US08010575B2
A system and method for redistributing interest in a hierarchical data structure representation is provided. A data representation of a hierarchical data structure includes depth levels having one or more blocks of sibling nodes associated with node interest characteristics. Two or more of the sibling nodes are combined as aggregates into elided subsets. One of the elided subsets is selected and expanded to reveal the aggregated sibling nodes. A breadth of the depth level in which the block is located is determined. A further determination that the breadth exceeds a constrained breadth extent for the data representation is made. The breadth is decreased by ordering the sibling nodes in the depth level by their node interest characteristic and by combining at least a portion of the sibling nodes into the elided subset based on the respective node interest characteristics such that the breadth does not exceed the constrained breadth extent.
US08010570B2
A method (system and computer program product) performs facet classification synthesis to relate concepts represented by concept definitions defined in accordance with a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attributes hierarchies. Dimensional concept relationships are expressed between the concept definitions. Two concept definitions are determined to be related in a particular dimensional concept relationship by examining whether at least one of explicit relationships and implicit relationships exist in the faceted data set between the respective facet attributes of the two concept definitions.
US08010566B2
Provided are an extended multimedia file structure, a multimedia file producing method, and a multimedia file executing method. The extended multimedia file structure includes: a metadata section including a media initial object descriptor (IOD) field and at least one track pointer; and a media data section including at least one media block indicated by the track pointer, wherein the at least one track pointer indicates a detail media resource contained in an embedded multimedia file or an external multimedia file.
US08010558B2
A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem and operating system implementing DMAPI. Threads executing on a metadata client know when a DMAPI event is required, and generate the DMAPI event on their own initiative when necessary. A metadata server maintains DMAPI queues. If the metadata server relocates to another host, the DMAPI events in the DMAPI queues are moved transparently to users.
US08010555B2
Images created by one or more image acquisition devices are initially stored in remote data bases at one or more remote or satellite locations and copies of the images are subsequently transferred to a central server at a central storage location over a network and stored in a central data base. A common catalog listing local image files stored at the central data base and remote image files stored at one or more remote data bases is stored at the central location and is accessed by users to search for images. User requests for images associated with local image files result in transfer of the requested images by the central server to the user. User requests for images associated with remote image files are relayed by the central server to the associated remote location, and the requested images are then relayed to the user from the remote location via the central server.
US08010552B2
A system and method for updating a filtering system which controls access to a website/page between a local area network (LAN) and an Internet. The LAN includes an Internet gateway system coupled to a workstation and configured to receive a URL request. The system controls access to the website/page associated with the URL based on one or more categories that are associated with the URL. The Internet gateway system can determine the category that is associated with the URL by referencing a master database or requesting the category from a database factory. The database factory can receive URLs from multiple Internet gateway systems. The database factory determines whether the identifier was previously categorized by the database factory and provides the category to the Internet gateway system. Once the Internet gateway system has the category, it applies rules associated with the category and user to filter access to the requested website/page.
US08010551B2
A computer server system may include a plurality of database modules for storing user data for a plurality of users, and at least one processing module comprising a plurality of processing threads for processing jobs for users based upon respective user data. The computer server system may further include a database pool module connected between the plurality of database modules and the at least one processing module. The database pool module may be for selectively connecting the processing threads to corresponding database modules including respective user data for jobs to be processed, and determining when a database module becomes unresponsive and terminating processing thread connections to the unresponsive database module based thereon. The database pool module may also be for determining when the unresponsive database module becomes responsive and restoring processing thread connectivity thereto based thereon.
US08010548B1
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for accessing and organizing data items, including items of digital media, such as digital images, video stream, audio stream, text documents and the like. An object model defines a plurality of data object classes, including a media object class for representing items of digital media and a tag object class for representing categories of digital media. A request for one or more data items specifies a search condition. A collection of one or more data objects instantiated from the data object classes is generated, whereby the data objects in the collection represent data items satisfying the search condition. An iterator configured to sequentially access the data items represented by the data objects in the collection of data objects is generated and used to sequentially access the data items.
US08010539B2
Disclosed herein is a method, a system and a computer product for generating a snippet for an entity, wherein each snippet comprises a plurality of sentiments about the entity. One or more textual reviews associated with the entity is selected. A plurality of sentiment phrases are identified based on the one or more textual reviews, wherein each sentiment phrase comprises a sentiment about the entity. One or more sentiment phrases from the plurality of sentiment phrases are selected to generate a snippet.
US08010535B2
Methods to enable optimization of discontinuous rank metrics are described. The search scores associated with a number of search objects are written as score distributions and these are converted into rank distributions for each object in an iterative process. Each object is selected in turn and the score distribution of the selected object is compared to the score distributions of each other object in turn to generate a probability that the selected object is ranked in a particular position. For example, with three documents the rank distribution may give a 20% probability that a document is ranked first, a 60% probability that the document is ranked second and a 20% probability that the document is ranked third. In some embodiments, the rank distributions may then be used in the optimization of discontinuous rank metrics.
US08010532B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and method for organization of bookmarks. The method according to one embodiment comprises retrieving one or more bookmarks associated with one or more content items, a given bookmark generated by a user of a client device and identifying one or more tags associated with one or uniform resource locators corresponding to the or more bookmarks. A bookmark folder hierarchy is created through use of a clustering algorithm on the basis of the one or more tags associated with the one or more uniform resource locators corresponding to the one or more bookmarks.
US08010531B2
A first set of data includes a plurality of presentation elements. A second set of data includes metadata concerning the presentation elements, the metadata including at least a hash value related to each of the presentation elements and a location of each of the presentation elements. An element management subsystem is configured to provide the presentation elements to a remote element server. The element server is configured to serialize and transmit the elements in a binary stream in response to a request, the elements being formatted according to a parameter of the request.
US08010520B2
Amounts of time that search result content is displayed for viewing can be collected and used for relevancy ranking. Selection of a first of a plurality of search results is detected. The plurality of search results is received in response to submission of a set of one or more search terms. An amount of time content of the first search result is displayed for viewing is determined. The content is loaded in response to the selection of the first search result. An indication of the amount of time is supplied as input for ranking relevancy of the first search result with respect to the set of one or more search terms.
US08010509B1
A system and method verifies and repairs mirrored data sets. Verification modules executing on both the source and destination computers cooperate to identify a common persistent consistency point image (PCPI) of the source and destination data sets. Once the common image has been identified, the source sends a data stream comprising the data from the source data set to the destination to be compared with the destination data set.
US08010501B2
A computer implemented method for transforming an inverted index of a collection of documents into a smaller inverted index of documents. The smaller index contains links to all and only to those documents appearing in a subset of the original collection of documents. The method avoids reprocessing the subset to create the smaller inverted index by intersecting each inverted list with the list of document references from the desired subset. If this intersection is empty then the list is removed from the new smaller index, otherwise the list containing only the intersected reference list is included in the new inverted index. The method is also extended to deal with creating multiple smaller inverted indexes and with propagating updates changes in the first collection of documents down into the smaller inverted index or indexes.
US08010495B1
A method, system and computer program product for generation and management of incremental backups of VEE file system using bitmaps. The proposed method allows users to roll back to any previous version or state of the VEE file system and to instantiate this version using the data encapsulated in virtual disk storage (i.e. file system) of the VEE. A number of VEEs run on a Host Operating System of the computer system. One of the VEEs implemented on the computer system is designated to generation and management of backups of the virtual disk data of the other VEEs without freezing the file system during the entire backup process. A special tracing application runs on the designated VEE for generating the bitmap of a file system snapshot. The user can also set up a time for generating a backup or create a schedule for automatically generating the backups at critical points.
US08010491B2
A server file replication technique is implemented with three local copies of a replicated file. First, a shadow file is a copy of the last known good version of the file on the server. Second, a local copy is the user's working copy. Whatever changes the user has made to the file are stored in the local copy. Third, a rollback file is a copy made of the local copy if the local copy changes (for example, when conflicts are resolved or the server version is copied to the local copy.) Different states exist, based on whether these copies contain differences from each other and from the server version, and based on the user's use of the document. These states guide what is done to maintain the local copies and whether conflict resolution is required.
US08010487B2
Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.
US08010486B2
Capturing, storing, and publishing media files, including: capturing media data using a media capture device, wherein the media capture device is connected to a first server in a local network and includes local storage and a media editing component; storing the captured media data in a media file in the local storage of the media capture device; modifying the media file using the media editing component of the media capture device including adding metadata to the media file; determining a network media channel corresponding to the media file using the metadata; and publishing the modified media file to the first server connected to the local network, wherein the published media file is accessible through the local network.
US08010485B1
A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are described for the background movement of data between nodes in a storage cluster. According to one method, exception tables are generated that include data identifying the areas on each node that need to be migrated to another node and the areas on each node that are to be migrated from another node. The exception tables may be generated in response to the failure of a node in the storage cluster or in other circumstances. A background resynchronization thread utilizes the contents of the exception tables to migrate data between the nodes of the cluster, thereby synchronizing the data stored on the nodes. Input/output operations directed to an area that is to be migrated from another node are redirected to the other node in accordance with a timeout period associated with the input/output operations.
US08010484B2
Subscriptions to stored data for different computer systems and mobile devices are generated based on distribution criteria and application data to control what portions of particular types of data should go to a particular computer system or mobile computing device, each of which may be identified as a data site. The particular type of data may include a business object type or a publication in a publish-and-subscribe model of data replication. The distribution criteria may include an attribute of the type of data to be distributed, or may be based on a relationship of data with an employee that uses a data site or on a responsibility of an employee that uses a data site. The distribution criteria also may include a query executable against portions of the application data or other types of complex processing logic.
US08010479B2
Simplifying the creation of user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application
The present invention can include a solution for capturing user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling application. Such a system can include a graphical modeling application and a custom element definition tool. The graphical modeling application can be configured to create semantic models that contain a static graphical elements and semantic data elements. The custom element definition tool can be configured to create a user-defined custom element for the graphical modeling application. The user-defined custom element can consist of one or more static graphical element and/or one or more semantic data element.
US08010478B2
A context aware system and a context aware method thereof perform a reasoning to be aware of contexts in ubiquitous environments. The context aware method includes procedures of modeling a knowledge base describing context information including constraints; classifying the context information described in the knowledge base according to the constraints; filtering fact data having same constraints as input sensor data from the classified context data; storing only rules, which satisfy the filtered fact data and constraints, in an working memory; and inferring a service context by reasoning the stored fact data and rules. The method receives input sensor data, associated with a subject, continuously monitored and serviced by indoor sensors, performs a reasoning based upon the input sensor data, in order to be aware of the present contexts of the subject and also provide, in real-time, a service suitable for the present contexts, thereby promoting the convenience of life.
US08010472B2
A system includes: a preference model generating unit that generates a preference model by learning and storing the preference model for a user based on a behavior history that indicates history of behavior of the user; an evaluation list generating unit that calculates probability of a plurality of recommended candidates based on the preference model and generates an evaluation list indicating the probability of the recommended candidates; a default predicting unit that specifies habituation of the user based on the information on the behavior history and calculates a predicted default value of the plurality of recommended candidates based on the habituation; and an evaluated unexpectedness value calculating unit that calculates an evaluated unexpectedness value indicating unexpectedness where the unexpectedness is higher as a difference obtained by subtracting the predicted default value from the probability is larger.
US08010469B2
Methods and systems for flow processing and switching, security, and other network applications, including a facility that processes a data flow to address patterns relevant to a variety of conditions are directed at internal network security, virtualization, and web connection security are described. Such flow processing facilities may be used for inspecting network traffic packet payloads to detect security threats and intrusions across accessible layers of the network IP stack by applying content matching and behavioral anomaly detection techniques based on regular expression matching and self-organizing maps. Exposing threats and intrusions within packet payload at or near real-time rates enhances network security from both external and internal sources while ensuring security policy is rigorously applied to data and system resources.
US08010464B2
A computerized data equidistant-mapping method and a computer system using the same are provided. The computerized data equidistant-mapping method is used for mapping M sets of K-dimensional original data into a D-dimensional space in a manner of equidistance. The computerized data equidistant-mapping method includes the following steps. M sets of D-dimensional mapping data each corresponding to each original data respectively and sequentially are generated. An initial mapping data and an initial original data are chosen arbitrarily, wherein the initial mapping data corresponds to the initial original data. The mapping distance between each mapping data and the initial mapping data is computed. The original distance between each original data and the initial original data is computed. Each mapping data is amended according to each mapping distance and each original distance for enabling each mapping data and each original data to have equidistant-mapping relationship gradually.
US08010442B2
To process financial articles of trade, real time data is collected from a plurality of liquidity destinations in trading at least one of securities, commodities, options, futures and derivatives, the real time data including information on submitted transactions of financial articles of trade. The real time data collected from the plurality of liquidity destinations is aggregated. The real time data is streamed in a standardized form. User criteria are established to identify relevant portions of the streamed real time data. The streamed real time data is analyzed according to the user criteria. The analyzed real time data is consolidated into a computer data base.
US08010426B2
A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to form a report; process trust values, where each trust value characterizes the accuracy of an attribute of the report; combine trust values to provide an aggregate trust value associated with the report; and supply a user with the report and the aggregate trust value.
US08010424B1
A technique for making a payment to a payee on behalf of a payor by a payment service provider is provided. A determination is made as to if a requested payment amount is less than a certain amount. The certain amount is associated with the payee and is determined by the service provider, not the payee. If the payment amount is less than the certain amount, payment to the payee on behalf of the payor is made drawn on an account of the service provider.
US08010422B1
A system and method are disclosed for online transfer of a balance from a first credit account associated with an account holder to a second credit account associated with the account holder. Account data associated with the first credit account is obtained. The account data comprises at least the financial institution with which the first credit account is held. A determination is made as to whether the financial institution with which the first credit account is held is related to the financial institution with which the second credit account is held. The first credit account is identified as being not eligible for a balance transfer to the second credit account if it is determined that the first credit account is held with a financial institution that is related to the financial institution with which the second credit account is held.
US08010404B1
A system and method for price and promotion response analysis is provided. Such a system is useful for a business to analyze the forecasted lifts associated with changes in price and promotion activity. The system sets the configuration of the response report, which includes price change and promotion change intervals. Promotions include temporary price reductions, displays, ads and multiples. Modeling data is received for the products. Forecasts, both non-cannibalistic and cannibalistic, are generated for the sales of the products dependent upon the price change and promotion change intervals. Forecasts include at least one of product forecasts, demand group forecasts, line level forecasts and category level forecasts. Suspect forecasts below a minimum confidence may be flagged. Confidence matrices may be generated which reflect accuracy of the forecasts. The response report may be generated by collecting the forecasts and the confidence matrices according to the configuration of the response report.
US08010403B2
Utilization of information in a closed loop data system further augments modeling while at the same time enabling customization of offers based on spend patterns. Data mining techniques are leveraged to identify rules to determine higher response rate populations. These rules are referred to herein as “triggers,” in that the presence of particular attributes will trigger a cardholder as being more likely to respond to a particular offer. The benefit yielded by this approach is a greater acceptance rate to an offer provided by a transactional account company. To identify the triggers, records of cardmembers who already utilize a given product are analyzed to determine their spend patterns. The spend histories of customers who are eligible to use the product are analyzed according to the identified triggers. Customers whose spend patterns most closely correspond to the triggers are then targeted with offers for the given product.
US08010397B1
A method for architectural review is provided. Project data is submitted to an architecture audit team. An exception to an approved technology for the project data is conveyed to a technology management team comprising subject matter experts from each of multiple domains. A recommendation regarding the exception to the approved technology for the project data is conveyed to an architecture review committee comprising a director representative from each domain. A decision on the recommendation regarding the exception is recorded.
US08010395B2
A program storage device for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using the GP/AP system. The templates are particularized for the customer. A playbook summary view is generated from the playbook database. The playbook summary view displays a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area, a summary task creation button, and a detailed task creation button, which visually appear together in an undivided display area within the playbook summary view. Communication is between team members of a team and the playbook database via a server coupled to the playbook database and an intranet coupled to both the server and the team members. The team members have responsibility for the designing and implementing of the GP/AP system.
US08010391B2
Methods and systems are provided for processing claims. A hierarchy may be created for claims specific to the insured that includes a claim management case level, a policy level, and a coverage level. The claim management case level may include a claim management case node. The policy level may include one or more policy nodes. Each of the policy nodes may relate to an insurance policy covering the insured. The one or more insurance policies covering the insured are associated with the claim management case. The coverage level may include one or more coverage nodes. Each of the coverage nodes may relate to an insurance coverage covering the insured. Each of the insurance coverages may be associated with one of the insurance policies.
US08010390B2
Methods and systems are provided for processing claims. A claim management case is created for an insured in response to a notice of a claim. One or more insurance policies covering the insured are associated with the claim management case. At least one process is performed at a claim management case level to fulfill an information requirement that applies to at least two of the insurance policies associated with the claim management case. Claims are adjudicated under the one or more of the insurance policies covering the insured.
US08010385B1
A process for providing healthcare consumers advance notice of changes in network status of their healthcare service providers and/or medications whereby data indicating one or more healthcare service providers and/or medications used by a given healthcare consumer is obtained along with data indicating the given healthcare consumer's healthcare insurance plan. Data indicating all “in-network” healthcare service providers and/or medications for the given healthcare consumer's healthcare insurance plan is then obtained. The data indicating one or more healthcare service providers and/or medications used by a given healthcare consumer is then compared with the data indicating all in-network healthcare service providers and/or medications for the given healthcare consumer's healthcare insurance plan. As a result of the comparison, if any of the one or more healthcare service providers and/or medications used by a given healthcare consumer is identified as no longer being an in-network healthcare service provider and/or medication, the given healthcare consumer is informed of the change of one or more of the one or more healthcare service providers and/or medications used by the given healthcare consumer to “out-of-network” status.
US08010373B2
An encoding device (1) and method convert a set of signals (l, r) into a dominant signal (m) containing most signal energy, a residual signal (s) containing a remainder of the signal energy, and signal parameters (IID, ICC) associated with the conversion. The dominant signal (m) and selected parts of the residual signal (s) are encoded. Selecting parts of the residual signal involves a residual signal (s′) passing perceptually relevant parts of the residual signal (s), attenuating perceptually less relevant parts of the residual signal and suppressing least relevant parts of the residual signal. An associated decoding device (2) and method decode the encoded dominant signal and the encoded residual signal so as to produce a decoded dominant signal (m′u) and a decoded residual signal (s′mod) respectively. A synthetic residual signal (s′syn) is derived from the decoded dominant signal (m′u) and is attenuated so as to produce an attenuated synthetic residual signal (s′syn,mod). The attenuated synthetic residual signal (s′syn,mod) and the decoded residual signal (s′mod) are combined to produce a reconstructed residual signal (s′). The decoded dominant signal (m′) and the reconstructed residual signal (s′) are then converted into a set of output signals (l′, r′).
US08010372B2
In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least first and second channels. The first and second channels are synchronously subdivided into blocks such that the lengths of the blocks into which the second channel is subdivided correspond to the lengths of the blocks into which the first channel is subdivided if the first and second channels are correlated with each other and difference coding is used. The first and second channels are decoded and the subdivided blocks of the first and second channels are interleaved if the first and second channels are synchronously subdivided.
US08010368B2
In this invention, a voice recognition engine 110 outputs to a controlling section 103 a matching state of a voice input signal as an error code. Then, the controlling section 103 determines the matching state based on the error code in the error determination section 105 and outputs to a voice synthesizing engine 113 guidance data according to the matching state based on a timing control by a guidance timing controlling section 107. According to such a configuration, this invention improves operatability by voice operation, while reducing a risk of erroneous recognition by maintaining a predetermined matching rate.
US08010365B1
The present invention relates particularly to a method and system for integrating an interactive voice response (IVR) environment into an existing host processing system to provide automated telephone responses to callers to the host system. The integrated IVR environment is highly scaleable with hardware and software open to the host system for in-house modification and/or addition of components and applications to accommodate additional and/or modified host business logic, host applications, and other host requirements. The integrated IVR environment also alleviates the high cost often associated with the purchase, installation, and maintenance of the IVR functionality for a host processing system.
US08010364B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for troubleshooting based on a probability distribution model. The method for troubleshooting based on a probability distribution model includes establishing a speech-based channel of interaction, establishing at least one non-speech-based channel of interaction, maintaining a probability distribution over time for each of a plurality of component variables describing the state of the product or service and state of the conversation, and troubleshooting a product or service by responding based on the probability distribution.
US08010362B2
A voice conversion rule and a rule selection parameter are stored. The voice conversion rule converts a spectral parameter vector of a source speaker to a spectral parameter vector of a target speaker. The rule selection parameter represents the spectral parameter vector of the source speaker. A first voice conversion rule of start time and a second voice conversion rule of end time in a speech unit of the source speaker are selected by the spectral parameter vector of the start time and the end time. An interpolation coefficient corresponding to the spectral parameter vector of each time in the speech unit is calculated by the first voice conversion rule and the second voice conversion rule. A third voice conversion rule corresponding to the spectral parameter vector of each time in the speech unit is calculated by interpolating the first voice conversion rule and the second voice conversion rule with the interpolation coefficient. The spectral parameter vector of each time is converted to a spectral parameter vector of the target speaker by the third voice conversion rule. A spectrum acquired from the spectral parameter vector of the target speaker is compensated by a spectral compensation filter or power ratio. A speech waveform is generated from the compensated spectrum.
US08010357B2
Combined active and semi-supervised learning to reduce an amount of manual labeling when training a spoken language understanding model classifier. The classifier may be trained with human-labeled utterance data. Ones of a group of unselected utterance data may be selected for manual labeling via active learning. The classifier may be changed, via semi-supervised learning, based on the selected ones of the unselected utterance data.
US08010342B2
A device or computer readable medium for accurately and automatically obtaining general-purpose information regarding the usage difference between a plurality of synonyms and quasi-synonyms, such as the types of words with which the synonyms and quasi-synonyms are often used, is described. The usage information may be obtained by receiving the input of a plurality of words; extracting sentence data including an inputted word from a corpus; analyzing the sentence structure of the sentence data and extracting nouns that are in a grammatical relationship with the inputted word included in the sentence data; extracting the nodes representing the nouns and the nodes representing the semantic category of the noun from a thesaurus and forming a directional graph for each inputted word; comparing a plurality of directional graphs and extracting the difference nodes; and outputting the extracted difference nodes as information relating to the usage difference of the inputted words.
US08010341B2
Mechanisms are disclosed for incorporating prototype information into probabilistic models for automated information processing, mining, and knowledge discovery. Examples of these models include Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) models, and the like. The prototype information injects prior knowledge to such models, thereby rendering them more accurate, effective, and efficient. For instance, in the context of automated word labeling, additional knowledge is encoded into the models by providing a small set of prototypical words for each possible label. The net result is that words in a given corpus are labeled and are therefore in condition to be summarized, identified, classified, clustered, and the like.
US08010339B2
Efficient, updatable national language support for a mobile device is provided. NLS file segments are provided in a wrapper in the Virtual NLS file. Segments may be organized by language family. The number of segments that need to be searched is also minimized. At any point, any of the pointers for the dynamically updatable query table can be shifted around to improve performance. Existing APIs may be used for obtaining locale information by causing the APIs to iterate through all the known NLS segments in a specified search order.
US08010335B2
In a graphical modeling environment, bus signals, which group a plurality of signals together for simplifying a model, include a partial or complete physical definition. Models are simplified by passing bus signals through graphical objects representing functional entities, without degrouping the bus signal. During simulation of the model, code can be generated for the bus signal having a complete definition independent of other components of the graphical model.
US08010329B2
A computer-implemented system for designing a pressure-dosed drain field comprising: a screen that allows a user to specify length and diameter for pipes that comprise the forcemain and discharge assembly, specify the pumping liquid level and discharge elevation, select the number of laterals and enter a specified residual pressure, enter or select a coefficient to be used in calculating friction losses, and enter the diameter and length of each manifold segment; a minor loss screen that calculates minor losses based on fitting selections made by the user; a pump file; a tabulated results screen; a gauge screen; and system and pump curves. A computer-implemented method of using the above system to design a pressure-dosed drain field. The purpose of the system and method is to enable an engineer to design a pressure-dosed drain field that will meet regulatory requirements for the system flow differential.
US08010326B2
Method for forming a fixed geometric grid for a fluid dynamics system multi-cell computer model, the system having one or more surfaces, includes representing the system surfaces by an array of contiguous polygons. The method also includes creating a single model cell that encompasses the entire system and assigning all the surface polygons to the single model cell. The method further includes subdividing at least the portion of the single model cell encompassing the surface polygon array, including subdividing all intersected assigned polygons, using one or more subdividing planes. The method still further includes reassigning the surface polygons to respective subdivided cells resulting from the subdividing step, identifying those subdivided cells having two or more surface polygons from a common system surface, and calculating effective common boundary areas and normal vectors for those cells. The method also includes treating “split” cells and “sliver” cells. Apparatus for automatically forming a fixed geometric grid includes a digital computer programmed with a CFD program having software to implement the disclosed method.
US08010322B2
A signal conditioning integrated circuit includes both signal conditioning circuitry and memory devoted to storing end-user downloadable coefficients. In a preferred embodiment, the integrated circuit is an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the end-user downloadable coefficients, based upon a mathematical equation pre-selected by the end-user, are pre-stored in the ASIC when a sensor device with which the ASIC is associated is calibrated. This results in a customized and more cost-effective and space-efficient signal-conditioning apparatus with improved functionality over that available in the prior art.
US08010320B2
The invention increases the fidelity of gas turbine engine module performance estimates that in turn enhance performance tracking and visibility. The methodology obviates input signal filtering since filtering may mask the onset and detection of a rapid measurement shift indicative of serious engine performance issues. The invention supports trend detection processes for timely detection, isolation and alerting of performance and engine system related faults.
US08010318B2
A system and method for nonintrusively determining electric motor efficiency includes a processor programed to, while the motor is in operation, determine a plurality of stator input currents, electrical input data, a rotor speed, a value of stator resistance, and an efficiency of the motor based on the determined rotor speed, the value of stator resistance, the plurality of stator input currents, and the electrical input data. The determination of the rotor speed is based on one of the input power and the plurality of stator input currents. The determination of the value of the stator resistance is based on at least one of a horsepower rating and a combination of the plurality of stator input currents and the electrical input data. The electrical input data includes at least one of an input power and a plurality of stator input voltages.
US08010317B1
A system and method is disclosed for providing a plurality of hardware performance monitors for adaptive voltage scaling in an integrated circuit system that comprises a plurality of threshold voltage VT logic libraries. Each hardware performance monitor is associated with one of the plurality of threshold voltage VT logic libraries and provides a signal that measures a performance of its respective threshold voltage VT logic library die temperature, process corner and supply voltage. The difference between the measured performance and a nominal expected performance for each hardware performance monitor is determined. The largest of the plurality of difference signals is selected and provided to an advanced power controller for use in providing adaptive voltage scaling for the integrated circuit system.
US08010310B2
A method includes performing burn-in testing of a device in a tester to generate post burn-in data. Pre-burn-in data associated with the device is compared to the post burn-in data. The device is identified as an outlier device based on the comparison.
US08010309B2
A method of analysis, analysis system, program product, apparatus, and method of supplying analysis of value incorporating the use of at least one data acquisition device, a central processor, and a communication link that is connectable between the data acquisition device and the central processor. The central processor is loaded with multivariate calibration models developed for predicting values for various properties of interest, wherein the calibration models are capable of compensating for variations in an effectively comprehensive set of measurement conditions and secondary material characteristics. As so configured, the calibration models can compensate for instrument variance without instrument-specific calibration transfer. Measurement results generated by the central processor can be transmitted to an output device of a user interface.
US08010290B2
A method for determining a list of survey points for a drilling well includes a feedback loop in which one or more measured parameters are compared with computed or derived parameters. The computed parameters are typically obtained from other/additional measurements. For example, in one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a magnetic least distance vector determined via magnetic ranging is compared with a geometric least distance vector computed from conventional borehole surveying measurements. Estimates of the drilling well azimuth and/or inclination may be adjusted to yield a good agreement between the magnetic and geometric least distance vectors. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention advantageously provide for a substantially real-time determination of a definitive well path for a drilling well as well as a substantially real-time relative placement of the drilling well with respect to a target well.
US08010281B2
A route between locations includes a detailed set of directions to get from a present location to a destination. A route summary is provided, showing a subset of the roads needed to be traveled to go from the present location to the destination. The route summary is determined at least in part based on a set of rules for evaluating the roads in the route for inclusion in the route summary.
US08010269B2
Brake apparatus includes a transmission unit for operatively connecting a brake pedal to a master cylinder, and the transmission unit is a mechanism capable of varying a ratio between an output amount of a push rod connected to a master cylinder and an operation amount of the brake pedal. Further, the transmission unit is constructed in such a manner that, in an initial operation region of the brake pedal, a ratio of the operation amount of the brake pedal to the output amount of the push rod is set to be greater than in another operation region immediately following the initial operation region.
US08010262B2
An apparatus and method for automatically controlling the settings of an adjustable crop residue discharge system of an agricultural combine is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, an actuator, and a controller. The sensor detects a position of a residue deflector and/or a speed of the residue discharge system. The actuator operatively controls the residue deflector to adjustably position the residue deflector. The controller is operatively connected to the sensor and actuator. The controller includes a memory, a speed input device, a position input device, and a mode input device. The controller is configured to store in memory a plurality of positions and speeds of the residue discharge system and automatically adjust the positions and speeds of the residue discharge system upon receiving an input to change to headland mode.
US08010251B2
A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.
US08010249B2
An apparatus and method is provided that allows a user to record events in a vehicle via a vehicle data recorder in the latest communication protocols, such as Controller Area Network. The vehicle data recorder can record data from the event when a trigger button is actuated by the user and the CAN communication can be controlled by the CAN controller. After the data is recorded, it can transferred to a host workstation, where the user can analyze the data from the event and diagnose the problem causing the event.
