US07964080B2
The invention relates to a turning device for metal deposits used in combination with a separating device, comprising at least one turnable receiving unit mounted on a rotating axle under the separating device and in the vicinity of at least one conveyor, guiding means for guiding a metal deposit to a receiving unit acting as a turning device and means for rotating the receiving unit. The invention also relates to a method for handling metal deposits.
US07964079B2
An electrical appliance including at least one sheet-shaped electrode and a connecting device for electrically connecting the at least one electrode to a voltage source. The connecting device includes a casing having two or more tubular casing parts. Each casing part enclosing a channel filled with a dielectric medium, and an elongated conductor for feeding electric power from the voltage source to the at least one electrode. The conductor extends through the channels of the casing parts and is surrounded by the dielectric medium therein. The conductor extends through a hole in an electrically conductive member of each individual electrode. The conductor is electrically connected to the conductive members of the electrodes and each individual electrode has a part arranged between two of the casing parts with the two casing parts clamped against opposite sides of the intermediate electrode part.
US07964078B2
A microfluidic separation device includes a microchannel formed in a substrate and being defined at least by a bottom surface, a first side wall, and second side wall. Fluid containing particles or cells is flowed through the microchannel from an upstream end to a downstream end. The downstream end terminates in a plurality of branch channels. A plurality of vertically-oriented electrodes are disposed on the first wall and on the second wall opposite to the first wall. A voltage source is connected to the plurality of opposing electrodes to drive the electrodes. The opposing, vertically-oriented electrodes may be used to focus a heterogeneous population of particles or cells for subsequent downstream separation via additional electrodes placed on one of the side walls. Alternatively, the opposing, vertically-oriented electrodes may be used to spatially separate a heterogeneous population of particles or cells for later collection in one or more of the branch channels.
US07964062B2
A paper treating agent comprising 100 parts by mass of organopolysiloxane (A), from 100 to 100,000 parts by mass of water (E), and 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a surfactant (F), characterized in that the agent further comprises 50 to 1,000 parts by mass of a cellulosic resin (C), wherein 0.5 to 2.5 hydroxyl groups per glucose unit of said cellulosic resin are etherized or esterified, and a viscosity of an aqueous 2% solution of said cellulosic resin is from 2 to 100 mPa·s.
US07964061B2
Provided is thermosetting urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin binder formulation modified with a thickener. The formulation preferably has a viscosity in the range of from 3 to 10 cP and a surface tension of from 35 to 50 mN/m, and is preferably prepared from a binder composition exhibiting a viscosity of from 175 to 250 cP.
US07964052B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layered preform molding material includes a reinforcement material and a resin material. The apparatus includes a mechanism for joining the reinforcement layers together by impregnation of the resin material into the reinforcement material to form the molding material, thereby obviating the need for any additional bonding to join the individual reinforcement layers before impregnation.
US07964048B2
The present invention provides thermoplastic tubes, thermoplastic melting plates, thermoplastic tube connecting apparatus, and methods for using the same.
US07964045B1
High explosive coatings and inks suitable for use in micro-electronic initiators for micro-electro-mechanical mechanisms used as safe and arm devices, are prepared from coating compositions of crystalline energetic materials and applied using various methods. These methods include wiping and spraying, as well as, pressure applications using a syringe or the like, and application of thick film ink to write specified patterns on a selected surface. A volatile mobile phase may be added to the coating composition to partially dissolve the energetic material so that, upon evaporation of the mobile phase, the energetic material precipitates and adheres to the selected surface.
US07964044B1
A process for forming a magnetite coating on a ferrous metal surface and for chemical reagents used to implement the coating process. The process comprises the step of making the ferrous metal surface more reactive by contacting the surface with an activating reagent and then contacting the activated surface with an oxidizing reagent to form the coating at a relatively low temperature range. The surface is activated by contact with an acid solution to form a surface rich in reactive iron. The activated surface is then oxidized by contact with an aqueous reagent of alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal nitrate, alkali metal nitrite, and mixtures thereof.
US07964037B2
A vacuum deposition apparatus capable of enhancing the productivity of an organic electroluminescence device is realized. A first pipe is connected to a deposition source for evaporating an organic electroluminescence material, and two second pipes are directed to two film deposition objects comprised of substrates and masks, whereby an organic deposition film is formed. Vapor is released simultaneously from the deposition source to plural film deposition objects on different planes to deposit films, which promotes the reduction in film deposition time and the miniaturization of an apparatus.
US07964036B2
A crystallization apparatus is provided. In the crystallization apparatus, a light intensity distribution formed by a light modulation device or a metal aperture and transferred to a processed substrate can be visualized. The crystallization apparatus has an ultraviolet (UV) irradiation system and a visible light irradiation system. The UV irradiation system irradiates pulses of laser beam in the UV range to the processed substrate. The visible light irradiation system continuously irradiates a visible light laser beam on the same irradiated region on the processed substrate. In a melted region resulted from the uniform irradiation of the laser beam in the UV range, the light intensity distribution of the visible laser beam is used to form crystal growth. The crystallization apparatus irradiates pulses of the laser beam in the UV range to melt the processed substrate, and continuously irradiates the visible light laser beam to crystallize the processed substrate.
US07964031B2
Material treatment compositions for various materials and methods of treating the same is disclosed. A material treatment composition includes at least one silane-containing material, at least one base-containing material, and at least one solvent to enhance the strength of a material contacted by the composition.
US07964026B2
A gasification system having a combustor vessel, an optional scrubber vessel, an optional fixer vessel, an optional cyclone vessel and an optional demister vessel. A wide variety of possibly moist solid or semi-solid carbonaceous fuels may be partially combusted in the combustor to generate a combustible gas and a mineral ash. An improved ash support and removal subsystem reduces clogging and other problems. The combustible gas is conveyed by optional heavy-duty blowers through the optional vessels to remove liquids and particulates and to undergo catalytic chemical reactions to provide a relatively clean, dry, highly-combustible hydrocarbon gas that captures a relatively high fraction of the potential heating value of the fuel. Internal gases, liquids and particulates from the vessels may be recycled inside the system to improve efficiency and prevent liquid waste. A portion of the internal liquids may also be extracted for other uses.
US07964025B2
Systems and techniques for the reclamation of carbon dioxide from boiler flue gas as well as for the liquefaction of the reclaimed carbon dioxide for well injection oil recovery are provided. A system can include a boiler, tower scrubber, carbon dioxide absorber, regenerator, reboiler, rectifying tower, condenser and mixing tank. Mixed gases of carbon dioxide and nitrogen for well injection may be reclaimed from boiler flue gas when steam is produced resulting in an increase of crude oil output increase while lessening environmental impact. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and articles are also described.
US07964023B2
A substrate or method for the sorption of sulfur compounds with a high capacity includes providing a substrate that defines at least one layer of ultra-short-channel-length mesh, coating at least a portion of the substrate with a desired sorbent for sulfur sorption, and passing a flowstream through the substrate and in contact with the sorbent during sorption.
US07964021B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for inducing swirl in particles are provided. In one embodiment, a system for inducing swirl in particles may include a supply including a plurality of electrically charged particles, and at least one swirling chamber for creating at least one electrical field therein, which may include an entry path in communication with the supply and an exit path. According to this example embodiment, the plurality of electrically charged particles may flow through the swirling chamber or chambers, causing at least one of the plurality of electrically charged particles to rotate about a radial axis of the swirling chamber as a result of the electrical field.
US07964018B2
An apparatus for collecting airborne particles includes a cyclone into which external air and an absorbing liquid are sprayed to absorb the airborne particles in the external air with the absorbing liquid, a reservoir in fluid communication with the cyclone and which stores the absorbing liquid to be sprayed into the cyclone as an absorbing liquid film, a collector in fluid communication with the cyclone and which collects the absorbing liquid film from the cyclone, and a feedback pipe in fluid communication with the collector and the reservoir and which transports the absorbing liquid film collected in the collector to the reservoir.
US07964015B2
An improved process and composition for the extraction of metal from a metal-laden ore, soil or rock is provided. A liquid, three-component aqueous lixiviant comprises water, an alkali metal salt and a low pH acidic composition. A four-component aqueous lixiviant comprises water, a low pH acidic composition, an alkali metal salt and an acid having a pH value less than 2. Both lixiviant compositions are efficient for extracting metal into a pregnant liquid solution. The pregnant solution is treated by known conventional means, such as filtration, centrifuging or electrolysis to remove the extracted metals. The three-component and four-component aqueous lixiviants of the present invention are non-toxic, meaning, not an irritant or deleterious to humans or the environment and perform, as well as, or better than known toxic cyanide lixiviants. The aqueous lixiviants of the present invention effectively and efficiently extract gold, silver, platinum and other metals from ore laden soil or rock with efficiencies greater than 90%.
US07964010B2
A coalescing filter element for removing liquid droplets from a gas stream comprises a wall which is made of a coalescing filtration material and which defines a hollow space within it. An end cap at one end of the element has a port in it through which gas is supplied to the hollow space to flow through the wall of the filtration material. The end cap has a peripheral portion which engages the element wall and a tube which extends into the hollow space defined by the element wall, so that the port in the end cap comprises an inner opening defined by the tube and at least one peripheral opening located between the tube and the peripheral portion of the end cap. The tube extends beyond the peripheral opening(s) so as to deliver gas to a region of the element wall which is remote from the end cap.
US07964006B2
The present invention discloses a bag type filter structure including a filter frame module and filter bags. The filter frame module has a frame edge at each side of the perimeter of the filter frame module, and connecting ribs between two opposite frame edges for partitioning the filter frame module into air inlets. The quantity of filter bags is equal to the quantity of air inlets. Each filter bag includes a bag body and a frame, and the bag body has a mouth, and the frame is a grid frame composed of connecting members and a side frame and connected to the mouth of the bag body for bracing the mouth, and the side frame of the frame is embedded into the air inlet of the filter frame module for mounting the filter bag onto the filter frame module through the frame.
US07964002B2
A synergistic combination antioxidant mixture that provides excellent characteristics for biodiesel fuel compositions, when incorporated therein.
US07964001B2
Disclosed herein is a fuel management system having at least one fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein said fluororubber article comprises i) a polyhydroxy cured fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and at least one other fluoromonomer, and ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid per hundred parts fluoroelastomer. Also disclosed is a method for reducing volume swell of a polyhydroxy cured fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid is incorporated into said article.
US07964000B2
Biodiesel fuel blends with improved low temperature filterability include a biodiesel source with reduced glycerin contaminants, and reduced monopalmitin and monostearin contaminants, or with cold filter characteristics equivalent with the base diesel.
US07963998B2
A hip joint prosthesis includes connection means for securing the hip joint prosthesis to a securing device and to an artificial leg, and a control unit for controlling an extension movement in the hip joint and for controlling the step length of the artificial leg.
US07963992B2
The present invention provides methods and devices for treating the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The methods and devices can employ an expandable treatment device which is deployed at least partially in the subannular space. Fixation devices and methods are also disclosed, which help to secure the treatment device in place.
US07963986B2
Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette of any one of several disclosed variations is attached to the circulatory flow lines of the catheter, the heat exchange cassette being sized to engage a cavity within one of various described re-usable control units. The control units include a heater/cooler device, a user input device, and a processor connected to receive input from various sensors around the body and the system. The heater/cooler device may be thermoelectric to enable both heating and cooling based on polarity. A temperature control scheme for ramping the body temperature up or down without overshoot is provided. The disposable heat exchange cassettes may include an integral pump head that engages with a pump drive mechanism within the re-usable control unit. More than one control unit may be provided to receive the same heat exchange cassette so that a large capacity control unit can be used initially, and a smaller, battery-powered unit can be substituted once the patient reaches the desired target temperature.
US07963981B2
An apparatus for reducing the profile of a bone fixation plate while preventing backing out of screws is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one section of relief and sections of engagement. The plate has at least two openings though which two screws can pass through bony tissue. As the screw is tightened, it will begin to lag the plate to the bone. When the screw head interferes with the plate at the interference point, there is a slight resistance that insertion forces can overcome. When the screw is advanced further, it snaps into the sliding fit area and is allowed to move freely. The forces that cause the screw to back out from the plate are preferably not strong enough to pass the screw head back past the interference section. It may be desirable to include a set screw to help prevent backout.
US07963958B2
The present invention includes an apparatus and method of surgical ablative material removal “in-vivo” or from an outside surface with a short optical pulse that is amplified and compressed using either an optically-pumped-amplifier and air-path between gratings compressor combination or a SOA and chirped fiber compressor combination, wherein the generating, amplifying and compressing are done within a portable system.
US07963957B2
A device to visually indicate the presence of electric fields in electrosurgical apparatus, without the necessity of wiring or an electrical connection to the apparatus, to visually annunciate when an electrosurgical instrument is active is disclosed. This is to alert the operating surgeon, and observing personnel, that the device is operational to mitigate the possibility of anyone inadvertently being injured. The device is comprised of an electrically insulated enclosure filled with a gas in close proximity to a surgical handpiece connected to a radio frequency current generator.
US07963954B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.
US07963951B2
A medical valve device includes a valve unit. The valve unit includes two fluid channels and is positionable to selectably connect two inlet ports and an outlet port such that in one position, fluid introduced at a first inlet port is caused to flow in a first fluid channel to a second inlet port and thence in a second fluid channel from said second inlet port to said outlet port.
US07963949B2
A safety support device for a syringe comprises a support sheath (16) for the body (10) of the syringe and an inner sheath (18) suitable for sliding relative to the support sheath between a waiting, retracted position and the extended position for protecting the needle (14) of the syringe. The device has means for holding the syringe body (10) relative to the support sheath (16) and retaining means (30, 32, 22) suitable for being activated to retain g the inner sheath in the waiting, retracted position inside the support sheath and for being deactivated by the piston (12) of the syringe to allow the inner sheath (18) to extend into its protective, extended position.
US07963942B2
Medical balloons are described that have modified regions that enhance folding of the balloon.
US07963930B2
The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor, multiplexer amplifying wave filter, analog-to-digital signal converter, image processing unit, and muscle pattern database and control bus. Aided by the present muscle template training method and potential image data collecting and processing method, it can become an interface that offers the user of a care-taking machine instantaneous and unlimited controllability of the machine, enabling such people, either sick or handicapped, to enjoy more convenience and better life.
US07963927B2
An electromyography system and related method for performing automated screw test procedures, involving automatically determining an onset neuro-muscular response to the application of an electrical stimulus to a portion of pediculur bone and communicating to a user an onset electrical stimulus level which causes the onset neuro-muscular response.
US07963926B2
Described is an implantable device configured to monitor for changes in the intensity and/or duration of a systolic murmur such as mitral regurgitation by means of an acoustic sensor. Such changes may be taken to indicate a change in a patient's heart failure status. Upon detection of a worsening in the patient's heart failure statue, the device may be programmed to alert clinical personnel over a patient management network and/or make appropriate adjustments to pacing therapy.
US07963919B2
Synthetic transmit aperture is provided for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. A transducer may have separate transmit and receive elements. Broad beams are transmitted, allowing fewer transmit elements and/or more rapid scanning. A multidimensional receive array generates data in response to sequential transmissions, such as transmissions from different angles. The data is combined to increase resolution. A transducer array with offset transmit elements for forming a transmit line source may be used.
US07963909B2
A fluid reservoir for a penile implant device that includes a body portion having a sleeve from which a tube may extend. The body portion includes support structure positioned at an interior surface of the body portion near an orifice of the reservoir, which orifice leads to a fluid passage of the tube. The support structure may comprise a plurality of protrusions that are arranged around the orifice and that extend from a base portion of the body portion. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a fluid reservoir for a penile implant device, which includes positioning a tube in a mold and injection molding a reservoir body onto the tube. More particularly, the method may include providing a mold, positioning a tube in the mold, injecting material into the mold, curing the material, and opening the mold to remove the reservoir body and tube assembly.
US07963908B2
A device to lubricate a penis or medical instrument before insertion into the human body or orifice is disclosed. The device can be made from a ring that is covered with one or more membranes and contains lubricating material within the interior volume defined by the ring and the membrane(s). Alternatively, the device can be made from a ring that surrounds foam that is saturated with lubricant. In either embodiment, the membrane(s) or foam contain a penetration zone defined by any number of intersecting slits. A method of using the same to lubricate a penis or a medical instrument, such as an endoscope.
US07963899B2
A web pleating apparatus comprising a first series of converging elongate spaced protuberances and a second series of elongate spaced protuberances converging in the machine direction. The first series of protuberances and said second series of protuberances interleave in the Z-direction. The interleaved protuberances are capable of folding a pleatable web into a generally pleated pattern of machine direction pleats upon contact with said first and second series of protuberances.
US07963894B2
Disclosed is apparatus for exercising the abdominal muscles, comprising: a control means, a visual display having a plurality of elements each of which is capable of individual illumination responsive to signals from the control means, and detection means for detecting a hand or part thereof placed in proximity to an illuminated one of the plurality elements, the illuminated element being returned to a non-illuminated state in response to; (c) detection by the detection means of a hand or part thereof in proximity to the illuminated element; and/or (d) a signal from the control means which is emitted after the element has been illuminated for a predetermined length of time; the apparatus enabling a user to lie in front of the display, sit up as each element is illuminated, place a hand in proximity to the illuminated element and then return to the lying position, ready for the next sit-up.
US07963888B2
Sports equipment or a sports device is described. It has an elongated body equipped with two handles, which are configured to accommodate hands and/or feet. The elongated body can be elastically flexed in a longitudinal direction. In a preferred embodiment of the sports equipment or sports device, the elongated body is designed for use as a swimming float. The sports equipment or sports device is particularly suited for training, playing and/or exercising.
US07963887B2
The invention allows a user to exercise effectively. A desired exercise effect is not obtained when the user puts too much weight onto a seat. To prevent this, an exercise assist device comprises a limit switch that detects whether a predetermined load (weight) is applied to foot rests, i.e., whether the user steps on the foot rests properly and exercises successfully. A control circuit controls a drive device for swinging the seat; obtains the number of successes relative to the total number of swings, and a success rate, based on detection results by the limit switch; displays the number of successes and the success rate on a display panel, and controls the rotational speed of a motor via a motor control circuit. As a result, the device determines automatically the degree of exercise proficiency of the user, and allows the user to exercise effectively in accordance with his/her degree of the proficiency.
US07963881B2
When a reduction in a supply hydraulic pressure to a second shift portion is sensed, an engagement command of C0 clutch is generated so that a power split device (electrical differential portion) is brought into a locked state. In the locked state, a sun gear, a carrier rotated by an engine and a ring gear rotated by a second MG integrally rotate, whereby inertia is increased. Thus, high-speed rotation of a transmission member corresponding to an input shaft of the second shift portion can be prevented.
US07963879B2
A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes.
US07963878B2
The invention relates to a bicycle provided with a gearwheel consisting of a transmission element (3) rigidly connected to a drive shaft (1), a gear rim (4) which comprises an internal toothed gearing and in front of which all other components of a hypocycloidal gearwheel are fixed, a planetary gear (5) which is provided with several gearings and engaged with the gearing of the gear rim (4) by one of the gearings thereof, a sliding member (8) disposed between the plurality of gearwheels (6) and an output shaft (2) and displaceable in the direction thereof between a plurality of positions in each of which one of the gearwheels (6) and said output shaft (2) are rigidly interconnected.
US07963871B2
A bicycle front derailleur includes a base member, a movable member, and a chain guide with an angle adjustable plate member. The base member is configured to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle. The movable member has a first support side coupled to the base member and a second support side spaced from the first support side. The movable member is configured to move the second support side between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the base member. The angle adjustable plate member is coupled to the second support side for movement therewith. The chain guide includes a chain cage with the angle adjustable plate member operatively coupled to selectively adjust an angular orientation of the chain cage relative to the angle adjustable plate member.
US07963870B2
A base member is provided for a bicycle rear derailleur that basically comprises a housing portion and a fixing bolt. The housing portion is provided with a blind bore. The fixing bolt has a first portion rotatably supported by the housing portion within the blind bore and a second portion projecting from the housing portion. The second portion has a thread formed thereon and a tool engagement structure to rotate the fixing bolt relative to the housing portion.
US07963869B2
Sporting items such as soccer balls include a casing region and a graphic region that are defined by enhanced-visibility colors (EVCs) that are substantially complementary. Such EVCs can be selected to avoid colors associated with color confusion in color deficient individuals. In addition, such colors can be selected based on total reflectances to obtain a predetermined luminance contrast. EVCs can be selected based on separations of color coordinate locations using CIE chromaticity coordinates or CIE L-a-b coordinates or otherwise selected. Color selection can include consideration of anticipated viewing backgrounds in a general setting, or colors can be customized for a particular location and particular illumination conditions.
US07963860B2
Golf club heads include: (a) a body having a ball-striking face and a rear face, the body defining a cavity; (b) a bridge member extending across the cavity, wherein the bridge member is provided to affect, at least in part, a position of a center of gravity of the club head; and (c) a feel altering element provided between the bridge member and the rear face. The feel altering element may affect a wide variety of parameters that relate to the “feel” of the golf club head when it strikes a golf ball, such as the sound produced by the club head during the strike, the vibrational response of the club head during the strike, the swing characteristics of the club head (e.g., weight, center of gravity position, etc.), and the like.
US07963859B2
Apparatus and a method that enables an assistive energy type golf club to sense the approach of the club face toward a golf ball, and to trigger the release of the assistive energy at the optimum time to achieve the desired golf ball velocity and distance.
US07963856B2
A hosel portion (22) has a screw portion (32) and a hosel hole (28). The screw portion (32) of a screw member (10) and a screw portion (26) of the hosel portion (22) are coupled to each other. An inner member (8) has a shaft inserting hole (40) and a lower surface (42). A shaft (6) and the shaft inserting hole (40) are fixed through bonding or the like. The lower surface (42) of the inner member (8) has a plurality of first surfaces and a plurality of second surfaces. The first surface is a parallel surface with a central axis or a tilted surface which is tilted to a circumferential direction. The first surface is extended in such a direction as to enable, together with a receiving surface, a generation of a force capable of inhibiting a relative rotation of a head and the shaft in hitting. The second surface is extended in a closer direction to the circumferential direction as compared with the first surface. By an engagement of the receiving surface and the lower surface (42), the relative rotation of the shaft (6) and the head (4) is inhibited.
US07963855B2
Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Golf clubs are provided that have spherical releasable connections between the golf club head and the golf club shaft along with head/shaft position adjusting features to allow interchange of shafts and heads and to allow modification of the head/shaft positioning properties. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a shaft adapter, a shaft retainer, and a hosel insert located within an interior chamber of the club head. The club head and shaft may be changed by releasing the securing system and exchanging the original parts with different parts. Furthermore, the shaft adapter may be rotated within the hosel insert to create different angles from the shaft so as to allow adjustment of the shaft position with respect to the club head.
US07963847B2
A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines, gaming tables, hand held gaming devices and/or community gaming displays. The central server monitors wagers placed on any games played. Based at least in part on the wagers placed, the central server determines when one or more bonus events will occur and which players to provide any bonus awards.
US07963846B2
A new type of progressive game can be used in conjunction with wagering games. A gaming terminal is capable of playing a progressive game that is triggered during or after the typical wagering game that is played at the gaming terminal. The gaming terminal includes an input device for receiving inputs from a player during the wagering game. Such inputs include a wager amount. A display displays a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game in response to receiving the wager amount from the player. In response to the progressive game being triggered, the display then displays a plurality of player-selectable game elements. The player selects one or more of the player-selectable game elements. The progressive game payoff is determined based on his or her selection.
US07963844B2
Disclosed herein are apparatus, systems and methods for a gaming device operable to support a negative credit balance. For example, in some embodiments, a gaming device may be configured to: (i) determine a current credit balance, (ii) determine a wager amount, (iii) determine whether the wager amount would result in a negative balance of credits, (iv) determine if it is permissible to allow a negative balance of credits, and if so (v) adjust a current balance such that is equal to the negative balance, and (vi) display an indication of the negative credit balance.
US07963843B2
A cashless gaming system and method provide a plurality of games to a plurality of player terminals connected to a central controller. A remote monitoring system may track and/or control activity at the plurality of player terminals. Game software may be stored on the central controller or remote monitoring system and downloaded to player terminals. The present invention may be used with player terminals that do not accept items of value, including coins, tokens, or magnetic cards.
US07963837B2
A stud poker game in which a partial hand of cards are dealt as the player's hand. The player is then permitted to choose one of the undealt cards to be added to the player's hand. The remaining cards needed to complete the player's final hand are dealt. If the player has achieved a winning card combination on his final hand, the player receives an award. The award is based on the poker hand ranking of the final player's hand and the amount wagered by the player.
US07963834B2
A game apparatus executes a game in which a player character and an enemy character fight against each other. The game apparatus includes an attack determiner that determines whether the player character has an attack turn. When the attack determiner determines that the player character has an attack turn, an attack technique selector enables a player to select a desired attack technique to be executed by the player character. A selection time value accumulator accumulates a selection time value that corresponds to a shortness of time until the attack technique is selected by the player. When the selection time value exceeds a predetermined value, the attack technique selector enables the player to select a special attack to be selected by the player as the attack technique.
US07963833B2
The present invention is directed generally toward computer-implemented methods for targeting objects in a gaming system. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a soft lock command and applying a soft lock to an object in the game. The soft lock designates an action site on a portion of the object that was proximate to an aiming reference when the soft lock was commanded. The action site is proximate to a location where a selected game action will occur if the game action is commanded. Once the soft lock is applied, the aiming reference can be moved away from the action site.Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a command to hard lock a portion of an object, applying the hard lock, and displaying at least one selectable sub-target associated with the object. During the hard lock, the aiming reference remains at least proximate to the portion of the object. When selected, a sub-target includes an action site on part of the object proximate to a location where game action will occur if selected.
US07963829B2
A dehider includes a pneumatic motor driving a pair of disk blades in opposed cutting oscillations and a governor that controls the speed of the motor. Governor balls, acting as centrifugal weights, spin with the motor and push against an inclined flange on a valve head to move the valve head towards a valve seat. The motion of the valve head compresses a biasing spring and restricts the flow of pressurized air as the desired speed is exceeded. As speed decreases, centrifugal force decreases and the biasing spring opens the valve to provide additional power to the motor. The disk blades are provided with a cylindrical central lip that substantially increases the area of the central bearing that the blades turn on and produces significantly longer blade life.
US07963826B2
Apparatus and methods for conditioning a polishing pad include an arm adapted to support a conditioning disk; a drive mechanism coupled to the arm; and a flexible coupling between the drive mechanism and the conditioning disk adapted to allow the conditioning disk to tilt while transmitting rotary motion from the drive mechanism to the conditioning disk. Numerous other aspects are disclosed.
US07963813B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus for electrically connecting a plurality of photovoltaic modules in a solar panel includes a first electrically conductive line engageable with and capable of electrically connecting a plurality of first output contacts of the photovoltaic modules along a common axis.
US07963804B2
A power strip includes a housing and prong fitting members arranged within the housing. The housing includes a first end including a plug and chambers each comprising two side plates and a bottom plate connecting the two side plates. The prong fitting members defines two/three openings electrically connected to the plug for receiving prongs of a two-prong plug or a three-prong plug. The prong fitting members are slidably connected to the two side plates of the housing.
US07963801B1
A connector assembly can include a connector with a ground pin and a case. The case can have an electrically conductive surface. A capacitor is connected to the ground pin. The capacitor is also connected to the electrically conductive surface. The capacitor can be connected between the electrically conductive surface and the ground pin so that the electrically conductive surface and the ground pin are capacitively coupled.
US07963800B1
An electrical connector is adapted for being mounted to a printed circuit board. The electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of terminals, a shell and a bracket. A front edge of a periphery of the housing is protruded outward to form a flange. The terminals are received in the housing. The shell surrounds the housing. A front edge of the shell abuts against the flange. The bracket has a base board, and two opposite ends of the base board extends downward to form two blocking boards. Bottoms of the blocking boards extend outward to form two soldering boards. The base board of the bracket is mounted on the top board of the shell. The blocking boards are mounted on the two side boards. Front edges of the base board and the blocking boards of the bracket abut against the flange.
US07963799B1
A connector for a fiber channel switch includes an insulation body, a first terminal module and a second terminal module. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are integrated together to form a combination by buckling a first buckling element of the first terminal module and a second buckling element of the second terminal module. The combination is to plug into an assembly slot of the insulation body so as to form major parts of the connector.
US07963774B2
A number of device interfaces that may use magnetic forces to secure different devices together are disclosed. The device interfaces may include magnetic material positioned in between parallel rows of electrical contact elements in the devices. Magnetic forces may be exerted on and from the electrical contact elements to cause mutually cooperating elements from the devices to be substantially attracted and drawn towards each other. Once the contact elements make contact and are engaged, their mutual attractive forces may cause them to resist being separated. Additionally, the distal ends of the contact elements may have mutually cooperating male and female engagement surface configurations.
US07963768B2
A clip for a self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly has a lifting element between the labial surface of the bracket and the labial portion of the clip that can be rotated to provide a range of adjustability in lifting the labial portion of the clip with respect to the bracket. The lifting element thereby controls the range of motion of the tongue of the clip in its closed position. This limits the forces applied by the clip to an archwire held in the archwire slot of the bracket, and also allows an archwire to slide freely in the slot. A threaded shaft or camming mechanism can be employed as the lifting element.
US07963766B2
The present invention provides an orthodontic appliance including a unitary appliance body positionable about a portion of a single dental arch, where the appliance body may define a lingual portion, a labial-buccal portion, and a contoured portion therebetween. The appliance body may further define an anterior portion and a posterior portion, as well as a first wire coupled to the appliance body, with the first wire extending from the lingual portion of the appliance body to the labial-buccal portion of the appliance body. In addition, a first portion of the first wire may be embedded in the appliance body while a second portion of the first wire extends from the posterior portion of the appliance body. The appliance may further include a second wire disposed about the appliance body between the first wire and the anterior portion of the appliance body. A series of appliances may be used to shift a patient's bite to proper bite orientation.
