US07985461B2
An adhesive connecting member and an optical connecting structure using the member, in which connection loss can be reduced and handling is facilitated, are provided. The adhesive connecting member optically connects an optical transmission medium and another optical transmission medium or an optical part by being intervened therebetween, and the member has a strongly adhesive face contacting the optical transmission medium and a weakly adhesive face contacting the other optical transmission medium or optical part. In addition, by this adhesive connecting member, the optical transmission medium and the other transmission medium or optical part can be optically connected.
US07985460B2
A composite membrane comprises: a first layer of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and a layer of asphalt applied over the first layer of HDPE. A second layer of HDPE sheeting is applied over the layer of asphalt. A method of creating a composite barrier to chemical vapors is also disclosed which comprises applying a base layer comprising high density polyethylene (HDPE); applying an asphalt layer over the base layer; and applying a top layer comprising HDPE over the asphalt layer.
US07985458B2
A ceramic member with high strength grooves and method of manufacturing same is disclosed. A heat ray may be used in combination with a blown gas to form grooves in the surface of the ceramic member while eliminating or minimizing depletion of a sintering aid. A high concentration of the sintering aid is formed in a surface region of the ceramic member extending a distance from the surface of the grooves into the ceramic member.
US07985456B2
Polymer blends are disclosed that comprise one or more polybutadiene homopolymers or copolymers having at least one functionality capable of entering into condensation reactions; one or more polyethylene terephthalate homopolymers or copolymers obtained using a catalyst system comprising aluminum atoms and one or more alkaline earth metal atoms, alkali metal atoms, or alkali compound residues, optionally obtained by a melt-phase polymerization process; and one or more transition metal atoms. The blends are useful for packaging, and exhibit improved oxygen-scavenging activity compared with blends made using many conventional polyethylene terephthalate polymers prepared with conventional catalyst systems.
US07985451B2
A process for modification of a substrate so as to form an ultrahydrophobic surface on the substrate is provided. Surface-modified substrates that can be formed according to the disclosed processes are also provided. The process includes attachment of a multitude of nano- and/or submicron-sized structures to a surface to provide increased surface roughness. In addition, the process includes grafting a hydrophobic material to the surface in order to decrease the surface energy and decrease wettability of the surface. The combination of increased surface roughness and decreased surface energy can provide an ultrahydrophobic surface on the treated substrate.
US07985446B2
A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing a second ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of a molecular cluster compound under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles.
US07985440B2
A method of applying a coating to a stent supported by a mandrel is disclosed.
US07985439B2
A vegetable drink composition is provided. The vegetable drink composition is free of cooked odor attributable to heat sterilization treatment, is excellent in taste and also in the feeling as it passes down the throat when swallowed, and is possible to consume over a long period of time.The vegetable drink composition has been subjected to heat sterilization treatment and has a vegetable solid content of from 0.001 to 0.09% by weight and a pH of from 3 to 5. It contains the following ingredients (A) and (B): (A) from 0.1 to 15% by weight of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of water-soluble acidic polysaccharide dietary fiber, water-soluble neutral polysaccharide dietary fiber and indigestible oligosaccharide, and (B) 65% by weight or more of water.
US07985438B2
This invention refers to a method for producing integrally flavored non-fried snacks, as well as the preparation thereof, in which upon internally flavoring the pellet, flavors prevail, since a cold-extrusion process similar to that used for producing pastas is used, wherein the temperature does not exceed 100° C., thereby flavors degrades not. In order to produce the snacks according to this, it is required to use pre-gelatinized flours. The flavored pellet undergoes a baking process at a high temperature during a short period of time. An internally flavored snack is produced, to which it is possible to add functional ingredients which would degrade using a normal extrusion process.
US07985437B2
A process for stamping a pattern onto a coated frozen confection comprising the steps of: a) at least partially covering the frozen confection with a layer of coating; and b) bringing a stamping surface into contact with the coated frozen confection; characterized in that in step (b) the coating is liquid.
US07985431B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating skin disorders, including enhancing the healing of wounds for diabetic patients. Specifically, this invention relates to the use of the extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus and Centella asiatica for improving skin disorders, including enhancing the healing of wounds for diabetic patients, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the extracts of Plectranthus amboinicus and Centella asiatica as well as a wound dressing comprising the same. The invention also provides a method for preparing the crude extract and extract of Plectranthus amboinicus.
US07985421B2
The invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical sustained release formulation of guaifenesin and at least one additional drug ingredient. The formulation may comprise a hydrophilic polymer, preferably a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and a water-insoluble polymer, preferably an acrylic resin, in a ratio range of about one-to-one (1:1) to about nine-to-one (9:1), more preferably a range of about three-to-two (3:2) to about six-to-one (6:1), and most preferably in a range of about two-to-one (2:1) to about four-to-one (4:1) by weight. This formulation capable of providing therapeutically effective bioavailability of guaifenesin for at least twelve hours after dosing in a human subject. The invention also relates to a modified release product which has two portions: a first portion having an immediate release formulation of guaifenesin and a second portion having a sustained release formulation of guaifenesin, wherein one or both portions has at least one additional drug ingredient. The modified release product has a maximum guaifenesin serum concentration equivalent to that of an immediate release guaifenesin tablet, and is capable of providing therapeutically effective bioavailability of guaifenesin for at least twelve hours after dosing in a human subject.
US07985418B2
The tablets, compositions and methods of the present invention, comprising a carbonate salt of an aliphatic amine polymer and s monovalent anion can prevent or ameliorate acidosis, in particular acidosis in patients with renal disease. The tablets and compositions of the present invention maintain a disintegration time of no greater than 30 minutes at 37° C. and at pH of at least 1 for a period of at least ten weeks at 60° C. Furthermore, the tablets are stable for extended periods of time without the need for specialized storage conditions.
US07985415B2
Medical devices with at least one surface comprising a polymer or polymers on the surface are provided. The polymer or polymers are capable of breaking down (e.g., including, but not limited to, hydrolyzing) in the physiologic milieu to form an active agent or agents under physiologic conditions, and can contain other active agents dispersed within or appended to the polymer matrix. Methods of delivering an active agent to an interior surface of a vein or artery are also provided.
US07985413B2
Microbiological control is achieved by continuously and inexpensively dosing water in contact with biofilm, or that comes into contact with biofilm, using a highly effective biocide that provides very effective microbiocidal control of planktonic microorganisms and of biofilm species, even where the biofilm infestations have been in existence for long periods of time and thus have encased themselves in a substantial quantity of slimy defensive polysaccharide layers or films. In addition, the biocide used makes possible significant reduction in copper and/or iron surfaces in contact with the water as compared to N,N′-bromochloro-5,5-dimethyl hydantoin. Still other advantages are made possible by the described technology.
US07985406B2
The present invention is directed to a class of membrane active polymers useful for cellular delivery of compounds. Conjugation of the described membrane active polymers to targeting, anti-opsonization, and anti-aggregation agents provides polymers suitable for in vivo delivery. The use of multiple reversible linkages connecting component parts provides for physiologically responsive activity modulation.
US07985386B2
An implantable medical device is provided for use with an external detector to detect an analyte in vivo. In one embodiment, the device consisting essentially of a substrate; a plurality of discrete reservoirs located in the substrate, each reservoir having at least one opening; a reacting component contained in each reservoir; and at least one non-degradable barrier layer covering each reservoir opening, the barrier layer being permeable to an analyte to be detected, wherein the reacting component remains inside the reservoirs and can react with the analyte to be detected, and wherein the device is adapted for implantation into the body of a patient.
US07985384B2
There is provided a simple, inexpensive reaction analysis kit and system capable of performing highly sensitive, quantitative measurement. A chemical luminescence reaction is employed and a sensor element is used to detect the reaction in a highly sensitive manner. That is, a reaction detection plate is used to transmit a signal detected in the sensor element via a reader coil and a reader and then analyze the reaction. The reaction detection plate has a) a membrane, b) a first antibody impregnated section that is disposed such that it faces the membrane and holds a first labeled antibody that specifically binds to a substance to be analyzed, c) a second antibody immobilized section that is provided in part of the membrane and has an immobilized second antibody, the second antibody specifically binding to the substance to be analyzed, and d) a sensor element that is disposed such that it faces the second antibody immobilized section and includes a light detector and a signal transceiver.
US07985377B2
Apparatus (2) for monitoring chlorine in water (4), which apparatus (2) comprises a flow cell (6), the flow cell (6) containing a chlorine sensor (62) and an automatic calibration system, and the automatic calibration system being such that it comprises a small pair of in-line electrodes (50) for generating low concentrations of free chlorine, and injection means (44) for injecting in use of the apparatus a salt solution (64) of known concentration.
US07985351B2
A liquid crystalline polyester resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystalline polyester; 50 to 150 parts by weight of at least one whisker selected from aluminum borate whisker and titanium oxide whisker; and 1 to 30 parts by weight of carbon black having a specific surface area of at least 200 m2/g. This liquid crystalline polyester resin composition has excellent mechanical properties and provides an insulator which is hardly charged.
US07985345B2
A method for receiving animal waste from animal confinements or other concentrated animal waste sources and for converting the waste into a complex hydrocarbon is described. The waste contains both liquids and solids. The method includes separating the liquids and solids into separate waste streams, controlling an amount of moisture in the solids waste stream such that the amount of moisture in the solid waste stream is compatible with a selected energy conversion process, and feeding the moisture controlled solid waste into the energy conversion process. The complex hydrocarbon may be suitable for use as a substitute or additive to petroleum-based asphalt binder.
US07985341B2
This application relates to a circular clarifier for separating and removing separable matter, such as suspended solids, from a liquid. The invention may be used, for example, for separating return activated sludge from clarified liquor using a gas flotation process. The clarifier includes a plurality of fluid feed ports for introducing influent into selected treatment cells of the clarifier in a timed sequence, thereby achieving batch flotation of solids or other separable matter in a continuous infeed process. A plurality of spaced-apart, rotating flocculent handling assemblies traverse the treatment cells for sequentially conveying flocculent into spaced-apart, radially extending collection troughs. All of the flocculent handling assemblies may be driven by a single drive means. Each flocculent handling assembly includes a submerged beach and a scraper assembly including a scraper blade which extends upwardly from the beach. The beaches provide a shear plane underneath the surface layer of flocculent. The scraper assembly includes means for lifting the scraper blade in the vicinity of a trough to enable the blade to traverse over the trough and then descend to a position in contact with or proximate to a corresponding beach. Methods of using the clarifier to more efficiently handle return activated sludge or other fragile flocculent are also described. The clarifier may be stand-alone or adapted to retrofit existing circular primary or secondary sedimentation clarifiers.
US07985335B2
A catch basin configured to filter water by way of a matrix filter and a filter pouch. If the matrix filter should become clogged, a bypass weir provides means of bypassing the matrix filter to prevent the catch basin from clogging.
US07985331B2
The liquid hydrocarbon stream including COS is introduced via line 1 into membrane contactor CM to be placed in contact, through membrane M, with the aqueous alkanolamine solution arriving via line 3. The COS contained in the hydrocarbon stream is absorbed by the aqueous alkanolamine solution. The liquid hydrocarbons from which the COS has been removed are evacuated from CM via line 2. The aqueous solution containing COS is sent via line 4 to zone R to be regenerated. The compounds released during regeneration, particularly COS and COS-derived products, are evacuated from zone R via line 5. The regenerated aqueous alkanolamine solution is recycled via line 3 into membrane contactor CM.
US07985323B2
Purification process for the preparation of the allylamine pharmaceutical terbinafine of formula I in free base form or acid addition salt form, by distilling crude terbinafine base, preferably by short path distillation, e.g. at a temperature above 100° C. and reduced pressure, e.g. 0.2 mbar, and recovering the purified product in free base or acid addition salt form.
US07985322B2
A mobile waste processing system and method is disclosed for processing materials in a tank, typically an underground storage tank. A mobile fluid processing module is disposed adjacent to or over the tank, and sealingly connected to the tank through a tank riser. Support equipment, which may include an electric power module, a chiller module, a heating module, and a control and monitor module, are disposed a distance from the processing module, and connected thereto. A pump and optionally a dispersal nozzle are deployed from the processing module into the tank, and effluent is extracted for processing. The processing trailer includes effluent processing equipment such as an evaporator and demister, condenser, vacuum pump, and interim storage tank. The effluent is processed, and at least a portion is removed. Some of the processed effluent may be returned to the tank.
US07985320B2
Applicable to be used to issue notes of legal tender or any other type of document to facilitate its tactile recognition or prevent its falsification. It consists of a sheet of paper in which expanding agents have been inserted, either centered heightwise or near the upper surface and/or lower surface thereof, forming a figure or inscription which, upon application of pressure and heat, either during the paper manufacturing phase or subsequent processes, cause the sheet of paper to expand, thereby forming a curved and continuous embossing on the surface of the document.
US07985311B2
Novel non-toxic, heavy-metal free, zinc peroxide-containing, IR tracer compositions are provided herein, which, when incorporated into a medium caliber IR tracer projectile and fired, produce a dim visibility IR trace. Such IR tracer compositions comprise from about 65 to about 75% by weight, of zinc peroxide; from about 15 to about 25% by weight of a fuel which consists of sodium salicylate; and an effective amount of a binder which is selected from the group consisting of calcium resinate and cellulose acetate butyrate. The total percentage of the ingredients adds up to 100%. Medium caliber, i.e., 0.50 caliber, IR tracer projectiles containing such IR tracer compositions are also provided.
US07985304B2
A nickel-base alloy having favorable toughness and thermal fatigue resistance comprises, in weight percentages based on total alloy weight: 9 to 20 chromium; 25 to 35 iron; 1 to 3 molybdenum; 3.0 to 5.5 niobium; 0.2 to 2.0 aluminum; 0.3 to 3.0 titanium; less than 0.10 carbon; no more than 0.01 boron; nickel; and incidental impurities. Also disclosed are die casting dies, other tooling, and other articles of manufacture made from or comprising the nickel-base alloy.
US07985301B2
The present invention discloses an ultrasonic cleaner in which an automated ultrasonic cleaning operation is executed using an aqueous solution. The cleaner includes a tank having a valve means in fluid communication therewith, a bottom tank portion with at least one drainage aperture therethrough and at least one tank wall depending therefrom to provide a solution retention region. At least one ultrasonic transducer is removably secured to one of the tank bottom and tank wall. A partition in the solution retention region has at least one aperture defined therethrough and defines a service section and a support section thereby. A trigger means operatively disposed in the support section comprises a drainage flapper in operable communication with a signal means between a first rest position, in which the flapper impedes flow of the solution through the drainage aperture, and a second elevated position, in which the flapper is elevated relative to the drainage aperture to facilitate unimpeded fluid flow therethrough.
US07985295B1
An RF heating system for a substrate or substrates including a susceptor for supporting the substrate; one or more RF heating coils; and a platen disposed between the RF heating coil and the substrate. The platen is constructed of materials that become heated under RF energy, which will then radiate heat into the susceptor and the substrate. In this way the susceptor need not be constructed of materials that become heated under RF energy thus minimizing levitation. The platen provides a uniform temperature profile across the substrates, benefiting from a more diffused heat source. The RF heating system may also be utilized in CVD apparatus that deposits materials on a continuous tape or roll.
US07985294B2
An optical device and a method of manufacturing the optical device, with the method including the steps of forming a dopant layer on a stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate with Li to Nb mole composition ratio of 49.5% to 50.5%, and diffusing a dopant in the dopant layer into at least a portion of the stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate. The stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate includes 0.5 to 5 mol % of Mg. In the diffusing step, a heat treatment is performed at a diffusion temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. for a diffusion time of 3 hours to 24 hours in a dry atmosphere of at least one of O2, N2, Ar and He gas having a dew-point temperature of −35° C. or less.
US07985281B2
A device useful for separating gaseous pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide, from a gas by means of an absorption liquid is disclosed. The device includes a horizontal apertured plate mounted between an inlet and an outlet arranged for passage of a gas containing a gaseous pollutant therethrough. On an upper surface of the horizontal apertured plate is a flowing layer of absorption liquid. The separation of the gaseous pollutant from the gas is adjustable by varying the thickness of the flowing layer of absorption liquid by moving a throttle means to a position that provides the desired amount of resistance to the following layer of absorption liquid.
US07985267B2
A method for the production of biofuels from the open ocean comprises the steps: testing the currents to determine that a biomass remains in a zone suitable for harvesting; harvesting a portion of the biomass; and processing a portion of the harvested biomass to produce useful components of biofuels. An improved method of production of a biofuel comprises the additional steps of testing the ocean surface waters to determine any nutrients that are missing, and applying a fertilizer with any missing nutrients. The currents should be such that the biomass created stays in the ocean waters suitable for harvest rather than washed up on shores, or dispersed to other areas of the ocean. Suitable currents include ocean gyres such as the Sargasso Sea. Suitable biomass includes seaweeds that float in the open ocean and aggregate together in floating patches, such as the Sargassum weed in the Sargasso Sea.
US07985262B2
A joint prosthesis device comprises a head configured to fit within a cup and in one embodiment includes a first member for attachment to a first bone in a joint and including a first articulation surface portion defined by a first radius of curvature and a second member for attachment to a second bone in the joint and including a second articulation surface portion defined by a second radius of curvature and a third articulation surface defined by a third radius of curvature, wherein each of the second radius of curvature and the third radius of curvature has a length that is different from the length of the first radius of curvature by less than 0.05 millimeters and wherein the origin of the second radius of curvature is not coincident with the origin of the third radius of curvature.
US07985259B2
An acetabular implant for hip replacement surgery includes a shell component and first and second alternative bearing components interchangeably engageable with the shell component to provide a choice in bearing materials. The shell component has an engagement mechanism suitable for locking engagement with the first alternative shell component. A conversion ring is lockingly engageable with the shell component to adapt the shell component to provide an engagement mechanism suitable for locking engagement with the second alternative shell component.
US07985257B2
The present invention provides methods and devices for annulus disc repair with and without the use of a patch or stent. The methods and devices are particularly suited to the repair and/or reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, with reduced failure rate as compared to conventional surgical procedures.
US07985254B2
Apparatus is provided, including a first rotating member configured to be implanted in an airway of a subject and rotated in an inhalation direction by an inhaled flow of fluid in the airway. A mechanical energy accumulator is configured to accumulate energy from the rotation of the first rotating member. Other embodiments are also described.
US07985253B2
An accommodating intraocular lens comprising an optic made from solid silicone and liquid silicone. The optic has a central anterior area or membrane that can vary in radius and thus charge power.
US07985252B2
An endoprosthesis includes a plurality of struts defining a flow passage. At least one strut includes (a) a body comprising a bioerodible material and having a thickness and (b) a coating overlying the body. The coating includes a plurality of regions that allow physiological fluids to contact a plurality of corresponding areas of the underlying body when the endoprosthesis is implanted in a physiological environment. The plurality of regions are sized and arranged so that the contacted areas of the body erode substantially through the body in the thickness direction while the coating remains on the body when the endoprosthesis is implanted in the physiological environment.
US07985243B2
A dynamic stabilization, motion preservation spinal implant system includes an anchor system, a horizontal rod system and a vertical rod system. The systems are modular so that various constructs and configurations can be created and customized to a patient.
US07985239B2
A medical instrument includes a swingable operating section formed of a pair of forceps which rock around a first rocking axis, a tubular sheath having a distal end portion situated on the proximal end side of the operating section, the distal end portion having a circular-section portion having a circular cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis thereof and a pair of flat portions formed by cutting the opposite sides of the circular-section portion and in sliding contact with the respective proximal end portions of the forceps, a manipulator which advances and retreats in a longitudinal direction of the sheath, thereby rocking the forceps around the first rocking axis, and a junction which connects the manipulator for rocking motion around a second rocking axis with respect to the forceps in the flat portions, the junction being situated on or near a reference plane passing through the longitudinal central axis of the sheath and extending parallel to the second rocking axis when the operating section is closed.
US07985234B2
A medical device includes an inflatable balloon formed having portions of different materials, and a cutting element carried by the balloon. The materials can have different distensibility and/or compliancy.
US07985226B2
A device and a method for establishing a position and orientation for a preliminary saw cut in a distal end of a femur to prepare the femur for installation of a prosthetic knee joint. A guide block defining a cutting plane is carried on an adjustably positioned locating arm that is supported on an alignment body that can be mounted on a femur either with or without an intramedullary rod in place in the distal end of the femur. Adjustment screws and horizontal slots in the alignment body provide for varus/valgus angular adjustment of the position of the alignment body. An adjustment guide block may have a saw guiding face defining a differently oriented cutting plane.
US07985224B2
An anterior cervical plating system having moveable plate segments to vary the overall length of the plate, moveable to allow and/or cause intersegmental compression of vertebral bodies, and coupled together by a non-detachable fastener. The plating system includes locking elements for locking only one bone screw to the plate, instrumentation, and method for installation thereof. The plating system is capable of both passive and active dynamization and the ability to produce the former from the latter.
US07985219B2
An irradiation device (1) and a method for the treatment of acne and acne scars, comprising at least one source of radiation (2), the source of radiation emitting at least one broadband spectrum in the wavelength range of 320-at least 540 nm and the radiation source (2) being pulseoperable and/or movable relatively to the area to be irradiated, the pulse energy being between 0.05-10 J/cm2 and the peak irradiation intensity being between 0.5 W/cm2 and 100 kW/cm2.
US07985217B2
The present application relates to a urinary catheter movement system for use with a urinary catheter located within an interior volume of a urinary catheter pouch. The system can include a catheter movement controller configured to selectively control longitudinal movement of the catheter relative to a port in the pouch. The system further can include a gripper assembly configured for gripping the catheter located within the interior volume of the urinary catheter pouch.
US07985215B2
A guidable, or steerable, or deflectable catheter is provided that includes a proximal portion and a distal portion for insertion into a body cavity. A selectively deflectable segment having an anisotropic bending stiffness for deflection in individual planes is incorporated into the distal portion of the catheter shaft. Upon actuation of pull wires, the distal deflectable segment may be deflected to move/sweep the distal catheter tip through a sweeping plane. The anisotropic bending stiffness of the distal deflectable segment permits in-plane movement of the distal catheter tip in the sweeping plane while resisting any out-of-plane movements. In one arrangement, stiffening elements are selectively disposed within the distal deflectable segment such that the out-of-plane bending stiffness is largely increased and greater than the in-plane bending stiffness for deflection in the sweeping plane. In another arrangement, the cross section of a distal deflectable segment is altered to produce anisotropic area inertias of moment about its centroidal axes, and thus anisotropic bending stiffnesses.
US07985214B2
An intravascular catheter that exhibits the combined features of superior flexibility, softness, radiopacity and oval/kink resistance. The catheter includes an elongate shaft having a proximal region, a distal region and a lumen extending therethrough. The proximal region of the shaft includes an inner lubricious polymer layer, a reinforcement layer and an outer layer. The reinforcement layer comprises a braid having one or more metallic members and a plurality of polymer members wherein each polymer member comprises a plurality of monofilaments, preferably formed of LCP. The polymer members of the braid provide improved flexibility and softness in addition to high burst pressure. The metallic member(s) of the braid provide improved radiopacity and oval/kink resistance. The catheter may also include a longitudinal member extending along the reinforcement layer.
US07985207B2
An implantable device (1) for injecting fluid and/or for tapping fluid, the device having a housing (3) provided with a puncture zone (4) able to be transpierced by a hollow needle (5) for injecting fluid into and/or tapping fluid from a chamber (3A) provided inside the housing (3). The implantable device has a puncture zone (4) made up of at least first and second superposed flexible membranes (6, 7) mounted to be free, at least locally, relative to each other, to allow the membranes, at least locally, to move along each other, so that, once the needle (5) has been removed, the orifice formed by the needle (5) is sliced into first and second sub-orifices (6A, 7A) substantially not coinciding so as to impart a substantially leaktight property to the puncture zone (4).
US07985204B2
A needle-like tubular body (12) with its tip formed as a needle, a first guide wire (14), and a second guide wire (16) are inserted into a main tube (10). A first opening and a second opening (28 and 36) through which a first guide wire and a second guide wire (14 and 16) are respectively extended out of the main tube (10) are provided in the main tube (10). A projection aperture (32) through which the needle of the needle-like tubular body (12) is projected out of the main tube (10) is provided in the main tube (10). A support tube (60) that supports the part of the second guide wire (16) extending from the second opening (36) is further provided in the main tube (10).
US07985202B2
An infusion device includes a pump forming front and rear chambers for receiving medicaments therein. The medicaments supplied from the two chambers are respectively transmitted into an elastic reservoir forming first and second lumens through first and second passageways. Then, the medicaments are infused into a person through a catheter which defines one passageway toward the human body. The first passageway is in fluid communication with the front chamber and second lumen. The second passageway is in fluid communication with the rear chamber, the first lumen, and the second lumen. By making the diameter of a second hole which connects the first lumen and second lumen smaller than a first hole which connects the first passageway and the first lumen, the medicament from the second chamber can be infused into patient with a low concentration.
US07985193B2
An orthotic frame has proximal and distal frame members joined by a knee joint, and a foot support joined by an ankle joint to a distal end of the distal frame. A knee actuator connected between the proximal and distal frame members has a selective stiffness allowing selection of a relatively rigid stiffness during stance and a relatively flexible stiffness during swing. The stiffness of the knee actuator is selected according to the gait cycle, either mechanically according to dorsal flexion of the ankle joint or electronically according to gait cycle phases recognized based on read sensor data. An ambulatory unit gathers data from sensors located on the orthotic frame. Sensor data may be provided to a base unit for diagnostic and biomechanical evaluation, or evaluated by the ambulatory unit to control active components of the orthotic frame according to the recognized gait cycle phases for functional compensation.
US07985188B2
Methods for processing a vessel, for example to provide a gas barrier or lubricity, are disclosed. First and second PECVD or other vessel processing stations or devices and a vessel holder comprising a vessel port are provided. An opening of the vessel can be seated on the vessel port. The interior surface of the seated vessel can be processed via the vessel port by the first and second processing stations or devices. Vessel barrier, lubricity and hydrophobic coatings and coated vessels, for example syringes and medical sample collection tubes are disclosed. A vessel processing system and vessel inspection apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
US07985186B2
A method and device for automatically detecting heart valve damage for four heart valves are proposed. The automatic determination method makes use of three or more heart tone microphones to simultaneously record heart tones of a patient's heart, and then separates the heart tones into four heart tone signals of the aortic valve, the pulmonary valve, the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve of the heart based on the timing characteristics and related techniques. Next, these four heart tone signals are digitally processed into sampling signals. Subsequently, the convolution method is used to process the sampling signals for producing system transfer functions. Finally, the system transfer functions and the reference database are compared to verify and determine damage for the four heart valves. The automatic determination method can judge heart valve damage to enhance the quality and convenience of medical treatment.
US07985181B2
A process for monitoring a patient by a monitoring device is provided in which simplified monitoring of the patient can be carried out on the basis of a suitable selection of the parameter values and/or ranges displayed in a special manner. A suitable device (1) is provided for carrying out the process.
US07985175B2
The invention generally relates to surgically implantable supportive slings. More specifically, in various embodiments, the invention is directed to sling assemblies for pelvic floor repair that utilize one or more materials, attached without a mechanical fixation device, and related methods of use and fabrication.
US07985174B2
A device is described having a reticular or laminar structure to be surgically implanted in uro-gynaecological treatments, useful in particular for the surgical treatment of total or partial prolapse of the female pelvic organs or of prolapse of the vaginal vault.
US07985170B2
A label product in web form has alternating, oppositely indented creases in the liner of the product to produce a fan-folded stack having alternating, reversely folded plies. Each crease is substantially, if not entirely, perforation-free to maximize the strength of the liner at the fold lines. The product is preferably produced on a narrow web press in a creasing station that includes a stack of rolls wherein a first die roll is on the bottom of the stack, a second die roll is on the top of the stack, and a pair of base rolls are located in the middle of the stack between the die rolls. A blade on each die roll cooperates with a cushion on the corresponding base roll to produce a crease during every other rotation of the die roll, each of the base rolls having a smaller circumference than its corresponding die roll.
US07985169B2
The invention concerns an apparatus (1) comprising a chassis (10) supported on the ground (S), a mobile platform (44) supporting a subject, and motorized means (30, 32, 38) for driving the platform relative to the chassis. In order to put the subject off balance while moving its lifting polygon, so as to act on the subject'body according to advanced kinematics, the driving means are capable of moving the platform off-center relative to a substantially vertical fixed axis (Z-Z) and of driving the platform in rotation about said axis when the platform is off-center, whereas the platform is provided with peripheral mobile supporting means (60, 62) on corresponding bearing means (64) secured to the chassis (10), said supporting means being capable of resting the platform on the chassis by adjustably inclining same relative to the horizontal in a plane passing through the fixed axis and a central region of the platform when the driving means move the platform off-center relative to said axis. The apparatus thus generates remarkable neuro-biomechanical actions, while having a reliable lightweight and compact structure.
US07985167B2
A stand-alone exercise apparatus includes a seat to support a user in a position thereon, and upper and lower body exercising assemblies which are configured for activation either sequentially or simultaneously to permit the concurrent exercising movement of his or her upper body area and lower body leg muscles, respectively, without necessitating that the user stop exercising when switching from upper body exercises to lower body exercises. The lower body exercising assembly includes a lower frame assembly which is operable to provide resistance exercise to the user's leg muscles, and which includes a selectively reciprocally movable pedal, platform or bar which is coupled to a suitable resistance mechanism, and which is engageable by the user's feet and/or legs as they are moved together in unified movement to effect leg extensions or curls. The upper body exercising assembly includes one or more reciprocally movable frame members, hand pulleys or swing arms coupled to a resistance mechanism, and which are engageable by the user's hands and/or arms. The resistance mechanisms used to provide the selected resistance to the upper and lower exercising assemblies are operable independently from each other, and enable the user to select the degree of resistance to each of the upper and lower body exercising assemblies separately.
US07985166B2
A treadmill conversion resistance training apparatus includes mirror-image left and right attachments for attaching to treadmill vertical support columns, each attachment having a vertical mounting bracket removably attachable to a vertical support column; a translation member rotatingly connectable to the vertical mounting bracket at a translation axis; resistance straps removably connectable between the translation member and the mounting bracket; a handle connectable to the translation member and lockable at selected angles; wherein, the treadmill to continues to function as an treadmill while the apparatus is attached. A treadmill conversion apparatus includes a handle having an articulation joint lockable at selectable angles. A treadmill conversion apparatus includes a handle joint having adjustable resistance portion.
US07985161B2
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.
US07985159B2
A transmission of the present invention has 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. The torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least nine forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio.
US07985158B2
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 at least one brake.