US08010246B2
The present locomotive brake control system includes a vacuum relay valve responsive to air brake apply and release signals on the air brake pipe to provide vacuum brake apply and release signals on a vacuum brake pipe. A locomotive brake controller is responsive to the brake apply and release signals on the air brake pipe to control the brake cylinder to apply and release the locomotive brakes in an air mode, and is responsive to the brake apply and release signals on the vacuum brake pipe sensed by a transducer to control the brake cylinder to apply and release the locomotive brakes in a vacuum mode.
US08010244B2
A system and method for efficient intervisibility determination. The intervisibility determination method of the present invention provides a multiple threat processing capability within a specified area of terrain using a common database. Computation is simplified through the method of processing data posts in the terrain elevation database. By taking integer steps and incrementing distance, x or y, and a predicted elevation value at each step, a small number of operations may be performed. Recomputing a change in elevation value may be reduced. An umbra database provides an enhanced look-up capability for displaying and updating the intervisibility display information. The systems and methods of the present invention may be suitable for use on a vehicle and in mission management activities.
US08010241B2
A method and device that determine characteristic angles, each characteristic angle representing the angle by which a rectilinear segment of the flight path is seen from the aircraft. A head-up screen displays characteristic signs that are representative of the characteristic angles.
US08010238B2
Several embodiments provide wireless extensions to an irrigation controller system and related methods of use, as well as other improvements to irrigation control equipment. In one implementation, an irrigation control system includes a transmitter unit including a controller and having a connector to be coupled to an irrigation controller having station actuation output connectors. The controller is configured to receive an indication that the irrigation controller has activated an irrigation station, and is also configured to cause the transmitter unit to transmit a wireless activation signal responsive to the indication. A receiver unit is coupled to an actuator coupled to an actuatable device, such as an irrigation valve, the actuator configured to actuate the irrigation valve to control the flow of water therethrough. The receiver unit receives the wireless activation signal and in response, causes the actuator to actuate the actuatable device.
US08010231B2
A communication robot including: a situation change detection unit for detecting writing of information into a situation database; a rule detection unit for detecting, from a rule database, a rule corresponding to the situation indicated by the data stored in the situation database when the writing of information into the situation database is detected by the situation change detection unit; an action inducing parameter setting unit for setting the degree of interest of the detected rule to at least one of movable parts and an audio output unit independently in the situation database; a parameter changing unit for independently changing the degree of interest set for the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit; and a command unit for requesting the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit to execute the execution command indicated by the detected rule.
US08010228B2
A sensor on a semiconductor wafer is used as a process monitor and a capacitor is employed as a power supply for the sensor. The capacitor can be formed by stacking a poly-silicon layer and a silicon nitride layer on the wafer. A timer can be used to specify an operation time or an operation timing, etc. Furthermore, unauthorized use is prevented by storing a keyword in an ROM of the process monitor.
US08010217B2
A method for reconfiguring a partially manufactured product for a canceled custom-built order during a manufacturing process includes canceling a custom-built order for a product that has been partially manufactured. The method also includes reading a configuration of the partially manufactured product for the custom-built order that has been canceled, and reading at least one order for a different manufactured product, wherein each order is associated with a target configuration. The method yet further includes reading a set of rules that match a given configuration with one of a set of target configurations and executing the set of rules upon the configuration of the partially manufactured product so as to match the configuration of the partially manufactured product with one of a target configuration of the at least one order. Finally, the method includes initiating re-configuration of the partially manufactured product to the target configuration with which it was matched to produce the different manufactured product corresponding to the at least one order in lieu of the custom-built order that had been canceled.
US08010207B2
The invention is directed to medical leads for use with implantable medical devices. Various features of medical leads are described, many of which may be useful in a variety of different leads, e.g., used in a variety of different applications. In one embodiment, the invention provides a medical lead of varying stiffness characteristics. In another embodiment, the invention provides a medical lead having a semi-conical shaped distal tip that becomes wider at more distal tip locations. In either case, described lead features may be particularly useful for J-shaped lead configurations used for implantation in a patient's right atrium. Many other types of leads, however, could also benefit from various aspects of the invention.
US08010200B1
A lead stimulation/recording system is provided, which is a combination of a permanent DBS stimulating lead and a recording microelectrode. The DBS lead has a lumen extending from the proximal to the distal end of the lead, the lumen having an opening on each end of the lead. The microelectrode is configured and dimensioned to be insertable into the DBS lead from either the distal or proximal opening of the DBS lead, thereby permitting the microelectrode to be placed before, concurrently with, or after placement of the DBS lead. In addition, the system may be used with known microelectrode recording systems and methods of inserting the electrodes, such as the five-at-a-time method, the dual-microdrive method, or the single microdrive method.
US08010176B2
A method for obtaining a distribution of a stiffness property in tissue includes applying a plurality of loadings to the tissue, obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional (2-D) imaging projections of the tissue from different directions, measuring a force resulting from one of the plurality of loadings, measuring from at least one of the plurality of 2-D imaging projections a displacement of the tissue in response to the force, obtaining an initial set of input parameters for an estimated stiffness property of the tissue, and solving iteratively for the stiffness property using a computer.
US08010169B2
A handheld electronic device including a first body, a second body, a flexible electrical connecting means and a cover is provided. The second body is slidely coupled to the first body. The flexible electrical connecting means is electrically connected between the first body and the second body and the cover is slidely coupled to the second body. The cover is located at a first position on the second body when the first body and the second body are in a stacked state. The cover shields the flexible electrical connecting means exposed due to the movement of the second body against the first body when the first body and the second body are in a spread state. Therefore, reliability and appearance of the handheld electronic device can be improved. In addition, available area on the handheld electronic device in the spread state can be increased, to provide higher design flexibility.
US08010164B1
Various options for determining the delivery mechanism to be used for the distribution of emergency alerts, such as Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages, include determining if broadcast technologies are supported. If broadcast technology is supported, alerts are provided in accordance therewith. If broadcast technology is not supported, alert messages are provided, via the Short Message Service (SMS), to geographic locations in which subscribers are located. In accordance with another option, if broadcast technology is not supported, SMS based alert messages are routed to subscribers via a Mobile Switching Center (MSC).
US08010162B2
A mobile communication terminal including an input unit, a display unit, a receiving unit configured to receive a signal including at least one interactive function, a memory configured to store at least one symbol indicating a type of the at least one interactive function, and a control unit configured to detect the type of the interactive function included in the signal received by the receiving unit, to search the memory for the symbol indicating the at least one interactive function, to control the display unit to display the searched symbol, and to control an operation of the interactive function according to a signal provided via the input unit.
US08010158B2
Embodiments are directed to activation and performance of multiple-subscriber-identity-module (“multi-SIM”) automatic synchronization of mobile devices. A user may specify one or more data types for which multi-SIM automatic synchronization should be performed, which may include incoming calls, sent text messages, and the like. Information about an answered incoming call may be sent from a first mobile device to at least one additional mobile device so that the at least one mobile device may update at least one call log and may remove at least one notification for the call accordingly. When multi-SIM automatic synchronization is performed for sent text messages, the first mobile device may send a copy of the sent text message to the at least one additional mobile device so that the received copy may be stored in the sent messages folder of the at least one additional mobile device.
US08010157B1
A communication device which implements a voice communicating function, a OS updating function, a voice recognition system, a tag function, a voice recognition noise filtering function, a sound/beep auto off function, a voice recognition system auto off function, a voice recognition email function, a voice communication text converting function, a target device location indicating function, an audio/video data capturing system, a caller ID function, a call blocking function, a navigation system, an auto emergency calling system, a cellular TV function, a GPS search engine function, a mobile ignition key function, a word processing function, a start up software function, and a stereo audio data output function.
US08010151B2
Disclosed is a system and method for service interworking between heterogeneous communication systems. The service interworking system includes a first system and a second system that is evolved from the first system and can decode control and broadcast signals used in the first system. The first and second systems provide services by using frequency bands that do not overlap with each other.
US08010149B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF section, a DSP, and a plurality of processors. The RF section and the DSP process an inbound RF signal to produce inbound data and process outbound data to produce an outbound RF signal. In addition, the DSP converts an outbound analog audio signal into an outbound digital audio signal and converts an inbound digital audio signal into an inbound analog audio signal. A first processor converts the inbound data into the inbound digital audio signal and converts the outbound digital audio signal into the outbound data. A second processor performs a user application that includes at least one of generation of the inbound analog audio signal and generation of the outbound analog audio signal and performs an operating system algorithm to coordinate operation of the user application.
US08010148B2
A mobile terminal detecting an instantaneous deterioration in BLER and quickly converging an SIR into an appropriate target SIR, thereby preventing requesting an excessive transmission power from a base station and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The present invention relates to the mobile terminal including a target SIR control unit 105 that detects a burst error state indicating a deterioration in a communication environment, a burst error return state indicating a return of the communication environment, and a normal communication state indicating a good state of the communication environment based on whether a cyclic redundancy check is good, after detecting the burst error state, decreases the target SIR by a first decrease amount whenever an OK determination result of the cyclic redundancy check is obtained, detects a state in which the target SIR is decreased by a burst error return criterion that is a preset decrease amount, determines that the detected state is a burst error return state, and decreases the target SIR by a preset second decrease amount, and the method of controlling the mobile terminal.
US08010146B2
In a communication apparatus having a transmission-power control function of controlling transmission power, the operation state of the communication apparatus is determined. If the communication apparatus is determined as a data-transmitting side, control is done to validate the transmission-power control function. If the communication apparatus is determined as a data-receiving side, control is done to invalidate the transmission-power control function.
US08010141B2
A system and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from a vehicle, in particular, an aircraft. The content includes, for example, data, voice, video and multimedia, that can be wirelessly exchanged over a wireless communication link between an aircraft and a ground station while the aircraft is at or near a parking gate, or between aircraft. In an example, the system employs long distance metropolitan area technology, such as IEEE Standard 802.16 wireless technology, to increase transfer range. The parameter of the wireless communication link can be adjusted based on, for example, the location of the link. The content can further be provided between the vehicle and ground station based on priorities, such as the available link speed, importance of the information, and/or anticipated connection time between the vehicle and ground station. A media creation center can be networked to a plurality of base stations.
US08010126B2
The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.
US08010123B2
A cellular communications system may include at least one base station selectively denying attempts to establish wireless communications links therewith, and wirelessly transmitting denial messages for denied attempts. The system may further include at least one mobile cellular communications device including a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith for attempting to establish a wireless communications link with the at least one base station having a quality of service (QoS) level associated therewith. If a denial message is received, the controller continues to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a first attempt rate. Yet, if the wireless communications link cannot be established with the desired QoS level, and if no denial message is received, then the controller continues to attempt to establish the wireless communications link at a second attempt rate different than the first attempt rate.
US08010120B2
A method of accommodating aberrant behavior in wireless devices in a wireless network includes the steps of establishing communication with at least one wireless device, monitoring signals received from the at least one wireless device, determining characteristics of the at least one wireless device based on the monitored signals, comparing the determined characteristics with prescribed characteristics for wireless devices exhibiting aberrant behavior and altering settings to accommodate the at least one wireless device, when the determined characteristics match the prescribed characteristics.
US08010115B2
The present invention relates to a node and a method thereof for a mobile telecommunication network connectable to a controlling node and wirelessly connectable to mobile terminals. The node is adapted to have an uplink connection to a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is adapted to have a second uplink connection to at least a second node such that data transmitted from the mobile terminal may be received at the node and at the at least the second node. The node comprises means for estimating whether data transmitted from the mobile terminal received at the at least the second node is received stronger than the data received at said node and means for discarding data received from the mobile terminal if it is estimated that the data is received stronger at the at least the second node than the data received at said node.
US08010112B1
A multi-mode mobile station includes a first interface for wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a second interface for wireless communication with a wireless wide area network (WWAN). A call control system routes all calls to and from the multi-mode mobile station through a media gateway that serves as an anchor point for handoffs between the WLAN and WWAN. For example, while involved in a call that has a WLAN call leg from the media gateway, the multi-mode mobile transmits a handoff request. The call control system then establishes a WWAN call leg from the media gateway, and the multi-mode mobile station stores in a buffer any media received via the WWAN call leg. The call control system subsequently transmits a handoff instruction to the multi-mode mobile station. In response, the multi-mode mobile station plays out the stored media and drops the WLAN call leg.
US08010111B2
An outer decoder and an inner decoder encode a block of information to be transmitted, to improve protection by adding redundancy. The redundancy permits decoding of the information from less than a complete encoded block of information. Time re-alignment of two transmissions of the same content from two base stations can mitigate the problem of duplicated frames. The user of the subscriber station can experience seamless service without repetition of content, even when handing over to a new cell while receiving a buffer of broadcast content.
US08010107B1
While a mobile node is engaged in a communication session via a first air interface channel, the user of the mobile node requests a vertical handoff. In response to the user's handoff request, the mobile node goes into a dormant mode to release the first air interface channel. The mobile node then acquires a second air interface channel, which may have a higher data rate than the first air interface channel, and continues the communication session via the second air interface channel. The mobile node may also determine that a vertical handoff may be available, e.g., by checking a preferred roaming list (PRL), and then indicate to the user that a vertical handoff may be available.
US08010104B2
Techniques to reduce the amount of registration required by a mobile station in a wireless communication system, especially if the registration zones are defined to be small areas. In one scheme, a mobile station registers (e.g., at RR-level) with a network entity (e.g., a base station) each time it enters a new registration zone, which can correspond to an R-TMSI zone defined by GSM MC-MAP. The mobile station maintains a timer for each zone with which it has already registered but has since left. If the mobile station leaves a particular zone for a period longer than a time-out period, the registration with that zone times out, and the mobile station re-registers with that zone whenever it re-enters the zone. The mobile station may implement zone-based, timer-based, implicit, traffic channel RR, and some other registrations, or a combination thereof. Parameters to facilitate registration may be defined by a base station.
US08010102B2
A method of operation of a cognitive radio in a hierarchical group of cognitive radios, the hierarchy of cognitive radios including at least one master cognitive radio that has a higher position in the hierarchy than another of the cognitive radios in the group, consistent with the present invention, involves establishing a first operational policy for the group of cognitive radios; determining that the operational policy is unsuitable for use by at least one member of the group; and the master cognitive radio dictating a change in the operational policy used by the group to a second operational policy for use by the group.
US08010100B2
A system and method by which a mobile wireless device dynamically decides the other end host to initiate a session to automatically conduct a performance test. Results of the performance test are then transferred to a monitoring server under appropriate conditions. A method for conducting a performance test on a wireless device comprises receiving information indicating how and when a performance test is to be conducted by the wireless device, determining whether the conditions for the performance test to be started are met, conducting the specified performance test, and storing results of the performance test.
US08010096B2
For an automatic control of a mobile terminal, a method is proposed for the control of a mobile terminal by receiving a set of control commands in a mobile terminal comprising a processor, a subscriber module and a communications unit, storing a set of control commands in a memory of a subscriber module of a mobile terminal, and activating of functions of the mobile terminal by the subscriber module as a function of commands of the set of control commands via an interface between the subscriber module and the mobile terminal.
US08010095B2
Management server 16 may obtain application programs from content server 20 in response to requests of mobile terminal 11. Management server 16 may transmit the obtained application programs to mobile terminal 11 with information concerning reliabilities of the application programs. After mobile terminal 11 receives the application programs from management server 16, mobile terminal 11 manages operations of the application programs. Operations of the application programs are coordinated with operations of other programs using the information concerning the reliabilities corresponding to the application programs. Management of the coordinated operations of the application programs avoids problems concerning information security, where valuable information may be distributed unexpectedly because of operations of low reliable application programs. As a result, convenience of users of mobile terminals 11 can be improved without deteriorating the information security of mobile terminals 11.
US08010089B2
A system, method and node of providing identity correlation for an Over The Top (OTT) service in a telecommunications network. The method includes the steps of providing user information to a database associated with the OTT service and sending an identification cookie to a User Equipment (UE) of the user. The UE may then request access to a web site. The identification cookie within the UE is read and correlated with the user information stored in the database. Data from the web site is then presented to the UE based on the user information.
US08010085B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for tunneling in a cloud based security system. Management of tunnels, such as data tunnels, between enterprises and processing nodes for a security service is facilitate by the use of virtual gateway nodes and migration failover to minimize traffic impacts when a tunnel is migrated from one processing node to another processing node.
US08010084B2
An RF power delivery diagnostic system is provided herein. The system comprises an RF power source (303), an impedance matching network (305), a plasma reactor (307) in electrical contact with the RF power source by way of the impedance matching network, a first RF sensor (309) adapted to measure at least one attribute of the RF power input to the impedance matching network, and a second RF sensor (311) adapted to measure at least one attribute of the RF power output by the impedance matching network.
US08010064B2
Systems and methods may be provided for transmitter calibration. The systems and methods may include providing one or more radio frequency (RF) test signals at an output of a transmitter, wherein the one or more RF test signals are based upon IQ baseband test signals, and applying an envelope detector to the one or more test signals to obtain one or more characteristic signals from the one or more RF test signals, where the one or more characteristic signals includes one or more first harmonic components and one or more second harmonic components associated with the one or more RF test signals. The systems and methods may further include analyzing the one or more second harmonic components to determine one or more IQ mismatch compensation parameters, and analyzing the one or more first harmonic components to determine one or more carrier leakage or DC offset compensation parameters.
US08010057B2
First and second control signals select either a receive mode or a transmit mode for two RF transceivers, each control signal having a first value when the transmit mode is selected and a second value when the receive mode is selected. First and second transmit/receive switches, each include an on-chip microelectromechanical switch, and each respond to their corresponding control signal to implement either the transmit mode or the receiver mode.
US08010055B2
The signal to noise ratio performance of a RF communication system can be improved by providing resistance to transmitter self-jamming and eliminating or reducing the need for a transmit rejection filter or other measures such as limiters or blanking switches. An anti-jam low noise amplifier provides enough rejection and jamming immunity to reduce or eliminate the need for the transmit reject filter. Thus, the system noise performance is improved by eliminating the filter and the associated losses which cause signal to noise ratio performance degradation.
US08010041B2
Method and system for a reliable relay-associated and opportunistic cooperative transmission schemes
A base station (BS) communicates with a mobile station (MS) through relay stations (RSs). In one exemplary reliable relay-associated transmission scheme, the BS transmits data to the RSs using multicast or unicast. From the received packets, each RS calculates its reliability value according to a reliability function, which it informs the MS. The BS then generates a reliability metric to identify the RSs that are considered reliable. The reliable RSs transmit their information to the MS under a cooperative multicast transmission mode. Meanwhile, the unreliable RSs overhear the transmissions between the reliable RSs and the target MS. If the MS is unable to receive information from reliable RSs, the unreliable RSs can join the cooperative transmission to provide a higher cooperative diversity gain to the target MS.
US08010040B2
A system and method for requesting additional bandwidth in a communications channel between one or more first satellite terminal devices and a second satellite terminal device, are provided. The method includes identifying an available field in a header to be transmitted from the one or more first devices to the second device and allocating at least a portion of the available field for requesting the additional bandwidth. A size of the available field is reconfigurable. The method also includes forwarding the extend header to the second device.
US08010031B2
A fixing apparatus which fixes a toner image at a nip portion formed by a belt member and a rotating member controls a deviation of a belt by changing an inclination of a belt supporting member during a fixing operation. During a standby operation in which the belt member and the rotating member are separated from each other, the fixing apparatus stops changing the inclination of the belt supporting member and regulates the deviation of the belt by contacting a flange provided at the belt supporting member and a belt end portion.
US08010029B2
A fusing device and an image forming apparatus having the same. The fusing device can include a fusing belt, a heat source disposed in an interior of the fusing belt, a supporting member to support at least a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the fusing belt, a press member mounted while opposing the fusing belt to form a fusing nip, and a nip forming part formed with an opening portion to enable heat emitted from the heat source to be transferred to the fusing belt at a position corresponding to the fusing nip. The nip forming part can have at least one gap maintaining part to prevent change of a gap of the opening portion. The nip forming part is provided at the supporting member or a nip forming member mounted between the heat source and the supporting member. Accordingly, a temperature of the fusing belt can rise quickly by directly heating the fusing belt, and deterioration of fusing performance due to deformation of the nip forming member can be prevented.
US08010028B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device for forming a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing device for fixing the toner image formed on the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium. In the fixing device, an endless belt, having flexibility, moves to apply heat to the recording medium. A metal thermal conductor, having a pipe shape and provided inside a loop formed by the endless belt, guides the moving endless belt. A heat source heats the metal thermal conductor. A pressing member presses the metal thermal conductor via the endless belt to form a nip between the endless belt and the pressing member. At the nip, the endless belt and the pressing member nip the recording medium bearing the toner image to apply heat and pressure to the recording medium.
US08010025B2
A developing unit includes a developing roller which rotates about a rotational axis to supply toner to a photoreceptor, the developing roller including: a cylindrical core portion which includes an electric conductor; a first resistive layer which covers a cylindrical surface of the core portion; a second resistive layer which covers the first resistive layer, and has electric-resistivity lower than that of the first resistive layer; and a current leakage control member which prevents leakage of electric current from the core portion toward the second resistive layer through an end of the developing roller along a direction of the rotational axis.
US08010023B2
A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier by supplying a one-component developer to the image carrier. Good images can be obtained over long periods of time, without printing history becoming apparent on account of residual developer. The developing device has a developer carrier that is rotatable and disposed facing an image carrier; and a conductive developer supply and recovery member rotatably arranged so as to abut the developer carrier. The rotation direction of the conductive developer supply and recovery member is opposite to the rotation direction of the developer carrier at a position where the developer carrier and the conductive developer supply and recovery member abut each other. A contact pressure P between the developer carrier and the conductive developer supply and recovery member is set so as to satisfy the relationship 0 (kPa)
US08010020B2
The developer conveyance amount on the upstream side of an agitation conveyance path in a developer conveyance direction becomes larger than the amount of developer to be transported from a recovery conveyance path to the agitation conveyance path, by making the developer conveyance amount on the upstream side of an agitating screw in the developer conveyance direction equal to or larger than the developer conveyance amount on the downstream side of a recovery screw in the developer conveyance direction. Accordingly, the bulk of the developer existing on the downstream side of the recovery conveyance path in the developer conveyance direction can be prevented from reaching the level where the recovered developer re-adheres to a developing roller, and further the developer existing on the downstream side of the recovery conveyance path in the developer conveyance direction can be prevented from re-adhering to the developing roller.
US08010017B2
A fuser assembly includes first and second fuser structures, drive apparatus and nip engagement and release apparatus. The nip engagement and release apparatus includes nip-loading structure, a bias spring for engaging the nip-loading structure, a nip release cam for engaging the bias spring, a swing arm assembly and nip release structure. The nip engagement and release apparatus is adapted to cause a fuser nip to release during a reverse operation except when performing a duplex operation.
US08010012B2
A biasing unit biases an exposing unit with respect to a main unit in at least one direction in a direction approaching the main body, so that the exposing unit makes contact with the main body in at least one portion to determine a position of the exposing unit with respect to the main body. A buffer unit relieves an impact the exposing unit receives from the main body, provided at or near the portion where the exposing unit makes contact with the main body. An attachment forming portion is provided for attaching the buffer unit in switching a functional state of the buffer unit between a buffer functional state and a buffer non-functional state.
US08010004B2
A belt transfer device according to the present invention includes an intermediate transfer belt, a transfer member, a shifter, a detector, and a controller. The transfer member primarily transfers a toner image from an image carrier to the intermediate transfer belt. The shifter reciprocates in specified opposite directions so as to shift the transfer member between a transfer position where the transfer member is in compressive contact with the inner surface of the intermediate transfer belt and a home position where the transfer member is away from the belt surface. The detector outputs a signal representing the position of the shifter. Based on the state of the signal output from the detector while the shifter is reciprocating each time in the opposite directions, the controller determines whether the tensile force of the intermediate transfer belt is proper.
US08010003B2
When the density of a toner image of a leading end of a printing sheet is no less than a predetermined reference density, a printing start time is delayed or printing data is deleted so that printing data is not printed in the leading end of the sheet. When the printing is performed in a state where a cover used for copying is opened, a printing start time is delayed or the printing data of the leading end of the printing sheet is deleted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a fixing unit from being contaminated due to the toner image transferred to the leading end of the printing sheet.
US08010002B2
An image forming apparatus includes a control section which controls a forming section and a detection section to form an image patterns at a non-image area between image areas on an image carrier, to detect the image patterns as required, and to execute various types of compensation operations for correcting image forming conditions, and, when a timing of executing a first compensation operation coincides with a timing of executing a second compensation operation and the image pattern for the first compensation operation and the image pattern for the second compensation operation have a relationship such that the positions of forming the image patterns on the image carrier do not overlap each other, controls the image forming section to form both image patterns in the same non-image area.
US08010000B2
An image forming apparatus includes a light source unit, an image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a light beam emitted from a light source, a developing unit configured to develop a latent image formed on the image carrier using a toner, an intermediate transfer unit on which a toner image developed by the developing unit is transferred, a heating unit configured to heat the intermediate transfer unit on which a toner image is transferred, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image heated by the heating unit on a recording medium, a temperature detection unit configured to detect temperature of the intermediate transfer unit, and a control unit configured to control a magnification of a latent image to be formed on the image carrier according to a detection result of the temperature detection unit.
US08009993B2
A hybrid balanced code is formed from a low rate (narrow bandwidth) balanced code and a high rate (wide bandwidth) low density code. Data encoded using the hybrid balanced code is transmitted between a first communication network entity and a second communication network entity. The hybrid code enables a system having a hybrid transmitter to transmit either a low rate stream detectable by a low rate receiver or a hybrid stream, from which the low rate data may be detected by a low rate receiver while both the high rate data and the low rate data may be detected by a high rate receiver.
US08009990B1
A transmitter modulates a laser beam with data and projects the laser beam. A first and second optical detector indirectly receive a first and second signal (respectively) via light scattered from a first and second segment of the laser beam at a first and second time. The first segment at the first time and the second segment at the second time are modulated with the same data. The receiver phases the first signal and/or the second signal to match their phase and sums the signals. The transmitter and/or the receiver may include a terrain database and/or an order wire for sharing terrain and/or position information. Terrain information and/or position information may be utilized to align the laser beam with the optical detector(s) and/or adjust an aperture of the optical detector(s) to minimize intersymbol interference and maximize communication channel benefits associated with spatial and temporal diversity.
US08009989B1
A system according to embodiments of the invention may comprise a first communication path that converts an optically-modulated source signal to a radio signal based on a detected degradation in a quality of a received optical signal, and a second communication path that converts a radio-modulated source signal to an optical signal based on a detected degradation in a quality of a received radio signal. The system may therefore adapt to diverse weather conditions to improve the reliability of a communication link.
US08009986B2
An optical node capable of supporting a mesh-type optical network is provided. The node includes: N ROADMs, which separate specific wavelength channels from a multiple wavelength channel optical signal that is input from any node constituting the optical network, allows the rest of the wavelength channels to be passed, and combine another added wavelength channel with the passed wavelength channel to allow the combined wavelength channel to be passed; an N×1 optical switch which selects the specific wavelength channel separated from one of the N ROADMs and inputs the specific wavelength channel into an optical transceiver and selects one of the N ROADMs and connects a wavelength channel that is output from the optical transceiver to the selected ROADM; and an electrical cross connect switch which drops a part of electrical signal bandwidth of the specific wavelength channels separated by the ROADM, which is converted into the electrical signals in the optical transceiver, toward an external client and combines the rest of the electrical signal bandwidth with a electrical signal added by the external client to form an electrical signal bandwidth of a wavelength channel and output the electrical signal to the optical transceiver. Accordingly, optical fiber inputs and outputs in various directions can be supported, and the number of WDM transceivers used for each node is remarkably reduced, thereby improving efficiency and economical efficiency of a network.
US08009981B2
A transmitter for a communications link is tested by using a (software) simulation of a reference channel and/or a reference receiver to test the transmitter. In one embodiment for optical fiber communications links, a data test pattern is applied to the transmitter under test and the resulting optical output is captured, for example by a sampling oscilloscope. The captured waveform is subsequently processed by the software simulation, in order to simulate propagation of the optical signal through the reference channel and/or reference receiver. A performance metric for the transmitter is calculated based on the processed waveform.
US08009980B2
An exemplary light blocking plate includes a light pervious substrate, a filter film formed on the light pervious substrate, and a metal film layer formed on the light pervious substrate and the optical filter film. The metal film layer defines a through hole to expose a central portion of the optical filter film.
US08009972B2
An imaging apparatus and imaging lens device comprises a light path folding optical system having a reflector that folds the optical axis incident perpendicular to the gravitational direction toward the gravitational direction. An imaging element converts an image formed by the light path folding optical system into an electrical signal. A drive unit moves a shake correction lens group including at least one lens in the direction perpendicular to a vertical optical axis, the vertical optical axis being folded toward the gravitational direction by the reflector, wherein the shake correction lens group is moved in the direction perpendicular to the vertical optical axis to move the image in the direction perpendicular to the vertical optical axis.
US08009969B2
A disk unit-integrated display includes a door member opening and closing when projecting and housing a disk tray, and including a door portion and an arm portion for rotating the door portion, and a housing including an opening for projecting and housing the disk tray and a plurality of operating portions. The plurality of operating portions of the housing are arranged at a height position to overlap with the arm portion, in a region other than a region in which the arm portion located on a lower side end of the door portion is arranged, so as to hold the arm portion therebetween.
US08009963B2
This disclosure describes adaptive filtering techniques to improve the quality of captured imagery, such as video or still images. In particular, this disclosure describes adaptive filtering techniques that filter each pixel as a function of a set of surrounding pixels. An adaptive image filter may compare image information associated with a pixel of interest to image information associated with a set of surrounding pixels by, for example, computing differences between the image formation associated with the pixel of interest and each of the surrounding pixels of the set. The computed differences can be used in a variety of ways to filter image information of the pixel of interest. In some embodiments, for example, the adaptive image filter may include both a low pass component and high pass component that adjust as a function of the computed differences.
