1
Systems and methods for storing high dynamic range image data in a low dynamic range format may be used to store the high dynamic range image data in less memory. The memory bandwidth needed to access the high dynamic range data is reduced and processing performance may be improved when performance is limited by memory bandwidth. The high dynamic range image data is scaled and compressed into a low dynamic range format for storage in a render target. If the compressed high dynamic range image data contains multiple data samples per pixel, the data may be processed to produce filtered compressed high dynamic range image data with only one sample per pixel. The high dynamic range image may be reconstructed from the low dynamic range format data and further processed as high dynamic range format data for a range of applications.
US07932902B2
Technologies are described herein for emitting raster and vector content from a single software component. An application program maintains an in-memory representation of a document in an intermediate format. When the application program needs to render the document, it determines whether the target device is a raster or a vector device. The application program then utilizes a single software component to render the document for the target device. The application program provides an instruction to the software component as to whether the in-memory representation should be rendered as vector content or as raster content. In response to receiving the instruction, the software component retrieves the in-memory representation and renders it according to the instruction received from the application program. The rendered content is then provided to the target device.
US07932898B2
A capacitive sensor for determining the presence of an object, such as a user's finger or a stylus, is provided. The sensor comprises a substrate, for example made of transparent plastics material, such as PET, on which electrodes are deposited. A resistive drive electrode for example formed of transparent ITO, is arranged on one side of the substrate and a resistive sense electrode, which again may be of transparent ITO, is arranged on the other side of the substrate. Thus an overall transparent sensor may be provided. A shorting connection is also provided which is configured to connect between two locations on one of the electrodes. The electrodes are connected to respective drive and sense channels. By providing the shorting connection between two locations on one or other (or both) of the electrodes, a lower resistance connection is provided between other locations on the electrode and the corresponding drive or sense channel.
US07932894B2
A multiple mode display apparatus and methods of use. An apparatus includes a display surface with a first and a second display area. A housing pivotally attached with the display proximate a first edge of the housing is displaceable from a coplanar position with the surface of the display device to a position wherein an angle of at least 90 degrees between the surface of the display and the housing is formed along said first edge. In the first position, the first display area is visible and activated to receive user input or to display output. The second display area is covered by the housing and placed in a mode of reduced power consumption. In the second position, the second display area is visible and activated to display output.
US07932893B1
Watch (1) including time display means (8; 10) covered by a crystal (4). This watch includes an interface device for controlling a computer cursor. It forms a contactless watch-mouse. For this purpose, a plurality of touch sensitive sensors are arranged so that their sensitive pads (16) are supported at least partially by the crystal (4). The sensitive pads are arranged in particular in the shape of a matrix extending over most of the crystal (4). The click function is performed using a push-button (14) associated with electric contactor or by a pressure sensor or by a touch sensitive sensor provided for this purpose.
US07932887B2
A gate driving circuit includes stages connected in series. In a stage, a pull-up part pulls up a present gate signal to a level of a first clock signal, and a pull-down part receives a next gate signal from a next stage to discharge the present gate signal to an off-voltage. A pull-up driving part turns on or turns off the pull-up part and the carry part. A holding part holds the present gate signal at the off-voltage and a present inverter turns on or turns off the holding part in response to the first clock signal. A ripple preventing capacitor is connected between a present node and an output terminal of a previous stage's inverter to prevent a ripple at the present Q-node in response to an output signal from the previous inverter.
US07932886B2
Using technology which uses a single shift register and simultaneously generates multiple pulses, this invention is a liquid crystal display device which rapidly drives data lines. It is possible to increase the frequency of the shift register output signal without changing the frequency of the shift register operation clock. If the shift register output signals, by means of analog switches, are used to determine the video signal sampling timing, high speed data line driving can be realized. Additionally, if the output signals of the shift register mentioned above are used to determine the video signal latch timing in a digital driver, high speed latching of the video signal can be realized. Consequently, even if the driving circuits of the liquid crystal display matrix are composed of TFTs, high speed operation of the driving circuits is possible without increasing power consumption. The shift register can also be used to inspect the electrical characteristics of the data lines and analog switches.
US07932885B2
Signals are respectively output from a first stage and a last stage in a shift register to which a plurality of latch circuits are connected to each other. Based on the signals, data lines are selected. A dummy pixel region comprising pixels corresponding to the selected data lines and data lines adjacent to the selected data lines becomes a non-display region. Therefore, degradation of image quality is suppressed.
US07932883B2
A method of mapping a four primary input signal to sets of four sub-pixels of a display device, the method including sub-sampling the input samples of the four primary input signal by assigning the first, second and third input signals of a particular input sample to the first, second and third sub-pixels, producing first, second and third primary colors of a particular set of four adjacent sub-pixels, respectively, and the fourth input signal of a further input sample to the fourth sub-pixel, producing a fourth color of said particular set of the four adjacent sub-pixels, wherein the particular input sample and the further input sample are associated with adjacent positions on the display device.
US07932873B2
An apparatus includes a light source configured to provide a path of light and a spatial light modulator located in the path of light and configured to modulate the light source. Relay optics are configured to receive the modulated light from the spatial light modulator and to project a computer generated image to a nominal image plane. The light source is configured to illuminate the spatial light modulator with collimated light.
US07932870B2
Antenna arrays which can work simultaneously in various frequency bands thanks to the physical disposition of the elements which constitute them, and also the multiband behavior of some elements situated strategically in the array. The configuration of the array is described based on the juxtaposition or interleaving of various conventional mono-band arrays working in the different bands of interest. In those positions in which elements of different multiband arrays come together, a multiband antenna is employed which covers the different working frequency bands. The advantages with respect to the classic configuration of using one array for each frequency band are: saving in cost of the global radiating system and its installation (one array replaces several), and its size and visual and environmental impact are reduced in the case of base stations and repeater stations for communication systems.
US07932867B2
A switch assembly selectively couples an antenna communication circuit to a first feed point of a first antenna, and selectively couples the antenna communication circuit to a second feed point of a second antenna. Each feed point is selected based on polarization of an electromagnetic wave to be radiated from or received by the corresponding antenna.
US07932866B2
An antenna comprises a first transmission element, a second transmission element, a conductive element, a ground element, a ground line and a signal line. The conductive element is connected to the ground element. The first transmission element is connected to the conductive element. The first transmission element comprises a first spiral structure and a first axis. The second transmission element is connected to the conductive element. The ground line is electrically connected to the ground element. The signal line is electrically connected to the conductive element at a feed point.
US07932865B2
The present invention is related to a coplanar coupled-fed multiband antenna for the mobile communication device. The antenna mainly comprises a dielectric substrate, a ground plane located on one surface of the dielectric substrate, and a radiating portion, a shorting metal portion, and a feeding portion, which are all on the same surface of the dielectric substrate near one edge of the ground plane. One end of the shorting metal portion is connected to the radiating portion, and the other end is connected to the ground plane. The feeding portion comprises a first feeding metal portion and a second feeding metal portion. The first feeding metal portion has a feeding point for the antenna. One end of the second feeding metal portion is connected to the radiating portion, and there is a gap between the second feeding metal portion and the first feeding metal portion.
US07932862B2
An antenna includes a T-shaped radiating element and a coupling element. The radiating element includes opposite first and second radiating portions, and a feeding portion that extends transversely to the first and second radiating portions and that is connected to a junction of the first and second radiating portions. The coupling element is disposed between the second radiating portion and the feeding portion of the radiating element, and is coupled electromagnetically to at least one of the second radiating portion and the feeding portion of the radiating element.
US07932859B2
A method and apparatus that reduces the number of possible time alignment possibilities to simplify the satellite positioning system time-ambiguity resolution problem is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first signal (160) from a satellite (150) of a first satellite positioning system and receiving a second signal (140) from a satellite (130) of a second satellite positioning system. The first signal can have a first modulation sequence length and the second signal can have a second modulation sequence length different from the first modulation sequence length. The method may also include determining a time offset between the first signal from the satellite of the first satellite positioning system and the second signal from the satellite of the second satellite positioning system based on an estimated propagation delay of the first signal and the second signal. The method may additionally include establishing a position of a satellite positioning receiver (120) based on the time offset.
US07932858B2
A satellite terrestrial positioning system is disclosed in which navigation satellites verify, in an autonomous manner, essential information that is transmitted to users using unidirectional links received from reference beacons.
US07932857B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. Global Positioning System information is acquired and a line record is assembled for an address using the Global Positioning System information.