US07985155B2
A transmission with a planetary gearset including planetary gears supported on a carrier, with a disk clutch or brake including a disk carrier which, via an integral cylindrical portion, is fixed to a shaft that supports the disk carrier, such that the carrier rotates on the cylindrical portion and the carrier is supported by a first axial bearing on the disk carrier and a second axial bearing on a sun gear, which engages the planetary gears, and with an oil supply for lubricating and/or cooling bearings, disk clutch and/or brake components. The first axial bearing includes rollers guided in a cage and first check-disk adjacent the carrier and a second check-disk rollers. The first check-disk flanged disk with a section for rollers of the first axial bearing and with a cylindrical section offset from the rolling section.
US07985150B2
The invention seeks to provide a transmission system, in particular for a starter-alternator, capable both of damping large variations in torque under starting conditions (drive from the alternator) and of providing effective decoupling under running conditions (alternator driven). In an embodiment, the decoupling located between a central hub and a rim over which a drive belt (not shown) is tensioned, is provided by at least one decoupler element designed to provide optimized stiffness. In addition, the decoupler assembly is associated with at least one deflection limiter having two components: a central plate secured to an outside face of the central hub and coupled to abutments that are regularly distributed around the periphery of an inside face of the rim, the abutments and the plate being shaped so as to come into deforming contact. The resilient assembly provides two stiffness values, whether in the drive direction or in the driven direction. The invention is applicable to starter-alternators, crankshafts, and other power transmission members (compressors, etc.).
US07985142B2
An indoor ski slope (1) comprises a continuous peripheral wall (2) and a floor (3) which extends obliquely downwards relative to the peripheral wall (2). A roof (5) is arranged on the peripheral wall (2). Furthermore, a layer of snow is provided on the surface of the floor (3), as well as a cooling installation (9) for cooling the floor to a temperature which is suitable for maintaining the layer of snow. The surface of the floor (3) is at least partially curved concavely.
US07985141B2
A universal double-jointed coupling for railway vehicles with two joint levels comprises two coupling joints which are interconnected via a shaft that is surrounded by a hollow pinion shaft in order to transmit torque by means of said hollow pinion shaft. One joint level is assigned to a coupling joint encompassing a crowned gear that has angular and axial compensation capability while the other joint level is associated with a torsion-proof, flexible coupling joint.
US07985139B2
A gaming machine includes a cabinet defining an enclosure volume with a cabinet front opening. A main door is pivotally connected at its upper end to the cabinet so as to be pivotable with respect to the cabinet between a closed position and an open position. In the open position the lower end of the main door is pivoted upwardly and away from the cabinet to expose the enclosure volume in the main portion of the cabinet. A button panel or button panel and armrest structure is mounted at the lower end of the main door, and extends in a plane lying at an angle to the remainder of the main door so as to project outwardly from the cabinet when the main door is in the closed position. A lower door of the gaming machine has a lower end which is ako pivotally connected to the cabinet so as to be pivotable with respect to the cabinet between a closed position and an open position.
US07985126B2
To provide a game device for enhancing the excitement of a game in which a game parameter value changes, thereby changing the content of the game processing changes. A game processing execution unit (main game processing execution unit (72)) executes game processing based on the game parameter value and the real parameter correction information to change the state of the game. A first display control unit (injury level indicating screen image display control unit (88)) controls to display a screen image showing dummy parameter correction information as a presentation screen image showing the parameter correction information. A second display control unit (injury level indicating screen image display control unit (88)) controls to display a screen image showing real parameter correction information as the presentation screen image, instead of the screen image showing the dummy parameter correction information, when the determination unit (elapsed time determination unit (92)) determines that at least a predetermined period of time has passed after the real parameter correction information is generated.
US07985113B2
A wideband retardation layer (or film) that can perform circular polarizing so that the retardation layer can be formed with an organic light-emitting device to be relatively thin and have a relatively high contrast with no reduction in brightness, and an organic light-emitting device including the retardation layer. The retardation film includes a base and a retardation layer including an alkali oxide layer grown to be inclined on a surface of the base, wherein the alkali oxide layer is disposed by slant-angle depositing alkali oxide on the surface of the base.
US07985110B2
The present invention relates to a connection system and a method for connecting and disconnecting a floating unit to and from a buoy which is connected to a subsea installation, where the buoy comprises a first connection device for connecting pipes and/or lines for transfer of fluid, control signals and/or electric power between the buoy and the floating unit. The connection system further comprises a support structure which is laterally movable relative to the floating unit and a swivel stack arrangement movably mounted on the support structure. The swivel stack arrangement comprises a second connection device for connecting to the first connection device in the buoy; shut-off devices for opening and closing at least one of the pipes and/or lines in the first and second connection devices by connecting and disconnecting the buoy; and a turret bearing for rotating the buoy relative to the floating unit.
US07985092B2
A connection structure includes a male terminal housing with first connecting terminals, a female terminal housing with second connecting terminals, isolating plates in the male terminal housing, a connecting member to thereby collectively fix the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals at the contacts therebetween for electrical connections between the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals, and manipulation permitting means for permitting manipulation of the connecting member for collectively fixing the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals at the contacts therebetween respectively, when the male terminal housing and the female terminal housing are mated with each other in a specified mated state.
US07985083B2
A system for engaging devices having connectable electrical connectors includes a first device and a second device. The first device has a first electrical connector exposed at a first surface that is contoured to define one or more recesses, each of which has a lip. The second device has a second electrical connector exposed at a second surface that is contoured to define one or more gripping elements, each of which fits into one of the recesses to grip one of the lips when the first and second electrical connectors are connected together. The first device also has a movable element that can be positioned such that when the one or more gripping elements are in the one or more recesses and gripping the one or more lips, the movable element blocks the gripping elements from being moved out of the recesses or away from the lips.
US07985081B2
A method for mounting the micro spring structures onto cables or contact structures includes forming a spring island having an “upside-down” stress bias on a first release material layer or directly on a substrate, forming a second release material over at least a portion of the spring island, and then forming a base structure over the second release material layer. The micro spring structure is then transferred in an unreleased state, inverted such that the base structure contacts a surface of a selected apparatus, and then secured (e.g., using solder reflow techniques) such that the micro spring structure becomes attached to the apparatus. The spring structure is then released by etching or otherwise removing the release material layer(s).
US07985074B2
A method and apparatus for improving math skills is provided. The method and apparatus present groups of problems to a student in a sequential manner, and award points to the student when the student enters a correct response. Statistics regard the student's performance are recorded and may be viewed in a variety of selectable formats so that parents, teachers, and other interested parties can track the students progress.
US07985069B2
It is aimed to improve the heating efficiency of a poured raw material by efficiently creating a natural convection in a container. The interior of a container is constructed to have such a closed loop shape that a heating medium can be vertically circulated. A heated gas passage includes a lower heating section for heating the heating medium in a lower storage, and a lateral heating section for heating the heating medium, which was heated in the lower storage, in a first lateral section. A raw material is introduced to the heating medium which is flowing toward the lower storage in a second lateral section by being heated in the first lateral section, thereby promoting the circulation of the heating medium. In heat transferring pipes, the raw material is boiled to create drive forces for circulating the heating medium.
US07985065B2
A pitch adjustment device for blow molding machine is disclosed, which comprises: a platform, a driving unit, a screw rod unit, and a plurality of clipping units. The screw rod unit is composed of a transmission mechanism and a screw rod, in which the screw rod is pivotally mounted on the platform in a manner that when the platform is driven to move, the moving platform will activate the transmission mechanism for bringing along the screw rod to rotate. In a preferred embodiment, the screw rod has a plurality of guide slots formed thereon in a manner that, for any two neighboring guide slots, the two pitches measured between corresponding ends of the two neighboring guide slots are different from each other, so that when the platform is driven to move in a rectilineal motion reciprocatively which brings along the screw rod to move and rotate accordingly, the pitches between the plural clipping units are varied accordingly as the plural clipping units are disposed at positions corresponding to the guide slots, and thereby, the pitches between any two neighboring bottle embryos hold by their corresponding clipping units are varied.
US07985060B2
Methods and apparatus for hydrodischarging and hydrocharging substrates and articles to produce enhanced ability to avoid attraction of contaminants or improved capability of removing contaminants from fluids are disclosed. In another form the method involves removal of electric charges or neutralization of charge on or within substrates. Also disclosed are methods of making using electret substrates and articles for removing particulates and mists from fluid streams.
US07985055B2
A balance shaft function may be realized without employing a balance shaft, when an oil pump includes an inner rotor fixed to the rotation shaft and an outer rotor that rotates with the inner rotor if at least one rotor of the inner and outer rotors has a mass center formed apart from a rotation center.
US07985053B2
An inlet guide vane having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of x, y, and z set forth in TABLE 1 reduces vibration of engine components at various operating conditions. A scaling factor can be applied to the values to make the airfoil larger or smaller. The TABLE 1 x and y values are distances in inches within a tolerance which, when connected by smooth curves, define airfoil profile sections at each distance z in inches, the profile sections being joined smoothly to form a complete airfoil shape. The tolerance in an embodiment is up to about 0.16 inches.
US07985043B2
A trailer 10 includes a frame (12) having a central axis (14) spaced between rear wheels. A plurality of storage supports (20) are supported on the trailer frame, with each storage support supporting a plurality of objects thereon. A carousel assembly (24) rotates the plurality of storage supports, and may be raised and lowered. A locking mechanism (180) is provided for engaging the carousel to prevent the carousel from inadvertently moving to the lowered position. A tire support mechanism (210) includes an elongate restraint engaging an upright tire when a ratchet mechanism renders a flexible member taut.
US07985041B2
A coupler nut with multiple bore diameters that are symmetrically stepped in both directions away from the center bore diameter. The bore diameter at the center is the smallest, and each pair of steps away from the center bore increases the bore diameter. This means that the coupler nut has no single, correct vertical orientation. It has no top or bottom, and as such is vertically ambidextrous.
US07985040B2
A screw assembly includes hollow first screw and a second screw smaller than the first screw in size. A first thread is defined on an outer surface of the first screw. A receiving hole is defined in the first screw. The second screw is adapted to be received in the receiving hole to engage with the first screw.
US07985027B2
An adapter assembly for receiving and maintaining mating fiber optic connectors, comprising an adapter housing defining at least one feature for engaging with at least one plug housing engaged with at least one of the first and second fiber optic connectors, and at least one alignment member maintained within the adapter housing for receiving connective ends of each of the first and second fiber optic connectors. An adapter assembly for receiving and maintaining mating first and second fiber optic connectors, wherein the connectors may be similar or dissimilar and while reducing side load forces through the use of a stabilizing member.
US07985023B2
A medical examination device is provided. At least some of the supply lines used to operate the examination device are routed from above to the examination device, with the supply lines being arranged on a gallows which is mounted rotatably on a rail-guided carriage and being attached to a longitudinal section by at least one Bowden cable arranged on the gallows.
US07985015B2
An LED spotlight has an arrangement having at least one LED, above which there is arranged a color conversion substance, and an optical system of a substantially transparent material, which directs incident light from the LED arrangement in the direction of an exit surface by means of total internal reflection. The base surface of the conical optical system may thereby have the shape of a polygon. The outer wall of the conical optical system may have at least in partial regions planar facets. The color conversion material may be provided in the shape of a cuboid above the LED arrangement.
US07985009B2
A two-side asymmetric light-shift illuminating lens body mainly projecting light from a light emitting device to two asymmetric relative outer directions includes a base having a receiving slot with a downwards opening for receiving a lighting device; a large non-spherical protrusion and a small a large non-spherical protrusion being arranged on two sides of a center light axis on a top surface of the base; a concave curved surface being formed to a border of the two non-spherical protrusions; a concave arc is formed above the receiving slot, outer edge of each non-spherical protrusion being formed with a aft cambered convex lateral. The cambered convex laterals are gradually narrowed along the projecting direction of the center light axis. An angle between a tangent line of the cambered convex lateral and the center light axis is about 10 degrees.
US07985007B2
An illumination obscurement device for controlling the obscurement of illumination from a light source which is optimized for use with a rectangular, arrayed, selective reflection device. In a preferred embodiment, a rotatable shutter with three positions is placed between a light source and a DMD. The first position of the shutter is a mask, preferably an out of focus circle. This out of focus circle creates a circular mask and changes any unwanted dim reflection to a circular shape. The second position of the shutter is completely open, allowing substantially all the light to pass. The third position of the shutter is completely closed, blocking substantially all the light from passing. By controlling the penumbra illumination surrounding the desired illumination, DMDs can be used in illumination devices without creating undesirable rectangular penumbras.
US07984994B2
A projection optical system including a projection lens, a first mirror that reflects a light from the projection lens, and a second mirror that widens an angle of a light from the first mirror by reflecting the light projects a light modulated according to an image signal from an optical engine unit. A third mirror reflects a light from the projection optical system. A screen transmits a light from the third mirror. An optical axis of the projection lens substantially matches an optical axis of the second mirror, and the light from the optical engine unit is shifted to a specific side from the optical axis of the projection lens.
US07984990B2
An ophthalmic lens for providing a plurality of foci includes an optic having an anterior surface, a posterior surface, and an optical axis. The ophthalmic lens has a first region and a second region. The first region has a first refractive optical power and includes a first base curvature having a finite first radius of curvature and a first phase plate having at least one diffraction order with a diffractive optical power. The first region is configured for forming a first focus and a second focus. The second region has a second refractive optical power and includes a second base curvature having a finite second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature and a second phase plate having at least one diffraction order with a diffractive optical power. The second region is configured for forming a third focus that is between the first focus and the second focus. The ophthalmic lens may be configured so the first focus provides distant vision, the second focus provides near vision, and the third focus provides intermediate vision.
US07984987B1
Eyewear is equipped with at least one lens and at least one pinhole aperture. Lenses and apertures may be used in place of or in combination with one another, and may be disposed in or on full frame, half frame, wire frame or rimless eyeglasses. The lens may be a corrective lens. Pinhole apertures may have a diameter no greater than about 3 mm, and a diameter/thickness ratio no less than about 66.7%.
US07984979B2
A liquid ejecting device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting a liquid; a liquid supply channel to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting head; a discharge channel connected to the liquid supply channel through a gas permeable film to discharge a gas in the liquid supply channel; a suction unit connected to the discharge channel and configured to suction a gas in the discharge channel to reduce a pressure therein; a switching unit configured to block the communication of the discharge channel with the suction unit when the gas in the discharge channel is not suctioned; and a discharge detecting unit configured to detect that the gas in the liquid supply channel is suctioned and discharged to the discharge channel by the reduced pressure in the discharge channel when the communication of the discharge channel with the suction unit is blocked by the switching unit.
US07984976B2
A liquid recording head includes an element substrate on which ejection energy generating elements for generating energy for ejecting droplets of liquid are provided in a staggered arrangement, ejection outlets provided opposed to the ejection energy generating elements, ejection energy generation chambers enclosing the ejection energy generating elements, and a flow path constituting member constituting first and second nozzles for supplying the liquid into the ejection energy generation chambers. The second nozzles have flow path lengths shorter than those of the first nozzles, the first and second nozzles are arranged alternately, and an average height of the paths of the first nozzles is greater than that of the paths of the second nozzles.
US07984974B2
There is disclosed a printhead integrated circuit (IC) which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle, to effect printing. In each nozzle, the heater element 10 requires an electrical pulse with a voltage less than 8 volts and a duration less than 1.5 microseconds, to form the vapor bubble that causes the ejection of the drop. With the realization that drive pulse voltages above, say, 12 volts are not a fixed parameter of printhead design, the benefits of low voltage printhead operation can be incorporated into a design that yields efficiencies that negate the circumstances that created the initial demand for high voltage operation.
US07984969B2
A printer is provided having a pagewidth printhead and a casing having a channel in which the pagewidth printhead is removably clamped so as to constrain movement of the printhead relative to the casing across the longitudinal direction of the channel and to allow movement of the printhead along the longitudinal direction of the channel.
US07984965B2
A print head unit has an elongate print head integrated circuit. An ink supply unit defines an elongate print head slot in which the print head integrated circuit is received. Ink supply vias supply ink to the print head slot. Longitudinally extending channels are in fluid communication with the print head integrated circuit through the vias and longitudinally extending aperture slots provide for the snap-in insertion of rollers for the transport of print media operatively with respect to the print head integrated circuit during printing.
US07984961B2
An ink-jet type image recording apparatus includes a recording head which has a nozzle surface having a plurality of nozzles formed therein; a suction mechanism which generates a suction force, a first cap having a first lip portion, and a second cap having a second lip section. Since the second lip portion has a stiffness higher than that of the first lip portion, it is possible to provide an ink-jet type image recording apparatus including a second cap capable of preventing a deformation due to a negative pressure generated inside the second cap, and a first cap capable of maintaining a moisture-retained state of a nozzle group with a less load exerted on the recording head.
US07984952B2
Modular vehicle seats having water-permeable seating surfaces are disclosed. A disclosed vehicle seat includes a seat portion configured to hold a seated person. The seat portion includes a substantially unitary molded frame defining a first opening and a cavity associated with the first opening. The seat portion further includes a first substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane configured to cover at least a portion of the first opening to provide support to the seated person. The substantially unitary molded frame comprises at least a second opening configured to enable water passing through the first substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane and into the cavity to be discharged from the cavity. The disclosed seat further includes a back portion coupled to the seat portion. The back portion includes a peripheral frame member defining a third opening at least a portion of which is covered with a second substantially non-absorbent, water-permeable membrane.
US07984951B2
A versatile and thin headrest can be tilted lightly and reliably from a head support state to a storage state by reducing an operation load. The headrest includes a support member mounted on the upper part of a backrest seat, a frame rotatably engaged with the support member, a frame urging element(s), and a lock mechanism provided between the frame and the support member. The lock mechanism includes locking members disposed on the support member and formed with engagement groove parts, a movable operation lever having concave parts formed directed toward the support member side, fixing members pivotally supported on the frame and capable of being crossingly engaged with and disengaged from the engagement groove parts along with the movement of the operation lever, and an operation lever urging element(s) for urging the operation lever so that the fixing members are urged in the direction of the engagement groove parts.
US07984931B2
A fluid line of thermoplastic material includes a first end section integral with a principal part of the fluid line which is at least partially undulated. A first holding rib engages behind at least one locking projection of a connecting ring. The ring engages behind a second holding rib on a second end section of the pipe. The first end section has an essentially conical initial section located adjacent the principal part of the fluid line. The initial section has an outer diameter which increases in a direction toward the free end of the first end section. The initial section is adjacent to an intermediate section whose outer diameter decreases from the greatest diameter of the initial section to the smallest diameter of a locking groove for the engagement of a first locking projection.
US07984930B2
In certain embodiments, a PCA connector has a nylon body, wherein the nylon is durable, corrosion resistant, and exhibits excellent strength over a large range of temperature and moisture conditions. The nylon body may be described as a single structure with integral features, such as a bearing portion, a latch housing portion, a latch guide portion, and so forth. Thus, the number of parts is significantly reduced by the one-piece design of the body. In addition, the PCA connector may include a latching mechanism configured to secure the PCA connector to an aircraft. For example, the latching mechanism may include a pair of levers, which engage a pair of latches on opposite sides of the nylon body. In some embodiments, the levers may be rotated in opposite directions relative to one another to impart movement of the latches in the same direction, e.g., an axial direction. Also, some embodiments of the latching mechanism include a cam between the levers and the latches, respectively.
US07984919B2
The present invention is predicated upon methods and devices for positively mounting structural members while preventing or substantially limiting exposure of such members to environmental conditions possibly leading to corrosion.
US07984915B2
Herein, a particular vehicle suspension control arm in a suspension having multiple control arms is designed to create a range of available axial stiffness levels which relates to a range of toe change at the wheel under to lateral loading. In particular, a semi-active device is arranged on a given suspension control arm to allow a change in stiffness that produces a desirable amount of toe change under the presence of lateral loading. This suspension arrangement, when applied to the rear axle of an automobile, has significant merit in being able to enhance maneuverability and stability over a large range of operating conditions at a minimal level of control input energy and with robust failsafe operation.
US07984912B2
A gasket has sealing layer(s) with beads which are assigned to passage opening(s), and stopper layer(s) with a stopper which limits the resilience of the bead(s). The stopper is composed of a plurality of directly successive ridge-shaped elevations and groove-shaped depressions, both being trapezoidal in cross section and both being formed in on both sides of the stopper layer, with setting angles of the trapezium flanks. The trapezoidal elevations of the one side are situated opposite the trapezoidal depressions of the other side. A cross section (Q1) which is delimited by opposing trapezium flanks which are adjacent to one another is the same or greater than a cross section (Q2) which is delimited between the opposing depressions of the two sides.
US07984911B2
A face seal for a gas turbine engine comprises a seal body that has a contact face to engage a rotating surface. The contact face is defined as an area extending radially between an inner diameter of the seal body and an outer diameter of the seal body at one seal end providing a radial width. The radial width is between greater than 0.15 inch (3.81 mm).
US07984905B2
A first detecting unit S1 for detecting a conveyed sheet at a first detecting position and a second detecting unit S2 for detecting the sheet at a second detecting position are provided. A calculation unit calculates a distance between the first and second detecting positions based on detection signals from the first detecting unit and the second detecting unit at the time when a reference sheet having a known length has been conveyed and a length of reference sheet.
US07984882B2
There is disclosed a tripod head for mounting a device to be held (such as an illumination device) to a support base at an adjustable angle of depression or elevation. The tripod head is designed to avoid increase in size of a mounting member that supports the device to be held. Furthermore, hand fingers are prevented from entering an arc-shaped groove formed in a disk used to adjust the angle of the held device; otherwise, the fingers would be injured. The tripod head permits a mounting member 3, which is used to hold the device 10 to be held, to be mounted on a support base 2 such that the angle of depression or elevation of the device can be adjusted. The mounting member 3 has a mounting shaft 32 mounted to the support base 2. The mounting shaft 32 extends horizontally through the support base and is rotatably pivoted to it. The mounting shaft has a front-end portion extending through the support base. A disk 33 is mounted to the front-end portion. An arc-shaped groove 35 located about the axis of the mounting shaft is formed in a peripheral portion of the disk. A threaded rod 24 stands upright from the support base and is inserted in the groove. The threaded rod has a threaded portion in its front end. A nut 45 having a handle 46 is threadedly inserted over the threaded portion. The fringes of the groove in the disk can be tightened and secured to the support base.
US07984866B2
A relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system is provided for preparing an aqueous oil sand slurry amenable to pipeline conveyance while producing minimum overall rejects, comprising (a) a relocatable rotary digester for slurrying oil sand and water and digesting oil sand lumps to form a pumpable slurry, the rotary digester having a feed end for receiving oil sand and water, a slurrying chamber comprising a plurality of lifters for slurrying the oil sand and water, and a trommel screen end for screening out oversize rejects from the oil sand slurry which falls through the trommel screen; and (b) a relocatable rejects recirculation unit operably associated with the rotary digester for receiving oversize rejects and delivering the rejects back to the rotary digester for further digestion. In a preferred body, relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system further comprises a rejects crusher for crushing oversize rejects prior to delivering rejects back to the rotary digester.
US07984865B2
A method and apparatus for processing animal byproduct materials is disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a grinder for grinding the byproduct materials; a mixer for mixing the ground byproduct materials with an oil absorbing material and a backmix material; and a dryer for drying the mixed materials. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes a cyclone for separating an air stream from the dried materials. The dried materials are transported to one or more presses for pressing the dried materials, thereby reducing oil content. The one or more presses includes a first opening for delivering pressed oil to a centrifuge and a second opening for sending the pressed materials to a screener. A portion of the screened material is sent back to the mixer (and/or the grinder) and the balance of the screened material are sent to storage as a finished product.
US07984859B2
A control apparatus for operating an exhaust fan in order to control humidity and odor in an enclosed confine includes a switch mounted within a path of electric power between an electric power source and the exhaust fan. A humidity sensor outputs a humidity signal defining level of relative humidity within the enclosed confine and a resistive voltage divider provides a reference voltage signal. A comparator compares the humidity signal with the reference signal and provides a control signal when a value of the humidity signal is equal to or greater than a value of the reference signal, the control signal causing the switch to supply the electric power to the exhaust fan. A timing circuit is activated by the control signal and is operable to maintain presence thereof for a predetermined period of time when the value of the humidity signal decreases below the value of the reference signal.
US07984852B2
A public or private electric charging station or device for an electric vehicle. A user can approach an outlet station in an electric car, plug the car into the station similar to using a gasoline pump, present a credit card to the system, and be provided with either standard line voltage of sufficient wattage to charge the battery of an electric or hybrid vehicle. After the vehicle is charged, the credit card debited for the correct amount for the power dispensed, or other arrangements to pay can be accommodated such as debiting a prepaid account. Optionally, the user can also inject (100) reverse-flow power back into the grid for credit and receive credit for the power injected. Several users can share the same station, and can identify themselves by key access, card swipe, biometrically, or by a card containing an RFID chip that contains their identity.
US07984848B1
A cash card system having a pair of financial instruments: a cash instrument and a security instrument, each encoded with a common PIN. The cash instrument, once preloaded with a cash balance, is used to purchase goods and services in cooperation with the pin. The security instrument, also in cooperation with the PIN, is used to recover a cash balance from the cash instrument in the event it is lost or stolen. The cash instrument and the security instrument are never used together to perform any transaction. One or both of the financial instruments may be a smart card having an embedded microchip. One or both of the financial instruments may be a card. The cash card may be a calculator-like structure having a display. In operation, the cash card system provides the anonymity of cash, the safety of traveler's checks and the convenience of a credit card.
US07984841B2
A member having a coating film capable of suppressing whisker generation is provided. The coating film (3) including a plurality of crystalline grains (3a) made of tin or tin alloy is formed above the surface of the base member (1). An intermetallic compound (3b) of tin and the first metal is being formed along the crystalline grain boundaries of the coating film.
US07984840B2
According to a metal joining method of the present invention, first and second dissimilar metals are joined together by interposing between the first and second metal materials a third metal material dissimilar to the first and second metal materials and causing eutectic melting at least either at an interface between the first and third metal materials or at an interface between the second and third metal materials.
US07984839B2
An ultrasonic welding device for welding two components has a rod-shaped first sonotrode for the generation of longitudinal waves and is coupled on its first end to a first converter and on its second end opposite the first end to a second converter. A first welding surface is provided in the middle of the first sonotrode. To improve durability and welding performance, a second sonotrode which is coupled to at least one third converter and is configured as a torsion sonotrode, has a second welding surface arranged opposite the first welding surface. The first and second sonotrodes can be moved relatively to each other such that a clamping force between the first and the second welding surface can be applied to the components to be connected.
US07984831B2
A handheld dispenser includes a collapsible liquid container, a liquid pump, an air pump, and a mixing chamber. The liquid pump provides a collapsible liquid chamber collapsed from an expanded volume to a compressed volume to expel liquid from the collapsible liquid chamber into the mixing chamber. The air pump provides a collapsible air chamber collapsed from an expanded volume to a compressed volume to expel air from the collapsible air chamber into the mixing chamber. The liquid pump and air pump are secured to the collapsible liquid container so as to be capable of being manipulated with one hand. Air expelled into the mixing chamber mixes with liquid expelled into the mixing chamber so that a mixed product is dispensed.
US07984829B2
An interchangeable access device for a dispenser is provided. The interchangeable access devices include a push-button device and a keyed-device. Each of the access devices includes a retaining feature that allows the access device to be removably coupled to a dispenser cover. The access devices cooperate with a latch member to disengage the latch member from a catch coupled to a back-housing. The access devices may be removed and interchanged by a dispenser operator to reflect changes in the application environment.
US07984824B2
A sensor assembly including a sensor including an actuatable element that causes an operation when actuated by a sensor actuator, the sensor including a holder, and a biasing device that imparts a biasing force against the holder that compensates for relative movement between the actuatable element and the sensor actuator so as to maintain the actuatable element substantially at a predetermined spatial position with respect to the sensor actuator.
US07984815B2
A storage unit for use in the home, garage, or business. The storage unit includes has a mounting arrangement that permits a user to easily mount the storage unit to a wall. The storage unit also includes a shelving arrangement that can be adapted to customize the use of the storage unit in the home, garage, or business.
US07984810B2
A recovery device and method of use to ensure that any reusable medical device that has been disposed of in a sharps container is recovered, cleaned, sterilized, and repackaged for reuse. In one embodiment, a sharps container and sorting surface are manipulated to rotate together and independently, so that the contents of the sharps container are emptied onto the sorting surface, enabling an operator to manually, safely, efficiently, and timely retrieve reusable medical devices from the sorting surface and place these medical devices into a receptacle bin. The non-reusable contents are subsequently dumped into a waste bin, whose contents will subsequently be incinerated or otherwise destroyed. The operator of the recovery device is protected by a shield and an exhaust system that minimize the operator's exposure to airborne biohazardous toxins and enable the sorting to be done without injury to the operator from sharp medical devices.
US07984803B2
A hanging display package includes a hanger and a box. The hanger defines a top segment and a bottom segment spaced from and coupled with the top segment and includes a hook extending upwardly from the top segment. The box includes front and rear panels, a top panel extending between and above the front and rear panels, and a side panel extending from the front panel to the rear panel. A cavity is defined between the panels. The top panel borders each of the front and rear panels along first and second fold lines, respectively, and is substantially planar. The side panel defines a topmost edge spaced below the top panel such that a side opening is defined between the topmost edge and the front panel. The bottom segment of the hanger extends through the side opening. Other products, assemblies, and methods are also disclosed.
US07984797B1
A rolling soft sided luggage case enclosing a volume and having opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls being supported by a tubular strut frame structure independent of the wheel housings mounted at the rear corners of the case. A straddle bracket affixed to a middle region of a side edge of the structural base joins the rear sidewall strut to the rigid base without engaging the wheel housing in order to facilitate ease of construction and repair of the wheel bracket. The levered portion of the base to which the wheel housing is affixed serves as a dampened swing arm on which the luggage case is sprung in order to isolate the structural frame of the case from bumps while being rolled and to and dampen shocks to the structure.
US07984775B2
A legged robot that can ensure a large step length while keeping the height of a body trunk at a low position without increasing a moment that is generated due to the gravitational force acting on the trunk and acting on roll joints of legs when standing on one leg is realized. In the legged robot, a pair of legs is connected so as to be able to rotate around a pitch axis (Y-axis) at lateral surfaces of a trunk. Thereby, it is possible to make the height H1 high while keeping the height of the trunk low. It is possible to ensure a large step length while keeping the height of the trunk at a low position. Legs have a structure in which roll joints are positioned below a bottom surface. Thereby, the length L1 in the pitch axis direction between the rotation axis C1 of these joints and the center of mass G of the trunk is limited. The moment acting on the roll joints of the grounding leg when standing on one leg is not increased.