US07963763B2
The cooking appliance (1) having a control panel (2) is equipped with one or more gas flow (Q) regulating valves, wherein the rotary regulating plug (6) is provided with various peripheral through holes (16-19). The control knob (9) being interchangeable for fitting to the actuating shaft (7), is chosen from the two units available, one and the other permitting different angular limit positions of the regulating plug (6) for the supply of a constant minimum gas flow Qmin, adjusted each one for a different type of gas N gas or LP gas. The outlet conduit (5) of the valve is equipped with a further injector nozzle (21,23) for adjusting a constant gas flow Qmax to be fed into the conduit (25) of the correspondent burner, when the cooking appliance is supplied with a LP gas.
US07963752B2
A scroll component including a spiral scroll wrap, a baseplate having a first major surface coupled to the scroll wrap and a second opposing major surface comprising a protruding pilot extending a distance from the baseplate, and a hub fastened to the baseplate adjacent to the protruding pilot. A method of forming a scroll compressor element is also provided.
US07963749B1
A fan unit for use in an air delivery system. The fan unit comprises a variable speed control for controlling the speed of the fan wheel in combination with a disk-type unloader assembly for controlling the air flow in response to fan speed changes. The unloader disk assembly includes an actuator that is responsive to changes in the air pressure on the disk and is biased in the closed position. At full speed, air flow through the housing presses the disk to the fully open position. As the fan speed slows and air flow declines, the actuator pulls the disk to an intermediate position, reducing the air flow through the fan. The disk unloader with its air pressure responsive actuator is also useful in fan units without a variable speed control. The fan unit may be used individually or as part of a fan array of like units.
US07963745B1
A composite turbine blade for use in a gas turbine engine under high gas flow temperature. The blade includes a root and platform portion formed out of the standard high temperature resistant metallic material of the prior art blades and with a near wall cooled metallic spar extending along the suction side wall of the blade and wrapping around the leading edge and the trailing edge portions of the blade. The wrap around spar forms a concave opening in which a ceramic or carbon fiber mid chord section of the blade is secured to form the composite blade. The solid ceramic or carbon fiber mid-chord blade is exposed to the pressure side hot gas flow and requires no cooling. Radial cooling channels with pin fins extend along the blade spar on the leading and trailing edges and on the suction side wall to provide cooling for the metallic portions of the composite blade. Spanwise attachment hooks extend out from the concave surface of the spar to form attachment hooks for the ceramic or carbon fiber mid-chord section of the blade. A radial attachment pin extends from the mid-chord section and through a hole formed in the root portion to secure the mid-chord section to the root and spar against radial displacement during rotation of the blade.
US07963735B2
A holder manufacturing method for loading a substrate of a semiconductor manufacturing device, a batch type boat having the holder, a loading/unloading method of a semiconductor substrate using the same, and a semiconductor manufacturing device having the same are disclosed. For example, the manufacturing method of the holder of the boat for loading a semiconductor substrate includes the steps of molding a holder substrate of a pipe shape having inner and outer circumference of a predetermined size in such a manner that a lower portion of the semiconductor substrate is seated thereon; and forming a plurality of holder rings by cutting the holder rings from the holder substrate in such a manner that each holder ring is matched to a disposal interval of the semiconductor substrates in the boat. The manufacture of the holder and the batch type boat are simple by means of the holder ring supported on the supporting rods and the end-effector escapes the supporting rods, so that the pitch interval can be minimized, whereby it can load the compact semiconductor substrate to the boat, the amount of the substrate treatment can be improved and thus the productivity thereof can be improved.
US07963726B2
A rock-dowel has a dowel shank and a threaded end at the head or proximal end of the dowel. Three groups of projecting mixing vanes are spaced along the shank. In use when inserted into a pre-drilled hole containing a two-part encapsulating resin and spun, the rock-dowel can thoroughly mix the two part resin encapsulating resin and force the resin casings into the back of the pre-drilled hole. Also disclosed is a nut made from a plastics material defining a first, typically relatively wider, barrel portion and a second, typically relatively narrower, nut portion, the second portion defining a nut section for engagement with a socket, wherein an area of weakness is provided between the first and second portions such that the second portion breaks from the first portion when a particular torque value is applied to the nut.
US07963717B2
A first tooling component is positively secured to a second tooling component by one or more quick change locking couplers each including a cylinder secured to the first tooling component and having peripherally spaced holes supporting balls for radial movement. A stud is secured to the second tooling component and has an enlarged head portion projecting into the cylinder. A cup-shaped piston surrounds the cylinder and has a recess for receiving the balls in a released position, and a housing supports the piston for axial movement between the released position and a locked position forcing the balls to engage the stud. A compression spring moves the piston to the locked position, and air pressure moves the piston to the released position. A proximity sensor is supported by the housing and detects the piston in the locked position to provide an electrical signal to a remote visual and/or audio indicator.
US07963701B2
A system and method for reducing roller skew, which involve ascertaining first and second thrust load properties applied to a roller while a rotary body rotates in opposing rotational directions, and adjusting an orientation of at least one bearing assembly for the roller until an amplitude difference between the first and second thrust load properties is below a predetermined threshold.
US07963693B2
The present invention concerns a mechanical oscillator, comprising an oscillating system comprising a balance (1) and its return spring (3). This oscillator also comprises two elastic strips (9, 10) fixed by one end and acting in opposition intermittently by their other end on a connecting organ (8) secured to the oscillating system.
US07963690B2
Novel dispenser means are provided for mixing and dispensing two-part curable compositions wherein the mixer elements are isolated from the curable components.
US07963689B2
A LED lighting fixture includes a cavity receiving a light guide board, and a plurality of LEDs mounted within two reinforcing parallel grooves formed in the light guide board along the length of corresponding opposite lateral sides. The light guide board further includes a clear base portion made of a light transmissive material, and a continuous reflective layer disposed over a surface of the clear base portion, the reflective layer having a portion protruding into the clear base portion. Light from the LEDs is injected transversely into the inside of the light guide board for reflection by the reflective layer to be ejected from the lighting fixture through a surface of the light guide board.
US07963683B2
The present disclosure provides a lighting device that includes an array of LEDs arranged on a circuit board with a reflector that rotates relative to the LEDs to reflect the light in various directions. The reflector according to the present disclosure includes a compact construction that allows for effective light reflection. A related lighting system and method is also provided.
US07963678B2
The invention relates to a light-emitting apparatus. The light-emitting apparatus includes a heat-conducting/dissipating module and at least one semiconductor light-emitting module. The heat-conducting/dissipating module includes a substantially cylindrical heat-conducting device having at least one flat portion and at least one heat-dissipating fin mounted on the circumference of the heat-conducting device. The at least one semiconductor light-emitting module includes a carrier, a plurality of exterior electrodes, at least one semiconductor light-emitting die, and at least two conducting wires. The carrier is flatly mounted on the flat portion of the heat-conducting device. The plurality of exterior electrodes is disposed on the carrier. The at least one semiconductor light-emitting die is mounted on the carrier and respectively connected to the plurality of exterior electrodes. The at least two conducting wires are connected to a power source or a grounding by being electrically connected to the plurality of exterior electrodes.
US07963674B2
A light emitting diode package comprising a substrate electrically connectable to an external unit with a reduced height. A flexible PCB for electrical connection between a light emitting diode and the external unit is directly connected to a light emitting element. The direct connection is conducted by applying a conductive resin to an electrode on the flexible PCB, on which the light emitting element is mounted; mounting the light emitting element; curing the conductive resin in a high-temperature furnace. The present invention requires neither a lead frame for electrical connection of the light emitting element to the flexible PCB nor a rigid PCB for supporting the flexible PCB, thus reducing the total height of the light emitting diode package.
US07963657B2
An imager is shifted with respect to an optical axis of a refractive optical system. Thereby, a throw distance of a projector is shortened. A wavelength-selective half wavelength plate for rotating a polarization direction of green light beams is disposed between a dichroic prism and the refractive optical system in such a manner that the polarization direction of the green light beams is in parallel to the shifting direction. Thereby, the green light beams are incident onto the refractive optical system as P-polarized beams, whereby a transmittance of the green light beams in the refractive optical system is increased, while suppressing lowering of the light amount of the green light beams, and color non-uniformity resulting from lowering of the light amount of the green light beams.
US07963649B2
A computer monitor is provided which has a flat panel display for displaying images and an inkjet printhead disposed adjacent a lower portion of the computer monitor. The monitor is configured such that print media to be printed is fed manually into a feed path that directs the print media from a region adjacent the upper edge of the flat panel display, past the printhead for printing, then out of the monitor adjacent a lower edge of the flat panel display.
US07963645B2
A machine, such as a phase change or solid ink printing apparatus, includes at least one ink stick and a coupler external to the ink stick. The ink stick has an electronically-readable memory device attached thereto, with the memory device having stored therein electronic data associated with the ink stick. The coupler is configured to read the electronic data from the memory device. The data in the memory device may include identification data, anti-arbitrage variables, usage data, maximum use values, and performance data related to the ink stick, and the coupler and memory device may employ various means for communicating this data. Also, communication between the coupler and memory device facilitates a method for determining a quantity of marking material in the machine.
US07963641B2
An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a sub ink tank, a carriage, a main body, and an ink supply device. The ink jet head includes an ink passage and a nozzle communicated with the ink passage. The sub ink tank is communicated with the ink passage of the ink jet head. The sub ink tank is elastically deformable. The ink jet head and the sub ink tank are mounted on the carriage. The carriage is capable of moving. The main body houses the ink jet head, the sub ink tank, and the carriage. The main body has a space for housing a main ink tank that is to be communicated with the sub ink tank. The ink supply device supplies ink within the main ink tank to the sub ink tank by applying a pushing force to the sub ink tank and releasing the pushing force after applying the pushing force.
US07963626B2
A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a main tank which stores liquid; a head unit including a sub tank which accommodates the liquid supplied from the main tank, and an ejecting head which ejects droplets of the liquid supplied from the sub tank; a liquid supply passage communicating, at one end thereof, with the main tank and communicating, at the other end thereof, with the sub tank such that the liquid is supplied from the main tank to the sub tank through the liquid supply passage; a first detector configured to detect presence and absence of the liquid stored in the main tank; a second detector configured to detect presence and absence of the liquid in the liquid supply passage; and a controller configured to perform various operations for the liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus and including an empty judging section which judges that the main tank is empty of the liquid where the absence of the liquid in the main tank is detected by the first detector and the absence of the liquid in the liquid supply passage is detected by the second detector.
US07963618B2
There is presented a system and method for providing aircraft runway guidance. One delineated runway alert system for a host aircraft comprises: a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the runway alert system; a data storage device including geographical runway information; a receiver for obtaining current location data of the host aircraft; an apparatus to provide a current heading of the host aircraft; a data entry device for receiving data indicating a desired runway; memory for storing the one or more instructions for execution by the processor to implement the one or more functions of the runway alert system to: receive the identity of the desired runway; provide an indicia of: the desired runway; and the position of the host aircraft in relation to the desired runway.
US07963617B2
A degradation assembly for use with a driving mechanism includes a working portion coupled to a shank assembly. The working portion has an impact tip brazed to a working end of a carbide extension. The carbide extension has a cavity formed in a base end that is adapted to engage with a shank and a locking mechanism of the shank assembly. The shank has an outer surface proximate a first end which is receivable within the cavity of the carbide extension. The locking mechanism has a radially extending catch configured to engage with the cavity and couple the shank assembly to the working portion. The shank has an outer surface proximate a second end which is adapted to be press-fitted within a recess of a driving mechanism.
US07963610B2
A novel salon chair having a novel movable footrest assembly with a sliding or pivoting footrest which replaces a conventional rigid tubular one-piece footrest typical of salon chairs. The salon chair includes a chair portion structured for being elevated above a floor surface, the chair portion having a seat portion elevated on a support portion and a seat back portion. A footrest portion has a foot support portion that is movable between an extended configuration relative to the seat portion of the chair portion, and a retracted configuration relative thereto. An actuator mechanism coupled between the chair portion and the footrest portion is structured for moving the foot support portion between the extended and retracted configurations.
US07963602B2
A vehicle system for aiding in the protection of a vehicle occupant is disclosed. The system includes a seat assembly having a seat base and a seat back and a pelvic bolster rotatably attached to the seat back of the seat assembly. The pelvic bolster is rotatably movable between a first stowed position and a second deployed position. A reversible motor drives the pelvic bolster between its stowed position and its deployed position. The system further includes a threat condition sensor operatively associated with the reversible motor.
US07963601B2
Multiple vehicle seats are disclosed with active head restraint systems that receive an input force from an occupant during an impact by a torso support, which consequently actuates a linkage that translates a head restraint upward and forward to the head of the occupant. In one embodiment, the torso support has a translatable connection with the seatback frame and another translatable connection with the linkage. In another embodiment, a torso support is pivotally connected to a pair of links which are each pivotally connected to the frame. In yet another embodiment, the seatback frame includes a structural wire, which provides pivotal connections for two of the links of the linkage.
US07963595B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat back and a head rest. The seat back has an air blower that is capable of aspirating air, and a blower duct that is capable of introducing the aspirated air toward a blowhole formed in the seat back. The head rest has a head rest main body and a stay attached to the head rest main body. The stay is inserted into the seat back, so that the head rest main body is vertically movably attached to the seat back. The air blower is disposed on the seat back such that a rotation center thereof can be positioned above the level of a terminal end of the stay that is moved to a lowermost position.
US07963594B2
A climate controlled seat assembly includes an outer frame and one or more layers of fabric. A panel member attached to the opposite side of the frame defines an inner space located between the panel member and the fabric. One or more channels attached to or formed, in part, by the panel member are in fluid communication with an opening in the panel member and a plurality of orifices located on the channels. Air from a fluid module or other device enters the channels and is discharged through the orifices in the direction of the fabric. The air passes through the fabric and reaches an occupant situated on the seating assembly.
US07963592B1
A improved lawn chair that is designed to allow an individual to more easily lie on one's stomach while resting on the lawn chair, and furthermore, provide components to enable one to store sunbathing accessories. The lawn chair is fabricated from an aluminum framework and vinyl strapping and includes an oval-shaped head cutout, which allows an individual to rest on their stomach, with their head placed facedown over the head cutout area. The lawn chair also includes a reading rack and an attached multi-compartment pouch.
US07963588B2
An object is to suppress vehicle body deformation in a side collision without sacrificing a vehicle interior space.Provided is a first reinforcing member 10 disposed in a locker 12 at a vehicle lateral direction inner side, and a second reinforcing member 20 disposed in locker 12 at a vehicle lateral direction outer side, which opposes first reinforcing member 10 in a vehicle lateral direction, and which is provided with a side surface 20A and an end surface 20E (engaging portions) that engage with first reinforcing member 10 when locker 12 deforms. When locker 12 begins to deform due to a side collision to a vehicle 18, end surface 20E of second reinforcing member 20 contacts and engages flange 10E of first reinforcing member 10, and a torsional deformation can be suppressed, and side surface 20A contacts flange 10D, and a crushing deformation of locker 12 in a vehicle lateral direction can be suppressed. Since first reinforcing member 10 and second reinforcing member 20 are provided in locker 12, vehicle interior space is not sacrificed.
US07963584B2
A retractable roof includes a roof member 2 including a front roof panel 21, a back roof panel 22, and a linkage mechanism 4 for alternately chaining the position of the roof member 2 between an in-use position and a storage position. The retractable roof further includes an adjusting mechanism 51, 52 for adjusting the geometry in the in-use state of the linkage mechanism 4 by changing the angle of the turning direction of one of links 44 included in the linkage mechanism 4 in the in-use state.
US07963577B2
An integrated lock and tilt-latch mechanism for a sliding window including an actuator assembly operably connected by a flexible linking member to at least one tilt-latch mechanism adapted for mounting in a window sash. The actuator assembly includes a control lever that rotates a sweep cam and a selectively rotates a spool, thereby locking or unlocking the sliding window or actuating the tilt-latch mechanism. At least one biasing member causes the control lever to favor locked or unlocked positions over intermediate and tilt positions.
US07963576B2
An automotive door lock having a lock mechanism (3) for releasably engaging a striker (4), and a release mechanism (5) interacting with the lock mechanism (3) to release the lock (1). The release mechanism (5) has a control member (18) which interacts with the lock mechanism (3), is loaded elastically into a rest position, and can be set to a work position to release the lock (1). The release mechanism (5) has an actuating member (31) activated selectively to move the control member (18), in a forward movement, from the rest position to the work position; and, during a return movement of the control member (18) to the rest position, the control member (18) and the actuating member (31) are disconnected to minimize the time taken to complete the return movement.
US07963567B2
A plumbing strap is fastened to a building. A tubular insert is placed through a hole in a strap with posts on the tubular insert aligning with cut-outs in the strap to restrict rotation of the tubular insert relative to the strap. A flange on one end of the tubular insert abuts the strap to restrict longitudinal motion of the tubular insert. Latches on the tubular insert extend through the hole in the strap to engage the side of the strap opposite the flange and further restrict longitudinal movement of the tubular insert. A collar is placed over the tubular insert and a pipe extends through the tubular insert and collar. The tubular insert has a base adjacent the flange and a skirt distal from the flange. Longitudinal slits in the base and skirt define resilient members in the base and in the skirt that extend in opposing directions, but that can move inward. The collar screws onto the tubular insert causing abutting surfaces on the collar and on the resilient members to force the resilient members inward to grip the pipe and restrain longitudinal and rotational movement of the pipe relative to the tubular insert and strap.
US07963565B2
An adapter (1) for cleaning a medical appliance comprises a fluid channel (2) with an inlet (3) and at least one outlet (4.1), at least one outlet being provided with a coupling unit (5.1) for an opening of a medical device. The coupling unit (5.1) is designed as a single-use coupling which, after the medical device has been coupled for the first time, generates a leak in the fluid channel at the time of uncoupling. This ensures totally hygienic cleaning of medical devices.
US07963561B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle is adjustable at least in its longitudinal direction. The steering column includes a support unit chassis of the motor vehicle, a setting unit and a clamping mechanism which comprises a clamp bolt and at least one arrest element cooperating with at least one securement element. At least one arrest element during the closing of the clamping mechanism is displaced in the axial direction of the clamp bolt with respect to the support unit and clamped with a securement element connected with the setting unit, and at least one securement element is connected with the setting unit so that in normal operation it is held nondisplaceably in the longitudinal direction of the steering column with respect to the setting unit and in the event of a crash is displaceable with respect to the setting unit under energy absorption. The support unit includes on both sides of the setting unit side jaws, through which penetrates the clamp bolt through openings. At least one arrest element penetrates the side jaw of the support unit and/or a side shank of an intermediate unit through an opening and is held in the opening of the corresponding side jaw of the support unit and/or in the opening of the corresponding side jaw of the intermediate unit such that it is nondisplaceable in the longitudinal direction of the steering column.
US07963559B2
An internally illuminated roll bar has a W-shaped frame with “U” shaped cross-section with opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, first and second outer legs, first and second inner legs, a lateral connecting member connecting the inner legs at the lower ends, one or more lenses for covering one or more portions of the rear side of the frame and discrete light sources mounted between the frame and the lenses wherein the some of the discrete light sources may be powered independently of others of the discrete light sources.
US07963556B2
An air bag module (10) comprises an air bag (12), an inflator (14) and a gas distributing member (16) for distributing the gas escaping from the inflator (14) into different directions of flow. The gas distributing member (16) is configured so that it is deformed by the pressure exerted by the escaping gas such that thereby the distribution of the gas to the different directions of flow is influenced.
US07963554B2
To provide an airbag device and a steering wheel capable of improving the operational feeling of horn.An airbag device comprises: an airbag unit 2 having an airbag, an inflator 12 for inflating the airbag, and a cover 13 which is disposed to cover said airbag in the folded state, wherein as the cover 13 is pressed, the airbag unit 2 is moved in the pressing direction; a supporting plate 3 which is fixed to a steering wheel; three springs 4a-4c for biasing the airbag unit 2 in a direction opposite to the pressing direction; and three horn switches 5a-5c which are located outside of the springs 4a-4c in the radial direction of the steering wheel and close to the surface of the cover 13 in relation to the springs 4a-4c.
US07963549B2
During the manufacture of an inflatable airbag cushion, an inflator may be inserted into, and coupled to, a throat portion of the inflatable airbag cushion. This process may be achieved more quickly and with higher reproducibility of the placement of the inflator within the throat portion by forming an assembly aid in the throat portion of the cushion. The assembly aid functions to assist in the separation of the two panels of material from which the throat portion is manufactured. The separation can be achieved by forming one or more pleats, tabs, or loops in the throat portion near an inflator insert aperture. A throat liner may optionally be used within an airbag throat portion, in which case the assembly aid may also be formed in the throat liner.
US07963541B2
A bicycle assembly can have a main frame, a sub-frame, a main shock section, an extension section, and a fastener. The sub-frame can move in relation to the main frame and the main shock section can be used to regulate that relationship. The extension section can have a receiving portion, wherein an end of the main shock section can fit into the receiving portion. The fastener can be used to secure the main shock section within the receiving portion of the extension section.
US07963536B2
A plastic rocker pendulum is provided with a rod-shaped basic body (1) and mounting elements (2, 3) arranged at the free ends of the basic body (1) for the ball heads of ball pins. The cross section of the basic body (1) has an essentially S-shaped design with at least three crossbars (5, 6, 7) arranged in parallel at spaced locations from one another and connection webs (8, 9) coupling two adjacent crossbars (5, 6, 7) each. The connection webs (8, 9) are arranged at opposite end areas of the crossbars (5, 6, 7). The geometrical moment of inertia can be substantially increased compared to conventional cross sections due to this cross section shape.
US07963533B2
An all-terrain retail merchandising unit or kiosk that can be used outdoors and across grass and gravel for outdoor events. The all-terrain retail merchandising unit can include a chassis, pneumatic tires, and steering that can provide the all-terrain retail merchandising unit with mobility across grass, gravel, and any other uneven or non-flat surfaces. The all-terrain retail merchandising unit can be used inside facilities, moved across a campus, shifted from place-to-place during indoor or outdoor events, and loaded on trucks or trailers for away events.
US07963524B2
An image forming apparatus to form an image on a sheet of recording media includes a discharge port formed in an upper portion of a main body of the image forming apparatus and exposed from above, a discharge portion to which the sheet is discharged, disposed downstream from the discharge port in a direction in which a sheet is discharged, a discharge roller disposed at the discharge port, a facing member disposed facing the discharge roller, forming a discharge nip together with the discharge roller, and a rotatable sheet discharge member. The sheet discharge member is provided in the discharge portion to form a sloped portion continuous with a downstream side of the discharge port in the direction in which the sheet is discharged. Rotation of the sheet discharge member causes a position of the discharge nip to change.
US07963514B2
A rotating machine includes a receiving member having a base wall. A first cylinder module disposed above the receiving member includes a first cylinder body. Grappling hooks fixedly connecting with the first cylinder module are disposed below the first cylinder body. A second cylinder module mounted on a top surface of the base wall includes a second cylinder body. A rotating module includes a rotatable shaft rotationally settled in the base wall. A top end of the rotatable shaft engages with a salver below the grappling hooks. A gear wheel is located around the rotatable shaft and below the salver. A rack meshing with the gear wheel connects with the second cylinder body, and controlling switches are used for starting the first cylinder module and the second cylinder module.
US07963511B2
An apparatus for moving and positioning objects to be laminated inside a press, comprising a tray arranged on a horizontal plane and having multiple seats with vertical axis. Each seat accommodates a pin having a protruding head and forming, with their heads, a supporting surface for the object to be positioned in the press. The pins are movable along the seat axis to pass from a raised position, in contact with the object, to a lowered position, in which they are spaced downwardly from the object. The apparatus further comprises elastic wings which cooperate with each pin and seat in order to retain the pin in the raised position, and selection elements which can engage a protruding portion of each pin for the transition of the pin from the raised position to the lowered position.
US07963509B2
A gas spring capable of having long and short travel modes is described. The gas spring uses liquid in combination with pressurized air to affect the travel length. Unlike conventional gas springs, the gas spring according to the invention may have its travel reduced more than, for example, by 50%.
US07963500B1
A mold for forming a snowman includes lower, intermediate and upper generally spherical, hollow members comprised of clear plastic. Each plastic member includes an upper aperture for filling the member with snow. The lower member includes a generally flat base portion for positioning stability and an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the intermediate member. The intermediate member also includes an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the upper member. The three connected members form a hollow, vertical structure which when filled with snow provides a snowman of classic shape, symmetry and proportions. The individual spherical hollow members are easily connected and disconnected, with the intermediate and upper members having apertures for receiving eye, nose, mouth and arm indicia, with the upper member further including a hat mounting arrangement in one embodiment.
US07963499B2
A formliner and method of use are provided in order to minimize and/or eliminate visible seaming between interconnected formliners. In some embodiments, the formliner can comprise raised sections that define interrelated inner and outer dimensions. In this manner, a given portion of a first formliner can mate with another given portion of a second formliner in a nested manner. As such, edges of the interconnected formliners can be discreetly hidden along features of the formliner pattern to reduce and/or eliminate visible seaming between the formliners.
US07963496B2
In a vehicle seat sliding apparatus wherein rotating an operating lever causes a lock lever to allow a sliding movement of an upper rail along a lower rail, the operating lever is held within a bracket connected to the upper rail via torsion spring. The torsion spring is made from a single piece of wire and formed into a specific shape for easy provision of the operating lever to the bracket during an assembly of the seat sliding apparatus.
US07963483B2
The present invention provides a stiffening element for stiffening a step-like substructure, in particular in an aircraft or spacecraft, having a foot section which is composed of a fiber composite material and is shaped in the form of a step such that it essentially fills the substructure. A method is also provided for production of a stiffening element for stiffening of a step-like substructure in an aircraft or spacecraft, according to which a profile part with a foot section which is composed of a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic is provided, at least one layer of a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic is laminated onto the foot section, and the glass-fiber-reinforced plastic is milled corresponding to a step-like shape which essentially fills the substructure.
US07963475B2
Automatic dispensers, proximity detectors and user-detection methods. A proximity detector can be used to trigger operation of the dispenser to dispense products such as towel, tissue, wipes, sheet-form materials, soap, shaving cream, fragrances and personal care products.
US07963474B2
A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt has a frame, a belt spool for the safety belt which is rotatably arranged in the frame, a locking disc which is arranged on the belt spool and is connected therewith through an energy absorption element, and a blocking mechanism which allows to block the locking disc against a rotation in the unwinding direction of the safety belt in the frame. A detent is provided which is movably arranged in the belt spool and can prevent a rotation of the locking disc relative to the belt spool as a function of its position.
US07963470B2
A screening element can be mounted at a discharge passage of a grinding mill chamber. The discharge passage is positioned in use to receive ground particles moving thereinto in a discharge direction. The screening element comprises one or more openings defined therein that are oriented such that ground particles pass therethrough in a direction that is oblique with respect to the discharge direction. The grinding mill chamber may form part of a centrifugal grinding mill.
US07963463B2
The compressed air foam and high pressure liquid dispersal system provides a compressed air foam product in addition to concurrently producing a liquid under pressure for decontamination, general cleaning, vapor suppression, Hazmat remediation, fuel spills, and fire suppression support for durable equipment, vehicles, terrain, facilities, and aircraft. The system includes a power plant for powering the compressed air foam and high pressure liquid sub-systems of the system. The high pressure sub-system further includes a boiler for heating the liquid to a temperature above ambient temperature. The boiler and power plant may use the same type of fuel for decreasing the number of fuel supplies to the system. In addition, the power plant drives an air compressor for providing compressed air for powering the compressed air foam sub-system. The power plant further drives a high pressure water pump for pressurizing the water for the high pressure sub-system. The system includes additional features such as an air chuck that feeds off of the compressed air supply for powering pneumatic tools and inflating flat tires present during such cleaning and decontamination. Also, the system includes a 24 VDC electrical system for charging stalled vehicles and the like present during operations.
US07963444B2
An operator is guided to move an imaging reader to an optimum reading position in which to read a symbol by image capture. Optimum image capture occurs substantially at an imaging plane of an imaging assembly, and the operator is visually guided so that the symbol is located substantially at the imaging plane in a working range of distances.
US07963440B2
The present invention relates to a payment method. A user terminal sends a request for ordering a good to a vendor-terminal. The vendor-terminal sends a shipping order, to a delivery company-terminal of a deliverer. The user-terminal confirms the acceptance of the ordered goods by creating an approval for payment destined to the vendor terminal and forwards the approval towards the vendor terminal. The vendor-terminal upon reception of the approval, requests money required for paying for the goods from the bank account of the buyer by forwarding the approval towards the retailer terminal. The retailer forwards a proof of transferring the money from the bank account of the buyer to a bank account of the vendor in response to receipt of the approval. The vendor terminal, upon reception of the proof of transferring the money, notifies the delivery company terminal of acceptance of the goods and the successful payment.
US07963439B2
A method and apparatus for vending a containerized fluid includes placing a machine-readable indicia on the container identifying the base fluid. The container may be filled and then distributed or distributed prior to filling through various distribution channels to consumers. When a consumer wishes to fill or re-fill the container, the consumer places the container adjacent a reader that interprets the indicia to identify the base fluid to be dispensed. A dispenser then fills the container through a movable fill probe that elevates as the liquid within the container rises. In some embodiments, and prior to filling, the dispenser apparatus may also query the consumer about options are provided at the time of dispensing for further dispensing various optional ingredients, including scents, flavors, colors, nutritional supplements or other additives together with the base product. In further embodiments, the dispenser may also print discount tickets or coupons that may discount the purchase of the containerized fluid or other promotional merchandise. The machine-readable indicia may include affiliate codes that permit crediting or compensating various affiliates in relation to the container filling.
US07963438B2
Systems and methods for personalizing data card are disclosed. One embodiment includes a card receiver configured to receive one or more data cards, a control system connected to the card receiver, the control system configured to receive personalization information, an encoder system connected to the control system, the encoder system configured to encode the one or more data cards with at least some portion of the personalization information, a card reader connected to the control system, the card reader configured to read magnetic fingerprint information from the one or more data cards, and the control system configured to store the magnetic fingerprint information.