US07932851B1
A method and apparatus for generating a data structure to be embedded in a ranging signal or in a synchronization preamble of a digital signal are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of blocks 0 through i, where i is an integer, are formed from random sequences of components A0 to Ai, each of the components being N bits, and each block including A0 through Ai components. A plurality of random sequences of components B0 through Bi, where i is an integer, of 2N bits is also formed. The components A0 through Ai in blocks 0 to i are formed into a matrix and the polarities of the components A0 through Ai are made to correspond to the polarities of a Hadamard matrix. The components A0 through Ai of each block are randomly permuted with components B0 through Bi. When the permuted components of the blocks are embedded in a ranging signal or in a synchronization preamble of a signal, the blocks will appear to an unauthorized user of the signal as being unrelated.
US07932844B1
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an integrated circuit comprising a radio frequency communication channel having a mixer and a programmable analog filter coupled to an output terminal of the mixer. The integrated circuit further comprises a digital-to-analog converter providing an AC signal to the digitally programmable analog filter, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to an output terminal of the digitally programmable analog filter, and a digital calibration circuit that adjusts the filter frequency according to measurements calculated from the data from the ADC. During a first calibration phase, the filter frequency is adjusted to a first frequency and a first signal is measured. During a second calibration phase, the filter frequency is adjusted to a second frequency approximately equal to a frequency of the AC signal, and a second signal is measured. The filter frequency is further adjusted based on measured values of the first and second signals.
US07932843B2
A method of video decoding is provided that includes receiving a data stream comprising a sequence of syntax elements that were compressed using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), such that the encoding of each bin of a bin string representative of a syntax element was performed by arithmetic encoding. Two consecutive bins of a syntax element are decoded in parallel. Speculative computation and prefetching is used to reduce the critical path and thereby improve processing speed.
US07932839B2
A mobile terminal and method for operating a touch keypad, the mobile terminal including a touch keypad, a touch sensor for sensing a signal inputted from a key selected by a user on the touch keypad and outputting location information corresponding to the selected key based upon the sensed signal, a Control Processor (CPU) for outputting at least one or more control signals based upon the outputted location information, and a light emitting diode controller for independently driving a light emitting diode corresponding to the selected key based upon the outputted control signals.
US07932829B2
The present invention discloses a data tag device (100) which initially operates in a passive mode where the tag responds to queries (412). While operating passively, an expiration event occurs (512, 514) which causes the tag to disable a battery (110), preventing subsequent operation in the passive mode, resulting in the tag disabling access to the tag data.
US07932825B2
The present invention is directed a method of making an interactive medical implant device including a radio frequency identification tag mounted to an implant, the tag being covered with a liquid impermeable seal. Identification of the RFID tag allows the physician to identify the specific identified implant with a an instrument model or patient database and allows the physician access to desired pertinent information regarding the medical implant device.
US07932820B2
A safety helmet system for motorcycle and bicycle riders includes a lightweight impact resistant helmet having an on/off switch. A power supply lights an electroluminescent strip surrounding the outer periphery of the helmet, signaling at eye level the presence of the rider to all drivers in the vicinity. The power supply also powers a single axis accelerometer having its sensitive axis oriented along the Cycle's travel direction. A microprocessor captures maximum deceleration in a braking cycle. The captured deceleration is segmented into low, medium and high values. A plurality of LED lights are mounted on the back face of the helmet. The microprocessor turns on LED arrays to create progressively increasing LED lit areas in direct proportion with the Cycle deceleration rate. Vehicle drivers following the Cycle are provided information concerning the Cycle's deceleration rate, enabling them to brake and thereby avoid colliding with the Cycle; the margin of safety is significantly increased for Cycle riders and drivers of following vehicles.
US07932816B2
The invention relates to a device for detecting and displaying the position of components of vehicle couplings, in particular semi-trailer couplings. A combined sensor and display unit is located in a common housing. The sensor unit comprises at least one sensor and the display unit at least one display element. The device can be mounted on the exterior of a semi-trailer coupling or of a sliding unit of a semi-trailer coupling, adjacent to a manual actuating element of a closing or locking device.
US07932815B2
Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for wirelessly communicating between a tractor and a set of trailers in a tractor-trailer environment are described. In embodiments, a tractor wireless communication device associated with a tractor is initialized and associated with a tractor initialization time. Additionally, a trailer wireless communication device associated with at least one trailer is initialized and associated with a trailer initialization time. In various embodiments, it is determined whether the tractor wireless communication device and the trailer wireless communication device are in physical proximity by comparing initialization times. Further, in various embodiments, tractor-trailer information events are communicated wirelessly between a tractor and a trailer.
US07932804B2
The invention relates to a switching device, in particular fused interrupters, including a housing and a cover arranged thereon, wherein in the housing at least one pair of contacts is provided for receiving respectively one contact blade of a safety device or the like, wherein each contact is electrically connected to an input or output contact element, and one contact of each contact pair has a base section as an input contact which projects from the housing on the underside thereof, including an adapter arranged on the bottom side of the switching device which has two contact gaps per base section for alternative contacting and which is provided for attaching to conductor rails.
US07932794B2
An electro-mechanical actuator having means for transmitting motion, in the final part of a stroke performed by a system comprising a worm shaft and rider nut coupled through gearing with an electric motor, to an auxiliary interrupter for breaking the power supply to the motor. Two control levers are provided, these being coupled together, and being rotated, about a perpendicular axis, by a cursor which is fixed to the nut that slides on the worm shaft. The pivoting of the said levers is blocked during the movement of the drive shaft driven by the system consisting of the worm shaft and nut. By contrast, the levers pivot during the final part of the movement of the cursor. The distance through which the levers move in pivoting is large enough to avoid any need for the auxiliary interrupter to be a high precision component.
US07932792B2
A device comprising a nanotube configured as a resonator, a source electrode, a gate electrode, a drain electrode and at least one impeding element, wherein the at least one impeding element is configured to minimize energy loss due to a contact resistance between at least the source electrode and the nanotube.
US07932781B2
A solid state power amplifier (SSPA) system may include a radio frequency (RF) input, an RF waveguide split block, multiple monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifier modules, and/or a heat spreader. The power amplifier modules and RF waveguide may be distributed about the heat spreader in different planes. Furthermore, the power amplifier modules may be located on opposite sides of the heat spreader and nonplanar to the waveguide split block. A method for dissipating heat within an SSPA may include receiving an RF signal in a first plane, amplifying the RF signal in another plane, and combining the RF signal in yet another plane.
US07932775B2
A digital demodulation device for demodulating an amplitude modulation (AM) signal whose carrier has a first frequency includes: a processing circuit for performing first path digital processing and second path digital processing according to a second frequency and digital values of the AM signal, where the first path digital processing represents performing down conversion by mixing the AM signal with a first sinusoidal signal whose frequency is equal to the second frequency, the second path digital processing represents performing down conversion by mixing the AM signal with a second sinusoidal signal whose frequency is equal to the second frequency, the second frequency is equal to the first frequency plus a predetermined frequency shift, and the second sinusoidal signal is orthogonal to the first sinusoidal signal; and an output stage for outputting an output signal according to processing results of the first path digital processing and the second path digital processing.
US07932773B2
A charge domain filter circuit includes a first signal output portion, at least one second signal output, portion, a third signal output portion, and an adder portion. The first signal output portion outputs a first signal that is sampled at a specified time interval. Each second signal, output portion outputs a second signal that is sampled after a specified delay after the first signal is sampled. Where a plurality of the second signal output portions is included, the second signals are sampled in succession. The third signal output portion outputs a third signal that is sampled after a specified delay after the last second signal is sampled. The adder portion adds the first, second, and third signals together and outputs the result. The capacitance ratio of the sampling capacitors in the first signal output portion and the second signal output portion is one of continuously or discretely varied.
US07932766B2
There is provided a digitally controlled oscillator, which is capable of widening its operation range with maintaining its resolution and the maximum frequency at which it operates. The digitally controlled oscillator includes a phase compensation block, a coarse block, and a fine block. The phase compensation block 510 generating a PLL signal PLLCLK and a first clock signal CLK1 which has the same phase and frequency as the PLL signal, in response to a phase control signal DISABLE and a fourth clock signal CLK4. The coarse block 520 generating a second clock signal CLK2 and a third clock signal CLK3 which results from delaying the PLL signal PLLCLK and the first clock signal CLK1 for a given time, in response to a m(integer)-bit coarse A control signal COAR_A and an (m−1)-bit coarse B control signal COAR_B. The fine block generating the fourth clock signal CLK4 by applying interpolation to the second clock signal CLK2 and the third clock signal CLK3 in response to an n(integer)-bit first fine control signal FCB and a n-bit second fine control signal FC.
US07932762B2
A single-path latch, a dual-path latch, a method of operating a DFF and a library of cells. In one embodiment, the single-path latch includes: (1) a passgate coupled to the data input, (2) a feedback path coupled to the passgate, the data output coupled thereto and (3) tristate circuitry coupled to the passgate and having a single transistor pair of opposite conductivity coupled to Boolean logic gates, the Boolean logic gates configured to control operation of the single transistor pair based on the data input and a pulse clock signal to drive the feedbacks path.