US08009955B2
The housing of a telecommunications cabinet can be replaced without recabling the internal components by removing a panel arrangement from a cable access region of the cabinet to reveal an open end of the cable access region that is continuous with the open side of the cabinet. The frame is uncoupled from the cabinet and the cabinet is slid away from the internal components. The fiber optic cables pass through the open end of the cable access region and through the open side of the cabinet.
US08009951B2
The present invention relates to a plastic photonic crystal fiber for terahertz wave transmission and a method for the manufacturing thereof. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a plastic photonic crystal fiber that can be easily manufactured and has low loss characteristics to be used as a waveguide of terahertz waves. The plastic photonic crystal fiber includes a crystal defect component having a longitudinal axis and a photonic crystal component surrounding the crystal defect component. The photonic crystal component has an array of a plurality of plastic elements having longitudinal axes and forming a 2-dimensional photonic crystal structure with a predetermined lattice constant. Further, the plastic photonic crystal fiber of the present invention can be used as a preform from which a plastic photonic crystal fiber for an optical communication (400-800 nm) can be drawn.
US08009950B2
A multimode optical fiber comprises a central core having an alpha profile, a depressed cladding having a portion in continuity with the alpha profile of the central core and a stepped portion, and an outer cladding. The alpha profile is obtained by co-doping at least two dopants. The variation in concentration of each dopant and its derivative in relation to the fiber radius are continuous. A multimode fiber for Ethernet optical system with an improved bandwidth is thus obtained.
US08009949B1
A fiber bundle head up display includes a bundle of optical fibers. An image source projects a display image onto the fiber bundle. The fiber bundle transfers the display image from its input surface to its output surface and projects the display image onto a combiner, which superimposes the display image in the visual field of a viewer. The fiber bundle transforms the display image while performing three-dimensional relocation of picture elements of the display image to reduce aberration and distortion of the display image. The fiber bundle may be utilized for pre-transforming the display image to reduce or eliminate a variety of image aberration types.
US08009947B2
An optical semiconductor device includes a waveguide having one or more first segments having a region that includes a diffractive grating and another region combined to the region, one or more second segments having a region that includes a diffractive grating and another region combined to the region and a plurality of third segments having a region the includes a diffractive grating and another region combined to the region, a length of the second segment being different from that of the first segment, a length of the third segment being shown as L3=L1+(L2−L1)×K1 in which 0.3≦K1≦0.7, L1 is a length of the first segment, L2 is a length of the second segment and L3 is a length of the third segment; and a refractive index control portion controlling refractive index of the first segment through the third segments.
US08009944B2
An optical waveguide 30 having a bending groove 34 parallel to two long sides of a rectangular shape thereof. The optical waveguide 30 is bent along the bending groove 34 so as to come into close contact with a frame of an optical touch panel. This makes it possible to attach the optical waveguide 30 to the frame without misalignment during assembly. Therefore, the optical waveguide 30 can emit light beams in a direction perpendicular to one side of a rectangular display screen opposed to one long side of the rectangular shape thereof. Further, the width of the frame of the optical touch panel 30 can be made smaller than that of the optical waveguide 30. This makes it possible to achieve reduction in the width of the frame of the optical touch panel.
US08009937B2
An optical resonator configured to be tuned using a charge-based memory cell includes an optical cavity configured to transmit light and receive injected charge carriers; a charge-based memory cell in proximity to or within the optical cavity, the memory cell containing a number of trapped charges which influence the resonant optical frequency of the optical resonator. A method of tuning an optical resonator includes applying a voltage or current to a charge-based memory cell to generate a non-volatile charge within the memory cell, the nonvolatile charge changing a resonant frequency of the optical resonator.
US08009935B2
A correlation along a horizontal direction and a correlation along a vertical direction are calculated with respect to a neighboring region around an interpolation target pixel by using respective pixel values of R pixels, G pixels, and B pixels in Bayer data. The pixel value of the G pixel to be interpolated for the interpolation target pixel is determined based upon pixel values of pixels adjacent to the interpolation target pixel along a direction exhibiting a stronger correlation between the calculated correlations. The interpolation target pixel in the Bayer data is interpolated by using the G pixel of the pixel value determined.
US08009933B2
A method is provided for speeding up a super-resolution processing by reducing the number of times for convolution operation that is the number of times for estimation calculation.A fast method of super-resolution processing for speeding up a super-resolution processing that estimates a high-resolution image from multiple low-resolution images with a displacement, which comprising: a first step for performing a registration of said multiple low-resolution images in a high-resolution image space and treating all pixels of said multiple low-resolution images after the registration as pixels sampled at unequal interval within said high-resolution image space; a second step for dividing said high-resolution image space into multiple small areas with a predefined size; and a third step for defining an estimated value at a predefined representative position within said small area as an estimated value of all pixels that exist within said small area for each small area divided in said second step.
US08009930B2
A method for self-recalibration of a structured light vision system including a camera and a projector. A camera plane and a projector plane are defined, a Homography matrix between the camera plane and the projector plane is computed, and a translation vector and a rotation matrix are determined from Homography-based constraints. A computer vision system implementing the method is also described.
US08009928B1
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, system and computer program product for detecting and recognizing text in the images captured by cameras and scanners. First, a series of image-processing techniques is applied to detect text regions in the image. Subsequently, the detected text regions pass through different processing stages that reduce blurring and the negative effects of variable lighting. This results in the creation of multiple images that are versions of the same text region. Some of these multiple versions are sent to a character-recognition system. The resulting texts from each of the versions of the image sent to the character-recognition system are then combined to a single result, wherein the single result is detected text.
US08009924B2
An apparatus for recording image data has an encoding processor that compresses original image data (for example, RAW data), having a plurality of pixels, in accordance with a lossless compression coding; and a recording processor that records the compressed image data or the original image data into a memory. If the size of the compressed image data is larger than that of the original image data, the recording processor records the original image data into the memory without carrying out a compression process.
US08009920B2
A data recovery apparatus applied to a receiving device. The receiving device include an interface, an equalizer, a sampling unit, and an analyzing unit. The method of the present invention includes steps of the interface unit receiving an input signal, and the equalizer equalizing the input signal. Then the sampling unit sampling the equalized input signal. the analyzing unit analyzing and statistical calculating the sampled and equalized digital image signal, generating a statistically calculation results, and adjusting parameters of the equalizer according to the statistical calculation results. Therefore, when determining whether the parameters of the equalizer occurs the predetermined effort, changing the adjusting of parameters of the equalizer in the direction.
US08009916B2
Methods, systems and user interfaces for providing feedback to a user based on recognition of character-based ink input are provided. A first feedback is provided to the user to indicate a character as which ink input by the user is recognized. The first feedback is displayed in proximity to the displayed input ink so that the user knows to which ink character the first feedback corresponds. A second feedback may optionally also be provided indicating a correctness of the recognized ink input, as compared to a predefined correct value such as a correct word game solution or answer, by displaying the input ink in one format to indicate that the recognized value is correct, and by displaying the input ink in a second format to indicate that the recognized value is incorrect.
US08009914B2
A method for classifying a handwritten input character is disclosed. Character models are used. Each character model is associated with an output character and defines a model specific segmentation scheme for that output character and an associated segment model. The model specific segmentation scheme defines a minimum length corresponding to a number of points in a stroke of the output character and a minimum length threshold. Using each of the character models, the input character is decomposed into segments and the segments are evaluated against the segment model of the respective character model to produce a score indicative of the conformity of the segments with the segment model. The character model that produced the highest score is selected and the input character is classified as the output character associated with the character model that produces the highest score.
US08009905B2
A system, medium, and method with noise reducing adaptive saturation adjustment. The system with adaptive saturation adjustment includes a luminance value extracting unit extracting luminance values of an input image, and a saturation adjusting unit adjusting saturation components of the input image on the basis of the extracted luminance values.
US08009904B2
Gray scale information is mapped to a display with increased dynamic range. Rather than mapping ultrasound data to equal color components, the mapping is offset. The offset may provide a deviation from gray, but the deviation of such a small increment may not be perceptible. Instead, the deviation provides different brightness, which is more easily perceived. The deviation allows for additional levels of gray, such as the 64 levels on a 6-bit display plus any deviation values (e.g., 128 levels for 64 equal color components and 64 with one of the color components offset by one increment). Higher dynamic range ultrasound data maps with less or no loss of dynamic range to a display with a lower true gray scale dynamic range. Spatial dithering may alternatively or additionally increase perception of the dynamic range.
US08009893B2
The present invention relates generally to security documents (e.g., banknotes, ID documents, certificates, packaging, etc.). One claim recites a security document including a security pattern provided thereon. The security pattern includes a line structure in which lines width or line spacing is adjusted to convey a predefined, machine-readable pattern in a frequency transform domain. Another claim recites a security document including a security pattern provided thereon. The security pattern is provided in the security document through modifications to a color provided on the security document. The security pattern conveys a predefined, machine-readable pattern in a frequency transform domain. Of course, additional combinations and claims are provided as well.
US08009892B2
An X-ray image processing system, comprises: a radiographing section including an X-ray source to emit X-rays for an object to be radiographed and an image detector to detect X-rays having passed through the object, wherein the radiographing section is adapted to conduct a phase contrast radiography by providing a space between the object and the image detector and by irradiating X-rays having an X-ray energy of 15 to 30 (keV) from the X-ray source to the object; an image data producing section to produce X-ray image data of X-ray image detected by the image detector; an image processing section to applying an image processing including a noise reducing process for the produced X-ray image data; and an output section to output the processed image data applied with the image processing.
US08009890B2
The present invention aims to realize an improvement in image quality of a two-dimensional display extracted from a three-dimensional display image such as continuous tomographic images which tomographic images at a conventional scan or the like of an X-ray CT apparatus having a two-dimensional X-ray area detector of a matrix structure typified by a multi-row X-ray detector or a flat panel X-ray detector are arranged in a z direction corresponding to an imaging table travel direction. For the purpose, an image display apparatus of the present invention comprises image filter processing device for preforming a image filter processing on the three-dimensional image, wherein said image filter process varies depending on a cross sectional direction of said two-dimensional image to be displayed.
US08009889B2
The invention provides methods and systems for reconstructing feature intensities from pixel level data. In certain embodiments, the invention uses an empirically determined transfer function to construct a theoretical estimate of pixel level data and then iteratively updates feature intensities based on a minimum multiplicative error between the pixel level data and the theoretical estimate of the pixel level data.
US08009880B2
A subregion-based image parameter recovery system and method for recovering image parameters from a single image containing a face taken under sub-optimal illumination conditions. The recovered image parameters (including albedo, illumination, and face geometry) can be used to generate face images under a new lighting environment. The method includes dividing the face in the image into numerous smaller regions, generating an albedo morphable model for each region, and using a Markov Random Fields (MRF)-based framework to model the spatial dependence between neighboring regions. Different types of regions are defined, including saturated, shadow, regular, and occluded regions. Each pixel in the image is classified and assigned to a region based on intensity, and then weighted based on its classification. The method decouples the texture from the geometry and illumination models, and then generates an objective function that is iteratively solved using an energy minimization technique to recover the image parameters.
US08009877B2
A game apparatus includes a camera cartridge, and detects a plurality of feature points from a facial image of a user photographed by the camera cartridge. The game apparatus calculates areas of black eye regions of a left eye and a right eye by utilizing the plurality of feature points. Then, the game apparatus detects whether or not any one of the left eye and the right eye is closed on the basis of the calculated areas. The game apparatus executes game processing according to the detection result.
US08009869B2
A vehicle surrounding monitoring system includes an image-capturing portion, a storage portion, a display-image generation portion, and a display portion. The image-capturing portion captures the image of at least a portion of the area surrounding the vehicle. The storage portion stores the image captured by the image-capturing portion. The display-image generation portion generates a synthesized image for display using a latest image that is captured by the image-capturing portion, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured. The synthesized image is displayed on the display portion. The display-image generation portion decreases the level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured.
US08009868B2
The invention provides a display method of processing images photographed by plural cameras and an apparatus for the same, which synthesizes the images by plural cameras mounted on a vehicle for photographing the surroundings thereof and makes it possible to display an easily viewable three-dimensional object near the vehicle, as if one camera were positioned above the vehicle. An image capture unit captures images photographed by plural cameras that photograph the surroundings of a vehicle. An upper observation point image processing unit synthesizes the captured images into an image viewed as from above the vehicle. An image intensity/chrominance determination unit detects an area wherein the displayed image varies from other areas in the synthesized image based on the intensity/chrominance thereof. When the intensity or the chrominance of the area is continuously varying, a three-dimensional object detection unit determines the detected area as a three-dimensional object. A three-dimensional object display processing is performed regarding the detected three-dimensional object image, using either an ordinary image display or a two-observation point image display. This three-dimensional object display image is associated with an upper observation point image at a base front end of the three-dimensional object by an image connecting synthesizing unit, and the associated image is displayed.
US08009867B2
A depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. The depth image may then be analyzed to determine whether the depth image includes a human target. For example, the depth image may include one or more targets including a human target and non-human targets. Each of the targets may be flood filled and compared to a pattern to determine whether the target may be a human target. If one or more of the targets in the depth image includes a human target, the human target may be scanned. A skeletal model of the human target may then be generated based on the scan.
US08009858B2
A loudspeaker including a frame and a toroidal magnet that is affixed to the rear of the frame. The toroidal magnet has a central passageway that opens into the frame. A cap is affixed to the rear of the magnet and closes the central passageway. A guide rod is affixed to the cap and projects forwardly from the cap into the central passageway. A tubular former is slidably positioned upon the guide rod. A voice coil is wound about, and is affixed to, the tubular former. A driver plate is affixed to the front of the tubular former. A resilient surround connects the periphery of the driver plate to the front of the frame. A suspension assembly resiliently connects the tubular former to the frame and has a pair of conical diaphragms that are secured together so as to form a bellows. A spider connects the bellows to the frame and another spider connects the bellows to the tubular former.
US08009857B2
An audio loudspeaker having an induction motor whose yoke components are formed of powdered iron or other material which is highly magnetically permeable and highly electrically resistive. The oscillating magnetic flux caused by the alternating current applied to the primary coil induces eddy currents in the shorted turn secondary coil but not in the yoke components. This reduces heating of the yoke components, reduces flux modulation, and reduces wasted power.
US08009849B2
A hearing aid device is configured to operate as an ear bud device for a wireless phone. The hearing aid device functions in a manner similar to a conventional hearing aid device in a first operational state. The operational state of the hearing aid device is changed to a second operational state, in some embodiments, by a verified input from a wireless phone. Upon the change in operational state, the microphone input from the aided ear bud is output to the wireless phone while the incoming transmission from the wireless phone is combined with the microphone input and output to the user. The hearing aid device can be modified to receive analog or digital inputs from other outside sources. Exemplary methods for operating a hearing aid device is disclosed. An exemplary mobile communications device for interfacing with the hearing aid device also is disclosed.
US08009848B2
The hearing device system having at least one hearing device includes an input transducer for receiving incoming acoustical sound and converting the incoming acoustical sound into audio-representing signals; an output transducer for converting audio-representing signals obtained from the incoming acoustical sound into signals to be perceived by a user of the hearing device; and a transmitter for transmitting audio-representing signals obtained from the incoming acoustical sound to a long-range communication network. The method for maintaining a hearing device system includes the steps of receiving in the hearing device an incoming acoustical sound; converting in the hearing device the incoming acoustical sound into audio-representing signals; and transmitting the audio-representing signals from the hearing device to a long-range communication network. The audio-representing signals may be received by a hearing device support provider.
US08009844B2
A two way communication system that does not require the use of a device by one of the communicators. The system employs an audio spotlight to project a signal to a specific location, where one person is, and a laser audio receiver to receive the response. Both the audio spotlight and the laser audio receiver are directed by a user seeking to communicate with the person at long range.
US08009840B2
It is intended to improve and automate the calculation of calibration filters connected downstream from the microphones of an RGSC beamformer. To this end it is proposed that an adaptive calibration filter calculation unit be used, by means of which calibration filters are calculated from the output signals of adaptive blocking filters such that the power of an output signal of a blocking filter subtracted from a reference signal and filtered by means of a calibration filter respectively is minimized. The calibration filters connected downstream from the microphones are then replaced by the calibration filters thus determined.
US08009837B2
An encoder for mixing a plurality of independent mono audio channels into a stereo recording and generating a restricted set of additional parameters used to master an audio track of a storage device is described. The plurality of independent mono audio channels are constructed such that the storage device can be played using an optical disk player so that in a first mode all of the plurality of independent mono audio channels are played as the stereo recording and in a second mode at least one of the plurality of independent mono audio channels can be unmixed and the stereo recording played with at least one mono audio channel removed. A corresponding decoder and an audio system comprising such encoder and decoder are also described.
US08009836B2
The invention provides a method and system for forming an output impulse response function. The method includes the steps of creating an initial impulse response, and dividing the impulse response into a head portion and a tail portion. The tail portion is high pass filtered, and low frequency components of the head portion are boosted. The low frequency boosted and high pass filtered respective head and tail portions are then combined into a modified output impulse response, which can then be used to spatialize an audio signal by convolving it.
US08009827B2
An increase in safety from attacks by use of hardware-like methods by small-sized hardware is achieved. An encryption processing device includes a logical circuit capable of programmably setting logics for executing cipher processing, a memory that stores plural pieces of logical configuration information corresponding to an identical cipher processing algorithm, and a CPU that selectively sets plural logics corresponding to an identical cipher processing algorithm in the logical circuit. Even in processing using an identical cipher key, by changing the logic of the logical circuit for each processing, power consumption in cipher processing can be varied, and places a timing in which malfunctions occur can be varied. Moreover, an increase in the scale of hardware for realizing plural logics can be curbed.
US08009815B2
The invention is a message distribution system that can deliver a single message to a large number of people with a single act using a group of computer servers. The preferred embodiment requires the user to establish an account using a website and enter a contact list. The contact list can include both email addresses and telephone numbers. When the user wishes to send a message, at a later time, the user contacts the group of computer servers by a telephone number or email address. The user records a message on the servers and the server sends the messages to all email addresses and telephone numbers on the contact list for that user. Other embodiments include procedures to confirm the validity of the email addresses and telephone numbers and to confirm the delivery of messages to the email address and telephone numbers on the contact list.
US08009814B2
Method, system, and computer program product for building a voice prompt menu for a collection of portlets by acquiring a list of portlets, building a voice menu comprising voice menu items to activate each of the portlets, acquiring a portlet profile containing customization information, and adapting the voice menu using the customization information in the portlet profile. The web portlet may define custom characteristics for consideration by the voice aggregator, for instance, in the positions for its menu items in the hierarchy of the voice portal menu.
US08009799B2
A tray for holding an article while the article is being subjected to penetrating radiation is provided. The tray has a surface on which the article can be placed while subjected to penetrating radiation. The surface has at least two areas, namely a first area and a second area, the first and second areas characterized by first and second signatures, respectively when exposed to penetrating radiation, wherein the first signature is different from the second signature. The second area corresponds to a reference material having a reference signature. The tray is placed on the conveyor belt of a scanning apparatus while the article rests on the surface of the tray so that the conveyor belt may advance the tray through the screening area of the apparatus. A method and system for performing security screening and using the tray are also provided.
US08009795B2
An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores the data of a plurality of images including an examination target organ of an object, a reference point determining unit which determines, from each of the images, a reference point which is located in or near a region of the examination target organ and undergoes a relatively small displacement accompanying respiratory motion or, heartbeat, and a moving amount calculation unit which determines the position of each of a plurality of points of interest included in the region of the examination target organ relative to the reference point for each of the images, and calculates, based on the determined positions, moving amounts that corresponding points of interest between the images move accompanying the respiratory motion or the heartbeat.
US08009784B2
A clock embedded differential data receiving system for ternary lines differential signaling. The clock embedded differential data receiving system includes a monitoring portion which monitors voltage levels of first, second and third transfer signals to generate a clock signal, a first pre-data and a second pre-data, a data generating portion which detects the first pre-data and the second pre-data in response to a sampling control signal, and generates an output data group with decoding of the first pre-data and the second pre-data, and a timing controller to delay the transition time point of the clock signal with a delay phase which generates the sampling control signal.
US08009779B2
A system and method to detect broadband pulses in the presence of multiple strong narrow band interferers is disclosed whereby a picket fence filtering method is used to detect and ignore the signal at the precise location of the narrow band interferers.
US08009772B1
In the reception of digital information transmitted on a communication channel, a characteristic exhibited by the communication channel during transmission of the digital information is estimated based on a communication signal that represents the digital information and has been received via the communication channel. Concurrently with the estimating, the communication signal is used to decide what digital information was transmitted.
US08009767B2
A digital demodulating apparatus is provided capable of more reducing the power consumption of a demodulator by decreasing the performance of demodulation processing to a portion of a signal in which the signal condition is forecasted to be worsened. In the apparatus, when a signal status forecasting section has forecasted that the status of the received signal is worsened to a predetermined status due to a predetermined control of a controller, a demodulation controller controls an operation of at least one of circuit elements constituting the demodulator such that the performance of the operation decreases, in processing the portion where the signal status is worsened.
US08009755B2
In an OFDM multi carrier modulation method, M sub-carriers are used in a frequency band of a broadband mobile radio channel and several symbols are used in a time band. With application of a MIMO multi-antenna method with T transmitting antennae and R receiving antennae, for all sub-carriers and all symbols, a single, pre-determined, channel-matched transmission strategy is used, which is described by a maximum of T*R complex values on the signal side, independent of the species of the MIMO multi-antenna method and independent of the size of the frequency/time bands.
US08009753B2
A system for delivering signal, such as video signal, over signal carrier, such as twisted-pair cable. The system includes a video source connected to a terminal of the signal carrier and providing video signals thereto. An amplifier is coupled to a second terminal of the signal carrier at the receiving end. A source reference signal generator is connected to a first terminal of a second signal carrier. A second amplifier is connected to a second terminal of the second signal carrier at the receiving end. A comparator is connected to an output of the second amplifier and a receiver reference signal. An output of the comparator is provided to a gain control of the variable gain amplifier.
US08009752B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein for providing incremental redundancy in a wireless communication system to aid in error recovery. One or more redundancy versions are sent on different carriers than the primary version of information to be transmitted. At the receiver end the redundancy versions may be combined using hard or soft combining techniques, including selection combining, selective soft combining or soft combining.
US08009751B2
A transmitter employing an OFDM system, including a phase rotating portion which gives a same phase rotation amount to each group configured with a plurality of consecutive subcarriers modulated by a data symbol or a known symbol, a rotation amount determining portion which sets a phase rotation for each antenna set or each transmitter, and a scheduling portion which determines an existence of phase rotation.
US08009749B2
In a method of transmission power control, transmission powers of transmission channels and/or transmission power spectral densities are adjusted so as to improve the transmission characteristics.
US08009747B2
The present invention relates to a method for suppressing inter-carrier interference in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing mobile communication system, comprising: performing down conversion of the signal received in the receiver; removing the cyclic prefix of the signal so as to obtain the original signal; performing cyclic extension of the original signal over again; adding a window to the signal after cyclic extension, wherein the window function satisfies Nyquist criterion. The method according to the invention does not need time delay information of channels, and thereby is simple to realize. The selected roll-off coefficient can be up to 1 so as to suppress ICI to the utmost extent. Additionally, the invention also suggests that the generic window functions without the ICI can be used in OFDM system, which makes the system capability of suppressing ICI stronger by means of finding the best polynomial coefficients on the condition that the roll-off coefficient is 1.
US08009741B2
A system, method, and apparatus for reducing the video decoder processing requirements are presented herein. During a rewind operation, a reference picture for a group of pictures is decoded and stored into a reference frame buffer. By storing a reference picture for the group, the reference picture need not be decoded to display each picture in the group during the rewind operation.
US08009738B2
A data holding apparatus of the present invention is a data holding apparatus a data holding apparatus used for image processing in which an image is coded or decoded, on a macroblock basis, based on a field structure or a frame structure selected on a macroblock pair basis. This data holding apparatus includes: a current register which holds a parameter set of a current macroblock to be coded or decoded; and registers which respectively hold parameter sets of macroblocks having neighboring relationships with a current macroblock, and at least one of the registers selectively holds, in sequence, parameter sets of respective different macroblocks having the neighboring relationships, one parameter set at a time.
US08009730B2
Constant-bitrate rate control is very useful for real-time video transmission. However, it is difficult to realize a good CBR rate control in an MPEG4-AVC video codec. According to the invention, an adapted ρ-domain rate control processing for real-time rate control is applied, whereby ρ is the percentage of zero amplitude transform coefficients following quantization. A couple of tables are used for mapping between the quantization parameters and ρ. A detailed analysis at transform level is carried out in order to get the slope of the relationship between the bitrate and ρ. The slope of the linear model is constrained by a look-ahead procedure with respect to the neighbor frames or blocks.
US08009727B2
A method of equalizing a received signal compensates for frequency selectivity of the communication channel taking into account channel estimation errors. The method comprises generating channel estimates for the received signal, computing filter weights for an equalizer based on said channel estimates and a covariance of the channel estimation error, and filtering the received signal using the computed filter weights.
US08009724B2
Clear channel assessment (CCA) is a very important issue in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems. An effective CCA mechanism will have a large impact on the overall throughput of the communications system. It is disclosed methods and circuits to carry out CCA determinations exploiting the structure of the pulse signal either by using a moving average or by performing a cross-correlation with a locally generated signal.
US08009720B2
The present invention provides for spreading a first signal using a plurality of spreading codes, multiplexing the first spread signal by code division multiplexing, transmitting the first multiplexed signal via a plurality of neighboring frequency resources of an OFDM symbol of a first antenna set, spreading a second signal using a plurality of spreading codes, multiplexing the second spread signal by code division multiplexing, transmitting the second multiplexed signal via a plurality of neighboring frequency resources of the OFDM symbol of the first antenna set, transmitting the first multiplexed signal via a plurality of neighboring frequency resources of an OFDM symbol of a second antenna set, and transmitting the second multiplexed signal via a plurality of neighboring frequency resources of the OFDM symbol of the second antenna set, wherein the first multiplexed signal is transmitted on frequency resources that neighbor frequency resources that the second multiplexed signal is transmitted on.
US08009719B2
A method and apparatus for generating a spread spectrum reference clock is presented. A method and apparatus is presented for receiving a spread spectrum parameter from a phase lock loop, wherein the spread spectrum parameter includes a multiple-level parameter comprising a plurality of phase signals; quantizing a spread spectrum profile associated with the spread spectrum parameter; mapping the quantized profile; generating control signals based on the mapping, wherein the control signals include an integer control signal and a phase control signal; dividing a phase signal of the plurality of phase signals with the integer control signal; synchronizing the divided phase signal using the phase control signal; and providing a reference clock for a spread spectrum clock generator based on the synchronizing.
US08009716B2
A device having a light cavity includes, at one end, a plasmonic reflector having a grating surface for coupling incoming light into traverse plasmon waves and for coupling the traverse plasmon wave into broaden light, the surface serving to redistribute light within the cavity, the reflector being well suited for use in laser diodes for redistributing filamental cavity laser light into spatially broaden cavity laser light for translating multimodal laser light into unimodal laser light for improved reliability and uniform laser beam creation.
US08009710B2
A laser driver circuit comprising an amplifier device with a plurality of switchable subamplifiers, which can be or are connected to an output for connection of a laser, ith an analog switching device for switching of analog input signals, a plurality of analog inputs for the analog input signals, a plurality of control inputs for receiving digital control signals, wherein each switchable subamplifier has a switching device for switching the amplification by one of the digital control signals, a digital switching device connected to an input of each switching device for the selectable connection of the input of the switching device of each switchable subamplifier to a control input. Whereby each switchable subamplifier has an analog input, which is connected to the analog switching device for the selectable switching of an analog input signal to the analog input.
US08009689B1
A method for sending a frame of data from a first channel to a second channel comprises reserving q of n available buffers of m total buffers to the first channel. A frame that is received from the first channel in i of the q buffers is stored and the status is changed to unavailable. The frame is selectively assigned to the second channel based on a number of the buffers j assigned to the second channel and a number of the buffers h neither reserved nor assigned to any channel, wherein i+j≦m and h+q≦n. The i buffers storing the frame are assigned to the second channel if the frame is assigned to the second channel. The status of the i buffers is changed to available if the frame is subsequently sent over the second channel.
US08009683B2
There is provided an IP network system. The IP network system includes: a plurality of relays making up a ring network; a source host for transmitting a packet and connected to the ring network; and a destination host which conducts a packet communication with the source host through the ring network. Each of the relays is operable to transfer received packets containing a transfer direction information to the destination host through a right-handed route of the ring network and through a left-handed route of the ring network, based on the transfer direction information.
US08009678B2
A system and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list for a communication device. The dynamic prioritized contact list may vary over the course of the day to provide an optimized contact list for a time interval. A prioritized contact list generator determines a current time interval. The prioritized contact list generator monitors communications from one or more past time intervals to determine contact priority for the current time interval. A prioritized contact list is generated for the current time interval based on the contact priority. The prioritized contact list generator automatically updates the dynamic prioritized contact list with priority changes when the current time interval expires.
US08009673B2
A device and a method for processing a frame, the method includes: receiving a frame; retrieving a lookup key parse command that includes an instruction field and an bitmap representative of selected frame fields to be searched in the frame; generating a lookup key by extracting at least one frame field if the type of the received frame matches an expected frame type; and looking up, using the lookup key, for additional frame processing instructions.
US08009667B1
A communications system and method are disclosed for transmitting packets of information in at least one first format over a communications link that utilizes packets of information in a second format. In certain embodiments, the packets of information in a first format are converted to packets of information in the second format prior to transmission via the communications link by packing and fragmenting the information in the first format in a coordinated manner. Embodiments may also utilize packing subheaders and fragmentation control bits in the packing and fragmentation processes.