US07984768B2
A ground opener unit for a seeding or planting unit includes an accessory mount attachable to an implement frame and a disc rotatably mounted to the accessory mount for forming a furrow in the ground. A scraper assembly includes a scraper plate defining a scraper edge for contacting and scraping a surface of the disc. The scraper plate is mounted to the arm by a pivot pin whose length defines a pivot axis about which the scraper plate may pivot in response to deflection of the disc. A spring is generally held in compression to bias the scraper plate against the disc.
US07984764B2
Pressure-balanced accumulator apparatus for use in subsea operations is disclosed which comprises a housing and an accumulator within the housing at the first end of the housing. The accumulator has first and second chambers that are hermetically sealed from one another, with a pressurized gas in the first chamber and a pressurized fluid in the second chamber. A third chamber in the housing abuts the accumulator and contains silicon oil fluid. A movable piston is located within the housing proximate the second end of the housing. Ambient pressure is communicated to one end of the piston, and ambient pressure plus the pressure in the second chamber is communicated to the second end of the piston. The cross-sectional areas of the two ends of the piston are selected to optimize the pressure at which the piston begins to expel fluid from the second chamber.
US07984760B2
A method, system and apparatus associated with the production of hydrocarbons are described. The system includes a wellbore that accesses a subsurface reservoir; a production tubing string disposed within the wellbore; and one or more sand control devices coupled to the production tubing string and disposed within the wellbore. At least one of the sand control devices includes a first tubular member having a permeable section and a non permeable section; a second tubular member disposed within the first tubular member. The second tubular member has a plurality of openings and an inflow control device that each provide a flow path to the interior of the second tubular member. Also, the at least one of the sand control devices includes a sealing mechanism disposed between the first tubular member and the second tubular member. The sealing mechanism is configured to provide a pressure loss during gravel packing operations that is less than the pressure loss during at least some of the production operations.
US07984743B2
A shade comprises a head rail that supports the lift cords for a shade panel. The shade panel includes a plurality of cells secured to one another. A bottom rail is secured to the lower edge of the panel and to which the lift cords are connected for raising and lowering the bottom of the shade panel. The upper edge of the panel is defined by a horizontally extending top cell that is substantially the same as the other cells that create the panel. A rigid bar insert is located within the top cell that extends for substantially the entire length of the top cell. The lift cords for raising and lowering the upper edge of the panel extend through the top cell and are connected to the bar.
US07984742B2
A panel clamping assembly (10) facilitates gluing wooden boards (12) edge-to-edge so that they will form a perfectly flat panel after the glue sets. The assembly (10) includes a plurality of vertically oriented platens (14) each having a leading edge (16). All of the leading edges (16) lie in a common vertical plane. Wooden boards (12) are gently pressed against the leading edges (16) of the platens (14) by opposing press bars (22). Press actuators (28) create compression between the press bars (22) and their opposing platens (14). Conventional bar clamps (40) are removably hooked into respective clamp saddles (54) flanking the platens (14) to provide distributed clamping pressure normal to the glue lines. The lower ends (44) of the bar clamps (40) are slidably captured in shaft guides (92). The clamp saddles (54) are mounted to an upper mounting board (86) through the convenience of a lip (82). Likewise, the lower shaft guides (92) are attached to a lower mounting board (96). The assembly (10) can be scaled for gluing large or small wooden panels, doors, frames and the like.
US07984738B2
A polymer composition with a polymer matrix material and magnetic particles. The composition is selectively electro-magnetically heatable by an electrical induction energy frequency that is pulse width modulated through variable time cycles to provide controlled heating.
US07984736B1
A cellular tire liner and air chamber system for pneumatic tires comprising a cellular tire liner interposed between the interior surface of a tire and an air chamber with an annular interface that extends from the air chamber to the interior surface of the tire, in the tread area of the tire and disconnects the sidewall portions of the tire liner from each other.
US07984730B2
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention there is provided a stopcock including a housing element defining at least first, second and third ports, a handle element which is selectably positionable relative to the housing element, at least one fluid passageway communicating between at least two of the at least first, second and third ports, the at least one fluid passageway being selectably defined by at least one of the housing element and the handle element, the at least one fluid passageway being configured for enabling flushing an internal volume of at least one of the first, second and third ports by a fluid flow which does not flow entirely through the port whose internal volume is being flushed.
US07984728B2
A flow through pressure regulator apparatus and method for directing a flow of fuel and reducing valve seat wear within a fuel system. Present invention includes a lower housing having fuel inlet where fuel flows through the fuel inlet and communicates with a valve assembly and valve biasing member. The valve assembly comprises a lower and upper valve member where the lower valve element contains a plurality of fuel passages. The valve biasing member permits or inhibits fuel flow through the lower valve member by opening and closing an upper valve member. The valve biasing member comprises a flat disk having at least two reticulated concentric rings coupled by at least one bridge. The fuel flows past an open upper valve member through the plurality of fuel passages that encircle the lower valve member to the valve biasing member. The valve biasing member then diffuses the flow of fuel. A fuel cover directs the flow of fuel from the valve biasing member to the fuel outlet.
US07984718B2
Methods for cleaning and limiting the extent of adhesives are disclosed. For example, a method for cleaning adhesive near a surgical site in a patient's body comprises the acts of dispensing a magnetic adhesive at a desired location at the surgical site, and applying an external magnetic field that removes a portion of the magnetic adhesive from the body of the patient outside of the desired location.
US07984711B2
The present invention relates to carrying systems including packs and bags. One embodiment of the present invention is directed at a carrying system that includes a snow breathing apparatus. The system includes a carrying cavity, an attachment system, and a snow breathing apparatus. The carrying cavity is a partially enclosed region that is capable of storing items for transportation. The carrying cavity may further include a shell, a lid, a sealing system, a compression system, etc. The attachment system is coupled to an external surface of the carrying cavity to facilitate a removable coupling between the carrying cavity and a user. The attachment system may include two arm straps, a shoulder strap, a hip belt, a belt receiver, etc. The snow breathing apparatus is a device that enables breathing in a snow encapsulated breathing space in which breathing may otherwise be restricted. The snow breathing apparatus is coupled to the carrying cavity in a manner that prevents interference with carried items but maintains functionality of the breathing apparatus.
US07984710B2
A hand-held device for apportioned delivery of sprayable substances, in particular inhaler medicaments, having a cartridge which is displaceable by pressing in a housing into the open position for delivery, and an indexing mechanism which is moved along by the cartridge during the opening stroke of the cartridge for registering and displaying delivery actuations which have been carried out, which indexing mechanism is disposed in a housing centrally below the opening-side end wall of the cartridge, overlappingly with respect to the valve tube of the cartridge. In order to configure a hand-held device of the type in question in a spatially advantageous manner with a simplified construction and such that it is more reliable in terms of handling, it is proposed to displace plate-shaped housing as a whole with the cartridge, except for a step-by-step indexing finger star disposed therein.
US07984707B2
An internal combustion engine ignition coil device has an annular seal rubber at its lower side coil. An annular projection is provided on a part of the seal rubber and is pressed against the inner diameter surface of a plug hole. An air path is formed in part of a coil case by mounting the seal rubber into a groove, enabling inside and outside portions of the plug hole to communicate. A gas-permeable thin film resin member is bonded to an inlet of the air path.
US07984701B2
The device is adapted to control the movement of a valve (1) of an internal combustion engine comprising a stem (1a) which may move in translation through an opening (2a) of a hollow guide body (2) and which ends in a mushroom head (1b) cooperating in operation with a valve seat (12) provided in a wall (13) of the engine head. The valve (1) may move in translation with respect to the hollow guide body (2) between a retracted position and a forward position in which the mushroom head (1b) respectively closes and opens the associated valve seat (12).The control device comprises an electromagnet (3) adapted, when energised, to retain the valve (1) in the retracted closed position, a first spring (7) associated with the valve (1) and tending to urge it towards the open position, and a second spring (8) also associated with the valve (1) and tending to oppose its transition into the open position. The arrangement is such that when the electromagnet (3) is de-energised, the valve (1) moves in acceleration towards the open position under the action of the first spring (7) until the action of the latter stops, and then the valve (1) moves in deceleration into the open position under the action of the second spring (8).
US07984694B2
An animal feeder includes at least one fodder bin, a fodder mixing device, a control module, a radio frequency identification (RFID) system and an audio frequency device. The fodder bin is provided for storing and outputting fodder. The fodder mixing device is provided for controlling the output of fodder in the fodder bin. The control module is provided for controlling the operation of the animal feeder. The radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes at least one electronic tag and at least one reader. The electronic tag is tagged onto animals. The reader is installed at the control module. The audio frequency device is provided for inputting and outputting an audio frequency. The aforementioned elements constitute an animal feeder that can provide fodders to a specific animal, issue a calling audio frequency, and controlling a fixed quantity of different fodders outputted at a fixed time.
US07984681B1
A system for automatically attaching a flanging material to the edges of a panel such as for a mattress, including a work table on which the panel is supported and a sewing assembly having a sewing machine located along a path of travel of the panel across the work table. The flanging material is fed from a supply of flanging material located adjacent the sewing assembly, and is attached to the side edges and about the corners of the panel by the sewing machine of the sewing assembly. A clamp mechanism engages and holds the panel as the sewing machine of the sewing assembly attaches the flanging material about the corners of the panel.
US07984679B1
An improved table design, providing a simple, multiple terraced, multiple configuration, and fully collapsible display by means of simple mechanical adjustments to the table. The entire surface of the table is comprised of tabletops nested within tabletops, forming a contiguous unified horizontal tabletop surface. A means is provided for lifting each nested tabletop to a higher elevation, thus creating a terrace above the surface of the respective surrounding tabletop. Said means of lifting said nested tabletops having minimal downward protrusion from the horizontal plane of the bottom of the primary tabletop, whereby said table can be manufactured as a fully portable table if desired. Combinations of said nested tabletops and elevated tabletops at variable heights allow the user to create a multitude of possible configurations. An optional magnetically attractive material on, in, or near the vertical edge of each tabletop facilitates easy decoration of the table with magnetic items.
US07984676B1
A round, according to various aspects of the present invention, comprises an electrified projectile and a case. The projectile delivers a current through a target to incapacitate the target by causing skeletal muscle contractions. The case mechanically couples to a rear portion of the projectile to hold the projectile in the case.
US07984664B2
An organ type accelerator pedal includes a footplate, a housing, and a pedal arm. One end of the footplate is fixed to a floor panel, which is provided below a driver's seat. The housing is spaced apart from the footplate and fixed to a dashboard. A middle portion of the pedal arm between both ends thereof is attached to the housing by a first connector so as to elastically rotate, and one end of the pedal arm facing the footplate is attached to the other end of the footplate by a second connector so as to elastically rotate. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the durability and life span of the accelerator pedal, to significantly improve operation feeling and safety of the accelerator pedal, and to prevent operation noise from being generated.
US07984663B2
A robot head, for example for use in surgery, provides a back-drivable system allowing a surgeon to closely control the position of a cutter or other tool. The cutter is mounted at the end of a telescopic arm (20) which can be rotated about two independent perpendicular axes. Rotation about each axis is controlled by a separate motor (30′) which turns a lead screw (32). A bearing (34) travels along the lead screw and changes the angle of an offset crank (36) to cause the required rotation about the axis. The current rotational position about each axis is determined by a sensor at the output. A second sensor independently determines the position of the corresponding motor (30) and the two measured positions are compared. If they differ, the power to the cutter is immediately switched off.
US07984661B2
A kit of component parts for forming at least first and second grease sampling devices includes a number of housings, piston bodies, and piston shafts. A first grease sampling device has a piston movable in the barrel and vent holes that resists the buildup of back pressure when the device is filled with a grease sample. A second grease sampling device includes a push rod extending from the piston that enables a representative grease sample to be obtained from a bearing, gear or other lubricated part that is not easily accessible.
US07984659B2
A measurement device can detect a degree of bending of a linear body with a sensor when compressive force in a direction of longitudinal axis is applied to the linear body as a result of contact of a tip end of the linear body with an obstacle. Then, the detected degree of bending of the linear body is converted to compressive force in the direction of longitudinal axis applied to the linear body based on predetermined correlation between the degree of bending and the compressive force, so that presence of an obstacle in a direction of travel of the linear body can be sensed based on increase in the compressive force. In addition, as the same measurement device is applicable to linear bodies of various shapes and materials, cost effectiveness is achieved.
US07984658B2
A detecting device including a pressure sensor that is deformed by a load from an outside and causes stress dispersion includes a slip detecting unit that calculates a pressure center position using a pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, calculates a movement value of the calculated pressure center position using a temporal change of the pressure center position, and detects a slip on the basis of the calculated movement value of the pressure center position. The pressure sensor has a multilayer structure in which two detecting units that detect pressure are arranged to hold a viscoelastic body made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load from the outside.
US07984656B2
A method includes rotating a rotor, measuring a rotor rotational time for the rotor to complete a revolution, determining a blade interval by dividing the rotor rotational time by a number of blades carried on the rotor, establishing an active hold-off time interval as a percentage of the blade interval time, directing a beam of light at the blades of the rotor using a laser, sensing light reflected from the blades, generating an output signal as a function of the sensed light, establishing a signal amplitude threshold, analyzing an amplitude of the output signal to trigger the active hold-off time interval when the amplitude reaches the signal amplitude threshold, and generating a blade arrival signal as a function of triggered active hold-off time intervals. The output signal is not analyzed within each active hold-off time interval.
US07984648B2
A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) inertial sensor systems and methods determine linear acceleration and rotation in the in-pane and out-of-plane directions of the MEMS inertial sensor. An out-of-plane linear acceleration of the MEMS sensor may be sensed with the first out-of-plane electrode pair and the second out-of-plane electrode pair. An in-plane rotation of the MEMS sensor may be sensed with the first out-of-plane electrode pair and the second out-of-plane electrode. An in-plane linear acceleration of the MEMS sensor may be sensed with the first in-plane sense comb and the second in-plane sense comb. An out-of-plane rotation of the MEMS sensor may be sensed with the first in-plane sense comb and the second in-plane sense comb.
US07984646B2
A method of measuring the profile, in three dimensions, of a pavement on which vehicles fitted with at least one tire may run. A first topographical measurement is carried out on site with a precision of at least one millimeter of an elementary surface of said pavement, then the points of contact between said surface and the tread of a given tire are defined and at least a second topographical measurement of said points of contact is carried out on site so as to obtain a three-dimensional representation, with a resolution of the order of one micron, of the microroughness of said points of contact.
US07984643B2
The fouling caused by a refinery feedstock on one or more refinery processes, said process comprising: (i) providing a plurality of refinery feedstocks and/or a plurality of fractions of one or more refinery feedstocks, (ii) providing an array comprising a plurality of metal samples representative of metallurgy present in a refinery, (iii) contacting each of the plurality of metal samples with one or more of said (iv) refinery feedstocks or fractions under non-static conditions, and determining the fouling of said refinery feedstock or fraction thereof. Preferably, the metal samples are in the form of a microfabricated array and the testing is carried out in parallel using high throughput experimentation.
US07984641B2
A method for evaluating a lubrication containment system is set forth herein. In one lubrication containment system, a seal runner can be fixed to the rotatable structure and seal against a static radial seal supported by the sump housing. The method also includes the step of rotating the structure relative to the sump housing. The method also includes the step of directing test fluid to the structure inside the sump housing. The method also includes the step of quantifying an accumulation of test lubricant at the seal runner during rotation by omitting the radial seal from the lubrication containment system. As a result, test lubricant can pass out of the sump housing. The amount of test lubricant that passes out of the sump housing, past the location where the seal runner would be or would have been, corresponds to the amount of lubricant that accumulates at the seal runner during operation in the field. It is desirable to minimize this accumulation; accumulation of lubricant at the seal runner can compromise the life and effectiveness of the seal runner. The test results derived from practicing the method can be applied to design aspects of the lubrication containment system, including the seal runner as well as other structures. A test fixture is also set forth for practicing at least one embodiment of the method.
US07984621B2
An air conditioning system for communication equipment. An indoor module has expansion valves installed on refrigerant pipes, brine coolers each having heat exchange tubes to which the refrigerant pipe extending from each expansion valve and a separate brine pipe are connected, compressors for compressing refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger having a heat exchange tube to which the brine pipe extending from the brine coolers is connected, and an indoor blower. An outdoor module has circulation pumps connected in parallel to the brine pipe extending from the indoor heat exchanger, outdoor heat exchangers connected in series with each other while facing each other and each having a heat exchange tube to which the brine pipe extending from the circulation pumps is connected, condensers facing each other and having tubes to which the refrigerant pipes extending from the compressors are connected in parallel, and an outdoor blower.
US07984619B2
Heat exchangers of a refrigerant circuit 50 are constructed of a first adsorption heat exchanger 51 and a second adsorption heat exchanger 52, both of which have an adsorbent supported thereon, and are constructed so as to be switched into an evaporator and a condenser. An air passage 60 is constructed so as to be switched into states in which air flowing from the outside of a room to the inside of the room and air flowing from the inside of the room to the outside of the room flow through either of the first adsorption heat exchanger 51 and the second adsorption heat exchanger 52. A dehumidifying operation mode and a humidifying operation mode can be performed by switching the flow of refrigerant and the flow of air at specified intervals, a cooling operation mode and a heating operation mode can be performed without switching the flow of refrigerant and the flow of air, and an ventilating operation mode can be performed by flowing air through the air passage 60 in a state where the refrigerant circuit 50 is stopped.
US07984617B2
A method of controlling compressor for refrigerator and apparatus thereof are disclosed to control an operation of the compressor by optimum efficiency by changing freezing capacity of the compressor. The apparatus controls a rotation direction of the compressor installed in the refrigerator and changes the freezing capacity of the compressor in accordance with the rotation direction of the compressor, thereby effectively controlling the operation of the compressor.
US07984616B2
A cryostorage device (100) is described that includes at least one data storage device (200) and at least one sample receptacle device (300) with at least one sample chamber (301, 302, etc.) for the uptake of a suspension sample, the at least one sample chamber (301, 302, etc.) being connected to the data storage device (200) and having a elongated, hollow shape that extends from an inlet end (320) over a predetermined length to an outlet end (330) and being attached to the at least one data storage device (200) in a flexible and movably hanging manner.
US07984604B2
A manufacturing method and apparatus for producing digital yarns using hybrid metal for high speed communication, which can be connected to a network to exchange information in real time in the ubiquitous era, and digital yarns made using the method thereof. The manufacturing method and apparatus for producing digital yarns using hybrid metal for high speed communication and digital yarns thereof comprises producing a hybrid metal rod; drawing the hybrid metal rod; producing a micro filament; feeding the micro filament; softening the micro filament; forming a sliver; forming a spun yarn; winding the spun yarn; coating the spun yarn with an electromagnetic shielding resin; drying the spun yarn with the electromagnetic shielding resin; and covering the spun yarn with a textile yarn and the digital yarn made in accordance with this method.
US07984597B2
The present invention is a vinyl siding panel and a method of making the vinyl siding panel. One embodiment of the vinyl siding panel comprises a planar row extending the longitudinal length of the vinyl siding panel. The siding panel may also have a slightly curved row. A reinforcement panel may be secured to the siding panel. In such case, the slightly curved row of siding may be secured to a planar portion of the reinforcement panel. In addition, an intermediate portion of the siding panel may be thicker than the outer portions of the siding panel.
US07984584B2
Problem: To provide a method for fungal bed cultivation of a mushroom of a large size having an excellent shape and crunchy texture, a mushroom cutting useful for the fungal bed cultivation method, a culture medium for fungal bed cultivation into which the cutting is transplanted, and a culture medium suitable for fungal bed cultivation.Solution: A method for cultivating a mushroom in a fungal bed comprising a step of transplanting an isolated cutting of the mushroom into a culture medium for fungal bed cultivation, an isolated cutting of a mushroom to be used in the method, and a culture medium for fungal bed cultivation of a mushroom into which the cutting is transplanted.
US07984583B2
Embodiments focus on imparting a horizontally shifting motion to a plant punch element 1 during a part of a plant punch cycle 18 so as to reduce contact of a plant punching surface 38 with the plant during the plant punch. Plant punch elements that are particularly suited for such “shifting” capability may include a gap 41 facilitating lateral movement of the plant punch element to a position around at least part of the plant to be punched. Aspects of the inventive technology also address a sheltering plant punch apparatus that can also reduce injury and stress experienced by the plant while it is punched. Combinations of aspects disclosed herein provide a high degree of protection to the plant during a plant punch, thereby reducing stress experienced by the plant during the punch.
US07984578B2
A shadow box is provided that is configured to display art objects wherein the shadow box has two chambers, the front chamber configured to display art objects whereas the second chamber is configured to house an insert that is configured to slide into and out of the shadow box as well as to display art objects.
US07984570B2
A sports shoe comprising an upper or casing, to cover a tarsal zone and a metatarsal zone of the user's foot, and a tongue associated with the casing, to be bent forward due to the thrust generated by a tibial segment of the user's leg, during sporting activity. The casing, in correspondence with a flex zone thereof, comprises at least a through slit which allows the progressive elastic flexion of the casing due to the effect of the bending forward of the tongue.
US07984567B2
An apparatus for cleaning a simulated hair article such as a wig or other hairpiece. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing, an ozone generator, an ultraviolet light source, and a gas recirculation structure. The apparatus reduces or eliminates microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, molds, and fungi from the simulated hair article, and also eliminates odors therefrom.
US07984566B2
An air drying system and process employs a turbofan jet engine for producing high quality dried products. The air drying system uses both thermal and non-thermal air drying. The turbofan jet engine is housed within an air distribution chamber for directing exhaust air and bypass air from the jet engine into a product drying tube, where it is dried through a combination of thermal drying from heat content in an engine exhaust, and by the kinetic energy of air flowing past the product traveling through the drying tube, that may include a physical impediment for retarding retard the speed of the product solids flowing in the air stream through the tube.
US07984565B2
A measuring instrument includes a ruler unit including an elongated plank portion extending along a first direction, two spaced apart positioning members disposed fixedly on the elongated plank portion, and a first measuring portion extending from the elongated plank portion along a second direction. A movable seat is movably mounted on the elongated plank portion and is movable relative to the elongated plank portion along the first direction between a reset position, where the movable seat abuts against one of the positioning members, and a normal position, where the movable seat abuts against the other one of the positioning members. The movable seat has a second measuring portion. A resilient member is mounted between the movable seat and the ruler unit, and biases the movable seat toward the normal position.
US07984560B2
A method of measuring an interior diameter of a bore with an expandible gauge having relatively movable first and second components and placing an adhesive on at least one of the first and the second components for adhesively bonding the first and the second components to one another. Inserting the expandible gauge into a tool hole in a bore bar and sliding the bore bar into the bore so that the tool hole is located within the bore. Allowing the expandible gauge to expand to a diameter of a bore to be measured and adhesively bond the first and the second components to one another. Removing the expandible gauge and determining the diameter of the bore by measuring a length of the expandible gauge.
US07984555B2
The mower head (1) includes a body (3) with at least one exit hole (9A) for one end of a cutting cord (F) and includes, adjacent to the exit hole of the cutting cord and on at least one side of said hole, a radial projection (11) to protect the cutting cord.
US07984549B2
In a method of manufacturing an ink-jet recording head including plural recording element substrates having at least one nozzle array comprising nozzles to eject ink, an electric wiring member supplying signals to the recording element substrates, a member supporting the recording element substrates and the electric wiring member, electric connecting portions electrically interconnecting the recording element substrates and the electric wiring member, and a sealant sealing the electric connecting portions, the method comprises the steps of applying sealants to the supporting member including the recording element substrates, the electric wiring member, and the electric connecting portions, and curing the sealants, measuring a distance between reference positions set on each recording element substrate before and after the curing of the sealants, and mounting the recording element substrates to the supporting member depending on a difference in the distance between the reference positions measured before and after the curing of the sealants.
US07984536B2
To provide a piezoelectric resonator in which a casing houses a tuning-fork piezoelectric resonator element and whose failure occurrence caused when shavings of adjustment films scatter and adhere to excitation electrodes is prevented. In a method of manufacturing a quartz-crystal resonator in which a casing 20 houses a quartz-crystal resonator element 10 including a tuning-fork quartz-crystal piece 11, excitation electrodes 6a, 6b, 6c, and adjustment films 8 for frequency adjustment, a wall surface 29 preventing shavings of the adjustment films 8 from scattering is formed between an atmosphere where the excitation electrodes 6a, 6b, 6c are located and an atmosphere where the adjustment films 8 are located inside the casing 20, and when the adjustment films 8 are shaved by a laser beam in order to adjust the frequency of the quartz-crystal resonator element 10, the wall surface 29 prevents the scattering shavings from adhering to the excitation electrodes 6a, 6b, 6c and causing a short circuit thereof, thereby reducing the occurrence of a failure.
US07984531B2
A ratchet hinge for a knee or elbow orthosis having a pair of struts, connected to one strut is a pair of plates in spaced relation to one another. The other strut is pivotably connected between the plates and has a slot formed therein for receiving a locking assembly. The plates have a plurality of ratchets on their outer periphery and a locking slot formed in the edge of the plates. The locking assembly has a spring biased locking pin disposed between two plats such that the pin engages the plates to lock the hinge or allow limited movement.
US07984530B2
A vacuum device for collecting pet waste includes a housing coupled to a vacuum source. The housing is a clam-shell configuration and is configured to receive a disposable liner bag. When closed, the housing holds the liner bag securely therein. A method of using the device provides for placing the liner bag within the housing, feeding a portion of the liner through an inlet tube to the housing, such that the inlet of the housing is insulated from contact with the waste being picked up.
US07984529B2
A method and apparatus for the detection, treatment or collection of a quantity of solid animal excrement from a surface, particularly a grassy surface. The method includes the steps of autonomously or semi-autonomously detecting the presence of the excrement on the surface, moving a collection/treatment device into position over the detected excrement, and, thereupon, subjecting the detected excrement to one or more of deodorization, disinfection, enhancement of deterioration, dispersal and/or collection of the detected excrement. The apparatus of the present invention operates without the immediate or continued intervention of a human. Preferably, the device us robotic in nature, is readily portable, and preferably includes a rechargeable power source.
US07984523B2
An operable stabilization device for a rescue stretcher and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention is especially but not exclusively used in an aircraft rescue of an injured person that is carried in a rescue stretcher suspended from a helicopter by a cord. The stabilization device is configured to adjust direction of a downward airflow from a main rotor of the helicopter to control rotation of the rescue stretcher, and includes a manually operable stabilization sail configured to accept the airflow, an airflow passageway configured to allow and direct the airflow through the stabilization sail and an airflow regulator configured to restrict the amount of airflow being accepted by the airflow passageway.
US07984521B2
The device has a housing (5) which can be fastened on the sanitary article (2) and in which is mounted a pushbutton (7) for actuating the drainage valve (A). A pulling element (16) connects the pushbutton (7) to a closure body (33) which is mounted in a displaceable manner in a housing (22) of the drainage valve (A). A changeover device (26) is mounted on the housing (22) of the drainage valve (A) and can be changed over under tension in each case for opening and closing the drainage valve (A). By virtue of the changeover device (26) being arranged on the housing (22) of the drainage valve (A), the actuating part which contains the pushbutton (7) can be designed in a more space-saving and compact manner.
US07987516B2
An access method and system. The method includes receiving from a first user, by a software application within a computing system, a request for access to the software application. The software application determines a first domain associated with a first current location of the user. The software application determines a home domain associated with the user. The software application retrieves a set of login process rules associated with a combination of the first domain and the home domain. The software application enforces the set of login process rules. The software application transmits results of enforcing the set of login process rules.
US07987509B2
Generating a unique URL key for a web document according to an obtained key generating policy. The URL of a web page is parsed according to the policy in order to generate the URL key. Preferably, the key generating policy is obtained from a well known source associated with the web page.
US07987501B2
A method and system for cross-system authentication or credentialing of clients. Credentials from one system (e.g., system 2) are placed on a client, such as with a cookie on a browser, and the credentials are then extracted by another system (e.g., system 1), and used by system 1 to impersonate the client to system 2. If the client's credentials with system 2 are valid, system 2 provides that information to system 1 (which is impersonating the client), and system 1 uses the validity of the credentials from system 2 to grant the client access to protected resources on system 1.
US07987495B2
The system and method described herein provides multi-context security policy management in a networked computing infrastructure. The system and method may generate a plurality of security contexts regarding different security characteristics of the communication between a computing device and the networked computing infrastructure. The computing device then requests access to at least one specific element of the computing infrastructure. The security policy definitions of the at least one specific element are compared with one or more of the security contexts to determine whether access to the specific elements should be granted.
US07987491B2
Systems and methods for navigating hypermedia using multiple coordinated input/output device sets. Disclosed systems and methods allow a user and/or an author to control what resources are presented on which device sets (whether they are integrated or not), and provide for coordinating browsing activities to enable such a user interface to be employed across multiple independent systems. Disclosed systems and methods also support new and enriched aspects and applications of hypermedia browsing and related business activities.
US07987482B2
Promoted listings are defined in terms of priorities, which may be static, geographically dynamic, or demographically dynamic. The priorities are associated with program data that describes media programs that are scheduled for broadcast or other type of transmission. The program data and priorities are transmitted to client devices that are configured to generate a display of the program data based, at least in part, on the priorities.
US07987478B2
A method of advertising during sequences of video images includes alerting a viewer of available video advertising content associated with an object displayed in a sequence of video images. A viewer selection of the object is received during the sequence of video images responsive to alerting the viewer, and an end of the sequence of video images is detected. The video advertising content is displayed responsive to receiving the viewer selection and after the end of the sequence of video images such that viewing of the sequence of video images is not interrupted. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed.
US07987477B2
A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites list is identified based on a measure of the duration in which the program channel is continuously tuned to. In an embodiment, this measure varies nonlinearly with such a duration. The favorites list may further comprise sublists of program channels which may correspond to different periods of a day, week, etc. The favorites list may be generated from programs watched on multiple viewing devices.
US07987457B2
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provides targeted patching for native generation images. Changed binaries are updated with information that indicates whether or not they contain safe changes. A servicing process can then be provided for a client machine. For any compatible binaries with changes that have been identified as safe, a native generation update is performed that includes recompilation of the compatible binaries with the safe changes, and an updating of binding information for any dependent binaries. For any non-compatible binaries with changes that have been identified as unsafe, a native generation update is performed that includes recompilation of any non-compatible binaries and any dependent binaries.
US07987456B2
Data associated with at least one module of code may be annotated in such a manner as to provide guidance regarding usage of the module.