US07932760B2
An apparatus for implementing a digital phase-locked loop includes a voltage-controlled oscillator that generates a primary clock signal in response to a VCO control voltage. Detection means generates counter control signals, including count up signals and count down signals, to indicate a current relationship between the primary clock signal and a reference signal. An up/down counter then either increments or decrements a counter value in response to corresponding counter control signals. The counter value is then converted by a digital-to-analog converter into the VCO control voltage for adjusting the frequency of the primary clock signal generated by the voltage-controlled oscillator. In alternate embodiments, the foregoing up/down counter may be utilized to adjust the frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillator in proportion to the counter value by utilizing appropriate techniques other than generating a VCO control voltage with a digital-to-analog converter.
US07932759B2
A DLL includes a first variable delay circuit that variably delays a first transition of an external signal, a second variable delay circuit that variably delays a second transition of the external signal, a synthesis circuit that synthesizes output signals of the first variable delay circuit and the second variable delay circuit, a duty change detection circuit that changes and detects the duty of an output signal of the synthesis circuit, and delay control circuits that vary the delay of the first variable delay circuit or the second variable delay circuit in accordance with the result of duty detection by the duty change detection circuit.
US07932754B1
A system, apparatus and method is arranged to adaptively adjust drive signals for a gate controlled switch circuit such that the amount of gate swing automatically changes based on the load conditions. An adaptive gate charge modulation (GCM) technique can be utilized to dynamically adjust the drive signals so that a substantially constant voltage drop is perceived across to a gate controlled switch circuit. The voltage drop across the gate controlled switch circuit can be set to a reference level that is adjusted whenever a change in system conditions are detected. The gate charge can then be adaptively increased and decreased during operation, within maximum and minimum limits, to substantially match the voltage drop of the gate control switch circuit to the reference level.
US07932752B2
A correlated double sampling circuit has a sampling capacitor equally divided into a plurality of portions. In the correlated double sampling circuit, an input signal is sampled at a plurality of sampling points and an averaging switch is closed to obtain an average value of a plurality of sampling values obtained by sampling. High frequency noise superimposed on the input signal is thus reduced and a difference between the average values of the plurality of sampling values obtained by sampling is output.
US07932751B2
A circuit is described that detects high and low frequencies and additional clock frequencies and outputs a signal that indicates a high, a low frequency or an additional mode. When in the low frequency low frequency mode signals are regenerated free of any high frequency signals from appearing on the filtered low frequency clock line. The rising and falling edges of the input clock are low pass filtered separately and then combined to generate a low frequency clock or the additional input clock and that retains the input clock pulse width and duty cycle.
US07932749B2
A hybrid driving apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The hybrid driving apparatus includes a first driving unit, a second driving unit, and a resistor. The first driving unit has a first output end. The second driving unit has a second output end coupled to a first bonding pad. The resistor is coupled between the first output end and the first bonding pad to serve as a matching impedance. When the driving apparatus operates in a first transmission mode, the first driving unit and the second driving unit jointly drive the first bonding pad. When the driving apparatus operates in a second transmission mode, the first driving unit and the second driving unit drive the first bonding pad and a second bonding pad respectively.
US07932738B1
In a method for reading a programmable anti-fuse block of a high-voltage integrated circuit a first voltage is applied to a first pin of the HVIC, the first voltage being lowered to a second voltage at a first node. Current is shunted from the first node, thereby lowering the second voltage to a third voltage. An isolation circuit block is then activated to couple the third voltage to a common node of the programmable anti-fuse block, the common node being coupled to a plurality of anti-fuses, each anti-fuse having a programmed state. A read signal is generated that causes a voltage potential representative of the programmed state of each anti-fuse to be latched into a corresponding latch element.
US07932733B2
An exemplary apparatus for detecting defect is capable of measuring temperature characteristics of a semiconductor sample without restrictions in the movement range of a sample stage and a probe device by a temperature control device. A heater heats a sample stage, and the sample stage is cooled by a refrigerant contained in a refrigerant container through a heat transfer line connected to the sample stage, a first heat receiving portion connected to the heat transfer line, a second heat receiving portion that is detachable from the heat receiving portion, a heat transfer line connected to the heat receiving portion, and a heat transfer rod connected to the heat transfer line, thereby adjusting the temperature of a semiconductor sample held by the sample stage. The heat receiving portions are separated from each other to release the restriction of the sample stage and a probe device such that the sample stage and the, probe device can be moved in a sample chamber.
US07932730B2
A system for inspecting an electromagnetic coupling module includes a radio IC chip and a feeder circuit board on which the radio IC chip is mounted, the feeder circuit board includes a feeder circuit including an inductance element. This inspecting system measures the electromagnetic coupling module by electromagnetically coupling a probe of a measuring device to the electromagnetic coupling module by at least one of electrostatic coupling and electromagnetic coupling. In addition, the electromagnetic coupling modules are manufactured using this inspecting system.
US07932726B1
A method of improving the clean, rinse and dry processes during the manufacture of ICs, MEMS and other micro-devices to conserve solution and energy while completing the process within a specified time. An electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) provides in-situ and real-time measurement of residual contamination on a surface or inside void micro features within the sensor representative of conditions on production wafers. The measured impedance can be used to determine what process variables and specifically how process conditions affect the rate of change of the measured impedance. The in-situ measurements are used to design and optimize a production process and/or to monitor the production run in real-time to control the process conditions and transfer of a patterned wafer through the processes.
US07932722B2
A gradient coil comprising: a pair of gradient coil units disposed so as to enclose a gradient axis, each gradient coil unit including: a gradient coil substrate with a primary coil section, a shield coil section, and first and second return path sections, the primary coil section disposed between the gradient axis and the shield coil section, the primary coil section configured to produce a magnetic gradient field at the gradient axis when conducting an electrical current; the first return path section foldably connected between the primary coil section and the shield coil section, and the second return path section foldably connected between the shield coil section and the primary coil section such that the gradient coil substrate forms a cylindrical surface having a longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the gradient axis; and a plurality of substantially parallel conductive paths disposed across the cylindrical surface in a direction transverse to the gradient axis.
US07932721B2
An apparatus for imaging includes: a radio frequency (RF) coil array having a first RF coil and at least one additional RF coil, where the RF coil array is adapted to generate an image signal; a preamplifier having an input impedance, where the preamplifier is adapted to receive the image signal from the first RF coil; and a transformer to couple the first RF coil to the preamplifier, where impedance of the transformer is adapted to match the input impedance of the preamplifier.
US07932715B2
An inductive detector operable to measure relative displacement along a measurement path of a first body including an electrical intermediate device and a second body including at least three windings. At least one winding is a transmit winding and at least one other is a receive winding. The windings are arranged such that relative displacement of the two bodies causes a change in inductive coupling between at least one transmit winding and at least one receive winding. At least two windings are formed by a convoluted conductor with a first portion extending along the measurement path on a first surface of the substrate and a second portion returning back along the measurement path on an opposite second surface of the substrate. The first and second portions are connected via a connection extending between the first and second surfaces. Each convoluted conductor forms a series of loops defined between the portions on the first and second surfaces, the width of each loop varying along the measurement path and adjacent loops having opposite electromagnetic polarity. At least two windings are spaced in an axis normal to the measurement path.
US07932714B2
A method and apparatus for detecting at least two process variables in a loop powered circuit. The method includes the steps of (a) powering the loop, detecting a first process variable value during a first time interval, (b) detecting a second process variable value during a second time interval after the expiration of the first time interval, where the detected process variable values are represented by the magnitude of a current passing through the loop circuit.
US07932710B2
A step-up circuit comprises a rectifier element 11 provided on a current path from a terminal VCC applied with a voltage source voltage VCC to a terminal VP connected to one electrode of a capacitor C1 such that a direction from the terminal VCC toward the terminal VP is a forward direction, a rectifier element 12 provided on a portion of the current path which is between the rectifier element 11 and the terminal VP such that a direction from the rectifier element 11 toward the terminal VP is a forward direction, a terminal BC1 which is connected to one electrode of a capacitor C2 and is applied with an oscillating voltage, a terminal BC2 which is connected to a portion of the current path which is between the rectifier element 11 and the rectifier element 12 and is connected to the other electrode of the capacitor C2, and a switching element 14 provided on a portion of the current path which is between a connection point, where the terminal BC2 is connected to the current path, and the terminal VCC, and the switching element 14 is configured to be turned ON and OFF according to the voltage at the terminal VP with respect to the voltage at the terminal BC2.