US08009663B2
A mobile station device transmits a random access preamble to a base station device and performs uplink timing alignment based on the synchronization timing deviation information included in a random access response which the base station device transmits in response to the transmitted random access preamble, wherein in an uplink synchronous status, the mobile station device does not perform uplink timing alignment based on synchronization timing deviation information included in a random access response, which is a response to a random access preamble whose preamble ID is randomly selected by the mobile station device.
US08009657B2
Allocation of contiguous blocks of airtime for data or airtime transmission can lead to large maximum service intervals for an application stream. This may result in a large delay bound where large blocks of contiguous MAS blocks other applications from meeting their low-latency requirements. A method and network that overcomes at least the shortcomings of known methods includes transmitting information over a wireless network. This includes the steps of: organizing the shared medium into periodical superframes; organizing the superframe into allocation zones; organizing the allocation zones into iso-zones; generating an allocation map; determining a periodic service interval and medium time based on a TSPEC including a latency requirement of an application stream, and local resource of the transmitting device; searching for transmission opportunity that accommodates the periodic service interval and the medium time required based on the allocation map; transmitting information in the superframe upon finding transmission opportunity in the searching step.
US08009653B2
A method implemented in a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a Node-B and a radio network controller (RNC) for quantizing multiplexed data allowed by grants to closely match a selected enhanced uplink transport format combination (E-TFC) transport block size is disclosed. The amount of scheduled and non-scheduled data allowed to be transmitted is quantized so that the amount of data multiplexed into an enhanced uplink (EU) medium access control (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) more closely matches the selected E-TFC transport block size. In an embodiment, the amount of buffered data allowed to be multiplexed by at least one grant, (a serving grant and/or a non-serving grant), is quantized so that the sum of scheduled and non-scheduled data including MAC header and control information multiplexed into a MAC-e PDU more closely matches the selected E-TFC transport block size.
US08009650B2
Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option and a client-server attachment content handling option.
US08009643B2
An anti-collision method and system in a wireless network system are provided. The anti-collision method includes: transmitting a beacon signal including information related to an owner type of a first device and information related to an available time interval of the first device; transmitting information related to a time interval selected from the available time interval to a second device having receiving the beacon signal from the first device; and updating the information related to the available time interval using information related to the selected time interval. The information related to the owner type of the first device includes information indicating one of a unicast device and a multicast device.
US08009633B2
A communication condition between the transmitting apparatus and the mobile receiving apparatus at a future position of the mobile receiving apparatus is estimated on the basis of the position information and the information materials of communication environments. A transmission rate which is related to the transmission of the content data from the transmitting apparatus to the mobile receiving apparatus, is changed on the basis of the estimation result. Alternatively, the transmission of the content data from the transmitting apparatus to the mobile receiving apparatus is temporarily stopped, on the basis of the estimation result.
US08009630B2
Methods for use in multi-hop relay networks are described. One method includes receiving a first message from a first relay station requesting a temporary suspension of communication between the first relay station and one or more user equipment. In response to receiving the first message, a second message is transmitted to the one or more user equipment. The second message includes instructions to the user equipment to temporarily suspend communication with the first relay station at a specific time. A third message is transmitted to the first relay station. A scanning operation is performed at the specified time in response to receiving the third message. A second method for use in multi-hop relay networks is also described. The second method includes transmitting a neighbor information message. The neighbor information message includes a relay zone offset indicating the start of a station in a frame structure. Several apparatus are also described.
US08009629B2
A technique is disclosed whereby a mobile communication apparatus (MN) having a plurality of interfaces (IFs) performs fast handovers (FMIP) and changes a packet transfer destination using its own multiple IFs, so that packet transmission/reception using an appropriate IF for the MN is enabled. According to this technique, an MN 10 transmits, to an access router (AR) 21, an FBU message that includes, as an packet transfer destination used during a period in which the FMIP is performed for the handover from an access point (AP) 22 to an AP 32, an address that is allocated to an IF currently connected to the AP 12, and notifies the AR 21 to that effect. After the handover has been completed, the packet transfer destination is changed to the IF that is re-connected. Even when the handover for one IF is performed, the MN 10 can receive a packet using the IF having an address designated as a transfer destination, and further, when the handover has been completed, can perform communication using the IF designated before the FMIP was performed.
US08009626B2
Unique temporary MAC addresses are calculated by mobile devices connected to wireless networks, using access point advertising information in combination with the permanent MAC address of the mobile device. The mobile devices use a hash function to construct a bit sequence from which a temporary MAC address can be extracted. The MAC address is unique over the entire region in which the mobile device can operate, without necessity of any coordination or negotiation between various access points of the region.
US08009625B2
In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link at each time slot to one mobile station. The data rate is determined by the largest C/I measurement of the forward link signals as measured at the mobile station. Upon determination of a data packet received in error, the mobile station transmits a NACK message back to the base station. The NACK message results in retransmission of the data packet received in error. The data packets can be transmitted out of sequence by the use of sequence number to identify each data unit within the data packets.
US08009624B2
Disclosed herein is a method for fractional frequency reuse with ordering scheme (FFRO) to increase capacity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems while reducing interference due to the use of a common sub-channel set. Each cell includes a common sub-channel set assigned in common to all cells provided in a cluster and a dedicated sub-channel set assigned differently to all of the cells. The method includes classifying the cells into at least one type according to cluster sizes, and allocating the dedicated sub-channel set by frequency partitioning scheme based on the cell type.
US08009617B2
Techniques for sending traffic data and control information in a wireless communication system are described. In one design, a transmitter (e.g., a Node B or a UE) may perform beamforming to send traffic data on M layers based on a precoding matrix, where M may be one or greater. The transmitter may also perform beamforming to send control information on up to M layers based on the same precoding matrix used for the traffic data. The transmitter may send the beamformed traffic data on a first physical channel and may send the beamformed control information on a second physical channel. The transmitter may multiplex the beamformed traffic data and the beamformed control information using time division multiplexing (TDM) or frequency division multiplexing (FDM).
US08009609B2
A method for managing wireless communications includes establishing a quality of service budget on behalf of a wireless station. A service profile is established by determining an average packet size for at least one flow for the wireless station and an average packet frequency for that flow. When more than one flow from a wireless station is desired, the average packet size and average packet frequency for all such flows are combined. The average packet size and average packet frequency are used to determine a capacity consumption for the wireless station. That capacity consumption is then used to determine a threshold transmission speed above which transmission from the wireless station must stay to achieve a guaranteed quality of service level. Allocation of wireless capacity for the wireless station is based upon the determined threshold transmission speed.
US08009604B2
A channel quality of a radio channel between a transmitter and a receiver is detected by the receiver. The channel quality is compensated for an affect of a transmission on the radio channel when the receiver detected the channel quality or an affect of a future transmission on the radio channel. In a preferred example embodiment, the channel quality is compensated for both affects if present. The compensated channel quality is then used to determine one or more parameters for transmission from the transmitter to the receiver over the radio channel, e.g., an amount of data to be transmitted, a transmission power, and/or a transmission time period.
US08009600B2
A novel method and apparatus for coping with lost acknowledgements from power-saving stations in local-area networks are disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment modifies the access point's and power-saving stations' protocols to prevent repeated lost acknowledgements from occurring. An access point, after transmitting the final downlink frame of a sequence to a station and receiving an acknowledgement from the station, transmits a “double acknowledgement” to the station. A power-saving station, after receiving the final downlink frame of a sequence and transmitting an acknowledgement to the access point, stays awake until one of the following occur: (i) the station receives a double acknowledgement, (ii) the station observes a frame transmitted from the access point to another station, or (iii) the station observes that the shared-communications channel of the local-area network is idle for a particular time interval.
US08009595B2
A method and device for controlling a mobile user equipment being in radio communication with base stations of a wireless communication system. The transmit power of the user equipment is controlled by the communication system. Immediately before sending an event message by the user equipment, the transmit power is increased by the user equipment, in order to increase the likelihood that the message is properly received by the base station. The message may be a soft handover event message. The transmit power is increased by opening a closed loop power control circuit, which normally controls the transmit power of the user equipment. By opening the closed loop circuit, the user equipment takes over the control of its transmitted power for increase thereof. Following the sending of the message, the user equipment may control the base station to send with increased power by increasing a target signal-to-interference ratio value (SIRref) by means of which the base station power level is controlled. In this way, the likelihood of receiving any acknowledgement messages and event messages from the base station is increased.
US08009594B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, etc. for automatic power saving mode insertion when an unknown or an offensive receiver detected in a wireless access system. A method comprises generating a look-up-table from AGWN payloads in a plurality of AGWN packets. The look-up-table is then transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. Next, the method generates a coded packet from an AGWN packet in a data packet using the look-up-table, wherein a code from the look-up-table is substituted in place of the AGWN packet. Specifically, the substituting of the code from the look-up-table comprises substituting coded symbols representing AGWN payloads in the AGWN packets. Further, the generating of the look-up-table comprises generating the code to represent size and strength information regarding an AGWN, wherein the coded packet is generated with a size that is less than the data packet.
US08009593B2
A telecommunications system, method of managing a telecommunications system and program product therefore. Telecommunications system branches are linked to a network and to each other in a wide area network (WAN). Each branch includes telecommunications devices and a media processor that supports a concurrent port for each local telecommunications device. A controller, e.g., at a data center, selects media processing resources to aggregate system media during conference calls for efficient bandwidth use. The controller may select resources based on user location, Call Admission Control (CAC) policy bandwidth usage, and availability of media resources and media processor ports.
US08009578B2
A wireless base station device includes a plurality of transmit weight generation sections and a beam selection section. The transmit weight generation sections generate pieces of transmit weight information used for spatial division multiplexing transmission according to different algorithms. The pieces of transmit weight information are generated based on channel information on a plurality of terminals each having one or more antennas with which the wireless base station device performs spatial division multiplexing transmission. The beam selection section selects one of the pieces of transmit weight information generated.
US08009575B1
Media, systems, and methods for ensuring adequate data-processing capacity in a communications network are provided. An embodiment of the method includes identifying a communications resource to evaluate, determine a maximum capacity that the resource is capable of handling, projecting a capacity-exhaustion timeline, wherein the timeline includes time estimations that are adjusted by an adjusting factor that is based at least in part on an accuracy of prior projection estimates. Determining a more accurate capacity exhaustion timeline allows for more accurate comparison against a time required to add such capacity. Recommends to effect capacity additions can be provided.
US08009571B2
A method, system and apparatus are provided for detecting a loop-back in a physical layer on an Ethernet link. In the physical layer, a device sends a base page on the Ethernet link. The base page has at least one next page capability bit set. Subsequently, the device receives a received base page. Thereafter, for detecting the loop-back, the next page capability bit is set in the received base page is determined.
US08009558B2
In one embodiment, a communications distribution process maintains at least two pseudowires through a network such that the pseudowires share a burden of delivering data through the network. The communications distribution process receives feedback data concerning operation of each pseudowire. The communications distribution process utilizes the feedback data to distribute communications to the common destination across each of the pseudowires. Additionally, the communications distribution process utilizes the feedback to establish at least one new pseudowire, in addition to the first pseudowire and the second pseudowire, for transmission of data traffic.
US08009553B2
A signal generating apparatus, which is adapted for outputting a multicarrier signal where data are multiplexed with respect to a plurality of subcarriers, includes: a rotation sequence selection signal generator for generating a plurality of rotation sequence selection signal sequences which vary the phase relationship between subcarriers on the basis of a plurality of phase rotation sequences and include the number of samples, which are smaller than that of actual transmission signals; and a minimum peak power signal generator for selecting a signal of which peak power becomes minimum from the plurality of rotation sequence selection signals to generate an actual transmission signal by using a phase rotation sequence multiplied with respect to the selected signal.
US08009552B2
A new frame structure applicable to the IEEE 802.16 OFDMA wireless waveform is described, for the purposes of increasing base station capacity, increasing subscriber link rates and extending base station range. The frame structure provides the necessary constructs so that advance signal processing technologies such as Stacked Carrier Spread Spectrum and adaptive antenna technology may be used in combination with these constructs in order to realize these gains. These concepts are equally applicable in other advanced wireless waveforms based on OFDM or OFDMA such as LTE or UMB.
US08009550B2
A method is provided for adapting the data transfer rate of a data flow in a communication device according to which: the data flow can be subdivided into at least one data block containing transmission bits to be transmitted; the transmission bits are formed by a coding process from information-carrying input bits; transmission bits determined from a data block of the data flow are removed (punctured) in order to adapt the data transfer rate; a puncturing pattern stipulates which transmission bits are to be removed, and; the puncturing pattern is constructed in such a manner that transmission bits are preferably removed that, during the coding process, depend on few input bits. The present invention also relates to a corresponding communication device.
US08009548B2
An optical recording medium of improved recording and reading characteristics, having both a read-only information recording layer and an information recording layer. The optical recording medium includes information recording layers capable of recording and reading by irradiation of laser light having a wavelength λ of 400 to 410 nm through an optical system having a numerical aperture NA of 0.8 to 0.9. In this medium, the information recording layers include at least a read-only information layer having information recorded in advance and an information recording layer different from the read-only information recording layer, the read-only information recording layer being capable of information recording of write-once type or rewritable type. The read-only information recording layer is stacked closest to a light incident surface of the laser light.
US08009546B2
An over current protection device is described. It includes a plurality of input channels for receiving an input signal; a plurality of low pass filters coupled to a first group of the plurality of input channels, wherein each low pass filter is associated with one input channel within the first group of input channels, the plurality of low pass filters operative for removing spikes in associated with the input signal; and a plurality of digital to analog converters coupled to a second group of the plurality of input channels, wherein each digital to analog converter is associated with one low pass filter in the second group of input channels, the digital to analog converters operative for triggering over current protection when a signal received from the associated low pass filter is beyond a preset level, wherein the over current protection device is on chip with the laser diode driver.
US08009544B2
An objective lens consists of a single lens element. A light source side surface is formed into a convex surface having a large curvature, and an optical recording medium side surface has a small curvature. The both surfaces are formed into aspheric surfaces. Also, the objective lens satisfies the following expressions (1) to (3): 0.70
US08009535B2
A recording apparatus includes: a first calculating device for calculating an optimum power for recording the data pattern into a recording-scheduled area (RSA) in an inner area; a first controlling device recording the data pattern with the optimum power outside an end on an outer side of the RSA; a second calculating device calculating an adjustment power used in adjusting a recording condition outside the end on the outer side of the RSA, considering a difference between recording sensitivity inside and outside the RSA; a second controlling device recording the data pattern for adjusting the recording condition with the adjustment power outside the RSA; a reading device obtaining a read signal; a measuring device measuring read signal jitter; an adjusting device adjusting the recording condition for satisfactory jitter; and a third controlling device to record the data pattern into the RSA using the optimum power and the adjusted recording condition.
US08009529B2
A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least one defective area is detected in the user data area, the defect list is used to manage the at least one defective area.
US08009504B2
A semiconductor memory input/output device includes selection pads used to input and output signals for multiple operation modes and having multiple functions, a control signal generator for outputting setting signals and a mask control signal, a lower input/output unit including a lower output buffer for outputting a read data strobe signal to a selection pad and a lower input buffer for receiving a lower data mask signal from the selection pad, and selecting one operation of the lower output buffer and the lower input buffer, and an upper input/output unit including an upper output buffer for outputting an inverted read data strobe signal to the second selection pad and an upper input buffer for receiving an upper data mask signal from the second selection pad, and selecting one operation of the upper output buffer and the upper input buffer.
US08009496B2
A semiconductor device includes an alternating arrangement of memory cell blocks and sense amplifier blocks, such that the sense amplifier blocks include an interior sense amplifier block and a periphery amplifier block. The peripheral amplifier block includes a first sense amplification unit having a first sense amplifier and a second sense amplifier cross-coupled between a bit line and a complementary bit line. The first sense amplifier supplies/receives current to/from the bit line, the second sense amplifier provides/receives current to/from the complementary bit line, and a current driving capability for the first sense amplifier is greater than a current driving capability of the second sense amplifier.
US08009493B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a bit line pair electrically connected to a memory cell and a bit line sense amplifier for detecting and amplifying voltage levels of the bit line pair. The semiconductor memory apparatus is configured to perform a test to determine the occurrence of leakage current by deactivating the bit line sense amplifier and applying a test voltage to the bit line pair when the semiconductor memory apparatus is in test mode.
US08009488B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell array blocks connected to word lines, source lines, and bit lines, each memory cell array including memory cells each having a transistor with a floating body, a reference voltage generator configured to have a reference memory cell and generate a reference voltage for bit line sensing corresponding to a current flowing into a reference memory cell during a data read operation, first and second prechargers configured to precharge a bit line connected to non-selected memory cells to the reference voltage in response to first and second precharge control signals during the data read operation, and a sense amplifier configured to sense and amplify a voltage difference between a bit line connected to the selected memory cells and a bit line connected to the non-selected memory cells during the data read operation.
US08009485B2
A semiconductor memory device includes training drivers configured to transmit one of data and a predetermined training data pattern from a first data lines to a second data lines in response to a training control signal which is produced by decoding a read training command; and the second data lines configured to transmit an output of the training drivers. The semiconductor memory device according to the present invention can exactly measure a delay time, which is changed according to the surrounding environments between a semiconductor memory device and a data processing unit, through a data training and operation timing can be also adjusted based on the measured delay time.
US08009484B2
In a read circuit, a write circuit writes a data to be stored and/or a test data to the memory cell. A control circuit controls the write circuit to write the test data to the memory cell in a first phase, and to write the test data which is same as the first phase to the memory cell in a second phase. An integrator integrates voltages at one terminal of the memory cell during the first phase to obtain a first integrated voltage, and integrates voltages at one terminal of the memory cell during the second phase to obtain a second integrated voltage. A buffer stores the first integrated voltage. A comparator compares the first integrated voltage from the buffer with the second integrated voltage from the integrator to obtain the data.
US08009480B2
According to an embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory system includes: a nonvolatile semiconductor memory; and a memory controller having: a memory interface unit that inputs commands to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and inputs or outputs data between the nonvolatile semiconductor memory; a memory that stores writing information indicating a memory cell transistor that is written the latest in each of the NAND cell units; and a processor that sets a read voltage based on the writing information to read out data from the memory cell transistors connected to a first word line; wherein a row controller is configured to set a plurality of levels of the read voltage to be applied to the first word line, with respect to one threshold for discriminating data stored in a memory cell transistors.
US08009478B2
Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having memory cells coupled in series and a module to cause an application of voltages with at least three different values to gates of the memory cells during an operation to retrieve information stored in at least one of the memory cells. Additional apparatus and methods are described.
US08009469B2
A non-volatile memory device has a plurality of memory cells that are organized into memory blocks. Each block can operate in either a multiple level cell mode or a single bit per cell mode. One dedicated memory block is capable of operating only in the single bit per cell mode. If the dedicated memory block is found to be defective, a defect-free block can be remapped to that dedicated memory block location to act only in the single bit per cell mode.
US08009468B2
Method for fabricating an integrated circuit including memory element with spatially stable material
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit, the method comprises forming a first electrode, depositing resistance changing material over the first electrode, the resistance changing material having an active zone for switching the resistance of the resistance changing material and an inactive zone, and forming a second electrode over the resistance changing material. The chemical composition of the resistance changing material in the active zone differs from the chemical composition of the resistance changing material in the inactive zone.
US08009465B2
A magnetoresistive element includes a first ferromagnetic layer having a first magnetization, the first magnetization having a first pattern when the magnetoresistive element is half-selected during a first data write, a second pattern when the magnetoresistive element is selected during a second data write, and a third pattern of residual magnetization, the first pattern being different from the second and third pattern, a second ferromagnetic layer having a second magnetization, and a nonmagnetic layer arranged between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer and having a tunnel conductance changing dependent on a relative angle between the first magnetization and the second magnetization.
US08009462B2
A SRAM architecture includes a read/write control signal, a read/write control transistor block, an equalize transistor block, a 6-T SRAM cell, a sense amplifier block, a column selection transistor block and a write driver. The 6-T SRAM cell can store and write data. The sense amplifier block is used to read out the data stored in the 6-T SRAM cell correctly when the SRAM architecture performs a read operation and makes bit lines BL (bit line) and BLB( bitline) produce a minimum voltage difference. The column selection transistor block is used to select a column that the data is written in and read out. The write driver is used to perform a write operation to the 6-T SRAM cell of the column. The SRAM architecture can effectively increase the read SNM and dramatically reduce the power consumption.
US08009459B2
A memory cell includes a write access transistor coupled between a storage node and a write bit line, and active during a write cycle responsive to a voltage on a write word line; a read access transistor coupled between a read word line and a read bit line, and active during a read cycle responsive to a voltage at the storage node; and a storage capacitor coupled between the read word line and the storage node. Methods for operating the memory cell are also disclosed.
US08009458B2
Apparatus and associated method for asymmetric write current compensation for resistive sense memory (RSM) cells, such as but not limited to spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM) or resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells. In accordance with some embodiments, an RSM cell includes an RSM element coupled to a switching device. The switching device has a plurality of terminals. A control circuit compensates for asymmetric write characteristics of the RSM cell by limiting a range of voltage differentials across the terminals so as to be equal to or less than a magnitude of a source voltage applied to the switching device, thereby providing bi-directional write currents of substantially equal magnitude through the RSM element.
US08009456B2
A resistance change type memory includes first, second and third drive lines, a resistance change element having one end connected to the third drive line, a first diode having an anode connected to the first drive line and a cathode connected to other end of the first resistance change element, a second diode having an anode connected to other end of the first resistance change element and a cathode connected to the second drive line, and a driver/sinker which supplies a write current to the resistance change element. A write control circuit is arranged such that when first data is written, the write current is caused to flow in a direction from the first drive line to the third drive line, and when second data is written, the write current is caused to flow in a direction from the third drive line to the second drive line.
US08009444B2
A boost device boosts an input voltage to an output voltage across an output capacitor, and includes an output diode coupled to the output capacitor, and a transformer coupled to a first switch, a clamp circuit and a boost circuit. The clamp circuit is coupled across a first winding of the transformer, and includes a clamp capacitor coupled in series to a second switch. The output capacitor is capable of being charged through the output diode with an induced voltage across a second winding of the transformer. The boost circuit is capable of being charged with the induced voltage across the second winding, and of charging the output capacitor so as to boost the output voltage across the output capacitor.
US08009442B2
Electronic devices and methods for fabricating electronic devices are described. One method includes providing a substrate and a die, and coupling the die to the substrate, wherein a gap remains between the die and the substrate. The method also includes placing an underfill material on the substrate and delivering at least part of the underfill material into the gap. The method also includes controlling the flow of the underfill material in the gap using magnetic force. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08009434B2
A touch control panel for use with a coffeemaker is disclosed. In the touch control panel, a PC board unit provided with backlight plates and a printed panel are secured to an inner side of a front decorative cover, made of a transparent material, with threaded fasteners. Protrusions formed on the front decorative cover and on an upper front decorative cover are engaged with corresponding cavities on a back panel. A back panel cover is engaged in the back panel at a location adjacent to a rear side of the PC board unit. An upper decorative strip and a lower decorative strip are affixed to an outer side of the front decorative cover. The touch control panel is secured to a front side of an upper body and of a lower body of the coffeemaker to serve both decorative and functional purposes.
US08009432B2
An exemplary mounting support for a flexible printed circuit board is provided. The flexible printed circuit board has a side surface and at least one electronic component mounted on the side surface. The mounting support includes a first surface for contacting with the side surface of the flexible printed circuit board and a second surface on an opposite side of the mounting support to the first surface. The mounting support has at least one first recess defined in the first surface for receiving the at least one electronic component therein and at least one through-hole defined through the first surface and the second surface. The mounting support has at least one second recess defined in the second surface. The mounting support can fix a double surface mounted flexible printed circuit board flatly, thereby enhancing laser processing precision.
US08009417B2
In accordance with at least some embodiments, a computer system include a chassis and a main airflow channel within the chassis. The computer system also includes multiple processors and multiple memory banks positioned in the main airflow channel. The computer system also includes a removable airflow guide assembly installed in the main airflow channel, wherein the removable airflow guide assembly divides the main airflow channel into a processor-side airflow channel and a memory-side airflow channel.
US08009413B2
An electronic device includes a front cover, a keyboard, and a sliding apparatus. The sliding apparatus is slidably coupled to the front cover. The keyboard is pivotally coupled to the sliding apparatus. By pulling the sliding apparatus and rotating the keyboard, the keyboard is foldable on the front cover.
US08009411B2
An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrally formed with the main wall and faces to the side wall. The first rib is integrally formed with the side wall and the main wall. The first rib extends from the side wall toward the vertical wall. The first rib has a first end portion separated from the vertical wall. The second rib is integrally formed with the vertical wall and the main wall. The second rib extends from the vertical wall toward the side wall. The second rib has a second end portion separated from the side wall. The second rib faces to the first end.
US08009410B2
In at least one embodiment, a keyfob assembly comprising a housing and a battery chamber is provided. The housing includes a plurality of electrical components positioned therein for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals to a vehicle. The battery chamber is positioned within the housing and includes at least one removable battery operably coupled to the electrical components for powering the electrical components. The battery chamber is capable of being slideably removed from the housing to facilitate battery exchange.
US08009409B2
An electroactive material for charge storage and transport in an electrochemical capacitor. The material is formed of a plurality of nanocomponents including nanoparticles, in turn formed of conductive carbon-based clusters bound together by a conductive carbon-based cluster binder including nanoclusters and nanocluster binders, all having high densities of mobile charge carriers (electrons, electronic acceptors, ionic species). A terminal is electrically coupled to the nanoparticles for charge transport.
US08009390B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention reduce the height of a head gimbal assembly (HGA) while maintaining the rigidity of a load beam. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an HGA includes a slider, a flexure, and a load beam. The load beam includes a flange formed to protrude to the opposite side to a magnetic disk at the edge of the load beam extending in the length-wise direction. The load beam has a recessed portion opened to the side opposing the magnetic disk and having an opening area larger than the area of the back surface of the slider opposing the flexure. The slider is provided in the recessed portion so that the position of the surface of the load beam is between a virtual surface including the surface of the slider opposing the magnetic disk and a virtual surface including the slider back surface.
US08009385B2
A storage system is provided having at least one storage unit, the storage unit including an electrical power source, a communication source and a cover that defines, at least in part an interior space. The storage system operates with a media blade that comprises a plurality of data storage elements, the media blade moveable in a drawer like motion though a cooperating opening in the cover. The storage system further includes a motion accommodating conductor apparatus connecting the plurality of data storage elements to the electrical power source and the communication source such that power from the electrical power source and communication from the communication source may be provided to the media blade without interruption when the media blade is moved in the drawer like motion outward from at least partially within the interior space.
US08009383B2
A hard disk drive with a circuit that can perform a seek routine by providing a seek current to a voice coil motor. The voice coil motor is coupled to a head that is coupled to a disk. The seek current provides a predetermined number of harmonics. The number of harmonics is a function of a seek length of the seek routine. By way of example, the seek current may include only a first harmonic for seek lengths less than 20,000 tracks, or only the first and second harmonics for seeks less than 40,000 tracks. The harmonics can be determined by plotting PES settle versus seek length for a hard disk drive.
US08009380B2
A disk drive. The disk drive includes a disk configured to store data, a slider configured to fly in proximity to the disk, and a magnetic-recording head on the slider configured to access the disk. The disk drive also includes a moving mechanism configured to support and to move the head-slider, an adjustment portion configured to adjust clearance between the magnetic-recording head and the disk, and a controller configured to control the adjustment portion to control the clearance. The controller is configured to perform clearance control in a first mode in an operation selected from the group consisting of reading user data and writing user data according to a change in fly height of the slider after a load operation, and subsequently is configured to perform clearance control in a second mode in an operation selected from the group consisting of reading user data and writing user data.
US08009374B2
A digital micromirror device (“DMD”) is used to alter the shape of light that is projected onto a stage. The DMD selectively reflects some light, thereby shaping the light that is projected onto the stage. The control for the alteration is controlled by an image. That image can be processed, thereby carrying out image processing effects on the shape of the light that is displayed. One preferred application follows the shape of the performer and illuminates the performer using a shape that adaptively follows the performer's image. This results in a shadowless follow spot.
US08009371B2
A lens driving apparatus is disclosed. The lends driving apparatus may include a movable body holding lenses, a fixed body in which the movable body is mounted and movably along the lens optical axis direction, and a drive mechanism that moves the movable body in the lens optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may be equipped with a coil that is held by the movable body or the fixed body, a magnet that is held by the other body of the movable body and the fixed boy, and a regulatory means that regulates the movement of the movable body which is induced by an electromagnetic force generated when current is passed through the coil. The coil may be opposed to the magnet in the lens optical direction.
US08009370B2
A method of constructing a physical lens based on depth of focus characteristics and an axially symmetric lens with an extended depth of focus constructed by the method are provided. An expression is deduced by substituting a depth of focus characteristic and a relation between vectors of arbitrary points on a lens surface into Snell's law, and partial differentiation is performed on the expression to yield a differential equation satisfied with arbitrary points on the lens surface. The differential equation is solved by, for example, numerical analysis to obtain a curve of an axially symmetric physical lens surface.
US08009363B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to single prism beamsplitters and compound beamsplitters formed from combining one or more of the single prism beamsplitters. In one embodiment, the beamsplitters can be configured to produce one or more split beams of light that can emerge at angles other than 90° to one another. The prisms of the beamsplitter embodiments are configured so that light propagating through prisms encounter one or more intermediate planar surfaces at various angles with respect to the path of the light. A certain number of the intermediate planar surfaces can be angled so that the light transmitted along a particular path undergoes total internal reflection within the prism. A number of other intermediate planar surfaces are angled so that the light transmitted along a particular path does not undergo total internal reflection.