US07963435B2
A method of forming a bonded body comprised of a first base member, a second base member, and a first bonding film and a second bonding film provided between the first base member and the second base member is provided. The first bonding film and the second bonding film are constituted of copper and an organic component, and an amount of copper contained in each of the first bonding film and the second bonding film is 90 atom % or higher but lower than 99 atom % at an atomic ratio. The method is comprised of: forming the first bonding film on the first base member by using a chemical vapor-film formation method; forming the second bonding film on the second base member by using a chemical vapor-film formation method; bringing the first bonding film formed on the first base member into contact with the second bonding film formed on the second base member so that the first bonding film faces the second bonding film; and applying a compressive force to the first base member and the second base member so that the first bonding film and the second bonding film are bonded together to thereby obtain the bonded body. Two base members can be firmly and efficiently bonded together with high dimensional accuracy at a low temperature, and the two base members can be efficiently separated (peeled off) to each other after use of the bonded body. Further, a bonded body is also provided.
US07963432B2
An exemplary driverless surgical stapler may include a staple holder; staples positioned within that staple holder; and at least one wedge, where each wedge is slidable to directly contact at least one staple, where that contact causes deployment of each contacted staple. An exemplary surgical method may include providing a driverless surgical stapler that has a staple holder, staples positioned within the staple holder, and at least one wedge; and sliding at least one wedge relative to the staples to directly contact at least one staple.
US07963428B2
A recess filling apparatus forms part of, or is for use with, a tool for driving a multiplicity of fixing elements into a work surface. The apparatus utilises a dispensing strip defining a multiplicity of chambers containing filler material, each chamber containing sufficient filler material for use with a single fixing element. The apparatus comprises means to support the dispensing strip, and means for locating a chamber that contains filler material in or adjacent to the path of a fixing element, and for advancing the dispensing strip prior to driving the next fixing element.
US07963422B2
Apparatus and process for dispensing fluids, such as chemical concrete admixtures, using an air-operated pump and load cell for supporting and measuring at least substantially 100% of the weight of the pump and fluid dispensed through the pump. A double-action, dual piston design of the air-operated pump allows positive air pressure to be used during both fluid-filling and fluid-expelling phases.
US07963419B2
A lid for a container is disclosed that has a series of seals. The first seal is a rib that is forced against the container interior at a top portion of the container. The second seal is created by at least two ribs that create a spring-like force against the pail. An additional seal is incorporated that includes a skirt having a tear strip with a hook on the tear strip and a hook above the tear strip.
US07963408B2
A storage tray system which includes a rack and a plurality of storage trays. The rack includes a plurality of tray runners for supporting the trays in the rack, and which allow sliding movement of the storage trays between open and closed positions. The storage trays can be inclined downwards when in the open position to allow access to their contents.
US07963406B2
A method enabling a long gun to be stored upright in a cabinet having a floor and an overhanging surface. The apparatus has: (a) a rod having a thickness less than the inside diameter of the gun barrel and having a length greater than the difference between the height of the surface and the length of the gun, the rod being inserted into the gun barrel; (b) a cap attached to one end of the rod, the cap having a diameter greater than the inside diameter of the gun barrel, the cap limiting the insertion of the rod into the gun barrel; and (c) removably attaching the cap to the underside of the overhanging surface via a magnet or hook-and-loop material.
US07963401B2
Versions of the invention include compositions and methods for making them that include a polymeric porous membrane with one or more atmospheric pressure microwave plasma modified surfaces. The modified porous membrane is stable, non-dewetting, and retains its mechanical strength.
US07963398B2
A method for selective separation of particles from a particle-containing material includes preparing a slurry of the particle-containing material and a dispersant, passing the slurry through a hydraulic classifier in a first direction, establishing a particle flow in a direction that is different from the first direction, and recovering particles having a mean particle size of about 2-7 μm. The flow of particles defines a cross-current flow relative to the slurry feed direction. The method further includes providing the classifier with an interior divider assembly defining at least one inclined channel. The divider assembly typically includes a plurality of substantially parallel dividers separating the classifier into multiple channels having a substantially equal internal volume. A hydraulic classifier for separating particles having a mean particle size of from about 2-7 μm in accordance with the present method is provided also.
US07963397B2
The invention provides a knock-down, lightweight, thermally insulating, shipping container made at least in part from a polymer core covered by a thermoplastic sheet layer. In an embodiment of the invention, the shipping container is modular, being adjusted to suit the item(s) to be shipped. In an embodiment of the invention, the base, top panel and walls are made of expanded polystyrene core and combined with high impact polystyrene surface. In one embodiment, a mesh is introduced into the core to strengthen the core making the shipping container tamper proof. A shipping container bag that is light weight, strong, made of a fire retardant material and which forms an ultra violet light, weather and dust barrier can be used to store the shipping container. A system and method for supplying, dispensing, positioning, tracking, transporting, forwarding and storing the light weight shipping containers based on the shipping container bag is disclosed.
US07963384B2
An automated case order preparation system including a crane for transporting groups of depalletized product cases to temporary storage on shelving, and to a plurality of gravity-powered case guides, for accumulating and dispensing cases to fulfill client order pallets.
US07963375B2
A pole wheel is described, which can be connected to a wheel hub of a motor vehicle. The pole wheel comprises an annular-shaped wheel ring extending in a radial plane, and forming an outer edge comprising a plurality of openings arranged at substantially equal angular distances in relation to each other. The pole wheel also includes a dimensionally stable stop formed directly or indirectly on the wheel ring. The stop engages the brake disc connected to the wheel hub such that the brake disc is retained in an axial direction.
US07963372B2
An elevator evacuation support apparatus evacuates building occupants that have been left inside a building to a refuge floor in an emergency by managing operation of an elevator in which a plurality of floors function as service floors. The elevator evacuation support apparatus has an evacuating operation implementing portion, an evacuating operation time calculating portion, and an evacuating operation determining portion. The evacuating operation implementing portion designates at least one of the service floors as a rescue floor, and implements an evacuating operation for the elevator for transporting the building occupants from the rescue floor to the refuge floor. The evacuating operation time calculating portion receives urgency level information that indicates a degree of urgency, and calculates an estimated amount of time for continuing the evacuating operation as an evacuating operation time based on the urgency level information. The evacuating operation determining portion determines ability to continue the evacuating operation based on information from the evacuating operation time calculating portion. The evacuating operation implementing portion controls the evacuating operation based on information from the evacuating operation determining portion.
US07963365B2
A drag harness comprises two arm loops, each of which has a fixed length and is adapted to receive a separate arm of a wearer, and a pair of gripping loops, each of which has a fixed length. The gripping loops are joined to the arm loops.
US07963364B2
A structural element used for attenuating aviation turbine noise is provided with pores (1, 2) embodied in the form of cylindrical channels which are open on the first ends inside the turbine housing and closed on the opposite ends thereof, wherein the diameter (D) of each channel ranges approximately from 0.1 to 0.3 mm, each channel is remote at least along one part of the length thereof from the closest neighbors at a minimum distance ranging approximately from 0.02 to 0.3 mm and the ratio between the channel length and diameter thereof is of the order of 102.
US07963358B2
The present invention provides a motorcycle including a frame having a forward portion and a rearward portion. The forward portion includes a steering head. The motorcycle also includes an engine coupled to the frame and a steering assembly pivotably coupled to the steering head. The steering assembly includes a fork and a front wheel rotatably coupled to the fork. The motorcycle further includes a swing arm pivotably coupled to the rearward portion, a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the swing arm, and a first cavity defined in the frame. The first cavity is in fluid communication with the engine to provide fuel to the engine. The motorcycle also includes a second cavity defined in the frame. The second cavity is in fluid communication with the engine to provide combustion air to the engine.
US07963353B2
A trans axle includes motor generators with central rotation axes of respective rotors arranged coaxially, a power split device arranged coaxially with the central rotation axis of a crank shaft and between motor generators, and a power control unit controlling the motor generators. The power control unit is arranged such that a reactor is positioned at least on one side and a smoothing capacitor is positioned on the other side of the central rotation axis of motor generator. The motor generators, the power split device and the power control unit are housed and integrated in a metal case, and fixed on a body of a vehicle (1000) by an engine mount.
US07963348B2
A tool for enlarging a borehole that includes an elongated tubular body; at least one movable arm affixed to the tubular body, the at least one movable arm comprising an outer surface formed of at least one of a matrix material and an abrasive material; and at least one actuating member for expanding at least one movable arm from the collapsed state to an expanded state is disclosed.
US07963341B2
An anchor for a wellbore is adaptable to be operated in at least two separate and distinct ways. In one embodiment, a whipstock anchor is provided that can be operated either mechanically or hydraulically. In another embodiment, the anchor is designed to run through a restriction in a retracted position and thereafter expanded to position a wellbore tool in the wellbore. Preferably, the anchor is expandable to set in wellbores of various sizes and either cased or uncased.
US07963336B2
An offshore riser system has riser joints, each having a pin and a box. The pin has an external grooved profile that is engaged by a locking element carried by the box of another riser joint. An actuating ring engages with the locking element to move it into the locked position. A retractable spider supports the string of riser while the new joint is being made up. A makeup tool on the riser deploying floor moves the ring relative to the locking element, causing the locking element to move to the locked position.
US07963332B2
A abrasive jet perforating tool comprises a generally cylindrically shaped tube with a side, an upper portion, and a lower portion; a plurality of holes tapped and threaded into the side of the tube; threaded abrasive jets mounted in at least some of the plurality of threaded holes; protective plates mounted on the side of the tube around the abrasive jets; gauge rings that slide onto an outer diameter of the upper portion and the lower portion of the tube; and a mechanical casing collar locator connected to the upper portion of the tube.
US07963331B2
An embodiment of a well bore servicing apparatus includes a housing having a through bore and at least one high pressure fluid aperture in the housing, the fluid aperture being in fluid communication with the through bore to provide a high pressure fluid stream to the well bore, and a removable member coupled to the housing and disposed adjacent the fluid jet forming aperture and isolating the fluid jet forming aperture from an exterior of the housing. An embodiment of a method of servicing a well bore includes applying a removable member to an exterior of a well bore servicing tool, wherein the removable member covers at least one high pressure fluid aperture disposed in the tool, lowering the tool into a well bore, exposing the tool to a well bore material, wherein the removable cover prevents the well bore material from entering the fluid aperture, removing the removable member to expose a fluid flow path adjacent an outlet of the high pressure fluid aperture, and flowing a well bore servicing fluid through the fluid aperture outlet and flow path.
US07963326B2
Disclosed is a method of utilizing a pressure signature in conjunction with a plunger's fall time as an indicator of plunger location. The disclosed method can also indicate well and/or plunger conditions. A controller that can see and interpret slope change and/or pressure signature and automatically make changes to plunger fall time is also disclosed.
US07963325B2
A method for fracturing a wellbore while drilling a wellbore includes inserting a drill string into a wellbore. A fluid is pumped into at least one of an interior passage in the drill string and an annular space between a wall of the wellbore and the drill string. At least one of a pressure and a temperature of the fluid proximate a lower end of the drill string is measured and the measurements are transmitted to the surface substantially contemporaneously with the measuring. At least one of a flow rate and a pressure of the fluid is controlled in response to the measurements to selectively create fractures in formations adjacent to the wellbore.
US07963320B2
A cover assembly for use on a wide variety of tubular members comprises a base member, a pivoting member, a plurality of fingers extending from both the base member and the pivoting member and pivot means to pivotally join said pivoting member to said base member. Preferably the cover assembly is pivotable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein said open configuration accepts a first bolt pattern configuration and wherein said closed configuration accepts a second bolt pattern configuration. More preferably, the cover assembly further comprises a ring groove guide. Even more preferably, the cover assembly further comprises a tubular engagement member.
US07963311B2
The invention relates to squeeze pressing of a laid-up veneer assembly having glue applied as glue stripes. The pressing in the method is subjected to the assembly as two uniform fronts advancing in opposite directions from the central area of the assembly. A press for implementing the method comprises press plates to be pressed together, at least one press plate being equipped with a sub-pressing plate extending as an arch at the central area of the press plate to the press opening.
US07963305B2
Filling valve (5) including: a hollow housing (11) having a valve seat (25); a moving valve rod (14) slidingly mounted in the housing (11) and having a sealing surface (23), the moving valve rod (14) and the hollow housing (11) together defining a liquid chamber (18); a liquid inlet (26) for putting the liquid chamber (18) into communication with a liquid supply pipe (6); a device for putting the valve rod (14) in a first, full-open position, in which the sealing surface (23) is spaced from the valve seat (25), thereby forming a passage (27) for the liquid; a device for putting the valve rod (14) in a second, closed position, in which the sealing surface (23) is in sealing contact with the valve seat (25), thereby closing the passage (27), and a device for putting the valve rod (14) in a third, predetermined, semi-open position in which the sealing surface (23) is spaced from the valve seat (25) but closer to the same than in the full-open position.
US07963303B2
In one embodiment of the present system invention, the operator enters the customer name into the color management system and the computer screen displays the customer's history. If this is a new customer, a history file is created. The operator selects desired color from the color pallet, enters the required amount of finished dye and finally the activator strength is selected. The operator is instructed to place an empty batch container on the scale. The system prompts the operator for the first dye color, and an LED adjacent to the corresponding drawer is illuminated. The operator manually adds the amount indicated on the display panel, while the scale monitors exactly how much has been added and provides feedback to the operator leading to an extremely accurate dispense. After returning the bottle or tube to the designated storage bin, the operator presses “next”, and the next LED is illuminated along with the required amount of the next ingredient. Bar code readers can also be used to control the ingredient solution and control process. The system automatically adds the required activators from the internal storage reservoirs. A batch record is placed in the customers history file.
US07963290B2
A winding and fastening device which utilizes a flexible body part (1-A), an elastic band and a pointed contoured stick, or pick, or rod (1-C) to arrange and secure flexible material, such as human or animal hair in a desired position.
US07963288B2
A robotic catheter system includes a controller with a master input device. An instrument driver is in communication with the controller and has a guide instrument interface including a plurality of guide instrument drive elements responsive to control signals generated, at least in part, by the master input device. An elongate guide instrument has a base, distal end, and a working lumen, wherein the guide instrument base is operatively coupled to the guide instrument interface. The guide instrument includes a plurality of guide instrument control elements operatively coupled to respective guide drive elements and secured to the distal end of the guide instrument. The guide instrument control elements are axially moveable relative to the guide instrument such that movement of the guide instrument distal end may be controlled by the master input device.
US07963287B2
Polymer insulators and methods of using polymer insulators are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes separating a first portion of a subject's tissue from a second portion of the subject's tissue so that there is a space between the first and second portions of tissue. Deionized water, a buffered saline solution, liquid polymers, gels, particles, foams, and/or gases are disposed between the first and second portions of tissue, and the first portion of tissue is exposed to energy to treat the first portion of tissue.
US07963275B2
A system and method for delivering EGR to an internal combustion engine is presented. The system can reduce system cost and lower system complexity.
US07963274B2
An engine (10, 100, 200, 34) assembly comprising an engine (36), at least one exhaust gas recirculation valve, (54) at least one throttle valve, and an actuator (12,112,212) operably connected to the EGR valve (56) and the throttle valve (54). The actuator (12, 112, 212) can be operably connected to any predetermined combination of a predetermined number of EGR valves (56) and a predetermined number of throttle valves (54). The actuator (12, 112, 212) can be a mechanical actuator, a pneumatic actuator, a hydraulic actuator, or an electrical actuator.
US07963271B2
A heat transfer system is used for heating a viscous fuel supplied to a diesel engine. The heat transfer system includes a heat exchanger provided at a predetermined location within the heat transfer system. A hot fluid and viscous fuel are circulated in a heat exchanging relationship within the heat exchanger to heat the viscous fuel supplied to the engine from a first temperature to a second temperature.
US07963266B2
A starter device for an internal combustion engine (10) has an actuating device and an entrainer (24) can be coupled to the crankshaft (13) of the engine (10). The entrainer (24) and the actuating device are rotatably journalled about a rotational axis (14). The entrainer (24) and the actuating device are connected to each other via a damping spring (23). The damping spring (23) is connected with a first end (26) to the actuating device and with a second end (27) to the entrainer (24). The entrainer (24) and the actuating device have respective supports (21, 42). The damping spring (23) is mounted on the outer periphery of the two supports (21, 42). In the direction of the rotational axis (14), a disc (22) is mounted between the two supports (21, 42) in order to avoid the situation that the damping spring (23) can force itself into a gap between the two supports (21, 42) which gap can arise during operation.
US07963259B2
A hydro-mechanical system is disclosed for actuating an outwardly opening valve of an engine, such as a crossover passage valve of a split-cycle engine. A developed embodiment includes a body having a plunger cylinder in hydraulic fluid communication with a valve cylinder. A plunger in the plunger cylinder is reciprocated to displace hydraulic fluid into the valve cylinder, the engine valve being opened by the hydraulic fluid displaced by the plunger into the valve cylinder and acting against the valve piston. A valve spring, preferably an air spring returns the engine valve to engage an outwardly facing valve seat to close a gas passage of the engine. Control valves and an energy reusing accumulator, along with valve seating control and lift brake features may also be included.
US07963255B2
A restraint harness for a dog, particularly a dog of medium size and larger, including a conventional adjustable dog harness and an attached harness control extension. The harness control extension includes a plurality of straps configured to extend to the hind end of the dog and a motion control cord that is interlaced in and between the conventional adjustable dog harness and the harness control extension. The motion control cord encircles the dog's hind legs and can be tightened around the thighs with minimal force, where such tightening substantially restrains the dog without causing injury to the dog.
US07963247B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a diffusion tube includes a diffusion housing which includes a first cavity within a first end which receives a diffusion target, a second cavity within a second end which receives a dopant source for diffusion, and a diffusion port disposed between the diffusion target and the dopant source, wherein the diffusion port provides fluid communication between the first cavity and the second cavity.
US07963245B2
A liquid application device includes a rotating unit for rotating an application member to apply liquid to a medium in contact with the application member, a liquid application unit including the application member, and a retention member for retaining liquid in a sealed liquid retention space formed to be in contact with the application member. The liquid application unit applies the liquid retained in the liquid retention space to the medium via the application member by rotating the application member. In addition, a control unit controls the rotating unit, wherein the control unit controls, after receiving information of instruction on applying liquid to the medium, the rotating unit to rotate, before the application member contacts the medium, the application member so that the rotating unit performs a preliminary rotation that forms a pool of the liquid in an area. The area is upstream, in a rotational direction, of a contact area between the retention member and the application member at a side where a surface of the application member enters a contact area with the retention member, and the area is downstream, in the rotational direction, of a contact area between the medium and the application member when transferring the medium.
US07963238B2
A placement holder for an embroiderable comprising a magnetic hoop assembly for use in an embroidery machine. The magnetic hoop assembly includes a first hoop comprising a magnetic material and a second hoop comprising a quantity of metal sufficient for the first hoop to be attracted to the second hoop. The magnetic attraction between the first hoop and the second hoop enables the embroiderable to be held in place between the first hoop and the second hoop for embroidery. An adapter is attached to either the first hoop or second hoop. One end of the adapter is attached to the first hoop or second hoop, and the other end of the adapter attaches to an attachment mechanism on a pantograph on the embroidery machine.
US07963236B2
Disclosed is an air-fuel ratio control boiler using a air pressure sensor and method for controlling the air-fuel ratio thereof. The boiler is comprised of a fan, the air pressure sensor, a air pressure sensor voltage measurement unit, a air pressure sensor voltage compensation unit, and a controller, and previously compensates for noise factors caused by deviation (error) of a component property, a constituent, of the air pressure sensor so as to be matched to initial reference voltage prior to operating the fan, thereby maximizing the effectiveness of the air-fuel ratio. Further, the boiler makes it possible not only to exert an optimal fuel efficiency effect due to the maximization of combustion efficiency, but also to minimize discharge of harmful gases, thereby preventing environmental pollution in advance, and thus improving the reliability of products.
US07963231B2
A folding table and support frame assembly is disclosed. The table comprises two planar portions connected by a hinging member. One of the planar portions is coupled to a support frame such that the folded table can be moved into a stowed position within the support frame assembly. The planar portions comprise a proximal portion or inner member and a distal portion or outer member. The proximal portion and distal portion are connected to one another by the hinging member or middle member. The hinging member enables the rotation of the distal portion into a folded relationship upon the proximal portion. When the two planar portions are folded, they provide a smaller table surface in a half-open or partially extended position. When the two planar portions are opened along the hinging member, the planar portions and the hinging member provide a larger contiguous table in the fully extended position.
US07963228B2
A method and system for magnetically levitating a load is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is a system for magnetically levitating a load, the system comprising at least two lift generators, each comprising a source of magnetic flux configured to induce a magnetic flux in a rail via a leg on either side of the rail, at least one magnetically permeable beam connecting the lift generators, and control circuitry configured to generate and modulate a magnetic current flux through the crossbeam so as to maintain gaps between the legs and rail, wherein the gaps defined by the legs on either side of the rail are of unequal size.
US07963210B2
A spring-loaded brake cylinder for commercial vehicles includes at least one spring-loaded brake piston that can be actuated by a pre-loaded spring and is supported in a housing. A mechanical emergency release device is provided for the emergency release of the spring-loaded brake cylinder. The emergency release device includes an indicator that has an indicator rod indicating the position of the spring-loaded brake piston. The rod extends through a threaded spindle of the emergency release device and is movable in the axial direction. A stop body is disposed in the region of one end of the indicator rod. The stop body is positively connected to the indicator rod by a detent connection produced by an axial relative movement between the indicator rod and the stop body.
US07963208B2
A position-detecting sensor to which a mounting mechanism for a position-detecting sensor is applied is equipped with a holder capable of accommodating a sensor element in which a magnetic sensor or the like is disposed, and includes a flange on a lower end of the holder, which is inserted through a sensor mounting groove of a cylinder apparatus. The flange is formed in a plate shape, having a narrow portion and a widened portion that differ in width dimension. After insertion thereof through the sensor mounting groove such that side surfaces of the narrow portion are made parallel with the sensor mounting groove, the holder is turned, whereby the widened portion engages within and is retained respectively by a pair of recess portions in the sensor mounting groove.
US07963207B2
A linear vibrator having an internal cylindrical bearing surface forming a chamber therein and a fluid inlet to direct a fluid into the chamber with a one piece piston slideable located therein with the piston simultaneously rotatable and axially displaceable therein with the piston including a static port to bias the piston and thereby induce piston oscillation when fluid is introduced into the vibrator.
US07963206B2
To sight-In a gun—especially a rifle (10)—it has to be held in the same position while it is fired at least twice, the gunsight (14) being adjusted after the first shot so that the gun sight shows the gun aimed at the point of impact of the first shot on the target. Apparatus to hold the gun while sighting-in is performed has a base (16) on which an elogate support frame (40) is mounted. The support frame (40) carries a rear stock clamping arrangement, with which clamping members (21) firmly hold the rear stock (11) of the gun. A gun barrel (13) or front stock (12) locating arrangement (30,31,32,34,37,39), also carried by the support frame, ensures that the front stock (or barrel) of the gun can be repositioned (if it has not been clamped) in the same position after a shot has been fired. Mounting blocks (115, 116) clamped to the base (16) include means to make fine adjustments of the lateral pointing of the gun. Course variation of the vertical pointing of the gun is effected by changing the height above the support frame (40) of a horizontal bar (30) of the front stock locating arrangement. Fine adjustment of the vertical pointing of the gun is effected by movement of pivot arms (24), on which the rear stock clamping members (21) are carried, about a pivot axis (27). Straps to prevent or limit gun movement due to recoil may be included.
US07963204B2
Vehicle armor includes a body panel of the vehicle having a stressed skin construction with an inside surface and an outside surface. A liner overlies the inside surface of the body panel and a particle-filled elastomer overlies the outside surface of the body panel. Thin, single-layer steel tiles overlie the elastomer layer, with the tiles each having a hardened outer side and a non-hardened inner side.
US07963202B1
A finless mortar tube made of a superalloy includes, seriatim, a breech end, a beginning taper point, an ending taper point, a lower clamp region, an upper clamp region, and a muzzle end. The nominal wall thickness of the tube is constant from forward of the breech end to the beginning taper point and the nominal wall thickness of the tube decreases from the beginning taper point to the ending taper point. The mortar tube is capable of a substantial increase in the rate of fire compared to conventional mortar tubes.
US07963200B2
The method includes continuously detecting glass faults in the glass sheet. Based on the results of the detecting of the glass faults an optimized cutting pattern for cutting crosscut pieces from a predetermined sheet section and for cutting glass panes from the crosscut pieces is determined. In order to reduce waste, the cutting lines for the glass panes are placed sufficiently close to fault-containing glass sheet regions, so that the glass sheet regions to be discarded are minimized, while producing a largest possible number of usable glass panes. The crosscut pieces are then cut out according to the optimized cutting pattern and then the glass panes are cut from the crosscut pieces. An appropriate apparatus for performing the method is described.
US07963195B2
A powered ratchet tool generally includes a housing having a handle portion with a trigger assembly. A motor has an output shaft member that rotates about a longitudinal axis. A ratchet assembly includes a ratchet hub member that connects to the output shaft member. A selector member connects to the ratchet assembly and is operable to change the ratchet assembly between a tighten condition and a loosen condition. A drive member is connected to the ratchet assembly. The drive member rotates about the longitudinal axis about which the ratchet hub member, the selector member and the output shaft member rotates.
US07963179B2
An arrangement for the non-contact measurement of torque on a shaft of a transmission. The arrangement having at least one detector (1) for detecting a variation in a magnetic field (2) as a function of a torque applied to the shaft. The shaft is a hollow shaft (3) and the detector (1) is arranged inside the hollow shaft (3).
US07963178B2
A fork lift truck has a rear-end axle provided with a measuring device to determine the axle load. To enable the axle load to be determined using simple means which are reliable in operation, at least one shearing force detector (2 or 3) or normal force detector (6) in the form of a structural component and arranged in the force flux is integrated into the axle.
US07963174B2
An ultrasonic flowmeter includes two ultrasonic transceivers. Each of the ultrasonic transceivers includes a cylindrical transmitting body closely fixed to the outer peripheral surface of a measurement pipe through a fluid flows so as to surround the measurement pipe, and an ultrasonic transducer surrounding the measurement pipe and spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface of the measurement pipe. The transmitting body is made of a rubber material and has axial end surfaces extending perpendicular to the axis of the measurement pipe. The axial end surface of the ultrasonic transducer is fixedly secured to the axial end surface of the transmitting body, and the ultrasonic transducer is extended and contracted in the axial direction thereof by applying a voltage between the axial end surfaces of the ultrasonic transducer.
US07963170B2
A pressure sensor is disclosed wherein pressure induced changes in birefringent properties of an optical sensing element are read out by transmission of at least one light beam. The pressure sensor can include at least one single-material transparent body which is subjected to at least two different pressures (p1, p2) in at least two different regions via at least two pressure chambers. The transparent body can transmit by a parallel or minimally divergent light beam without total reflection in the body such that the pressure-induced birefringence and a corresponding differential phase shift between linear polarisation components of the light beam depends on a difference of the different pressures (p1, p2).
US07963152B2
The invention relates to a modular device for implementation in a biological fluid analysis system. It comprises functional modules, each comprising a support for supporting hydraulic components, the support including at least two plates having etched therein circuits that enable channels to be defined when the two plates are assembled side by side. According to the invention, said functional modules comprise at least a preparation first functional module for preparing a fluid for analysis and supporting at least one dilution vessel, and an injection second functional module for injecting the fluid prepared in said dilution vessel towards an analysis unit, said first and second modules being connected to one another.
US07963138B2
A plurality of intermediate cross sections and center points thereof are provided for a plurality of target processed portions from an unprocessed portion of a workpiece up to a final target processed portion. By adjusting a relative position between each intermediate cross section of the workpiece W and rollers 11, 12 revolving around the workpiece between neighboring intermediate cross sections, adjusting a revolution diameter of the roller and an angle of its revolution plane, mating the center point, diameter and inclined angle of the revolution plane inside of a revolving locus of the roller, with the center point, diameter and inclined angle of each intermediate cross section of the workpiece, and driving the roller and workpiece relatively to each other, with a part of outer peripheral surface of the roller being always in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the workpiece, a spinning process is performed to change the diameter of the portion to be processed of the workpiece.
US07963125B2
A glass fiber and a method of manufacturing a glass fiber for reinforcing a transparent composite matrix are disclosed. The glass fiber includes a first glass material having a first set of mechanical properties including a first modulus and a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and a second glass material having a second set of mechanical properties including a second modulus and a second CTE. The second glass material forms a substantially uniform coating on the first glass material. The second CTE is less than the first CTE. The glass fiber is formed by reducing the cross-section of a glass fiber preform of the first glass material coated with the second glass material by hot working. Because of the selected difference in the CTE's, the first glass material imparts a compressive force upon the second glass material, which improves the strength of the glass fiber.
US07963124B2
A method for producing an optical fiber that includes a method for producing an optical fiber, said method comprising: (i) drawing a bare optical fiber from a preform along a first pathway at a rate of at least 10 m/sec; (ii) contacting said bare optical fiber with a region of fluid in a fluid bearing and redirecting said bare optical fiber along a second pathway as said bare optical fiber is drawn across said region of fluid cushion; (iii) coating the bare optical fiber; and (iv) irradiating said coated fiber in at least one irradiation zone to at least partially cure said coating, while subjecting the optical fiber to UV light.
US07963118B2
A vapor-compression heat exchange system for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack. The system includes employing an evaporator coil mounted to an outlet door cover, which is hingedly affixed to an air outlet side of the rack, as well as refrigerant inlet and outlet plenums and an expansion valve also mounted to the outlet door cover and in fluid communication with the evaporator coil. The evaporator coil includes at least one heat exchange tube section and a plurality of fins extending therefrom. Respective connect couplings connect the inlet and outlet plenums in fluid communication with a vapor-compression unit which includes a compressor and a condenser disposed separate from the outlet door cover. The vapor-compression unit exhausts heat from refrigerant circulating therethrough.
US07963110B2
In various embodiments, systems for providing a constant electrical output from a compressed gas energy storage and recovery system include a hydraulic-pneumatic energy storage and recovery system configured to provide a varying pressure profile at least at one outlet, a hydraulic motor-pump in fluid communication with the outlet, and a control system for enabling the constant electrical output by controlling at least one of pressure, piston position, power, flow rate, torque, RPM, current, voltage, frequency, or displacement per revolution.