US07932709B1
A regulator circuit and a method of generating a stable, low-ripple output, step-up or step-down voltage are disclosed. A low ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) output capacitor is employed to provide low output voltage ripple. A voltage, −VESRi, is generated using information based on an input voltage and the output voltage. −VESRi is coupled onto an intermediate reference voltage generated by an integrator based on the output voltage and a constant reference voltage, to form another voltage, VREFi. VREFi is coupled to an input of a feedback comparator, instead of a plain constant reference voltage, to modulate the duty cycle of a main switch. The output voltage is inputted as a feedback signal to another input of the feedback comparator. −VESRi, is generated using information based on an input voltage and the output voltage in such a way that output voltage is stable without sub-harmonic oscillation.
US07932706B2
In one embodiment, a power supply controller is configured to form both positive and negative supply voltages from a single input voltage so the maximum differential voltage across a load that uses the positive and negative supply voltages is no greater than the maximum value of the input voltage.
US07932684B2
To determine the relative position of movable portions of an assembly, a first magnetic device is coupled to a first portion of the assembly. The first magnetic device has a sensing surface with a number of magnetic poles that provide a magnetization state transition location. An absolute position sensor with a two-state output is coupled to the assembly adjacent the first magnetic device. The output state changes when a magnetization state transition of the first magnetic device moves past the absolute position sensor. A second magnetic device is coupled to the assembly. The second magnetic device creates a cyclically-varying magnetic field proximate its sensing surface. An incremental position sensor is coupled to the assembly adjacent the second magnetic device, and has an output that varies continuously relative to magnetic field angle over at least a portion of one cycle of the cyclically-varying magnetic field of the second magnetic device.
US07932682B2
A ballast used with an input power source for energizing a lamp. The ballast includes a power stage, a controller, an internal power supply for the power stage and the controller, and an input switch. The power stage energizes the lamp with power supplied by the input power source. The internal power supply is connected to the power stage for receiving power from the power stage and is connected to the input power source via the input switch for receiving power from the input power supply when the input switch operates in a closed mode. When the input switch operates in an open mode it electrically disconnects the internal power supply from the input power source. The controller selectively operates the input switch in the open mode and the closed mode as a function of the voltage of the internal power supply while the lamp is energized.
US07932681B2
A lighting device includes at least two lines connected in parallel, a constant current source for applying a constant current to at least one of the at least two lines, an ON/OFF controller, and a voltage detector for measuring a value of voltage flowing in each line of the at least two lines. Each line of the at least two lines is formed by one or more light-emitting diodes and a switch for turning ON/OFF the current flowing in the light-emitting diodes connected in series, and according to the voltage value of each line of the at least two lines measured by the voltage detector, the ON/OFF controller controls the duty ratio of the one or more light-emitting diodes of each line in accordance with the voltage measured.
US07932679B2
In one embodiment, an LED system is controlled to have a substantially unity power factor.
US07932669B2
The invention provides a system for displaying image and a fabrication method thereof. The system comprises an organic electroluminescent display device comprising a first substrate divided into a pixel region and a non-pixel region, a conductive layer formed in the non-pixel region, a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, a first electrode formed on the second substrate, an organic electroluminescent layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the organic electroluminescent layer and electrically connected to the conductive layer. The system further includes an exterior circuit electrically connected to the conductive layer for transmitting signals.
US07932666B2
A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a supporting member, a light-emitting element disposed on the supporting member to emit a light, and a fluorescent layer formed on the light-emitting element and having a thickness ranging from 80 to 240 μm, the fluorescent layer containing a light-transmitting member and a fluorescent substance having a particle diameter ranging from 20 to 45 μm at a concentration of 40 to 60 wt %.
US07932664B2
A resonator includes a base portion and a vibration arm. The vibration arm has first and second main faces opposite each other, the main faces have first and second grooves, the first groove has a plurality of first groove portions which are divided in the longitudinal direction of the vibration arm and arranged to be alternately shifted on both sides with respect to the longitudinal center line of the vibration arm, the second groove has a plurality of second groove portions arranged similar to the first groove portions on an opposite side to the first groove portions with respect to the longitudinal center line. A voltage is applied to excitation electrodes provided at the first and second grooves and second excitation electrodes provided on both side faces of the vibration arm, such that the vibration arm flexural-vibrates in the in-plane direction of the first or second main face.
US07932662B2
Crystal devices are disclosed that include a crystal frame having a crystal vibrating piece and an outer frame. The crystal vibrating piece includes excitation electrodes, and the outer frame supports the crystal vibrating piece. Each device has a base including connection electrodes on a first surface thereof and respective external electrodes on a second surface thereof, wherein the connection electrodes are electrically connected via respective through-holes to respective excitation electrodes and to respective external electrodes. The first surface of the base is bonded to the under-surface of the outer frame, and an upper surface of the outer frame is bonded to a crystal lid. The through-holes have non-circular transverse profiles and are filled with a sealing material such as a metal.
US07932659B2
A superconducting device includes a coil formed of a superconducting wire, an iron core to which the coil is attached, and a magnetic material arranged in a magnetic circuit and magnetized by magnetic flux. The magnetic circuit is generated by energization of the coil and passes through the iron core. A gap is formed between the coil and the iron core, or/and a nonmagnetic material is interposed between the coil and the iron core.
US07932657B2
A rotor body for an electric motor is comprised of connecting outer peripheral portions of first and second flange members made of electrically conductive material to the opposite ends of a plurality of connection members made of electrically conductive material of weak magnetic material arranged at predetermined distances therebetween in the circumferential direction with bolts and by supporting induction magnetic poles made of soft magnetic material between the connection members which are adjacent in the circumferential direction. Coupling portions of the first and second flange members and the connection member are electrically insulated by insulation coating so that an eddy current flowing in a closed circuit comprised of the first flange member, the connection member, the second flange member and the other connection member can be reduced and heat dissipation and energy loss accompanied by the eddy current can be minimized at the time of an operation.
US07932654B2
A motor is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a stator and a rotor, which is supported by the stator such that the rotor rotates. Here, the rotor includes a rotational axis, which is supported by the stator such that the rotational axis rotates, a rotating body, which rotates together with the rotational axis, and a hub, which has a ring-shaped body and a protruding part. Here, the ring-shaped body is interposed between the rotational axis and the rotating body, and the protruding part extends an outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body coupled to the rotating body. Thus, the motor can improve the coupling strength between the rotational axis and the rotating body, securing the rotating rotor's stability.
US07932652B2
The subject invention provides a wheel assembly (20) having a spindle (26) for attachment to a vehicle along a rotational axis (R). An electric motor (22) is disposed radially about the spindle (26) and includes a stationary stator (34) and a rotor (36) rotatable about the rotational axis (R) relative to the stator (34). A rotor support (40) is disposed about the spindle (26) and includes a collar (42) rotatably supported by at least one rotor support bearing (46) on the spindle (26). The rotor support (40) includes a flange (44) disposed within a predetermined axial distance (D) and extending radially outward from the collar (42) to support the rotor (36). A planetary gear system (62) interconnects the rotor support (40) and a wheel drive (52) for reducing rotational speed of the rotor (36) and increasing the torque of the wheel assembly (20).
US07932642B2
A transponder, a method for powering the transponder, and a system relating to the method. The transponder includes at least two electrical coils, a dipole antenna, and a chip electrically connected to the dipole antenna and the electrical coils, wherein the electrical coils surround the dipole antenna and the chip. The transponder is surrounded with a wiring loop. An alternating current is generated in the wiring loop. The alternating current generates a magnetic field at the electrical coils. The electrical coils receive energy from the magnetic field and transfer the received energy to the chip for powering the transponder. The dipole antenna is configured to transmit an output signal to a reader and to receive an input signal from the reader.
US07932632B2
A switching power supply with overvoltage protection includes a soft start circuit, a rectifying circuit, a filter capacitor, a main supply, an auxiliary supply and a monitoring circuit. When the input voltage is higher than the predetermined protection voltage, a first electric control switch is turned off, and the main power circuit of the switching power supply is shut off. At the moment, the actuation and release of the second electric control switch is controlled so as to control the input power supply to intermittently charge the power supply module such that the output voltage downstream of the rectifying circuit inside the power supply is controlled in a safe range. For instance, the second electric control is turned on when the output voltage is lower than a certain value, and is turned off when the output voltage is higher than a certain value. Thus, it is ensured that the bus line voltage inside the power supply is controlled within a safe range, to ensure the safety of the devices inside the power supply; and at the same time to ensure the safety of the inner devices of the switching power supply, such that the auxiliary power supply and the control circuit can work normally.
US07932630B2
A wireless power system includes a power source, power receiver, and components thereof. A current sensor senses the amount of current through the antenna. That amount of current is then used to adjust characteristics of the transmitting or receiving.