US08009347B2
A displaying apparatus that includes a plurality of electromechanical system elements arranged in rows. The electromechanical system elements of each of the rows are further arranged in subrows. The subrows of each row are electrically connected. Certain of the electromechanical system elements have a hysteresis stability window that is nested with another hysteresis stability window of certain others of the electromechanical system elements. A method of manufacturing a displaying apparatus that includes forming a plurality of electromechanical system elements arranged in rows. The electromechanical system elements of each of the rows are further arranged in subrows. The subrows of each row are electrically connected. Certain of the electromechanical system elements have a hysteresis stability window that is nested with another hysteresis stability window of certain others of the electromechanical system elements.
US08009342B2
An optical scanning device includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, a driving unit that controls modulation driving, a coupling optical system that couples a beam, an aperture that is configured to define a beam spot diameter, a deflecting unit that deflects a laser beam incoming, and a scanning optical system that guides the laser beam, wherein the driving unit controls so as to satisfy conditions 1 and 2 below: condition 1: P1>P100, condition 2: Wm
US08009338B2
An image processing apparatus that reduces a color of a document image to be printed. An image generation unit scans a document to generate image data. A hue determination unit determines a specific hue included in the image data and a hue becoming a complementary color of the specific hue. A color reduction unit reduces a color of the image data based on the specific hue and the hue becoming the complementary color of the specific hue. An output unit outputs the image data whose color is reduced on a recording medium. Image data that is of a hue in a predetermined range from the hue becoming the complementary color is replaced with the hue becoming the complementary color, and image data that is outside of the predetermined range is replaced with the specific hue.
US08009337B2
An image display apparatus having an electronic zoom function. The apparatus includes: imaging means capable of changing a start position of reading an image; in order for at least a part of a predetermined range of the image data to be written at the time of reading the image from a memory, writing means for extracting the predetermined range of the image and writing the extracted image in the memory; reading means for starting to read the image in the memory at the time of reading the image, converting the predetermined range of the image read from the memory into an image of a predetermined resolution, and outputting the image; and when the range of the image read is wider than a range to be expanded, control means for controlling the start position of reading so as to narrow the range of the image to be read.
US08009332B2
Systems and methods provide increased accuracy in recalibrating the tone reproduction curve (TRC) for a photoelectric image sensor that senses density values. The sensor outputs sensed density values for tone patches. A recalibrated TRC is calculated from the original TRC, the known densities of the tone patches, and the sensed density values of the tone patches.
US08009329B2
A fluorescence-based correlation mark is included in a printed document by encoding the correlation mark as phase shifts in the yellow halftone image only of a printed color document. The correlation mark transparency key is likewise printed using only yellow colorant or can be printed in black or with another colorant or mixture of colorants that will appear dark or black when subjected to UV illumination. UV illumination of the document without use of the transparency key, and use of the transparency key without UV illumination of the document are insufficient to reveal the fluorescence-based correlation mark. UV illumination of the document while the transparency key is overlaid with the document will allow the correlation mark to be perceived.
US08009326B2
In some embodiments, techniques for voting and visual cryptography may include various enhancements.
US08009310B2
A print control program for controlling execution of a print job, the print job being shared among a main printing apparatus and one or more sub-printing apparatus(es), the print control program allowing a computer to function as: a print requesting section for requesting the main printing apparatus and the sub-printing apparatus(es) to execute the print job in a cooperative manner; an apparatus information acquiring section for acquiring information relating to printing capabilities of the respective printing apparatuses as apparatus information, the apparatus information being stored in the main printing apparatus in advance; an instruction determining section for determining shares of the print job assigned to the respective apparatuses based upon the acquired apparatus information; and a controlling section for generating control instructions to be transmitted to the respective apparatuses.
US08009309B2
A method of processing print jobs that improves the ability of users to identify their print lobs at the local user interface of an image formation device is provided. The method includes receiving image data for a print job at a computer and converting the image data to page description language code at the computer. The page description language code for the image data includes a job name string having an application name portion and a filename portion. The method further includes comparing the application name portion of the job name string to a list of application names in a database; removing the application name portion from the job name string where the application name portion is found in the database; and then sending the page description language code for the image data to an image formation device.
US08009300B2
When an Offset or rotation sort output is designated as an output style, whether document data of one copy is printed to one paper (physical sheet) and outputted or not is discriminated. When it is printed to one paper, it is intended to enable the print such that the Offset or rotation output is not performed. An information processing apparatus has: a finishing command setting unit which can set a finishing command to a printer so as to rotation-sort-output or Offset-output the document data; and a counter for counting the number of physical sheets to which the document data of one copy whose output is desired is allocated. The finishing command setting unit sets the finishing command in a manner such that when the document data of one copy is printed onto one physical sheet as a result of the counting by the counter, the rotation sort output or the Offset output is not performed, and when the document data of one copy is printed onto two or more physical sheets, the rotation sort output or the Offset output is performed.
US08009298B2
Disclosed herein is a method of acquiring a reference grating of a three-dimensional measurement system using moiré, wherein the three-dimensional measurement system includes a light source, a projection grating, a grating actuator and a camera, and analyzes the moiré pattern acquired through the camera to measure the shape of the object. The method includes the steps of acquiring an initial reference grating using the light source and the projection grating, confirming whether or not the acquired initial reference grating includes noise through a noise detector, and moving the projection grating through the grating actuator to acquire the next reference grating when the initial reference grating does not include noise and correcting the reference grating when the reference grating includes noise. The method can remove the noise included in the reference grating to improve the accuracy of measurement of an object.
US08009282B2
The present invention provides an attachment angle measuring device and an attachment angle measuring method which realize accurate measurement of attachment angle between an axle carrier and an absorber. An attachment angle measuring device measures an attachment angle θ between an axle carrier and an absorber as in the following. A slit light is projected to a first reflection position on an outer peripheral surface of an absorber rod and a reflected light from the first reflection position is received. A slit light is projected to a second reflection position on the outer peripheral surface of the absorber rod different from the first reflection position and a reflected light from the second reflection position is received. A first optical path distance between a projection start position of the slit light and the first reflection position is calculated based on the reflected light. A second optical path distance between the projection start position of the slit light and the second reflection position is calculated based on the reflected light. Based on the first optical path distance and the second optical path distance, attachment angle θ is calculated.
US08009280B1
A system, for determining characteristics of a beam wavefront and reshaping such wavefront, including: apparatus for sampling the wavefront curvature and generating outputs; apparatus for reshaping the wavefront; and apparatus for receiving the outputs, proportioning the outputs to match the inputs need to drive controls for the reshaping apparatus, and sending the proportioned outputs to the reshaping apparatus. The reshaping apparatus is, preferably, a deformable mirror. The sampling apparatus includes a distorted grating. The method includes: positioning the sampling apparatus in the bean path; positioning a reshaping apparatus in the beam path; sampling the curvature of the wavefront and generating outputs representative of the curvature thereof; sending the generated outputs to the proportioning apparatus; proportioning the outputs to match the inputs needed to drive the controls of the reshaping apparatus; and sending the proportioned outputs to the reshaping apparatus to change the shape thereof.
US08009270B2
A device manufacturing method comprising applying patterns to a plurality of arrays of individually controllable elements, such that they modulate a beam of radiation, and projecting the modulated beam of radiation onto a substrate. The patterns applied to the arrays of individually controllable elements are arranged such that pre-determined amounts of background radiation are included in the modulated beam of radiation. The pre-determined amounts of background radiation being different for different locations on the arrays.
US08009265B2
In a method of manufacturing a display apparatus, a first display substrate is bonded to a first carrier substrate including a plurality of divided regions, and a second display substrate is bonded to a second carrier substrate. Then, the first display substrate is coupled with the second display substrate, and the second carrier substrate is separated from the second display substrate. After cutting the first display substrate and the second display substrate corresponding to the divided regions, the first carrier substrate is separated from the first display substrate.
US08009253B2
An electro-optical device includes: a sealant provided between a pair of substrates in a frame shape; an electro-optical material layer formed by sealing an electro-optical material within a region surrounded by the sealant; an insulating layer provided within the region surrounded by the sealant on at least one of the pair of substrates; and an alignment layer provided between the insulating layer and the electro-optical material layer. The region surrounded by the sealant includes an effective display region where display is performed and a peripheral region located between the effective display region and the sealant, and the insulating layer within the peripheral region is formed with a recessed portion to which a material of the alignment layer flows.
US08009251B2
The LCD sequentially includes, from bottom to top, a backlight module, a first polarizer, a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a second substrate, and a second polarizer. The second substrate includes multiple transparent areas thereon. The first substrate includes multiple light-focusing arrays. Each of the light-focusing arrays includes multiple high-refractive areas and low-refractive areas disposed between the high-refractive areas. The multiple high-refractive areas includes a first high-refractive area and multiple second high-refractive area disposed on two sides of the high-refractive areas symmetrically, wherein the widths of the second high-refractive areas are the same and smaller than the width of the first high-refractive area.
US08009235B2
An auto-detection circuit for detecting video signals includes a reception end for receiving a video signal, a synchronization signal detector coupled to the reception end for generating a waveform according to voltage variation of the video signal, a peak value detector coupled to the synchronization signal detector for determining peak value of the wave form, a direct current voltage level switch coupled to the peak value detector for switching output voltage as first direct current voltage level or second direct current voltage level, and an output end coupled to the direct current voltage level switch for outputting the output voltage.
US08009230B2
When at least a portion of an aperture of a lens part is covered with some object, both adjusting of the sensitivity of an image pickup part and display of “though image” are inhibited. Also, it is able to shorten a length of time for which the camera enters into a power saving mode, and to prevent capture of improper images. Provided herein is a determining unit for determining whether at least a portion of the aperture of the lens part is covered. When the determining unit determines that it is covered, the camera inhibits the sensitivity adjustment of the image pickup part and the display of “though image”, shortens the length of time after which the camera enters into the power saving mode, interrupts shooting or continuous shooting, or a movie imaging, and inhibits a flash emission.
US08009223B2
An image sensor includes: a plurality of imaging pixel rows, which include a plurality of types of imaging pixels with varying spectral sensitivity characteristic that are arrayed two-dimensionally based upon a first spectral sensitivity characteristics array pattern; and at least one non-imaging pixel row, which includes a plurality of non-imaging pixels that are disposed in place of some of the plurality of types of imaging pixels in the plurality of imaging pixel rows. The plurality of imaging pixel rows include adjacent imaging pixel rows made up with the plurality of types of imaging pixels and set adjacent to the non-imaging pixel row; and the adjacent imaging pixel rows assume a second spectral sensitivity characteristics array pattern different from the first spectral sensitivity characteristics array pattern, so that spectral sensitivity characteristics different from spectral sensitivity characteristics achieved in conformance to the first spectral sensitivity characteristics array pattern are achieved via specific imaging pixels making up part of the adjacent imaging pixel rows.
US08009213B2
An image sensing apparatus comprises a pixel and a driving unit, wherein the driving unit includes a buffer circuit including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, and letting V3 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first NMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning off the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, V4 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first PMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning on the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, Vthp1 be a threshold voltage of the first PMOS transistor, and Vthn1 be a threshold voltage of the first NMOS transistor, (V2+Vthn1)
US08009208B2
A method automatically corrects dust artifact within image acquired by a system including a digital acquisition device including a lens assembly and a translucent lens cap. Multiple original digital images are acquired with the digital acquisition device. Probabilities that certain pixels correspond to dust artifact regions within the images are determined based at least in part on a comparison of suspected dust artifact regions within two or more of the images. Probable dust artifact regions are associated with extracted parameter values relating to the lens assembly when the images were acquired, A statistical dust map is formed including mapped dust regions based on the determining and associating. Pixels corresponding to correlated dust artifact regions are corrected within further digitally-acquired images based on the associated statistical dust map.
US08009199B2
A composite photographing method and mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. The composite photographing method includes receiving a composite shooting request, demarcating a target scene into individual shooting areas on the basis of a touch event signal from a touch screen;, and photographing the individual shooting areas to produce a single composite photograph.
US08009194B2
A method and system for automatically configuring a hand-held electronic device for accessing a site on a public network is disclosed. The method and system include establishing a connection to a website server, which is responsible for establishing and maintaining website accounts, and sending information uniquely identifying the electronic device to the website server. The server then sends user account information to the device, including an account ID and password, created based on the electronic device information. The user account information is then stored on electronic device for use the next time the electronic device accesses the website, whereby the user does not have to enter account information in order to establish the ISP connection or the website account before accessing the public network.
US08009193B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a collaborative framework for mining of surveillance videos to detect abnormal events, which introduces a two-stage training process to alleviate the high false alarm problem. In the first stage, unsupervised clustering is performed on the segments of the video streams and a set of abnormal events are combined with user feedback to generate a clean training set. In the second stage, the clean training set is used to train a more precise model for the analysis of normal events and the motion detection results from multiple cameras can be cross validated and combined. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.
US08009192B2
An optical receiver is arranged at a location in a scene. The optical receiver includes a photo sensor configured to detect spatio-temporal modulated optical signals directed at the scene from a set of spatially dispersed optical transmitters, and to convert the optical signals from each of the optical transmitters to a corresponding electronic signal. The electronic signals can be analyzed to determine geometric properties of the location in the scene.
US08009184B2
Thermal history control is performed in a thermal printer in which a single thermal print head prints sequentially on multiple color-forming layers in a single pass. Each pixel-printing interval may be divided into segments, each of which may be used to print a different color. The manner in which the input energy to be provided to each print head element is selected may be varied for each of the segments. Different energy computation functions may be used to compute the energy to be provided to the print head in each of the segments based on the predicted print head element temperature at the beginning of the segment, the color to be printed, and the energy that was supplied when printing other colors during the time period between the beginning of the segment of the current pixel-printing interval and the end of the equivalent segment of the previous pixel-printing interval.
US08009183B2
Two or more kinds of thermal paper are set in a paper housing unit, whether the thermal paper are double-side thermal paper or one-side thermal paper is previously determined by printing marks and detecting the printed marks, and the thermal paper are selectively fed for double-side printing and one-side printing.
US08009177B2
A computer-implemented method includes displaying multiple color bins in a user interface, each color bin representing a segment of a color spectrum, each color bin having a representative color that resides in the associated color spectrum segment, wherein each color bin is selectable such that selecting a color bin enables varying colors in a content item corresponding to the color bin's associated segment, displaying in the user interface, a first user interface control configured to vary colors in the content item based on the selected color bin, and in response to input, displaying a plurality of user interface controls in the user interface, each user interface control associated with a segment of the color spectrum, each user interface control configured to vary colors in the content item corresponding to an associated color spectrum segment.
US08009176B2
Disclosed is a system and method for processing graphic operations on a plurality of data structures of an image with a graphics processing unit and memory. The disclosed techniques of the system and method create an accumulation buffer of the data structures for accumulating changes to the data structures. A separate buffer is then created from at least a portion of the data structures of the accumulation buffer. The disclosed techniques read the data structures from the separate buffer with the graphics processing unit. The graphics processing unit operates on the data structures read from the separate buffer with the operation. Then, the disclosed techniques write the results of the operation onto the portion of the accumulation buffer corresponding to the separate buffer.
US08009172B2
This disclosure describes a graphics processing unit (GPU) pipeline that uses one or more shared arithmetic logic units (ALUs). In order to facilitate such sharing of ALUs, the stages of the disclosed GPU pipeline may be rearranged relative to conventional GPU pipelines. In addition, by rearranging the stages of the GPU pipeline, efficiencies may be achieved in the image processing. Unlike conventional GPU pipelines, for example, an attribute gradient setup stage can be located much later in the pipeline, and the attribute interpolator stage may immediately follow the attribute gradient setup stage. This allows sharing of an ALU by the attribute gradient setup and attribute interpolator stages. Several other techniques and features for the GPU pipeline are also described, which may improve performance and possibly achieve additional processing efficiencies.
US08009169B2
An apparatus and method for rasterizing a primitive in a graphics system is disclosed in one example of the invention as including scanning a first row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from a first point and scanning in a first direction. Immediately after scanning the first row of tiles, the method includes moving from the first point to a second point in an orthogonal direction relative to the first row. Immediately after moving from the first point to the second point, the method includes scanning a second row of tiles, one tile at a time, starting from the second point and scanning in the first direction. By scanning rows in the same direction immediately prior to and after moving from one row to another, cache utilization is improved.
US08009164B2
A method for modifying an object design using a computer comprises the steps of: selecting a first sub-design of the object design comprising a first free form deformation geometry and a first free deformation control volume that is variable and adaptive; choosing a second sub-design comprising a second free form deformation geometry; and replacing the first geometry with the second geometry.
US08009163B2
A device for the graphical generation of symbologies intended for a display screen, the device having functions for the generation of symbology elements and means for monitoring its correct operation. The monitoring of correct operation allowing the use of certain of the functions for the generation of symbology elements to be prohibited and micro-images dedicated to the monitoring of the functions to be generated and controlled.
US08009162B2
A thin-film semiconductor device includes a temperature sensor formed of a thin-film semiconductor and sensing a temperature as current, and a current-voltage converter formed of a thin-film semiconductor and having temperature dependence in which its current-voltage characteristic is different from that of the temperature sensor. A temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is converted to a voltage by the current-voltage converter.
US08009158B2
A display device including a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a backlight module, and a photo-sensing device is provided. The backlight module is disposed below the LCD panel and is suitable for providing a light source. The photo-sensing device is built in the LCD panel and includes a plurality of photo-sensors having different illumination sensing capabilities. The backlight module modulates the output intensity of the light source according to the sensed result of one of the photo-sensors. Thereby, the display device can precisely modulate the intensity of the back light according to the intensity of ambient light so as to improve the contrast ratio and to reduce the power consumption.
US08009148B2
An adaptive non-contact testing method is provided for testing a touch panel, wherein an air nozzle generates an air jet toward a selected position on a touch panel under testing to cause the touch panel to generate a touch signal. A testing system receives the touch signal generated by the touch panel and compares the received touch signal with a preset touch-signal reference level. When the received touch signal is smaller than the preset touch-signal reference level, the height distance between the air nozzle and the touch panel is reduced or the pressure of the air jet from the air nozzle is varied to realize adaptive testing of the touch panel.
US08009143B2
A tablet computer is provided. The tablet computer includes: an electronic computing base having receiving portion; a liquid crystal display pivotally connected to the electronic computing base; a keyboard detached contained in the receiving portion and wirelessly communicating with the electronic computing base; a container disposed on the receiving portion; and a cover mounted on the receiving portion and pivotally connected to the electronic computing base.
US08009141B1
The disclosure describes methods and systems for gathering and conveying information, for example, such as with a hand of a user. In one embodiment, the method may include using a detector to record a series of images of an environment and detecting a predetermined motion by comparing two or more images in the series. The method may include selecting a function based on the predetermined motion and triggering the function. In another embodiment, the method may include using a first detector to record a first series of images of an environment and using a second detector to record a second series of images of an environment. The method may include detecting a predetermined relative motion by comparing one or more images from the first series with one or more images from the second series, and selecting and/or triggering a function based on the predetermined relative motion.
US08009137B2
An image display apparatus includes: a lighting unit which includes a lamp unit, and illuminates light onto a display screen; a power supply unit which supplies electric power to drive the lamp unit in the lighting unit; a main circuit unit which outputs a brightness control signal to control brightness of the lighting unit, and controls the power supply unit; and a constant voltage generator which is provided between the main circuit unit and the power supply unit, and controls magnitude of the brightness control signal which is output from the main circuit unit, to generate a constant voltage, wherein, by detecting over-current flowing in the lamp unit, the main circuit unit outputs the brightness control signal to apply a corresponding voltage to the lamp unit according to a form of the over-current, or activates the constant voltage generator so that the brightness control signal can be controlled by the constant voltage generator.
US08009127B2
An organic light emitting display device and a driving method for the same is provided. The device includes a pixel portion adapted to receive a scan signal and a data signal and display an image. A scan driver generates and applies the scan signal to the pixel portion. A data driver generates and applies the data signal and a pixel voltage to the pixel portion. When the device is operating in the normal mode, the data driver also applies a drive voltage to a photo sensor also included in the display device. The photo sensor adjusts a luminance of the pixel portion according to a sensed brightness of ambient light. When the device is operating in the power saving or stand-by mode, the data driver controls the drive voltage off and thereby prevents power consumption by the photo sensor.
US08009125B2
In an organic electroluminescent (EL) display device, a main display panel and a sub display panel share a data line and a power supply voltage line. The organic EL display device has a top emission type main display panel and a bottom emission type sub display panel in a single display panel. The main display panel is composed of main pixels, each having a compensation circuit for compensating a threshold voltage, and the sub pixel display is composed of basic sub pixels without any compensation circuit. Each of the sub pixels has a boost capacitor which increases a data voltage, and which is disposed between a scan line and a storage capacitor so as to use the same voltage and power supply voltage as the main pixels. The sub pixels having the boost capacitor are disposed in the sub display panel, so that the main and sub display panels share the data line and the power supply voltage line.
US08009121B1
A media content distribution and display system and method that includes a central server, a number of remote display devices, and an electronic network for communicating therebetween. The central server receives and stores a plurality of media content, where each of the media content has one or more attributes associated therewith that relate to characteristics of the media content. The remote display devices receive via the electronic network the media content from the central server. Each remote display device includes at least one electronic display, one or more target attributes associated with the remote display device that relate to environmental variables of the remote display device, and a biasing engine for comparing the media content attributes with the target attributes, and for causing the electronic display to display only those of the media content having one or more of the attributes associated therewith that satisfy a predetermined matching criteria.
US08009101B2
A wireless IC device includes a spiral line electrode portion and a first capacitance electrode connected to the inner end of the line electrode portion, which are disposed on the top surface of a substrate. A second capacitance electrode opposing the first capacitance electrode and a cross line electrode, which connects the second capacitance electrode and a connecting portion that connects the top and bottom surfaces, are disposed on the bottom surface of the substrate. The connecting portion electrically connects the outer end of the line electrode portion and an end of the cross line electrode. A wireless IC is mounted such that terminal electrodes thereof are connected to the connecting portion and an end of a radiating electrode. A radiating/resonating electrode including the line electrode portion, the capacitance electrodes, and the cross line electrode can act both as a resonant circuit for a resonant tag and as a radiating electrode serving as an RFID tag.
US08009094B2
An apparatus and method is described for generating an electromagnetic, or acoustic field by use of a number of field sources in order to produce a field anomaly at a known target location. The field anomaly is characterized by having a wavefront at the target location that has a predetermined desired orientation so that at the target location the field appears to emanate from a different direction to that perceived at field locations away from the target.
US08009093B2
A method and device for predicting satellite trajectory extension data in a mobile apparatus. The device in accordance with the present invention comprises an I/O interface and a microprocessor. The input/output (I/O) interface is used for obtaining at least one satellite navigation message for at least one satellite. The microprocessor is used for determining a propagating condition according to the satellite navigation message, estimating at least one parameter of a satellite trajectory prediction model according to the propagating condition, and propagating at least one set of satellite trajectory extension data by using the satellite trajectory prediction model.
US08009091B2
A method for reducing Time To First Fix (TTFF) of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver includes storing ephemeris information into a non-volatile memory, and utilizing the ephemeris information to determine a GNSS time, in order to reduce the TTFF. An apparatus for reducing TTFF of a GNSS receiver includes a storage module and a processing module coupled to the storage module. The storage module is utilized for storing data, wherein the stored data in the storage module is non-volatile. The processing module stores ephemeris information into the storage module and utilizes the ephemeris information to determine a GNSS time, in order to reduce the TTFF.
US08009083B2
A method of designing a detection and ranging apparatus having an M number of transmitting elements and an N number of receiving elements, includes decomposing a desired polynomial equation representing an array factor of a K element sensor array into a first polynomial equation representing an array factor of an M element sensor array and a second polynomial equation representing an array factor of an N element sensor array, determining arrangement of the M number of transmitting elements based on the first polynomial equation, and determining arrangement the N number of receiving elements based on the second polynomial equation, wherein K=M×N, or K≧max(M, N).
US08009082B2
In a conventional automotive radar, a return occurs in a phase difference characteristic necessary for a super-resolution method, resulting in an increase of a detection error, or an extremely narrowed azimuth detection range. A transmitting array antenna, and receiving array antennas are composed of antenna elements respectively, and aligned in a horizontal direction. The weighting of receiving sensitivities of the antenna elements of the receiving array antenna 1 is A1, A2, A3, and A4, which are monotonically decreased from an inner side toward an outer side as represented by A1≧A2≧A3≧A4. On the other hand, the receiving array antenna 3 is symmetrical with the receiving array antenna with respect to the receiving array antenna 1.
US08009081B2
A moving sensor suite for imaging a scene has three Doppler radars, two moving and one fixed, a fixed video camera and a fixed GPS receiver. The Doppler radars measure the relative velocities between the radars and the scene, as well as the scene's electromagnetic reflectivity, while the video camera records the motion of the camera and the optical property of the scene. The correct registration of the Doppler radars and the camera is established by finding the intersections of the moving Doppler radar motion vectors with the image plane of the video camera. The scene features in the first frame are determined by Doppler circle intersections. The correspondences of the features in the next two frames are established by a feature matching operation.
US08009078B1
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a configurable analog input channel with galvanic isolation. In one embodiment, the invention provides a configurable input channel for selectively receiving one of a plurality of different analog sensor inputs. The input channel includes an interface for implementing switch settings for a selected type of input signal; a set of input terminals, wherein at least two of the set of input terminals are selectively utilized to correspond with the selected type of input signal; an analog-to-digital converter for converting the input signal into a digital output, wherein an operation of the analog-to-digital converter is determined based on the switch settings; and an isolation barrier for isolating the configurable input channel.
US08009068B1
A storage device includes a signal processor that receives an input signal that includes a direct current (DC) voltage offset. An encoder receives the input signal from the signal processor and selectively inverts portions of the input signal based on at least one of an average DC value and a weighted DC value of the input signal.
US08009055B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting and indicating high-voltage presences on a machine. In one embodiment a high-voltage indication system is disclosed and may include a voltage detector configured to compare the voltage level associated with an element with a threshold voltage value, and provide an indication signal when the voltage level associated with the element is greater than the threshold voltage value. The system may also include an indicator powered by a separate power source independent from the voltage detector. The indicator may be configured to detect the indication signal provided by the voltage detector, and provide one or more warning signals in response to the indication signal.
US08009053B2
A system and/or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and/or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield, sunroof or backlite). In certain example embodiments of the invention, at least one sensing capacitor is supported by a window such as a vehicle windshield, the capacitor(s) having a field that is affected by moisture (e.g., rain) on a surface of the window. The at least one sensing capacitor may have a fractal geometry in certain example embodiments of this invention. The sensing circuit may output an analog signal that is based on and/or related to the sensing capacitor(s). The analog output of the circuit may be converted to a digital signal, and subjected to processing (e.g., correlation) for determining whether moisture (e.g., rain, dew, fog, etc.) or the like is present on the surface of the window.
US08009047B2
For protecting information stored in an RFID chip and ensuring its authenticity, radio communication between the RFID chip and an external terminal is positively interrupted when a seal type RFID tag including the RFID chip is peeled from an adherend, while ensuring solidity integrity when the RFID tag is put on the adherend. In the seal type RFID tag which includes the RFID chip fixed on a mounting surface of a base member having an adhesive layer applied thereto and which is put on the adherend by using the adhesive layer, an antenna formed on a main surface of the RFID chip is embedded in adhesive layers together with the RFID chip and an adhesive bonding strength between the antenna and the adhesive layer is made greater than a joining strength between the antenna and the RFID chip.
US08009045B2
A method and apparatus is described to detect the physical approach. The method is useful for passively detecting the presence of people, pets, or robots in proximity to a sensor. It is portable, and functions while being carried or placed inside objects.
US08009041B2
An access monitoring and control system is provided. The access monitoring and control system includes a sensing device configured to collect data points regarding at least one of movement of a person through an access portal and a state of the access portal and a processing unit configured to receive the data points from the sensing device and to form activity clusters from the data points based upon similar patterns of inactive or active behaviors.
US08009033B2
A system and method for providing synergistic alert condition processing in an automated patient management system is presented. An alert condition is classified along a continuum that includes adverse outcome potential versus medical intervention impact potential. The alert condition is managed by assigning a disposition based on relative placement of the alert condition along the continuum. An alert notification is communicated over a selectable mode of communications and is conditioned upon the assigned disposition being actionable.
US08009027B2
A tire monitoring system and associated method is disclosed. The tire monitoring system includes a plurality of tire sensor modules, employing contactless sensors, configured to transmit tire data at a predetermined time interval. The system also includes a central control unit that is configured to receive the tire data from the tire sensor modules, and is further configured with an external control unit that can communicate with the tire sensor modules, the central control units and outside sources.
US08009019B2
A portable-terminal holder for holding a portable terminal that has a rechargeable battery and a first radio communication device is constituted by a base and c communication module. The base has a portion on which the portable terminal is placed, and a charging device for charging the rechargeable battery of the portable terminal while said portable terminal is placed on the portion. The communication module has a second radio communication device communicating with the first radio communication device for wireless data transmission between the portable terminal and the communication module, and a cable communication device communicating with an external host computer for cable data transmission between the host computer and the communication module. The communication module is configured to be detachable from the base.
US08009015B2
Dispensing systems are disclosed which utilize electronically powered key devices and/or identification codes associated with a refill container to preclude the need for mechanical keys. A first embodiment of the device utilizes a matching code stored in a radio frequency identification tag or bar code associated with a fluid refill container and an identification code associated with the dispenser housing. Matching of the codes by a controller allows for continued use of the dispenser via some type of operational mechanism. Another embodiment employs a key which carries the matching code wherein matching of the codes allows for actuation of a motor actuated pumping device. Yet another embodiment employs a blocking mechanism to prevent use of a dispenser's push bar if a key and dispenser housing do not have matching codes. And yet another embodiment requires the use of a key that has a matching code that matches the dispenser's identification code in order to permit initial access to the dispenser housing.