US07987449B1
Disclosed herein is an electronic device network for lifecycle management of firmware and software in electronic devices. The electronic device network may also be adapted to manage configuration parameters in the electronic devices. Lifecycle management provided by the electronic device network may include firmware and software downloading, firmware and software updating, and remote locking and remote enabling of electronic device capability. An update store module in the electronic device network may be adapted to dispense update packages to requesting electronic devices. The electronic devices may employ one or a plurality of update agents to update software and firmware therein.
US07987448B2
A system and method for programmatically generating a graphical program in response to state diagram information. The state diagram information may specify a plurality of states and state transitions, wherein each state transition specifies a transition from a first state to a second state. A graphical program generation program (GPG program), may receive the state diagram information and automatically, i.e., programmatically, generate a graphical program (or graphical program portion) based on the state diagram information.
US07987439B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for analyzing a circuit model by reducing, and a computer program product for analyzing the circuit model. The circuit model at least includes independent current source models, resistance models, and capacitance models. Also, the circuit model forms a resistance capacitance (RC) network with independent current sources. The method includes selecting a node to be removed using resistance information and comparing conductance of a capacitor for a given time step and the total conductance of the node. Further, the method includes removing the selected nodes and generating RC elements and independent current sources using adjacent nodes, which maintain the accuracy of node voltages of a circuit reduced in an accuracy order used for entrywise perturbation of the corresponding circuit equation. Moreover, an efficient method of handling the independent current sources while reducing the circuit is provided.
US07987433B2
Scrolling data in a display window having peripheral controls on a user interface of a data processing system includes a two-dimensional scrolling control that is integrated as part of the peripheral controls. The two-dimensional scrolling control includes at least three directional components. Each directional component is associated with a direction on the display window, and at least one of the directions corresponds to a change in both of the two dimensions. User input is accepted from a user. The user input includes a selected directional component. The data in the display window is scrolled in the direction associated with the selected directional component.
US07987423B2
A personalized slide show generation system is comprised of a script generator and a personalized slide show generation engine. The script generator is configured for employing a user interaction associated with an image to generate an interaction script. The personalized slideshow generation engine is coupled to the script generator and configured for utilizing the image and the interaction script to generate a personalized slide show.
US07987408B2
In a data processing and buffering method, at least one read cycles are asserted to obtain at least one data, respectively, wherein each of the data includes at least one sub data and each data is specified with an address pointer and an enable bit array. When a certain sub data is received, the corresponding bit of the enable bit array is enabled. The corresponding sub data of the enabled bit is indicated by the address pointer.
US07987405B2
A method is described of calculating and verifying the integrity of data in a data communication system. The system comprises a base station and one or more remote stations, such as in an RFID system. The method includes transmitting a select instruction from the base station to the one or more remote stations, the select instruction containing a data field which matches a portion of an identity or other data field in one or more of the remote stations; transmitting from a selected remote station or stations a truncated reply containing identity data or other data of the remote station but omitting the portion transmitted by the base station; calculating in the base station a check sum or CRC from the data field originally sent and the truncated reply data received and comparing the calculated check sum or CRC with the check sum or CRC sent by the remote station.
US07987398B2
Disclosed is a reconfigurable device including at least a bus that mutually connects functional blocks, a configuration information memory disposed corresponding to each of the functional blocks, an error detection circuit that detects an error in the configuration information memory, and a buffer which is on-off controlled based on information stored in the configuration information memory and each of which controls connection between each of the functional blocks and each bus. When an error in the configuration information memory is detected by the error detection circuit, the buffer with an output thereof connected to the bus is set to an off-state, based on a result of error detection.
US07987395B2
A degree of conformity of error distribution of a digital signal to the Poisson distribution is quantitatively determined. The digital signal including error data, which is randomly generated at a predetermined error rate, is divided into data number of measurement units, wherein the data number is determined on the basis of the error rate. A sample number of the measurement units are acquired from the measurement units, and the number of errors contained in each measurement unit is measured as a measurement value. Further, the number of times of occurrence of each measurement value is calculated, a Poisson distribution function is calculated, and a degree of a bond between the Poisson distribution and the distribution of the number of times of occurrence is determined by using the chi-square goodness-of-fit test method.
US07987394B2
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for expressing high availability (H/A) cluster demand based on probability of breach. When a failover occurs in the H/A cluster, event messages are sent to a provisioning manager server. The mechanism of embodiments of the present invention filters the event messages and translates the events into probability of breach data. The mechanism then updates the data model of the provision manager server and makes a recommendation to the provisioning manager server as to whether reprovisioning of new node should be performed. The provisioning manager server makes the decision and either reprovisions new nodes to the H/A cluster or notifies the administrator of detected poisoning problem.
US07987392B2
A status of connectivity between servers of different sites (locations) is used to infer whether a network or a server failure has occurred such that data between the servers can be routed more efficiently reducing unnecessary network traffic due to duplicate messages. Servers may be grouped based on location or other characteristics and connectivity status determined based on the communication status of individual servers and their respective groups.
US07987388B2
There is described a backplane with connections for connecting functional units. The backplane has hardware resources to handle software tasks, wherein the hardware resources are redundantly implemented or comprise essentially identical hardware modules, and wherein the hardware resources are organized in such that the software tasks are dynamically assigned to the hardware resources.
US07987386B2
A method is provided in which checkpointing operations are carried out in data processing systems running multiple processes which employ shared memory in a manner which preserves data coherence and integrity but which places no timing restrictions or constraints which require coordination of checkpointing operations. Data structures within local process memory and within shared memory provide the checkpoint operation with application level information concerning shared memory resources specific to at least two processes being checkpointed. Methods are provided for establishing, restoring and releasing shared memory regions that are accessed by multiple cooperating processes.
US07987381B2
A method of synchronizing cyclemasters over a distributed bridge is disclosed. The method comprises: a local portal sending a synchronization signal to a peer portal through a bridge fabric upon occurrence of a cycle synchronization event on the local portal; the peer portal sampling its local cycle timer to obtain a sample value when the peer portal receives the synchronization signal; a bridge manager at an upstream portal communicating the sample value to a bridge manager at an alpha portal; the bridge manager at the alpha portal using the sampled time value to compensate for delays through a bridge fabric, calculate the correction to be applied to a cycle timer associated with the alpha portal, and correct the cycle timer.
US07987373B2
Methods and apparatuses for enforcing terms of a licensing agreement between a plurality of parties involved in a particular hardware design through the use of hardware technologies. According to one embodiment, a hardware sub-design includes a license verification sub-design that is protected from user modification by encryption. In one embodiment, a license is generated based on a trusted host identifier within an external hardware device. In one embodiment, each trusted host identifier is unique, and no two integrated circuits share the same trusted host identifier. In another embodiment, the integrated circuit is a field programmable gate array or an application specific integrated circuit. In one embodiment, a license determines how long the hardware sub-design will operate when the hardware sub-design is implemented within an integrated circuit having a trusted host identifier.
US07987360B2
In a method for implementing device grouping and interactions between grouped devices a device creating a device group sends an advertisement message carrying identification information of a device group to which it belongs, to the network. After receiving the advertisement message, a network device joins the device group by the corresponding advertisement message. When two grouped network devices interact with each other, the method further comprises: sending an access request to an accessed device; judging by the accessed device whether the device sending the request is a trusted device and if so, interacting by both parties with each other; otherwise, denying the access request, or determining by the initiating device and the accessed device, a common trusted third party; acquiring by the initiating device, key information of the accessed device from the common trusted third party, and interacting with the accessed device by using the acquired key information.
US07987349B2
The subject mater herein relates to data processing and, more particularly, to encryption acceleration. Various embodiments herein provide devices and systems including a standardized encryption application programming interface embedded in firmware to perform encryption services. Some such embodiments move encryption operations away from operating system processes into firmware. As a result, encryption operations are generally accelerated.
US07987348B2
In some embodiments, the invention involves speeding boot up of a platform by initializing the video card early on in the boot process. In an embodiment, processor cache memory is to be used as cache as RAM (CAR). Video graphics adapter (VGA) card initialization uses the CAR instead of system RAM to perform initialization. A portion of the firmware code, interrupt vector tables and handlers are mirrored in the CAR, from flash memory to mimic the behavior of system RAM during the video initialization. VGA initialization may occur before system RAM has initialized to enable early visual feedback to a user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07987347B2
Systems and methods for implementing a zero overhead loop in a microprocessor or microprocessor based system/chip are disclosed. The systems and methods include the use of a breakpoint mechanism which is additionally used in debugging in order to provide some of the looping functionality.
US07987340B2
Data is transmitted from a sending processor over a network to one or more receiving processor in a forward direction during an allocated slot, and acknowledge signals are sent in a reverse direction during the same allocated slot, to indicate whether the receiving processor is able to receive data If one or more of the receiving processors indicates that it is unable to receive the data, the data is retransmitted during the next allocated slot. This means that the sending processor is able to determine within the slot period whether a retransmission is necessary, but that the slot period only needs to be long enough for one-way communication.
US07987337B1
A memory management unit includes a translation lookaside buffer including a page table. The page table includes M entries where M is an integer greater than zero. A register interface selects one of the M entries. The translation lookaside buffer calculates an effective address based on the selected one of the M entries while at least one of mapping the selected one of the M entries to an index and selecting a set of the M entries based on a control signal.
US07987330B2
A method for migrating data between heterogeneous data storage devices within a storage area network is disclosed. A first virtualizer presents stored data as a first virtual disk, and then communicates a managed disk representation of the first virtual disk to a second virtualizer. After receiving the managed disk representation, the second virtualizer virtualizes the stored data from the managed disk representation as a second virtual disk. At such point, the stored data can be progressively migrated from the first virtualizer to the second virtualizer.
US07987322B2
Snoop requests are managed in a data processing system having a cache coupled to a processor that provides access addresses to the cache. Snoop queue circuitry provides snoop addresses to the cache via an arbiter. The snoop queue circuitry has a snoop request queue for storing a plurality of entries. Each entry of the snoop request queue that corresponds to a snoop request includes a snoop address and a corresponding status indicator. The corresponding status indicator indicates whether the snoop request has zero or more collapsed snoop requests having a common snoop address which have been merged to form the snoop request. The status indicator is used for debug and by fullness management logic to manage the capacity of the snoop request queue. A general collapsed status signal is generated to indicate whenever any snoop queue entry collapsing occurs.
US07987312B2
A method for dynamically determining bit configuration for a host bridge. The method first obtains information of peripheral components coupled to the host bridge. Next, the method dynamically determines a bit configuration of a processor system bus connecting to the host bridge according to the obtained information.
US07987309B2
A handheld computing device includes a handheld memory for storing at least one handheld application. A handheld processing module executes the handheld application. A physical docking interface facilitates co-processing with an extended processing module of an extended computer unit in a physical docked mode, when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the physical docking interface. A quasi docking interface facilitates co-processing with the extended processing module in a quasi docked mode when the handheld computing unit is coupled to the extended computer unit via the quasi docking interface. A graphical user interface presents a selectable quasi docking interface graphic for display to a user and responds to a user selection of the selectable quasi docking interface graphic by generating a quasi docking command. The quasi docking interface couples the handheld computing unit to the extended computing unit in response to the quasi docking command.
US07987302B2
In one embodiment, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) system assigns a first priority level to a first USB endpoint and a second priority level that is lower than the first priority level to a second USB endpoint. The USB system has memory that stores first USB data packets corresponding to the first priority level and second USB data packets corresponding to the second priority level. The USB system also has a controller that manages transfers of (i) the first USB data packets to the first USB endpoint and (ii) the second USB data packets to the second USB endpoint. If the memory concurrently stores first and second USB data packets, then the controller determines an order for transferring the first and second USB data packets based on the second priority level being lower than the first priority level and/or detection of a starvation condition for the second endpoint.
US07987295B2
An information processing device according the invention includes: a first interface used for communication via a network; a second interface used for communication with an information display device; an identifier acquisition unit that acquires an identifier specifying the information display device; an address storage unit that stores an address indicating location of a management device on the network; a mode information acquisition unit that acquires mode information indicating whether an operation mode of the information display device specified by the identifier acquired by the identifier acquisition unit is a server-linked mode or a stand-alone mode; a first transmission unit that transmits a request including a request to transmit management information specifying a content displayed in the information display device and the identifier, to the management device via the first interface when the mode information indicates the server-linked mode; a first receiving unit that receives the management information transmitted from the management device in response to the request transmitted by the first transmission unit, via the first interface; a second transmission unit that transmits a request to transmit the management information, to the information display device via the second interface when the mode information indicates the stand-alone mode; and a second receiving unit that receives the management information transmitted from the information display device in response to the request transmitted by the second transmission unit, via the second interface.
US07987294B2
Described herein are various methods and systems relating to the unification of media devices, and more specifically to the provision of wireless audio systems. In overview, two or more wireless speaker subsystem units substantially autonomously form a single wireless audio system having its own control interface. This control interface is used to apply operational changes across the wireless audio system, such as volume adjustment. That is, an operational change may be applied to the system as a whole, and this change is subsequently implemented by each of the individual wireless speaker subsystem units.
US07987290B2
A mesh is joined by a node, wherein the mesh includes a Distributed Routing Table (DRT) for determining addresses of nodes in the mesh. A DRT message is processed in accordance with a security mode of the DRT.
US07987288B2
The invention relates to the routing of data packets comprising a target address in a packet switching data network. According to the invention, a first and second transmission path are assigned respective traffic distribution weightings in a routing table for individual target addresses that is assigned to a network node, said weightings indicating the respective allocated traffic load per transmission path. The maximum traffic distribution weighting is assigned to the respective first transmission path and the minimum traffic distribution weighting is assigned to the second transmission path. During undisturbed operation, data packets are routed via the first transmission path and if said path is interrupted, the packets are routed via the second transmission path.
US07987284B2
A communication processing apparatus that acts as a server for transmitting data to a client includes a data transceiver configured to carry out communications with the client; a rate controller configured to control a bitrate of data transmitted to the client; and a data processor configured to prepare data to transmit in accordance with the bitrate. The rate controller includes a throughput calculator configured to extract an effective data transmission and reception period not including an ineffective data transmission and reception period in a period during which a communication connection is maintained between the server and the client, and to calculate a maximum throughput on the basis of the length of the effective data transmission and reception period and the amount of data transmitted; and a bitrate setter configured to set a bitrate within a range of up to a maximum allowable bitrate corresponding to the maximum throughput calculated by the throughput calculator.
US07987279B2
A control-relay apparatus that controls a device to be controlled, according to a control request received from a management device includes a request receiving part that receives, from the management device, control request data containing data indicating a condition that a device to be controlled should satisfy, and data indicating contents of control with respect to a device that satisfies the condition, and stores the control request data in a recording part accessible from the control-relay apparatus, an information obtaining part that obtains device data relating to a device communicable with the control-relay apparatus; and a device control part that, when the device data obtained by the information obtaining part satisfy the condition indicated by the control request data recorded in the recording part, performs control including the contents indicated by the control request data, with respect to the device.
US07987274B2
A technique is disclosed for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network. Initially, a secure communication mode of communication is enabled at a first computer without a user entering any cryptographic information for establishing the secure communication mode of communication. Then, a secure communication link is established between the first computer and a second computer over a computer network based on the enabled secure communication mode of communication. The secure communication link is a virtual private network communication link over the computer network in which one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.
US07987266B2
A system for servicing a request from a client includes at least two proxy servers, each having a corresponding proxy server configured as a buddy proxy server, and being adapted to act as a primary proxy server for servicing the request and to forward the request to a backend server. The system includes a load balancer adapted to: forward the request to a primary proxy server; forward the request to a failover proxy server in the event of failure of the primary proxy server; and forward a response from the primary proxy server or the failover proxy server to the client. The system includes a backend server adapted to receive a request from a proxy server and to send a response to the proxy server. The failover proxy server is adapted to process the request depending on a status of a matching previously stored request.
US07987265B2
An aggregation system includes: a load balancer for distributing accesses to a plurality of user proxy server devices, the accesses including operation information and ID numbers; a plurality of user proxy server devices, wherein the user proxy server devices include program device for identifying a user management server device where a user management server device number corresponds to a remainder M based on the remainder M obtained by dividing the ID number by a number N of the user management server devices, and for transferring the accesses to an identified user management server device; and a plurality of user administration server devices. The user administration server devices include computers sequentially assigned with the user management server device number, and program devices for functioning as a memory device and as a user management device for memorizing the operation information together with elapse time information.
US07987263B2
A bandwidth control server, a bandwidth control program recorded on a computer readable record medium, and a monitoring system that control the sending of image data obtained by cameras in accordance with priority corresponding to a situation. A setting information storage section stores setting information regarding a camera installed at each point. When disaster information is acquired, a disaster detection section extracts a disaster type and a disaster area from the disaster information. A priority determination section searches the setting information on the basis of the disaster type and the disaster area and extracts setting information corresponding to the disaster type. Then the priority determination section determines priority for sending image data obtained by cameras installed in the disaster area on the basis of the extracted setting information. A bandwidth control section ensures bandwidths which can be used for sending the image data in descending order of the priority on the basis of the priority and bandwidth information acquired by a network monitoring section.
US07987259B2
Method and system for providing ad-splicer N+1 redundancy in a network by employing IP network intelligence and techniques to facilitate a redundant ad-splicer assuming, within a few seconds, the functionality of the failed primary ad-splicer. The network triggers the installation of unicast and multicast routes on an interface by tracking one or more unicast routes to deliver the unicast and (pre-spliced) multicast traffic to the redundant ad-splicer. The network dynamically adjusts the multicast trees to continue to deliver the post-spliced multicast traffic to the intended receivers.
US07987255B2
A method for congestion recovery during a denial of service attack involves creating a split horizon zone on a server, where the split horizon zone includes a fictitious zone mapped to a fictitious address, receiving and investigating requests from clients, designating a malicious client based on investigating the requests, where the malicious client is associated with a client address, assigning the client address to the fictitious zone, and routing network traffic from the malicious client to the fictitious address.
US07987251B2
A system, operable on one or more computers, and a computer-readable media are presented for validating an assertion made by a user that he or she controls a domain name. The system comprises an assertion receiver, authorization code generator, and a validation component. The assertion receiver receives either an explicit or an implicit indication that a particular user exercises control over a domain name. The authorization code generator provides an authorization code, to be electronically published in a Domain Name System (DNS) record associated with the domain name. After the authorization code has been inserted in a DNS record, the validation component accesses the DNS record to determine presence of the authorization code within the DNS records. If the authorization code is present, control of the domain by the user is established.
US07987241B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for automatically registering and de-registering custom EIP service application solutions across a fleet of multi-function document reproduction devices in peer-aware network. As described herein, through an implementation of the present method, custom EIP service solutions installed on one computer platform can be automatically replicated and shared across a fleet of multi-function devices without requiring manual registration of the newly deployed service with each device. Registration makes the service user-selectable directly from the device's UI. Further, when a service goes off-line or otherwise becomes available, the service is automatically de-registered with devices whereon the service has been registered. A single instance of an application service can be rapidly replicated without manual intervention. The present system is scalable from a few nodes to many nodes as additional resources are brought online.
US07987239B2
A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for a fragment caching methodology. After a message is received at a computing device, a fragment in the message body is cached. Cache ID rules from an origin server accompany a fragment to describe a method for forming a unique cache ID for the fragment such that dynamic content can be cached away from an origin server. A cache ID may be based on a URI and/or query parameters and/or cookies that are associated with a fragment. After user authentication, a cookie containing the user's role may be used in subsequent requests for role-specific fragments and in the cache identifier for role-specific fragments, thereby allowing requests from other users for role-specific fragments to be resolved in the cache when the users have the same role because these users would also have the same cookie.
US07987236B2
Enabling a recipient to control presentation of an audio identifier informing the recipient of an arrival of a digital communication from a sender in a communication session includes receiving a digital communication from a sender directed to a recipient. A sender-designated first audio identifier or sender-related information that identifies the sender to the recipient is accessed upon arrival of the digital communication. The first audio identifier or sender-related information is presented to the recipient contemporaneous with receipt of the digital communication. The recipient is able to specify, upon presentation of the first audio identifier or sender-related information, whether to enable subsequent presentation of the first audio identifier prior to or concurrent with receipt of a future digital communication from the sender.
US07987232B2
A system and method for providing multimedia content between a plurality of user terminals is presented. A first multimedia presentation on a first user terminal is selected by a first user. Data corresponding to the first multimedia presentation is transmitted to a second user terminal. Data is received corresponding to a second multimedia presentation from the second user terminal by the first user terminal. The first multimedia presentation or the second multimedia presentation is displayed on the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on, respectively, a first profile of the first user terminal and a second profile of the second user terminal.
US07987225B2
A grid manager manages numerous submissions of a job request in view of maintaining a high degree of performance continuity in the execution of the numerous submissions of the job request by one or more job handlers. To this end, the grid manager receives an initial submission of the job request specifying one or more resource selection parameters, and selects one or more job handlers for executing the initial submission of the job request based on the specified resource selection parameter(s). To facilitate a high degree of performance continuity in the execution of a resubmission of the job request, the grid manager assigns a job request identification corresponding to a resource selection parameter compilation including the specified resource selection parameter(s) as well as each resource selection parameter unspecified in the job request that facilitates a selection of one or more job handlers for executing the resubmission of the job request.
US07987224B2
In the case where an audio network system that performs transport of audio signals between a plurality of processors is constructed such that the plurality of processors each including two sets of transmission I/Fs and reception I/Fs are connected in series, and a TL frame generated by a master node is circulated along a ring transmission route formed among the processors in each fixed period, the TL frame including a plurality of storage regions for audio signals, when one of the processors is required to be the master node, the one processor resets in sequence processors which are connected on both sides thereof and processors behind the processors connected on both sides to once remove each of those processors from a ring transmission route if it belong to any ring transmission route, then incorporates the processors into a ring transmission route in which the one processor belongs to.
US07987215B2
Adding references to objects to a mark stack. A limited number of references to objects referenced by an object with a large number of object references are added to the stack. An object is accessed. A determination is made that references in the object should be added to a mark stack using a reference in the mark stack to the object in conjunction with a pointer. The pointer is used to track which references in the object have been placed on the mark stack. A reference to the object on the mark stack is accessed. A pointer is initialized. A reference to another object referenced by the object is pushed onto the mark stack. The pointer is incremented. It is then determined that that more references should be pushed to the mark stack. Acts of pushing references onto the mark stack and incrementing the pointer are repeated.
US07987210B1
Creating an object is disclosed. An instance of a sharable type is created. An instance of a lightweight type is created. The sharable type is designated as a parent of the lightweight type. The instance of the sharable type is designated as a parent of the instance of the lightweight type. The instance of the sharable type may be shared by one or more other instances of the lightweight type.
US07987209B2
Methods and systems are described for implementing mass amendments that affect many line items and span many entries in a trade compliance system. Mass amendment functions allow a data field that is repeated in a plurality of records in the trade compliance system to be corrected without redundant data entry. A copy of the records that contain the data field is made. The copy may be exported into an external spreadsheet. A global edit, which makes the same correction in each repetition of the data field, is performed on the copy. The edited copy is uploaded into a database in the trade compliance system, to update the records while still preserving the data that existed in the data field prior to the global edit.
US07987207B2
A system and method for collecting and dispersing information for the purpose of tenant screening includes, according to one exemplary embodiment, a database configured to both receive information regarding tenants and also provide information to landlords about potential tenants. Landlords registered with a consumer information bureau for the purpose of tenant screening as both a participant and client, have access to the database. Registered landlords provide tenant information regarding current and previous tenants, and are also able to view the tenant information associated with potential tenants. The tenant information provides the landlord with detailed information supplied by previous landlords of the potential tenant.
US07987206B2
The file sharing system is able to provide a client with a single logical directory and reproduce the single logical directory in a remote site when the local site has stopped in use of a remote copy that is made between the local site and remote site. The first site provides the client with a logical directory that is constituted across respective nodes in the first site. The remote copy is executed between the first and second sites, and the data of both sites are synchronized. For the generation of the logical directory and the management of the remote copy, a common management table is used, and the management table is held by all of the nodes. In cases where the first site stops due to a fault, the second site utilizes information related to the remote copy in the management table to construct the logical directory and reproduces the logical directory to the second site.
US07987203B2
A method for processing data for a system model including the steps of providing a model specification having a plurality of types of items including at least one first item type wherein associated data is obtained from data input into the system and at least one second item type wherein associated data is obtained from an operation performed on the data associated with at least one item stored in a first database, inputting data into the system, searching the input data for first item types, storing data associated with first item types in the first database, reading the or one of the second item types in a determining step including determining whether the first database includes the or each prerequisite item necessary to determine the one second item type by obtaining associated data from an operation performed on data associated with at least one item stored in the first data base, storing the one second item type in the first database if the or each prerequisite item is present, successively reading each other second item type and storing it in the first database if the or each prerequisite item is present in the first database and outputting an indication that the system model can be produced if items of the model specification are stored into the first database.
US07987195B1
A computer-implemented method includes providing location factors for first phrases in a collection of phrases, where each location factor for a first phrase is associated with a likelihood that a second phrase of a search query is associated with a location when the first phrase and the second phrase are used in the search query. A search query is received, where the received search query includes a first phrase from the collection of phrases and a second phrase. Whether the second phrase of the received search query refers to a location is determined based, at least in part, on the location factor for the first phrase of the search query.
US07987191B2
A computer-implemented system and process for generating a relationship network is disclosed. The system provides a set of data items to be related and generates variable length data vectors to represent the relationships between the terms within each data item. The system can be used to generate a relationship network for documents, images, or any other type of file. This relationship network can then be queried to discover the relationships between terms within the set of data items.
US07987188B2
A domain-specific sentiment classifier that can be used to score the polarity and magnitude of sentiment expressed by domain-specific documents is created. A domain-independent sentiment lexicon is established and a classifier uses the lexicon to score sentiment of domain-specific documents. Sets of high-sentiment documents having positive and negative polarities are identified. The n-grams within the high-sentiment documents are filtered to remove extremely common n-grams. The filtered n-grams are saved as a domain-specific sentiment lexicon and are used as features in a model. The model is trained using a set of training documents which may be manually or automatically labeled as to their overall sentiment to produce sentiment scores for the n-grams in the domain-specific sentiment lexicon. This lexicon is used by the domain-specific sentiment classifier.
US07987183B2
An information providing device for providing various provide information formed with the predetermined format responding to a transfer request, and the information receiving system comprised of information processing device for receiving the provide information to be transmitted from the information providing device via the predetermined network and conducting information processing; the information providing device forms provide information by describing the comment data with the format readable by the information processing device in the comment area set with the format according to the predetermined program of the provider side, the information processing device receives the provided information to be transmitted via the network, and analyzing this according to the predetermined analyzing program, reads out the comment data of comment area, and delivers the comment data to the predetermined application software and conducts the predetermined information processing according to the application software.
US07987175B2
A method of selecting graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer. Identifiers are created by searching an area within a web page near a graphic or video file for searchable identification terms and searching an area within a web page near links to a graphic or video for searchable identification terms. The identifiers are stored in a database. User requests for graphic or video file content are received and the database of identifiers is searched to find graphic and video files corresponding criteria of the user. Graphic or video file content is then provided to the user.
US07987173B2
Aspects relate to identifying Internet spiders with an approach involving a plurality of instances of one or more URLs, which reference resources available from a first domain. Instances of the URLs are distributed at other Internet domains. Spiders crawling those domains will activate those URL instances, resulting in requests for the resources referenced by the URLs. A generator of a number of requests for the same resource, from a potential multitude of URL instances, can cause the generator to be categorized as a spider. Similarly, a generator of a number of requests for resources identified by different URLs also can be categorized as spider behavior. In some cases, the first domain may not have a browseable site infrastructure with, such that a spider would not readily crawl it by following internal links. The URLs can refer to custom queries created by various users, who can provide the URLs on their pages, such as on social networking sites.
US07987172B1
A method and system is disclosed for associating an appropriate web crawl interval with a document so that the probability of the document's stale content being used by a search engine is below an acceptable level when the search engine crawls the document at its associated web crawl interval. The web crawl interval of a document is determined through an iterative process and updated dynamically by the search engine after every visit to the document by a web crawler. A multi-tier data structure is employed for managing the web crawl order of billions of documents on the Internet. The search engine may move a document from one tier to another if its web crawl interval is changed significantly.
US07987170B2
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated retrieval and classification of information. A system and associated methods are provided that facilitate generation of code and/or documents. The system includes a component that receives data relating to at least one of a user's request for desired code functionality and one or more desired documents. A mapping component correlates parsed subsets of the data to specific functional objects respectively located remote from the user, wherein a generator employs the functional objects to form at least one of the desired code and the documents.
US07987168B2
A method for managing the exchange of information is provided, wherein the method includes receiving at least one information location identifier, wherein the at least one information location identifier may be associated with at least one information portal and associating with at least one network browser. The method further includes generating an information location identifier template responsive to the at least one information portal and communicating with the at least one information portal to identify resultant information.
US07987161B2
A system and method for data compression using compression hardware is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a data set in a data stream. The data set includes a set of data descriptor fields. Using the set of data descriptor fields included in the data set, one or more tabular slices and an index are generated. The one or more tabular slices are compressed into a compressed data block by a data compression scheme using a hardware compressor. A compression data file is generated using the compressed data block and stored in a database.
US07987153B2
An apparatus and method for automatically migrating user's working data by using automatic work data migration apparatuses connected respectively to work devices. In the method, the automatic work data migration apparatus detects that the user leaves or accesses the work device. User work data related to the work device are collected and the collected user work data stored in the automatic work data migration apparatus, if it is detected that the user leaves the work device. The storage location information of the user work data is provided to another automatic work data migration apparatuses connected to the automatic work data migration apparatus. The automatic work data migration apparatus searches the storage location information of the user work data if it is detected that the user accesses the work device. The automatic work data migration apparatus connected to the work device accessed by the user receives the user work data related to a work executed in the previous work device.
US07987151B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for problem solving using intelligent agents. The intelligent agents may be embodied as processor-readable software code stored on a processor-readable medium. The intelligent agents may include a brain agent to parse the input and direct the parsed input query to other intelligent agents within the system. The apparatus and method may use, for example, a personality agent, a language agent, a knowledge agent, a mood agent, a visual agent, sound agent, a tactile agent, and a smell/taste agent and various connectors to external data sources or other intelligent systems to interpret questions and provide responses back to the user. The apparatus and method may further parse questions in a conceptual manner. The apparatus and method may further optimize its system performance by evolving with and reacting to specific user interactions. Thus, the present invention may be configured to receive a human question and to output a human answer.
US07987147B2
The present invention provides an information processing apparatus for carrying out processes in response to how a user behaves. The information processing apparatus includes a sensor device, operator probability computation means, and processing means. The sensor device is configured to sense conditions. The operator probability computation means is configured to compute an operator probability representing how likely each of at least one target is to be an operator operating the information processing apparatus on the basis of an output of the sensor device, the target being the user staying close to the apparatus. The processing means configured to perform a predetermined process based on the operator probability.