US07932623B2
In a method for driving electronic devices connected to a vehicle trailer tow connector a trailer electronic device control signal is receiving from a vehicle data communication network. In response to the received control signal, a solid state power control device is switched to connect electrical power to a selected pin of the trailer tow connector. The trailer electronic device control signal may be received from a wiring harness connector connected to a vehicle data communication network. A vehicle trailer tow connector module includes a module housing. A vehicle wiring connector and a trailer wiring connector are coupled to the module housing. A power control circuit is connected to a selected pin in the trailer wiring connector. A controller circuit is coupled to the vehicle wiring connector for receiving communication data from a vehicle data bus, and coupled by control lines to the power control circuit.
US07932614B2
A C4 grind tape and a laser-ablative adhesive layer are formed on a front side of a semiconductor substrate. A carrier substrate is thereafter attached to the laser-ablative adhesive layer. The back side of the semiconductor substrate is thinned by polishing or grinding, during which the carrier substrate provides mechanical support to enable thinning of the semiconductor substrate to a thickness of about 25 μm. A film frame tape is attached to the back side of the thinned semiconductor substrate and the laser-ablative adhesive layer is ablated by laser, thereby dissociating the carrier substrate from the back side of the C4 grind tape. The assembly of the film frame tape, the thinned semiconductor substrate, and the C4 grind tape is diced. The C4 grind tape is irradiated by ultraviolet light to become less adhesive, and is subsequently removed.
US07932613B2
A semiconductor device having a device substrate is provided. The semiconductor device includes an electrically-conductive pad formed overlying the device substrate, and an electrically-conductive platform formed overlying the electrically-conductive pad and enclosing a cavity. The electrically-conductive platform has a perimeter portion extending away from the electrically-conductive pad and a capping portion atop the perimeter portion. The semiconductor device also includes a cushioning material disposed in the cavity.
US07932606B2
For simplifying the dual-damascene formation steps of a multilevel Cu interconnect, a formation step of an antireflective film below a photoresist film is omitted. Described specifically, an interlayer insulating film is dry etched with a photoresist film formed thereover as a mask, and interconnect trenches are formed by terminating etching at the surface of a stopper film formed in the interlayer insulating film. The stopper film is made of an SiCN film having a low optical reflectance, thereby causing it to serve as an antireflective film when the photoresist film is exposed.
US07932603B2
A chip structure comprises a substrate, a first built-up layer, a passivation layer and a second built-up layer. The substrate includes many electric devices placed on a surface of the substrate. The first built-up layer is located on the substrate. The first built-up layer is provided with a first dielectric body and a first interconnection scheme, wherein the first interconnection scheme interlaces inside the first dielectric body and is electrically connected to the electric devices. The first interconnection scheme is constructed from first metal layers and plugs, wherein the neighboring first metal layers are electrically connected through the plugs. The passivation layer is disposed on the first built-up layer and is provided with openings exposing the first interconnection scheme. The second built-up layer is formed on the passivation layer. The second built-up layer is provided with a second dielectric body and a second interconnection scheme, wherein the second interconnection scheme interlaces inside the second dielectric body and is electrically connected to the first interconnection scheme. The second interconnection scheme is constructed from at least one second metal layer and at least one via metal filler, wherein the second metal layer is electrically connected to the via metal filler. The thickness, width, and cross-sectional area of the traces of the second metal layer are respectively larger than those of the first metal layers.
US07932602B2
A semiconductor device comprising: (a) a semiconductor substrate having a dicing region circumscribing a chip region, the chip region including a central region and a peripheral region around the central region; (b) an active electrical structure formed to extend from a first main surface to a second surface vertically spaced apart from the last main surface in the central region of the semiconductor substrate; (c) a through dummy isolation structure formed within the peripheral region to extend from the first main surface of the semiconductor substrate to a third surface vertically spaced apart from the first main surface of the semiconductor substrate, the through dummy isolation structure surrounding the active electrical structure; (d) an insulating layer disbursed throughout the active electrical structure within the central region and around the through dummy isolation structure of the peripheral region, the insulating layer including top and opposed peripheral sides; and (e) a metal film located over the top and peripheral sides of the wiring insulating film and over the semiconductor substrate.
US07932597B2
A BGA substrate which has a back surface to which a heat radiating plate is attached and an opening for accommodating a relay wiring substrate therein, which is provided in the center of its surface, is used. The relay wiring substrate to which an ASIC chip and a memory chip are flip-chip connected, is bonded to the heat radiating plate in the opening with a thermal conductive bonding material. Further, each of the back surfaces of the ASIC chip and the memory chip is connected to a metal cap for sealing the opening through a thermal conductive material interposed therebetween.
US07932594B2
An electronic component sealing substrate capable of configuring an electronic apparatus in which the influence of electromagnetic coupling and radio frequency noises between an electrical connection path and a micro electronic mechanical system is suppressed is provided. An electronic component sealing substrate (4) for hermetically sealing a micro electronic mechanical system (4) of an electronic component (2) that includes a semiconductor substrate (5), the micro electronic mechanical system (3) formed on a main face of the semiconductor substrate (5), and an electrode (6) electrically connected to the micro electronic mechanical system (3), includes an insulating substrate (7) that has a first main face joined to the main face of the semiconductor substrate (5) so as to hermetically seal the micro electronic mechanical system (3), and a wiring conductor (8) that has an end extending to the first main face of the insulating substrate (7) and is electrically connected to the electrode (6) of the electronic component (2), and the end of the wiring conductor (8) is positioned outside a joined portion of the main face of the semiconductor substrate (5) and the first main face of the insulating substrate (7).
US07932577B2
In a particular embodiment, a method of forming a field effect transistor (FET) device having a reduced peak current density is disclosed. The method includes forming a field effect transistor (FET) device on a substrate. The FET device includes a drain terminal, a source terminal, a gate terminal, and a body terminal. The method further includes depositing a plurality of metal contacts along a width of a gate terminal of the FET device and forming a wire trace to contact each of the plurality of metal contacts to reduce a gate resistance along the width of the gate terminal.
US07932576B2
A transparent conductive layer includes a substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a textured surface and an opening which exposes the first conductive layer, wherein the opening comprises a diameter of about 1 micrometer to about 3 micrometers. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the transparent conductive layer and a photoelectric device.
US07932574B2
A solid-state imaging device having a light receiving section comprised of a stack of a photoconductive layer for absorbing light in a wavelength region for red, a photoconductive layer for absorbing light in a wavelength region for green, and a photoconductive layer for absorbing light in a wavelength region for blue. A transparent electrode layer is provided preferably above each of the photoconductive layers and a translucent reflective layer for reflecting light in a desired wavelength is provided.
US07932573B2
A magnetic memory element having a layer structure containing a fixing layer (pinned layer: PL) having a magnetization direction fixed unidirectionally, a nonmagnetic dielectric layer (TN1) in contact with the fixing layer (PL), and a memory layer (free layer: FL) having a first surface in contact with the nonmagnetic dielectric layer (TN1) and a second surface on the opposite to the first surface, the magnetization direction of the memory layer (FL) having a reversible magnetization direction in response to the current through the layer structure. The entire surface of the first surface of the memory layer (FL) is covered with the nonmagnetic dielectric layer (TN1) and in the joint surface of the nonmagnetic dielectric layer (TN1) and the fixing layer (PL), the first surface of the nonmagnetic dielectric layer (TN1) is exposed in a manner of surrounding the joint surface.
US07932571B2
A memory device includes a fixed magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer over the fixed magnetic layer, and a free magnetic structure formed over the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the free magnetic structure has layers or sub-layers that are weakly magnetically coupled. Thus, a low programming voltage can be used to avoid tunnel barrier breakdown, and a small pass transistor can be used to save die real estate.
US07932558B2
A semiconductor device includes: an n-type first well diffusion layer; an n-type second well diffusion layer; a p-type source diffusion layer; a p-type third well diffusion layer; a p-type drain diffusion layer; a gate insulating film; a gate electrode; a device isolation insulating film; and a buffer layer. The buffer layer is formed between the first well diffusion layer and the third well diffusion layer to be in contact with an end of the third well diffusion layer opposing the source diffusion layer, and extends from immediately below the gate insulating film to a position deeper than a peak of curvature of impurity concentration distribution of the third well diffusion layer. The buffer layer has an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration in the third well diffusion layer.
US07932550B2
An etching process includes providing a dielectric first film on a substrate and a sacrificial second film on the dielectric first film. A conductive structure such as a container capacitor is formed in a recess in the first and second films. The conductive structure is exposed as to its external surface by an etch process that resists destructive collapse of the conductive structure.
US07932549B2
A trench-type storage device includes a trench in a substrate (100), with bundles of carbon nanotubes (202) lining the trench and a trench conductor (300) filling the trench. A trench dielectric (200) may be formed between the carbon nanotubes and the sidewall of the trench. The bundles of carbon nanotubes form an open cylinder structure lining the trench. The device is formed by providing a carbon nanotube catalyst structure on the substrate and patterning the trench in the substrate; the carbon nanotubes are then grown down into the trench to line the trench with the carbon nanotube bundles, after which the trench is filled with the trench conductor.