US08008992B2
A transformer is provided with four capacitors and four inductors. The first capacitor is electrically connected between a first port and ground in series. The first inductor is electrically connected to the first port in series. The second capacitor is electrically connected between the first inductor and ground in series. The second inductor is electrically connected between the first inductor and the second capacitor in series. The third capacitor is electrically connected between a second port and ground in series. The third inductor is electrically connected to the second port in series. The fourth capacitor is electrically connected between a third port and ground in series. The fourth inductor is electrically connected between the third inductor and the third port in series.
US08008990B2
The invention relates generally to RF and microwave multiplexers implemented with a plurality of coupled resonators. More specifically, the present invention relates to multiplexers configured to require only a plurality of resonators and series, shunt, cross couplings and input/output couplings between them. It is a main feature of the invention that no microwave dividers, combiners, circulators, or other junctions are necessary for the distribution of microwave energy among the coupled resonators. This is achieved for example by a P-channel multiplexer comprising P rows of coupled resonators, a common input terminal connected to the first resonator of at least one of said rows, and P channel output terminals connected with the last resonator in each row, and at least one coupling between resonators belonging to different rows.
US08008982B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an adaptive impedance matching network having an RF matching network coupled to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and comprising one or more controllable variable reactive elements. The RF matching network can be adapted to reduce a level of reflected power transferred from said at least one input port by varying signals applied to said controllable variable reactive elements. The one or more controllable variable reactive elements can be coupled to a circuit adapted to map one or more control signals that are output from a controller to a signal range that is compatible with said one or more controllable variable reactive elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08008971B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for attenuating harmonics in output signals. In the system, an electronic circuit for reducing leakage of radio frequency signals from a power amplifier of a wireless communication device is provided. The circuit comprises: a printed circuit board ‘PCB’ having the power amplifier mounted on the PCB; a first electrical track in the PCB connecting to a power input terminal of the power amplifier; and a first capacitor connected to the first electrical track and a ground reference in the PCB, the first capacitor reducing transmission of radio frequency signals from the input terminal of the power amplifier.
US08008964B1
A device for providing a constant output voltage based on a variable input voltage is provided. The device may include: (1) a charge-pump comprising a plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of cells can be configured as an input cell, a stepping cell, or a load cell; (2) a comparator; and (3) a differentiator coupled to the comparator output, wherein the differentiator is configured to monitor the comparator output and produce a reset pulse each time the comparator output changes its state. The device may further include: (1) a decimator; (2) an up/down counter; and (3) a controller for detecting whether the device is operating in a first predetermined mode or a second predetermined mode, wherein the two modes relate to the configuration of the plurality of cells into the input cell, the stepping cell, and/or the load cell.
US08008958B2
A digital electronic device is provided which comprises a digital clock deviation detecting means and a digital clock correcting means. The clock deviation detecting means is used to detect a deviation of a first clock signal of the electronic device and/or the duty cycle of the first clock signal. The clock correcting means is used to correct the first clock signal and/or the duty cycle of the first clock signal if the clock deviation detecting means has detected a deviation of the first clock signal and/or the duty cycle of the first clock signal. The clock correcting means comprises at least a first and second compensation path (P1, P2) for compensating deviations in the first clock signal and/or the duty cycle thereof, when the first clock signal passes through the first or second path. The first path (P1) does not induce a compensation and is selected if the clock deviation detecting means has not detected a deviation in the first clock signal. The second path (P2) includes a first compensation and is selected if the clock deviation detecting means has detected a deviation of the first clock signal.
US08008956B1
A frequency synthesizer and an automatic calibration device are disclosed. An automatic calibration device for a phase-locked loop based frequency synthesizer includes: a frequency-to-digital converter for converting a frequency of a signal outputted from a voltage controlled oscillator into a first digital value; a frequency difference detector for calculating a difference between the first digital value outputted from the frequency-to-digital converter and a second digital value corresponding to a target frequency; an automatic frequency calibration logic for selecting an optimal control code for a capacitor bank such that an output frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator is closer to the target frequency; and a loop bandwidth calibration logic for tuning a charge pump gain such that a loop bandwidth is kept constant in the optimal control code using the frequency-to-digital converter. Thus, the calibration speed can be increased, and the loop bandwidth can be kept constant within the output frequency range.
US08008948B2
A peak voltage detector circuit detects a peak voltage of an input voltage. The input voltage is input into a first input terminal of a comparator. A counter circuit counts up a counter value in synchronization with a first clock signal, when a signal output from the comparator is in a first state. The counter circuit counts down the counter value in synchronization with a second clock signal. A digital-analog conversion circuit outputs an output voltage corresponding to the counter value, and the output voltage is input into a second input terminal of the comparator. The first clock signal has a wave period shorter than that of the second clock signal.
US08008943B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of pads configured to receive a plurality of external signals, an internal circuit configured to perform a predetermined internal operation in response to one of the external signals that is inputted through one of the plurality of pads, and a signal transferring unit configured to receive the external signal, output the external signal to an internal circuit an output signal during a normal mode, and output a fixed signal regardless of changes in the external signal to the internal circuit in a test mode.
US08008939B2
A component test apparatus performing a test on an electronic component is disclosed. The component test apparatus includes a component loading device, a transport hand, and a component unloading device. A plurality of functional stations have mutually different functions and are spaced apart at equal intervals along a movement direction of the transport hand. The transport hand has a plurality of index units that are capable of holding the electronic component independently from one another and operating independently from one another. The index units are spaced apart at intervals equal to the intervals at which the functional stations are spaced apart along a transport direction of the electronic component from a loading position toward a test position.
US08008938B2
A testing system module for testing printed circuit board (PCB) includes at least one robot having a pogo pin for moving to a testing point of the PCB; a pressure detecting unit for detecting a current pressure value on the printed circuit board; and a control system for keeping the pogo pin to contact with the PCB with constant pressure.
US08008937B2
A diagnosis board is electrically connected with a test apparatus for testing a device-under-test and used in diagnosing the test apparatus. The test apparatus has a test head containing test modules for sending/receiving signals to/from the device-under-test. The diagnosis board has a plurality of sub-boards arranged substantially on the same plane, substantially forming a plane as a unit, and connected with each part of a plurality of terminals of the test modules and used for diagnosing the connected terminals, each of the plurality of sub-boards having a plate-like shape. The diagnosis board also has a fixing section for attaching and fixing the plurality of sub-boards in a body to the test head.
US08008932B2
A component made of electrically insulating material with a detection structure for mechanical damage such as cracks is disclosed. The detection structure is a conductor. The electrical properties of the detection structure are modified as more and more cracks are formed such that the component will be replaced in time before breaking. The electrical conductor is formed by particles that are in contact with each other and have a metallic surface such that an electrical conductor is created which is particularly sensitive to mechanical damage, thus rendering the detection structure highly sensitive. Furthermore, if the metallic surface is produced merely by cladding the particles while the inside of the particles is made of the same material as the component, a conductor featuring an adapted thermal expansion behavior is created for components that are subject to great thermal stress, e.g. heat shield panels.
US08008928B2
An apparatus for the measurement of mass and/or moisture of dielectric objects, with an analysing unit, at least one high frequency generator, at least one high frequency detector and with a high frequency resonator, wherein the at least one high frequency generator can generate at least two modes which are independent from each other, having different resonance frequencies in the resonator, the at least one high frequency detector can measure the occurring frequencies for each mode in the resonator, and the analysing unit can determine a shift of the resonance frequency (A) and a change of the resonance curve for the measured frequencies in each mode, and can calculate the mass and/or moisture of the dielectric object from the determined values for the shift of the resonance frequency (A) and the change of the resonance curve.
US08008915B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a data acquisition unit and an image generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires echo signals by echo planar imaging which generates the echo signals by applying plural phase-encoding gradient magnetic field pulses and by repeatedly inverting a readout gradient magnetic field after one nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) excitation. Each of the plural phase-encoding gradient magnetic field pulses has an intensity set so as to compensate an influence of spatially distributed eddy currents to each of the spatial imaging positions. The image generating unit generates MRI data and an image based on the acquired echo signals.
US08008910B2
A power actuator system for a movable vehicle panel such as a lift gate assembly includes a position sensor that detects the pivotal movement of a strut mechanism of the power lift gate assembly relative to the host vehicle. A rotary sensor is coupled directly to an end component of the strut mechanism and provides signals that indicate the total amount of pivotal or rotary movement of the strut mechanism and the lift gate during the opening and closing of the lift gate. The signals provide information to determine the absolute position of the strut and the lift gate for processing in the vehicle's electronic control unit.
US08008909B2
A circuit arrangement for analysis and compensation of the signals for an inductive displacement sensor is provided. The circuit includes a first operating amplifier, a second operating amplifier and a coil for a displacement measurement, in parallel with the second operating amplifier output and the second operating amplifier first input and connected to a capacitance in series with the coil inductance and coil resistance to form an RLC series tuned circuit. In order to improve the accuracy of a measured resonance frequency, the circuit arrangement can be extended with a second coil for a temperature compensation, by connecting a first of the ends of the coil winding to a second end of the coil winding of the first coil and a second of the ends of the coil winding to the second input of the first operating amplifier.
US08008905B2
There is provided a waveform observing apparatus with a reduced depth in such a manner that the waveform observing apparatus is one including a terminal board, connecting wiring extending from external equipment, a memory for receiving measured data through the terminal board, to store the measured data, and a display for displaying the measured data in waveform, the apparatus including: a first intra-body substrate, installed in an erect state inside a body frame of the waveform observing apparatus; a plurality of first connectors, provided on the first intra-body substrate; and a measurement module, which is connector-connected to the first connector of the first intra-body substrate, to be installed between the first intra-body substrate and the terminal board, and also includes a measurement circuit, wherein a plurality of measurement modules are detachable in an aligned state with respect to the erect first intra-body substrate.
US08008903B2
An example power converter includes a clock signal generator coupled to generate a clock signal to control switching of a power switch to be coupled to the control circuit. Feedback circuitry is coupled to receive a feedback signal, which is representative of an output of a power converter during a feedback portion of an off time of the power switch. The feedback circuitry is coupled to respond to the feedback signal to control the clock signal generator to regulate a duty cycle of the feedback portion of the off time of the power switch as a proportion of a total power switch switching cycle period.
US08008902B2
A hysteretic buck converter provides improved regulation control, in particular for buck converter standby operation. A comparison circuit compares the output voltage of the buck converter to a waveform that is generated from an indication of the output current of the converter, so that the turn-on time of the converter is advanced as the output current demand increases. The resulting action anticipates a reduction in output voltage due to the increased current, preventing an excursion of the output voltage below the ripple voltage minimum. The turn-off time of the converter is controlled by an upper threshold that limits the ripple voltage maximum. The output current indication may be a measurement of output current, or may be a dynamic value calculated from the input voltage and the output voltage waveform.
US08008898B2
A boosted auxiliary winding power supply for a switched-power converter circuit provides operating voltage for control and other circuits early in the start-up phase of converter operation. A boost circuit has an input coupled to the auxiliary winding to boost the voltage available from the auxiliary winding at least during start-up of the switched-power converter. The boost thereby provides a voltage that is greater than the voltage across the auxiliary winding during start-up of the switched-power converter. The boost circuit may be actively switched at a rate higher than a switching rate of the switched-power converter, to increase a rate of rise of the operating voltage. Polarity information, which may be provided from the switched-power converter control circuit, can be used to actively rectify the output of the auxiliary winding.
US08008890B2
The present invention relates to a charge equalization apparatus, which can enable the primary windings and the secondary windings of transformers to be easily manufactured, can control the flow of charges into batteries depending on the charged states of series-connected batteries, and can prevent overcurrent from flowing into batteries that are currently being charged.
US08008888B2
An electrical powered vehicle includes a secondary self-resonant coil, a secondary coil, a rectifier, and a power storage device. The secondary self-resonant coil is configured to be magnetically coupled with a primary self-resonant coil of a power feeding device by magnetic field resonance, and allow reception of high frequency power from the primary self-resonant coil. The secondary coil is configured to allow reception of electric power from the secondary self-resonant coil by electromagnetic induction. The rectifier rectifies the electric power received by the secondary coil. The power storage device stores the electric power rectified by the rectifier.
US08008882B2
A system for controlling the rotation speed of a shredder motor is disclosed. It consists of a bridge rectifier circuit, a forward/reverse controlling switch, a motor speed switch, and AC motor coils. By changing a switch, it is possible to activate the following four modes: forward fast, reverse fast, forward slow, and reverse slow. A user can thus operate a shredder at high torque and low rotation speed or high rotation speed and low torque depending on the number of sheets to be shredded.
US08008880B2
A signal generating section includes a second calculating section that corrects phase resistance. The calculating section stores resistance values of phases that have been measured in advance and a reference resistance value. The calculating section calculates correction components, which cancel a voltage drop term of a voltage equation of a d-q coordinate system changing depending on the rotation angle of the motor, based on the stored resistance values and the reference resistance value. The signal generating section superimposes the correction component and the correction component on a d-axis voltage command value and a q-axis voltage command value, respectively. The d-axis voltage command value and the q-axis voltage command value are thus corrected in such a manner as to suppress a torque ripple caused by difference among the resistance values of the phases.
US08008865B2
A shut-down circuit configured for use with an electronic ballast coupled to a lamp in a control path includes a device for sensing the electrical energy associated with the control path, and a sensing circuit for shutting down the ballast in the event that the energy does not conform to a predetermined condition. The sensed energy may be current indicative of lamp installation or short circuit, or voltage indicative of arcing or open circuit. The device for sensing the electrical energy associated with the control path may be an isolation transformer, or alternative devices such as optical isolators may be employed. The circuitry may further include electronic componentry to disable the sensing circuit during initial energization of the lamp. In one disclosed example, the sensing circuit includes a node that should be at or near a predetermined electrical potential when the lamp is operating properly, and a switch such as a Schmitt trigger coupled to the node that turns on or off to shut down the ballast if the node is not at or near the predetermined electrical potential. In an implementation used to detect voltage fluctuations indicative of arcing, the circuitry may include a high-pass filter or differentiator and detector to detect high-frequency noise. Alternatively, a phase-locked loop may be coupled to a low-pass filter to detect high-frequency noise indicative of arcing. In another alternative implementation, a microprocessor performing a digital signal processing algorithm may determine the presence of an abnormal condition.
US08008860B2
An organic EL display panel having a functional layer with a uniform film thickness is provided. The organic EL display panel of the present invention contains anode electrodes set on the substrate; organic EL layers set on the anode electrodes; line-state banks defining the organic EL layers in a line-state region; second banks defining two or more regions in the line-state region. The line-state banks and the second banks contain a fluorine resin, a fluorine concentration of the fluorine resin gradually changes along a thickness direction of each of the line-state bank and the second bank, and the fluorine concentration at a top of each of the line-state bank and the second bank is higher than the fluorine concentration at a bottom surface of each of the line-state bank and the second bank.
US08008856B2
A light emitting device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an emissive material between the first and second electrodes and a mixing agent separate from the emissive material is disclosed. In certain examples, the mixing agent may be effective to increase a fraction of excitons formed as a singlet state.
US08008855B2
An organic light emitting display includes a base substrate, a driving transistor arranged on the base substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the driving transistor, an organic light emitting layer arranged on the first electrode to generate a light, a second electrode arranged on the organic light emitting layer, an opposite substrate facing the base substrate and including micro-lenses to disperse the light generated by the organic light emitting layer, and a sub-electrode arranged on at least one of the micro-lenses, the sub-electrode making contact with the second electrode to be electrically connected to the second electrode.
US08008854B2
A light emitting material includes a polyfluorene derivative having a liquid crystal side group is provided. The polyfluorene derivative has a chemical structure as described in structure 1: wherein Ar is an aromatic ring containing the liquid crystal side group, R1 and R2 are alkanes and n is 20 to 500.
US08008840B2
A drive unit which generates less heat may be provided. The drive unit includes a piezoelectric element (P1) having a piezoelectric layer (1), a drive power supply (14) configured to apply a driving voltage at a predetermined frequency to the piezoelectric element (P1) such that vibration including stretching vibration and bending vibration is generated in the piezoelectric element (P1), and a movable element (9) which is movable relative to the piezoelectric element (P1) according to the vibration of the piezoelectric element (P1). The difference between the resonance frequency of the bending vibration of the piezoelectric element (P1) and the anti-resonance frequency of the stretching vibration of the piezoelectric element (P1) is smaller than the difference between the resonance frequency of the bending vibration of the piezoelectric element (P1) and the resonance frequency of the stretching vibration of the piezoelectric element (P1).
US08008826B2
Apparatus and methods provide for a high specific power electro-dynamo device that utilizes high-temperature superconductors, a dysprosium core, and superconducting coils to provide power. According to various embodiments, a rotor includes a number of rotor arms with a high-temperature superconductor attached to each arm. A stator includes a number of stator arms with stator coils wrapped around each arm. The stator coils may include superconducting wires for providing a charge to the high-temperature superconductors and non-superconducting wires for inducing a voltage from the trapped flux provided by the superconductors during operation in generator mode. The dysprosium core maximizes the magnetic flux saturated by the core while providing additional safety measures during operation. A backup power wheel or permanent magnets positioned in series with the high-temperature superconductors may provide emergency power at non-cryogenic temperatures.
US08008819B2
A spindle motor includes a rotor unit and a stator unit arranged to rotatably support the rotor unit about a central axis through a fluid dynamic pressure generated in a lubricant held within a bearing gap between the rotor unit and the stator unit. The bearing gap has an annular opening coaxial or substantially coaxial with the central axis, the lubricant defining a capillary seal near the opening within the bearing gap. An oil buffer continuously expanding outwards from the opening of the bearing gap is provided between the rotor unit and the stator unit, the oil buffer being used in temporarily storing the lubricant when the lubricant is filled into the bearing gap, and an oleophobic treatment is performed on a surface of the rotor unit and a surface of the stator unit outside the oil buffer.
US08008811B2
A power supplying apparatus includes a conversion device to convert direct current (DC) power from a battery set into alternating current (AC) power. A current transformer arrangement may generate a DC charging signal based on the AC power and provide the DC charging signal to the battery set. The current transformer may include a plurality of current transformers.
US08008808B2
The present invention provides a simplified method of controlling power among the various sources and loads in a power system. Power generating sources are each connected to a common DC bus through a converter designed to optimize power flow to the DC bus. A DC storage device is connected to the common DC bus through a power regulator designed to maintain a constant voltage on the DC bus. Further, an inverter may be provided to convert the DC voltage to an AC voltage for a customer load or for connection to the utility grid. Each power conversion device is independently controlled to provide a modular and simplified power control system.
US08008803B2
A power supply circuit includes a first resistor and a first capacitor. One end of the first resistor is connected to a system power. The other end of the first resistor is connected to the anode of the first capacitor. The cathode of the first capacitor is connected to a digital analog converter A (DACA) VDD pin of a north bridge on a motherboard. The system power provides a stable power signal for the DACA VDD of the north bridge via the first resistor and the first capacitor. Thereby the display no longer ripples when the resolution of the display is adjusted to a certain value.
US08008799B2
An integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a plurality of first power supply lines for providing a first power to the first circuit. A first intra-chip clock interface generates a first clock signal on the first power supply lines. A plurality of second power supply lines are coupled to the plurality of first power supply lines and further couple a second power to the second circuit. A second intra-chip clock interface recovers the first clock signal from the second power supply lines. The second circuit operates based on the first clock signal.
US08008795B2
A power generation system is disclosed for supplying power to an electrical grid. The system comprises a synchronous machine and coupling means for coupling the synchronous machine to a prime mover. Control means are provided to control the system such that the system is selectively operable in two modes. In the first mode, the synchronous machine is coupled to the prime mover and acts as a synchronous generator to supply power to the grid. In the second mode the synchronous machine is decoupled from the prime mover and acts as a synchronous condenser. This can allow parameters of the grid, such as power factor and voltage, to be adjusted.
US08008794B2
The disclosure concerns a wind power plant and its operation during grid loss, wherein the wind power plant comprises a plurality of rotor blades, a blade pitch drive, a rotor shaft, an electric generator, and a control unit for controlling the operations of the wind power plant, wherein the plurality of rotor blades are rotatably connected to the rotor shaft, such that the pitch of the rotor blades can be adjusted by the blade pitch drive under the control of the control unit, and wherein the rotor shaft is operatively connected to the electric generator for generating electric energy, the wind power plant further comprising an energy storing unit for powering the blade pitch drive, wherein the control unit comprises a control module for adjusting the rotor blades and for entering a self-sustaining mode of operation of the wind power plant. With the self-sustaining mode of operation basic functions of the wind power plant, in particular safety and security functions as well as lubrication of the rotatable parts of the wind power plant are sustained even for long periods of a grid loss.
US08008781B2
An apparatus and method, the apparatus includes an electronic chip package including an electronic chip having a first contact pad and a second contact pad thereon and being free of an intervening contact pad therebetween, a first dielectric layer coupled to the electronic chip over the first and second contact pads, and a second dielectric layer coupled to the first dielectric layer such that a dielectric layer boundary is formed therebetween. The first dielectric layer has a first contact pad via formed therethrough at a first location corresponding to the first contact pad and extending down thereto. The second dielectric layer has a second contact pad via formed therethrough at a second location corresponding to the second contact pad and extending down thereto such that a second contact pad multi-layer via is formed through the first and second dielectric layers at the second location corresponding to the second contact pad.
US08008775B2
A system and method for forming post passivation metal structures is described. Metal interconnections and high quality electrical components, such as inductors, transformers, capacitors, or resistors are formed on a layer of passivation, or on a thick layer of polymer over a passivation layer.
US08008773B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode of a semiconductor element, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured on a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor chip, an encapsulating material encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the surface portion being other than regions, each of the regions connecting with the first second electrodes, each of inner electrodes being connected with the first or the second electrodes, a thickness of the inner electrode from the first surface or the second surface being the same thickness as the encapsulating material from the first surface or the second surface, respectively, outer electrodes, each of the outer electrodes being formed on the encapsulating material and connected with the inner electrode, a width of the outer electrode being at least wider than a width of the semiconductor chip, and outer plating materials, each of the outer plating materials covering five surfaces of the outer electrode other than one surface of the outer electrode being connected with the inner electrode.
US08008771B2
A semiconductor chip package including a semiconductor chip including a first surface having bonding pads, a second surface facing the first surface, and sidewalls; a molding extension part surrounding the second surface and the sidewalls of the semiconductor chip; redistribution patterns extending from the bonding pads over the molding extension part, and electrically connected to the bonding pads; bump solder balls on the redistribution patterns; and a molding layer configured to cover the first surface of the semiconductor chip and the molding extension part, while exposing portions of each of the bump solder balls. The molding layer has concave meniscus surfaces between the bump solder balls adjacent to each other.
US08008769B2
A heat-dissipating semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The method includes: disposing on and electrically connecting to a chip carrier at least a semiconductor chip and a package unit; disposing on the top surface of the package unit a heat-dissipating element having a flat portion and a supporting portion via the flat portion; receiving the package unit and semiconductor chip in a receiving space formed by the flat portion and supporting portion of the heat-dissipating element; and forming on the chip carrier encapsulant for encapsulating the package unit, semiconductor chip, and heat-dissipating element. The heat-dissipating element dissipates heat generated by the package unit, provides EMI shielding, prevents delamination between the package unit and the encapsulant, decreases thermal resistance, and prevents cracking.
US08008764B2
A structure and a method for forming the same. The structure includes a substrate, a first interposer on the substrate, a second interposer on the substrate, and a first bridge. The first and second interposers are electrically connected to the substrate. The first bridge is electrically connected to the first and second interposers.
US08008759B2
A method for making a premolded clip structure is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first clip and a second clip, and forming a molding material around the first clip comprising a first surface and the second clip comprising a second surface. The first surface of the first clip structure and the second surface of the second clip structure are exposed through the molding material, and a premolded clip structure is then formed.
US08008755B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) package, the method including the steps of: preparing a package substrate having an LED chip mounted thereon; preparing a mold which has a convex portion, a plane portion extending outward from the convex portion, and a projecting portion formed on the lower surface of the plane portion, the projecting portion having a sharp end; engaging the mold with the package substrate such that the projecting portion is contacted with the surface of the package substrate; and filling transparent resin into the convex portion.
US08008752B2
A component for an information display device has a transparent substrate having a surface that has a first refractive index. The surface is selectively coated in a pattern comprising a transparent electrically conductive layer disposed at least at a first region of the surface and at a second region of the surface. The first region of the surface is separated from the second region by a third region that is devoid of the transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer has a second refractive index that is higher than the first refractive index. The first, second and third regions are commonly overcoated with a transparent layer comprising non-conductive nanoparticles, the overcoating layer being disposed over the transparent conductive layer at the first and second regions and also disposed over the third region that is devoid of the transparent conductive layer. The refractive index of the layer comprising nanoparticles is higher than the first refractive index.
US08008750B2
Crack stops for semiconductor devices, semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a barrier structure for a semiconductor device includes a plurality of substantially V-shaped regions. Each of the plurality of substantially V-shaped regions is disposed adjacent another of the plurality of substantially V-shaped regions.
US08008748B2
A deep trench varactor structure compatible with a deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. A buried plate layer is formed on a second deep trench, while the first trench is protected from formation of any buried plate layer. The inside of the deep trenches is filled with a conductive material to form inner electrodes. At least one doped well is formed outside and abutting portions of the first deep trench and constitutes at least one outer varactor electrode. Multiple doped wells may be connected in parallel to provide a varactor having complex voltage dependency of capacitance. The buried plate layer and another doped well connected thereto constitute an outer electrode of a linear capacitor formed on the second deep trench.
US08008732B2
A semiconductor memory includes a plurality of stripe-like active areas formed by stacking, in a direction perpendicular to a substrate, a plurality of layers extending parallel to the substrate, a first gate electrode formed on first side surfaces of the active areas, the first side surfaces being perpendicular to the substrate, a second gate electrode formed on second side surfaces of the active areas, the second side surfaces being perpendicular to the substrate. The layers are patterned in self-alignment with each other, intersections of the active areas and the first gate electrode form a plurality of memory cells, and the plurality of memory cells in an intersecting plane share the first gate electrode.
US08008727B2
To reduce the leak current in the MOSFET connected between the pad and the ground. There are provided a pad PAD for an input or output signal, an n-type MOSFET M1a connected between the pad PAD and the ground and having its gate terminal and backgate connected in common, and a potential control circuit 10 that controls a potential Vb of the gate terminal and the backgate of the n-type MOSFET M1a based on a potential Vin of the pad PAD. The potential control circuit 10 comprises n-type MOSFETs M2 and M3; the n-type MOSFET M1a has its gate terminal and backgate connected to backgates and drains of the n-type MOSFETs M2 and M3; the n-type MOSFET M2 has its source grounded and its gate terminal connected to the pad PAD via a resistance R; and the n-type MOSFET M3 has its source connected to the pad PAD and its gate terminal grounded.
US08008725B2
A field transistor for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and method for making such a transistor is described. The field transistor includes a gate conductive layer pattern formed on a field oxide layer. Since the gate conductive layer pattern is formed on the field oxide layer, a thin gate insulating layer having a high possibility of insulation breakdown is not used. To form an inversion layer for providing a current path between source and drain regions, a field oxide layer is interposed to form low concentration source and drain regions overlapped by the gate conductive layer pattern.
US08008719B2
A semiconductor device is formed having lower gate to drain capacitance. A trench (80) is formed adjacent to a drain (20) of the semiconductor device. Trench (80) has a sidewall surface (100) and a surface (90). A doped region (110) is implanted through the sidewall surface (100) of trench (80). A dielectric layer (150) overlies the sidewall surface (100) of trench (80). A shield layer (170) overlies the dielectric layer (150). The shield layer (170) is between a portion of drain (20) and a portion of the gate and gate interconnect of the semiconductor device thereby reducing gate to drain capacitance. The shield layer (170) overlies a minority portion of the surface (90) of trench (80). A second shield layer (270) further reduces gate to drain capacitance.
US08008718B2
The semiconductor device of the present invention is a semiconductor device including P-type and N-type thin film transistors, at least one of the N-type thin film transistors having an off-set gate structure, at least one of the P-type thin film transistors having a LDD structure, wherein a P-type high concentration impurity layer for forming the at least one P-type thin film transistor is formed on the semiconductor layer in a region other than a region below a gate electrode and a sidewall spacer and contains a higher concentration of a P-type impurity together with an impurity contained in an N-type low concentration impurity layer and an N-type high concentration impurity layer for forming the N type thin film transistor.
US08008717B2
A semiconductor device of the present invention has a first-conductivity-type substrate having second-conductivity-type base regions exposed to a first surface thereof; trench gates provided to a first surface of the substrate; first-conductivity-type source regions formed shallower than the base regions; a plurality of second-conductivity-type column regions located between two adjacent trench gates in a plan view, while being spaced from each other in a second direction normal to the first direction; the center of each column region and the center of each base contact region fall on the center line between two trench gates; and has no column region formed below the trench gates.
US08008714B2
A semiconductor device, including a MOSFET, has a plurality of transistor cell regions disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A source electrode of the MOSFET is disposed over a main surface of the semiconductor substrate and is in contact with a top surface of a source region in each of the plurality of transistor cell regions. A drain electrode of the MOSFET is a disposed over a back surface of the semiconductor substrate and is electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. A Schottky cell region is disposed between the plurality of transistor cell regions in the semiconductor substrate. The source electrode is in contact with a part of the main surface of the semiconductor so as to form a Schottky junction in the Schottky cell region.