US07987142B2
A computerized intellectual property trading exchange is disclosed for facilitating the trading of license contracts relating to intellectual property rights. The exchange includes at least one intellectual property license contract relating to intellectual property rights and a computer-accessible forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants includes at least one seller, which may be the owner, having the license contract and desiring to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants also includes at least one buyer desiring to obtain the license contract. The buyer may be an investor, speculator, market maker, or arbitrageur, who purchases the license contract to achieve appreciation. The buyer also may be a licensee, who purchases the license contract to practice the intellectual property rights.
US07987140B2
Digital rights management of captured content based on criteria regulating a combination of elements
When captured content is detected, the captured content is analyzed to determine whether any portion of the content is subject to digital rights management protection specified for content captured. Responsive to determining that the captured content is subject to a first digital rights management protection, a database is queried to select at least one digital rights management rule associated with a first restricted element specifying at least one first criteria for combining the first restricted element with at least one other element. A determination is made whether the first restricted element is combined with the at least one other element in the captured content. Responsive to detecting the first restricted element is combined with the at least one other element, the captured content rights controller determines a combined digital rights management protection rule reconciling the at least one first criteria for combining the first restricted element with the presence of the at least one other element. The combined digital rights management rule is applied to restrict use of the captured content.
US07987138B2
Techniques for processing of recurring payments are provided that do not require merchants to update consumer account information when a consumer is issued a new account number for a payment card or the like. For example, when a consumer is issued a new account number by an issuer, the new account number can be provided to a payment processing network. A server computer in the payment processing network then identifies any recurring payments associated with the user's old account number and provides the consumer with a list of merchants for which the consumer had established recurring payments associated with the old account number. The consumer is then provided the opportunity to select those merchants for whom the consumer wishes to continue the recurring payments using the new account number. The payment processing network then creates a mapping between the old account number and the new account number for the merchants designated by the consumer and continues to process recurring payment authorization requests received from the designated merchants using the old account information. As a result, the merchants do not need to make any updates to the consumer account information maintained by the merchants, and the consumer is provided with the ability to easily select which merchants can continue processing recurring payments using the old account number.
US07987129B2
A convertible financial instrument provides incentives to holders to keep the instruments outstanding so that issuers maintain flexibility and control over the maturity date of the instrument and the manner in which it is settled. The instrument may provide issuers with the ability to deduct an amount for tax purposes that approximates the true economic cost of the financial instrument. The instrument may contain a provision calling for contingent payments (which may include, for example, contingent interest, preferred distributions, contingent principal, dividends, and other pay-outs) to the holder in some circumstances, which may be based on formulae calculations. For example, this may occur when the trading value of the convertible instrument exceeds a pre-determined value such as, for example, a certain percentage of the accreted value of the convertible instrument, or, for example, another circumstance that may trigger a contingent payment may be when the price of another financial instrument (e.g., the underlying security, the reference security, etc.) is below, higher than, or equal to a pre-determined value.
US07987122B2
In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of providing a bill to a telecommunications subscriber. The method includes distributing a bill using shared account information to the telecommunications subscriber. The shared account information identifies shared telecommunications units used in connection with a first subscriber service and a second subscriber service. The first subscriber service is distinct from the second subscriber service. In another embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a telecommunications subscriber service package. The subscriber service package includes an allocation of shared account units. At least a portion of the allocation of shared account units is available for use of a first subscriber service and available for use of a second subscriber service. The first subscriber service is distinct from the second subscriber service.
US07987109B2
A model and method for channel-based workforce sourcing is provided. In one aspect, a computer model is populated to create a baseline capacity, including a current number of resources in each of a plurality of skill, sets for each of a plurality of available channels. The computer model is also populated with one or more modulators that affect business-defined values. A desired channel mix, for example, for a given time period may also be recommended and specified in the model. The model is validated and updated with additional or new information. The model and method then automatically generates a starting headcount based on the baseline capacity and ending headcount based on the one or more modulators. The model and method may also generate a targeted plan over a given period for achieving the ending headcount from the starting headcount according to desired channel mix.
US07987106B1
A computer implemented system and methods for forecasting the future values of a time series with multiple seasonal cycles are described. The forecasting method of the present invention include 1) two multi-seasonal exponential smoothing methods, 2) the seasonal sub-series method splitting a time series into multiple sub-series, and 3) the aggregate-to-period forecasting method.
US07987105B2
A method and system for distributing labor based upon determinations of traffic in a facility, such as a store. Daily traffic forecast information is obtained for each day within a given time period from a source of such information. Calendar and event information for the facility for each day within the given time period is determined. Baseline days are selected from historical traffic data, and baseline averages and percentages for a predetermined time interval are also selected. The distribution of traffic for each day within the given time period at each time interval is determined using the baseline percentages for each time interval. Labor data is distributed. Labor recommendations are provided at each time interval for the given time period based on the distribution of traffic for each day, and at least one of other user-defined workforce requirements. The results of any or all the these steps are displayed to a user.
US07987094B2
The present claims relate generally to steganographically encoding and decoding of audio signals. One claim recites a method of embedding auxiliary information in data representing audio. The method includes acts of: using at least a programmed electronic processor, altering data representing audio to include a sequence of bits of auxiliary information, said altering based on a carrier signal and corresponding to the sequence of bits, and said altering based on a local gain that varies within the data representing audio, the sequence of bits of auxiliary information including at least one fixed registration sequence for registration of the auxiliary information within the data representing audio and at least one message sequence, and in which the fixed registration sequence and the at least one message sequence are interleaved in at least some portions of the data, and in which the fixed registration sequence is provided in the data representing audio so as to allow determination of threshold levels associated with the auxiliary information; and repeating the altering of the data representing audio to include redundant instances of at least some of the auxiliary information including at least the fixed registration sequence. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided as well.
US07987086B2
Disclosed is a software entity for constructing a Hybrid Cycle Simulation model comprising Compiled Data Units (CDUs) for use in design verification. The simulation model may contain a plurality of 1-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation throughput, and 2-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation accuracy, or a mixture thereof. Utilizing a netlist tool extracting hierarchical design source components for use, the construction checks that all inputs and outputs of any hierarchical design source components bind, and employs Object Traversal Directives for incorporating the selected CDUs into the simulation model. A data management method is used for tracking the validity of the components in the model. Additionally, a software entity (FACDDR) permits high bandwidth simulation of design components normally requiring cycle accurate simulation. FACDDR provides linkages for standard logic elements for abstracting one or more design interface components out of a cycle simulation environment and design interface emulation of an interface which interacts with a cycle simulation model through an API to extract present value of driving side signals of an interface and to set the cycle simulation model on the receiving side.
US07987084B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a system for speeding up an iterative process that simulates and, if necessary, corrects a layout of a target cell within an integrated circuit so that a simulated layout of the target cell matches a desired layout for the target cell. The system operates by determining if the target cell is similar to a preceding cell for which there exists a previously calculated solution. If so, the system uses the previously calculated solution as an initial input to the iterative process that produces the solution for the target cell.
US07987083B2
A method is provided for constructing at least a functional model of a complex system including a plurality of components. The method includes constructing the functional model of the complex system, including a hierarchized set of modelled functional components. Each of the functional modelled components is an instance of an object class belonging to a specific set of object classes. The specific set of object classes includes a “Functional Router” class, representing an abstract model of a dummy router, which describes a set of interconnections between at least two modelled functional components, each instance of the “Functional Router” class being called a modelled functional router. The functional model of the system includes at least one functional modelled router.
US07987072B2
The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for analyzing defects in an object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, it provides a method of characterizing defects in semiconductor wafers during fabrication in a semiconductor fabrication facility. This method comprises the following actions. The semiconductor wafers are inspected to locate defects. Locations corresponding to the located defects are then stored in a defect file. A dual charged-particle beam system is automatically navigated to the vicinity defect location using information from the defect file. The defect is automatically identified and a charged particle beam image of the defect is then obtained. The charged particle beam image is then analyzed to characterize the defect. A recipe is then determined for further analysis of the defect. The recipe is then automatically executed to cut a portion of the defect using a charged particle beam. The position of the cut is based upon the analysis of the charged particle beam image. Ultimately, a surface exposed by the charged particle beam cut is imaged to obtain additional information about the defect.
US07987064B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for determining dynamic test coverage for a product. The method may comprise: receiving a customer order, the customer order comprising at least one product configuration; receiving a rule set associated with the at least one product configuration; analyzing the rule set to determine a proxy part to add to the at least one product configuration; providing the proxy part an indicator; adding the proxy part to the at least one product configuration; iteratively comparing the product configuration to the rule set until the product configuration meets the rule set; providing a test associated with the at least one product configuration; receiving at least one signal from at least one indicator; and removing at least one proxy part from the at least one product configuration.
US07987055B2
A body fat measurement result providing method includes maintaining a body fat information database having stored therein at least one particular person's body fat information, which includes local body fat information for at least one body part of the at least one particular person, providing a user with a particular person list including the at least one particular person, and receiving a selection from the user of a first particular person selected from the particular person list, and generating a measurement result information by comparing the user's local body fat measured for at least one body part of the user, with corresponding local body fat information for the at least one body part of the first particular person.
US07987051B2
A system for determining an average walk distance for a plurality of users of print-related services may include a processor, a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor and an output device in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying a plurality of print-related services in a facility and identifying a total number of users associated with the plurality of services. For each identified user, the processor-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying the services used by the user, determining a usage level associated with the services, determining a distance between the user and the service, determining an average walk distance for the users and displaying, on the output device, the average walk distance.
US07987050B2
A system for detecting actual position of a material handling vehicle in a warehouse in which a plurality of racks composed of upright frame members and lateral frame members connecting the upright members are installed so that material handling vehicles can travel along the passageway between the racks so that current position of the material handling vehicle in the warehouse can be detected with increased reliability even if some of the reflections fail to be received by the sensors. Reflector plates are attached to each of the upright frame members and the lateral frame members along longitudinal direction thereof, sensors are attached to the vehicle, and a controller is installed on the vehicle to estimate current location of the vehicle based on combination of the number of reflections actually received by the reflector plates and counted by the controller.
US07987044B2
A control device 10 for an internal combustion engine 80 includes an injector drive circuit 90 that drives an injector 30 that injects fuel and a temperature detection device that at least detects timing when a temperature condition that the temperature of the injector drive circuit 90 exceeds predetermined temperature is satisfied. The control device 10 includes a heat-generation-suppression control means 104 that performs control for suppressing the heat generation of the injector drive circuit 90. The heat-generation-suppression control means 104 selects, on the basis of a driving state of a vehicle, at least one parameter among an electric current applied to the injector, fuel pressure supplied to the injector 30, the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine, and voltage from a battery to be boosted and performs control for limiting a value of the selected parameter on the basis of the timing.
US07987041B2
According to the present invention, a monitoring system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection control means for outputting a fuel injection signal to an injector based on a target fuel injection quantity and a target fuel injection timing according to a driving condition of the engine. The monitoring system further includes a computation means for computing an actual fuel injection quantity and an actual fuel injection timing based on the fuel injection signal, and a determination means for determining whether a fuel injection malfunction exists by comparing the actual fuel injection quantity and the target fuel injection quantity and comparing the actual fuel injection timing and the target fuel injection timing.
US07987039B2
In a system where an air-fuel ratio feedback correction amount is learned when its variation width is within a stable determination value, the stable determination value is set at larger value when a deviation amount of the correction amount becomes larger. When the air-fuel ratio feedback correction amount is rapidly changed after the learning is completed, the stable determination value is increased to moderate the learning condition and accelerate the learning speed (update speed of the learning value). Hence, the air-fuel ratio feedback correction amount is immediately learned. Furthermore, when a behavior of the air-fuel ratio feedback correction amount is stable, the stable determination value is made small to avoid an erroneous learning of the air-fuel ratio feedback correction amount.
US07987036B2
The invention relates to a method of managing the braking of an aircraft while taxiing on an airport, the method comprising, on the basis of characteristics for a sequence of movements of the aircraft along at least one given path to be followed by the aircraft on the airport, the step of deducing information concerning the braking to be performed so that the aircraft does indeed travel in application of said sequence of movements.
US07987013B2
A method for production planning includes receiving a first order quantity of a first device. A first yield estimate of the first device from a production line is determined. The first yield estimate is adjusted based on a first confidence factor associated with the first order quantity. A dispatch quantity for processing in the production line is determined based on the first order quantity and the adjusted first yield estimate.
US07987005B2
A system, method and computer program are provided for controlling and optimizing the operation of a process having a plurality of independently controlled, manipulated variables and at least one controlled variable dependent on the manipulated variables. The system, method and program input specified constraints for a linear program optimizer to target, calculate a set of objective function coefficients based on the inputted specified constraints, and generate a plurality of combinations of manipulated and controlled variables. The system, method and program also test each generated combination for changed values that cause the linear program optimizer to target different constraints than the inputted specified constraints, and adjust the calculated set of objective function coefficients so that the linear program optimizer targets the specified constraints.
US07986996B2
Passive monitoring of bioelectric signals is made in the presence of active electrical anesthesia stimulation signal such that the bio-electric signals have interference artifacts from the active signal. The interference artifacts are determined and suppressed to produce a processed bio-electric signal from which can be derived quantitative values for evaluating the neurological state.
US07986993B1
An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides AV interval hysteresis to promote intrinsic conduction while providing PMT avoidance. The device comprises a pulse generator that provides atrial and ventricular pacing stimulation pulses on demand separated by an AV interval, an AV hysteresis circuit that extends the AV interval from a base AV interval to an extended AV interval to promote intrinsic heart activity, and a refractory circuit that establishes a PVARP following each provided ventricular pacing pulse including a lengthened PVARP longer in duration than a normal PVARP responsive to the AV hysteresis circuit extending the AV interval from the base AV interval to the extended AV interval.
US07986985B2
A cellular phone device has an operation-unit casing, a sliding casing which is coupled to the operation-unit casing with the front face of the sliding casing facing the rear face of the operation-unit casing, and which slides with respect to the operation-unit casing in a direction parallel to the rear face of the operation-unit casing, and a direction input device provided on the rear face of the operation-unit casing. The sliding casing slides with respect to the operation-unit casing between a state where the direction input device is covered by the sliding casing and a state where a covering of the direction input device by the sliding casing is released.
US07986979B2
A wireless headset has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from wireless communications devices. A headset body is adapted to be worn by a user and includes a microphone and earpiece. An antenna receives wireless communication signals and passes them to RF and audio circuitry mounted within the headset body. The RF and audio circuitry include a Bluetooth module operatively connected to the antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless communication signals, an audio CODEC connected to the Bluetooth module, and audio connection lines connected between the CODEC and the earpiece and between the CODEC and the microphone. A filter is connected into each of the audio connection lines at the earpiece and microphone and operative for reducing the RF coupling from a mobile wireless communications device.
US07986976B2
A remote controller/communicator device is described that aids in answering and processing incoming calls in a manner courteous to those in close proximity to the receiving party. These devices provide a silent, vibrating ring indication in a small wireless device that can be kept close to the user's body. Some embodiments also include bi-directional voice communications with a mobile phone thereby also implementing a wireless headset function. Additional embodiments further include a delayed “courtesy answer mode”, where the receiving party manually activates a recorded or automatically constructed message to be played for the caller, indicating that the receiving party will take their call shortly, and/or is relocating to a location where they will be better able to receive the call.
US07986964B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an SMS2PSTN united messaging service using an SMS/MMS gateway. The present invention includes an SMS2PSTN service providing server for providing at least one ID information among an e-mail ID, an IM ID, a personal mobile telephone number, a general telephone number information, or a Web address related to the called party telephone number; a database for storing membership registration in-formation, charging information, SMS2PSTN service type, the e-mail ID, the IM ID, the personal mobile telephone number, the general telephone number information or the Web address; and a SMS/MMS gateway for querying with the called party telephone number extracted from the received SMS or MMS messages to the SMS2PSTN service providing server, and transmitting the converted result to the e-mail ID, the IM ID, the personal mobile telephone number, the general telephone number or the Web server.
US07986961B2
A system and method is provided for a mobile computer communication interface. One embodiment includes a mobile computer communication interface. The mobile computer communication interface comprises a transceiver operative to send and receive wireless communications to and from a host computer. The mobile computer communication interface may also comprise a touch-screen display, the touch-screen display being operative to receive inputs from a user and remotely display outputs provided by the host computer. The mobile computer communication interface may also comprise a controller operative to wirelessly access and remotely control the host computer in response to inputs from the touch-screen display.
US07986954B1
A communication network (100) includes a two-way communication system (101) having a number of base stations (102-108) providing corresponding coverage areas (110-116) for one or more mobile terminals (148 and 150). In order to minimize congestion of the two-way communication system (101) a broadcast system (118) is included which allows for messages to be transmitted to the mobile terminals (148 and 150). Provision of such a broadcast system frees-up network resources that would otherwise be required to support the transmission of such messages. In one embodiment, the communication network (100) includes a number of information gathering devices such as traffic cameras (126-136) that collect information on traffic conditions within the communication network (100). By determining the location of the mobile terminals (148 and 150) and their intended journey routes, or based upon travel information previously provided to the network, the communication network (100) can transmit via the broadcast system (118) images of traffic conditions along one or more particular travel routes to the mobile terminals (148 and 150). The mobile terminals (148 and 150) include receiver sections for receiving both the messages transmitted by the two-way communication system (101) and the one-way broadcast system (118).
US07986952B2
A cellular telephone for use with a cellular telephone network includes a GPS receiver section. Position determination related information is transmitted to and from the cellular telephone using a control channel.
US07986949B2
A method of entering sleep mode in a mobile subscriber station in performing handover from a first base station (BS) to a second BS is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes entering sleep mode in the first base station and transmitting from the first base station sleep mode information in the first base station during handover, while receiving from a second base station sleep mode entry information in the second base station. The method further includes entering sleep mode based on the information the sleep mode entry information received from the second base station.
US07986944B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for receiving content rights through a multimedia message in a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus includes a content server transmitting contents and a Right Object (RO) of the contents to a Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) server; the MMS server receiving the contents and the RO from the convent server, attaching the RO to a protection part of the multimedia message including the contents, and transmitting the RO along with the contents; and a mobile communication terminal receiving the multimedia message including the contents and the RO from the MMS server and decoding and executing the contents using the RO.
US07986943B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying an electronic file that is accessible by a communications node to be transmitted to a recipient. A communications device sends an identification of the electronic file. The communications node receives the identification of the electronic file, identifies the electronic file based on the identification, and accesses the electronic file for transmission to the recipient. The electronic file is not transmitted from the communications device to the communications node.
US07986927B2
Upon application of an on-state voltage to a control terminal, an antenna switch provided between an antenna terminal and a transmission terminal is turned on, and a transmission signal of a PCS/DCS system passes from the transmission terminal through the antenna terminal. At this time, a booster circuit, to which a part of the transmission signal is supplied, generates at an output terminal a boost voltage higher than a control voltage output from a controller due to the rectification of diodes, and applies the same to the gate of a transistor circuit of the antenna switch. Since in the booster circuit a resistor is coupled to the output terminal, the passage through resistors of an input transmission power in an RF signal path is only the passage through one resistor, thus reducing the attenuation of the transmission signal and providing an excellent insertion loss characteristic.
US07986926B2
A system includes a cellular radio and an FM transmitter that are fabricated in the same semiconductor. The FM transmitter includes at least one mixer, a filter and an antenna tuning network. The mixer(s) translate an intermediate carrier frequency of an input signal to generate a second signal that has an FM carrier frequency. The filter removes spectral energy from the second signal to generate a third signal. The antenna tuning network is separate from the filter and produces a fourth signal to drive an antenna in response to the third signal.
US07986922B2
Techniques for detecting and suppressing jammers are described. A receiver may perform post-FFT jammer detection and pre-FFT jammer suppression. The receiver may transform an input signal to obtain a frequency-domain signal and may detect for jammers in the input signal based on the frequency-domain signal. The receiver may determine powers of a plurality of carriers based on the frequency-domain signal and may detect for jammers based on peaks in the powers of these carriers. The receiver may filter the input signal (e.g., with a notch filter) to suppress the detected jammers. Alternatively or additionally, the receiver may perform post-FFT jammer detection and post-FFT jammer suppression. The receiver may determine whether jammer is present on each carrier based on data power and channel power for that carrier. The receiver may modify (e.g., zero out or reduce) the frequency-domain signal on carriers with detected jammers.
US07986921B2
A cellular telephone including a medical device to monitor the medical or health condition of a user is provided. The cellular telephone is provided with a keypad that is movable from a first position, where a first display and keypad is exposed, to a second position where a second display and keypad is exposed. In the first position, the cellular telephone operates in a conventional cellular telephone manner. In the second position, the cellular telephone operates as the medical device. The second display and/or keypad is hidden from public view when the keypad is in the first position.
US07986920B2
An image communication apparatus which can keep any deterioration in picture quality of an image down to the minimum level and which can perform transmission of an image signal of one frame within a predetermined time even in the case where the communication state becomes poor is provided. An imaging module 101 picks up an image of an object to generate an image signal. An image data thinning unit 102 generates an image signal in which data amount is reduced on color space from an image signal which has been generated by the imaging module 101. A communication unit 104 transmits an image signal and receives communication state information indicating a communication state which has been transmitted from the receiving device. A control unit 103 controls the image data thinning unit 102 on the basis of the received communication state information.
US07986916B2
A near field RF communicator has an IQ demodulator and a demodulator processor that identifies a transition between logical states on the basis of either: 1) a magnitude obtained by adding a first value representing a difference between positive and negative peaks in the in-phase modulation and a second value representing a difference between positive and negative peaks in the quadrature phase modulation; or 2) whether a combined value representing a rate of change in the in-phase modulation and in the quadrature phase modulation exceeds a threshold.
US07986897B2
An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a developer cartridge and a photosensitive unit. The developer cartridge may include a first casing accommodating a developing agent, a developing agent carrier supported by the first casing and carrying the developing agent, a memory element storing predetermined information, and a first terminal electrically connected with the memory element. The photosensitive unit may include a second casing to which the developer cartridge is detachably attached, a photosensitive member, with which the developing agent carrier is brought into pressure contact when the developer cartridge is attached to the second casing, supported by the second casing, and a second terminal electrically connected with the first terminal when the developing agent carrier is brought into pressure contact with the photosensitive member.
US07986895B2
An apparatus includes a printing unit configured to perform printing by a short edge feed mode or a long edge feed mode, an inputting unit configured to input a print job, a setting unit configured to set an upper-limit value of a number of sheets to be used for a job, and a control unit configured to control the printing unit to perform printing by the short edge feed mode if the number of sheets to be used for the print job is less than the upper-limit value, and to perform printing by the long edge feed mode if the number of sheets to be used for the print job is equal to or greater than the upper-limit value.
US07986880B2
A return path system includes inserting RF packets between regular upstream data packets, where the data packets are generated by communication devices such as a computer or internet telephone. The RF packets can be derived from analog RF signals that are produced by legacy video service terminals. In this way, the present invention can provide an RF return path for legacy terminals that shares a return path for regular data packets in an optical network architecture.
US07986879B2
Disclosed is a system and a method for polling in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON). The system includes: multiple Optical Network Units (ONUs) for sharing optical channels of the EPON with one another and transmitting traffic; and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) for discriminating a plurality of ONUs gaining access to the EPON among the multiple ONUs and then collecting routing information on the plurality of ONUs gaining access to the EPON, and for classifying the plurality of ONUs gaining access to the EPON into two or more ONU groups according to the collected routing information and then carrying out forming a polling cycle and allocating bandwidth on each ONU group. Therefore, a transmission idle period in a traffic channel is not only minimized, but an availability ratio of traffic channels can also be maximized.
US07986874B2
A method and a camera device that includes a proximity sensor that senses a current distance between a user and the camera device. The method and camera device acquires the current distance sensed by the proximity sensor, and triggers the camera device to take a photo of an object when the current distance is less than a preset distance of the camera device.
US07986872B2
At least one embodiment of the inventive technology may be a removable protective covering for a camera, where the protective covering comprises a sleeve that has a first opening and a second opening. One or more of the openings may be defined by elastically deformable cuff(s) having unstretched and maximally stretched cross-sectional areas that are smaller and larger than certain cross-sectional areas of the camera. As such, the camera may be removable from the covering through such opening(s) as desired in order to shoot a photograph.
US07986867B2
A video downloading and scrubbing system for use with a web-based video editing system is provided. The downloading and scrubbing system includes: a scrubbing subsystem configured to: receive a user request for a portion of a video at a particular time index; create a data stream beginning containing video data relating to that time index in the video; and transmit the data; and a preview subsystem configured to provide a preview of video data to the user prior to the user completing the download of the video.
US07986864B2
A modular cable head (1) for use with a distributor in the field of optical telecommunications comprises a mounting frame (10) in which a plurality of plates (20) are pivotally mounted. The plates comprise an excess cable portion (21) for storage of excess fiber-optic cable length and a holding portion (22) for removably receiving and securely holding optical modules (30).
US07986851B2
In an image replication circuit, the improvement of replicating a given element at a certain location with the most similar of surrounding sets of image elements.
US07986845B2
The present invention relates to steganographic systems and methods. One claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory to buffer a compressed digital watermark object, the digital watermark object is a separate object relative to a compressed video object; and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is programmed for: decompressing the compressed video object to yield a decompressed video object, the decompressed video object comprising data representing video picture elements and data representing audio elements; decompressing the digital watermark object to obtain digital watermark data; steganographically hiding the digital watermark data in the data representing video picture elements or in the data representing audio elements to yield digital watermarked video or audio; and rendering the digital watermarked video or audio. Other claims and combinations are provided too.
US07986843B2
A computer-implemented method of managing information is disclosed. The method can include receiving a message from a mobile device configured to connect to a mobile device network (the message including a digital image taken by the mobile device and including information corresponding to words), determining the words from the digital image information using optical character recognition, indexing the digital image based on the words, and storing the digital image for later retrieval of the digital image based on one or more received search terms.
US07986838B2
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of preventing deterioration of judgment accuracy when performing document matching process. To be more specific, when selecting feature points in the neighborhood of a target feature point, a predetermined number of feature points are selected after excluding a prespecified number of feature points in turn from the feature point nearest to the target feature point. For example, when the plurality of feature points are selected, the plurality of feature points, after excluding at least a feature point existing at a position nearest to the target feature point, are selected. Thereby, without increasing the amount of feature points for calculation of features (feature vectors), it is possible to prevent the deterioration of judgment accuracy.
US07986837B2
An image processing apparatus includes a binarizing unit, a determining unit, a counting unit, and a correcting unit. The binarizing unit binarizes image data based on density of the image data. The determining unit determines a pixel with high density as a character pixel and a pixel with low density as a non-character pixel in the binarized image data. The counting unit counts the number of a sequence of character pixels in a scanning direction. The correcting unit corrects, when the number of the sequence of the character pixels exceeds a threshold value, the character pixels to non-character pixels.
US07986834B2
A method and apparatus of image processing is disclosed. The method and apparatus accomplish image processing by separating a luma component and a chroma component of an image signal. Averaging of at least some of the image pixels of the luma component is done over a plurality of image pixels to provide a plurality of surround function values. Retinex-like processing of the luma component is done using the surround function values to provide a Retinex-like processed luma component. The Retinex-like processed luma component is added to the chroma component of the image signal to provide a processed image signal.
US07986832B2
An image combining apparatus and a control method for an image combining apparatus that allows a user to write a handwritten image on a writing sheet while confirming the positional relationship between the handwritten image and a photograph to be combined. When a writing sheet having a handwriting area in which a user writes the handwritten image to be combined with a photograph is printed, a reference image generated on the basis of the photograph is printed in the handwriting area.
US07986819B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, an image display processing module, a playback processing module, and a emphasizing processing module. The indexing module extracts face images which appear in a sequence of moving image data, and outputs time stamp information indicating a timing of appearance of each of the extracted face images. The image display processing module displays the extracted face images on a first display area. The playback processing module plays back the moving image data and displays the moving image data on a second display area. The emphasizing processing module emphasizes, when the moving image data is played back, a face image on the first display area, which appears within a predetermined period corresponding to a present playback position of the moving image data, based on the time stamp information corresponding to each face image which belongs to the extracted face images.
US07986812B2
A camera with two or more angles of view is disclosed. An imaging processing for a first application is carried out at a first angle of view on the same image data, and the imaging processing for a second application is carried out at a second angle of view different from the first angle of view on the same image data, the first and second image processing being carried out in the same period. To achieve this object, the same screen is divided into a plurality of screens having a plurality of angles of view, and the image processing for a plurality of applications is carried out using any one of the screens with the angles of view divided, the plurality of the applications being processed in the same period.
US07986810B2
A method of processing sequential frames of data comprises repeating the following steps for successive frames of data: acquiring at least a reference frame containing data points and a current frame of data points; identifying a set of anchor points in the reference frame; assigning to each anchor point in the reference frame a respective motion vector that estimates the location of the anchor point in the current frame; defining polygons formed of anchor points in the reference frame, each polygon containing data points in the reference frame, each polygon and each data point contained within the polygon having a predicted location in the current frame based on the motion vectors assigned to anchor points in the polygon; for one or more polygons in the reference frame, adjusting the number of anchor points in the reference frame based on accuracy of the predicted locations of data points in the current frame; and if the number of anchor points is increased by addition of new anchor points, then assigning motion vectors to the new anchor points that estimate the location of the anchor points in the current frame.
US07986809B1
Methods and systems are disclosed to associate input data with status, location, and technical attributes to arrive at a uniquely identified candidate object by obtaining a set of initial candidate objects based on input data being compared to known technical attributes of uniquely identified objects, obtaining best-known object location and status history for each initial candidate object using previously known location and status information of each initial candidate object, assigning a statistical weight to each initial candidate object based on its maximum calculated speed and speed capabilities of each initial candidate object, generating an association probability of each of the initial candidate objects to the input data to arrive at a set of final candidate objects, and re-evaluating any of the above with data considered to be current that was not used, wherein the set of final candidate objects are uniquely identified candidate objects arrived at with current data.
US07986808B2
An image-processing device having a function that performs detection processing on a first image signal to detect a specific target region of a subject includes an image-signal generating unit that generates a second image signal different from the first image signal based on the first image signal, a target-region detecting unit that performs detection processing on the first and second image signals to detect the specific target region of the subject, and a control unit that selects the results of detecting the target region from either the first or second image signal.
US07986806B2
The claimed invention relates generally to steganography and watermarking. One claim recites: a method including: using an electronic application program to compose an electronic version of a document; providing the document onto a substrate, the provided substrate being steganographically encoded with plural-bit auxiliary data, the steganographically encoded plural-bit auxiliary data is substantially imperceptible to casual human inspection, but is detectable through visible light imaging of the document and processing of image data thereby produced; and storing at least some of the plural-bit auxiliary data in association with data identifying a location at which the electronic version of the document is stored. Of course, other combinations are provided and claimed as well.