US07963106B2
In a method and an apparatus for the defined regeneration of a sooty surface, in particular a ceramic sensor surface, in which the soot particles adhering to the surface are burned off by a dielectrically hindered discharge by of a discharge device, power of the dielectrically hindered discharge is set such that a higher rate of removal of the soot particles than their rate of deposition on the surface is effected, after the regeneration phase, the remaining soot deposit is detected by a measuring device mounted on the surface, wherein an undefined state of the sensor surface does not occur, and the discharge device and the measuring device may be mounted very compactly on one or two ceramic substrate elements.
US07963105B2
An exhaust purification system includes a catalyst disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine; a fuel pump that supplies fuel to a common rail; an exhaust-side fuel injection valve that is interposed in the exhaust path so as to be located upstream of the catalyst and injects into the exhaust path the fuel supplied from the fuel pump; and estimation section that estimates a clogging degree of an injection port of the exhaust-side fuel injection valve on the basis of fluctuations in pressure of the common rail and those in revolution speed of the internal combustion engine at the time of fuel injection by the exhaust-side fuel injection valve.
US07963092B2
A trimmer includes a working head having a housing and a handle that extends outwardly from a rear end of the housing, at least one wheel mounted on the rear end of the housing, a support element for supporting the working head that is located below the housing and mounted on the housing through a shaft, a cutting element coupled to the housing coaxial with the support element, and a cutting height adjustment device which is respectively connected with the at least one wheel and the shaft for adjusting a cutting height of the trimmer via movement of the at least one wheel and the shaft to which the support element is coupled relative to the cutting element. In this manner, no matter the cutting height, a cutting surface of the cutting element can be ensured to be substantially parallel to the ground.
US07963088B2
A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.
US07963081B2
A roofing system formed of a plurality of support members secured to a load bearing roof deck. A plurality of roofing panels are positioned on the support members and are oriented to form overlapping joints between the panels. Sealant is positioned within the overlapping joints of the panels. A compression bar is positioned over the overlapping joints and is secured to the overlapping joints and support member by a fastener arrangement.
US07963072B2
The present invention includes a system or kit of injection molded panels and other components having integrated connectors which combine together to form an enclosure, preferably in the form of a gazebo. The support posts, roof rafters, roof supports, roof panels and walls are formed of injection molded plastic to interlock with one another without the need for separate I-beam connectors. The system incorporates a minimum number of components to construct a gazebo type enclosure by integrally forming connectors in to the injection molded components and panels. This minimizes the need for separate extruded or molded connectors to assemble the enclosure. The symmetry of the support posts, roof rafters, roof supports, roof panels and other components also minimizes the shapes of the components and simplifies construction of the gazebo.
US07963070B2
Certain example embodiments relate to a window assembly for a vehicle. A slidable window panel includes at least one top pin and at least one bottom pin attached thereto. A single fixed window panel includes a hole defined therein for receiving the slidable panel. An elongated upper rail includes first and second upper rail channels defined therein for slidingly receiving the at least one top pin attached to the slidable panel. An elongated lower rail includes first and second lower rail channels defined therein for slidingly receiving the at least one bottom pin attached to the slidable panel. The upper and lower rails are connected to the fixed panel. The first upper rail channel and the first lower rail channel are provided at a first depth and the second upper rail channel and the second lower rail channel are provided at a second depth. The slidable panel is substantially flush with the fixed panel when closed, but is slightly inwardly and laterally movable when being opened. Safety features may include, for example, teeth provided to the upper and/or lower elongated rails of the window assembly and/or a downwardly extending flange provided to the upper rail of the window assembly. Water management features may include, for example, one or more sealing bulbs provided to the window assembly and/or a draining recess or channel provided to the lower rail of the window assembly.
US07963067B2
A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a liquid-containing medium and a gas comprises a medium inlet and a medium outlet and a flat heat exchanger mat, wherein the mat comprises a number of parallel, equidistant capillaries of heat-conducting material and wires of heat-conducting material which are attached in heat-conducting contact to the capillaries, extend in transverse direction relative thereto and have a mutual distance in the order of magnitude of the diameter of the wires, wherein gas can flow along the wires for heat exchange between this gas and the medium flowing through the capillaries, and wherein the gas flows along the mat and at least a substantial part of the gas is prevented from flowing through the mat, and the gas flows in longitudinal direction of the wires.
US07963061B2
A magazine plug is configured to be positioned in a magazine of a shotgun to reduce the shotshell capacity of the shotgun. In one embodiment, the magazine plug has an elongated cross-sectional shape. The magazine plug is configured to rotate between a first orientation where the magazine plug can move longitudinally into and out of the magazine and a second orientation where the magazine plug is prevented from moving longitudinally out of the magazine.
US07963060B2
A product display device includes a support frame, a plurality of placard devices, a pair of carousel display devices and a messaging unit disposed between the pair of carousel display devices. The placard devices, the carousel display devices and the messaging unit providing an integrated display of products to prospective consumers. The messaging unit including a removable interactive display for providing at least one of textual, graphic, image, pictorial and visual illustrations and representations of product information and promotional information to prospective customers.
US07963054B2
A coupling apparatus having a device for automatic connection of power lines, in particular of hydraulic lines, for the attachment of working tools to a tool mount of a excavator boom by means of a quick-action coupling, wherein, in order to connect the tool mount to the working tool, the quick-action coupling has a hook connection and a blocking unit with a movable bolt element which is operated by an actuating unit. Supply connecting pieces are fixed to the tool mount, and the corresponding power take-off connecting pieces of the working tool are fixed on a mount, which is mounted on the working tool such that it can move between a moved-forward position and a drawn-back position, wherein the mount has a driver piece for engagement with an operating element which is coupled to the movable bolt element. When the blocking unit is closed, the power take-off connecting pieces are connected to the corresponding supply connecting pieces and, when the blocking unit is open, they are detached from the supply connecting pieces.
US07963044B1
A construction level with modular detachable sections is herein disclosed. In its detached state, the level resembles a conventional two-foot level with the typical three bubble vials indicating levelness at angles of zero degrees (0°), forty-five degrees (45°), and ninety degrees (90°). If levelness over a larger distance is required, one (1) or both detachable end portions of the level are attached using sliding joints thus allowing the device to extend to a four (4) foot length. The attaching joints allow for the extension without a loss of accuracy. Each end piece has its own bubble vial to verify levelness at any point along the device. In such a manner, the device may also be used as a one-foot torpedo level. The use of the modular construction level allows for the accuracy and precision of a long level with the convenience and usability of a shorter level.
US07963032B2
A fitting head has a sleeve receptacle and a widener, the fitting head being displaceable forward/backward in the direction of the longitudinal axis of a wire. Also arranged on the fitting head are a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter generates a curtain-like beam that is positioned between the sleeve receptacle and the widener and can be measured by the receiver. Like the sleeve receptacle and the widener, transmitter and receiver are displaceable forward/backward in the longitudinal axis of the wire, during the forward movement the wire fitting or sleeve being fitted onto the wire and during the backward movement the sleeve being positionally measured. The movement of the fitting head is measured by a stationary measuring head and a scale that moves together with the fitting head. During evaluation of the measurement results, fitting faults are detected.
US07963030B2
Disclosed is a multilayer wiring board in which a copper foil is bonded by a thermocompression bonding onto an insulating layer having a bump for interlayer connection buried therein, and the copper foil and the bump are electrically connected to each other. The copper foil is provided with an oxide film having a thickness of 50 Å to 350 Å on a surface in contact with the bump and an insulating layer. In a manufacturing process, for example, an oxide coating of the copper foil to be subject to the thermocompression bonding is removed by acid cleaning, and then an oxide film having an appropriate thickness is formed by irradiating the copper foil with ultraviolet light. Consequently, reliability in electrical connection between the copper foil and the burn is adequately ensured, while achieving sufficient mechanical connection strength between the copper foil and the insulating layer.
US07963028B2
A method for producing alloy wheels for motor vehicles in which each wheel is provided with a hub and a rim contemplates realizing a finishing operation with a cutting machine tool, measuring the unbalance of the wheel, checking whether the unbalance falls within the predetermined acceptability values by means of a control unit and issuing a signal related to the acceptability of the unbalance.
US07963027B2
A manufacturing method of a switch device having changeable distances involves uniformly arranging more than two throws on the same circumference and then fixing the throws onto corresponding circular carriers. Included further is fixing a number of throws on the inner cylinder surface of a flat cylinder plate body, and fixing the poles in cylinder shape on to the top of the carrier in a cap shape which can be worn on the tip of a single finger. One end of the lead wires is connected to respective throws and pole, the other end is connected to the pin of the interface of the controlled object by fixing or inserting in order to form the switch device. Distances between the throws and the poles are variable.
US07963025B2
A stator for an inner rotor type motor includes a stator core 1, insulating members 10 and winding wire 3, 4. The stator core 1 includes: four divisional core elements 6 each integrally formed by setting up one tooth 2 to one yoke portion 8; and four divisional yoke elements 7. A rotor opening 11 is formed on top portions of the teeth 2 by arranging the divisional core elements 6 so that the teeth 2 are radially disposed. Four slots 9 are formed by respectively arranging the divisional yoke elements 7 between the yoke portions 8 of the adjacent divisional core elements 6. The winding wire 3, 4 is wound on the teeth 2. An inner surface of each yoke portion 8 is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the corresponding tooth 2 while the insulating member 10 is provided on side surfaces of each tooth 2.
US07963024B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic data recording. The method allows an upper write coil to be formed directly on a conformally deposited layer of non-magnetic material such as alumina which has been deposited over a magnetic shaping layer and write pole. The method allows the write coil to be constructed without the need for the deposition of a thick alumina fill layer and subsequent chemical mechanical polishing. This, therefore, avoids the necessity of such a chemical mechanical polishing step.
US07963023B2
An electrical lapping guide for a magnetic tape head is provided with a resistive transverse stripe with a longitudinal height affixed to a substrate. A pair of leads extend from the stripe with a notch formed therebetween. The notch has a height corresponding to a lapping target limit for associated tape head elements. During material removal of the transverse stripe and the tape head elements, resistance is measured across the stripe and a dramatic increase in resistance indicates that the material removal has reached the notch. A method for accurately machining a magnetic tape head is provided by depositing tape head elements and a resistive stripe with a notch on a substrate. Resistance is measured across leads on either side of the notch for discontinuing machining of the stripe due to a dramatic increase in resistance.
US07963022B2
A method of swaging a head gimbal assembly (HGA) to an actuator arm comprises positioning a tubular element on the HGA adjacent a hole in the actuator arm; restraining the subassembly; providing a rod formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA), the SMA having a martensitic phase at a low temperature and an austenitic phase above a phase transition temperature that is higher than the low temperature, the rod having an initial diameter that is smaller than diameters of the tubular element and the hole; extending the rod through the tubular element and hole; heating the rod above the phase transition temperature such that the rod expands to a second diameter that is greater than the initial diameter to plastically deform the HGA and swage together the HGA and actuator arm to form an assembly; cooling the rod and removing the rod from the assembly such that the rod returns to the initial diameter.
US07963021B2
An inductor embedded in a substrate, including a substrate, a coil electrode formed by filling a metal in a spiral hole formed on the substrate, an insulation layer formed on the substrate, and an external connection pad formed on the insulation layer to be connected to the coil electrode. The inductor-embedded substrate can be used as a cap for a micro device package by forming a cavity on its bottom surface.
US07963020B2
A method and machine for manufacturing foam parts are provided. The method generally includes cutting a plurality of sections across the width of the base sheet, engaging and reorienting at least one portion of each section, and joining the portions of each section in a desired configuration to thereby form a plurality of parts. The portions can be engaged by actuator assemblies operating in successively adjacent work spaces across the width of the base sheet to simultaneously produce a plurality of similar parts. In some cases, each part includes at least one portion that is reoriented relative to another portion, such as by rotating one of the portions or adjusting one of the portions to a position that is offset from the plane of the section.
US07963019B2
A roll-forming process for the manufacture of a structural member can be used in the manufacture of an automotive vehicle. The roll-forming process creates a component that has multiple cells with an integral internal web separating the cells, enhancing the strength, rigidity and stiffness of the component for any given size and shape. The roll-forming process starts with a piece of sheet metal and rolls the sheet metal into a desired shape and then rolls the tube back over on itself to create a second cell with the internal reinforcing web positioned between two structural cells of the beam. The rolled form is then welded into the formed shape to create the structural beam. The two cells of the beam can be the same general size or be formed as completely disparate sizes, depending on the design requirements of the structural member.
US07963018B2
A method and apparatus is provided for separating two or more annular members such as bead assemblies or bead and apex assemblies. First, a flexible member is inserted into the annulus of the annular members. Next, the flexible member is inflated until the outer surface of the flexible member contacts the inner diameter of the annular member. Then the flexible member is axially expanded until the annular members are separated. Then the flexible member is deflated so that the annular members can be removed.
US07963016B2
A method of fabricating a circular-shaped metal structure includes the steps of (a) rotating a pipe around an axis thereof, the pipe being composed of a plastic-workable metal, (b) moving a jig towards the pipe in a direction perpendicular to the axis until the jig makes contact with an outer surface of the pipe, and compressing the jig onto the pipe, (c) moving the jig in a direction in parallel with the axis with the jig being compressed onto the pipe while the pipe is kept rotated, (d) measuring a thickness of a wall of the pipe during the step (c), and (e) adjusting a pressure with which the jig is compressed onto the pipe, in accordance with the thickness measured in the step (d).
US07963013B2
A truss assembly apparatus includes a plurality of movable fastener securing devices. A controller moves the fastener securing devices to position the fastener securing devices in a selected pattern to provide for assembly of a truss. The apparatus includes a powered conveyor arrangement that moves the trusses through the apparatus during the assembly process.
US07963009B2
A top end stop is provided to adjoin a fastener element row, and a projecting portion is formed on an inner side face of a main body such that the projecting portion projects sideway, so as to form a concave portion in which a flange of a slider invades. A projecting piece thinner than the projecting portion is located in the concave portion such that the projecting piece extends from a contact face of the projecting portion to the inner side face of the main body in a triangular shape while its front end is inclined. Consequently, the flange presses the top end stop against a tape face by sliding of the slider, the top end stop itself is reinforced, the longitudinal pulling strength is improved, and a step between the main body and the projecting portion is smoothed, whereby a top end stop favorably tactile to the skin is produced.
US07963006B2
A device configured to maintain an electric circuit in a fixed position during an overmolding process comprises a wire retainer configured to hold the electric circuit taut and in a fixed position while being molded within a molded item. The retainer has a first end and an opposite second end, and includes a first bushing defining a mounting hole for the molded item extending along a width axis. The built-in bushing includes front and back surfaces configured to be aligned and substantially co-planar with the front and back surfaces of the molded item. The device also includes a first securing member configured to secure a portion of the electric circuit to the retainer within the molded item, to hold the electric circuit in a fixed position within the molded item during the overmolding process.
US07963003B1
A user-configurable replacement control knob for use on a household appliance, such as a stove. The control knob can be used to replace originally-supplied control knobs and allows individuals to tailor the aesthetics of the appliance to suit their preferences. The knob is user-configurable for control rotational direction by installing one of a plurality of uniquely configured indicator inserts into a receptacle on the forward side of the knob. The knob may also be adapted to interface with differing appliance control shaft configurations by inserting one of a plurality of torque inserts into a receptacle on the rearward side of the knob. Decorative faces on the knobs are visually fashioned in various color schemes and tactilely shaped to resemble various decorative forms that may be used to enhance or accent an overall kitchen décor. The replacement control knob provides the same function as a standard appliance control knob and allows appliance control knobs to be used as room decorating accessories.
US07963002B2
A hinge comprising two pivoting elements adapted to hingedly join two articles, each pivoting element including attachment means for attaching to an article; wherein when attached to the two articles the hinge is rotatable with respect to the articles.
US07963001B2
A door hinge has a bottom bracket and a bottom bracket mounting rib extends from the bottom bracket. A piston has a piston housing and a piston extension connecting in telescopic connection to the piston housing. The piston housing is connected to the bottom bracket at a bottom bracket mounting rib ball joint. The door bracket extension extends from the door bracket. A connection between the door bracket extension and the piston connector is a door bracket extension ball joint. An intermediate connector is connected to the door bracket at an intermediate door bracket joint, wherein the intermediate door bracket joint is a swivel joint. The top bracket is connected to the intermediate connector at a top bracket axle.
US07962998B2
A roller support assembly is used to support sliding doors, windows or the like. The assembly includes a housing member having spaced apart side walls and interconnecting transverse walls defining a roller receiving zone for receiving and operationally mounting a roller assembly. The roller assembly has a roller body with a rolling peripheral rim and a shaft whereby the roller body is rotatable relative to the shaft having short stub axle parts. The housing side walls including openings that are fully enclosed by the side walls into which the short stub axle parts fit. The housing side walls further include projecting elements extending inwardly from an inner surface of a housing side wall to cooperate with the corresponding roller body side wall surfaces to spay the housing side walls apart as the roller assembly is moved into the roller receiving zone to locate the stub axle parts in the openings.
US07962994B2
A vacuum electronic switch detection system allows multiple user selectable vacuum modes to be chosen with only one micro-controller input available for performing the multiple selectable modes. The switch detection system provides multiple voltage ratio control signals indicative of multiple switch position possibilities.
US07962990B2
Embodiments of the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for cleaning a substrate using scrubber brushes. One embodiment of the present invention provides a substrate cleaner comprises two scrubber brush assemblies movably disposed in a processing volume. The two scrubber brush assemblies are configured to contact and clean opposite surfaces of a substrate disposed in the processing volume. The substrate cleaner also comprises a positioning assembly configured to simultaneously adjust positions of the two scrubber brush assemblies, wherein the positioning assembly makes substantially the same amount of adjustment to the first and second scrubber brush assemblies in mirror symmetry.
US07962986B2
A device for insertion in a high-heeled shoe has a first crescent shaped raised area in a region underlying the forward edge of a wearer's heel bone and a second raised area underlying the metatarsals of the wearer is described. Also described is a method for constructing a shoe using the device and the resulting shoe.
US07962984B2
Variable-use tubular pillows having attachable and detachable ends and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a tubular pillow in accordance with the subject matter disclosed herein may include a pillow body having first and second ends being opposed to one another and being attachable to and detachable from one another. The pillow body forms a tube shape having a central tunnel when the first and second ends are attached. Further, the tubular pillow may include a removable cover for covering the pillow body.
US07962983B2
A universal evacuation pod is deployed either from a storage location on top of a mattress of a bed or from a canister mounted on a wall. The pod includes straps to hold it in place on top of a mattress, and a chamber accessible by opening opposed side zippers which, when open, facilitate access to portions of the pod that are laterally deployed in advance of inflation. The pod is inflated by a small gas cylinder. The portions of the pod pulled laterally outwardly from the chamber include straps that may be pulled over a person between them to hold the person in place. They may also include handles allowing the pod to be easily gripped for transport. Additional straps may be provided to facilitate carrying or dragging the inventive pod.
US07962978B2
A comforter set includes a comforter piece having a peripheral edge, a comforter bag, and a fastening arrangement. The comforter bag has two cover layers overlapping to form a receiving cavity and an attachment edge. The fastening arrangement includes a plurality of first fasteners spacedly provided along an outer side of the peripheral edge of the comforter piece, and a plurality of second fasteners spacedly provided along an inner side of the attachment edge, wherein the second fasteners are detachably fastened with the first fasteners respectively to fittingly retain the comforter piece in the receiving cavity of the comforter bag at a position that the attachment edge is alignedly covered on the peripheral edge in an edge-to-edge manner to substantially pull the peripheral edge close to the attachment edge.
US07962976B2
A laundry stain and soil pretreatment sheet including a water soluble or water dispersible carrier layer, preferably polyvinyl alcohol, a removable separator layer, and a layer of cleaning agent composition therebetween. The separator layer is removed, the composition layer is adhered to a stain on clothing, and the clothing is laundered to treat the stain. The carrier layer dissolves or disperses during the laundering. A method of treating a stained or soiled area of a fabric using the sheet is also disclosed.
US07962975B2
A mechanism for mounting a foldable-bed unit in an article of furniture is described. A pair of mounting plates each including a first and second bracket is mounted on opposite ends of a cavity in the article of furniture. The brackets include a U-shaped slot configured to accept a fixture having an enlarged head. A retaining tab is included within one or more of the brackets to retain the fixture therein. The first brackets are located rearwardly of the second brackets and at an angle such that the slot therein is tilted forwardly. The second brackets are oriented to provide a generally vertical orientation to the slots therein. A foldable-bed unit having fixtures corresponding to each of the brackets is installed into the article of furniture by inserting corresponding fixtures into the first brackets. The foldable-bed unit is rotated to insert the remaining fixtures into the second brackets.
US07962971B1
A headband is positionable in a generally horizontal orientation. The headband has a front left panel and a front right panel. Each of the front panels has a lower edge stitched to the headband at a forward extent. Each of the front panels has a forward edge stitched together over a central extent above a central region of the headband. Each of the front panels has a vertically extending rearward edge. The headband has a left rear panel and a right rear panel. Each of the rear panels has a forward edge stitched to a rearward edge of a front panel. Each of the rear panels has a free rear edge and free lower edge. The lower and rear edges of the rear panels are adapted to be positioned rearwardly in a first orientation and forwardly in a second orientation.
US07962970B2
An ear warmer comprises a frame disposed within a cavity of a shell. The frame includes a band portion and an ear portion. The ear portion includes an inner side disposed adjacent a head of a user when the ear warmer is worn by a user. In one embodiment, the ear portion is curved toward the inner side of the ear portion. In one embodiment, the ear portion is configured to flex when the ear warmer is disposed on a head of a user.
US07962967B2
Methods and systems for transmitting a torch angle and/or a torch-to-workpiece distance error to a welding operator when these parameters are outside of a preset optimal range via real time visual and/or audio cues are provided. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to weld characteristic communication via intuitive arrays of visual indicators located on the periphery of a lens, which indicate to the welding operator the direction and severity of the torch angle error. In one embodiment, audio cues, such as pulsed or continuous tones may be used to communicate torch-to-workpiece distance to the welding operator. In certain embodiments, vertical visual indicator arrays may be used to indicate additional weld or auxiliary information, such as battery charge state, torch speed and so forth, to the welding operator. All the components of the communication system may be located in or on the welding helmet or the components may be split between the helmet and a belt pack.
US07966665B1
A method, system, and computer program product for detecting and enforcing compliance with access requirements for a computer system in a restricted computer network. A compliance validation configuration file is created for the computer system. A maintenance service utility is configured to launch a compliance validation executable file at a specified time during operation of the computer system. A digital hash is generated for the compliance validation executable file and for the compliance validation configuration file. A determination is made if the computer system or a computer system user is a member of a configured restricted group. If the computer system or the computer system user is a member of a configured restricted group, a determination is made if a directory site code for a subnet of the restricted computer network to which the computer system is connected corresponds to a configured and allowed site. If the directory site code does not correspond to a configured and allowed site, compliance with access requirements are enforced. Enforcement actions can include a forced logoff of the computer system user, and/or a forced shutdown of the computer system.
US07966650B2
In embodiments of the present invention, improved capabilities are described for a method presenting a client, providing client information and requesting an IP address from a DHCP server, where the DHCP server may formulate a first IP assignment and a first multiple DHCP options. A policy management facility may be associated with the interception of the first IP assignment and the first multiple DHCP options, which may result in the first IP assignment and the first multiple DHCP options not being sent to the client. The method may send client information to the policy management facility. The policy management facility may formulate a second multiple DHCP options and may send it to the DHCP server. The DHCP server may change first IP assignment and first multiple DHCP option to a second IP assignment and the second multiple DHCP options. The second IP assignment and the second multiple DHCP options may then be forwarded to the client.
US07966648B2
The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for authorizing services. A method includes receiving a set of data relating to Quality of Service (QoS) pre-authorization, and conditionally processing subsequent QoS configuration requests based at least in part on the pre-authorization information. Depending on the pre-authorization information corresponding to a QoS configuration request, the request may be granted, denied, or result in sending of a request for authorization.
US07966642B2
A method for providing adaptive video compression includes encoding a video stream in a first compressed format, storing the video stream in a storage device, retrieving the video stream from the storage device, decoding the video stream, encoding the video stream in a second compressed format, and storing the video stream in the storage device. Systems and other methods for providing adaptive video compression are also disclosed.
US07966639B2
A digital broadcast receiver and data broadcast content processing method are disclosed. The method uses Program Associated Data (PAD) and includes receiving PAD-based broadcast contents; selecting one of the PAD-based broadcast contents to be stored; storing the selected PAD-based broadcast content in a state existing at the time of selection; selecting a stored PAD-based broadcast content for reproduction; and reproducing the PAD-based broadcast content selected for reproduction. As a result, reproduction of a stored audio broadcast can be delivered with the same level of service as real-time audio broadcast reception.
US07966634B2
A method for information exchange, comprises the steps of producing information transmissions in a broadcast standard; sending the information live from a studio; digitizing the sent data and then transmitting the digitized data via satellite as IP multicast packets; receiving the data by a TV decoder and feeding them into a data and/or communications network; installing software on a data processing equipment, like PCs or workplace computers, in which the software, after the data processing device has been connected to the data and/or communications network, permits receiving of information transmissions and use of at least part of the functions furnished by the information transmission; dialing via a portal to access an information transmission; and using the functions furnished by the information transmission via communications connections between the data processing equipment and studio for an interactive information exchange.
US07966629B2
An optical disc device includes a conductive member of a bezel assembly with openings formed by a plurality of parting lines, and gaskets are attached to the upper and lower sides of the conductive member using conductive adhesion bond.
US07966624B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an application linked against a first application binary interface (ABI), providing an ABI wrapper associated with the application, and binding the application to a native message passing interface (MPI) library using the ABI wrapper and the profiling message passing interface (PMPI). Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07966610B2
The present invention provides a method and system for optimization of an intermediate representation in a graphical modeling environment. A first intermediate representation is provided. At least one optimization technique is applied to the first intermediate representation. A second intermediate representation is generated responsive to the application of the at least one optimization technique to the first intermediate representation.
US07966600B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a distributed resource understanding tool. In one embodiment of the invention, a distributed resources understanding tool data processing system can include an IDE configured for operation in a local development platform coupled to a remote host, a local implementation of a resource understanding tool coupled to the IDE, a remote implementation of the resource understanding tool associated with the remote host, and resource understanding tool synchronization logic. The logic can include program code enabled to invoke the local implementation of the resource understanding tool, further invoke the remote implementation of the resource understanding tool, combine results sets produced by each of the local and remote implementations of the resource understanding tool to produce a composite results set, and render the composite results set in the IDE.
US07966583B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and techniques for determining the effect of process variations. During operation, the system can receive a layout which includes multiple instances of a pattern. Next, the system can correct the pattern instances using different photolithography process models which model the photolithography process at different exposure and focus conditions. Next, the corrected layout can be printed on a wafer. The system can then perform electrical tests on the wafer, or it can measure the critical dimensions of the features on the wafer. The yield loss or the exposure-focus matrix can then be generated by using the test data or the measurement data.
US07966581B2
Method and apparatus for constructing and operating an integrated circuit in an electronic device. In some embodiments, a generic service layer is integrated in a three dimensional integrated circuit and tested using a testing pattern stored in a non-volatile memory. The generic service layer is reconfigured to a permanent non-testing functional component of the integrated circuit.
US07966580B2
A process-model generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: forming a test pattern on a film to be processed by exposing a test mask having a mask pattern formed thereon; generating a plurality of process models having a different model parameter; performing a simulation of the mask pattern by using each of the process models to predict a plurality of model patterns; calculating a difference in dimension between the test pattern and each of the model patterns; extracting a model pattern in which the difference in dimension from the test pattern is within a scope of specification from the model patterns; and specifying the process model, which predicts the extracted model pattern, as the mask pattern.
US07966572B2
In an implementation of user interface transition, a user interface logon page is displayed with selectable logon controls that each have a corresponding user-identifiable indicator. A transition from the user interface logon page to a user interface desktop page is initiated in response to a selectable logon control being selected. The transition displays the user-identifiable indicator corresponding to the selectable logon control uninterrupted throughout the transition, and the user-identifiable indicator corresponding to the selectable logon control is displayed on the user interface desktop page.
US07966568B2
A remote control method and system embody a graphic user interface. The present invention includes a remote controller having a touch pad and a digital television having a GUI. That is, a viewer can select a menu displayed on the digital television by using the touch pad. It is thus possible to overcome control limitations of the remote controller, namely complexity of the rapidly-developed functions of the television. In addition, the viewer can watch menus displayed on the screen of the digital television, operate the touch pad and execute a wanted control operation. As a result, the viewer can easily conveniently control the digital television through simple operations of the remote controller.
US07966564B2
Embodiments of a web page optimization system are described. The system utilizes an accumulated body of visitor data regarding interaction with one or more web pages to determine an optimized web page to display to a visitor. Various types of session data, including network traffic data for the client computer, demographic information about the visitor, and general and specific session data of other visitors in similar browsing sessions are defined and compiled. Continuous full-path optimization from initial visitor interaction with the web page is provided through a visitor context analysis component that analyzes certain parameters related to how the visitor has accessed the web page. A real-time web page optimizer component introduces variations in one or more features of a web page to create a new web page, conducts structured tests of the new web page, compares the performance of the web page with one or more known served web pages and removes from presentation eligibility those pages with inferior performance. This facilitates real-time decision making of which web page to serve to a visitor based on an accumulated visitor context. It further allows the authoring of web pages that are optimized with respect to eliciting a desired user interaction with the web page.
US07966563B2
This invention relates to a system for organizing, storing, retrieving and displaying spatially related images where such images may also be relatable within time or image modality parameters. The system includes a dynamically manipulable user interface capable of visually depicting one or more images in a registerable manner, and also depicting the orientation of the image or images in relation to the surrounding neighborhood. The inventive system provides for display of panoramic image sequences consisting of multiple rows with multiple images per row, or image sequences consisting of only a single image. In a preferred embodiment, images taken from the same perspective at different times can be overlaid, and the user manipulates the display to perform real-time compare and contrast between images. In an alternate embodiment, the registered images include those created by means of different imaging modes or modalities such as, for example, visible light images and thermographic images.