US08008704B2
To reduce capacitance between each adjacent two word lines in a semiconductor memory device, a first insulating film is formed, with a first gate insulating film thereunder, in an interstice between gates respectively of each adjacent two memory transistors, and in an interstice between a gate of a selective transistor and a gate of a memory transistor adjacent thereto. Additionally, a second insulating film is formed on the first insulating film, sides of the gate of each memory transistor, and a side, facing the memory transistor, of the gate of the selective transistor. A third insulating film is formed parallel to a semiconductor substrate so as to cover a metal silicide film, the first and second insulating films and fourth and fifth insulating films. A void part is provided in the interstice between each adjacent two gates of the memory transistors, and in the interstice between the gate of the selective transistor and the gate of the memory transistor adjacent thereto. A bottom and two sides of each void part are shielded by the second insulating film, and a top of each void part is shielded by the third insulating film.
US08008696B2
A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) optical sensor structure comprises a pixel containing a charge collection well of a same semiconductor material as a semiconductor layer in a semiconductor substrate and at least another pixel containing another charge collection well of a different semiconductor material than the material of the semiconductor layer. The charge collections wells have different band gaps, and consequently, generate charge carriers in response to light having different wavelengths. The CMOS sensor structure thus includes at least two pixels responding to light of different wavelengths, enabling wavelength-sensitive, or color-sensitive, capture of an optical data. Further, a design structure for the inventive complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor is also provided.
US08008695B2
An image sensor includes a semiconductor layer that low-pass filters light of different wavelengths. For example, the semiconductor layer proportionately absorbs photons of shorter wavelengths and proportionately passes more photons of longer wavelengths such that the longer wavelength photons often pass through without being absorbed. An imaging pixel having a photodiode is formed on a front surface of the semiconductor layer, where the photodiode is an N− region formed within the P-type region of the semiconductor layer. A P+ layer is formed between the N− region of the photodiode and a back surface of the semiconductor layer. A mirror that primarily reflects photons of red and/or infra-red wavelengths is formed on the back surface of the semiconductor layer.
US08008694B2
A light source with enhanced brightness includes an angle-selective optical filter and a light emitting diode (LED) having a high reflective layer. The angle-selective filter is located on the top surface of emitting diode to pass lights at specified angles. According to one embodiment, the angle-selective filter includes index-alternating layers. With a reflective polarizer, the light source can produce polarized light with enhanced brightness.
US08008693B2
A thin film semiconductor transistor structure has a substrate with a dielectric surface, and an active layer made of a semiconductor thin film exhibiting a crystallinity as equivalent to the single-crystalline. To fabricate the transistor, the semiconductor thin film is formed on the substrate, which film includes a mixture of a plurality of crystals which may be columnar crystals and/or capillary crystal substantially parallel to the substrate. The resultant structure is then subject to thermal oxidation in a chosen atmosphere containing halogen, thereby removing away any metallic element as contained in the film. This may enable formation of a mono-domain region in which the individual columnar or capillary crystal is in contact with any adjacent crystals and which is capable of being substantially deemed to be a single-crystalline region without presence or inclusion of any crystal grain boundaries therein. This region is for use in forming the active layer of the transistor.
US08008685B2
Provided are a light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the light emitting device, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. The light emitting device comprises a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive type semiconductor layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer between the first conductive type semiconductor layer and the second conductive type layer. At least one lateral surface of the light emitting structure layer has cleavage planes of an A-plane and an M-plane.
US08008679B2
A light emitting diode and methods of forming the same are provided. The light emitting diode includes an epitaxy chip having a first substrate, a first conductive semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the first substrate; a second substrate holding the epitaxy chip; an isolation layer on the second substrate, the isolation layer having a first portion connecting to one side of the epitaxy chip and a second portion connecting to another side of the epitaxy chip; a first electrode on the first portion of the isolation layer; and a second electrode on the second portion of the isolation layer, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode respectively and electrically connect to the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer.
US08008677B2
A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a semiconductor member having a cavity in a principal surface thereof, inside which the light emitting element is mounted, and electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the semiconductor member is constructed as a voltage regulating diode for stabilizing a voltage supplied from the exterior. As a result, the light emitting element can be protected from a static electricity or a surge voltage flowed therein from the exterior, the entire size of the system can be remarkably reduced so as to simplify a structure thereof, and heat generated from the system can be effectively discharged to the exterior. In addition, by providing a reflection portion in the cavity, light emitted from the light emitting element can be efficiently condensed.
US08008674B2
A light emitting device has a mount with a protruding portion that has an element mounting surface on which a light emitting element is mounted and a first lead and a second lead are exposed. The light emitting element has a first electrode and a second electrode that are electrically connected to the first lead and the second lead, respectively.
US08008672B2
A light emitting device includes at least one particle over the light emitter. Light at a first wavelength travels from the emitter along a first path adjacent to the particle and at a second wavelength along a second path that passes through the particle. The particle converts the light on the second path from the first wavelength into a second wavelength. The light at the first wavelength mixes with the light at the second wavelength to form light of a third wavelength, which may be white light or another color.
US08008662B2
A display substrate having a low-resistance metallic layer and a method of manufacturing the display substrate. The gate conductors are extended in a first direction. The source conductors are extended in a second direction crossing the first direction including a lower layer of molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy, and an upper layer of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The pixel areas are defined by the gate conductors and the source conductors. A switching element is formed in each of the pixel areas and includes a gate electrode extended from the gate conductor and a source electrode extended from the source conductor. The pixel electrode includes a transparent conductive material, and is electrically connected to a drain electrode of the switching element.
US08008659B2
A substrate bias is controlled such that a leakage current is minimum. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a leakage detecting circuit which detects a leakage current by using leakage detecting MOSFETs, a control circuit which generates a control signal depending on an output from the leakage detecting circuit, a substrate bias generating circuit which changes a substrate bias depending on the control signal, and a controlled circuit including a MOSFET having the same characteristics as that of each of the leakage detecting MOSFETs. The leakage detecting circuit detects a substrate leakage current which includes as the substrate bias becomes deep and a subthreshold leakage current which decreases as the substrate bias becomes deep. A control signal is transmitted to the substrate bias generating circuit such that the substrate bias is made deep when the substrate leakage current is smaller than the subthreshold leakage current and such that the substrate bias is made shallow when the substrate leakage current is larger than the subthreshold leakage current.
US08008657B2
Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device (organic EL device) which is improved in luminous efficiency, fully secured of driving stability, and of simple constitution and a compound useful for the fabrication of said organic EL device. The compound for the organic EL device has an indolocarbazole structure or a structure similar thereto in the molecule wherein an aromatic group is bonded to the nitrogen atom in the indolocarbazole. The organic EL device has a light-emitting layer disposed between an anode and a cathode piled one upon another on a substrate and said light-emitting layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and the aforementioned compound for an organic electroluminescent device as a host material.
US08008650B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound 6 is formed directly on a channel 5 of a transistor 1 comprising a source electrode 2, a drain electrode 3, a gate electrode 4 and the n-type channel 5 having a nanotube-shaped structure and provided between the source electrode 2 and the drain electrode 3.
US08008648B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to nanoscale memristor devices that provide nonvolatile memristive switching. In one embodiment, a memristor device comprises an active region disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The device includes a first insulation element disposed between the first electrode and an outer portion of a first surface of the active region. The first insulation element is configured with one or more opening through which the first electrode makes physical contact with the active region. The device also includes a second insulation element disposed between the second electrode and an outer portion of a second surface of the active region. The second insulation element is configured with one or more opening through which the second electrode makes physical contact with the second surface.
US08008646B2
A light emitting diode is disclosed, wherein the light extraction efficiency of a device can be enhanced by forming patterns on a substrate, a light emitting structure is formed on the substrate formed with the patterns, the substrate is removed from the light emitting structure, and patterns corresponding to those formed on the substrate are formed on the light emitting structure.
US08008641B2
An automated object inspection system is presented. The inspection system includes an imaging system to produce at least two images of said object having different optical properties and an analyzer coupled to the imaging system to receive the images and to perform a variety of inspection operations on said images. The imaging system may produce images of the object under inspection in the visible range having varying exposure values. A vision engine included in the analyzer may combine said images through an algorithmic process into one image having high light dynamic range. Alternatively, the imaging system may produce images of the object in the visible or non-visible electromagnetic range. The analyzer may perform inspection routines on said images. An imaging system capable of producing digital video is presented, wherein each frame of video produced by said camera is composed of multiple images having different optical properties.
US08008629B2
A charged particle beam device is provided. The device includes a primary objective lens for focusing a primary charged particle beam, the primary objective lens defining an optical axis, a specimen stage defining a specimen location area, a deflection unit for deflecting the primary charged particle beam between the primary objective lens and the specimen location area, towards a beam path for impingement on the specimen, wherein the deflection unit is movable with respect to the optical axis.
US08008624B2
A method includes fabricating an energy detector using a sol-gel process.
US08008615B2
A beam power source transmits a signal indicating power availability, receives a request for power in response, and beams power in response to the request.
US08008609B2
Various blanks, trays, cartons, systems, and other constructs for heating, browning, and/or crisping a food item are provided.
US08008608B2
An autoclave for pressure and temperature treatment of objects includes a pressure container having a pressure resistant wall which encloses a pressure chamber for receiving the objects to be treated, the pressure chamber having a free inner diameter of at least 1.5 m; and a heat source for heating the objects received in the pressure chamber, the heat source including a plurality of microwave sources irradiating microwave radiation, which are arranged outside the pressure container. The microwave sources are distributed over the pressure resistant wall at an areal density of at least 4 microwave sources per square meter surface area of the pressure resistant wall; and the microwave radiation irradiated by the microwave sources is coupled through the pressure resistant wall into the pressure chamber.
US08008606B2
The present invention provides a composite heating element suitable for heating an article when activated by a power source. The composite heating element comprises a first backing layer and a discontinuous circuit formed of a conductive material disposed on the first backing layer. The discontinuous circuit has terminal ends for electrical connection with the power source and defines at least one gap between the terminal ends. The composite article further comprises a second backing layer spaced from the first backing layer. A trace formed of a conductive material is disposed on the second backing layer. The trace is aligned with the at least one gap for forming a complete circuit when the first and second backing layers at least partially abut each other with the trace extending across the gap and contacting the discontinuous circuit.
US08008595B2
An arrangement for generating extreme ultraviolet radiation by an electrically operated gas discharge which achieves an improvement in the adjustment of the layer thickness when applying a molten metal to the electrode surfaces and provides better protection against the uncontrolled spreading of molten metal into the environment that is associated with an increase in the rotational speed of the electrodes. It should be possible to increase the rotational speed to the extent that unconsumed discharge zones of the electrodes are always situated in the discharge area at repetition frequencies of several kilohertz. An edge area to be covered has at least one receiving area which extends circumferentially in a closed manner along the edge of the electrode on the electrode surface and which is constructed so as to be wetting for the molten metal and to which a liquid dispensing nozzle is directed for regenerative application of the molten metal.
US08008590B2
For a cell-phone or PDA, the rows of key-caps include respective light-strips, which pick up light from respective LEDs surface-mounted on the PCB. The light-strips are sandwiched between the key-caps and the key-switch actuators (whereby the light-strips move with the keys when the keys are depressed). Sockets for receiving the key-caps are co-molded to the light-strips. Sockets are provided in the resilient webs of the keys for receiving under-blocks co-molded to the light-strips.
US08008584B2
A panel circuit structure for transmitting electrical signals to an active area is provided. The panel circuit structure includes a first transmission pad, a first test pad, a second transmission pad, a second test pad, and a third transmission pad, which are connected to a driving element. The first transmission pad, the first test pad, the second transmission pad, and the second test pad transmit electrical signals to the active area via the first transmission lines and second transmission lines. The first transmission pads and the second transmission pads are disposed at a first end of the driving element while the third transmission pad is disposed at a second end of the driving element. The first and second test pads are disposed outside the coverage area of the driving element.
US08008579B2
A printed circuit board includes an insulated base sheet, a heat-conducting layer, and a plurality of heat-conducting blocks. The heat-conducting layer is disposed on the insulated base sheet. The heat-conducting blocks are formed on the heat-conducting layer. Each of the heat-conducting blocks is separated from each other.
US08008573B2
An integrated package structure having a solar cell and a thermoelectric element includes a substrate, a first solar cell and a thermoelectric element. The substrate has a first surface. The first solar cell has a second surface, a first electrode disposed on the second surface and a second electrode disposed on the second surface. The second surface faces the first surface. The thermoelectric element has a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The thermoelectric element is disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the third electrode and the fourth electrode respectively. A method of fabricating the integrated package structure having the solar cell and the thermoelectric element is also provided.
US08008571B2
Heat transfer to refrigerate or heat uses a thermoelectric semiconductor structure including a P-type composite of dices of semiconductor material alloyed with P-type material forming spaced collector regions at junctions with a P-type conductive material for flux of electrical current and a N-type composite of dices of semiconductor material alloyed with N-type material forming spaced collector regions at junctions with a N-type conductive material for flux of electrical current. The thickness of each the dices is sufficient to form a PN junction. Electrically conductive buss bars form an electrical circuit between the dices of N-type conductivity and the dices of P-type conductivity. An electrically conductive buss bar forms an electrical circuit connection between the dices of N-type conductivity and the dices of P-type conductivity. An electrical potential is applied by terminals between the P-type composite and the N-type composite to induce a flux of heat concurrent with the flux of electrical current.
US08008570B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a display assembly received in a cover by the front mounting method, a combining recess is formed on a corner formed at which a side part and an upper portion of a supporting part meet together, and a first hole is formed on a bottom of the combining recess. A first opening exposing the first hole is formed in a top surface part of a front receiving frame. A bottom part of a rear receiving frame supporting a rear face of a display module has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. An incision portion opening the sidewall part of the rear receiving frame exposes the second hole, the first reinforcement member is bent around an edge of the sidewall part, and connects the opposite edges. As such, the width of a frame of the cover is reduced, and the rear receiving frame improves the strength against external force.
US08008566B2
Methods, system and/or computer program products for detection of a note include receiving an audio signal and generating a plurality of frequency domain representations of the audio signal over time. A time domain representation is generated from the plurality of frequency domain representations. A plurality of edges are detected in the time domain representation and the note is detected by selecting one of the plurality of edges as corresponding to the note based on characteristics of the time domain representation.
US08008561B2
An audio file format is provided, which includes definitions for one or more instruments that are associated with one or more light groupings, where each light grouping includes one or more light sources. Received commands present in the audio file, and associated with an instrument definition, are compared to determine if the associated instrument definition corresponds to one of the one or more light groupings. If the associated instrument definition corresponds to a light grouping, then the commands are mapped to corresponding display effects, and the illumination of the one or more light sources of the respective light grouping is controlled. If the associated instrument definition of the received command corresponds to an audio instrument, then an audible output is controlled in accordance with the received command.
US08008558B2
The invention is a stringed instrument having string vibrations transmitted through a bridge directly to an interaction region of a soundboard, to the exclusion of vibrations via other paths.
US08008532B2
A process is disclosed for simultaneously extracting, saponifying, and isolating lutein without the use of harmful organic solvents. In one embodiment the method includes (a) dispersing Marigold oleoresin in an alkane hydrocarbon alkanol solution, (b) adding a potassium hydroxide to the Marigold oleoresin and alkane hydrocarbon alkanol solution to form a homogenous solution of Marigold oleoresin, (c) refluxing the homogeneous solution until ester hydrolysis of the Marigold oleoresin is completed, (d) cooling the homogeneous solution and allowing it to settle until lutein crystals are formed, and (e) washing the lutein crystals with methanol-hexane solution to separate and filter them from the solvents.
US08008525B2
An agent for regulating 14273 receptor function, which is useful as a preventing or treating drug for diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia or the like, is provided. An agent for regulating 14273 receptor function comprising a compound containing an aromatic ring and a group capable of releasing a cation.
US08008519B2
The disclosure herein relates to organofunctional silanes and mixtures of organofunctional silanes possessing mercaptan and hydrocarbyl and/or heterocarbyl functionality. These silanes reduce or eliminate the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) during use, aid in the processing of filled elastomeric materials and enhance the end-use properties of the filled elastomer. The present disclosure relates to the processes of making a composition of these silanes.
US08008517B2
In one aspect of the invention, a method recovers oil from a concentrated byproduct, such as evaporated thin stillage formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method includes forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct. Further, the step of separating the oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil from thin stillage.
US08008514B2
Process for preparing 2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-tetrahydropyran carboxylic acid (I) comprising: a) Reaction of 5-bromo-2-methyl-2-pentene (III) with magnesium and then diethyloxalate to obtain ethyl-2-oxo-6-methyl-5-heptenoate (IV); b) Reaction of ethyl-2-oxo-6-methyl-5-heptenoate (IV) with an alkali amide and methyl acetate to obtain ethyl-2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-heptenoate (V); c) Reaction of ethyl-2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-heptenoate (V) with an alkali metal hydroxide to obtain the corresponding 2-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-heptenoic acid (VI); d) Cyclisation of 2-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-heptenoic acid (VI) with formic acid to give 2-carboxymethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-tetrahydropyrancarboxylic acid (VII); e) Monoesterification of 2-carboxymethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-tetrahydropyrancarboxylic acid (VII) to 2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-tetrahydropyran carboxylic acid (I), characterised in that in stage (e) the 2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-tetrahydropyran carboxylic acid (I) is purified by means of the formation of the corresponding salt with cyclohexylamine (IA).
US08008510B2
The present invention relates to metalloprotein inhibitors comprising: a. an organic substituent and at least one zinc binding group (ZBG) covalently attached thereto; or b. a ZBG substituted by a side chain wherein the ZBG is of formula (I): wherein X is O or S and each R1, R2, R3, and R4 is individually hydrogen or an organic radical. The metalloprotein inhibitors are useful for preventing or treating a pathological disease, condition, or symptom that is associated with pathological metalloprotein activity and/or that is alleviated by inhibition of said activity.
US08008503B2
The invention is concerned with novel substituted benzimidazole derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 to R10 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds can be used as medicaments.
US08008496B2
The compounds represented in general formula (1) and a salt thereof are useful for glucocorticoid receptor modulator. The R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R3 and R4 may be the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R6 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group or a nitro group; X represents —C(O)—, —C(O)NR8—, —S(O)2— and the like; R7 and/or R8 may be the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, a lower alkoxy group which may have a substituent and the like; Y represents a lower alkylene group; Z represents a chalcogen atom; and P represents 0, 1, 2 or 3.
US08008488B2
The invention relates to pyrimidin 2-one compounds of general formula (I), in addition to the derivatives and tautomers of (I) and the physiologically acceptable salts of said compounds. In said formula, A represents linear or branched C3-C6 alkene, which can have a double bond or triple bond and/or a group Z, which is not adjacent to the nitrogen atom of the pyrimidinone ring and is selected from O, S, C(O), NR3, C(O)NR3, NR3C(O), OC(O) and C(O)O; B represents a group of the formula (II), in which X stands for CH2 or N and Y stands for CH2 or CH2CH2, or X—Y can also jointly represent C═CH, C═CH—CH2 or CH—CH═CH; R1 and R2 are defined as cited in the description and the claims; and Ar represents an optionally substituted aromatic group. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical agent, containing at least one compound (I) and the tautomers, derivatives and/or acid addition salts of said compound, optionally together with physiologically acceptable carriers and/or auxiliary agents. The invention also relates to the use of compounds of formula (I), and their tautomers, derivatives and pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts for producing a pharmaceutical agent for treating diseases which respond to the influence of dopamine D3 receptor ligands.
US08008486B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the industrial manufacture of polymorph B of N-{2-Fluoro-5-[3-(thiophene-2-carbonyl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-yl]-phenyl}-N-methyl-acetamide.
US08008484B2
Compounds of the formula (I), wherein Z represents C—R7 or N, and R5 represents alkyl that may be optionally substituted, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or alkoxycarbonylamino, are useful as agricultural and horticultural fungicides.
US08008483B2
The invention is directed to novel sEH inhibitors and their use in the treatment of diseases mediated by the sEH enzyme. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5a, R6a A, B, Y, x, and m are defined below, and to pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are sEH inhibitors and can be used in the treatment of diseases mediated by the sEH enzyme, such as hypertension. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting sEH and treatment of conditions associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
US08008481B2
Novel compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and biologically active metabolites thereof of Formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined herein, which are useful as therapeutic agents.
US08008475B1
The present invention involves a process for the isolation of nucleic acids on surfaces by means of at least the following steps: charging of a surface from a given direction with nucleic acids; immobilization of the nucleic acids on the surface; release of the immobilized nucleic acids from the surface; and removal of the released nucleic acids essentially in the direction of charging. Preferably the loading takes place from the top.
US08008473B2
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating tumor necrosis factor and/or tumor necrosis factor receptor gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules. This invention also relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression and activity of other genes involved in pathways of tumor necrosis factor and/or tumor necrosis factor receptor gene expression and/or activity by RNA interference (RNAi) using small nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the instant invention features small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules and methods used to modulate the expression of tumor necrosis factor and/or tumor necrosis factor receptor genes, (TNF and/or TNF receptor).
US08008461B2
The present invention is to provide a process for efficiently producing an optically active alcohol including (R)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile. One of the features of the present invention is a polypeptide having an activity of asymmetrically reducing 3-oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile isolated from a microorganism belonging to the genus Candida to produce (R)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile, DNA encoding the polypeptide and a transformant of producing the polypeptide. Another feature of the present invention is a process for producing an optically active alcohol such as (R)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanenitrile by reducing a carbonyl compound such as 3-oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile by use of the polypeptide or the transformant.
US08008459B2
In the present invention are disclosed concatemers of concatenated expression cassettes and vectors that enable the synthesis of such concatemers. The concatemer comprises in the 5′→3′ direction a cassette of nucleotide sequence of the general formula [rs2-SP-PR-X-TR-SP-rs1]n wherein rs1 and rs2 together denote a functional restriction site, SP individually denotes a spacer of at least two nucleotide bases, PR denotes a promoter, capable of functioning in a cell, X denotes an expressible nucleotide sequence, TR denotes a terminator, and SP individually denotes a spacer of at least two nucleotide bases, and n>/=2, and wherein at least a first cassette is different from a second cassette. The main purpose of these concatemers is the controllable and co-ordinated expression of large numbers of heterologous genes in a single host. Furthermore, the invention relates to a concatemer of cassettes of nucleotide sequences and a method for preparing the concatemers. In a further aspect, the invention relates to transgenic host cells comprising at least one concatemer according to the invention, as well as to a method for preparing the transgenic host cells. Finally, the invention relates to a vector comprising a cassette of nucleotides, a method for preparing said vector, a nucleotide library comprising at least two primary vectors each comprising a cassette of nucleotides, a method for preparing the library.
US08008456B2
Non-natural amino acids and polypeptides with non-natural amino acids are disclosed. Further, polypeptides with non-natural amino acids that are subject to post-translational modification are disclosed. Additionally, methods of making, purifying, and using non-natural amino acids and polypeptides with non-natural amino acids are disclosed. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typically have at least one oxime, carbonyl, dicarbonyl, and/or hydroxylamine group. Uses for the non-natural amino acids and polypeptides with non-natural amino acids include diagnostic, therapeutic, and various biotechnology uses.
US08008453B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing a pharmacologically active compound, in which at least one internal conjugation site of an Fc domain sequence is selected that is amenable to conjugation of an additional functional moiety by a defined conjugation chemistry through the side chain of an amino acid residue at the conjugation site. An appropriate amino acid residue for conjugation may be present in a native Fc domain at the conjugation site or may be added by insertion (i.e., between amino acids in the native Fc domain) or by replacement (i.e., removing amino acids and substituting different amino acids). In the latter case, the number of amino acids added need not correspond to the number of amino acids removed from the previously existing Fc domain. This technology may be used to produce useful compositions of matter and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. A DNA encoding the inventive composition of matter, an expression vector containing the DNA, and a host cell containing the expression vector are also disclosed.
US08008451B2
Polypeptide produced from human stromal cell line, the process for the preparation of the polypeptide, DNA encoding the polypeptide, vector carrying the DNA, host cell transformed by the vector, antibody of the polypeptide, and pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide or the antibody.
US08008449B2
The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that specifically bind to PD-1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for detecting PD-1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-1 antibodies. The present invention further provides methods for using a combination immunotherapy, such as the combination of anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies, to treat hyperproliferative disease, such as cancer. The invention also provides methods for altering adverse events related to treatment with such antibodies individually.
US08008433B2
The present invention relates to a method of preventing or treating a bone disorder in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having ability to modulate lipid metabolism but having no appreciable effect on IGF-1.
US08008430B2
A high molecular weight, water-soluble polymer comprising pendant salicylic acid groups and having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2,000,000 daltons and use of the polymer for clarifying red mud-containing liquors generated in the Bayer process for the recovery of alumina from bauxite.
US08008428B2
The invention provides water-soluble compounds that include a polymer and at least one terminal azide or acetylene moiety. Also provided are highly efficient methods for the selective modification of proteins with PEG derivatives, which involves the selective incorporation of non-genetically encoded amino acids, e.g., those amino acids containing an azide or acetylene moiety, into proteins in response to a selector codon and the subsequent modification of those amino acids with a suitably reactive PEG derivative.
US08008420B2
An organohydrogenpoly siloxane resin having the formula (I): (R1R32SiO½)w(R32SiO½)x(R1SiO3/2)y(SiO4/2)z, wherein R1 is C1 to C10 hydrocarbyl or C1 to C10 halogen-substituted hydrocarbyl, both free of aliphatic unsaturation, R3 is R1 or an organosilylalkyl group having at least one siliconbonded hydrogen atom, w is from 0 to 0.8, x is from 0 to 0.6, y is from 0 to 0.99, z is from 0 to 0.35, w+x+y+z=1, y+z/(w+x+y+z) is from 0.2 to 0.99, w+x/(w+x+y+z) is from 0.01 to 0.8, and at least 50 mol % of the groups R3 are organosilylalkyl; a silicone composition containing the resin, and a cured silicone resin prepared by curing the silicone composition.
US08008416B2
A compound, oligomer, or polymer having a functional group of formula (I) wherein R is a group having 1 to 12 carbons and optionally including one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur is useful in curable compositions having active hydrogen functional groups reactive with group (I). The functional groups of formula (I) and active hydrogen functional groups may be part of the same material or different materials. In some embodiments a filler is surface modified to have a functional group of formula (I). Also disclosed is a method of making a material having a functional group of formula (I).
US08008414B2
An organoantimony compound represented by the formula (1), processes for producing polymers with use of the compound, and polymers wherein R1 and R2 are C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic group, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or C1-C8 alkyl, and R5 is aryl, substituted aryl, an aromatic heterocyclic group, oxycarbonyl or cyano.
US08008400B2
A masterbatch composition comprising (percent by weight): A) 50%-90% of a crystalline polypropylene component comprising: AI) from 25% to 75% of a fraction having a melt flow rate MFRI of from 0.1 to 10 g/10 min.; and AII) from 75% to 25% of a fraction having a melt flow rate value MFRII equal to or lower than 100 g/10 min.; wherein the ratio MFRI/MFRII is from 5 to 60; and B) 10%-50% of a copolymer component of ethylene and at least one C3-C10 α-olefin, containing from 15% to 50% of ethylene; said masterbatch composition having a value of the intrinsic viscosity [η] of the fraction soluble in xylene at room temperature equal to or higher than 3.5 dl/g, is added to polyolefin materials to obtain final compositions suitable for injection molding.
US08008398B2
Foamable compositions which are usable for the manufacture of foamed, flexible, heat resistant, thermoplastic elastomeric articles, and which comprises at least: (a) 100 pbw of one or more selectively hydrogenated block copolymers, (b) 5 to 50 pbw per 100 pbw of component (a) of one or more different selectively hydrogenated block copolymers, (c) 42 to 80 pbw per 100 pbw of component (a) of a linear crystalline polymer comprising propylene as the major component, (d) from 100 to 250 pbw per 100 pbw of component (a) of a softener compatible with blocks B and B′, and (e) from 0.01 to 3 wt. %, relative to the weight of the primary components (a) to (e) of a solid chemical nucleating agent of the endothermic group in combination with a blowing agent.
US08008384B2
A phosphite composition comprising at least two of a tris(dibutylaryl) phosphite, a tris(monobutylaryl) phosphite, a bis(dibutylaryl)monobutylaryl phosphite, and a bis(monobutylaryl)dibutylaryl phosphite. The inventive phosphite composition is a liquid at ambient conditions.
US08008376B2
Disclosed are plasticizer compositions including cyclodextrin derivatives, a flexible PVC composition with suppression of the migration of a plasticizer containing the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the flexible PVC composition of the present invention includes steps of (S1) preparing cyclodextrin derivatives; (S2) mixing the cyclodextrin derivatives, PVC and a low molecular weight liquid plasticizer to form a plastisol; and (S3) heating the plastisol to form a solution and cooling the solution. The manufacturing method PVC-1 of the present invention may be useful to mass-produce flexible PVC with suppression of the migration of a plasticizer in a simple and economic manner without using solvents since the cyclodextrin derivatives are used as a compound that can suppress the migration of a plasticizer. The flexible PVC has an effect of reducing an amount of the migrated plasticizer without deterioration in its physical properties.
US08008370B2
Coating formulations especially useful for topcoat and clearcoat applications contains an isocyanate-reactive resin, a blocked isocyanate curative, and particles which bear blocked isocyanate functionalities, a considerable portion of which unblock at a temperature lower than the unblocking temperature of the curative. As a result, the coatings exhibit improved scratch resistance.
US08008366B2
A process for producing a cured coating is provided that includes a step of forming on a substrate layer of a curable composition that includes at least one compound represented by Formula (I) and a step of curing the layer of the curable composition by irradiation with electron beam. In formula (I) , Q1 denoted a cyano group or a —COX2 group, X1 denoted a hydrogen atom, organic residue, or polymer chain bonded to carbon atom CA via a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, X2 denoted a hydrogen atom, organic residue, or polymer chain boned to the carbonyl group via a heteroatom, or a halogen atom, Ra and Rb independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or an organic residue, and X1 and X2, Ra and Rb, and X1 and Ra or Rb may be bonded to each other to form a cyclic structure. There is also provided an electron beam-curable composition that includes a compound represented by Formula (I).