US07932548B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to form a resistive random access memory (RRAM) by forming a first metal electrode layer; depositing an insulator above the metal electrode layer and etching the insulator to expose one or more metal portions; depositing a Pr1-XCaXMnO3 (PCMO) layer above the insulator and the metal portions, wherein X is between approximately 0.3 and approximately 0.5, to form one or more self-aligned RRAM cells above the first metal electrode; and depositing a second metal electrode layer above the PCMO layer.
US07932540B2
A T-gate forming method for a high electron mobility transistor includes the steps of: coating a first, a second and a third resist, each having an electron beam sensitivity different from each other, on a semiconductor substrate; performing a first exposure process by using an electron beam on the semiconductor substrate and then selectively developing the third resist; defining a gate head area by selectively developing the second resist to have a developed width wider than that of the third resist; performing a second exposure process by using an electron beam on the semiconductor substrate and then selectively developing the first resist in a bent shape at a temperature lower than in the development of the second and the third steps; and depositing metallic materials on the resists and then removing them to form a T-gate.
US07932534B2
A solid state light source includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and at least one optically active layer on the top surface of the substrate. At least one of the top surface, the bottom surface, the optically active layer or an emission surface on the optically active layer includes a patterned surface that includes a plurality of tilted surface features that have a high elevation portion and a low elevation portion that define a height (h), and wherein the plurality of tilted surface features define a minimum lateral dimension (r). The plurality of tilted surface features provide at least one surface portion that has a surface tilt angle from 3 to 85 degrees. The patterned surface has a surface roughness <10 nm rms, and h/r is ≧0.05.
US07932530B2
A display substrate includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer that are sequentially formed on a substrate. Also, the display substrate includes a color filter layer formed on the substrate and exposing a portion of the semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes that each overlap with the semiconductor layer and the color filter layer. The gate electrode, the gate insulating layer, and the semiconductor layer have the same shape as each other, and the gate electrode is insulated from the gate insulating layer and the semiconductor layer by the color filter layer.
US07932519B1
A pixel structure includes a scan line, a data line, a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode including a comb-shaped part surrounding the source electrode and a connecting part, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode. The scan line and the data line are arranged intersectedly and electrically insulated from each other. At least a portion of the source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on the semiconductor layer. At least one branch of the comb-shaped part extends outside one side of the gate electrode to form a protrusion part. The connecting part extends from the comb-shaped part beyond the other side of the gate electrode. The protrusion part and the connecting part aligned with the margin of the gate electrode have a first width and a third width respectively, wherein the first width substantially equals to the third width.
US07932517B2
A semiconductor device includes a first circuit substrate having a plurality of lower wiring lines and a plurality of upper wiring lines on the lower surface side and upper surface side thereof, respectively. A second circuit substrate is provided on a lower side of the first circuit substrate, the second circuit substrate having an opening which exposes part of the first circuit substrate, the second circuit substrate also having, on the lower surface side thereof, a plurality of external-connection connection pads and a plurality of test connection pads connected to the lower wiring lines. A first semiconductor construct is disposed on the lower side of the first circuit substrate within the opening of the second circuit substrate, the first semiconductor construct having a plurality of external connection electrodes connected to the lower wiring lines. A third circuit substrate and/or an electronic component is provided on an upper side of the first circuit substrate and connected to the upper wiring lines.
US07932512B1
Fabrication of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) including active elements such as a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and passive elements such as a floating rib waveguide. Selective area doping through ion implantation or thermal diffusion before semiconductor epitaxial growth is used in order to define the contact and lateral current transport layers for each active device, while leaving areas corresponding to the passive devices undoped. InP wafers are used as the substrate which may be selectively doped with silicon.
US07932502B2
A fluorescence observation apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source section that emits excitation light for exciting a first fluorescent substance and a second fluorescent substance, a fluorescence detection section that detects first fluorescent light emitted when the first fluorescent substance is excited and second fluorescent light emitted when the second fluorescent substance is excited, a correction value calculation section that calculates a correction value for canceling a color mixture between the first fluorescent light and the second fluorescent light based on feature values corresponding to characteristics of the first fluorescent substance and the second fluorescent substance, a detected image generation section that generates a first detected image corresponding to a detection result of the first fluorescent light and a second detected image corresponding to a detection result of the second fluorescent light, and an image correction section that corrects a luminance value of the first detected image to a luminance value corresponding to intensity of the first fluorescent light and corrects a luminance value of the second detected image to a luminance value corresponding to intensity of the second fluorescent light.
US07932501B2
A particle-beam exposure apparatus and a particle-beam therapeutic apparatus are obtained, in which, by reducing diameter increase, due to scattering in a range shifter, of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam whose diameter is so narrow that spatially accurate exposure into the target is possible can be supplied, as well as, by placing the range shifter at a position apart from a patient, intimidation caused by a movement noise, etc. can be prevented. A particle-beam exposure apparatus and a particle-beam therapeutic apparatus include a range shifter 4 for varying energy of a charged particle beam with a thickness of the range shifter 4 being changed during exposure of the charged particle beam, so that a range of the charged particle beam at a target 5 to be exposed is set to a desired value; and a set of quadrupole magnets 6, being placed between the range shifter 4 and the target 5, based on the magnetization amount of the set of quadrupole magnets 6 being controlled corresponding to the charged-particle-beam energy varied by the range shifter 4, for reducing diameter increase, due to scattering at the range shifter 4, of the charged particle beam at the target 5.
US07932500B2
A radiation image detection method including the steps of: detecting from a radiation image detector including multitudes of pixels disposed two-dimensionally, each having a TFT switch, an analog image signal of each pixel flowing out through each data line by sequentially switching ON the TFT switches connected to each scanning line on a scanning line-by-scanning line basis; detecting an analog leak level flowing out through each data line with the TFT switches connected to each of the scanning lines being switched OFF each time before switching ON the TFT switches on a scanning line-by-scanning line basis when converting the detected analog image signal to a digital image signal and outputting; and correcting the analog image signal before being converted to the digital image signal based on the leak level.
US07932499B2
Disclosed is a multi-channel array radiation detector that can provide high-definition and high-resolution CT photo-images. The radiation detector has semiconductor photo-detecting elements arranged lengthwise and breadth-wise in a lattice manner and scintillator elements arranged on them one-to-one. The scintillator elements have thin metal light-reflecting material layers formed on side surfaces of the scintillator elements, and a radiation shielding material layer composed of resin blended with heavy metal element particles is filled in between adjacent metal light-reflecting material layers.
US07932497B2
A radiation detector (10, 10′) includes scintillator pixels (30) that each have a radiation-receiving end, a light-output end, and reflective sides extending therebetween. The reflective sides have a reflection characteristic (40, 40′, 41, 44) varying between the radiation-receiving end and the light-output end such that a lateral spread of light emanating from the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels responsive to a scintillation event generated in one of the scintillator pixels depends upon a depth of the scintillation event in the scintillator pixel. A plurality of light detectors (46) optically communicate with the light-output ends of the scintillator pixels to receive light produced by scintillation events.
US07932487B2
A mass spectrometer includes at least one ion selector, at least one collision cell, and an ion path switching device arranged to define a looped ion path around which ions derived from a sample may be sent multiple times (without reversal of ion travel) in order to effect a desired number of isolation/fragmentation cycles for MSn analysis. When the desired number of isolation/fragmentation cycles have been completed, the ion path switching device directs the ions to a detector or a separate mass analyzer for acquisition of a mass spectrum.
US07932484B2
A laser transmitter has a transmitter housing and a laser source in the housing. A gimbal support arrangement supports the laser source in the housing and includes a gimbal motor arrangement for moving the gimbal support arrangement and said laser source in said housing. A gimbal motor drive circuit actuates the gimbal motor arrangement to cause the gimbal support arrangement to move in said housing. A plurality of optical proximity sensors sense the orientation of said gimbal support arrangement to the interior of said housing. By this arrangement, damage to the transmitter is prevented.
US07932483B2
The invention relates to a household appliance with an electric control system (20), which is connected to an accessory part (12) for the household appliance in a signal-transmitting fashion, wherein the accessory part (12) can be moved back and forth between an active position and a resting position on the household appliance and, in the switched-on state of the household appliance, exchanges signals for controlling the household appliance with the electric control system (20), at least in the active position.In order to specify a household appliance in which the accessory part, in its resting position, is stored in the household appliance in such a way that the user can access the household appliance without obstruction and, at the same time, a high degree of security against malfunction is guaranteed, the signal exchange between the transmission or transmission/reception device (17) of the accessory part (12) and the electric control system (20) occurs wirelessly and the accessory part (12), in its resting position, is mounted in a storage element (6) of the household appliance at least partly consisting of an electrically conductive material, said storage element electrically shielding the transmission or transmission/reception device (17) of the accessory part (12) from the electric control system (20) so that signal exchange is prevented.