US07986796B2
An apparatus and method of generating multi-channel audio signals includes a voice signal removal unit to generate a first signal by removing one or more components of a plurality of frequency bands corresponding to a voice frequency range from an input signal, a voice signal amplification unit to generate a second signal by calculating a sum of channel signals of the input signal and amplifying one or more components of the plurality of the frequency bands corresponding to the voice frequency range of the sum signal, a control filter to generate a third signal by compensating for a level of the first signal, and a multi-channel audio generation unit to generate a center-channel audio signal and a front-channel audio signal using the second, third, and fourth signals.
US07986782B2
A method and system for distributing digital information is disclosed. Preferably, a user acquires a tangible object which contain a code authorizing access to the digital information. The user reads the tangible object through a reader, which sends the code to a server on which the digital information is stored. The server then authorizes access to the digital information to one or more access devices listed in registries belonging to the user. The user may use the digital information on the terms he agrees to, and, while in use by the user, access to the digital information to other users or other playback devices is disabled. Once the user no longer is using the digital information, the access device erases the digital information, and signals the server that the digital information is no longer in use, thereby re-enabling access to the digital information by the other playback devices listed in the registry.
US07986776B2
In the method of the present invention, a customer of a service provider would be placed in hold while waiting to speak to a customer service representative. The method and system of the invention would recognize the telephone number of the caller using a “caller ID” system. If this call is the first time the caller has ever called, the caller would be presented with an audible listing of listening choices that would include but not be limited to the latest news, the weather (of the caller's location), financial headlines, or a selection of music stations (via cable radio, for example). The caller would then speak or type his/her preference into the keypad and the selection would be played. If the caller does not like the selection, the caller can then speak another selection or type the new selection as many times as the caller prefers. The caller selection is recorded in a caller preference database. Finally, when the same customer calls one or more additional times, the system would retain the caller's number and preferred listening selection, based on caller ID value. The listening selection would automatically be played on subsequent calls.
US07986772B2
A method and system for allowing a calling party to save information obtained from an information retrieval system. The caller may select options to save the information to a memory location, e.g., the caller's own network-based voice mail system or a temporary voice mailbox provided for the caller by the information provider, from which the caller can subsequently retrieve and review the information. The information may be saved to an Internet-based website from which the caller may subsequently retrieve the information. The information may be forwarded to a separate telephone directory number for receipt by a third person or for storing on a remote voice mail system. Additionally, the information may be electronically mailed to the caller's electronic mail address for subsequent retrieval. Discussions with a live attendant may be recorded and stored, as audio files or as converted to text, for access by or delivery to the caller.
US07986768B2
One provides (101) a plurality of different treatment plans for a given patient, wherein at least one such plans is provided by using deformation information that is obtained by using historical information for persons other than the given patient regarding physical changes over time as correspond to at least one volume within the given patient and/or calculated information regarding physical changes as correspond to the at least one volume within the patient. Obtained data (102) as pertains to the patient is then used to select (103) a particular one of the aforementioned plurality of different treatment plans.
US07986766B2
A nuclear density gauge has an elongated transmission chamber adjacent to an elongated source chamber so that they can both be installed through a single nozzle on a high pressure vessel, making an airtight seal with the nozzle. The shape and position of the source chamber allows the positioning of a radiant energy source inside the vessel, a distance from one end of the transmission chamber. The radiation emitted by the radiant energy source travels through contents of the high pressure vessel and then through the elongated transmission chamber to a detector. The method of use of the gauge or multiple gauges, and the adaptation of vessels for such gauges, are also disclosed.
US07986762B2
A method is provided for recording an examination object using an x-ray recording system having an x-ray source and an x-ray detector rotatable about a common axis of rotation. X-ray detector is displaced in a first direction enclosing a first angle k between a perpendicular bisector from x-ray source to x-ray detector and a plane running through x-ray source and containing the axis, k≠0. First x-ray images are recorded in angular positions of x-ray source and x-ray detector displaced in the first direction in a first rotation. X-ray detector is displaced in a second direction enclosing a second angle m between the bisector and the plane, m≠0 and is on an opposite side from k. Starting points of the rotations are differed by an angle of displacement β 0 = k + m + d 2 , where d is the detector fan angle. Starting points and finishing points of the rotations are spanned by π+β0.
US07986749B2
A method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The method disclosed provides for a closed-loop power control method for variable rate transmissions. The power of transmissions is varied in accordance with the rate of the frames of data being transmitted. The transmission power between the rates can be a fixed or variable difference.
US07986740B2
Method and system for allowing abandoning pilot signals use and for increasing the immunity to Doppler Effect influence in OFDMA based wireless mobile communication systems and as a result, make them more efficient. This is carried out by transmitting N orthogonal I and Q values of symbols, N times on N frequencies, where N is a power of two. In order to be able to select the desired signal from a mixture of N signals, signs of symbol of each signal vary according to one of N-order Walsh functions.
US07986738B2
An OFDM symbol comprises information subcarriers which carry the information to be transmitted, accompanied by edge subcarriers, which are selected to minimize the PAPR of the transmitted signal. The selection of edge subcarriers which minimizes PAPR enables either higher power transmission for the same information content, or lower power consumption for the same transmitted symbol power.
US07986735B2
A digital signal transmission apparatus that transmits a digital signal to another apparatus via a coaxial cable connected therebetween includes a signal divider configured to divide a digital signal to be transmitted into a plurality of signal groups; a plurality of modulators configured to modulate each of the plurality of signal groups obtained by the signal divider by using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing method; a plurality of frequency shifters configured to shift each of the frequency bands of a plurality of modulation signals generated by the plurality of modulators from a baseband to a mutually different frequency band; and a signal sender configured to combine a plurality of modulation signals whose frequency bands are shifted by the plurality of frequency shifters and to transmit the signals to the coaxial cable.
US07986734B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a data processing system which may include a task scheduler for enabling a plurality of independent data processing units to be operable in pipelining streams and/or controlling pipelined operations to be differentiated by tasks, and a memory pool for storing data from the data processing units. The data processing units may perform tasks in response to task start signals provided from the task scheduler. The data processing units may complete the tasks as instructed by the task scheduler, transmit task end signals to the scheduler and transition into standby states.
US07986733B2
Presented herein are Tertiary Content Addressable Memory based motion estimator(s). In one embodiment, there is presented a method for encoding a picture. The method comprises addressing a first memory with one or more data words for a first prediction block, and addressing a second memory with one or more data words for a second prediction block while addressing the first memory.
US07986731B2
A rate control system is disclosed for video coding applications. The rate controller assigns a quantization parameter for video data in a picture in response to complexity indicators indicative of spatial complexity, motion complexity and/or bits per pel of the picture. A virtual buffer based quantizer parameter is proposed based on a virtual buffer fullness analysis and a target rate estimate, which is derived from the complexity indicators. A second quantizer parameter is proposed from a linear regression analysis of quantizer parameters used to code previously coded pictures of similar type (e.g., I pictures, P pictures or B pictures). A coding policy decision unit defines a final quantizer parameter from a comparison of the two proposed quantizer parameters.
US07986730B1
According to the present invention, methods and apparatus for updating reduction ratios are provided. An input bit sequence can be altered to provide modified output bit sequence. The input bit sequence may represent information in a portion of data such as a video sequence, a picture, or an audio stream. In one example, the bit sequence is an MPEG-2 video sequence. The input bit sequence is altered using a reduction ratio to provide a modified output bit sequence. The reduction ratio can be continually updated using rate control information to achieve a target reduction ratio for the input bit sequence.
US07986726B2
A direct conversion ultrawideband transceiver employing three phase locked loops (PLLs). The PLLs are preferably fixed-frequency PLLs that operate continuously, at different frequencies, with a selected frequency determined by selecting the output of one of the three PLLs. The use of three PLLs is suitable for use in a communication system employing frequency hopping across three bands or sub-bands.
US07986724B2
A method for providing information to a plurality of wireless mobile communication devices. The method includes dedicating at least one channel of a plurality of spread spectrum data channels as a broadcast channel. The frequency and phase of a carrier signal and of a chip rate clock of the at least one channel are synchronized for each of a plurality of cell transmitters of a respective plurality of base stations. The Information is then broadcast over the at least one dedicated channel from each base station.
US07986723B2
Delay estimation apparatus and method, comprising: a correlation step which a correlation function between a received signal and a supplied template waveform is generated, AD conversion step at which said correlation output generated at said correlation step is uniformly sampled into discrete samples; and arithmetic operation step at which a time delay estimate of the received signal based on said discrete samples generated at said AD conversion step is computed, wherein a selection criterion depending on the digital sampling frequency used at said AD conversion means is checked, if said selection criterion is satisfied, computes the time delay estimate based on the direct pick method, and if said selection criterion does not hold, computes the time delay estimate based on the simplified maximum likelihood (ML) method.
US07986713B2
Systems and methods enable maximizing network data throughput via optimizing network capacity allocation. The network throughput maximization system comprises a network transporting data from source nodes to a destination node of the network, buffers for buffering data bytes to be sent from the source nodes to the destination node, and an element at the destination node that cyclically allocates the network capacity among the source nodes according to the amounts of data bytes arrived in the buffers at the source nodes during the previous capacity allocation cycle. The network data transport capacity allocation optimization method comprises steps of buffering at network source nodes data bytes to be transported to a network destination node, and cyclically allocating by the destination node the data transport capacity among the source nodes based on the relative volumes of bytes received in the buffers of the source nodes during the most recent capacity allocation cycle.
US07986707B2
A method for executing services over an enterprise service bus includes analyzing a message of a first service to a second service to determine a nature of a digital media object sent from the first service to the second service, analyzing one or more media rules to determine whether one or more intermediary services are to be performed based on the nature of the digital media object, and when it is determined that one or more intermediary services are to be performed, executing, after the first service and before the second service, the one or more intermediary services.
US07986704B2
A method and system for simulcasting multimedia information via a broadband access gateway and a wireless wide area network, is disclosed. An access device such as, for example, a mobile multimedia handset engaged in a call served by a wireless wide area network may migrate to within the coverage area of an associated broadband access gateway with a wireless interface. The wireless wide area network may simulcast call content to the broadband access gateway via a broadband network. A user in the proximity of the broadband access gateway may be notified of the simulcasting of the call, and may elect to continue the call via a WLAN/PAN-enabled wireless handset or other access device that is compatible with the wired and/or wireless interfaces of the broadband access gateway.
US07986700B2
An apparatus comprising an ingress controller configured to receive a data frame comprising a high priority data and a low priority data, and an ingress buffer coupled to the ingress controller and configured to buffer the low priority data, wherein the high priority data is not buffered. Also disclosed is a network component, comprising an ingress controller configured to receive a data stream comprising high priority data and low priority data, and an ingress buffer coupled to the ingress controller and configured to receive, buffer, and send the low priority data, and further configured to receive a flow control indication, wherein the ingress buffer varies an amount of the low priority data sent from the ingress buffer in accordance with the flow control indication.
US07986699B2
The present invention provides a method for downlink packet scheduling for scheduling a real-time service and a non-real-time service. The method for downlink packet scheduling includes steps of: a) classifying inputted packets based on a type of packet and storing a maximum delay time information of the packets; b) determining a user urgency of the packets by using the maximum delay time information and a channel state by using an instantaneous channel state, an average channel state, or a ratio of the instantaneous channel state and the average channel state; c) determining a priority based on the user urgency and the channel state; and d) transmitting the packets according to the priority.
US07986694B2
A method for fragmenting an incoming packet for transmission as a first outgoing packet and a second outgoing packet includes storing a payload of the incoming packet in a plurality of storage units beginning in a first storage unit, transmitting the first outgoing packet being formed according to a predetermined portion of the payload stored in the first storage unit, and after transmitting the first outgoing packet, transmitting the second outgoing packet being formed according to a remaining portion of the payload stored in the storage units.
US07986692B2
A system and method for transmitting call information in a communication system having sites with long link delays. Upon a call being initiated within the communication system, a zone controller determines the participating sites that are to be involved in the call and assigns an IP multicast group address for the call. The zone controller also determines whether any of the participating sites have a long link delay. If any of the participating sites do have a long link delay, the zone controller also assigns an IP unicast address for each such site. The call information is then transmitted both on the IP multicast address as well as on each assigned IP unicast address to ensure that the call is received by each participating site without the loss of call information.
US07986691B2
Packets out-of-sequence problem can be solved by using a window flow control scheme that can dispatch traffic at the cell level, in a round robin fashion, as evenly as possible. Each VOQ at the input port has a sequence head pointer that is used to assign sequence numbers (SN) to the cells. Also a sequence tail pointer is available at each VOQ that is used to acknowledge and limit the amount of cells that can be sent to the output ports based on the window size of the scheme. Each VIQ at the output port has a sequence pointer or sequence number (SN) pointer that indicates to the VIQ which cell to wait for. Once the VIQ receives the cell that the SN pointer indicated, the output port sends an ACK packet back to the input port. By using sequence numbers and the relevant pointers, the packet out-of-sequence problem is solved.
US07986686B2
Techniques for distributing digital content include receiving provider content over a network connection at a customer premises node located on premises of a first customer. The provider content is offered by a network service provider different from the first customer. Provider data based on the provider content is stored in non-volatile storage on the customer premises node of the first customer. It is determined whether conditions are satisfied for sending the provider content to a second customer different from the first customer. If it is determined that such conditions are satisfied, then the provider data is retrieved from the non-volatile storage, and data based on the provider data is sent over the network connection for receipt by the second customer. Thereby a customer premises node serves as a cache of provider content for other customer premises nodes on the same last mile segment or access network.
US07986679B2
A method for wireless communication begins by determining whether legacy devices are within a proximal region of the wireless communication. The method continues, when at least one legacy device is within the proximal region, formatting a frame to include: a legacy preamble; a signal field; an extended preamble; at least one additional signal field; at least one service field; an inter frame gap; and a data field.
US07986678B2
A wireless communication system includes mobile devices and a local area network. Local base stations are coupled to the local area network. Each base station has a unique address on the network and is configured to transmit and receive data packets to and from the mobile devices and to transfer the data packets between local base stations over the network using the unique address. A subscription server operates on the network. The subscription server is configured to store data identifying the unique address of the local base station covering each of the mobile devices. The subscription server is further configured to enable the local base stations to locate any one of the mobile devices. A redirection software module is configured to send and receive data packets over a wide-area wireless network to and from mobile devices that are not within range of any of the local base stations.
US07986674B2
Techniques for minimizing call setup latency are disclosed. In one aspect, a channel assignment message is sent with a flag to direct the use of previously negotiated service parameters. This aspect eliminates the need for service negotiation messages. In another aspect, a channel assignment message is sent with an active set identifier instead of an active set and its parameters. This aspect reduces the transmission time of the channel assignment message. In yet another aspect, call setup without paging is facilitated by a mobile station (106) sending a pilot strength measurement message between active communication sessions, such that a channel assignment message can be used for mobile station terminated call setup without the need for mobile station paging and related messages.
US07986672B2
Method and apparatus for providing link quality feedback to a transmitter. In one embodiment, a periodic link quality message is transmitted on a gated channel, while continuous differential indicators are transmitted. Between quality messages, the differential indicators track the quality of the link. In one embodiment, a parity check is provided with the quality message. In another embodiment, the frequency of transmission for the quality messages is determined by the channel quality. When the receiver anticipates reception of a transmission, the quality messages are generated; else the quality messages are halted.
US07986653B2
Data encoded in packets modulated onto a carrier wave is transmitted between a base station and a transponder. Each packet includes a header section that contains at least a reference symbol and that serves for adjusting one or more transmission parameters, and a further section such as a data section. The transponder transmits data back to the base station through modulation and backscattering of the carrier wave. During the transmission of the header section by the base station, the transponder transmits transponder operating information relating to the processing of data to be received and/or transmitted by the transponder, by corresponding modulation and backscattering of the carrier wave. In response to and dependent on the received transponder operating information, the base station adjusts at least one transmission parameter, whereby the highest data transmission rate within the capabilities of the particular transponder can be achieved.
US07986651B2
An event-driven, power-saving method of controlling link adaptation for wireless transmission in battery powered stations through selectively controlled PHY parameters uses a PHY parameter controller for selectively changing the PHY parameters. The number of retransmissions required per time unit (herein ReTXrate), and missing ACK numbers (e.g., more than two) are used as first and second link quality metrics in the method, instead of the PER as in prior art. Also, the measured ReTXrate after each packet transmission is used for establishing lower and higher thresholds for the ReTXrate. Based on the lower and higher ReTXrate thresholds and based on said missing ACKs, link adaptation by way of changing the PHY parameters through the PHY parameter controller is triggered. The link adaptation method is especially suitable for VoIP traffic but applies to non VoIP traffic too (e.g., data,) including FTP and web browsing situations, and conserves battery power in mobile stations.
US07986645B2
An apparatus and method for generating a frame in a communicating system supporting a full duplex relay. A controller configures a legacy zone and a new zone in a downlink section of the frame according to a TDM scheme, configures the new zone of the downlink section to include an access zone and a relay zone according to a TDM scheme, configures a legacy zone and a new zone in an uplink section of the frame according to the TDM scheme, and configures the new zone of the uplink section to include an access zone and a relay zone according to an FDM scheme.
US07986642B2
A wireless network system having an access point, and wireless devices capable of wireless communication with the access point, each wireless device being capable of wireless communication with the other wireless device in an ad hoc mode without via the access point, wherein the access point includes a registrar setup portion to set up any of the wireless devices as a registrar which permits wireless communication between each wireless device and the access point, and each wireless device includes: a memory portion for storing identifiers of the wireless devices; a data-supply requesting portion operable in the ad hoc mode to transmit to the other wireless device a data-supply request packet requesting the other wireless device to transmit the identifier of the other wireless device stored in its memory portion; a request replying portion operated in response to the data-supply request packet to transmit to the other wireless device a data-supply-request reply packet including an own identifier; a reply-data receiving portion operable to receive the data-supply-request reply packet; an identifier retrieving portion operable to retrieve the identifier from the received data-supply-request reply packet, and store the retrieved identifier in its memory portion; and a registrar registering portion operable after the wireless device is set up as the registrar by the registrar setup portion (88) of the access point, to register the other wireless device the identifier of which is stored in the memory portion, as the wireless device which is permitted to effect wireless communication with the access point.
US07986638B2
A method creates a virtual network dynamically, with automated configuration for the new virtual network to function. The virtual network creation is initiated by a network node sending a request for a virtual network to a network controller. The network controller services the request, creating the virtual network by automatically configuring at least one network switch in the physical network. The network controller automatically determines a configuration for the virtual network using virtual network information, and creates the virtual network by configuring network switches according to the configuration. The virtual network can be configured for particular applications. From a user's point of view, the user connects to a network node. The network node then initiates the creation of the virtual network transparently to the user. The resource-intensive manual configurations of the conventional approach in creating new virtual networks are thus avoided.
US07986636B2
Whether or not a node is a relay node may be determined by, for each of a plurality of active flows, assigning a random number to the flow, wherein each of the random numbers is drawn from a distribution. Then, for each of a plurality of time slots, any incoming flows to the node and any outgoing flows from the node may be determined, random numbers assigned to any active flow of the incoming flows may be summed to generate a first sum, random numbers assigned to any active outgoing flows may be summed to generating a second sum, and the first sum may be multiplied with the second sum to generate a product associated with the time slot. The products over the plurality of time slots may then be summed to obtain a summed product. This may be repeated, reassigning random values to each of the plurality of flows, thereby obtaining a plurality of summed products. A variance of the plurality of summed products may be determined and compared with a threshold to obtain a comparison result. Whether or not the node is a relay node may then be determined using the comparison result. Execution of a relay node protection policy may be controlled using the determination of whether or not the node is a relay node.
US07986627B2
A signaling method is provided that can improve the efficiency of forward-link control signaling in OFDM systems. The method involves using a set of forward-link subcarriers that are dedicated for control information, and are shared by a set of two or more users. The control information destined for each user is spread using a respective spreading code, thereby to provide a spread control message. The spread control messages destined for the various users are summed together prior to transmission.
US07986622B2
Aspects of a system for physical layer aggregation may include one or more switch ICs and/or physical (PHY) layer ICs that enable reception of data packets via a medium access control (MAC) layer protocol entity. Each of the received data packets may be fragmented into a plurality of fragment payloads. Each of the plurality of fragment payloads may be sent to a PHY layer protocol entity instance a physical layer protocol entity instance selected from a plurality of physical layer protocol entity instances.
US07986601B2
An optical recording medium includes a first half-disc and a second half-disc. The first half-disc includes a substrate and an information layer (including a reflective layer) formed on a first side of the substrate. The second half-disc is bonded by an adhesive to a second side of the substrate of the first half-disc. In addition, a cover layer is formed over the first reflective layer. The cover layer has a thickness of approximately 0.1 mm. The substrate of the first half-disc has a thickness in a range of 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm. The first and second half-discs together have a combined thickness in a range of 0.8 mm to 1.3 mm.
US07986583B2
An integrated circuit design method whereby memory instances are assigned to memory macros integrated within an integrated circuit. A plurality of memory instances operating at the same operation frequency are assigned to a single memory macro. A frequency multiplier which receives a first clock signal is arranged to generate a second clock signal through frequency multiplication of the first clock signal, and feeds the second clock signal to the plurality of memory instances. A control circuit which selects the memory instances in synchronization is arranged with the first clock signal.
US07986576B2
A method of equilibrating digit lines, a memory array, device, system and wafer for digit lines configured in an open digit line architecture. The digit lines are equilibrated by coupling a terminated end of a first digit line to an equilibration reference and coupling an unterminated end of a second digit line to the terminated end of the first digit line. The memory array is configured with the first and second digit lines arranged directly adjacent to each other.
US07986573B2
During programming of storage elements, channel-to-floating gate coupling effects are compensated to avoid increased programming speed and threshold voltage distribution widening. In connection with a programming iteration, unselected bit lines voltages are stepped up to induce coupling to selected bit lines. Dedicated power supplies can be used to provide the step up to avoid a risk that the unselected bit lines begin floating due to pre-charging of other bit lines The selected bit lines are coupled higher as a function of their proximity to unselected bit lines, and in preparation for applying a program pulse. Coupling may be used for slow and fast programming modes. A dedicated power supply can be provided for driving slow programming mode bit lines at a level which provides coupling compensation.
US07986564B2
A non-volatile VG memory array employing memory semiconductor cells capable of storing two bits of information having a non-conducting charge trapping dielectric, such as silicon nitride, layered in associating with at least one electrical insulating layer, such as an oxide, is disclosed. Bit lines of the memory array are capable of transmitting positive voltage to reach the source/drain regions of the memory cells of the array. A method that includes the hole injection erasure of the memory cells of the array that lowers the voltage threshold of the memory cells to a value lower than the initial voltage threshold of the cells is disclosed. The hole injection induced lower voltage threshold reduces the second bit effect such that the window of operation between the programmed and un-programmed voltage thresholds of the bits is widened. The programming and read steps reduce leakage current of the memory cells in the array.
US07986563B2
A method of charging a floating gate in a nonvolatile memory cell comprises bringing a substrate channel within the memory cell to a first voltage, bringing a control gate to a programming voltage, and floating the substrate channel voltage while the control gate is at the programming voltage. Memory devices include state machines or controllers operable to perform the described method, and operation of such a state machine, memory device, and information handling system are described.
US07986552B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a data conversion unit including an encoder and a decoder. The encoder sets data for each of word lines and creates second data to be programmed into a plurality of memory cells by performing a logical operation on the set data and first data input for programming. The decoder creates the first data by performing a logical operation on the second data that is read from the memory cells and the set data.
US07986551B2
In a phase-change random access memory (PRAM) device, a write operation is performed by applying a set pulse to failed PRAM cells. The set pulse comprises a plurality of stages sequentially decreasing from a first current magnitude to a second current magnitude. The first current magnitude or the second current magnitude varies from one write loop to another.
US07986550B2
An analog access circuit for characterizing chalcogenide memory cells is disclosed. The analog access circuit includes an analog access control module, an address and data control module, and an analog cell access and current monitoring module. The analog access control module selectively controls whether a normal memory access or an analog memory access should be performed on a specific chalcogenide memory cell. The address and data control module allows a normal memory access to the chalcogenide memory cell according to an input address. The analog cell access and current monitoring module performs an analog memory access to the chalcogenide memory cell according to the input address, and monitors a reference current from a sense amplifier associated with the chalcogenide memory cell.
US07986542B2
A semiconductor memory that includes a row decoder part, a first cell array placed on either side of the row decoder part, a second cell array placed on the other side of the row decoder part, and a wiring layer that short-circuits word lines corresponding to a specified row address on the first cell array with word lines corresponding to a specified row address on the second cell array.
US07986535B2
A method of providing power to a load is provided. A first series resonant converter is provided. A second SRC is operably coupled to the first SRC in a cascade connected arrangement. First and second zero voltage switching (ZVS)-assistance networks are operably coupled between the first SRC and the second SRC, such that the first and second ZVS-assistance networks are providing first and second ZVS-assistant currents flowing from each ZVS-assistance network to the cascade connected arrangement of SRCs. Power from a power source is received at the cascade connected arrangement of first and second SRCs, power from a power source. The cascade connected arrangement of first and second SRCs supplies an output voltage to the load in response to receiving power from the power source.
US07986531B2
Provided are a power system module allowing a user's requirements to be easily met, and having economic practicality and high integration, and a manufacturing method thereof. The power system module includes a plastic case, a molding type power module package, a control circuit board, and at least one external terminal. The plastic case defines a bottom and a side wall. The molding type power module package is fixed to the bottom of the plastic case and includes at least a power device therein. The control circuit board is fixed to the side wall of the plastic case, includes at least a control device mounted thereon which is electrically connected to the power module package. The external terminal protrudes to outside the plastic case and is electrically connected to the control circuit board.
US07986529B2
An apparatus includes a base plate, a circuit board mounted on the base plate, and a supporting bracket adapted to support a heat dissipating device. A securing post protrudes from the base plate and defines a securing groove. The supporting bracket is disposed above the circuit board. Two elastic securing claws extend from the supporting bracket. The securing post is wrapped by the two elastic securing claws, and the securing claws engage the securing groove of the securing post.
US07986526B1
An acoustically absorptive apparatus is provided which includes an acoustically absorptive panel and an attachment mechanism. The acoustically absorptive panel is configured to reside along a side of an electronics rack, and includes a multilayer structure to attenuate noise. The attachment mechanism slidably mounts the acoustically absorptive panel to the electronics rack and facilitates sliding of the panel relative to the rack between retracted and extended positions. In the refracted position, the panel is disposed along the side of the rack, and in the extended position, the panel extends beyond a front or back edge of the electronics rack to facilitate attenuating noise emanating from the rack or an aisle alongside a row of multiple racks. In addition, the acoustically absorptive panel hingedly couples along a vertical edge to the attachment mechanism such that the panel is also rotatable outward away from the side of the electronics rack.
US07986524B2
A electronic device includes a housing, a cover detachably mounted on the housing and a releasing assembly. The housing has a first surface and two latching hooks disposed on the first surface. The releasing assembly is mounted on the cover to assemble the cover to the housing and detach the cover from the housing. The releasing assembly includes a fixing base mounted on the cover, two latching pieces, an elastic piece and a releasing piece. The two latching pieces are slidably mounted on the fixing base and both includes a latching end exposing out of the fixing base. The elastic piece is elastically assembled to the fixing base to connect the two latching pieces together. The releasing piece is releasably assembled to the fixing base for releasably resisting on the two latching pieces to make the latching pieces release from the corresponding latching hooks.
US07986519B2
A system board provided with electrical components is contained in a substrate frame, a reinforcing frame is pivotally fixed to an peripheral part of the substrate frame, and an HDD is mounted on the reinforcing frame in a vibration-damping manner. With this structure, the HDD is mounted on the system board in a floating state, and a space is formed between them as an airflow passage.
US07986517B2
A notebook computer includes a main body, two connecting assemblies, and a display. The main body comprises an upper surface and two first joint members disposed on two corners of the upper surface. Each of the connecting assemblies includes an arm, a connecting shaft, and a stop cover. One end of the arm is rotatably connected to a first joint member. The connecting shaft is perpendicularly is connected to the arm, and adjacent to a distal end of the arm from the first joint member. The stop cover is rotatably disposed on the distal end. The display defines a pair of axle holes at one sidewall. The display is disposed between the two arms of the two connecting assemblies, and each connecting shaft of each arm is rotatably inserted in the axle hole.
US07986512B2
An electronic device includes a housing, a positioning member connecting with the housing, and an inner supporting mechanism. The inner supporting mechanism includes a support member fixed on the housing, a slider slidably connected to the support member, and an adjustment member connecting the support member to the slider. The adjustment member adjusts a distance between the slider and the support member, such that the slider maintains resistance of the positioning member by sliding relative to the support member.
US07986508B2
(1) A niobium monoxide powder for a capacitor represented by formula: NbOx (x=0.8 to 1.2) and optionally containing other elements in an amount of 50 to 200,000 ppm, having a tapping density of 0.5 to 2.5 g/ml, an average particle size of 10 to 1000 μm, angle of repose from 10° to 60°, the BET specific surface area from 0.5 to 40 m2/g and a plurality of pore diameter peak tops in the pore distribution, and a producing method thereof; (2) a niobium monoxide sintered body, which is obtained by sintering the above niobium monoxide powder and, having a plurality of pore diameter peak tops in a range of 0.01 μm to 500 μm, preferably, the peak tops of two peaks among the plurality of pore diameter peak tops having a highest relative intensity are present in the range of 0.2 to 0.7 μm and in the range of 0.7 to 3 μm, respectively, and a producing method thereof; (3) a capacitor using the above sintered body and a producing method thereof; and (4) an electronic circuit and electronic device using the above capacitor.
US07986504B2
A power supply cell for distributing power supplied from a first voltage supply to an integrated circuit is disclosed. The power supply cell comprises: a layer comprising conductive material, the conductive material providing a conduction path for current flowing from the first voltage supply to a portion of the integrated circuit to be powered and further providing a protection path for surge current flowing between the first voltage supply and an electrostatic discharge protection device and between the electrostatic discharge protection device and the second voltage supply; the conductive material forming a first conduction path for providing a path for current flowing between the first voltage supply and the portion of the integrated circuit to be powered and for providing a portion of the protection path for surge current flowing between the first voltage supply and the electrostatic discharge protection device and a second conduction path for providing a further portion of the protection path for surge current flowing between the second voltage supply and the electrostatic discharge protection device; wherein the conductive material is arranged such that the first conduction path has a significantly lower resistance than the second conduction path.