US08008363B2
There is provided a shoe sole component that has properties such as strength and cushioning property that are suppressed from being changed even under a wide temperature range from severe cold at −10° C. or lower to high temperature conditions exceeding 30° C. A shoe sole component includes a cross-linked foam of a resin composition, the resin composition containing a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, in which tan δ [−20° C. to 40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz measured according to JIS K 7244-4 is 0.01 to 0.5, and tan δ [−20° C.]/tan δ [40° C.] at a frequency of 10 Hz is 0.7 to 1.3.
US08008356B2
A polyaphron dispersion comprising an external phase and polyaphrons having an internal phase, the internal phase comprising (i) a first phase which is liquid and (ii) a second phase which is liquid or gaseous.
US08008345B2
There is provided a method for preventing, alleviating symptoms or treating a skin condition comprising topically administering to the skin of a subject a cosmetic or pharmaceutical topical formulation comprising an effective skin-penetrating amount of one or more phosphate derivatives of one or more electron transfer agents.
US08008344B2
The invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, prodrugs and solvates thereof. The compounds are useful as an agent for enhancing the neurite outgrowth and preventing or treating of diseases associated with HDAC in particular, tumor or cell proliferative diseases. In particular, the compounds of the invention can be used as an agent for anti-neurodegenerative diseases and human spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
US08008342B2
Ion channel modulating compounds are disclosed. The compounds of the present invention may be incorporated in compositions and kits. The present invention also discloses a variety of in vitro and in vivo uses for the compounds and compositions, including the treatment of arrhythmia and the production of analgesia and local anesthesia.
US08008341B2
The present invention relates to benzsulfonamide derivatives of formula I and methods of use thereof. The benzsulfonamide derivatives of the present invention are efficient modulators of the JNK pathway. In particular the benzsulfonamide derivatives of the present invention are selective inhibitors of JNK 2 and 3.
US08008332B2
Compounds are provided for use with hexokinases that comprise: wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds.
US08008329B2
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing osteoporosis comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of pharmaceutical composition comprising benzamidine derivative or its salt, and bisphosphonate for the purpose of using simultaneously, separately, or sequentially as active ingredients. As a prophylactic or therapeutic composition for osteoporosis, the combination treatment of the benzamidine derivative and the bisphosphonate compound exhibits excellent inhibitory effect on osteoclast differentiation than the total effect of each individual treatment, thereby being used for the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis.
US08008320B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is H, C1-C6-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl or phenyl, R2 is a phenyl group which is substituted with 2 or 3 C1-C6-alkoxy groups and R3 is indolyl or azaindolyl which may carry one or two substituents independently selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, phenyl, OH, halogen, NH2, C1-C6-alkylamino, di-C1-C6-alkylamino, heteroaryl with 5 or 6 ring atoms containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms which are independently selected from O, N, and S and heterocyclyl with 5 or 6 ring atoms containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms which are independently selected from O, N, and S and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof as well as the physiologically acceptable solvates of the compounds of formula 1 and of the salts thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are suitable for controlling angiogenesis.
US08008319B2
The invention relates to treating colorectal polyps and precancercerous colorectal changes by topical administration of immunomodulating drugs of the imidazoquinoline family, such as imiquimod (1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine), resiquimod (4-amino-α,α-dimethyl-2-ethoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline-1-ethanol), sotirimod (2-methyl-1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,5]naphthyridin-4-amine).
US08008314B2
Hydrolysis of cyanopyridine may be reduced by use of picoline as a predominately non-aqueous quench fluid. The picoline quench fluid may also be a reactant in the manufacture of cyanopyridine.
US08008313B2
Methods for treating respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases mediated by a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist, the methods comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein D, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein.
US08008312B2
The invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of certain compounds that are antagonists of the chemokine CXCR4 receptor, and in particular to inhibit viral entry of certain viruses. Certain compounds in particular can reduce entry of immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a cell while not reducing the capacity of stem cells to proliferate, and therefore can be useful for long term treatment regimes. The compounds are useful in particular in the treatment or prevention of HIV infections.
US08008311B2
Quinazolinones of formulae (a, b, c and d) are disclosed. They are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders associated with KSP kinesin activity.
US08008309B2
Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also described are irreversible inhibitors of Btk. Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US08008307B2
This invention relates to compounds that inhibit E1 activating enzymes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. The compounds are useful for treating disorders, particularly cell proliferation disorders, including cancers, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders; and inflammation associated with infection and cachexia.
US08008306B2
To provide a novel LXRβ agonist that is useful as a preventative and/or therapeutic agent for atherosclerosis; arteriosclerosis such as those resulting from diabetes; dyslipidemia; hypercholesterolemia; lipid-related diseases; inflammatory diseases that are caused by inflammatory cytokines; skin diseases such as allergic skin diseases; diabetes; or Alzheimer's disease.A quinoline compound represented by the following general formula (1) or salt thereof, or their solvate.
US08008296B2
The present invention discloses novel compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which have histamine-H3 receptor antagonist or inverse agonist activity, as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I as well as methods of using them to treat obesity, cognitive deficiencies, narcolepsy, and other histamine H3 receptor-related diseases. (Formula I).
US08008287B2
Tricyclic compounds, protected intermediates thereof, and methods for inhibition of HIV-integrase are disclosed.
US08008283B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating neuropathic pain and neuropsychiatric disorders by administering agents that are effective in reducing the effective amount, inactivating, and/or inhibiting the activity of a Na+—K+-2Cl− (NKCC) cotransporter. In certain embodiments, the Na+—K+-2Cl− co-transporter is NKCC1.
US08008280B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating HIV-1 infection in a subject. These methods involve administering to the subject with HIV-1 infection a therapeutically effective amount of a conjugated or immunoconjugated betulinol derivative compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof, under conditions effective to treat the subject for HIV-1 infection. Also disclosed are methods inhibiting HIV-1 activity in a cell. These methods involve providing a cell infected with HIV-1 and contacting the cell with a conjugated or immunoconjugated betulinol derivative compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof, under conditions effective to inhibit HIV-1 activity in the cell.
US08008276B2
The invention relates to three-dimensional molecular structure determination of polymers, three-dimensional computer molecular modeling, rational drug design, and immunomodulatory polymers. In particular the invention is directed to immunomodulatory polymers, as well as to methods for designing, selecting, and screening therapeutic agents having immunomodulatory activity.
US08008274B2
The present invention provides a method of treating edematous retinal disorders. The method comprises administration of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a hydrolysis-resistant P2Y receptor agonist to stimulate the removal of pathological extraneous fluid from the subretinal and retinal spaces and thereby reduce the accumulation of said fluid associated with retinal detachment and retinal edema. The P2Y receptor agonist can be administered with therapeutic and adjuvant agents commonly used to treat edematous retinal disorders. The present invention also provides a method of treating cystic fibrosis. The present invention also provides a method of treating sinusitis. The present invention further provides P1-(2′-deoxycytidine 5′-)P4-(uridine 5′-)tetraphosphate, tetra-(alkali metal) salts such as tetrasodium, tetralithium, tetrapotassium, and mixed (tetra-alkali metal) salts. The present further provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a P1-(2′-deoxycytidine 5′-)P4-(uridine 5′-)tetraphosphate, tetra-(alkali metal) salt, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08008270B2
Random sequence oligonucleotides that have antiviral activity are described, along with their use as antiviral agents. In many cases, the oligonucleotides are greater than 40 nucleotides in length. Also described are methods for the prophylaxis or treatment of a viral infection in a human or animal, and a method for the prophylaxis treatment of cancer caused by oncoviruses in a human or animal. The methods typically involve administering to a human or animal in need of such treatment, a pharmacologically acceptable, therapeutically effective amount of at least oligonucleotide that does not act by a sequence complementary mode of action.
US08008269B2
Random sequence oligonucleotides that have antiviral activity are described, along with their use as antiviral agents. In many cases, the oligonucleotides are greater than 40 nucleotides in length. Also described are methods for the prophylaxis or treatment of a viral infection in a human or animal, and a method for the prophylaxis treatment of cancer caused by oncoviruses in a human or animal. The methods typically involve administering to a human or animal in need of such treatment, a pharmacologically acceptable, therapeutically effective amount of at least oligonucleotide that does not act by a sequence complementary mode of action.
US08008268B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic or vaccine composition to induce an immune response or protective immune response against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) in an animal susceptible to VSV. The composition may include a pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable vehicle or excipient, and a vector. The vector may contain at least one heterologous nucleic acid molecule(s), expresses in vivo in the animal VSV antigen(s), immunogen(s) or epitope(s) thereof, e.g., VSV G protein and/or VSV N protein and/or VSV M protein. The heterologous nucleic acid molecule(s) may be adjusted to the vector/mammalian cell system by codon optimization. The composition can contain an adjuvant, such as carbomer. Methods for making and using such a composition, including prime-boost regimes and including as to differential diagnosis, are also contemplated.
US08008267B2
The invention provides immunostimulatory oligonucleotides having at least one CpG dinucleotide and a secondary structure at the 5′- or 3′-end. These oligonucleotides have either reduced or improved immunostimulatory properties. The invention establishes that 5′-terminal secondary structures affect immunostimulatory activity significantly more than those at the 3′-end. The invention also provides methods for increasing or decreasing the immunostimulatory activity of a CpG-containing nucleic acid.
US08008257B2
A fusion protein comprising an arterial natriuretic factor (ANF) amino acid sequence linked to an albumin amino acid sequence by one or more peptide bonds is provided. The ANF amino acid sequence may be linked to the N-terminal, the C-terminal, or both the N-terminal and the C-terminal of the albumin amino acid sequence. Also provided is a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein and a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule. Methods for treating or preventing cardiovascular or renal disease comprising administration of an effective amount of the fusion protein, or nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein, are also disclosed.
US08008255B2
Provided are methods and compositions for enhancing the transmucosal absorption of bioactive peptides and proteins. More particularly, the invention provides compositions for enhancing the transmucosal absorption of bioactive peptides and proteins, such as exendin-4, PYY, PYY3-36, and GLP-1 and their analogs and derivatives, wherein the compositions comprise an absorption enhancing mixture of a cationic polyamino acid and a buffer that is compatible with the polyamino acid. Also provided are methods for enhancing the transmucosal absorption and bioavailability of bioactive peptides and proteins using such compositions.
US08008253B2
The invention provides methods of treating or effecting prophylaxis of a patient having or at risk of developing symptoms of anxiety in which an effective regime of an agent that inhibits specific binding of PSD95 to an NMDA receptor is administered to a patient.
US08008238B2
The aim of the invention is to diminish the odor, often perceived as unpleasant, that is left behind on human skin, in particular on the hands as a result of contact with agents containing chlorine bleach after use of the agent. This was achieved by the use of odorants selected from the group comprising diphenylmethane, diphenyl oxide, 2-methyl naphtyl ether, and mixtures thereof.
US08008231B2
Compositions comprising an asymmetric disiloxane surfactant composition comprising a silicone composition comprising a silicone having the formula: MM′ where M or M′ comprises an alkylpolyalkyleneoxide bearing substituent selected from the group consisting of: R13(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)cR14 and R12SiR5R6(R13(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)cR14) that exhibit resistance to hydrolysis over a wide pH range.
US08008225B2
A substrate, such as a glass, glass ceramic, ceramic or metal substrate, is provided with a thermocatalytically active coating on at least a part of the substrate surface. The thermocatalytic coating contains an inorganic lithium salt or organic lithium-containing compound in an amount that is equivalent to not less than 2 wt. % of lithium ions, based on total coating weight. The thermocatalytic coating has a glass, glass solder or sol-gel matrix in which the lithium salt or organic lithium-containing compound is introduced. Optional barrier and IR-reflecting layers are arranged between the substrate surface and the thermocatalytically active coating.
US08008221B2
A dielectric ceramic composition of the present invention comprises; BamTiO2+m (note that, m is 0.99≦m≦1.01), and BanZrO2+n (note that, n is 0.99≦n≦1.01); wherein said dielectric ceramic composition consists of plurality of dielectric particles and a grain boundary phase existing between said dielectric particles adjacent to each other, when said dielectric particle having BamTiO2+m as a main component is set to a first dielectric particle, said dielectric particle having BanZrO2+n as a main component is set to a second dielectric particle, an average crystal diameter of said first dielectric particle is set to D1 (μm), and an average crystal diameter of said second dielectric particle is set to D2 (μm), then a ratio (D2/D1) of said D2 with respect to said D1 is 0.04 to 0.33, said D2 is 0.02 to 0.25 μm, and in said dielectric ceramic composition a ratio of the total number of said second dielectric particle with respect to the total number of said first dielectric particle is 0.10 to 2. The present invention is to provide the dielectric ceramic composition suitable for the medium-high voltage application used at a high rated voltage (for example, 100V or more).
US08008219B2
An optical glass includes, based on the total weight of the optical glass: not less than 35 weight percent and less than 45 weight percent of P2O5; not less than 0.5 weight percent and less than 10 weight percent of B2O3; 0 to 16 weight percent of Al2O3; 0 to 2.5 weight percent of SiO2; 0 to 26 weight percent of BaO; 0 to 20 weight percent of SrO; 23 to 49 weight percent of ZnO; more than 6 weight percent and not more than 20 weight percent of CaO; 0 to 16 weight percent of MgO; not less than 0 weight percent and less than 1 weight percent of Li2O; 3 to 19 weight percent of Na2O; and 0 to 20 weight percent of K2O, where the total weight of BaO, SrO, ZnO, CaO, and MgO and the total weight of Li2O, Na2O and K2O are predetermined amounts.
US08008218B2
Mattress panels and mattresses (including mattress foundations) that satisfy the rigorous requirements of new and promulgated state and federal regulations regarding flammability of mattresses, such as Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California department of Consumer Affairs (TB-603) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress/Foundation Sets (16 CFR 1633), are provided. A mattress includes one or more panels of material assembled as a non-quilted, non-perforated, multi-layered structure, wherein the mattress maintains flame and heat resistant integrity when impinged with a gas flame in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California department of Consumer Affairs (TB-603) and/or in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress/Foundation Sets (16 CFR 1633).
US08008215B2
A method of forming a buried oxide/crystalline III-V semiconductor dielectric stack is presented. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a layered structure on the substrate comprising of layers of different materials, one of the different materials is selected to be an oxidizable material to form one or more buried low index oxide layers. A first sequence of oxidizing steps are performed on the layered structure by exposing the edges of the layered structure to a succession of temperature increases in the presence of steam from an initial temperature to the desired oxidation temperature for a time interval equal to the sum of the time intervals of the succession of temperature increases. Also, the method includes performing a second sequential oxidizing step with steam on the layered structure at the specific oxidation temperature for a specific time interval. Furthermore, the method includes performing a final sequence of oxidizing steps on the structure by ramping down from the desired oxidation temperature to a final temperature when the oxidizing material is completely oxidized to form the one or more buried low index oxide layers.
US08008211B2
A pattern forming method includes (a) forming pairs of deposits on sidewalls of mask portions in first mask patterns by forming a thin film thereon, etching it to leave deposits, and exposing a top surface of a second-layer film between the deposits; (b) forming second mask patterns formed of mask portions corresponding to the deposits by removing the mask portion, plasma etching the second-layer film, and removing the deposits; (c) forming a thin film thereon, and etching it to leave deposits on sidewalls of mask portions facing each other and to expose a third-layer film between the deposits while leaving deposits between adjacent mask portions; and (d) forming grooves thereon by removing the second mask portion, and etching off the third-layer film.
US08008194B2
The semiconductor manufacturing method comprises the step of forming a metal alloy film of an alloy of a metal of Ni or others and a noble metal over a semiconductor substrate containing a region where silicon is partially exposed; the step of selectively reacting the silicon in the region and the metal alloy film by thermal processing to form metal silicide film containing the metal of Ni or others and the noble metal on the region; and the step of removing the metal alloy film remaining unreacted by using a solution containing hydrogen peroxide with a transition metal, which has higher ionization tendency than the metal of Ni or others, dissolved in.
US08008193B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for improving the reliability of a semiconductor device having a back electrode. After formation of semiconductor elements on the surface of a silicon substrate, the backside surface thereof, which is opposite to the element formation surface, is subjected to the following steps in a processing apparatus. After deposition of a first metal film over the backside surface of the silicon substrate in a first chamber, it is heat treated to form a metal silicide film. Then, a nickel film is deposited in a third chamber, followed by deposition of an antioxidant conductor film in a second chamber. Heat treatment for alloying the first metal film and the silicon substrate is performed at least prior to the deposition of the nickel film. The first chamber has therefore a mechanism for depositing the first metal film and a lamp heating mechanism.
US08008189B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method, includes the steps of forming an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, thinning selectively a thick portion, whose film thickness is thicker than a reference value, of the insulating film, forming contact holes in a thinned portion of the insulating film 25, and forming conductive plugs in the contact holes.
US08008185B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming line patterns on a substrate, the line patterns defining narrow and wide gap regions, forming spacer patterns in the narrow and wide gap regions on sidewalls of the line patterns, spacer patterns in the wide gap regions exposing an upper surface of the substrate, and spacer patterns in the narrow gap regions contacting each other to fill the narrow gap regions, forming an insulating interlayer to cover the spacer patterns and the line patterns, forming at least one opening through the insulating interlayer, the opening including at least one contact hole selectively exposing the upper surface of the substrate in the wide gap region, the contact hole being formed by using the spacer patterns in the narrow gap region as an etching mask, and forming a conductive pattern to fill the opening.
US08008162B2
Select devices including an open volume that functions as a high bandgap material having a low dielectric constant are disclosed. The open volume may provide a more nonlinear, asymmetric I-V curve and enhanced rectifying behavior in the select devices. The select devices may comprise, for example, a metal-insulator-insulator-metal (MIIM) diode. Various methods may be used to form select devices and memory systems including such select devices. Memory devices and electronic systems include such select devices.
US08008154B2
Methods of forming an insulating film include forming an insulating film on a substrate. A first impurity is injected into the insulating film using a thermal process under a first set of processing conditions to form a first impurity concentration peak in a lower portion of the insulating film. A second impurity is injected into the insulating film using the thermal process under a second set of processing conditions, different from the first set of processing conditions, to form a second impurity concentration peak in an upper portion of the insulating film. Injecting the first impurity and injecting the second impurity may be carried out without using plasma and the first impurity concentration peak may be higher than the second impurity concentration peak.
US08008150B2
A method of forming a flash memory device in a memory cell region of a substrate includes forming a first insulating layer on the substrate, forming a first conductive layer on the first insulating layer, forming trench isolation regions in the substrate extending through the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer to define an active region in the memory cell region between the trench isolation regions, and selectively removing the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer from the memory cell region of the substrate to expose a surface of the active region between the trench isolation regions.
US08008120B2
A peeling off layer 18 is formed on an entire surface of one surface side of a support plate 10 including the inner wall surfaces respectively of a recessed part 12 for an electronic part and recessed parts 16 for posts in which the posts 20 are formed. Then, the recessed parts 16 are filled with metal to form the posts 20. Then, conductor patterns 28 are formed that electrically connect the electrode terminals 22a of the electronic part 22 inserted into the recessed part 12 to the posts 20. Then, an insulating layer covering the conductor patterns 28 is formed to form an electronic part package 30 on the one surface side of the support plate 10 through the peeling off layer 18. After that, the electronic part package 30 is separated from the support plate 10 by the peeling off layer 18.
US08008116B2
A composition comprising a plurality of molecules. Each of the molecules has a core comprising at least one aromatic ring and at least three pendant arms chemically bonded to the core. The pendant arms comprise a phenylene-terminated thiophene oligomer.
US08008109B2
A method for manufacturing the active plate of a flat matrix display screen, in which each cell comprises an electrode plate connected by a transistor to a first conductive line, comprising the steps of providing an outgrowth coated with an insulator of each first conductive line at the level of each cell; etching or making porous an end portion of each outgrowth; laterally growing, for example, by a VLS method, a PIP or NIN semiconductor structure in each end portion which has been etched or made porous; and establishing a contact at the free end of the semiconductor structure and forming a gate at the level of the median portion of the semiconductor structure.
US08008106B2
A semiconductor imaging device includes a photodetection region formed of a diffusion region of a first conductivity type formed in an active region of a silicon substrate at a first side of a gate electrode such that a top part thereof is separated from a surface of the silicon substrate and such that an inner edge part invades underneath a channel region right underneath the gate electrode, a shielding layer formed of a second conductivity type at a surface of the silicon substrate at the first side of the gate electrode such that an inner edge part thereof is aligned with a sidewall surface of the gate electrode at the first side, a floating diffusion region formed in the active region at a second side of the gate electrode, and a channel region formed right underneath said gate electrode, wherein the channel region includes a first channel region part formed adjacent to the shielding layer and a second channel region part formed adjacent to the floating diffusion region, wherein the second channel region part contains an impurity element with a concentration level lower than the impurity concentration level of the first channel region part.
US08008102B2
The present invention relates to a new light emitters that exploit the use of semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Experimental evidences are given on how it is possible, within the standard silicon technology, to devise light emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting in the infrared IR where light emission results from a radiative recombination of electron and holes on semiconducting single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs-LED). We will also show how it is possible to implement these SWNTs-LED in order to build up a laser source based on the emission properties of SWNTs. A description of the manufacturing process of such devices is also given.
US08008101B2
The present invention relates to a gallium nitride (GaN) compound semiconductor light emitting element (LED) and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a vertical GaN LED capable of improving the characteristics of a horizontal LED by means of a metallic protective film layer and a metallic support layer. According to the present invention, a thick metallic protective film layer with a thickness of at least 10 microns is formed on the lateral and/or bottom sides of the vertical GaN LED to protect the element against external impact and to easily separate the chip. Further, a metallic substrate is used instead of a sapphire substrate to efficiently release the generated heat to the outside when the element is operated, so that the LED can be suitable for a high-power application and an element having improved optical output characteristics can also be manufactured. A metallic support layer is formed to protect the element from being distorted or damaged due to impact. Furthermore, a P-type electrode is partially formed on a P-GaN layer in a mesh form to thereby maximize the emission of photons generated in the active layer toward the N-GaN layer.
US08008094B2
As a result of investigating the optimum conditions of methods for immobilizing proteins that interact with sugar chains onto a substrate, it was revealed that coating the surface of a slide glass with GTMS enables immobilization at a higher S/N ratio than conventionally possible. Moreover, by using a substrate to which a rubber with a number of holes was affixed to form a number of reaction vessels, and further by spotting lectins onto the substrate and washing with PBST, the weak interactions between sugar chains and lectins were successfully detected with improved sensitivity. In addition, by introducing an evanescent excitation-type scanner, it became possible to detect the interactions between lectins and sugar chains without washing away the probe solution.
US08008093B2
A method of treating a blistering disorder, which includes administering to a target tissue in a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition that inhibits activation of the HSP27 phosphorylation pathway.
US08008091B2
A micro integrated analysis system includes a testing chip, system main body and heat insulating section. The chip has a pump connecting section to communicate with micro pumps; a mixing flow path for mixing a specimen and reagent and for reaction processing by heating; and a testing flow path for performing a predetermined test of a mixed solution heated and processed for reaction. The system main body has a holding section to hold the testing chip; micro pumps for injecting a specimen and reagent; a heating section for heating the mixing flow path; and a detection section for performing a test in the testing flow path. The heat insulating section insulates flow path portions continuing from both an inlet end and outlet end of a heated flow path area of the mixing flow path, from heat of the heating section so as to prevent a rise in temperature.
US08008088B2
Small Molecule Metabolite Reporters (SMMRs) for use as in vivo glucose biosensors, sensor compositions, and methods of use, are described. The SMMRs include boronic acid-containing xanthene, coumarin, carbostyril and phenalene-based small molecules which are used for monitoring glucose in vivo, advantageously on the skin.
US08008087B1
Low concentrations of silicon in an etchant solution are analyzed by adding a predetermined concentration of fluoride ions to a test solution comprising a predetermined volume of the etchant solution, and measuring the concentration of fluoride ions in the test solution. Reaction with silicon ions in the test solution reduces the concentration of fluoride ions, which are present in stoichiometric excess, so that the silicon concentration of the etchant solution can be calculated from the difference between the predetermined and measured concentrations of fluoride ions in the test solution. The method is especially suited for analysis of silicon nitride etchants comprising a high concentration of phosphoric acid.
US08008085B2
A method of measuring HbA1c is provided that, even with a whole blood sample after storage, measurement accuracy substantially equal to a whole blood sample right after collection can be maintained. Whole blood is stored in a presence of a glycolytic inhibitor and protease is added to the stored whole blood sample to cleave hemoglobin in the whole blood sample. Then a glycated part of a hemoglobin fragment thereby obtained is treated with fructosyl amine oxidase. Thereafter, a glycation degree of HbA1c is determined by measuring a redox reaction between the glycated part and the fructosyl amine oxidase. Further, instead of storage of the whole blood in a presence of the glycolytic inhibitor, a strong electrolyte substance such as KCl, K2SO4, KNO, NaCl, Na2SO4, NaNO, MgCl2, MgSO4, Mg(NO)2, etc. is added to the whole blood after storage and a protease treatment is performed in a presence of the strong electrolyte substance. According to these methods, fluctuation in a measurement value of HbA1c due to storage of the whole blood can be avoided.
US08008078B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding an aveC gene product, which polynucleotide molecules can be used to alter the ratio or amount of class 2:1 avermectins produced in fermentation cultures of S. avermitilis. The present invention further relates to vectors, host cells, and mutant strains of S. avermitilis in which the aveC gene has been inactivated, or mutated so as to change the ratio or amount of class 2:1 avermectins produced.
US08008071B2
The subject invention pertains to nucleic acid constructs for post-transcriptional control of expression of a polynucleotide encoding a protein in a cell, wherein the constructs include a metabolite responsive instability element such as the glucose-regulated mRNA instability element. The subject invention further pertains to host cells and vectors comprising the nucleic acid constructs of the invention, as well as probes, methods, and kits for detecting metabolite responsive instability elements or mutations thereof. The present invention further concerns a reporter vector useful for detecting intracellular glucose and glucose-analogs, host cells genetically modified with the reporter vector, and methods for detecting intracellular glucose. The present invention utilizes an element that regulates messenger RNA (mRNA) stability in response to a metabolite such as glucose or a glucose analog. This glucose-regulated mRNA instability element has been mapped to the protein kinase C βII (PKCβII) mRNA that was found to decrease in the presence of elevated glucose levels. When cloned into a reporter vector, the region of PKCβII containing the mRNA instability element imparts glucose-sensitive instability to the mRNA that is transcribed, thereby down-regulating the expression of the reporter gene when glucose is elevated. The reporter vector of the present invention may be introduced into host cells, allowing detection of intracellular glucose and glucose analogs within intact, living cells in real-time and, optionally, in a high-throughput format.
US08008047B2
L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family which has L-amino acid-producing ability and is modified so that expression of the nhaA gene, nhaB gene, nhaR gene, chaA gene, mdfA gene, or combinations thereof is enhanced.
US08008038B2
Described are methods and devices for determining a concentration of oxygen in a compartment comprising exciting protoporphyrin IX.
US08008031B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting a beta-glucan having immunomodulatory activity in a human cell, which uses a test cell line that stably expresses human dectin-1 molecule on the cell surface and does not express other glucan receptors and a specific amount of a marker beta-glucan that specifically binds to human dectin-1 molecule for detection.
US08008028B2
A panel cell for detecting anti-HNA antibody is disclosed. The panel cell is obtained by introducing a DNA coding for an HNA antigen corresponding to the anti-HNA antibody into a cell so as to enable the expression of the DNA under the condition for use in the detection procedure, wherein the cell for DNA introduction exhibits no detectable reaction with anti-HLA-ABC antibody, anti-HLA-DR antibody, anti-HLA-DQ antibody, anti-HLA-DP antibody, anti-HNA-1 antibody, anti-HNA-2a antibody, anti-HNA-3a antibody, anti-HNA-4 antibody, anti-HNA-5 antibody, and serum from normal subject, in the detection procedure. The panel cell allows accurate and rapid detection of granulocyte antibody.
US08008023B2
The invention relates to the identification of isovaleric acid as a natural ligand of the RCC356 G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR). The invention encompasses the use of the interaction of RCC356 polypeptides and isovaleric acid as the basis of screening assays for agents that modulate the activity of the RCC356 receptor. The invention also encompasses diagnostic and other assays performed based upon the RCC356/isovaleric acid interaction, as well as kits for performing diagnostic and screening assays.
US08008021B2
Methods for diagnosing, determining the likelihood of developing cardiac disease by measuring the level of a truncated form of cardiac Troponin T are provided. Also provided are methods for preventing treating or ameliorating a symptom associated with cardiac disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a modulator of the posttranslational production of N-terminally truncated forms of cardiac troponin T.
US08008010B1
Ligation-enhanced nucleic acid detection assay embodiments for detection of RNA or DNA are described. The assay embodiments rely on ligation of chimeric oligonucleotide probes to generate a template for amplification and detection. The assay embodiments are substantially independent of the fidelity of a polymerase for copying compromised nucleic acid. Very little background amplification is observed and as few as 1000 copies of target nucleic acid can be detected. Method embodiments are particularly adept for detection of RNA from compromised samples such as formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples. Heavily degraded and cross-linked nucleic acids of compromised samples, in which classic quantitative real time PCR assays typically fail to adequately amplify signal, can be reliably detected and quantified.
US08008008B2
Mitochondrial DNA deletions useful for the detection of cancers and sun exposure are provided. In particular, methods and kits for detecting mitochondrial DNA deletions for the early detection, diagnosis and progression of prostate cancer, sun exposure and non-melanoma skin cancer are provided.
US08008004B2
The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of glial origin in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