US07966551B2
Requesting and receiving image files associated with media content. The received image files are stored such that an identifier value associated with the media content is stored in the filenames of the received image files. The invention determines which of the image files is associated with specific media content by searching for the identifier value of the specific media content in the filenames of the image files.
US07966550B2
Data stored in non-volatile storage is decoded using iterative probabilistic decoding. An error correcting code such as a low density parity check code may be used. In one approach, initial reliability metrics, such as logarithmic likelihood ratios, are used in decoding sensed states of a set of non-volatile storage element. The decoding attempts to converge by adjusting the reliability metrics for bits in code words which represent the sensed state. Soft data bits are read from the memory if the decoding fails to converge. Initial reliability metric values are provided after receiving the hard read results and at each phase of the soft bit operation(s). In one embodiment, a second soft bit is read from the memory using multiple subsets of soft bit compare levels. While reading at the second subset of compare levels, decoding can be performed based on the first subset data.
US07966549B2
The correction of errors in the transport and processing of qubits makes use of logical qubits made up of a plurality of physical qubits. The process takes place on a spatial array of physical qubit sites arranged with a quasi-2-dimensional topology having a first line of physical qubit sites and second line of physical qubit sites, where the first and second lines are arranged in parallel, with the sites of the first line in registration with corresponding sites in the second line. Between the first and second lines of physical qubit sites are a plurality of logic function gates, each comprised of a first physical qubit gate site associated with a first physical qubit site in the first line, and a second physical qubit gate site associated with the physical qubit site in the second line that corresponds to the first physical qubit site. The temporal process comprises a number of steps to achieve movement of the qubits in the array to bring pairs of all the data and ancilla qubits to respective logic function gates over the course of a number of clock cycles. Then achieve the logic operation between each pair of data and ancilla qubits. Move the qubits in the array to bring all the data and ancilla qubits to respective sites where they can be read out. And, using the values of the ancilla qubits read out to correct errors arising in the data qubits they have been gated with.
US07966548B2
In a system for parity encoding data using a low density parity check (LDPC) code, a rate-compatible, irregular LDPC code is generated by extending a base code using a constrained edge growth operation and a parity splitting operation. The base code is a “daughter” code having an encoding rate higher than a designated rate of the LDPC code. The daughter code is progressively extended to lower and lower rates such that each extension code (including the target LDPC code) is compatible with the previously obtained codes. The extension operation may involve introducing a set of new code symbols to the daughter code, by splitting check nodes of a base graph associated with the daughter code, and through constrained edge growth of the base graph. The LDPC code is used to parity encode a data message as a means for forward error correction across a communication channel.
US07966546B2
Data stored in non-volatile storage is decoded using iterative probabilistic decoding. An error correcting code such as a low density parity check code may be used. In one approach, initial reliability metrics, such as logarithmic likelihood ratios, are used in decoding sensed states of a set of non-volatile storage element. The decoding attempts to converge by adjusting the reliability metrics for bits in code words which represent the sensed state. Soft data bits are read from the memory if the decoding fails to converge. Initial reliability metric values are provided after receiving the hard read results and at each phase of the soft bit operation(s). In one embodiment, a second soft bit is read from the memory using multiple subsets of soft bit compare levels. While reading at the second subset of compare levels, decoding can be performed based on the first subset data.
US07966541B2
A signal encoding method and device and a method for encoding a joint feedback signal are provided. The signal encoding method includes the following steps. When two carriers are configured with multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO), Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) signals of the two carriers are combined into a joint feedback signal. The joint feedback signal is mapped into a codeword according to a predetermined mapping relationship between signals and codewords. Therefore, through the method for combining and encoding feedback signals of two carriers for transmission on a code channel in a dual cell (DC)-MIMO mode, bit error ratio (BER) and detection error cost are decreased, power overhead is saved, and a cubic metric (CM) value of the system is not affected, thereby enhancing the performance of the system.
US07966540B1
A method of operating a communication system to communicate with a plurality of wireless devices comprises determining a first shape for a first wireless signal to reach the plurality of wireless devices, transmitting the first wireless signal encoded with a first communication to the plurality of wireless devices, receiving an acknowledgment from a first device of the plurality of wireless devices indicating that the first device received and decoded the first communication, determining a second shape for a second wireless signal to reach a second device of the plurality of wireless devices, and transmitting the second wireless signal encoded with error correction information for the first communication to the second device of the plurality of wireless devices.
US07966534B1
A method of detecting an error when loading a programmable integrated circuit (IC) can include detecting a predetermined bit pattern indicating a start of a bitstream within the programmable IC, starting a timer within the programmable IC responsive to detecting the predetermined bit pattern, and determining whether a bitstream load complete condition has occurred prior to expiration of the timer. When the timer expires prior to an occurrence of the bitstream load complete condition, at least one recovery action can be implemented.
US07966529B2
A system and method for testing a plurality of memory blocks in a System on Chip (SOC) design uses two Test Access Ports (TAPs); a user TAP and an EDA tool TAP, to provide instructions and test data to the SOC. The system includes a glue logic block, a secured logic block and a memory testing module. The glue logic block selects the user TAP at the outset of the testing phase. The secured logic block is coupled with the user TAP and generates a TAP selection signal, which controls the selection of the EDA tool TAP. The memory testing module is used to carry out the process of testing the memory blocks when the EDA tool TAP is selected.
US07966521B2
A test case manager selects a first test case and a second test case from a plurality of test cases. The test case manager provides the first test case to a first processor and provides the second test case to a second processor. As such, the first processor executes the first test case and the second processor executes the second test case. After the execution, the test case manager loads the first test case onto the second processor and loads the second test case onto the first processor. In turn, the first processor executes the second test case and the second processor executes the first test case.
US07966520B2
A system is provided for controlling a right to use a computational component, comprising (a) a backup computational component 102 associated with a primary computational component 150, wherein when the primary computational component is in an operational mode the backup computational component is in a standby mode; (b) an activation agent 154 operable to determine when the primary computational component is no longer in the operational mode; (c) a timer 126 associated with the backup computational component; and (d) a mode setting agent 124 operable to permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is not zero and to not permit the backup computational component to change to the operational mode when the value of the license error timer is zero.
US07966510B2
A system and method for dynamic frequency adjustment for interoperability of differential clock recovery, comprising: a frequency generator for receiving a frequency reference clock signal and generating a plurality of frequency signals, the plurality of frequency signals being output from the frequency generator and each having a different frequency; a flexible distributor for receiving the plurality of frequency signals from the frequency generator, and transmitting selected frequency signals; and a plurality of differential units, each for receiving the selected frequency signals, applying a differential signal to the selected frequency signals, adding time stamps to the selected frequency signals, and outputting respective time stamped differential selected frequency signals.
US07966508B2
A mode-switching system, comprising plural switches, a timer, and a controller, is provided. The mode-switching system switches an operation mode of a first unit to one of normal and power-saving modes. The plural switches separately correspond to plural specific functions. Each of the specific functions is carried out when the corresponding switch is switched on. The timer clocks the elapsed time since the switching operation is carried out for any of the switches. The controller switches the operation mode to the power-saving mode from the normal mode when the elapsed time exceeds a threshold value determined for the switch for which the latest switching operation has been carried out. The threshold value is determined individually for each of the switches.
US07966504B2
A system and method for operating system power management in a computing device for power over Ethernet (PoE). Computing devices such as portable computers or embedded devices having an operating system (OS) can leverage power management features in an OS. Power management state information such as user parameters, computing device parameters, application parameters, IT parameters, network parameters, etc. can be used to generate power requests that are acted upon by power sourcing equipment.
US07966493B2
A method of and system for intercepting a transaction instantiated by a database application to determine if an electronic signature is necessary to commit the transaction to the database is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises calling an application program interface to raise an event in response to a triggering action generated by the database application; initiating a workflow process that executes a rule to determine if an electronic signature is required to approve the transaction; and if execution of the rule results in a determination that an electronic signature is required for the transaction, instantiating a signature collection process. Some embodiments further comprise obtaining an electronic signature in response to the signature collection process and thereafter, verifying the electronic signature and updating a filed of the electronic record to indicate a valid signature was collected if the electronic signature is verified.
US07966492B1
A system and method allows a recipient to authenticate an e-mail message to ensure that the message came from its purported source and was not altered or was highly unlikely to be altered.
US07966485B2
Gaming machines and systems having a universal interface layer linking a gaming platform to a hardware platform are disclosed. In particular, the universal interface layer is configured such that the gaming platform is hardware platform independent and such that the hardware platform is gaming platform independent. Platform independence can facilitate the interchangeability of one platform without a corresponding need to modify the other platform. The gaming platform can include various gaming modules and an operating system, while the universal interface layer can include firmware, various additional gaming modules, hardware specific drivers and various APIs to facilitate communication between the gaming platform and other universal interface layer components. A safe storage manager can be included to utilize a non-volatile storage component to store data regarding a gaming machine state, with the state being recoverable after a substantial interruption to the machine.
US07966479B1
An instruction processing circuit includes a decoder circuit, a basic block builder circuit, a multi-block builder circuit, first and second predictor circuits, and a sequencer circuit, where the sequencer circuit is operable, in a first environment, to cause the first predictor circuit to generate a prediction for a particular conditional branch op concurrently with the second predictor circuit generating a prediction for another particular conditional branch op, where the sequencer circuit is also operable, in a second environment, to cause the first predictor circuit to generate a prediction for the particular conditional branch op sequentially with the second predictor circuit generating a prediction for the another particular conditional branch operation.
US07966477B1
A method and apparatus for power optimized replay. In one embodiment, the method includes the issuance of an instruction selected from a queue. Once issued, the instruction may be enqueued within a recirculation queue if completion of the instruction is blocked by a detected blocking condition. Once enqueued, instructions contained within the recirculation queue may be reissued once a blocking condition of an instruction within the recirculation queue is satisfied. Accordingly, a power optimized replay scheme as described herein optimizes power while retaining the advantages provided by selectively replaying of blocked instructions to improve power efficiency.
US07966476B2
A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for decoding an instruction in a variable-length instruction set. The instruction is one of a set of new types of instructions that uses a new escape code value, which is two bytes in length, to indicate that a third opcode byte includes the instruction-specific opcode for a new instruction. The new instructions are defined such the length of each instruction in the opcode map for one of the new escape opcode values may be determined using the same set of inputs, where each of the inputs is relevant to determining the length of each instruction in the new opcode map. For at least one embodiment, the length of one of the new instructions is determined without evaluating the instruction-specific opcode.
US07966472B2
A method of managing a memory having stored elements that are organized in a hierarchy, each having a header containing individual identity information and a body containing data, the identity information of each element being encoded on a plurality of bits each of which can take a first value or a second value. The identity information of each element is obtained by repeating the identity information of an element constituting a direct antecedent of the element in question in the hierarchy, and in said identity information of the antecedent, by changing the value of a first value bit that follows the last second value bit in a direction for reading the identity information.
US07966471B2
A storage controller of the present invention can input and output data even when the track size, which is the host management unit, is not consistent with the block size of the storage device. A boundary correction unit adds gap data corresponding to a gap size to data in a buffer memory so that the boundary of the track and boundary of the block inside the storage device match. A guarantee code is added to each logical block received from the host, and these guarantee code-appended blocks are stored in a cache memory. By providing a gap in the storage device every 116 extended logical blocks, the start position of the lead block of a track matches up with the start position of the logical blocks of the storage device.
US07966469B2
A memory system, in particular a buffered memory system, e.g., a fully buffered memory system, a method for operating a memory system, and a device for use with a memory system is disclosed. The memory system may include a first buffered memory module, and a second buffered memory module, wherein the first and the second buffered memory modules are adapted to be accessed in parallel. According to a further embodiment of the invention, a device is provided which is adapted to map consecutive accesses to the first or the second memory module to a parallel access of both the first and the second memory module.
US07966466B2
Access to memory address space is controlled by memory access control circuitry using access control data. The ability to change the access control data is controlled by domain control circuitry. Whether or not an instruction stored within a particular domain, being a set of memory addresses, is able to modify the access control data is dependent upon the domain concerned. Thus, the ability to change access control data can be restricted to instructions stored within particular defined locations within the memory address space thereby enhancing security. This capability allows systems to be provided in which call forwarding to an operating system can be enforced via call forwarding code and where trusted regions of the memory address space can be established into which a secure operating system may write data with increased confidence that that data will only be accessible by trusted software executing under control of a non-secure operating system.
US07966463B2
Provided is a control method for an asynchronous remote copy system, the method including: fixing data in a secondary volume; determining a certain area in the secondary volume that contains data required to be copied to a primary volume from the secondary volume in which the data is fixed; copying the data in the certain area to the primary volume; and swapping the primary volume and the secondary volume for restarting the asynchronous remote copy.
US07966461B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for programming functions of a display. The apparatus comprises a memory, a programming device, and a program code checking unit. The memory is for storing a program code. The programming device coupled to the memory is for reading the program code with a predetermined length from the memory. The program code with the predetermined length is part of the program code. The program code checking unit coupled to the programming device is for checking whether the program code with the predetermined length is consistent with a predetermined state, and for selectively generating a control signal. Under control of the control signal, the programming device determines whether to write the program code with the predetermined length into a memory of the display.
US07966459B2
A phased transactional memory (PhTM) may support a plurality of transactional memory implementations, including software, hardware, and hybrid implementations, and may provide mechanisms for dynamically transitioning between transactional memory modes in response to changing workload characteristics; upon discovering that the current mode does not perform well, is not suitable, or does not support functionality required for particular transactions; or according to scheduled phases. A system providing PhTM may be configured to transition from a first transactional memory mode to a second transactional memory mode while ensuring that transactions executing in the first transactional memory mode do not interfere with correct execution of transactions in the second transactional memory mode. The system may be configured to abort transactions in progress or to wait for transactions to complete, be aborted, or reach a safe transition point before transitioning to a new mode, and may use a global mode indicator in coordinating transitions.
US07966455B2
A method, apparatus and program product enable scalable bandwidth and memory for a system having processor with directly attached memory. Multiple memory expander microchips provide the additional bandwidth and memory while in communication with the processor. Lower latency data may be stored in a memory expander microchip node in the most direct communication with the processor. Memory and bandwidth allocation between may be dynamically adjusted.
US07966452B2
A cache memory processing system is disclosed that is coupled to a main memory and a processing unit. The cache memory processing system includes an input, a low order bit data path, a high order bit data path and an output. The input is for receiving input data that includes at least one low order input bit and at least one high order input bit. The low order bit data path is for processing the at least one low order input bit and providing at least one low order output bit. The high order bit data path for processing the at least one high order input bit and providing at least one high order output bit. The high order bit data path includes at least one exclusive or gate. The output is for providing the at least one low order output bit and the at least one high order output bit.
US07966441B2
A server having remote peripheral device access functions for accessing different types of peripheral devices located on a remote host, such as USB, SATA and IDE devices. The remote device access function is implemented in the IPMI section of the server. The IPMI section is connected to a bridge of the server, and communicates with the bridge using a single predetermined communication protocol, such as the PCI protocol, regardless of the type of the peripheral devices being remotely accessed. An application on the remote host communicates with the IPMI section of the server to transmit the data generate by or to be consumed by the peripheral device using a predetermined network protocol.
US07966436B2
A data transmitter includes: a packetization unit receiving primary data from a data processor and packetizing the primary data; a high-speed transmission unit transmitting a data packet obtained from the packetization to a display device in a high-speed mode; and a low-speed transmission unit relaying and transmitting secondary data between the data processor and the display device in a low-speed mode. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit and receive data rapidly and efficiently.
US07966433B2
A method for enhancing performance of data access between a personal computer and a USB Mass Storage is provided. The personal computer is equipped with a plurality of layers of drivers regarding USB data access, and a lower layer of the layers of the drivers includes a USB Bus Driver. The method includes: monitoring commands sent from an operating system (OS) file system to an upper layer; and when a command sent from the OS file system to the upper layer is utilized for accessing data of a data amount that is greater than a predetermined threshold value, omitting a portion of a plurality of IRPs, automatically generating a plurality of replies for replying to the omitted IRPs, and altering at least one IRP of remaining IRPs in order to correctly access the data with a lower IRP count, wherein the plurality of IRPs is associated with the command.
US07966429B2
Peripheral devices store data in non-volatile phase-change memory (PCM). PCM cells have alloy resistors with high-resistance amorphous states and low-resistance crystalline states. The peripheral device can be a Serial AT-Attachment (SATA) or integrated device electronics (IDE) PCM solid-state disk or a Multi-Media Card/Secure Digital (MMC/SD) card. A peripheral PCM controller accesses PCM mass storage devices containing PCM memory chips that form a mass-storage device that is block-addressable rather than randomly-addressable. SATA, IDE, or MMC/SD transactions from a host bus are read by a bus transceiver on the peripheral PCM controller. Various routines that execute on a CPU in the peripheral PCM controller are activated in response to commands in the host-bus transactions. A PCM controller in the peripheral controller transfers data from the bus transceiver to the PCM mass storage devices for storage.
US07966426B2
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and UI modifications for existing applications are used to implement efficient methods for taking content offline with full synchronization, incremental synchronization, in the case of document libraries per-folder synchronization, and the like. The APIs provide support for synchronizing changes to attachments, the ability to download a document library's complete contents or only a list of the available documents, and read-only folder hierarchy replication in the case of document libraries. These abilities coupled with corresponding user interface features enable easier browsing and searching of large document library structures, making edits to those documents offline, being able to see an up-to-date version of those documents in a preview mode, and receiving reminders when offline edits remain on the local computer and need to be updated to a server.
US07966419B2
A method of managing traffic in an ad hoc network determines local data traffic levels at a node, and uses the local data traffic levels to define a criteria. The criteria is applied to a microutility associated with the data sample to determine if the data sample should be propagated, temporarily delayed or dropped.
US07966397B2
Included are systems and methods for capturing screen data. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving an indication of a communications session, wherein the communication session is associated with screen data and determining screen data to capture. Some embodiments include capturing data related to the screen data and uploading the captured data to a remote location.
US07966393B2
A method of verifying the transmission of audio content in a media stream may comprise receiving from a server a portion of a media stream having a first audio file format, processing the media stream portion to obtain data values, and determining if any of the data values fall outside of a pre-determined range of data values. A system for verifying the transmission of audio content may comprise a computer connected to a server over a network, and the computer may be adapted to receive from the server a portion of a media stream having a first audio file format, process the media stream portion to obtain a set of data values, determine the highest absolute data value of the set and compare the highest absolute data value to a data value corresponding to audio silence.
US07966390B2
A load test apparatus includes a computer which is implemented with an operating system having a window management function, and can be connected to a network device to be tested through an information network, and a terminal emulation program used to direct a computer to perform a first function for providing an execution environment in an MDI system of an application in a plurality of virtual terminals in a first window, and a second function capable of generating a plurality of second windows which cannot be discriminated by the window management function in the first window by managing independently from the operating system the second window generated in the first window. The terminal emulation program is executed by the computer to access to the network device from the plurality of virtual terminals, thereby conducting a load test.
US07966388B1
A network management system and graphical user interface for configuring a network connection between first and second service access points utilizes a configuration manager and information manager to provide a generic set of models so that different manufacturer's nodal processors and other network hardware can be inserted into the network with minimal changes to the software which controls the device. The system comprises an information manager including routing information for the network. The configuration manager operates to establish a connection across each subnet on the route by sending requests to element managers to program the subnet elements.
US07966381B2
Methods and apparatus related to context management in a networked environment are provided. According to one aspect, a technique is provided for facilitating communication between a client and a context management (CM) server, comprising establishing a network connection between the client and the CM server to enable communication, and maintaining the connection for the period of time during which the context is maintained. According to another aspect, a requested change in at least one aspect of a context is facilitated by publishing a change decision from the context management server to the participant applications. In another aspect, a technique is employed to verify that a remote application is emulated on the same client as at least one other application in a context by receiving from the client and the remote application server information that uniquely identifies the client. In a further aspect, a technique is employed for verifying that two remote applications are emulated on a same client by receiving information from the remote applications that uniquely identifies the client on which they are emulated.
US07966380B2
Provided are a method, system, and program for forwarding a message from a transmitting node. A first message is received encoded using a first communication protocol from the transmitting node, wherein the first message includes a direct reference to a memory location in one node. A determination is made as to whether the first message is directed to a receiving node using a second communication protocol. A second message is generated that is compatible with the second communication protocol, wherein the second message causes an operation to be performed with respect to the direct reference in the first message. The second message is transmitted to the receiving node.
US07966379B2
In-band event polling mechanism. A master device may initiate a polling transaction to poll at least a subset of a plurality of slave devices for event information. In response to the polling transaction, at least one of the subset of slave devices may transmit event information to the master device. The event information may correspond to at least one of a plurality of asynchronous event types. If the event type associated with the received event information is an event notification for an embedded processor of the master device, the master device may forward the event information to the embedded processor. Otherwise, if the event type associated with the received event information is an event notification for a device external to the master device (e.g., a host processor), the master device may translate the event information to a protocol associated with the event type and forward the event information to the external device.
US07966369B1
A device of and method for collecting and disseminating information over at least one computer network is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user to link to at least a portion of said digital information associated with said second user and for the second user to link to at least a portion of said digital information associated with said first user, at least one manipulations module for manipulating said digital information stored in said at least one database, and at least one display device associated with each of the at least first user and second user for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information to each of said at least first user and second user, wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated.
US07966365B2
A device management system and a device management command scheduling method in the system, wherein the device management system comprises a server for generating a device management scheduling context including a device management command and a condition to execute the device management command and then transmitting the generated device management scheduling context to a terminal, and the terminal provided with a first module for receiving the device management context from the server, a second module for scheduling a device management by setting the device management command and the condition to execute the device management command using the received device management scheduling context, a third module for monitoring whether the condition is satisfied together with an on/off state of power, and a fourth module for executing the scheduled device management command according to the result of the monitoring, whereby it is possible to prevent a failure of performing the device management due to power-off.
US07966359B2
A Frequency discriminator based on a combination of Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) operator and half-bin DFT operator, corresponding to a set of Twiddle factors with frequency double than the sampling frequency. The frequency estimators are so chosen as not to have any zero or discontinuity point. Therefore the discriminator of embodiments of invention is more stable and well-behaved in an extended operating range. The discriminator of the invention, when applied to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, allows a safer lock to the carrier frequency, even in presence of a large initial error, and avoids the problem of false locks.
US07966358B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to determining an approximate number of instances of an item for an organization. According to one embodiment, instances of items that reside on computer systems associated with the organization are determined. Instances of the same item can reside on different computers and an identification uniquely identifies an item. Random numbers are associated with identifications of the items. An approximate number of instances of the item is determined based on a highest random number associated with the item. The highest random number is the highest of the random numbers that were generated for the instances of the item.
US07966356B2
A method is provided for managing, in a computer system, design of a database system having a set of schemata. The method includes, in a first computer process, extracting dependencies from the database system and identifying the set of schemata. The method further includes, for each specific schema in the set of schemata, creating in a second computer process a partition that, in turn, contains a further partition for each element of the specific schema, so as to establish a hierarchy of partitions in accordance with the structure of the set of schemata. The method also includes storing a representation of the database system including subsystems, dependency relationships among the subsystems, and the hierarchy of partitions. Finally, the method includes providing a graphical output from the computer system, based on the stored representation, in which appears a display of the subsystems in a hierarchy of partitions within a dependency structure matrix, such matrix graphically indicating the dependency relationships among subsystems. Related apparatus and computer products are also provided.
US07966349B2
In an embodiment, data is partitioned into partitions, which are divided into levels. The levels are ordered by creation times of the levels. A request is received at a current partition, which includes a key that identifies a field in a record and a value for the key. A determination is made whether the value exists in the field in the current partition. If the determination is false, a message is sent from the current partition to a next-older partition, and the message instructs the next-older partition to move the record with the value from the next-older partition to the current partition. If the determination is true, the record with the value in the field is moved from the current partition to a next-newer partition if the next-newer partition sent the request, and the record is deleted from the current partition.
US07966346B1
Updating a set of items is disclosed. A set of items is received. The set of items is partitioned into groups. Group dependency information for the groups is calculated. Optionally, a dependency report is produced. Optionally, groups are updated. Optionally, change impact analysis is performed.
US07966341B2
Techniques are provided maintaining data that indicates for a plurality of query terms whether the plurality of query terms are date-qualified query terms. A query is received, and in response to receiving the query, the query is inspected to determine that the query contains a particular date-qualified query term. Then it is determined that the particular date-qualified query term has been associated with a plurality of dates, and it is determined which of the plurality of dates with which to associate the date-qualified query term for the query, based at least in part on the frequency with which each particular date of the plurality of dates has been associated with the particular date-qualified query term.
US07966340B2
A system and method of massively parallel data processing are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes generating an interpretation of a customizable database request which includes an extensible computer process and providing an input guidance to available processors of an available computing environment. The method further includes automatically distributing an execution of the interpretation across the available computing environment operating concurrently and in parallel, wherein a component of the execution may be limited to at least a part of an input data. The method also includes automatically assembling a response using a distributed output of the execution.
US07966337B2
A system and method for prioritizing a fetch order of web pages. The method comprises extracting by a web crawler a set of candidate web pages to be crawled. Each web page in the set of candidate web pages is associated with a website in a computer network. A determination is made to determine if a first website score for the website is in a website score database. The first website score is associated with web pages in the set of candidate web pages if the first website score exists in the website score database. The set of candidate web pages is prioritized with respect to an associated website score for each web page in the candidate set of web pages. Content is retrieved from the set of candidate web. Hyperlinks are extracted from the content. The hyperlinks are stored in a memory unit.
US07966336B2
A data structure is described that comprises a balanced binary tree and a binary heap, which may be utilized for combinatorial searching algorithms. For instance, solutions for performing a task, such as a print job or the like, are associated with nodes that are utilized to generate the data structure. Each node is associated with a quality indicator that describes a most optimal solution that may be reached through the node when traversing the binary tree. The binary heap is generated from a subset of the nodes in the tree, wherein each node in the subset has a quality indicator value that is within a predefined range of a best known solution quality. The binary heap is sorted according to a search effort indicator value for each node, where nodes that are more easily reached in the tree are placed higher in the heap to facilitate rapid identification.
US07966334B1
Information retrieval systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items of interest to a user of a computer-based data repository, where the items are presented in the form of lists generated by other users. Users of a data repository may generate lists of items from the repository that are accessible by other users. In various embodiments, users generating lists may add supplemental commentary about the items and other personalizing information. The information retrieval systems and methods store the user-generated lists for future presentation to other users. The online activities of a user of the data repository are monitored, and, in response to the user indicating an interest in an item, one or more lists determined to be similar to the indicated item are presented to the user.
US07966324B2
A system and method for personalizing a search results mix based on a user's search history. A system monitors the types of search results that the user frequently accesses. A default search results page can then be modified according to the frequency in which the user accesses certain search results. The modified search results page can then be presented to the user upon the submission of a search request.
US07966321B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a remote device a search query, generating a local result set and one or more non-local result sets for the search query, determining a display location for the local result set relative to the non-local result set based on a position of the search query in a local relevance indicium.
US07966320B2
A system and associated method for searching a service registry system with a service name. The service registry system receives a request to search a service description with the service name. The service registry system first searches a registry for a service identifier that matches the service name in the request, and if there is no matching service identifier, the service registry system composes at least one candidate service name from synonyms of respective component words that are comprised by the service name. The service registry system performs another search in the registry with said composed candidate service name for all composed candidate service names and service descriptions associated with any match are returned.
US07966317B2
Making a report with an authenticated image includes certifying an imaging time of an image captured by a portable terminal with a camera with an objective time to authenticate image information. A report making program for making a work report is downloaded in the portable terminal by a Web browser from a web server. Report data such as an image and information inputted according to the report making program is sent from the portable terminal to the web server. The web server transfers the report data to a document management program. The document management program automatically sorts the report data according to an information category of the report data and stores the report data. The imaging time of the image information included in the report data or the image information contained in the report made based on the report data is authenticated with a reference time of the web server.
US07966311B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for processing queries. One embodiment of the invention provides a system for executing complex procedural queries across a plurality of databases. The system includes: a query processor capable of partial execution of procedural queries; a set of database adaptors capable of optimizing or and referring collections of queries to external databases; and a query cache component in communication with the query processor and the set of database adaptors. The query cache component stores the results of external database queries in a query cache and notes when a query has not been stored and records the same query.
US07966309B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes receiving from a remote device a search query, generating a plurality of different category-directed result sets for the search query, determining an order for the plurality of category-directed result sets based on the search query, and transmitting the plurality of category-directed result sets to the remote device, in a manner that the result sets are to be displayed in the remote device in the determined order.
US07966307B2
A document search apparatus capable of an index-type search and a scan-type search performs a search in a combination of the two search types while compensating for the disadvantages of the two search types with each other. A search query for index-type search and a search query for scan-type search are constructed based on a search query consisting of a logical formula of keywords. Then, a character 2-gram for performing an index search is set to shorten the whole search time, and the index-type search is performed. Finally, a scan-type search is performed on this search result of the index-type search.
US07966296B2
Provided are a storage system, a storage controller and a data compression method that will not deteriorate the performance of a storage system by adjusting the compression processing time required for compressing data. This storage controller includes a statistical information management unit for managing a throughput value decided based on statistical information of previously compressed file data as a system performance value, a mode setting unit for setting a compression mode of either a system performance priority mode that terminates compression of the file data and gives priority to system performance or a compression priority mode that gives priority to compression of the file data based on a comparison between a system performance target value preset as a target value and the system performance value, and a compression controller for compressing the file data based on the compression mode set with the mode setting unit.
US07966291B1
A repository contains objects including facts about entities. Some objects might be associated with the same entity. An object merge engine identifies a set of merge candidate objects. A grouping module groups the merge candidate objects based on the values of facts included in the objects. An object comparison module compares pairs of objects in each group to identify evidence for and/or against merging the pair. Evidence for merging the pair exists if, e.g., the objects have a type in common or share an uncommon fact. Evidence against merging the pair exists if, e.g., the objects have differing singleton attributes. A graph generation module generates graphs describing the evidence for and/or against merging the pair. A merging module analyzes the graphs and merges objects associated with the same entity. The merged objects are stored in the repository.