US07932481B2
An operating device and an electrical appliance provided with said operating device is disclosed. The electrical appliance comprises light barriers mounted on a frame that rests on a worktop. The light barriers can detect whether a finger is placed on one or more of the control panels for operation or controlling of said operating device or said electrical appliance. The control panels are arranged along one line in front of the light barriers. The control panels are provided at the top thereof with corresponding identifications, for example in the form of symbols. By moving the control panels away from the actual housing of the electrical appliance it is possible to provide larger heated surfaces for the cooking places.
US07932478B2
A laser processing machine that includes a chuck table adapted to hold a workpiece thereon and laser beam irradiation unit for applying a laser beam to the workpiece held on the chuck table. The laser beam irradiation unit includes: a laser beam oscillation section for emitting a pulse laser beam; a defection section for deflecting the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser beam oscillation section; and a concentrator having an ellipsoidal focusing spot forming section for focusing the pulse laser beam deflected by the deflection unit and forming a focusing spot into an ellipse.
US07932466B2
A gasketless waterproof ingress prevention enclosure for electronics wherein the enclosure does not rely on traditional sealing means to restrain water. The enclosure includes a five-sided open bottom air tight cavity comprising a liquid volume fluidly coupled to a gas volume creating a gas-fluid coupling layer, rising in elevation within cavity. Changing cavity pressure equal to rising compressed liquid pressure prevents exposure to said electronic enclosure components to a maximum design depth of 15 feet of water below surface level or a column height of 15 feet of water over the bottom of the enclosure bell bottom, independent of the enclosure's distance below surface grade. The apparatus forms a telescoped and recessed inner chassis assembly in its fully closed position. The prevention enclosure also provides a method for sealing including the steps of gasketless water prevention, electronics mounting, and water damage component protection.
US07932463B2
The present invention relates to a novel quinacridine derivative and an organic electronic device using the same.
US07932461B2
A solar energy collector suitable for use in a solar energy collection system that tracks movements of the sun along at least one axis may have a plurality of reflector panels, a support structure that supports the reflector panels in a manner that defines a pair of adjacent reflector troughs, each trough having a base, a pair of reflective side walls and a trough aperture suitable for receiving incident sunlight during operation of the solar energy collection system, a frame that is coupled to the support structure near the bases of the troughs to define a closed reflector support truss framework in cooperation with the support structure, wherein the reflector support truss framework is positioned behind the reflector troughs such that the reflector support truss framework does not shadow the reflector panels during normal operation of the solar energy collector, and a plurality of solar receivers.
US07932449B1
A neck joint structure which has an opening on the main face of a body in the thickness direction, which has openings on the side faces of the body extending in the thickness direction, and into which at least a part of the base-end portion of a neck is inserted is formed in the body of a stringed musical instrument. The neck joint structure includes a recessed end face which is brought into contact with the end face of the base-end portion constituting the base of the neck in the longitudinal direction and a recessed bottom face which is brought into contact with the main contact face of the base-end portion that forms a corner together with the end face in the thickness direction of the neck. The neck joint structure of the stringed musical instrument is equipped with a joint member fixing the body and the neck, i.e. a slanting joint member which is screwed into the body and the neck via the corner between the recessed bottom face and the recessed end face of the body and via the corner between the main contact face and the end face of the neck in the state in which the screwing direction thereof is slanted to the distal end of the neck in the longitudinal direction relative to the thickness direction of the body and the neck.
US07932442B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02431185 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02431185 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US07932441B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02420487 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US07932440B2
The present invention relates to a new cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) variety, and more particularly to cotton plants and cotton seeds of this new variety. The invention also relates to F1 hybrid cotton plants and seeds produced using the new variety, as well as to transgenic cotton plants and seeds produced by transformation of this new variety.
US07932432B2
The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of a plant relative to corresponding wild type plants, comprising modifying expression in a plant of a seedy1 nucleic acid and/or modifying the level and/or activity in a plant of a seedy1 protein. The invention also concerns novel constructs and novel seedy1 nucleic acid and protein sequences.
US07932408B2
The invention is directed to a catalyst for the epoxidation of an olefin to an olefin oxide, the catalyst comprising a support having at least two pore size distributions, each pore size distribution possessing a different mean pore size and a different pore size of maximum concentration, the catalyst further comprising a catalytically effective amount of silver, a promoting amount of rhenium, and a promoting amount of one or more alkali metals, wherein the at least two pore size distributions are within a pore size range of about 0.01 μm to about 50 μm. The invention is also directed to a process for the oxidation of an olefin to an olefin oxide using the above-described catalyst.
US07932407B2
A process for the epoxidation of an olefin, which process comprises reacting a feed comprising an olefin, oxygen and an organic halide, in the presence of a catalyst comprising silver and rhenium deposited on a carrier, wherein the catalyst comprises rhenium in a quantity of at most 1.5 mmole/kg, relative to the weight of the catalyst, and at most 0.0015 mmole/m2, relative to the surface area of the carrier, and in which process the reaction temperature is increased to at least partly reduce the effect of loss of activity of the catalyst while the organic halide is present in a relative quantity Q which is maintained constant as defined herein.
US07932405B2
The subject invention provides anticoagulant compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R3, n and Ar are as defined herein. The compounds of the subject invention can be used to treat at-risk populations thereby bringing relief of symptoms, improving the quality of life, preventing acute and long-term complications, reducing mortality and treating accompanying disorders. The invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and salts of the invention, as well as methods of using the compounds, salts, and compositions of the invention.
US07932404B2
A dye sensitized solar cell, comprising a-heteroleptic polypyridil complex of Ru, Os or Fe. The donating ligand has an extended conjugated n-system increasing the light absorbance and keeing the LUMO energy level higher than that of the anchoring ligand. A compacting compound whose molecular structure comprises a terminal group, a hydrophobic part and an anchoring′ group may be co-adsorbed together with the dye on the semi-conductive metal oxide layer of the photoanode, forming a dense mixed self-assembled monolayer.
US07932395B2
This invention provides compounds of Formula I, methods for their preparation and use for preparing compounds of Formula II wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, X and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also discloses preparation of compounds of Formula III wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 and n are as defined in the disclosure. This invention also pertains to certain compounds of Formula 4 and 6 used to prepare compounds of Formula I. wherein R1, R2, R5, X and n are as defined in the disclosure.
US07932375B2
Isolated receptors, DNAs encoding such receptors, and pharmaceutical compositions made therefrom, are disclosed. The isolated receptors can be used to regulate an immune response. The receptors are also useful in screening for inhibitors thereof.
US07932373B1
The invention provides polypeptides encoded by open reading frames present in the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis but absent from the genome of BCG and diagnostic and prophylactic methodologies using these polypeptides.
US07932371B2
The present invention relates to tick octopamine receptor nucleic acid molecules; to tick octopamine receptor proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules; to antibodies raised against such proteins; and to compounds that inhibit the activity of such proteins. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and inhibitory compounds. The present invention also includes inhibitory compounds, particularly those that specifically inhibit tick octopamine receptor activity, as well as the use of such compounds to treat animals.
US07932369B2
An isolated nucleotide sequence or fragment thereof encoding the porcine intrinsic factor, wherein the porcine intrinsic factor comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 85% amino acid sequence identity to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 6, and SEQ ID NO: 9. The invention also encompasses an isolated nucleic acid sequence or fragment thereof comprising, or complementary to, a nucleotide sequence having at least 85% nucleotide sequence identity to a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 7. The porcine intrinsic factor can be use is an assay to determine the quantity of vitamin B12 in a biological sample.
US07932368B2
Provided is a multiple single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) for colorectal cancer diagnosis, a microarray and a kit including a polynucleotide having the SNP, and a method of diagnosing colorectal cancer using the SNP. Early diagnosis of incidence or possibility of colorectal cancer can be effectively performed by using the method.
US07932365B2
The invention relates to Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IαIp). The invention further relates to processes for purification of IαIp compositions and their use for treatment of human diseases such as sepsis and septic shock, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and infectious diseases.
US07932355B2
La present invention pertains to a composition of plasma-derived virally-safe factor VIII, obtained after nanometric filtration, said composition comprising von Willebrand factor (vWF) at a rate of 15% or less of decamers and higher multimers. Such compositions have a reduction factor of the virus titre higher than 4 log and are thus suitable for treatment of hemophilia.
US07932354B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of a collagen implant for wound covering, in which a suspension comprising a telopeptide-containing collagen is produced and a phosphate buffer is added. An areal structure is produced by drying the collagen-containing mixture produced.