US07986493B2
A magnetic recording medium with domain wall pinning sites including a substrate, a soft magnetic underlayer, and a magnetic recording layer overlying the soft magnetic underlayer. In one embodiment the magnetic recording layer has at least two grooves providing a track having first and second sidewalls formed by the grooves. The sidewalls provide a plurality of pinning sites formed between the sidewalls for pinning magnetic domain walls in the track. At least one of the pinning sites includes a first indentation in the first sidewall and a paired second indentation in the second sidewall. In one embodiment data can be stored within the magnetic recording layer by positioning a write head adjacent the track and inducing at least two magnetic domains defining a domain wall. The domain wall migrates to one of the pinning sites in the track.
US07986488B2
A magnetic recording disk drive has a position-error-signal (PES) servo pattern divided into at least two circumferentially adjacent fields that extend radially across the data tracks and include PES blocks that are DC magnetized in one direction, with each PES block having a magnetization opposite to the magnetization of its radially adjacent neighboring PES blocks. Each PES field is contiguous with and shifted radially relative to its circumferentially adjacent neighbor PES fields. Each PES block has a single DC magnetization, and the length of the magnetization is substantially longer than the length of the magnetizations in the other fields of the servo pattern.
US07986484B2
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for fabricating a data storage medium. In one embodiment, a detectable pattern is created at the surface of a substrate. An electron beam lithography process is then initiated upon the substrate. The detectable pattern is used to control the positioning of an electron beam relative to the surface of the substrate during the electron beam lithography process.
US07986479B2
A corrector circuit for correcting second harmonic distortions is provided. The corrector circuit includes a transconductance circuit having an input transconductance with a transresistance load for receiving a distorted voltage signal having a second harmonic component. The transconductance circuit is adapted to generate a corrected voltage signal having the second harmonic component that is reduced from the distorted voltage signal as a function of the input transconductance. The corrector circuit further includes biasing means for providing a biasing current to the transconductance circuit (with the input transconductance that depends on the biasing current). The biasing means includes means for providing a fixed component of the biasing current, means for providing a variable component of the biasing current (being a function of the distorted voltage signal according to a proportionality coefficient) and means for programming the proportionality coefficient.
US07986477B2
A driving device is provided and includes: an actuator that includes a driving shaft attached to a piezoelectric element; and a driving signal control unit. The piezoelectric element is expanded and contracted in response to a driving signal. The driving shaft is reciprocated by the expansion and contraction operation of the piezoelectric element to move a driven member that is frictionally engaged with the driving shaft. The driving signal control unit outputs to the piezoelectric element a second driving signal that increases a driving force applied to the driven member and reduces the movement speed of the driven member during a period from the start of the expansion and contraction operation of the piezoelectric element to a predetermined time, as compared to a first driving signal output when the driven member is moved after the period has elapsed.
US07986466B2
A varifocal lens includes a hollow case having first and second sidewalls facing each other, the first and second sidewalls through which a light passes; at least one light transmission membrane partitioning an inner space of the case into at least two liquid chambers, the at least one light transmission membrane through which a light passes; at least two liquids filled in the at least two liquid chambers; at least one first operating hole formed at the first sidewall; a first actuator disposed to cover the at least one first operating hole and to pressurize the liquid contacting the first sidewall; and a controller configured to control the first actuator to change a focal distance of an optical lens consisting of the first and second sidewalls, the at least two liquids, and the at least one light transmission membrane of the case.
US07986459B2
The present invention relates to a grating image (12) for depicting at least one unscreened halftone image having multiple brightness levels, the grating image exhibiting multiple grating fields (22-1, 22-2, 22-3) that include in each case an electromagnetic-radiation-influencing grating pattern composed of a plurality of grating lines and that, when illuminated, produce in each case an areal region of the halftone image having the same brightness level.
US07986451B2
In various embodiments of the invention, an interferometric display device is provided having an external film with a plurality of structures that redirect light from an inactive area of the display to an active area of the display. Light incident on the external film that would normally continue towards an inactive area of the display is either reflected, refracted, or scattered towards an active area of the display comprising moveable and static reflective surfaces that form an optical cavity.
US07986444B2
Provided is an image processing device (2), which accepts an input of a processing condition input by a user, executes image processing based on the accepted processing condition, transmits, when a failure occurs during the image processing, re-input request information for requesting a re-input of the processing condition to an information terminal (4), receives processing condition designation information designating the processing condition that has been re-input, from the information terminal (4), and re-executes the image processing based on the processing condition designated by the processing condition designation information.
US07986442B2
An apparatus to generate a halftoning screen and an image forming apparatus. The apparatus to generate a halftoning screen includes a dot center setting unit to set locations of dot centers according to a plurality of grey levels of print data, and a screen generating unit to grow dots from the locations of the dot centers that are set for each of the plurality of grey levels of the print data.
US07986435B2
A color processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value from reference color information in an input color gamut and reference color information in a reference color gamut, a correction unit configured to correct reference target color information in the reference color gamut based on the correction value to calculate target color information, and a color conversion unit configured to convert an input color in the input color gamut into an output color within an output color gamut by using the target color information.
US07986431B2
An information processing apparatus that calculates importance of data based on a print log. A print-log database stores therein a print log of data printed. A calculating unit refers to the print log to check the number of times of printing the data, and calculates importance of the data based on the number of times of printing. A storing unit stores the importance of the data in an importance database.
US07986430B2
Such a displaying device that can be easily operated by aged persons and handicapped persons, and an image forming apparatus using the same will be provided. Upon continuously operating an upper button for the predetermined period of time, a set value of a magnification is changed at intervals of numeric change that are different from each other between a voice guide mode activated by a voice guide button and a normal mode. At this time, it is configured in such a manner that the interval of numeric change for the normal mode is smaller than the interval of numeric change for the voice guide mode, i.e., the changing rate of the set value of the magnification for the normal mode is larger than that for the voice guide mode.
US07986425B2
The invention relates to an image forming apparatus with a department management function connected to computers provided in plural departments, respectively, via a network. The image forming apparatus has a communication interface with external apparatuses to which addresses different from one another notified for the respective computers of the plural departments are allocated, respectively. When, from the computer of each of the departments, a print job including an address notified to the department and print data is transmitted via the network, the image forming apparatus receives this print job with the communication interface. The image forming apparatus discriminates a department that has transmitted this print job according to a correspondence relation with the addresses allocated to the communication interface, performs counting by department, and causes the printing unit to execute printing.
US07986421B2
A user connected to a remote printer can choose to activate a print-monitoring feature of the printer as part of the submitted print job. As the job begins to print, the output of the printer is monitored for print quality. If an event occurs during the print job that affects the print job, the user receives real-time notification of the status of the print job. The events can be printer related such as paper jam or print job related such as poor print quality. The user can have an option of reviewing various parts of the print job during the printing process. There can also be an automatic print job out evaluation. If the user accepts the print quality, the printer will continue printing the job. If the user is not satisfied with the print quality, the job is halted and sent to a temporary print buffer. While the job is halted, adjustments are made to either the printer to improve print quality or to the print parameters of the print job to improve print quality.
US07986412B2
Systems and methods for using common-path interferometric imaging for defect detection and classification are described. An illumination source generates and directs coherent light toward the sample. An optical imaging system collects light reflected or transmitted from the sample including a scattered component and a specular component that is predominantly undiffracted by the sample. A variable phase controlling system is used to adjust the relative phase of the scattered component and the specular component so as to change the way they interfere at the image plane. The resultant signal is compared to a reference signal for the same location on the sample and a difference above threshold is considered to be a defect. The process is repeated multiple times each with a different relative phase shift and each defect location and the difference signals are stored in memory. This data is then used to calculate an amplitude and phase for each defect, which can be used for defect detection and classification. This method is expected to detect much smaller defects than current inspection systems and to find defects that are transparent to these systems.
US07986410B2
This invention relates to a method for detecting a tear in a fibrous web in a drying section of a machine for producing the fibrous web, whereby the fibrous web is passed through the drying section by way of at least one dryer fabric, whereby the tear is detected by at least one optical web tear detection device, which includes at least one luminous source and one detector, and whereby a cut-off apparatus for the fibrous web is directly or indirectly activated by the web tear detection device. The optical web tear detection device is operated over an extended wave length range in order to detect a tear in the fibrous web reliably. In addition, the invention relates to an apparatus for performing the inventive method.
US07986396B2
An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system that projects a pattern image of an original onto a substrate, an original stage that holds and drives the original, a substrate stage that holds and drives the substrate, and a position detecting system that detects the relative positional relationship between position detection marks formed on the original or the original stage and fiducial marks formed on the substrate stage. The position detection marks form a plurality of mark groups arranged in a first direction. Each of the plurality of mark groups has a first mark for measuring the position in the first direction and a second mark for measuring the position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The position detecting system has a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which simultaneously detect a plurality of the first marks or a plurality of the second marks.
US07986390B2
Disclosed is an active matrix liquid crystal display device including substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The substrate includes: scan signal wiring lines; common signal wiring lines; video signal wiring lines intersecting these wiring lines; and pixels surrounded with the scan signal wiring lines and the video signal wiring lines. Each of pixels includes: a thin film transistor; source electrodes in a layer with the video signal wiring lines; pixel electrodes connected to the source electrodes; and common electrodes connected to the common signal wiring lines. The source electrodes include first parts overlapping the scan signal wiring lines and second parts connecting with the pixel electrodes, which are positioned around central parts between the video signal wiring lines. Molecular axes in the liquid crystal layer rotate under an electric field applied between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes.
US07986389B2
An adhesive layer attaining, in a single layer, both adhesiveness permitting direct attachment to a glass plate disposed on the front face of a display device and desired optical filter functions and hardly undergoing the change in spectral characteristics attributable to deterioration in a light absorbing agent, even during long-time use, particularly at high temperature under high humidity, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has optical filter functions, containing a block copolymer having at least a specific triblock structure in its molecule and having a weight-average molecular weight of 50,000 or more and a molecular-weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of less than 1.5 and one or more light absorbing agents each having light absorption in a predetermined wavelength region, as well as a composite filter using this adhesive layer.
US07986388B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a substrate film for optical sheets, an optical sheet and a backlight unit which can markedly enhance utilization efficiency of rays of light and dramatically increase luminance and which are suited for immediate beneath type liquid crystal display modules and the like. The present invention is characterized by a substrate film for optical sheets formed into a rectangular shape and made of a resin, in which the substrate film for optical sheets has an optical anisotropy, and the absolute value of an angle of the crystal orientation with respect to the short side orientation is π/8 or greater and 3π/8 or less. The retardation value of the substrate film is preferably 70 nm or greater and 320 nm or less. Matrix resin constituting the substrate film is preferably polyethylene terephthalate or polycarbonate. The optical sheet of the present invention includes the substrate film for optical sheets, and an optical layer laminated on one face of the substrate film for optical sheets. The liquid crystal display module of the present invention has a liquid crystal display element, the optical sheet and an immediate beneath type backlight.
US07986383B2
A backlight assembly for an LCD device having a light guide plate that includes at least two thin layers and a plurality of optical sheets sequentially stacked over the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel.
US07986382B2
An electrostatic discharge protection element, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a manufacturing method. A first ESD organic TFT, a second ESD organic TFT, a third ESD organic TFT each have a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode in which the source electrode and drain electrode of the first and second ESD organic TFTs and the gate electrode of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected. The gate electrode and the source electrode of the first ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a first array line and the gate electrode and the drain electrode of the second ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a second array line. The source electrode of the third ESD organic TFT is electrically connected to a data line or a gate line and the drain of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a common voltage line.
US07986378B2
An active matrix substrate is provided to be opposed to a counter substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the liquid crystal layer being in an OCB mode in which orientation is spray orientation when no voltage is applied and the orientation is changed to bend orientation when a voltage is applied. A storage capacitor bus line is provided on a pixel electrode so as to be opposite to the counter substrate and an opening is provided at a part of the pixel electrode at a region where the pixel electrode and the storage capacitor bus line intersect. A liquid crystal control circuit and a relay circuit are provided for applying a transition voltage to the storage capacitor bus line so as to apply an electric field between the pixel electrode and the storage capacitor bus line, and after a certain period in which liquid crystal molecules have responded, applying a transition voltage to the counter electrode so as to apply an electric field between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode.
US07986377B2
An LCD array substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a storage line. The pixel electrode is formed in a unit pixel defined by the gate line and the data line and is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The storage line includes a main storage line, a first sub storage line and a second sub storage line. The first sub storage line overlaps a first edge portion of the pixel electrode by a first length. The first sub storage line overlaps a second edge portion of the pixel electrode opposite to the first edge portion by the first length. This arrangement prevents a misalignment of the pixel electrode from causing a variation in kickback voltage, thereby improving display image quality.
US07986374B2
An autostereoscopic display device has an array (9) of lenticular elements (11) overlying a display panel (3), the lenticular elements comprising electro-optic material (23) and being switchable to enable 2D and 3D viewing modes. The electro-optic material, for example liquid crystal material, is contained adjacent an optically transparent layer in the form of a lenticular body (21). A birefringent material is utilized for the lenticular body, preferably with the ordinary and extra-ordinary index of refraction substantially matching that of the electro-optic material.
US07986372B2
Systems and methods for smart media content thumbnail extraction are described. In one aspect program metadata is generated from recorded video content. The program metadata includes one or more key-frames from one or more corresponding shots. An objectively representative key-frame is identified from among the key-frames as a function of shot duration and frequency of appearance of key-frame content across multiple shots. The objectively representative key-frame is an image frame representative of the recorded video content. A thumbnail is created from the objectively representative key-frame.
US07986358B1
A single-site color image, such as a Bayer CCD image, is converted to a color space image using the resource of a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The Bayer image is loaded into the GPU along with commands to cause the texture engine in the GPU to use the Bayer image as a source texture and to compute, for each pixel in a destination image having same dimensions as the single-site color camera image, interpolated neighbor pixel values from the single-site color camera image for the remainder of said colors. A code image can be used to provide, for each pixel in the destination image, a value for each combination of color space image color and each Bayer image color. Each pixel is then computed as a sum of a product of each code image. value and a corresponding value selected from the corresponding source texture pixels and an interpolation of neighboring source texture pixels.
US07986355B2
A picture displaying method is disclosed. In the picture displaying method, a first picture is displayed. A luminance distribution chart which represents a distribution of luminance levels of the first picture is displayed. A first luminance level and a second luminance level are selected on the luminance distribution chart. The second luminance level is higher than the first luminance level. Input and output characteristics defined by the first luminance level and the second luminance level are changed to correct a gradation of the first picture and obtain the second picture. The first picture changes to the second picture and the second picture is displayed.
US07986354B2
A method for correcting a pixel defect of a solid-state image pickup device includes acquiring deviation of image signals obtained by imaging respective spectral lights at specific image pickup position or at vicinities of the specific image pickup position by image pickup device; comparing the deviation with a reference value; detecting a pixel defect in an image pickup device which has imaged one of the spectral lights based on the comparing result; and correcting a pixel defect. For each detected pixel defect, at least address in an image frame, deviation, and information specifying one of the spectral lights are stored, and a determination on a pixel defect correction is made based on the above information.
US07986340B2
A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern of scan lines to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution in color. The direction of scanning of the scan lines is switched between alternate frames, and the resulting image is the superposition of successive frames integrated for viewing by the human eye.
US07986336B2
An integrated image capture apparatus for use in a two-way communication with a remote display, includes an image capture device for capturing still or video images including a system for sending the captured still or video images to the remote display and for receiving and displaying images from a remote location, a face recognition system provided in the integrated image capture device for detecting faces in the captured image; and an indicator responsive to face detection for indicating that a face has been captured by the image capture device.
US07986329B2
A document edit device includes: a memory configured to store a plurality of data sets, each of which includes identifiers of at least two colors; a color information obtaining unit configured to obtain color information indicating at least one reference color as a color of an element among elements included in a document as an edit target; an extraction unit configured to extract a data set including an identifier of an approximate color, from among the data sets stored in the memory, the approximate color being a color having the shortest color distance to the at least one reference color indicated by the color information obtained by the color information obtaining unit; and a first color determination unit configured to determine a color of an other element included in the document, based on at least one of a color difference vector between two colors included in the data set extracted by the extraction unit and a color difference vector between the approximate color and the reference color.
US07986327B1
Embodiments of the present invention set forth a technique for optimizing the on-chip data path between a memory controller and a display controller within a graphics processing unit (GPU). A row selection field and a sector mask are included within a memory access command transmitted from the display controller to the memory controller indicating which row of data is being requested from memory. The memory controller responds to the memory access command by returning only the row of data corresponding to the requested row to the display controller over the on-chip data path. Any extraneous data received by the memory controller in the process of accessing the specifically requested row of data is stripped out and not transmitted back to the display controller. One advantage of the present invention is that the width of the on-chip data path can be reduced by a factor of two or more as a result of the greater operational efficiency gained by stripping out extraneous data before transmitting the data to the display controller.
US07986326B1
According to one embodiment, a graphics/video processor includes a memory controller. The memory controller includes a first arbiter that receives memory client requests to access a memory device, and a first memory buffer coupled to the first arbiter. The first arbiter stores client requests that are selected by the first arbiter. The memory controller also includes a second arbiter coupled to the first memory buffer and a second memory buffer coupled to the second arbiter. The second arbiter receives requests from the memory client requests stored in the first memory buffer. The second memory buffer stores the client requests selected by the second arbiter. Further, the memory controller includes a third arbiter coupled to the second memory buffer. The third arbiter provides access of the memory device to the client requests stored in the second memory buffer.
US07986324B2
A display device which displays a list of data, including a date and time acquisition section which acquires the date and time associated with a piece of the data. The display device further includes: a three-dimensional display section which displays a three-dimensional space having axes respectively indicating the three kinds of time units, and arranges an icon indicating the piece of the data at a position corresponding to the date and time; and a two-dimensional display section which displays a two-dimensional space having axes indicating two kinds of time units including a first unit, which is the longest, among the three kinds of time units, and arranges a mark indicating that the data with which the date and time is associated exists at the position of the date and time acquired by the date and time acquisition section.
US07986323B2
Multiple two dimensional graphs are combined into a single two dimensional graph wherein correlations between dimensions are maintained. Dimensions in the graph can be superimposed on each other and displayed while maintaining the two dimensional format. This enables the two dimensional graph to be converted to three or more dimensions while maintaining the format and presentation in a two dimensional visual display.
US07986320B2
A method of displaying 3D image on a 3D image displaying apparatus that produces a parallax at least in one direction, the method includes displaying by a displaying unit 2D information that is viewed as a 2D content by a viewer in such a manner that a 2D information angle (θ_2D) formed with a virtual display surface of the 2D information and a real horizontal plane satisfies θ_D<θ_2D≦90°, wherein a display surface is arranged at an angle (θ_D) formed with the real horizontal plane in a real space, where 0°≦θ_D<90°.
US07986309B2
The present invention relates to displaying information on a touch screen of an electronic device. The present invention includes displaying information on a touch screen, sensing at least two points on the touch screen being touched, resizing the information displayed according to a distance between the at least two touched points, and displaying the resized information on the touch screen.
US07986305B2
The present invention relates to a method for searching a menu in a mobile communication terminal, wherein a plurality of main menus and sub menus of each main menu are simultaneously searched on a single menu screen using various navigational keys.
US07986302B2
A function command analysis system includes an image input unit, a position information extraction unit, a function command specification unit and a function command output unit. The image input unit inputs an image containing an image generated by light emitted from a light emission device. The position information extraction unit extracts position information of the image, which is generated by the light emitted from the light emission device emits, from the image input by the image input unit. The function command specification unit extracts a mode of the image, which is generated by the light emitted from the light emission device, from the image input by the image input unit to specify a function command input by an operator. The function command output unit outputs the position information extracted by the position information extraction unit and the function command extracted by the function command specification unit.
US07986301B2
A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages. The device is hand cradleable with an elongate body configured to be held in one hand by an operator during text entry. A display is located on a front face of the body and upon which information is displayed to the operator during text entry. A key field is also located on the front face of the elongate body and that includes a plurality of alphanumeric input keys and menu control keys. A trackball navigation tool is located on the front face of the elongate body. The alphanumeric input keys include several alphabetic keys with letters arranged in a traditional (QWERTY), but non-ITU Standard E. 161 telephone letter layout. A microprocessor is provided that receives operator commands from the keys and the trackball navigation tool and which affects corresponding changes to the display based on user input.
US07986295B2
An image display control device includes a statistical information acquisition section that quickly acquires statistical information of a video image. In the statistical information acquisition section, an image signal of a video image is parallelly input to each of a plurality of statistical value units (EX0 to EX255) having an identical configuration to simultaneously update a luminance count value. A luminance maximum value/minimum value detector and a standard deviation calculation section respectively calculate a luminance maximum value/minimum value and a standard deviation value at high speed based on the count values. Statistical information relating to chroma is also acquired by providing a luminance total value unit (ES(Y)), a blue chroma total value unit (ES(Cb)), and a red chroma total value unit (ES(Cr)) having an identical configuration. The supply of an operation clock signal to each circuit is suspended using a gate circuit, if necessary.
US07986294B2
A method for driving a planar light source device is provided. The planar light source device includes (a) a plurality of planar light source units to light a color LCD device from the back, each planar light source unit including a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED; and (b) a driving circuit to perform ON/OFF control of the red LED, the green LED, and the blue LED included in each planar light source unit on the basis of pulse-width modulation. The method includes adjusting respective pulse-width modulation unit clocks CLR-unit, CLG-Unit, and CLB-Unit in each planar light source unit to long or short by increasing or decreasing the number of frequency division cycles of a system clock in the driving circuit.
US07986290B2
Output stage and related method applied to source driver/chip of LCD panel. While performing dot polarization inversion for even/odd channels of LCD panel, n-channel and p-channel MOS transistors of symmetric layout are respectively adopted for alternately transmitting a positive polarization signal of higher swing range and a negative polarization signal of lower swing range from corresponding drivers of asymmetric layout to the even/odd channels, such that a layout area for alternating polarizations can be reduced. Also, the invention directly ties inputs of the output drivers to VDD or VSS so as to turn off the drivers for providing high impedance at the even/odd channels when necessary.
US07986288B2
An LCD with reduced power consumption is described. The LCD includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of gate lines and data lines, a data driver supplying a data voltage to the plurality of data lines, a controller generating a current control signal to control an output terminal of the data driver so that the output terminal operates during a first period in which data is outputted from the data driver, and the output terminal does not operate during a second period in which data is not outputted from the data driver, and a gate driver that supplies a scan signal to the plurality of the gate lines.
US07986274B2
A multi-band antenna includes a ground portion, a radiating element spaced from the ground portion, a tuning conductor extending from the radiating element and parallel to the ground portion to form a gap therebetween, a short-circuit conductor interconnecting the ground portion and the radiating element, and a feed point disposed at the radiating element and adjacent to the short-circuit conductor. The radiating element, the short-circuit conductor and the feed point function as a first inverted-F antenna obtaining a first high frequency band, and a second inverted-F antenna obtaining a low frequency band and a second high frequency band higher than the first high frequency band. The ground portion and the tuning conductor cause a capacitance effect to shift the second high frequency band to be close to the first high frequency band. It can cover various wireless communication frequency bands.
US07986266B2
A system and method for determining one or more satellites in view of a wireless device. A request for satellite assistance data may be received from a requesting entity and a reference location determined as a function of the request. A set of satellites may be determined as a function of the reference location. Subsequent cached information may be determined for each satellite in the set of satellites if cached information already existing for each satellite in the set of satellites has been cached for greater than a predetermined time period. This subsequent cached information may then replace the previously existing cached information for the reference location. One or more satellites in view of the wireless device may then be determined as a function of either the subsequent cached information or previously existing cached information, and assistance data may be provided to the requesting entity to determine an estimated location of the wireless device.
US07986265B2
Apparatus and methods determine the rotational position of a spinning object. A satellite positioning system can be used to determine the spatial position of an object, which in turn can be used to guide the object. However, when the object is spinning, such as an artillery shell, then the rotational orientation should be known in order to properly actuate the control surfaces, such as fins, which will also be spinning.
US07986260B2
Circularly-polarized antennas and their methods of use for active holographic imaging through barriers. The antennas are dielectrically loaded to optimally match the dielectric constant of the barrier through which images are to be produced. The dielectric loading helps to remove barrier-front surface reflections and to couple electromagnetic energy into the barrier.
US07986251B2
An input/output (IO) interface includes a data encoder which encodes each of a plurality of pieces of parallel data having different timings and generates a plurality of pieces of encoded data, and an alternating current (AC) coupling transmission unit which transmits the plurality of encoded data in an AC coupling method. The data encoder compares first parallel data with second parallel data from among the plurality of pieces of parallel data on a bit-by-bit basis and obtains the number of bits whose logic states have transited between the first parallel data and the second parallel data. When the number of bits whose logic states have transited is greater than or equal to a reference number of bits, the data encoder inverts bit values of the second parallel data to generate the encoded data. When the number of bits whose logic states have transited is less than the reference number of bits, the data encoder maintains the bit values of the second parallel data to generate the encoded data.
US07986249B2
A method of visually presenting aviation obstacles to an operator of an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving departure information associated with a runway having a departure end, parsing the departure information to determine a presence of an obstacle associated with the runway, determining a location of the obstacle relative to the departure end of the runway, and displaying a graphical representation of the runway and a graphical representation of the obstacle in the location relative to the departure end of the runway.
US07986247B2
A driver advisory system for previewing the local traffic conditions on a highway is described. Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in particular when the status of the host vehicle presents a hazardous condition to other vehicles. The advisory system may also receive information from other vehicles, and provide an alert to the driver of the host vehicle if a hazardous condition exists.
US07986244B2
A device for displaying measuring values is provided, comprising a device for displaying measuring values having a control unit (22) and having a digital display unit (21), which is controlled by the control unit (22), wherein the control unit (22) is embodied in such a manner that a measuring value detected by the measuring value detection unit are displayed on the display unit (21) as actual value (I) and as a preset set value (S) in such a manner that the position of the actual value (I) relative to the set value (S) is a function of the difference between the set value and the actual value.
US07986241B2
A security tag and system for securing objects, the system and security tag includes an acousto magnetic (“AM”) electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) component that has a housing with a defined surface area. The housing of the EAS component includes a perimeter boundary that defines an EAS component plane. The system and security tag further include a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) component that includes an integrated circuit and a dipole antenna defining an RFID component plane that is substantially coplanar with the EAS component plane. The integrated circuit and the dipole antenna are positioned externally along the perimeter boundary of the EAS component.
US07986240B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) interface includes first coil, a plurality of coils, and a control module. The first coil is associated with an RFID tag and the plurality of coils is associated with an RFID reader. Each of the plurality of coils has a different orientation with respect to at least one axis of a multi-dimensional axis system. The control module is coupled to enable at least one of the plurality of coils based on electro-magnetic coupling between the first coil and the least one of the plurality of coils.
US07986231B1
Each one of a plurality of communication devices that are located at different physical locations contains an acoustic sensor for monitoring the physical location of its communication device, and reports acoustic events detected by its acoustic sensor to a manager. The manager displays a map which shows the physical locations, the events detected by the acoustic sensor in each communication device, sent notification messages, and received response messages.
US07986229B2
An apparatus for storing sensing data in a tag and a method thereof are provided. According to the present invention, data measured by the sensor is stored in volatile memory and important data from among the data stored in the volatile memory is stored in non-volatile memory according to a pre-set data loss prevention mechanism so that a battery and the tag including the battery have a longer life and stability of data can be secured.
US07986227B2
A system for position matching of a patient for medical imaging includes a set of RFID tags configured to locate a patient position. A set of RFID interrogators are located to receive RFID position information from the set of RFID tags. A medical imaging system is positioned to produce a medical image of the patient, where the medical imaging system includes a computer. A patient position calculator receives the RFID position information and calculates a patient position for transmission to the computer.
US07986225B1
A pluggable security device for protecting an electronic device, such as a laptop, is disclosed. The pluggable security device has a battery, a siren, and an optional accelerometer. The security device is triggered by unplugging from the electronic device, or by sensing acceleration, or by disconnecting the electronic device from AC power or from a network. Once the security device is triggered and its internal siren is activated, it can only be deactivated by reinserting the pluggable security device into the electronic device it has been disconnected from and by entering a password in the electronic device.
US07986221B2
An information processing apparatus, an information processing apparatus system and a control method of an information processing apparatus are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a network unit which receives user recognition information having time data from an external device; and a processor which outputs a user recognition signal corresponding to the time data if a current time reaches a time corresponding to the time data.
US07986218B2
Described herein are wireless interrogation systems and methods that rely on a complementary sensing device and interrogator. The sensing device is disposed to measure a parameter indicative of the health of a structure. A sensor reading from the sensor indicates the level of a parameter being monitored or whether one or more particular physical or chemical events have taken place. Using wireless techniques, the interrogator probes the device to determine its identity and its current sensor reading. This often includes transmission of a wireless signal through portions of the structure. When activated, the device responds with a wireless signal that identifies the device and contains information about the parameter being measured or a particular sensor state corresponding to the parameter. The identity of the device allows it to be distinguished from a number of similar devices. Thus this invention finds particular usefulness in the context of an array of devices that can be probed by a wireless interrogation unit. In one embodiment, the devices are passive and derive power from the interrogation signal.
US07986217B2
In a radio frequency identification (RFID) system that requires an RFID reader to receive a response from an RFID tag and then transmit a command to the RFID tag within a certain time period, the RFID reader may place an initial part of the command transmission in the RFID reader's transmit chain before receiving the entire response from the RFID tag, and complete the command transmission after receiving the entire response.
US07986216B2
In a case where an ASK method is used for a communication method between a semiconductor device and a reader/writer, the amplitude of a radio signal is changed by data transmitted from the semiconductor device to the reader/writer when data is not transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. Therefore, in some cases, the semiconductor device mistakes data transmitted from the semiconductor device itself for data transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an antenna circuit, a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, and an arithmetic processing circuit. The antenna circuit transmits and receives a radio signal. The transmission circuit outputs to the reception circuit a signal showing whether or not the antenna circuit is transmitting the radio signal.
US07986214B2
An electrical assembly includes at least two PTC-resistor elements, each of which has a base body having a flat shape. Each base body has main surfaces that contain electrodes. A carrier plate has spacers for positioning base bodies of the at least two PTC resistor elements. A width each spacer is about equal, in at least one area, to a distance between facing electrodes of adjacent PTC-resistor elements.