US07966281B2
According to an example embodiment, a technique may be provided for managing a label data base of which each entry comprises a data field for insertion into a respective packet in a multicast transmission and a validity field. The technique may include, for example, (a) establishing a fixed size for a cluster of labels, (b) associating with each cluster a pointer to another cluster, (c) establishing a sentinel cluster of which all entries are indicated to be invalid and of which the cluster pointer points to this sentinel cluster, (d) establishing a root table which defines the number of replications of the packet in a multicast group and identifies a first label cluster associated with the multicast group and (e) establishing a chain of clusters of which each cluster which is full of valid entries points to the next cluster in the chain and the last cluster which contains valid entries points to the sentinel cluster.
US07966274B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern identification and pattern recognition. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to implement specific pattern recognition configurations for individual pattern recognition applications. In some implementations, the present invention also provides for a partition configuration where knowledge elements can be grouped and pattern recognition operations can be individually configured and arranged to allow for multilevel pattern recognition schemes.
US07966266B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating cost estimates. In one implementation, a cost estimation system includes cost object metadata describing a mapping between functions at a cost estimation system and corresponding functions at a cost evaluation system. Based on the metadata, the cost estimation system determines whether a cost object requires evaluation in the cost evaluation system and, based on that determination, provides an evaluation request for the cost object to the cost evaluation system. In response to the evaluation request, the cost estimation system receives cost data determined by the cost evaluation system and calculates the cost estimate.
US07966257B2
A method is used in a system that includes a financial service provider coordinating accounts issued by an issuer to cardholders requesting credit from merchants. The method can be performed by a merchant sending a transmission to its acquirer including a request for a transaction against one account to which the merchant receives a denial or prior to receiving such a denial. The merchant then requests information from the financial service provider who responds by sending the requested information, upon which the merchant determines whether to extend the credit. When the method is performed by a financial service provider, in response to the denial received by one merchant or prior to such denial, the financial service provider receives a transmission from the merchant including a request for information about the account. In response, the financial service provider sends the merchant the requested information.
US07966241B2
A stock method for objectively quantifying the feeling, or market sentiment, of a company's stock (or the market as a whole) in a data-driven and transparent manner that serves as a standardized tool useful to investors and stock market analysts in gauging such items as inflated or deflated price values resulting from varying levels of market sentiment.
US07966236B2
Methods and systems for real time margin management are provided. A margin inquiry request from a user is processed in real time. Such a margin inquiry request may include a real time on-demand margin inquiry. In addition, a margin inquiry request may also correspond to a hypothetical margin inquiry.
US07966235B1
A method providing automatic allocation of a spending limit value among a plurality of recipient departments is disclosed. A spending plan, comprising a plurality of spending limit values, is created. Each spending limit value is associated with a department from among a plurality of departments. A first selected department is identified as a source for allocation of a first spending value. One or more recipient departments are identified as recipients of an allocation of the first spending value. The first spending value is then automatically allocated among the recipients under a specified allocation model, resulting in creating a plurality of allocated spending limit values that are associated with one of the recipient departments. As a result, delay in preparing spending plans is reduced because allocations are rapidly, automatically computed and distributed to department plans. Further, visibility of allocations is improved, enhancing management awareness of allocation values that are beyond the control of a recipient department.
US07966234B1
A method for providing users with financial reports over a computer network, comprising the steps of: storing respective financial performance data for each of a plurality of securities, each security underlying one of a plurality of structured securities transactions sold by issuers to investors; maintaining an electronic site on the computer network to which the users may connect; receiving search criteria over the computer network from at least one of the users for identifying at least a subset of the financial performance data; retrieving the subset of financial performance data identified by the search criteria, at least some of the subset of financial performance data being arranged in a time series; and providing at least one electronic screen to the at least one user over the computer network, the at least one screen including the subset of financial performance data.
US07966227B2
The present invention relates to a configuration system for configuring and ordering a chemical separation system, which configuration system comprises a configuration tool, a database comprising data relating to chemical separation hardware modules and the linkage of said hardware modules. Said configuration system enables a user in real-time to obtain a customized configuration of the chemical separation system. The present invention also relates to a method of selling a customized chemical separation system using said configuration system. The present invention system and method considerably shorten the time required for customizing a chemical separation system.
US07966214B2
The invention comprises a method for achieving consideration of preemptive priorities within a supply chain optimization model. More specifically, the invention provides a method of allocating resources to a hierarchy of demand priorities in a linear programming production planning system. In particular, the invention aggregates the demand priorities into different priority groups and allocates the resources to the highest priority group of demand priorities using a first linear programming model. Next, the invention allocates remaining resources to the next highest priority group of demand priorities using a second linear programming model. The second linear programming model uses results from the first linear programming model. The invention continues this process by iteratively repeating the process of allocating remaining resources to the remaining groups of demand priorities, in order of priority. The system and method were employed to integrate the consideration of preemptive prioritization of customer demands with an advanced planning system for optimizing established planning objectives (e.g. customer service, short lead times, low inventory, and prioritized allocation of supply and capacity) to compute a feasible production plan for the division.
US07966213B2
In one embodiment, a method that can be performed on a system, is provided for automatic review of travel changes and improved suggestions and rules set. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating an aggregate of travel history data based on one or more travelers, the data including changes made to travel selections of an itinerary following an initial purchase of the travel selections; receiving a request for travel options in relation to a requested travel itinerary; and generating a first set of travel options for the requested travel itinerary, based at least in part on the aggregate of travel history data, the first set of travel options to result in a cost lower than a second set of travel options, if changes are made to selected travel options of the requested travel itinerary following an initial purchase of the selected travel options.
US07966203B1
A pre-screening or application risk assessment score may be calculated based on data accumulated during an insurance application process to more effectively segment risks at the point of application. The application data may be used as a substitute for, or in addition to, the applicant's credit score as an accurate measure of risk on the policy. In general, this pre-screening risk assessment score may be particularly useful for segmenting risks during the application and underwriting process for insurance policies that typically require a measurement of risks contributed by both the property and the applicant before the policy is written. More specifically, the score may be used during the underwriting process for property insurance policies. In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a method is useful for segmenting risks associated with an insurance coverage determination for property that typically requires a physical inspection, for example, real property.
US07966191B2
An audio encoder (109) has a hierarchical encoding structure and generates a data stream comprising one or more audio channels as well as parametric audio encoding data. The encoder (109) comprises an encoding structure processor (305) which inserts decoder tree structure data into the data stream. The decoder tree structure data comprises at least one data value indicative of a channel split characteristic for an audio channel at a hierarchical layer of the hierarchical decoder structure and may specifically specify the decoder tree structures to be applied by a decoder. A decoder (115) comprises a receiver (401) which receives the data stream and a decoder structure processor (405) for generating the hierarchical decoder structure in response to the decoder tree structure data. A decode processor (403) then generates output audio channels from the data stream using the hierarchical decoder structure.
US07966190B2
In one embodiment, a channel in a frame of the audio signal is subdivided into a plurality of blocks, and at least two of the blocks have different lengths. An optimum prediction order for each block is determined based on a permitted prediction order and a length of the block.
US07966182B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for using context-sensitive speech recognition logic in a computer to create a software program, including context-aware voice entry of instructions that make up a software program, automatic context-sensitive instruction formatting, and automatic context-sensitive insertion-point positioning.
US07966174B1
A system for recognizing patterns is disclosed. Grammar learning from a corpus includes, for the other non-context words, generating frequency vectors for each non-context token in a corpus based upon counted occurrences of a predetermined relationship of the non-context tokens to identified context tokens. Clusters are grown from the frequency vectors according to a lexical correlation or a cluster tree among the non-context tokens. The cluster tree is used for pattern recognition.
US07966172B2
A natural language tool is provided for specifying a subset of data. The data may be dynamic and have elements which are inter-related. The natural language tool enables a user to construct a natural language expression having embedded fields to specify the subset of data. A user may configure, add and remove fields within the expression. The natural language expression contains at least two configurable fields having a tiered relationship. The fields may be associated with type-ahead functionality and menu culling, field manipulation indicators to configure the number of fields in an expression, and matching data count information for a field or the entire expression.
US07966158B2
The measurement apparatus includes a distortion correcting unit configured to generate a plurality of correction signals by correcting the plurality of signals using a distortion coefficient which is stored in the apparatus, a square-root of sum of squares arithmetic unit configured to calculate a square-root of sum of squares of the plurality of correction signals, a first normalizing unit configured to generate a plurality of first normalized signals by dividing each of the plurality of correction signals by the square-root of sum of squares, and a phase arithmetic unit configured to calculate the position of the object based on the plurality of first normalized signals.
US07966153B2
An intelligent irrigation rain sensor for use in an irrigation system comprises a rain sensor unit and a sensor control unit. The rain sensor unit has a rain catcher reservoir with an open top for receiving rainwater with an internal volume for holding water and tapers into a funnel. At least one droplet detector is positioned directly below the funnel opening that contacts the water droplets from the funnel. The droplet detector includes detection electrodes for sensing a change in an electrical property being monitored by a detection control in the sensor control unit and for discriminating phantom droplets from rain. Upon exceeding a rain threshold amount over measurement time period, the intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a rain signal to the irrigation controller. The intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a corresponding dry signal to the irrigation controller after a drying period has elapsed.
US07966152B2
A method for automatically monitoring the performance of equipment includes compiling current operating conditions associated with current conditions (PMc). A historical database including a plurality of stored operating conditions and associated stored performance measure (PM*) is searched, each stored operating condition including at least one stored sensor reading, wherein at least one similar operating condition is identified in the search using distances between the current operating conditions and the stored operating conditions. The performance measure (PM*) associated with the similar operating condition is fit to generate a regression model. The regression model is applied to the current operating condition to generate an estimate for the performance measure for the current operating condition (PMe). A difference between PMc and PMe is computed. The first difference is compared to a predetermined threshold, wherein a warning is automatically generated if the first difference has a value greater than the predetermined threshold.
US07966145B2
An integrated circuit is provided, which includes at least one external input, a power supply and a plurality of elementary components, each having at least one internal input and at least one internal output. The circuit further includes at least one test unit having an AND gate, each input of which is connected to an internal output of one of the elementary components and an output of which is connected to the power supply via a resistor.
US07966134B2
The present invention provides systems and methods to use a measured driving-point response of a nonlinear material to determine one or more elastic properties of the material. The present invention takes advantage of the full information represented by the transient component, the steady-state component, the anharmonic components, and the nonlinear response components of a measured driving-point response of a real nonlinear material, without limitation in the use of large-amplitude forces. The elastic properties are determined by forming and solving a time-domain system of linear equations representing a differential equation model of the driving-point motions of the material. Based on a single, short duration, large-amplitude driving point measurement, both linear and nonlinear properties can be determined; both large-amplitude and near-zero amplitude properties can be determined; and elastic-wave speed and elastic moduli and their variation with depth can be determined.
US07966130B2
A method for fluorophore bias removal in microarray experiments in which the fluorophores used in microarray experiment pairs are reversed. Further, a method for calculating the individual errors associated with each measurement made in nominally repeated microarray experiments. This error measurement is optionally coupled with rank based methods in order to determine a probability that a cellular constituent is up or down regulated in response to a perturbation. Finally, a method for determining the confidence in the weighted average of the expression level of a cellular constituent in nominally repeated microarray experiments.
US07966127B2
The invention provides a vehicle motion control device capable of realizing optimum avoidance control in the case of an emergency. The vehicle motion control device includes an external environment detection unit for detecting external environment, and a travel state detection unit for detecting a travel state of a driver's vehicle. An obstruction is detected based on the external environment detected by the external environment detection unit, and an environment map indicating obstructions is created. A control device estimates a plurality of possible avoidance actions for avoiding an obstruction based on the environment map and the travel state of the driver's vehicle detected by the travel state detection unit. The control device estimates collision damage according to each avoidance action estimated by the avoidance action estimation unit, and selects an appropriate avoidance action based on the estimated collision damage. The control device controls a vehicle such that the selected avoidance action is carried out.
US07966124B2
A navigation method applied to a navigation device is used to display navigation information according to a traveling direction of the navigation device. The navigation information frame displayed is dynamically adjusted according to the traveling direction of the device, and in particular, the display position of the current position and the display scale of a corresponding displayed section of the navigation map are dynamically adjusted, so as to provide much more navigating route information and the points of interest in the identical size display area of a navigation information.
US07966122B2
A system and method for providing to a user a candidate list of flight plans that specify one or more planned routes of flight from one location to another location, such routes satisfying certain criteria. These criteria include ranking the candidate list of flight plans according to the probability that the flight plan may be allowed or cleared by a controlling authority based on historic cleared flight plans; further qualifying this list by considering only candidate flight plans cleared during specified weather conditions; or specified time periods; or requested speed and/or altitude and/or aircraft type of flight parameters. Various embodiments include providing the candidate list of flight plans to the user by means of a communication system that is composed of a combination of a wide-area network, a wireless network or the internet. Additionally, an embodiment includes providing the flight plan data to a global positioning system (GPS) of a user.
US07966102B2
Block loading may occur during the process of restoring an electrical grid after a blackout. A method and system for coordinating the loading of a combined cycle power plant to support block loading is provided. The power plant may include a gas turbine and a steam turbine. The method and system may provide load control loops, for the gas and steam turbine, which support block loading.
US07966092B2
A numerical controller with a program resuming function of acquiring program-resuming block data with which a machining program is resumed without producing a scratch on a workpiece. It is determined whether there are registered non-cutting commands. Whether all the registered non-cutting commands are analyzed is determined. Data of registered non-cutting command is read, and whether a block currently being analyzed includes a non-cutting command is determined. It is determined whether or not the registered non-cutting command is one in accordance with which data is acquired at a block start point. Program-resuming block data is acquired at the block start point or at a block end point, the acquired data is stored into a memory, and a process is completed.
US07966091B2
Thin-section slide samples are manufactured from respective embedding blocks containing a biological sample and held in an embedding cassette having imprinted thereon individual data. The embedding cassette is transported to a cutting position where an embedding block is cut into sheet-like thin sections, and the individual data is read out. Each of thin sections is flattened and transferred onto a substrate to form a thin-section slide sample. A memory part stores the individual data read out and a condition table into which is input manufacturing conditions for manufacturing the thin sections. Thereafter, it is evaluated whether or not each of the thin sections is prepared in accordance with the manufacturing conditions input into the condition table.
US07966082B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a calculating unit, whereon at least one part of the signals and a marking relating to the quality of the signals and an attribute relating to a current transmission frequency of the marking are attributed. The inventive signal also comprises a marking relating to the quality of the signals thereof, and an attribute relating to a current transmission frequency of the marking.
US07966079B2
Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a telemetry device. The remote monitoring center makes information concerning the individual system available through a website.
US07966076B2
A medical electrical lead adapted to stimulate a patient's cardiac plexus includes a flexible distal portion having a surface adapted to conform to an outer surface of an aortic region generally associated with the cardiac plexus. The distal portion can have one or more elongate members. Alternatively, the distal portion can have a generally planar portion. The distal portion is flexible such that it can be furled or otherwise compacted such that it can be delivered to a target stimulation site using a guide catheter or other delivery tool, such as a cannula.
US07966074B2
An apparatus to enhance muscular movement is provided. The apparatus includes at least one muscular movement sensor to sense a result of an attempt to move a muscle, a movement information controller to analyze the sensed muscular movement, and generate muscular movement information based on the analyzed muscular movements, and a muscular movement actuator to enhance the movement of the muscle according to the generated muscular movement information by actively controlling a deformation of the muscle movement actuator over the surface of the muscle.
US07966071B2
A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle (200), comprises selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion, and applying a non-excitory electric field (210) to the portion, which reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.
US07966069B2
An external programming system and method for implantable medical devices (IMDs) is disclosed. The external programming system includes a communication circuit, a display device, an input device, and a processor. The communication circuit is configured to link to an IMD to transmit or monitor IMD timing parameter settings. The display device is configured to display a textual representation of an IMD timing parameter setting and a specified IMD timing parameter limit, a graphical slide control comprising a movable feature indicating the IMD timing parameter setting, a graphical slide-control limit corresponding to the specified IMD timing parameter limit, and a graphical representation of physiologic information including a portion of said graphical representation aligned with the slide control movable feature. The input device is configured to adjust the movable feature in response to user input. The processor is configured to monitor or store an IMD timing parameter setting.
US07966062B2
In one aspect, a method for displaying closely proximate cardiac signals is provided and can include the steps of: (a) identifying one or more overlapping portions of a template signal and a data signal; (b) processing the overlapping portion so as to have a first color when displayed on a display; (c) processing the non-overlapping portion of the template signal to have a second color; (d) processing the non-overlapping portion of the data signal to have a third color; and (e) displaying the processed signals.
US07966045B2
A wireless local area network audio and video communication system with mobile units is provided, wherein mobile units are operated in a power saving mode and become active at selected intervals corresponding to the duration of audio and video signals forming audio and video data packets. In a preferred arrangement the mobile units have a digital signal processor that operates at different clock rates during different portions of the intervals.
US07966043B2
A method is provided for generating a beamformed multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel. The method comprises receiving by a first wireless station a first plurality of signals transmitted from a first antenna on a second wireless station, deriving by the first wireless station a second plurality of signals corresponding to a second antenna on the second wireless station from the first plurality of signals, computing first and second beamforming weighting vectors from the first and second plurality of signals, creating a beamformed MIMO channel between the first and second wireless stations using the first and second beamforming weighting vectors, and allocating a predetermined transmitting power to signals beamformed by the first and second beamforming weighting vectors.
US07966031B2
A method and system for dividing a signal push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session are provided. The method includes requesting, at a PoC client, session division to a participating PoC function (PF) of a PoC server that manages a PoC session to which the PoC client belongs; requesting, at the PF of the PoC server, the session division to a controlling PoC function (CF) of a PoC server; transmitting, at the CF of the PoC server, information necessary for a new PoC session to at least one PoC client that desires to participate in the new PoC session while requesting the session division; and connecting, at the PoC client which is to participate in the new PoC session, to a CF of a PoC server which manages the new PoC session through a CF of an existing PoC server to thereby participate in the new PoC session.
US07966030B2
The present invention provides a PoC portable terminal capable of performing edit and information addition on a display screen on which screen information relating to a group telephone conversation is displayed. When a push button of a key operation part 15 is pushed down, a portable terminal 1 becomes a master side. The portable terminal 1 displays pointer information of a marker, which is outputted by a pointing device part 18, on a display part 16. The portable terminal 1 transmits the pointer information from a radio part 14 to a PoC server. The PoC server sends the pointer information from the portable terminal 1 to other users' portable terminals in a group. If the pointer is moved, then the portable terminal 1 as a master side repeats the aforementioned processes.
US07966022B2
According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a system including a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform), and a V-SLP (Visited-SLP) having a V-SLC (Visited-SUPL Location Center) and a V-SPC (Visited-SUPL Positioning Center) for a location service, the method comprising: receiving, by the H-SLP, a request for positioning of a roaming terminal; transmitting, by the H-SLP, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter to the roaming terminal if one or more of location-based notification and verification are required as a result of checking a privacy of the roaming terminal; transmitting and receiving, by the V-SPC, messages with the roaming terminal for performing a positioning process if a positioning start message is received from the roaming terminal.
US07966018B2
The present invention concerns a method and system for optimizing transport efficiency between a Mobile Node and a Correspondent Node in a Mobile IP network. A short Mobile Node Identifier is assigned to the Mobile Node. A Mobile Node Identifier Destination Option header comprising the assigned Mobile Node Identifier is used instead of the prior art Home Address Destination Option header in subsequent packets between the Mobile Node and the Correspondent Node.
US07966016B2
To reduce the processing load and maintain higher security in the communications, a communication apparatus includes a network surveying unit configured to determine at least one of (1) an architecture of a network comprising the communication apparatus, and (2) the number of apparatuses on the network; and an alteration detecting unit configured to perform alteration detection processing on data packets received by the communication apparatus, the processing being based on the determination by the network surveying unit.
US07966013B2
LBS support to CDMA mobiles while roaming on another network. IS-801 session data is routed by a routing gateway to a correct visited network PDE that contains correct BSA data, which is used to return assistance data to an interrogating mobile device. A standalone exemplary roaming LBS routing gateway (XRG) provides network connectivity between PDE equipment in multiple carrier networks. Conventional LBS roaming support is defined via the use of Mobile Position Centers (MPCs). The invention implements a roaming LBS gateway to enable roaming between CDMA carriers that are only using a PDE (Positioning Determining Entity) for this purpose, since a mobile position center (MPC) is typically an optional network node according to location based services (LBS) specifications.
US07966012B2
Methods and systems for interfacing between broadband wireless communication systems and Local Area Network (LAN) systems includes a repeater station placed at a location that receives sufficient signal strength from a broadband wireless service provider. LAN devices interface with the broadband wireless service provider through the repeater station. The LAN devices are able to operate within the operating range of the repeater station. The repeater station includes a protocol converter that interfaces between a first protocol associated with the broadband wireless service provider, and one or more protocols associated with the devices. For example, and without limitation, the protocol converter converts between a first protocol associated with a Wide Area Network (WAN) service provider, such as a cellular telephone protocol, and one or more LAN protocols associated with the one or more devices. The one or more devices optionally include one or more wireless devices.
US07966011B2
At a mobile device, a total received power represents signals received from all access points. In order to calculate an appropriate transmit power for communication with a single access point, a mobile device determines a per sector received power level. The mobile device can ascertain a time-domain channel response from each access point pilot signal, ascertain a received digital power lever per sector from each access point pilot signal and, based in part on the digital power level, calculate a received power level from each access point. A per sector received power level can be utilized to conserve battery power and/or to reduce interference in a wireless communications network.
US07966007B2
A universal remote control interacts with a user to assist in training to one or more appliances. If the appliance is activated by a rolling code activation signal, a sequence of different rolling code activation signals is transmitted until the user indicates a successful transmission. If the appliance is activated by a fixed code activation signal, a fixed code word is used to generate and transmit each of a sequence of different fixed code activation signals until the user indicates a successful transmission. At least one of the sequences of activation signals inserts a preset amount of time after each activation signal transmission. If user input is not received within the preset amount of time, the next activation signal in the sequence is transmitted.
US07965990B2
An apparatus amplifies RF signals in a communication system by using a first directional coupler having at least two inputs and at least two outputs; at least two RF amplifiers, where an input of each RF amplifier is connected to a different one of the at least two outputs of the first directional coupler; and a second directional coupler having at least two inputs and at least two outputs, where each one of the at least two inputs is connected to an output of a different one of the at least two RF amplifiers. The at least two outputs of the second directional coupler are connected to at least two antennas, respectively.
US07965979B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing an extended-local area system based on short messaging service are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07965975B2
A network radio is provided that includes a combination of an AM, FM receiver and a network channel capable of receiving streamed audio. Users of this network radio can initiate a search for a particular audio record, when a successful match is found by the online broadcast station, the audio record is streamed to the network radio. The net result will be an on demand radio without the need of any portable media.
US07965973B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member; an image forming section to form a toner image on the image carrying member; a transferring section to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrying member to a sheet; a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the sheet; a sheet feeding section to feed a sheet to the transferring section; a sheet tray to store sheets to be fed by the sheet feeding section; a dehumidifying heater arranged to the sheet tray and to perform dehumidification for sheets; a waste toner box arranged to adjoin the sheet tray and to accommodate waste toner; and a partition member arranged between the sheet tray and the waste toner box and between the dehumidifying heater and the waste toner box.
US07965963B2
A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes a main body for containing toner; a sealing portion for sealing the toner discharge opening; locking projections for snap-fitting engagement with holes provided in a cylindrical member of an image forming apparatus, wherein the projections receive from the cylindrical member unsealing forces for unsealing the toner discharge opening by a relative movement between the sealing portion and the toner container, wherein a number of the locking projections is larger than a number of ribs provided between the holes of the cylindrical member.
US07965954B2
A control unit controls a device that executes an image forming process, compares changes of each toner adhesion amount in an image-density-detection pattern image when a developing-bias control condition is changed, with respect to a toner adhesion amount in an image-density-detection pattern image in a normal status, performs a malfunction-occurrence prediction process according to the degree of each change of the densities, and displays the result.
US07965949B1
A robustly stabilized communication laser can output a multimode optical signal remaining aligned to a coordinate of a dense wavelength division multiplexing (“DWDM”) grid while responding to a fluctuating condition or random event, such as, without limitation, exposure to a temperature fluctuation, stray light, or contamination. Responsive to the fluctuating condition, energy can transfer among individual modes in a plurality of aligned longitudinal modes. Modes shifting towards a state of misalignment with the DWDM coordinate can attenuate, while modes shifting towards a state of alignment can gain energy. Fabrication processes and systems and light management, such as beam steering, epoxy scaffolds, spectral adjustments, mode matching, thermal expansion control, alignment technology, etc. can facilitate nano-scale control of device parameters and can support low-cost fabrication.
US07965948B1
Transmitting power and data to electronic components using a single optical fiber includes receiving a light power signal via the single fiber optic, converting the power light signal to electrical energy, at least a portion of which may be stored in an energy storage element, and, in response to a pause in the received light power signal, transmitting a light data signal via the single optical fiber, where power used in connection with data transmission is provided by electrical energy stored in the energy storage element. A photovoltaic element may be used to convert the light power signal into electrical energy. The photovoltaic element may be an array of photodiodes or a single photodiode. The energy storage element may be a capacitor. Transmitting a light data signal may be provided by a communication light source.
US07965944B2
A system for passively scrambling and unscrambling a, pulse optical signal transmitted through a multi-mode optical fiber is provided. The system includes a scrambling unit connected between a signal receiving end of said transmission fiber and an optical signal source that includes an optical fiber which creates a differential delay between two groups of optical modes of the signal that is at least one bit period long such that said optical signal is passively scrambled, and an unscrambling unit connected to a signal transmitting end of said transmission fiber having an optical fiber that counteracts said differential delay between said two groups of optical modes of the signal such that said optical signal is passively unscrambled. The scrambling unit optical fiber has an alpha profile with a complementary perturbation that creates the differential delay between two groups of optical modes of the signal, and the unscrambling unit optical fiber has an alpha profile with reversal complementary perturbation that counteracts the differential delay between said two groups of optical modes of the signal. Alternatively, the scrambling and unscrambling units may have the combination of a mode splitter that splits the signal into two different groups of optical modes, and a pair of optical fibers that conduct the two groups of optical modes in parallel, the fibers being of different lengths to create or to counteract a differential delay in the two groups of modes.
US07965943B2
An optical rotating data transmission device comprises a first collimator arrangement for coupling-on first light-waveguides, and a second collimator arrangement for coupling-on second light-waveguides, which is supported to be rotatable relative to the first collimator arrangement about a rotation axis. A Dove prism is provided between the collimator arrangements as a derotating element. Furthermore, the collimator arrangements pre provided with adapter elements having rotationally symmetrical conical faces. Prism adapter elements are disposed on the end faces of the Dove prism and have prism adapter elements on the sides facing the collimator arrangements. These also have rotationally symmetrical conical faces with a surface configuration that is inverse to that of the adapter elements of the collimator arrangements.
US07965942B2
An infrared remote control module (10) includes an infrared detecting module (11) configured for receiving optical signals and converting the optical signals into digital signals, a signal processing module (12) communicating with the infrared detecting module; and a controlling feedback module (13) communicating with the signal processing module. The infrared detecting module includes a lens barrel (110), an infrared band-pass filter (112) arranged in the lens barrel, a lens assembly (113) arranged in the lens barrel, an image pickup module (114) arranged in the lens barrel, and a collimator device (116) selectably moveable into or out from the lens barrel. By being moveable in such a fashion, the collimator device is configured for selectively collimating the optical signals, and, thus, the remote control module can be used for shooting or motion-based actions.
US07965934B2
A switching mechanism for a camera device includes a driving device, a first screw bar connecting to the driving device, a second screw bar connecting to the first screw bar, and a lead screw having an end coupled with the second screw bar. The first screw bar is driven by the driving device via a screw thread thereof, and the second screw bar is driven by the first screw bar via a screw thread thereof, thereby driving the lead screw for rotation. The screw nut is disposed on the lead screw and moved back and forth via the rotation of the lead screw. Two stop blocks disposed at two ends of the lead screw respectively are to limit two positions of the moved screw nut while the screw nut is moved beyond a threaded area of the lead screw, upon which time the screw nut is slightly engaged with the lead screw.
US07965929B2
A heat recovery device particularly for association downstream of devices suitable to heat water. The device is constituted by a tank provided with an inlet for recovering warm water from domestic drains and an outlet for draining toward the sewer. The tank has a set of tubes for water which arrives from the mains and is thus heated before being fed to devices such as a boiler, water heater, et cetera. The device therefore allows savings in water heating for domestic or industrial uses.
US07965922B2
An information processing device for executing reproduction processing of content recorded in an information recording medium, includes: a data processing unit for acquiring content codes including a program or application information to be applied to the recording content of the information recording medium, and executing data processing in accordance with the acquired content codes; wherein the data processing unit is configured so as to execute the verification processing of a digital signature which allows tampering verification of the entire content codes included in a content code file storing the content codes, and as the verification result, execute data processing in accordance with the content codes on the condition that validity of the content code file has been confirmed.
US07965921B2
A storage medium including moving picture data and subtitle data to be output as a graphic overlapping an image based on the moving picture data, wherein the subtitle data includes text data to generate pixel data converted into a bitmap image, and control information to control the pixel data to be output in real time, and a reproducing apparatus and reproducing method using the storage medium.
US07965920B2
A video and audio recording device includes: a storage, adapted to store condensed information; a specifier, operable to specify the condensed information stored in the storage; a registrar, operable to register the specified condensed information in a timer recording list as first timer recording information; and a recorder, operable to record a video and audio signal corresponding to the first timer recording information on a recording medium.