US07932343B2
The present invention provides a triblock copolymer and a viscoelastic biostable foam comprising the same.
US07932332B2
The invention relates to a method for producing mainly ethylenically unsaturated isobutene polymers, wherein the sum of proportions of molecules with a double bond in an α position and molecules with a double bond in a position β is increased to 75% mol by polymerising isobutene in a liquid phase in the presence of a diluted or dispersed catalyst complex which comprises (i) an electron donor and (ii) a compound of general formula (I) Ha Meb [MFx]c, wherein Me is a metal with oxidation state m, M is an element selected from elements of the groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14 or 15 of the periodic table according to the IUPAC notation of an element oxidation number n, a is an integer ≧1, b is an integer ≧0, x is an integer ≧2 and c is [(a+mb)/(x−n)]. The catalyst is preferably embodied in the form of HBF4 O(CH3)2. The inventive method makes it possible to obtain an isobutene polymer having a low fluorine-content even using technical C4 hydrocarbon portions as an isobutene source.
US07932320B2
An aqueous dispersion of latex particles, said latex particles containing a polymer containing monomer units according to formula (I): in which R1 and R2 independently of one another represent hydrogen or a C1-5-alkyl group or together form an optionally substituted C1-5-alkylene residue and at least one polyanion compound.
US07932312B2
A novel organosilicon compound having a β-ketoester structure and a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a liquid crystal element that includes the organosilicon compound are provided. The organosilicon compound is obtained by reacting, in the presence of a transition metal catalyst, a compound represented by a formula (1): [wherein, R1 represents H or Me, R2 to R4 represent divalent hydrocarbon groups, A represents a group of a formula (i): (wherein, R6 represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group), R5 represents a group of a formula (ii): (wherein, B represents OH or a group represented by the formula (i)), and p, q and r represent integers of 0 to 6] with an alkoxysilane represented by a formula (2): (R7O)m(R8)(3-m)Si—H (2) [wherein, R7 and R8 represent monovalent hydrocarbon groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m represents 1, 2 or 3].
US07932299B2
Solid acid/surface-hydrogen-containing secondary component electrolyte composites, methods of synthesizing such materials, electrochemical device incorporating such materials, and uses of such materials in fuel cells, membrane reactors and hydrogen separations are provided. The stable electrolyte composite material comprises a solid acid component capable of undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at a wide temperature range and a secondary compound with surface hydrogen atoms, which when intimately mixed, results in a composite material with improved conductivity, mechanical and thermal properties, when compared to pure solid acid compound.
US07932290B2
Agents useful for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, cachexia, obesity, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are disclosed. wherein n is 1 or 2; m is 0, 1, 2, 4, or 5; q is 0 or 1; t is 0 or 1; R2 is alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R3 is hydrogen, halo, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; A is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 groups selected from: halo, alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, perfluoromethyl, alkoxy having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and perfluoromethoxy; or cycloalkyl having from 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or one or two ring carbons are independently mono-substituted by methyl or ethyl; or a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring having 1 or 2 ring heteroatoms selected from N, S and O and the heteroaromatic ring is covalently bound to the remainder of the compound of formula I by a ring carbon; and R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms. Alternatively, when R1 is hydrogen, the biologically active agent can be a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of Formula I.
US07932285B2
Compounds isolated from the fruiting body of A. camphorata in a solid culture or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exhibit immunostimulatory or anti-inflammatory effects. Also disclosed are methods of stimulating immune responses and/or treating an inflammatory disorder with these compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US07932284B2
Compounds of Formula (I), wherein n is 1 or 2, and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined herein, their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use are disclosed.
US07932281B2
Amine compounds represented by Formula (1) are efficacious against diseases such as a viral infectious disease with HIV, rheumatism, and cancer metastasis:
US07932267B2
The present invention provides methods for treating a flavivirus infection, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, in an individual suffering from a flavivirus infection. In some embodiments, the methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an agent that inhibits enzymatic activity of a membrane-bound α-glucosidase inhibitor. In other embodiments, the methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof effective amounts of an α-glucosidase inhibitor and at least one additional therapeutic agent.
US07932258B2
The invention relates to the use of a partially neutralized, anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer comprising radically polymerized units of 25 to 95 percent by weight of C1 to C4 alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid and 5 to 75 percent by weight of (meth)acrylate monomers with an anionic group, at least 4 percent of which are neutralized by means of a base, for producing a medicament that is provided with an active substance-containing core and is coated with the partially neutralized, anionic (meth)acrylate copolymer. The medicament releases at least 30 percent of the active substance contained therein in 30 minutes at a pH at which the active substance is sufficiently soluble and stable and at which the corresponding medicament that is coated with the non-neutralized anionic (meth)acrylate polymer releases less than 10 percent of the active substance contained therein.
US07932249B2
The present invention relates olanzapine pamoate dihydrate, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and use in treating certain mental disorders, such as schizophrenia.
US07932243B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions to offset, ameliorate and/or alleviate one or more unwanted and/or adverse gastrointestinal effects. For example, in some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to compositions that include a bile acid, a carbohydrate and/or a pharmaceutical compound, wherein the pharmaceutical is associated with an adverse gastrointestinal effect in a subject (e.g., mammal or human). Non-limiting examples of pharmaceutical compounds may include a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, a gastric irritating drug (e.g., an antibiotic, an adrenal cortocoid steroid and an anti-cancer drug) and combinations thereof. The disclosure further relates to methods of ameliorating or eliminating at least one adverse gastrointestinal effects of a composition, comprising administering to a subject an aqueous solution comprising a bile acid and a carbohydrate.
US07932237B2
A pharmaceutical composition that can be used in the treatment of wounds, comprising at least a sulfated polysaccharide and wherein the polysaccharide/s are in the form of solids as powder, flakes or sheets obtained through a lyophylization process. Particularly, this invention relates to the use of one or more sulfated polysaccharides, as solids in the form of sheets obtained by lyophylization, in the healing of wounds in humans and animals.
US07932232B2
The present invention is related to novel cosmetic composition comprising beta-fructosyl-L-ascorbic acid derivatives produced by fructose conversion reaction using by ascorbic acidskin whitening cosmetic composition as an cream, skin, lotion, pack and the like.
US07932222B2
This invention provides a triggered response composition in the form of a barrier material and a delivery device that includes one or more polyelectrolytes in contact with an aqueous system that is stable and insoluble in an aqueous system and that exhibits one or more chemical/physical responses in the aqueous system, wherein the chemical/physical response of the composition is triggered upon one or more changes in ionic strength of the aqueous system.
US07932221B2
A solvent for cleaning that offers particularly superior results for cleaning pigment-dispersed photosensitive resin compositions used for forming color filters and black matrix patterns. The solvent for cleaning has a hydrogen bonding parameter (δH) among the Hansen solubility parameters that falls within a range from 5 to 10.
US07932218B2
Certain NH sterically hindered amine compounds of the formula where R is a straight or branched alkyl group of from 7 to 17 carbon atoms and where n is from 6 to 18 are suitable for use as stabilizers in lubricant compositions. The sterically hindered amines are non-aggressive towards fluoroelastomer O-rings or seals.
US07932216B2
A substantially liquid gellant formed as one or more reaction products of a metal carboxylate or metal carboxylate amine salt, one or more organic acids, an ester which drives the reaction so that the reaction products are asymmetrical in structure, and a rheology modifier which preferentially interacts between the reaction products for prevent solidifying of the gellant reaction products until such time as the gellant is mixed with the fracturing fluid containing an activator after which the reaction products preferentially interact with the activator to gel the fracturing fluid. The resulting gellant is capable of gelling a hydrocarbon base fluid in less than about 30 seconds.
US07932213B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods to facilitate the identification of compounds that are capable of interacting with a biological macromolecule of interest. A composition is provided that comprises an array of chemical compounds attached to a solid support, wherein the density of the array of compounds is at least 1000 spots per cm2. The inventive arrays are generated by: providing a solid support functionalized with a selected chemical moiety capable of interacting with a chemical compound to form an attachment and delivering compounds to the solid support having a density of at least 1000 spots per cm2. The present invention also provides methods for utilizing these arrays to identify small molecule partners for biological macromolecules of interest.
US07932206B2
Solid Lewis adducts comprising MgCl2, a Lewis base (LB) belonging to ethers, esters, ketones, silanes or amines and an alcohol ROH, in which R is a C1-C15 hydrocarbon group optionally substituted with heteroatoms containing groups, which compounds are in molar ratios to each other defined by the following formula MgCl2(ROH)m(LB)n in which m ranges from 0.05 to 6, n ranges from 0.08 to 6. The solid Lewis adducts herein can be used to prepare catalysts having good morphological stability, and high polymerization activity.