US07986211B2
Provided is an inductor. The inductor includes a first to a fourth conductive terminals formed in one direction within a semiconductor substrate, a first conductive line formed on one side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the second and third conductive terminals interiorly positioned among the first to fourth conductive terminals, a second conductive line formed on the one side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first and fourth conductive terminals exteriorly positioned among the first to fourth conductive terminals, and a third conductive line formed on the other side of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first and third conductive terminals among the first to fourth conductive terminals.
US07986209B2
Inductors using bulk metallic glass (BMG) material and associated methods are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes an electrically conductive core material, an electrically insulative material coupled with the electrically conductive core material, and a magnetic bulk metallic glass (BMG) material coupled with the electrically insulative material, wherein the electrically conductive core material, the electrically insulative material, and the magnetic BMG material form an inductor.
US07986206B2
One or more method(s), system(s), and/or device(s) produces an assembly for securing a product to a dissimilar material, such as a magnet to plastic. A magnet assembly may include a plastic cap having one or more wings extending laterally from a side surface of the plastic cap. A plastic holder defines a product cavity and has one or more grooves formed to integrally fit with the one or more wings of the plastic cap. A magnet is positioned within the product cavity. The plastic cap is joined to the plastic holder, such as through staking or welding, to capture the magnet within the product cavity.
US07986205B2
There is provided a magnetic field generator 10 which is capable of varying an orientation of a magnetic field at a target position P easily in all directions. The magnetic field generator 10 includes a pair of magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b which are disposed coaxially so that their respective first main surfaces 28a, 28b oppose in parallel to each other, with a gap G in between. The magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b are rotated by rotation drive units 20a, 20b respectively in Arrow A directions. By rotating each of the magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b in the same one direction of the Arrow A directions by the same angle, the orientation of the magnetic field at the target position P is varied on an X-Z plane. On the other hand, by rotating at least one of the magnetic field generating units 16a, 16b in an Arrow A direction so as to change positional relationship between the magnetic pole of the field generating unit 16a and the magnetic pole of the magnetic field generating unit 16b, the inclination of the orientation of the magnetic field at the target position P with respect to the X-Z plane is varied.
US07986196B2
Conductive segments (transmission line conductors) are positioned within a transmission line structure in order to generate multi-cycle microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other conductor of the transmission lines, inside the transmission line structure. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmission line by closing the switches in a controlled manner to discharge successive segments, or successive groups of segments, into the transmission lines. The induced pulses travel uninterrupted along the transmission lines in a desired direction to the load. Efficiency of systems and energy delivered to the load in multi-section transmission lines is increased and/or maximized by adjusting the ratio of characteristic impedances associated with the transmission line conductor segments according to an optimum ratio.
US07986193B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing an oscillating signal of relatively precise frequency without using a signal provided by a crystal as a reference. Disclosed is a feedback oscillator circuit configured to output an oscillating signal having a frequency defined by a reference signal. The oscillating signal can be sent to one or more circuits including at least one frequency sensitive element. The frequency sensitive element produces an output signal which depends on the frequency of the oscillating signal. A controller controls the reference signal in order to cause an attribute of the output signal to have a value within a desired range.
US07986190B1
A circuit, such as, but not limited to, a digital phase-locked loop (PLL) or a transport timing loop, uses a fractional-N modulator and a fractional-N clock synthesizer to generate a clock signal, such as a transmit clock signal, from a reference clock signal. One embodiment uses a recovered clock signal derived from serial received data as a positive input to a feedback loop, and uses the transmit clock signal as a negative input to the feedback loop. After digital phase detection and digital filtering, a filtered error signal s is generated and used to control a modified fraction for control of the fractional-N synthesizer. Disclosed techniques advantageously exhibit jitter attenuation and have relatively little jitter accumulation, which are useful characteristics in telecommunication and data communication network clocking applications. Embodiments can be applied to loop timing, clock regeneration, and transport timing applications, and can be used when clock holdover is desirable.
US07986184B2
A variety of circuits, methods and devices are implemented for radiofrequency amplifiers. According to one such implementation, a radiofrequency amplifier circuit is implemented in a SMD package. The circuit amplifies a radiofrequency signal having a base-band portion and a plurality of carrier signals frequency-spaced larger than the base-band bandwidth. The circuit includes a radiofrequency transistor connected to a circuit output having a parasitic output capacitance. The source-drain terminal is electrically connected to the circuit output. An internal shunt inductor provides compensation for the parasitic output capacitance. A high-density capacitor is connected between the internal shunt inductor and a circuit ground. The high-density capacitor has a terminal with a surface area can be at least ten times that of a corresponding planar surface.
US07986179B2
A circuit for reducing popping sound comprises a waveform generator, a voltage accumulator, and a comparator. The waveform generator is configured for generating a periodic waveform, and the voltage accumulator is configured for generating an increased voltage. The comparator is configured for comparing the periodic waveform with the increased voltage for generating a successive pulse signal. A percentage of a duty cycle in the successive pulse signal is increased gradually.
US07986178B2
An electroactive lens driver generates a variable root-mean-square drive voltage for controlling an electroactive lens by controlling the duty cycle of a modified square wave.
US07986162B2
An interface of the present invention includes a first inverter circuit that inverts a logic level of an input signal given to an external input terminal and outputs the inverted logic level, a second inverter circuit that outputs a potential in which a logic level of an output signal of the first inverter circuit is inverted, that is, a potential higher or lower than a logic of an input signal applied to the first inverter circuit by the amount of a predetermined potential, and a feedback path that positive feedbacks an output signal of the second inverter circuit to the external input terminal. The interface circuit of the invention positive-feedbacks a potential of the output signal of the second inverter circuit and shifts the potential of the external input terminal in a floating state to an H or L level potential.
US07986160B2
A PLD includes at least one IP block or circuit, and at least one I/O block or circuit. The performance of the at least one IP block is adjusted in order to meet at least one performance characteristic by changing a supply level of the at least one IP block, by adjusting at least one body bias level of the IP block, or both. The performance of the at least one I/O block is adjusted by changing a supply level of the at least one I/O block, by adjusting at least one body bias level of the I/O block, or both.
US07986155B2
A heat sink pedestal device allows for the use of generic thermal units such as heat sinks. An interposer configured to fit a specific device under test is mounted to a retainer. The retainer firmly holds the interposer in position. In addition, the retainer may be mounted to a thermal unit. An interface sealant with a diameter less than that of the interposer, creating the perimeter of an interface medium chamber, is positioned at the periphery of the interposer between the interposer and the thermal unit. Interface material, having high thermal conductive properties, is positioned within the interface sealant. The interface medium chamber provides a high thermally conductive interface between the interposer and the thermal unit. In addition, the heat sink pedestal device minimizes customization because it allows a single heat sink or thermal unit assembly to be used to accommodate a wide range of unit sizes.
US07986150B2
To include a first replica buffer that has substantially the same circuit configuration as a pull-up circuit which constitutes an output buffer and a second replica buffer that has substantially the same circuit configuration as a pull-down circuit which constitutes the output buffer. When a first calibration command ZQCS is issued, both a control signal ACT1 and ACT2 is activated, and a calibration operation is performed for both the first replica buffer and the second replica buffer in parallel.
US07986147B1
A physical layer (PHY) device including a first transmitter, a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and a control module. The first transmitter is configured to transmit a first pulse on a first conductor of a first pair of conductors of a cable. The first ADC module is configured to generate a first set of outputs, in response to the transmission of the first pulse, by sampling an input from a second conductor of the first pair of conductors a plurality of times at a predetermined time interval. The control module is configured to determine a first distance from the PHY device to (i) an open-circuit, (ii) a short-circuit, or (iii) a termination of the first pair of conductors based on the first set of outputs.
US07986136B2
A switching mode power supply apparatus includes a conversion unit to convert input power into output power having a predetermined voltage by performing a switching operation; a light emitting unit to emit light if the voltage of the output power exceeds a predetermined threshold voltage; a light receiving unit to receive the light emitted from the light emitting unit and output a signal indicative of the voltage of the output power; a switching controller to control the switching operation of the conversion unit according to the voltage of the output power indicated by the signal output from the light receiving unit; and a disconnection unit to disconnect power applied to the light receiving unit if a voltage of the power applied to the light receiving unit exceeds a predetermined trigger voltage.
US07986133B2
To provide a power supply unit capable of realizing a multiphase power supply at low cost. For example, each of a plurality of semiconductor devices DEV[1]-DEV[n] comprises a trigger input terminal TRG_IN, a trigger output terminal TRG_OUT, and a timer circuit TM that delays a pulse signal input from TRG_IN and outputs it to TRG_OUT. DEV[1]-DEV[n] are mutually coupled in a ring shape by its own TRG_IN being coupled to TRG_OUT of one semiconductor device other than itself. Each of DEV[1]-DEV[n] performs switching operation by using the pulse signal from TRG_IN as a starting point, and feeds a current into an inductor L corresponding to itself. Moreover, DEV[1] generates the above-described pulse signal only once during startup by a start trigger terminal ST being set to a ground voltage GND, for example.
US07986132B2
A one-phase static var compensator apparatus includes a compensator string consisting of a first static var compensator connected serially to a thyristor valve. The compensator string is arranged to be connected on its first end to one phase of a transmission grid of a rated voltage exceeding 69 kV. Moreover, the thyristor valve includes a plurality of thyristors connected serially and the compensator string is arranged to be directly connected to the transmission grid. A corresponding three phase apparatus is also presented.
US07986127B2
An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple the adapter to a power socket and operative to receive energy from the power socket. The power converter is electrically coupled to the plug unit and is operable to regulate the received energy from the power socket and to output a power requirement to the mobile device. The primary connector is electrically coupled to the power converter and is operative to couple to the mobile device and to deliver the outputted power requirement to the mobile device. The identification subsystem is electrically coupled to the primary connector and is operative to provide an identification signal.
US07986119B2
A motor control system includes an MMI (man machine interface), an upper-controller, and a motor driver connected in that order. The upper-controller includes a motherboard, a communication control module, and a servo driven control card connected in that order. The motherboard is connected to the MMI and includes a processor. The communication control module includes a plurality of control cards. A control signal is inputted into the MMI and sequentially processed by the processor, the communication control module, and the servo driven control card. A driven signal is outputted from the servo driven control card to the motor driver to drive a motor.
US07986117B2
In an apparatus, a phase setter sets, based on a deviation between a generated torque and a request torque for a rotary machine, a phase of a vector of a variable output voltage of a power converter in a two-phase rotating coordinate system defined in a rotor of the rotary machine. A norm setter sets, based on the phase set by the phase setter and a rotational velocity of the rotor, a norm of the vector of the output voltage in the two-phase rotating coordinate system. A drive signal determiner determines, based on the phase set by the phase setter and the norm set by the norm setter, a drive signal, and applies the drive signal to the switching member to thereby drive the switching member such that the generated torque is adjusted to a request torque.
US07986115B2
A device is provided for detecting inadequate electric braking and commutation to a safety brake is intended for a vehicle with electric traction, in particular a rail vehicle, which is provided with a traction chain, the system including a first electric, non-safety brake which is integrated in the traction chain and a second safety brake. The device includes a member for commutation from the first brake to the second brake, a device for monitoring the braking performance of the first brake using data for measurement of the intensity of a current, a decision device for commutating from the first brake to the second brake when a predetermined threshold value is exceeded and a device for transmitting a commutation command to the at least one commutation member.
US07986114B1
A motor driver comprises a first power supply, a second power supply, a multiplexer, and an output power module. The first power supply provides a first power signal after a first period. The second power supply provides a second power signal after a second period, where the second period is longer than the first period. The multiplexer initially selects the first power signal and then selects the second power signal. An output power module controls a motor and receives power from an output of the multiplexer.
US07986111B2
A control circuit for use in a ballast configured for powering a first lamp set and a second lamp set. The second lamp set is operated via a controller and a second lamp driver circuit. The controller enables the second lamp driver circuit as a function of a monitored value corresponding to a current through a lamp of the second lamp set. The control circuit includes first and second input terminals for selectively connecting to the power supply. The control circuit reduces the monitored value as a function of a connection state of the first and second input terminals of the control circuit to the power supply. Thus, the control circuit causes the controller to selectively operate the second lamp driver circuit in order to energize the second lamp set in combination with the first lamp set.
US07986096B2
A display device includes an insulating substrate on which a display element is disposed, a resin layer disposed on the display element and having a depressed portion formed along an edge of the insulating substrate, and a sealing layer formed on the resin layer, with a portion of the sealing layer extending into the depressed portion of the resin layer. A method of manufacturing a display element includes disposing a display element on an insulating substrate, disposing a resin layer on the display element, and partially curing the resin layer. A depressed portion in the resin layer is formed using a pressurizing member and a sealing layer is disposed on the resin layer.
US07986087B2
Disclosed is a color conversion member which is improved in the prevention of a deterioration in color conversion function, the prevention of reflection of external light, and color rendering properties. The color conversion member comprises a transparent substrate, two or more types of color conversion layers, and a color filter layer. The color conversion layers function to convert incident lights for respective pixels to outgoing lights of colors different from the incident lights. The two or more types of color conversion layers are arranged on said transparent substrate. The color filter layer is provided on the transparent substrate side of any one of the color conversion layers or between the above any one of the color conversion layers and the color conversion layers adjacent to the above any one the color conversion layers.
US07986085B2
A light emitting apparatus including a plurality of light emitting devices for different colors and having a simple structure with small variations in luminous brightness of each of the light emitting devices for the different colors is provided, and electronic equipment provided with such a light emitting apparatus is also provided. The light emitting apparatus is configured into a display apparatus 10 which comprises: a TFT circuit board (counter substrate) 20; red light emitting devices 1R provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a red luminescent color (R); green light emitting devices 1G provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a green luminescent color (G); and blue light emitting devices 1B provided on the TFT circuit board 20 and emitting a light of a blue luminescent color (B); and wherein roughness is formed on an interface between a hole transport layer 4 and a red light emitting layer 5R in each of the red light emitting devices 1R, while no roughness is formed on an interfaces between a hole transport layer and a light emitting layer in each of the green light emitting devices 1G and the blue light emitting devices 1B. With these structures, it is possible to make the luminous brightness in each of the light emitting devices 1R, 1G and 1B for the respective colors substantially equal to each other when substantially the same voltage is applied thereto.
US07986080B2
An electron-emitting device and a fabricating method thereof are provided. First, a substrate, having a first side and a second side which is opposite to the first side, is provided. Afterwards, a first electrode pattern layer is formed on the first side of the substrate. Next, a conductive pattern layer is formed on the substrate and the first electrode pattern layer. After that, an electron-emitting region is formed in the conductive pattern layer. Then, a second electrode pattern layer is formed on the second side of the substrate and partially covers the conductive pattern layer. The fabricating method has a simple fabricating process and a low fabricating cost.
US07986075B2
The film bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a laminate structure composed of a piezoelectric layer, and first and second electrode layers interposing at least part of the piezoelectric layer, in which the first metal electrode is dispersively formed on an electrode plane facing the second metal electrode, and a gap is formed in a substrate correspondingly to the laminate-structured resonance part. Except for an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer and an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the second electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, first electrode layer and second electrode layer do not come in contact with the insulating substrate but are supported on a hollow. Also, a prop is formed in the gap to support the laminate structure.
US07986058B2
A method for the alternating operation of power supply units for a device which has at least two power supply units is disclosed. An alternating operation of the at least two power supply units is supplied by a switchover between the two power supply units if the two power supply units are functional. With alternating operation, the power supply unit that is in operation contributes to the power supply for the device, whereas the power supply unit that is not in operation, is cut off from supplying power to the device. In the case of a failure of the power supply unit which is in operation at the moment, an immediate switchover between the at least two power supply units is provided for.
US07986054B2
An energy harvester capable of providing motion from fluid flow includes a Magnus rotor defined by a cylinder driven by a motor causing the cylinder to rotate so that lift is created by the fluid flowing past the cylinder. A channel or system may be provided to direct the fluid flow to the cylinder. The rotating cylinder configuration is integrated into a mechanical device which is designed to transfer the lift into a mechanical motion to drive a generator. The mechanical motion due to the created lift is reversed by using a stalling mechanism and counter balanced mechanism. This creates a bidirectional motion which can be captured and used to drive a generator. The device can be utilized in either air or hydraulic environments. A modification of the energy harvester can be configured to utilize the electricity generate to produce hydrogen for use in fuel cells or for combustion.
US07986052B2
A fuel cell (10) has a compressed air inlet fed by a compressor (20) and a fuel inlet, and it produces direct current electricity. A turbine (30) receives a flow of gas under pressure from the fuel cell and is mechanically coupled to the first compressor in order to drive it. A second compressor (46) of a circuit for use in flight to feed pressurized air to the aircraft cabin (40) is mechanically coupled to a shaft of the turbine. An electric machine (50) may be coupled to the same turbine shaft as drives the compressor (46), the electric machine being capable of operating as a generator or as an electric motor.
US07986047B2
A wire bond interconnection between a die pad and a bond finger includes a support pedestal at a bond site of the lead finger, a ball bond on the die pad, and a stitch bond on the support pedestal, in which a width of the lead finger at the bond site is less than a diameter of the support pedestal. Also, a semiconductor package including a die mounted onto and electrically connected by a plurality of wire bonds to a substrate, in which each of the wire bonds includes a wire ball bonded to a pad on the die and stitch bonded to a support pedestal on a bond site on a lead finger, and in which the width of the lead finger at the bond site is less than the diameter of the support pedestal.
US07986037B2
As a power feed route in a semiconductor chip, a power feed route which reduces antiresonance impedance in the frequency range of tens of MHz is to be realized thereby to suppress power noise in a semiconductor device. By inserting structures which raise the resistance in the medium frequency band into parts where the resistance is intrinsically high, such as power wiring in a semiconductor package and capacitor interconnecting electrode parts, the antiresonance impedance in the medium frequency band can be effectively reduced while keeping the impedance low at the low frequency.
US07986032B2
A semiconductor package system is provided. A substrate having a die attach paddle is provided. A first plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle having a first plurality of lead tips. A second plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle interleaved with the first plurality of leads, at least some of the second plurality of leads having a plurality of depression lead tips. A first die is attached to the die attach paddle. The die is wire bonded to the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads. The die is encapsulated.
US07986026B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, a multi-layered wiring construction formed over the semiconductor device, and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor arrangement established in the multi-layered wiring construction. The MIM capacitor arrangement includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth electrode structures, which are arranged in order in parallel with each other at regular intervals. The first, second, fifth and sixth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a first capacitor, and the third and fourth electrode structures are electrically connected to each other so as to define a second capacitor.
US07986024B2
A fuse circuit includes a fuse configured for programming a configuration of an integrated circuit device and a resistive element having a known resistance value operably coupled in parallel with the fuse. The fuse and the resistive element form a parallel circuit configured for quickly sensing a state of the fuse in relation to the known value of the resistive element. In one embodiment, the device may further include a sense circuit operably coupled to the parallel circuit combination of the fuse and the resistive element. The sense circuit is configured to sense one of a FUSED state and an UNFUSED state of the fuse, for example, based on a comparison between a reference resistance and a FUSED resistance of the fuse when coupled to the known resistance. The fuse may comprise a programmable fuse, and the resistive element may comprise a MOS transistor.
US07986023B2
One or more embodiments are directed to a semiconductor structure, comprising: a support; a semiconductor chip at least partially embedded within the support; and an inductor electrically coupled to the chip, at least a portion of the inductor overlying the support outside the lateral boundary of the chip.
US07986021B2
The invention provides a semiconductor device that solves a problem of reflection of a pattern of a wiring formed on a back surface of a semiconductor substrate on an output image. A reflection layer is formed between a light receiving element and a wiring layer, that reflects an infrared ray toward a light receiving element the without transmitting it to the wiring layer, the infrared ray entering from a light transparent substrate toward the wiring layer through a semiconductor substrate. The reflection layer is formed at least in a region under the light receiving element uniformly or only under the light receiving element. Alternatively, an anti-reflection layer having a function of absorbing the entering infrared ray to prevent transmission thereof may be formed instead of the reflection layer.
US07986007B2
The structure of the MOS transistor provided in this invention has LDD (lightly doped drain) and halo doped regions removed from the source, the drain or both regions in the substrate for improved linearity range when operated as a voltage-controlled resistor. The removal of the LDD and halo doped regions is performed by simply modifying the standard mask of the MOS process using a logic operation layer with no extra mask required.
US07986000B2
A semiconductor device is formed on a SOI substrate having a semiconductor substrate, a buried oxide film formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type, the semiconductor layer having a second conductive type, wherein the buried oxide film has a first opening opened therethrough for communicating the semiconductor substrate with the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer is arranged to have a first buried portion buried in the first opening in contact with the semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer main portion positioned on the first buried portion and on the buried oxide film, the semiconductor substrate has a connection layer buried in a surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the first buried portion in the first opening, the connection layer having the second conductive type, and the semiconductor device includes a contact electrode buried in a second opening, a side surface of the contact electrode being connected to the semiconductor layer main portion, a bottom surface of the contact electrode being connected to the connection layer, the second opening passing through the semiconductor layer main portion and the buried oxide film, and the second opening reaching a surface portion of the connection layer.
US07985996B2
A technology capable of reducing the fraction defective of a MOS capacitor without the need to perform a screening is provided. A MOS capacitor MOS1 and a MOS capacitor MOS2 are coupled in series between a high potential and a low potential to form a series capacitive element. Then, a polysilicon capacitor PIP1 and a polysilicon capacitor PIP2 are coupled in parallel with the series capacitive element. Specifically, a high-concentration semiconductor region HS1 constituting a lower electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS1 and a high-concentration semiconductor region HS2 constituting a lower electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS2 are coupled. Further, an electrode E1 constituting an upper electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS1 is coupled to the low potential (for example, GND) and an electrode E3 constituting an upper electrode of the MOS capacitor MOS2 is coupled to the high potential (for example, power source potential).
US07985993B2
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes a photodiode, a switch and a comparator. The switch transfers a sensing signal to a sensing node from the photodiode. The comparator, which is directly connected to the sensing node, compares the sensing signal of the sensing node with a reference signal. The comparator outputs a signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the sensing signal and the reference signal.
US07985989B2
An arrangement of nonvolatile memory devices, having at least one memory device level stacked level by level above a semiconductor substrate, each memory level comprising an oxide layer substantially disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of word lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of bit lines substantially disposed above the oxide layer; a plurality of via plugs substantially in electrical contact with the word lines and, an anti-fuse dielectric material substantially disposed on side walls beside the bit lines and substantially in contact with the plurality of bit lines side wall anti-fuse dielectrics.
US07985982B2
An etchant composition that allows simplification and optimization of semiconductor manufacturing process is presented, along with a method of patterning a conductive layer using the etchant and a method of manufacturing a flat panel display using the etchant. The etchant includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, and an acetate compound in addition to water.
US07985976B2
There is provided a semiconductor light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor light emitting device package using the same. A semiconductor light emitting device having a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second electrode layer, and insulating layer, a first electrode layer, and a conductive substrate sequentially laminated, wherein the second electrode layer has an exposed area at the interface between the second electrode layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and the first electrode layer comprises at least one contact hole electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer, electrically insulated from the second conductivity type semiconductor layer and the active layer, and extending from one surface of the first electrode layer to at least part of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
US07985975B2
Example embodiments may include a light emitting device package. The light emitting device package may include a light emitting device, a package body-including a cavity having a bottom surface on which the light emitting device is mounted and a side surface for reflecting light emitted from the light emitting device, a first electrode protruding from the package body, and a second electrode coupled with the package body. The first and second electrodes may be designed to couple respectively with the second and first electrodes of another light emitting device package, thereby forming an array of light emitting device packages.
US07985967B2
There have been problems in that a dedicated apparatus is needed for a conventional method of manufacturing an organic thin film transistor and in that: a little amount of an organic semiconductor film is formed with respect to a usage amount of a material; and most of the used material is discarded. Further, apparatus maintenance such as cleaning of the inside of an apparatus cup or chamber has needed to be frequently carried out in order to remove the contamination resulting from the material that is wastefully discarded. Therefore, a great cost for materials and man-hours for maintenance of apparatus have been required. In the present invention, a uniform organic semiconductor film is formed by forming an aperture between a first substrate for forming the organic semiconductor film and a second substrate used for injection with an insulating film formed at a specific spot and by injecting an organic semiconductor film material into the aperture due to capillarity to the aperture. The insulating film formed at the specific spot enables formation of the organic semiconductor film with high controllability. Further, the insulating film can also serve as a spacer that holds the aperture, that is, an interval (gap) between the substrates.
US07985961B2
Example embodiments may provide resistive random access memory devices and/or methods of manufacturing resistive random access memory devices. Example embodiment resistive random access memory devices may include a switching device and/or a storage node connected to the switching device. The storage node may include a stack structure including a plurality of resistance change layers separated from one another and first and second electrodes each on a side wall of the stack structure. The resistance change layers may be connected to the first and the second electrodes in parallel and/or may have different switching voltages from each other.
US07985957B2
Methods for removing random or uncontrolled surface defects from a work piece surface are provided, by applying a plurality of induced controlled defects over the random defects to alter the surface texture.
US07985952B2
A charged particle spin polarimeter that is capable of resolving with high efficiency the magnetic moment of a charged particle. The charged particle spin polarimeter has a pair of convex and concave magnetic poles to apply a magnetic field with gradient to an incident charged particle and a pair of plain plate electrodes to apply, to a charged particle, an electric field for canceling a Lorentz force that the charged particle receives from the magnetic field. The magnetic moment in the magnetic field direction of a charged particle is resolved by the interaction between the gradient of the magnetic field and the magnetic moment of the charged particle.
US07985949B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting analytes in a gas phase sample. An ion mobility spectrometer is provided for detecting analytes having an excess amount of dopant in its separation region. In an embodiment, the dopant is added directly to the separation region, such as with a drift gas or by diffusion, thereby providing excess dopant that dominates subsequent cluster formation and maintenance. Excess dopant in the separation region minimizes or reduces interfering signals associated with unwanted substances, such as water vapor, that are introduced to the IMS. In an aspect, the invention provides IMS systems and methods having increased sensitivity and reliability for analyte detection.
US07985942B2
Laser pulse energy adjustments are motivated by an understanding of the effect of laser pulse width variations among different lasers on satisfying a quality metric associated with a laser-processed target. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustments normalize this effect among different lasers drilling vias in a target specimen. The number of pulses delivered to the target specimen to form each via can be modified, based on the pulse energy applied to the via location, to control different via quality metrics.
US07985939B2
A method of sorting postal items for preparing postman's walks on a postal sorting machine having an inlet and a set of sorting outlets includes loading a first batch of postal items and a second batch of postal items consecutively into the inlet of the machine, and directing the postal items of the first batch towards a first subset of sorting outlets, and the postal items of the second batch of postal items towards a second subset of sorting outlets that is separate from the first subset of sorting outlets; and while the postal items of the second batch of postal items are being directed towards the second subset of sorting outlets, reloading the inlet of the machine with the postal items taken from the first subset of sorting outlets, and, while the postal items of the first batch of postal items are being directed towards the first subset of sorting outlets, re-loading the inlet of the machine with the postal items taken from the second subset of sorting outlets.
US07985937B2
A switching device includes a paddle actuator biased to a rest position and configured to pivot relative to a housing to a depressed position to engage an air-gap switch disposed within the housing. The air-gap switch is configured to change a first state of a load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the paddle actuator. The paddle actuator is defined by a pair of opposing long sides and a pair of opposing short sides and has at least one slot defined therein parallel to the pair of opposing short sides thereof and centrally disposed between the pair of opposing long sides thereof. A rocker actuator is disposed in the at least one slot defined in the paddle actuator and is configured to pivot relative thereto to engage at least one switch. The at least one switch is configured to change a second state of the load connected to the switching device upon engagement by the rocker actuator.
US07985935B2
The systems and methods described herein are directed to a switch for electronic devices. The systems and methods provide for a switch disposed on a bottom surface of a circuit board enclosed in a housing of an electronic device. The circuit board may include an aperture. An actuating pin of the switch may extend through the aperture towards the top surface of the circuit board. An external actuator may be coupled to the actuating pin in the aperture on the circuit board. The external actuator may extend out through an opening in the housing for providing a user with access to the switch.
US07985926B2
A base material in which a base insulating layer and a metallic layer are laminated is prepared. The metallic layer is processed into a predetermined pattern to form conductor patterns including terminal parts. A hole is formed in a region under a predetermined terminal part where the base insulating layer is formed by directing a laser beam from below. A reinforcing board having a through hole is attached to the lower surface of the base insulating layer by a sheet-like adhesive having a through hole, with the holes being aligned with one another. An opening space formed by the holes is filled with metallic paste by screen printing. In this way, a printed circuit board is fabricated. An electronic component is mounted on this printed circuit board.
US07985918B2
A novel thermoelectric module in which the thermoelectric elements are stacked together with thermal and electrical conductors integrated in the stack to perform the dual functions of conducting both heat and electricity.
US07985916B2
Electronic wind instrument includes: a breath flow detector detecting a flow of breath blown by a user; a tone generator forming a tone signal; a control section controlling the tone generator on the basis of an output signal of the breath flow detector; and a zero point compensation section that, when a predetermined condition has been satisfied, compensates a zero point of the output signal of the detector on the basis of the output signal generated by the detector at the time point the predetermined condition has been satisfied. The predetermined condition is satisfied when it is detected that a zero point compensation switch operable by the user has been turned on, that no performance is being executed by the user, that a value indicated by the output signal of the detector has decreased below a predetermined threshold value, or that the wind instrument has been turned on.
US07985900B1
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB12V09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB12V09, to the plants of soybean XB12V09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB12V09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB12V09 with another soybean plant, using XB12V09 as either the male or the female parent.
US07985898B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5423851. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5423851. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5423851 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5423851 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07985891B2
Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue may be fed to the fish, or mixed with other materials and fed to fish, or extracted and administered to the fish.
US07985883B2
In a process for producing hydroperoxides, an alkylaromatic compound of general formula (I): in which R1 and R2 each independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that R1 and R2 may be joined to form a cyclic group having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, said cyclic group being optionally substituted, and R3 represents hydrogen, one or more alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a cyclohexyl group, with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a manganese oxide molecular sieve to produce a hydroperoxide of general formula (II): in which R1, R2 and R3 have the same meaning as in formula (I). The hydroperoxide of formula (II) may then be converted to a phenol and an aldehyde or a ketone of the general formula R1COCH2R2 (III), in which R1 and R2 have the same meaning as in formula (I). In the case where the ketone is cyclohexanone, this may then be dehydrogenated to produce further phenol.
US07985862B2
The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an α1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US07985860B2
Process and intermediates for the synthesis of 2-(quinolin-5-yl)-4,5 disubstituted-azole derivatives
This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 2-(Quinolin-5yo)-4,5-Disubstituted-Azole derivatives, which may be used, for example, as PDE IV inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations.