US07965919B2
A contents recording system and a contents recording method reducing a time taken for recording and editing of video content and other video contents and enabling editing of the video contents with a high reliability. An optical disk device for recording video content and a computer are connected via a network. The computer is supplied with clip data of the video and low resolution proxy AV data from the optical disk device, streaming reproduces them as live video and, at the same time, introduces essence marks as meta-data to any positions of the proxy AV data, and describes them in a meta-data file. When a communication abnormality occurs between the optical disk device and the computer, the clip data is notified to the computer again.
US07965913B2
A plastic optical fiber (POF) based reflective star coupler is provided. The POF based reflective star coupler comprises a hollow cylindrical holding tube for receiving a plurality of plastic optical fibers (POF) at a front end of the holding tube and a mixing rod at a rear end of the holding tube; wherein a rear end of each POF is affixed to a front surface of the mixing rod; a rear convex surface of the mixing rod is coated with a highly reflective coating; and where the POFs, the mixing rod, and the holding tube are made from similar material, having similar refractive index and material properties.
US07965908B2
An image searching apparatus comprising: a readout section which reads out image data in which an image of a subject and identification information capable of uniquely identifying the subject are related; an input section for inputting identification information indicating a search target subject and an outward characteristic image of the search target subject; a first extraction section which extracts images to which the identification information is related from the image data read out by the readout section; and a second extraction section which compares the images extracted by the first extraction section with the outward characteristic image to extract images which include the outward characteristic image.
US07965898B2
A system and method for decoding high definition video content using multiple processors reduces the likelihood of dropping video frames. Each of the multiple processors produces and stores a portion of a decoded video frame in its dedicated frame buffer. A region of a reference frame that is needed to produce a first portion of a decoded video frame, but that is not stored in the frame buffer coupled to the processor that will decode the first portion, is copied to the frame buffer. The size of the region needed may vary based on a maximum possible motion vector offset. The size of the region that is copied may be dynamic and based on a maximum motion vector offset for each particular reference frame.
US07965896B2
A value of a selection parameter is sequentially set from among a plurality of parameters included in a modeling equation to derive a quantization matrix. A value of each of the parameters is sequentially derived based on a code amount and an encoding distortion obtained from an encoding using a quantization matrix generated from an updated parameter set.
US07965891B2
A system for electronically distilling information from a business document uses a network scanner to electronically scan a platen area, having a business document thereon, to create a bitmap. A network server carries out a segmentation process to segment the scan generated bitmap into a bitmap object, the bitmap object corresponding to the scanned business document; a bitmap to text conversion process to convert the bitmap object into a block of text; a semantic recognition process to generate a structured representation of semantic entities corresponding to the scanned business document; and a document generation process to convert the structured representation into a structure text file. The semantic recognition process includes the processes of generating, for each line of text having a keyword therein, a terminal symbol corresponding to the keyword therein; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and absent of numeric characters, an alphabetic terminal symbol; generating, for each line of text not having a keyword therein and having a numeric character therein, an alphanumeric terminal symbol; generating a string of terminal symbols from the generated terminal symbols; determining a probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols; labeling each text line, according to a determined function, with non-terminal symbols; and parsing the business document information text into fields of business document information text based upon the non-terminal symbol of each text line and the determined probable parsing of the generated string of terminal symbols.
US07965890B2
A target recognition system and method. The inventive method includes the steps of first receiving an image of a scene within which a target may be included and second using constrained image segmentation as a basis for target recognition. In the specific embodiment, the segmentation is variable and derived from target geometry models. The constrained image segmentation is adapted to use target geometry models to derive alternative image segmentation hypotheses. The hypotheses are verified using a novel hierarchical adaptive region model matcher. In the best mode, the hierarchical adaptive region model matcher is fully hierarchical and includes the steps of receiving an image and a hypothesis with respect to a target in the image. In the illustrative embodiment, the hypothesis contains the type, location, and/or orientation of a hypothesized target in the image. The hypothesis is received by a model tree generator. A target model library provides a plurality of computer generated target models. The model tree generator retrieves a model from the library based on a hypothesized target type and renders a model tree therefrom that represents the appearance of a hypothesized target at a hypothesized location and orientation. In the illustrative embodiment, the verification model further includes a search manager adapted to receive a model tree from the model tree generator. A feature extractor is included along with a segmentation evaluator. The segmentation evaluator is coupled to receive image features from the feature extractor. The segmentation evaluator is adapted to output a segmentation score to the search manager with respect to a specified set of segmentation labels based on a supplied set of image features for an active node.
US07965889B2
An image processing apparatus has an enlargement processing function of displaying an image on an image display unit at a designated enlargement magnification, and a color conversion processing function of changing a designated conversion source color to a conversion destination color. This image processing apparatus determines at least one of the conversion source color and conversion destination color by acquiring color information from a predetermined area in the displayed image. Upon determining one of the conversion source color and conversion destination color, control according to the enlargement magnification of the enlargement processing function is made so as to assure an amount, which is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, of color information included in the predetermined area.
US07965888B2
An apparatus having a buffer and a circuit is disclosed. The buffer may be configured to receive a digital image. The digital image generally has (i) a Bayer color representation and (ii) two initial dimensions in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction respectively. The circuit may be configured to generate a resample image in a signal by down-sampling the digital image in the Bayer color representation such that (i) the resample image has two resample dimensions, (ii) at least one of the resample dimensions is smaller than a respective at least one of the initial dimensions and (iii) the respective at least one initial dimension is a non-integer multiple of the at least one resample dimension.
US07965886B2
The present invention provides a computer implemented process for detecting multi-view multi-pose objects. The process comprises training of a classifier for each intra-class exemplar, training of a strong classifier and combining the individual exemplar-based classifiers with a single objective function. This function is optimized using the two nested AdaBoost loops. The first loop is the outer loop that selects discriminative candidate exemplars. The second loop, the inner loop selects the discriminative candidate features on the selected exemplars to compute all weak classifiers for a specific position such as a view/pose. Then all the computed weak classifiers are automatically combined into a final classifier (strong classifier) which is the object to be detected.
US07965881B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method includes generating first and second spin populations within each of a plurality of pixels of a slice of an object. These spin populations have different phase histories. For each pixel, MRI signals from those spin populations are acquired at different times These MRI signals can then be used to determine a field strength difference between different pixels of the slice.
US07965879B2
A method for efficiently rendering a chessboard artifact free Maximum intensity projection (MIP) image is disclosed is disclosed. MIP is a widely used volumetric rendering technology in medical diagnostic imaging. When a volume dataset containing wideband noise is rendered using MIP, the resultant MIP image can show chessboard or stripe like artifacts. A method is disclosed for automatically detecting stripe artifacts present in the MIP rendered images and to determine whether suitable mitigation algorithms need to be applied during rendering. This automatic detection method eliminates the need for human review of images to determine whether mitigation is required, and thus speeds the overall process.
US07965870B2
A lane mark recognition apparatus includes an image capturing means (30) which captures a color image (IM—0) of a road via a color video camera (10), a specific-color-extracted image generating means (31) which generates a luminance-extracted image (IM—1) obtained by extracting white-color data from the color image (IM—0) and a yellow-color-extracted image (IM—2) obtained by extracting yellow-color data from the color image (IM—0), and a lane mark detection means (50a) which detects a white line and a yellow line from a composite image (IM_C) formed from the luminance-extracted image (IM—1) and the yellow-color-extracted image (IM—2) and outputs position data (Pd1) of the white line and position data (Pd2) of the yellow line.
US07965866B2
A method of identifying, tracking, and counting human objects of interest based upon at least one pair of stereo image frames taken by at least one image capturing device, comprising the steps of: obtaining said stereo image frames and converting each said stereo image frame to a rectified image frame using calibration data obtained for said at least one image capturing device; generating a disparity map based upon a pair of said rectified image frames; generating a depth map based upon said disparity map and said calibration data; identifying the presence or absence of said objects of interest from said depth map and comparing each of said objects of interest to existing tracks comprising previously identified objects of interest; for each said presence of an object of interest, adding said object of interest to one of said existing tracks if said object of interest matches said one existing track, or creating a new track comprising said object of interest if said object of interest does not match any of said existing tracks; updating each said existing track; and maintaining a count of said objects of interest in a given time period based upon said existing tracks created or modified during said given time period.
US07965855B1
Apparatuses and methods for delivering sound to ear canal are provided. The apparatus generally includes a compressible and resilient toroidal section having an inner side and an outer side. An aperture extends from the outer side to the inner side and the outer side has a well disposed within an inner side surface about the aperture. The apparatus further includes a compressible and resilient spout integrated with the toroidal section and extending away from the inner side. The spout includes a channel disposed within an inner spout surface and the channel is coupled to the well.
US07965844B2
A method, system and program are disclosed for efficiently processing host data which comprises encrypted and non-encrypted data and is to be written to a storage medium. The encrypted data is written to the storage medium in encrypted form. The non-encrypted data is encrypted by a storage device using a well known encryption key and written to the storage medium. In this way, the data that is processed by the storage device to and from the storage medium can always be processed through a single encryption engine.
US07965842B2
Unauthorized wireless access points are detected by configuring authorized access points and mobile units to listen to all wireless traffic in its cell and report all detected wireless devices to a monitor. The monitor checks the reported devices against a list of authorized network devices. If the reported wireless device is not an authorized device, the monitor determines if the reported device is connected to the network. If the reported device is connected to the network and is not an authorized device, the monitor alerts the network operator or network manager of a rogue device connected to the network and attempts to locate and isolate the rogue device.
US07965839B2
A television content delivery system consistent with certain embodiments has a receiver system that receives television content from a plurality of content suppliers. A selective multiple encrypter selectively multiple encrypts the television content, wherein the resultant selectively multiple encrypted content stream is encrypted under at least one conditional access system (CAS) and at least one digital rights management system (DRMS). A transmitter transmits the selectively multiple encrypted television content stream to multiple receivers, so that the selectively multiple encrypted television content stream can be decrypted under either a system using at least one CAS or at least one DRMS. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US07965837B2
High definition (HD) video may be sent from, e.g., a laptop computer on a table in a room to a video projector mounted on the ceiling using a 60 GHz high capacity (2.5 Gbps) wireless link. At this frequency and data rate, the signal is so short range and directional that low power may be used and the video may be transmitted in an uncompressed form such that so much data is transmitted each second that bootlegging the content is essentially untenable. No wiring between the HD video source and the HD video display is necessary.
US07965836B2
Data cipher processors, advanced encryption standard (AES) cipher system, and AES cipher methods using a masking method perform round operations using a round key, a plain text, a cipher text, and masking data. Some of the round operations are implemented over a composite Galois Field GF(•). Original data and predetermined masking data are processed according to a predetermined rule. Sub-byte transformation operations used in the cipher method and system may include an affine transformation, an inverse affine transformation, an isomorphic transformation, and an inverse isomorphic transformation which are linear transformations, and an inverse transformation that is a non-linear transformation.
US07965827B2
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for purchasing prepaid services. A request to purchase a prepaid service is received. The request includes a service number that uniquely identifies the prepaid service and a device number that uniquely identifies a requesting device. The service number and the device number are communicated for activation, and a verification message is received indicating the prepaid service has been successfully activated.
US07965825B1
Processes and systems for transferring communication messages, such as fax and voice messages, between a computer and a terminal are disclosed. For example, a fax message intended for a user is received at a call processing system. A voice message intended for the user is received at the call processing system. An initial portion of the fax message and the voice message are transferred to a user terminal. The user can view the initial portion of the fax message and listed in the initial portion of the voice message using the user terminal. At least a second portion of the fax message is downloaded to the user terminal in a trickle mode, and at least a second portion of the voice message is downloaded to the user terminal in a trickle mode.
US07965821B2
According to an embodiment on the present invention, a method for controlling a voice recorder is disclosed. The voice recorder is for recording a voice session between an origination device and a destination device. The method can be conveniently executed at a computing apparatus coupled to the origination device and to the voice recorder. The method comprises receiving at least one of a user identifier associated with a user of the origination device and a destination identifier associated with the destination device. The method further comprises generating a voice recording trigger using at least one of data associated with the user identifier and data associated with the destination identifier. The voice recording trigger is then transmitted to the voice recorder to enable the voice recorder to control recording of the voice session between the origination device and the destination device.
US07965811B1
An apparatus and method for reconstructing image data for a region are described. A radiation source and multiple one-dimensional linear or two-dimensional planar area detector arrays located on opposed sides of a region angled generally along a circle centered at the radiation source are used to generate scan data for the region from a plurality of diverging radiation beams, i.e., a fan beam or cone beam. Individual pixels on the discreet detector arrays from the scan data for the region are reprojected onto a new single virtual detector array along a continuous equiangular arc or cylinder or equilinear line or plane prior to filtering and backprojecting to reconstruct the image data.
US07965805B2
Frequency and phase of an output signal is adjusted to track an input signal. A control signal is adjusted to control a frequency of an oscillating signal from which the output signal is derived. In some aspects the frequency of the oscillating signal is adjusted by reconfiguration of reactive circuits coupled to an oscillator circuit. Phase of the output signal may be adjusted based on comparison of the oscillating signal with an adjustable threshold. For example, the adjustable threshold may comprise an adjustable bias signal for a transistor circuit whereby the oscillating signal is provided as an input to the transistor circuit and the output of the transistor circuit provides the output signal.
US07965804B2
A method for word synchronization can be applied to asynchronous devices including SERDES devices connected across serial lines. A state transition methodology characterizes the state of the device based on control characters received consistently across the serial lines and channels the system to a state of word synchronization. Loss of synchronization and transmission errors lead to a re-establishment of synchronization.
US07965782B1
A reduced complexity maximum likelihood decoder receives a stream of symbols Y and channel estimate H. A transformation converts Y and H into Z and R by computing matrix R, such that the product of R and Q produces matrix H. A second transformation column-swaps matrix H to form H′, thereafter generating Q′ and R′ subject to the same constraints as was described for Q and R. Transformed variables Z and Z′ are formed by multiplying Y by QH and Q′H, respectively. Table entries with Z and R and Z′ and R′ have entries of all possible x2 accompanied by estimates of x1 derived from x2 and Z, and similar entries of all possible x1 accompanied by estimates of x2 derived from x1 and Z′. Hard and soft decisions are made by finding the minimum distance metric of the combined entries of the first and second table.
US07965780B2
A pre-coding matrix is determined in an OFDMA, multiple transmit antenna communication system having a number of sub-carriers grouped into a number, M, of resource blocks. This involves determining a frequency selectivity of a channel through which received signals have propagated. A number N of selected resource blocks is then determined as a function of the frequency selectivity the N selected resource blocks being those for which pre-coding matrices will be determined, wherein N
US07965779B2
A multi-scale spike detector for performing multi-resolution spike detections of a signal is provided. The spike detector includes a gamma filter having cascaded low-pass filters. The cascaded filters collectively provide different cutoff frequencies, each of the filters having a respective output. One of the filters has an input, at which the signal is received. The spike detector further includes combining circuitry that combines at least some of the respective outputs of the cascaded filters. The differences formed from this combining provide a waveform representation of the input signal. The waveform representation consists essentially of spikes that occur in the signal.
US07965775B2
A method of decimation of a digital image, the digital image represented by a plurality of pixels, is claimed. In the pixel domain, the digital image is divided into a plurality of blocks. Certain ones of the blocks are selectively decimated based upon predetermined criteria. In an embodiment, the chrominance portions of a given pixel block are decimated.
US07965774B2
The present invention relates to computer-based systems and methods for visual signal extrapolation or interpolation based on statistic similarity estimation. Specifically, a first and a second reference pictures are provided, and motion estimation is conducted on the first and second reference pictures to generate motion vectors indicative of movement of at least one of the first and second reference pictures in relation to the other. Subsequently, an estimate picture is generated by extrapolation or interpolation from the first and/or the second reference picture using the motion vectors, followed by optional refinement of the estimate picture. Statistic similarity estimation is used either in motion estimation or in refining the estimate picture, or a combination of both, so as to provide improved visual signals.
US07965769B2
The present invention relates to a method of decoding audiovisual data allowing to process, on the basis of an improved syntactic language, distincts elements of a scene as objects for which individual animations, particular interactions user/elements, and specific relations between said elements and the defined animations and/or interactions can be provided, said description being organized in a hierarchical tree also comprising transversal connections provided both for embedding bidimensional and/or tridimensional objects in each other and optionally controlling the rendering of scenes from various view points, while maintaining a control of all related actions both in the embedded objects and/or scenes and in the original ones.
US07965764B2
A method and apparatus for capturing an analog waveform on a serial bus. The method comprises the steps of designating a predetermined digital data sequence, decoding a serial data signal carried on a serial data bus, and comparing the decoded serial data signal to the predetermined digital data sequence. When it is determined that a portion of the decoded serial data matches the predetermined digital data sequence, the portion of the serial data signal corresponding to the matching portion of the decoded serial data signal is marked.
US07965754B1
A laser cavity is provided by a reflecting spherical substrate with an array of emitters having a mode size. Each emitter has an axis aligned with a radius of the spherical substrate. A single mode waveguide is aligned with the array at an optical coupling distance less than the radius of the spherical substrate. A reflector substantially coincident with an end of the waveguide combines with the reflecting spherical substrate as a cavity.
US07965753B2
An infrared element (10a) which includes at least a light emitting layer forming portion (9a) composed of, for example, a first conductivity type cladding layer (2a), an active layer (3a), and a second conductivity type cladding layer (4a) for emitting infrared light, is formed on a semiconductor substrate (1), and a red element (10b) which includes at least a light emitting layer forming portion (9b) composed of, for example, a first conductivity type cladding layer (2b), an active layer (3b), and a second conductivity type cladding layer (4b) for emitting red light, is formed on the same semiconductor substrate (1). And their second conductivity type cladding layers (4a and 4b) are made of the same material. As a result, forming process of their ridge portions may be communized and both of the elements can be formed respectively, with a window structure capable of high output operation.
US07965748B2
A laser pump cavity includes a heat sink holder with a central through hole, a plurality of slot portions, and a plurality of single emitters. The single emitter includes a heat sink and a single core disposed on the heat sink. The slot portions are uniformly spaced and surround the through hole. The single emitters are connected end to end, thereby forming at least one single emitter array. The at least one single emitter array is disposed in corresponding slot portions with each single core facing the through hole.
US07965730B2
A frame transmitting apparatus transmits a frame to a frame receiving apparatus. The frame transmitting apparatus includes the following units. An accumulated-capacity-value storage unit has stored therein an accumulated capacity value calculated. A cycle and capacity storage unit has stored therein a cycle and frame read capacity at every cycle. An adding unit adds the value indicative of the capacity of the frame to the accumulated capacity value. A subtracting unit subtracts the value indicative of the frame read capacity from the accumulated capacity value. A transmission controlling unit controls frame transmission by using the accumulated capacity value.
US07965729B2
Transferring data (such as files) on an end-to-end, high-speed packet-switched network connection (a “virtual circuit”) or on a circuit. An out-of-band path is used for signaling and status messages (control). The same, or a separate, out-of-band path may be used to retransmit chunks of data that were received with errors or that were not received at all. By simplifying the data being sent over the high-speed (virtual) circuit, the resources of the (virtual) circuit are used efficiently since less overhead is required. Further, since the size of the file to be transferred can be predetermined, and since any retransmissions can be made over a path other than the (virtual) circuit, the (virtual) circuit that best meets the needs of the data transfer can be selected, thereby further increasing the efficiency with which the (virtual) circuit is used.
US07965711B2
A method and apparatus that operates two bridging protocols in a hybrid bridging node is described. The operation of the two bridging protocols in the hybrid node allows for an incremental transition of a provider bridging network from operating a legacy bridging protocol that shares MAC addresses to a bridging network that operates VPLS and/or PBB bridging protocols. The hybrid bridging node selectively broadcasts unicast packets with unknown MAC addresses from the nodes operating VPLS and/or PBB to nodes operating a legacy bridging protocol.
US07965709B2
A bridge forwarding method comprises: receiving a frame from an input port, obtaining the input VLAN ID and a destination MAC address of the frame; determining an output port and an output VLAN ID of the frame, and forwarding the frame according to the output port and the output VLAN ID. A bridge forwarding apparatus includes at least one output port used for receiving a frame from more than one VALN, at least one output port used for transmitting the frame to more than one VALN and a forwarding unit, the forwarding unit obtains the input VLAN ID and the destination MAC address in the frame, determines the output port and the output VLAN ID of the frame, and outputs the frame to the corresponding output port. The method and the apparatus of this invention can realize the bridge forwarding of the Ethernet frames between multiple VLANs.
US07965708B2
Meta-packets are used to more efficiently reassemble packets and to more efficiently conduct other packet processing operations. The meta-packets are special types of packets which are interpreted by hardware in a queuing system. Instead of directly containing data, the meta-packet packets contain instructions for building a desired packet from various identifiable storage locations in the packet processor system. Because the reassembled packet replaces the meta-packet, packet ordering is preserved.
US07965703B2
A system and method for establishing a rule for an end device connected to a subscriber network. The subscriber network is connected to a service provider network via a local gateway. The subscriber network receives services from a remote operations center via a service provider network. Capability information indicative of a service that the end device is capable of receiving is acquired by the local gateway from the end device. The capability information and subscriber identifying information is sent to the remote operations center via the service provider network. The subscriber network is associated with a subscriber by the subscriber identifying information. The remote operations center receives the subscriber identifying information and the end device capability information from the subscriber network and accesses a subscriber datastore to determine from the subscriber identifying information services that the subscriber is entitled to receive over the service provider network. The remote operations center uses the capability information to identify a subscriber service that is supported by the end device. The remote operation center establishes a rule set to govern use of the supported subscriber service by the end device. The rules set is sent to the local gateway via the service provider network. The local gateway allows the end device to use the supported subscriber service in accordance with the rule set.
US07965701B1
A method and system are disclosed for providing secure communications with a communication appliance such as an IP telephone, wherein such an appliance has a reduced risk to attacks by unauthorized or rogue applications. In particular, “denial of service” and “man-in-the-middle” attacks are prevented. One embodiment establishes authenticated and encrypted communications with a single IP server for transmitting and receiving substantially all IP application communications with third parties.
US07965699B1
A call routing system includes a first set of routers and a second set of routers. The first routers and the second routers implement a same routing scheme based on dynamic distribution parameters. One of the first routers is configured to receive a call and make a first routing decision regarding the call based on the routing scheme and a first set of the dynamic distribution parameters. One of the second routers is configured to make a second routing decision regarding the call based on the routing scheme and a second set of the dynamic distribution parameters.
US07965696B2
A slave station which transmits/receives signals to/from a master station, the slave station includes: a transmitting unit and receiving unit for transmitting/receiving signals regarding the master station; a storing unit; an input unit; wherein under a control by a control unit, the transmitting unit transmits a transmission request for transmitting multicast data to the master station in accordance with a timing of power-on or an input by the input unit; the receiving unit receives information of a number of times of transmission for requested multicast data from the master station and stores the number in the storing unit; and after receiving the multicast data the number of times of transmission stored in the storing unit, the control unit determines presence of absence of lacking data which have not been received and, transmits a retransmission request for requesting the lacking data in a case of presence the lacking data.
US07965680B2
A device (132) for dynamically selecting a wireless communication mode for wirelessly communicating information to at least two wireless communication devices (104, 106) includes a packet data comparator (324) adapted to compare data packets in multiple data streams, each stream designated for transmission to a different one of multiple destination devices and also to identify at least two of the packets having identical information in at least a portion of the packets. The device (132) also includes an output (312) for sending the at least a portion of the packets having the identified identical information to the at least two wireless communication devices in the multicast mode, and also for sending a remainder of the data streams to the at least two wireless communication devices in a unicast mode.
US07965673B2
A client in a home entertainment network can communicate with other components, including the server, over both a wired and a wireless link, with the particular path being selected based a component preference, and/or a bandwidth capability, and/or an occupancy ratio. Both links may be simultaneously used.
US07965662B2
Different kinds of telecommunication systems exist, the systems supporting different kinds of messaging service message structures. In order to enable sending of a message from a sender (TS) in a first system (1) having a first structure for messages to a receiver (GS) of a second system (2) having a second structure for the messages, a bearer independent protocol is utilized (12) in the transmission of the message.
US07965658B2
A topological information management frame is classified based on the contents stored in the topological information management frame, and information stored in a database is updated based on the contents stored in the topological information management frame depending on the classification of the topological information management frame.
US07965646B2
A stateful connection is monitored between wireless communications devices. A first code packet is generated at a first wireless communications device. The first code packet is transmitted from the first wireless communications device to a second o wireless communications device. A determination is made whether a second code packet generated by the second wireless communications device in response to receipt of the first code packet is received by the first wireless communications device within a predetermined time.
US07965630B1
A method, system, and computer program product for dynamically routing query request messages to a database server resident on a computing system. A configurable port proxy service is created on the database server that listens on a particular port for query request messages. An administrator port is implemented on the database server that communicates with the port proxy service. The configurable port proxy service is pinged by a traffic manager application operating on the computing system to determine if a database server instance is available to send database traffic. Query requests are routed to the database server instance if the database server instance is available to accept query request messages. Each administrator command from a port console application is serialized to a configuration file as it issues that will return the port proxy service to a previous state if the database server fails.
US07965629B2
A system, method and node for overload control in a network. The method includes the steps of receiving an incoming offer by a node, filtering the offer by an in-throttle to determine if the offer is permitted to be processed by the node prior to processing by the node, processing a permitted offer, and sending the processed offer to a designated target. After processing the permitted offer by the node, the offer may be further filtered prior to sending the offer to the designated target.
US07965625B2
The present invention provides a communication device capable of providing a highly reliable service by detecting communication abnormality at a high speed. The communication device comprises a link configuring unit configuring a plurality of logical links between a opposite communication device, a segmenting unit segmenting transmission data as being associated with each of the plurality of logical links, a transmission unit transmitting the segmented data via the logical link associated with this segmented data, a receiving unit receiving the data via each of the plurality of logical links, and an abnormality detection unit judging, within a predetermined period of time since the data were received via any one of the plurality of logical links, if the data are not received via at least one of the remaining logical links, at least one logical link to be an abnormal logical link.
US07965624B2
A method is provided for automatically generating code to define and control a system of connected hardware elements. The method comprises: accepting a system configuration macro with sub-macros for system elements, subsystem elements, and connections there between; accepting a plurality of tables with a plurality of system element behaviors, a plurality of subsystem element behaviors, and a plurality of connection options; defining the system of connected elements in response to selecting sub-macros; defining the physical links between the system elements and the behavior of the system and subsystem elements in response to populating the selected sub-macro parameters; expanding the selected sub-macros; generating executable code; and, accessing the tables in response to parameters in the executable code. Advantageously, the form and function of the system can be defined with programming, or writing application specific code.
US07965622B2
A method and apparatus includes automatically correlating indicators already generated by network components to detect and isolate failures that are caused by or related to network components operating on different layers of the open system interconnect (OSI) model. Failure indicators that persist for longer than a specified time window are automatically detected and correlated with one another based on a topology table. The method uses indicators already generated by the network components, obviating the need for software that typically resides on and consumes valuable processing time of network components.
US07965621B2
A method and arrangement for failure handling in a tree-structured communications network having interconnected edge nodes and switching nodes. VLANs may be established by using spanning trees to provide connectivity in case of a failure in the network. Emitters in the edge nodes periodically broadcast alive messages on the VLANs, and notifiers note the alive messages. A missing alive message indicates a failure on one of the VLANs, and the notifier broadcasts corresponding failure messages on the VLANs. When the alive messages are restored, the notifier broadcasts corresponding repair messages. If a notifier fails to note a failure, one of the edge nodes performs a similar function although somewhat slower.
US07965617B2
An optical data storage medium (1) comprising a dye-based recording layer is described. It has substantially parallel tracks for recording user information in a pattern of optically detectable marks, the tracks being provided with a guide groove, the groove being present in a user data area (3) and in an information area (2) and being trackable by a focused radiation beam (7) with the push pull method. The value of the normalized push pull signal (PPN) in the unrecorded information area is PPN-i and the value of PPN in the unrecorded user data area is PPN-u and PPN-i is lower than PPN-u. It is achieved that the information area of such an optical data storage may be read by a legacy optical data drive without causing damage to the drive. Further an apparatus for reading and a corresponding method are described.
US07965615B2
A probe storage device includes a base plate having a main body provided with a substantially planar surface, and a scanner chip body. The scanner chip body extends across the base plate. The scanner chip body includes first and second substantially parallel planar surfaces that collectively define an outer peripheral edge portion. The scanner chip body further includes at least a mechanical ground portion fixedly mounted to the base plate, a suspension portion, and a scan table base portion. The scan table base portion is selectively movable relative to the mechanical ground portion. The probe storage device further includes a scan table platform. The scan table platform includes first and second parallel substantially planar surfaces. The scan table platform extends across, is offset relative to, and mechanically linked with the scan table base portion so as to form a composite multi-layered support table for the media.
US07965613B2
An LPF performs low-pass filtering for a light reception signal responsive to return light received by an optical pickup. A comparator makes a comparison between the level of the signal output from the LPF and a predetermined threshold value and outputs a high or low pulse signal MIR. A system control section determines the pulse signal MIR for each predetermined dot region. If the pulse signal MIR output from the comparator is high, the system control section writes “1” into buffer memory; if the pulse signal MIR is low, the system control section writes “0” into the buffer memory. The pixel string data recorded in the buffer memory is transferred to a host and an image responsive to pixel string data is displayed on a display.
US07965610B2
In an optical pickup capable of removing inter-layer crosstalk, a dark line that may appear in a central portion of a beam is removed. Thereby, an error in a data signal is reduced. Reflected light from a multi-layer disc is split into two parallel bundles with a splitting optical system in a way that the light is split at a central line. Thereby, when reflected light from a target layer is focused, the reflected light is not influenced from an attenuation element provided on an optical axis.
US07965607B2
A hologram recording/reproducing device includes a recording/reproducing optical unit performing recording and reproducing operations on a hologram recording/reproducing medium. The optical unit includes a laser light source emitting laser light; a spatial-light modulator generating signal light and reference light from the laser light, the signal light and reference light having a common light path; a phase mask disposed near the modulator or in a conjugate plane of the modulator and transmitting at least the reference light; and an objective lens including a first lens portion and a second lens portion. The first lens portion is disposed at an inner peripheral portion of the objective lens and serves as a Fourier transformation lens focusing the signal light to a predetermined point. The second lens portion is disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the objective lens and has focuses continuously or discretely disposed in an optical-axis direction of the objective lens and at portions in the medium near the predetermined point.
US07965606B2
To provide a new recording method and recording apparatus with respect to an optical recording medium, the recording method and recording apparatus being able to deal with a high density of an optical recording medium of recent years. Recording of a recording track and a prepit is carried out by sequentially deflecting a single beam.
US07965604B2
In step S1, the address generator generates address information composed of a sync signal which is recorded on an optical disc, address data and an error correction code for the address data, pre-encodes and supplies it to a modulator. At the same time, a carrier signal generator generates a carrier signal which is to carry the address information, and supplies it to the modulator. In step S2, the modulator makes MSK modulation of the carrier signal supplied from the carrier signal generator on the basis of the pre-encoded address information supplied from the address generator, and supplies a resultant MSK modulation signal to a wobbling unit. In step S3, the wobbling unit forms, on the optical disc, a spiral groove wobbled adaptively to the MSK modulation signal supplied from the modulator. In this optical disc, a given address can be accessed quickly and accurately.
US07965592B2
An optical disk suppressing the time required for a startup of a recording/playback apparatus from unduly increasing, even when there is (i) one type of disk where information is recorded on a groove track, and (ii) another type of disk where information is recorded on a land track. Both types of optical disks having a control data area, and a data recording area in which user data is recorded. A code for indicating the groove track or the land track onto which tracking servo control is executed is provided in the control data area of both types of optical disks.
US07965591B2
An optical disk 101 in which information is recorded on a groove track, and an optical disk 107 in which information is recorded on a land track. The optical disk 101 has a control data area 102, and a data recording area 103 in which user data is recorded. The optical disk 107 has a control data area 108, and a data recording area 109 in which user data is recorded. A code for indicating the groove track or the land track onto which a tracking servo control is to be executed is provided both in the control data area 102 of the optical disk 101, and in the control data area 108 of the optical disk 107.
US07965580B2
Control signal oscillation filtering circuits, delay-locked loops, clock synchronization methods and devices and systems incorporating control signal oscillation filtering circuits are described. An oscillation filtering circuit includes a first oscillation filter configured to filter oscillations and a majority filter configured to average filter an output of a phase detector and generate in response thereto control signals to an adjustable delay line.
US07965579B1
A circuit is configured to be mounted on a memory module configured to be operationally coupled to a computer system. The memory module has a first number of ranks of double-data-rate (DDR) memory devices configured to be activated concurrently with one another in response to a first number of chip-select signals. The circuit is configurable to receive a set of signals comprising address signals and a second number of chip-select signals, the address signals comprising bank address signals. The circuit is further configurable to monitor command signals received by the memory module, to selectively isolate a load of at least one rank of the first number of ranks from the computer system in response to the command signals, and to provide the first number of chip-select signals to the first number of ranks in response at least in part to the received bank address signals and the received second number of chip-select signals.
US07965571B2
An on die thermal sensor (ODTS) for use in a semiconductor memory device includes: a temperature information code generation unit for sensing an internal temperature of the semiconductor memory device in response to first and second enable signals and for generating a temperature information code which includes the sensed temperature information; and a flag signal logic determination unit for generating a plurality of first flag signals having temperature information and determining whether the plurality of first flag signals have a predetermined logic level or a variable logic level in response to the first and second enable signals.
US07965560B2
A non-volatile memory device capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during sensing, which is included in read, and program/verify operations. A sensing verify operation includes one or more sensing cycles relative to one or more demarcation threshold voltages to determine a memory state. In one aspect, coupling of the memory cells to their bit lines are delayed during a precharge operation in order to reduced the cells' currents working against the precharge. In another aspect, a power-consuming precharge period is minimized by preemptively starting the sensing in a multi-pass sensing operation. High current cells not detected as a result of the premature sensing will be detected in a subsequent pass.
US07965554B2
A non-volatile storage system can selectively perform one or more erase operations on a subset of non-volatile storage elements that are connected to a common word line (or other type of control line) without intentionally erasing other non-volatile storage elements that are connected to the common word line (or other type of control line) but not in the subset.
US07965538B2
Apparatus and method for providing overcurrent protection to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell during an RRAM formation process used to prepare the cell for normal read and write operations. In accordance with various embodiments, the RRAM cell is connected between a first control line and a second control line, and an active protection device (APD) is connected between the second control line and an electrical ground terminal. A formation current is applied through the RRAM cell, and an activation voltage is concurrently applied to the APD to maintain a maximum magnitude of the formation current below a predetermined threshold level.
US07965533B2
Provided are semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating and using the semiconductor devices, wherein the semiconductor devices may include a first element, a second element, and a plurality of parallel IO lines connecting the first element with the second element. The plurality of IO lines may have different lengths and the shortest IO line from among the plurality of the IO lines may be adjacent to a longest IO line from among the plurality of the IO lines.
US07965524B2
A controller for use in a power supply regulator is disclosed. One controller includes a feedback circuit coupled to generate a feedback current signal that corresponds to a peak switching current in response to a sense signal from a power supply regulator output. A comparator is coupled to compare the feedback current signal with a reference voltage. A modulation circuit is coupled to the feedback circuit to generate a pulse width modulated switching signal with fixed switching frequency in response to the feedback current signal and the reference voltage. A multi-cycle modulator circuit is coupled to the output of the comparator. The multi-cycle modulator circuit is coupled to enable or disable a switch signal from the controller to be coupled to a switch of the power supply regulator. A group of two or more consecutive switching cycles is separated from a next group having two or more switching cycles by a time of no switching. The time of no switching is adjusted in closed loop to regulate a transfer of energy from a power supply regulator input to the power supply regulator output.
US07965521B2
An electromagnetic bandgap structure and a printed circuit board that can solve a mixed signal problem between an analog circuit and a digital circuit are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can include a first metal layer; a first dielectric layer, stacked in the first metal layer; a metal plate, stacked in the first dielectric layer; a via, connecting the first metal layer to the metal plate; a second dielectric layer, stacked in the metal plate and the first dielectric layer; and a second metal layer, stacked in the second dielectric layer. Here, a hole can be formed on the metal plate. With the present invention, the electromagnetic bandgap structure can lower a noise level more within the same frequency band as compared with other structures having the same size.
US07965519B2
A terminal is formed by plating a terminal substrate in which a first material capable of being plated and a second material incapable of being plated are two-color molded. For example, by two-color molding an ABD resin and a PC resin to form a terminal substrate and plating the terminal substrate, a terminal having a conductive part corresponding to the ABS resin and a nonconductive part corresponding to the PC resin is obtained.
US07965518B2
An electronic device includes: a housing; a first board provided with a first connector and fixed to the housing; and a second board provided with a second connector connected to the first connector, the second board being connected to the housing and having a long hole through which a fastening member for fixing is inserted. The long hole extends in a direction having a predetermined relationship with a circumference of a circle surrounding the second connector positioned in a center of the circle.
US07965504B2
An embedded computer chassis may include a midplane having a first side and second side substantially opposite each other, where the midplane is suitably adapted to receive at least one computer card in each of the first side and the second side. Embedded computer chassis may further include a cooling region suitably adapted to cool the at least one computer card, where at least a portion of the cooling region is suitably adapted to receive a first fan tray and a second fan tray, where the first fan tray is suitably adapted to couple to the first side of the midplane, and where the second fan tray is suitably adapted to couple to the second side of the midplane. The first fan tray and the second fan tray are substantially redundant for removing the heat generated by the at least one computer card.
US07965492B2
A metal capacitor with improved electric conductivity includes a metal member having a through-hole forming portion where a plurality of through-holes are formed, an electrode withdrawing portion formed on the through-hole forming portion, and a sealing portion. The metal capacitor includes a metal oxide layer being formed on the metal member and a main electrode layer formed on the metal oxide layer that is formed on the through-hole forming portion of the metal member, to fill the plurality of through-holes. The metal capacitor further includes an insulating layer formed on the main electrode layer and the metal member to externally expose the electrode withdrawing portion of the metal member.
US07965490B2
In the method for assigning a delay time to an electronic delay detonator. The detonator includes a data register (24) into which a desired delay time value, supplied by a controller, is written. Subsequently, over a predetermined time period (t) the contents of the data register (24) is repetitively added to a counter register (26) in which the contents is accumulated. After a division of the counter register contents through the calibration time, the contents of the counter register (26) is subsequently counted down using the same oscillator (18) which has controlled the accumulation process. The invention allows the delay time value supplied by the controller to be exactly adhered with, using an oscillator (18) of low accuracy and without feedback from the detonator (12) to the controller.
US07965486B2
An arc flash detection system includes a sensor for determining and responding to the presence of an arc flash condition in electrical equipment by detecting a pressure rise, rate of pressure rise and/or ultraviolet radiation characteristic of an arc flash, and generating a signal in response thereto; and processing means responsive to said signal for operating a protective system to de-energize the electrical equipment within a period of time of sufficiently short duration to prevent a pressure wave from the arc flash from causing unacceptable darn age to equipment or personnel.
US07965484B2
The invention relates to a speed controller comprising: a rectifier module (12) for generating a direct voltage on a power bus (10, 11) from an alternating voltage available on an electrical power-supply network (A); a bus capacitor (Cb) connected between a positive line and a negative line of the power bus; and an inverter module (13) powered by the power bus and controlled to deliver an alternating voltage to an electrical load (2); a protection device (14) for protecting the controller against overcurrents linked with voltage variations on the electrical power-supply network (A).
US07965474B2
A magnetic oscillation element includes a magnetization fixing layer whose magnetization direction is substantially pinned toward one direction, a nonmagnetic layer that is disposed on the magnetization fixing layer, and a magnetization free layer whose magnetization direction fluctuates. The magnetization free layer is disposed on the nonmagnetic layer. A pair of electrodes apply a current in a direction perpendicular to the film surface of the magnetization fixing layer, the nonmagnetic layer, and the magnetization free layer. The magnetization free layer is excited with a magnetization vibration caused by spin transfer from the magnetization fixing layer due to the appliance of the current.
US07965473B2
A region of flexure layer, including slider mounting face coupled to offset mounting face for at least one piezoelectric device. The offset mounting face for piezoelectric device provides asymmetry between first contact region and second contact region based upon notch and slot. This is cost effective, reliable support for piezoelectric devices used for micro-actuation in hard disk drives. The slider moves based upon asymmetry of the offset mounting face coupled to the piezoelectric device twisting the slider mounting face. The invention includes flexure containing the region of the flexure layer. The invention includes head gimbal assembly including flexure, actuator arm including head gimbal assembly, and actuator assembly including actuator arm, and hard disk drive including actuator assembly. The invention includes manufacturing the region, the flexure, the head gimbal assembly, the actuator arm, the actuator assembly and the hard disk drive, as well as these products of the manufacturing processes.
US07965464B2
Devices and methods are provided for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). In an illustrative example, a device includes a magnetic write pole having a convex pole tip; a magnetic opposing pole longitudinally displaced from the magnetic write pole; and a thermal-source component disposed proximate to the magnetic write pole and comprising a laterally elongated thermal-source peg disposed proximate to the convex pole tip.
US07965461B2
An information reproducing apparatus which reproduces information recorded on a medium includes an asymmetry correction circuit configured to correct an asymmetry of a signal read from a medium. The apparatus also includes a first high pass filter installed before the asymmetry correction circuit and configured to remove noise in the signal by a first cut-off frequency. The apparatus also includes a second high pass filter installed after the asymmetry correction circuit and configured to remove the noise in the signal by a second cut-off frequency, wherein the second cut-off frequency is higher than the first cut-off frequency.
US07965460B2
A device comprising at least one sensor configured to sense disturbances applied to the data storage device and to generate signals based on the sensed disturbances, and a controller configured to receive the signals from the at least one sensor and to detect jerk events in the sensed disturbances based at least in part on vector differentials of the received signals.
US07965457B2
A vibratory driving device 1 comprising a shaft-like driving member 7, a electromechanical transducer 6 which can incline the driving member 7 and which can also displace the driving member 7 in the axial direction of the driving member, a movable member 8 which slidably engages on the driving member 7, a driving circuit 3 which can apply to the electromechanical transducer 6 a periodical frictional driving voltage to displace slidingly the movable member with respect to the driving member and an inclination driving voltage inclining the driving member, a waveform determiner 4 which determines a rising condition of a voltage or a current of the electromechanical transducer 6 when the inclination driving voltage is applied, and a position estimator which estimates a position of the movable member 8 based on the rising condition of a voltage or a current.
US07965455B2
An image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, an aperture stop, a first lens element having a positive refractive power, a second lens element having a negative refractive power and a biconcave shape, a third lens element having a positive refractive power and a meniscus shape whose concave surface faces the object side, and a fourth lens element having a negative refractive power. In the image pickup lens, the following conditional expressions are satisfied, 0.20
US07965454B2
There are provided an imaging lens, which is capable of promoting high definition and miniaturization of a small-size image pickup apparatus, and the small-size image pickup apparatus using the same. A aperture diaphragm S is arranged between a first lens L1 and a second lens L2 so that the first lens L1 is configured to be displaced into the orthogonal direction to the optical axis. Even when an error sensitivity of a lens is large, a stable high resolution can be secured by performing a lens alignment by displacing the first lens L1 into the orthogonal direction to the optical axis at the time of assembling, and thereby a high definition image can be obtained.
US07965451B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens unit with negative power, a second lens unit with positive power, a third lens unit with positive power, and a fourth lens unit. When the magnification of the zoom lens is changed in the range from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position, spacing between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is narrowed and spacing between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is widened. An aperture stop moved integrally with the second lens unit is interposed between the most image-side lens element of the first lens unit and the most image-side lens element of the second lens unit. The first lens unit has, in order from the object side, a negative lens element and a positive lens element and satisfies the following conditions: 0.15<φ1MF/φ1MR<1.0 −3.0<φ1PF/φ1PR<−1.0 where φ1MF is the power of the object-side surface of the negative lens element, φ1MR is the power of the image-side surface of the negative lens element, φ1PF is the power of the object-side surface of the positive lens element, and φ1PR is the power of the image-side surface of the positive lens element.
US07965446B2
A structure for pattern formation adapted for optically forming a pattern, characterized by comprising: a photocatalyst-containing layer provided on a substrate, the photocatalyst-containing layer containing a material of which the wettability is variable through photocatalytic action upon pattern-wise exposure.
US07965441B2
An optical film with super low retardation, including metal oxide nano-particles dispersed in a transparent resin having a three-dimensional crosslinking structure. The optical film has about 0-2 nm in-plane retardation (Ro) and almost zero out-of-plane retardation (Rth). The optical film can replace conventional triacetyl cellulose (TAC) as a polarizer protective film to improve black-white contrast and color shift on liquid crystal displays at wide viewing angles.
US07965435B2
A system and method for locking the relative phase of multiple coherent optical signals, which compensates for optical phase changes induced by vibration or thermal changes in the environment.
US07965415B2
An image reading unit acquires image data by reading a document, skin is detected from the image data, and skin processing is performed according to a detection result of detection of the skin. The image data is then corrected to have a predetermined data characteristic, and a second skin processing is performed on the image data based on a skin detection result. An image processing is conducted on the image data according to output characteristic, and then stored in a memory or a hard disk drive so as to be output as appropriate.
US07965407B2
A printing apparatus includes a memory configured to store print jobs, a printing device configured to print an image based on each of the print jobs, a detector configured to determine when it is time to execute calibration to correct a printing characteristic of the printing device, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the printing device to print each monochrome print job stored in the memory prior to each color print job stored in the memory when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration. Also, the controller is configured to execute the calibration when the detector determines that it is time to execute the calibration, and to cause the printing device to print each color print job stored in the memory after executing the calibration.
US07965405B2
An image forming apparatus includes a storing section that has a common storage area, the common storage area having a plurality of areas that are coexisting in the common storage area in accordance with a threshold value and are used to generate and store a plurality of pieces of data that have different formats based on electronic data; a language format discriminating section to discriminate a description language format of the electronic data; and a control section to change the threshold value based on the description language format discriminated by the language format discriminating section.
US07965402B2
A printing system capable of processing target print data by a selected processing method, comprises specifying means that enables a user to specify print data processing units and their order of execution from a function library; printing processing means that causes the specified print data processing units to process the print data in the order specified using the specifying means; and output means that outputs an image based on the print data processed by the printing processing means.
US07965401B2
In order to shorten the waiting time and to prevent confidential data from being seen by others, an MFP has a distance measuring portion to communicate with a radio communication terminal and measure a distance between the MFP and the radio communication terminal, a print-job acquiring portion to acquire print data, an image-forming portion to form an image, and an image forming control portion to start a preparation operation to cause the image-forming portion to form an image, upon reduction of the measured distance equal to or below a first threshold value, and to cause the image-forming portion to form an image based on the acquired print data, upon reduction of the measured distance equal to or below a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value.
US07965398B2
There is disclosed a character rendering device capable of rendering characters at a higher speed. The character rendering device includes an internal storage unit including plural storage areas; a first bus connected through an external bus to an external storage unit storing character shape data sets, each expressing a shape of a character; a second bus connected to the internal storage unit; a controller that specifies one of the plural storage areas; a first rendering unit connected to the first and second buses, that renders a character shape of a character based on one of the character shape data sets supplied through the external bus and the first bus, and writes through the second bus the rendered character shape into one of the storage areas specified by the controller; a second rendering unit connected to the second bus, reads through the second bus, each time when writing of a character shape into one of the plural storage areas is completed by the first rendering unit, the character shape from one of the plural storage areas, and renders a character based on the read character shape; and a transfer unit that transfers the character rendered by the second rendering unit.
US07965397B2
A defect once around signal time period of a defect source inherent in a marking device is determined, the defect source having one or more banding frequencies. A reference scanline time delay, which is a time between a page sync signal and a writing of a reference scanline, is determined. A test target is written, sensed and analyzed. A reference scanline phase offset of each banding frequency relative to the reference scanline is determined. A banding phase of each banding frequency is determined based at least on the defect once around signal time period, reference scanline time delay and reference scanline phase offset.
US07965391B2
A method and apparatus for measuring target gas concentrations in an atmosphere. The method and apparatus emit in the atmosphere a laser beam tuned to a molecular absorption line of a target gas, receive a reflected signal affected by gas absorption of the target gas in the atmosphere, divide and direct the received signal into a first optical path and a second optical path including in one of the paths a correlation gas cell filled with a predetermined concentration of the target gas, detect transmitted signals through the first optical path and the second optical path, and calculate a target gas concentration by comparing a first signal transmitted through the first optical path to a second signal transmitted through the second optical path. The apparatus includes a laser source tunable to a specific molecular absorption line of a target gas and configured to emit in the atmosphere a laser beam having a spectral bandwidth greater than a full width of the molecular absorption line of the target gas, a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal affected by gas absorption of the target gas in the atmosphere, and at least one detector configured to detect transmitted signals through the first optical path and the second optical path.
US07965390B1
A system which automatically reduces change in effective angle and plane of incidence of a reflected focused beam of electromagnetic radiation entering a detector, via use of a detector with dimensions less than is the spatial spread of a reflected focused beam at a location distal to the location on said sample from which it is caused to reflect, preferably after passing through a collimating lens. The basis of operation is that the portion of a reflected focused beam intercepted by the detector changes with change in sample position and/or orientation.
US07965389B2
The method enables a non-homogeneous diffusing object to be examined by illuminating the object with a continuous light by means of a light source. It previously comprises reconstruction of the three-dimensional spatial mapping of an attenuation variable representative of the diffusion and absorption non-homogeneities of the object, by resolving a diffusion equation ∇2F({right arrow over (r)}S, {right arrow over (r)})−k′2({right arrow over (r)})F({right arrow over (r)}S, {right arrow over (r)})=ASδ({right arrow over (r)}−{right arrow over (r)}S). In the diffusion equation, AS is a constant, {right arrow over (r)} the spatial coordinate of any point of the mesh of a volume at least partially containing the object, and {right arrow over (r)}S the spatial coordinate of the light source. The transfer functions of an equation used for reconstructing the distribution of fluorophores integrate the attenuation variable reconstituted in this way.
US07965384B2
According to a method and apparatus taught herein an active object detection system performs reliable object detection based on light pulse emissions and corresponding and time-of-flight based distance determination, while advantageously rejecting clutter. While not limiting, the method and apparatus taught herein may be particularly advantageous for safety-critical object detection applications, such as where the active object detection system, e.g., a laser scanner, monitors for objects of at least a specified size within a predetermined monitoring radius or contour.
US07965377B2
A projection objective having a number of adjustable optical elements is optimized with respect to a number of aberrations by specifying a set of parameters describing imaging properties of the objective, each parameter in the set having an absolute value at each of a plurality of field points in an image plane of the projection objective. At least one of the optical elements is adjusted such that for each of the parameters in the set, the field maximum of its absolute value is minimized.
US07965376B2
A lithographic projection apparatus that is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system has a liquid supply system arranged to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate. The apparatus also includes a liquid collecting system that includes a liquid collection member having a permeable member through which a liquid is collected from a surface of an object opposite to the liquid collection member, wherein the permeable member has a plurality of passages that generate a capillary force.
US07965373B2
A lithography apparatus with a data-path for converting a representation of a requested dose pattern to a sequence of control data suitable for controlling an array of individually controllable elements. The data path comprises a plurality of data manipulation devices and a calculation load controller for balancing a calculation load between the data manipulation devices. A device manufacturing method using elements of the lithography apparatus, and a flat panel display and integrated circuit device manufactured using the method.
US07965351B2
Light-emitting elements are divided into chromaticity groups on the basis of their chromaticity. In a planar light source, light-emitting elements selected from two of the chromaticity groups are alternately provided in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction, respectively. The two chromaticity groups are substantially equally away from a target chromaticity in directions reverse to each other. Further, pairs of two of the light-emitting elements belonging to the two chromaticity groups which are separated from each other, are provided so that distances d2 at which two of the light-emitting elements in each of the pairs are provided are less than distances d1 at which the pairs are provided.
US07965347B2
There is provided an electro optical device including a frame including a metal unit and a resin unit, and a display panel stored in the resin unit. The resin unit is integrally formed with the metal unit to form the frame including a resin material, and at least a part of an end of the metal unit is buried in the resin unit in the state where the end is bent at a side of the display panel.
US07965331B2
A solid state imaging element comprises: photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of vertical electric charge transfer passages that transfer, in a vertical direction, electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion elements; and a horizontal electric charge transfer passage that transfers, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, the electric charges transferred in the vertical electric charge transfer passage, wherein the horizontal electric charge transfer passage comprises a plurality of electric charge transferring stages each of which operates as an electric charge accumulating region or a barrier region according to a level of an applied voltage, and each of said plurality of electric charge transferring stages is connected to plural ones of the vertical electric charge transfer passages.
US07965309B2
A video conferencing system and method for establishing video conference sessions between residents of a facility and remote terminals.
US07965288B2
An API is provided that enables programmability of a 3D chip, wherein programming or algorithmic elements written by the developer can be downloaded to the chip, thereby programming the chip to perform those algorithms. A developer writes a routine that is downloadable to a 3D graphics chip. There are also a set of algorithmic elements that are provided in connection with the API that have already been programmed for the developer, that are downloadable to the programmable chip for improved performance. Thus, a developer may download preexisting API objects to a 3D graphics chip. A developer adheres to a specific format for packing up an algorithmic element, or set of instructions, for implementation by a 3D graphics chip. The developer packs the instruction set into an array of numbers, by referring to a list of ‘tokens’ understood by the 3D graphics chip. This array of numbers in turn is mapped correctly to the 3D graphics chip for implementation of the algorithmic element by the 3D graphics chip.
US07965285B2
A display substrate includes source lines, gate lines, an output pad part, a fan-out part and a first voltage line part. The source lines are in a display area. The gate lines cross the source lines. The output pad part is in a peripheral area surrounding the display area and is electrically connected to output terminals of a driving chip. The fan-out part is electrically connected between the output pad part and the source lines. The first voltage line part is inclined with respect to a central line of a chip area in which the driving chip is mounted toward opposite sides of the chip area to cross the fan-out part. Therefore, the line reactance of the fan-out part is decreased and the uniformity of the line resistance of the fan-out part is increased to improve image display quality.
US07965277B2
An optical navigation system and method of controlling the light output power of the system uses an optical feedback system to control the driving signal being applied to a light source of the optical navigation system.
US07965273B2
The present invention provides a buffer and an organic light emitting display that employs the buffer. The buffer is installed in a scan driver or a data driver, which generates scan signals and data signals, respectively, to drive the organic light emitting display. The buffer of the present invention is configured of p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistors, and therefore the scan driver or data driver that includes the buffer can be mounted on a display panel. Various arrangements of the PMOS transistors are proposed for the buffer of the present invention. The buffer of the present invention effectively prevents leakage current that could be generated in the circuit of the buffer.
US07965271B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display comprising a display panel, a plurality of gate drivers sequentially enabling rows of pixels of the display panel, a plurality of source drivers outputting a plurality of driving signals to the enabled row of the pixels of the display panel, and a timing controller outputting each of a plurality of start pulses to all the source drivers and sequentially enabling the source drivers so that each source driver respectively receives one of the start pulses, wherein each of the source drivers latch a plurality of image signals when receiving one of the start pulses.
US07965270B2
A display device includes a display panel having display elements, arranged in a matrix, a drain driver which supplies gradation voltages corresponding to image data to the display elements, a gate driver which scans lines of the display elements for supplying the gradation voltage, and a data generation circuit which divides image data for one frame into a plurality of pieces of sub-field image data in a time direction. The data generation circuit operates to convert one piece of sub-field image data into bright gradation data which has a higher brightness than the inputted image data which has been inputted, and to convert another piece of sub-field image data into dark gradation data which has a lower brightness than the inputted image data.
US07965265B2
An organic light emitting display device including: an optical sensor for generating an optical sensor signal corresponding to brightness of ambient light; a first luminance control unit for providing a first luminance control signal (Vc1) for controlling a pulse width of a light emission control signal in accordance with the optical sensor signal; a second luminance control unit for providing a second luminance control signal (Vc2) for controlling the pulse width of the light emission control signal in accordance with data of one frame of the image; and a comparator/selector for comparing the first luminance control signal with the second luminance control signal and for selecting one of the first luminance control signal or the second luminance control signal for output to a scan driver.
US07965255B2
A rotatable antenna mount assembly for coupling an antenna reflector to a support structure. The antenna mount including a rotatable connection provided with a generally planar outer surface; the rotatable connection coupled directly to the antenna reflector. An antenna mount having a reflector connection plane; the antenna mount coupled to the support structure. The rotatable connection coupled to the antenna mount, the outer surface parallel to the reflector connection plane, the rotatable connection, and thereby the antenna reflector rotatable about a rotation axis normal to the reflector connection plane.
US07965250B2
A microwave lens having an array of electronic inductive capacitive cells wherein each cell includes an electrically conductive pattern which responds to incident microwave electromagnetic energy as an LC resonator. At least one of the cells includes at least one MEMS device which is movable in response to an electrical bias to thereby vary the resonant frequency of that cell. In order to bias the MEMS device, an electrical insulating layer extends along a portion of the pattern of the cell and to both sides of the MEMS device. An electrically conductive strip then extends over the insulating layer so that the conductive strip is electrically insulated from the pattern while electrically connected to the MEMS device.
US07965247B2
An apparatus includes an antenna (e.g., a monopole), a first load, and a second load. The antenna, which extends substantially along an axis, has a first end and a second end. The first load is coupled to the antenna at the first end, while the second load is coupled to the antenna between the first end and the second end. Both the first and second loads are symmetrical with reference to the axis. The apparatus is arranged to operate in at least two frequency bands, such as the AMPS band from about 824 MHz to 894 MHz and the PCS band from about 1850 MHz to 1990 MHz.
US07965245B2
A method including: optimizing space within a device by having a feed element for an antenna as an integral part of the device but not having the antenna as an integral part of the device; and providing the antenna as a part of a battery for the device. A radio communications device including: a battery comprising: a metal housing element; and an accessible conductive contact electrically connected to the metal housing; and a RF feed element for connection to the external conductive contact.
US07965244B2
To provide a compact and comparatively low-priced connector for a hand microphone with an antenna capable of firmly connecting to an antenna port and a UC port with high waterproofness and minimizing the attenuation of the antenna output. A connector 1 for leading an antenna output from an antenna port 4 to a hand microphone with an antenna includes an adapter 8 attached to the antenna port 4, and a connector body 7 having a swingable cap 26 engageable with the adapter 8 and a portion to be connected to the UC port 5. The adapter 8 has in its lower portion an antenna port connection terminal to be connected to the antenna port 4 and has in its upper surface a connector body connection terminal which contacts a contact pin projecting from an inner bottom surface of the swingable cap 26 and connected to the antenna of the hand microphone.
US07965241B2
The present invention relates to a device for coupling between a plasma column serving as an antenna and an electric power signal generator, associated with a laser. This device comprises at least two conducting electrodes, each pierced with a hole, these holes being coaxial, the electrodes being connected on the one hand to a high voltage direct current source and on the other hand to power signal alternating current source, the laser(s) being placed do that its (their) beam arrives along the axis of said holes of the electrodes.
US07965240B2
An improved and more compact structure of a built-in antenna for handheld terminals, improving radiation pattern and efficiency. Provided is a planar inverted-F antenna having a radiation part having an inductive radiation portion and a parasitic radiation portion which are spaced in a certain distance apart from a ground surface, a power-supply part horizontally spaced apart from the ground surface and for directly supplying currents to the connected inductive radiation portion, and connection parts for connecting the radiation portions to the ground. The planar inverted-F antenna has an inductive antenna portion and a parasitic antenna portion, thereby reducing its volume compared to the conventional inverted-F antenna. Complicated manufacturing and processing procedures are simplified by connecting the power-supplying part and a PCB.
US07965232B2
For supporting the provision of a continuous stream of assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning, a sequence of interlinked messages comprising assistance data is generated. The messages are provided for transmission to a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal receives the sequence of interlinked messages and provides the assistance data in the received messages for use in positioning computations.
